Bid on ex-minister’s life Three PSOs killed in blast SRINAGAR, Sept 1 — Former Jammu and Kashmir minister and Shia leader Maulvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari was injured while his three personal security officers (PSOs) were killed in a mine blast at Sangrama on the Srinagar-Baramula road this evening.

Villagers assess damage caused to a house after it was hit by an artillery shell fired by Pakistani troops in Busgran village in the Uri sector, 102 km north-west of Srinagar, on Thursday. — Reuters

UK to supply ‘only select’ arms to Pak
NEW DELHI, Sept 1 — The United Kingdom will not supply arms to Pakistan which can either be used for “external aggression” or “internal suppression”, the British High Commissioner, Mr Rob Young said here today.

EC calls all-party meeting
NEW DELHI, Sept 1 — The differences between the Centre and the Election Commission (EC) on the implementation of the model code of conduct for the general and Assembly elections is likely to be put to rest with the latter calling an all-party meeting on September 16 to deliberate and settle the issue.

NCM upbraids Gujarat Govt
NEW DELHI, Sept 1 — Concerned at the growing and possibly an irretrievable divide between the majority community and the minority communities in Gujarat, the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has exhorted the Chief Minister, Mr Keshubhai Patel to “immediately abrogate” the state’s Disturbed Areas Act.

Doctor held guilty of fraud
AMRITSAR, Sept 1 — Gross embezzlement worth lakhs came to light in the procurement and dispersal (distribution) of anti-tuberculosis drugs and departmental functioning of the TB sanatorium in a high-level confidential inquiry report.

 

Healing touch for prisoners GURGAON, Sept 1 — There is cause for immense joy for Bimla Devi, an undertrial in the local district jail, as the judges led by the District and Sessions Judge, Mr Arvind Kumar Goel today personally supervised medical treatment given to her by a team of specialist doctors.