APHC team likely to get Pak visa Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah (second from left) and his supporters raise victory slogans as his special envoy Saleem Geelani (right) flashes a V-sign prior to his departure for talks in Delhi on Monday. — AFP photo

Bush’s emissary to visit India on May 10
New Delhi, May 2
In a significant development reflecting growing Indo-US understanding External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh had a telephonic conversation today afternoon with US National Security Adviser Condolezza Rice during which the Minister expressed India’s appreciation of the Bush Administration’s National Security Policy.

Minister rushes to Assam
Additional Army units in vulnerable areas
New Delhi, May 2
Even as the Minister of State for Home, Mr Vidyasagar Rao, today rushed to Assam to assess the law and order situation in the wake of a spurt in killings triggered by the United Liberation Front of Assam activists, additional Army units have been deployed in the vulnerable areas in Assam for counter militancy operations and for sealing the international borders with Bhutan against armed infiltration.

Hasina not to visit India
Dhaka, May 2
Bangladesh today said it would favourably consider India’s invitation for talks on border row but scotched speculation about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visiting Delhi later this month.

5 Babbars held with weapons
Gurdaspur, May 2
The arrest of five activists of the Babbar Khalsa International has given startling information on the designs of Pakistan’s ISI to re-organise former militants and families of slain terrorists to destabilise Punjab.

HC lifts cloak of secrecy
Bestows moral authority on Punjab Lokpal
Chandigarh, May 2
The institution of Lokpal, which is facing mortality in infancy, thanks to half-hearted attempts by the public men to make themselves accountable, has been bestowed with some moral authority by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Mill workers lathi-charged
142 injured; seven cops also hurt
Goindwal (Amritsar), May 2
As many as 142 workers of the Bawa Shoes Mill, mostly women, seven policemen sustained minor injuries when the police resorted to heavy lathi charge, this morning in the presence of the Subdivisional Magistrate, the SP and the DSP.