Thursday, February 7, 2002, Chandigarh, India
 Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Don’t rake up coffin issue: PM

Pathankot, February 6 The Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, today cautioned all those, including the Congress, against playing up the coffin case as it would demoralise the defence forces. He maintained that his government would never cover up any of its “misdeeds”. Sidelights

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee greets people by raising a sword at an election rally in Ferozepore on Wednesday. Mr Parkash Singh Badal and the BJP President, Mr B.L. Rinwa, are also seen in the picture. — Tribune Photo Karam Singh

• 174 cr package for border farmers likely

Minister’s kin opens fire, 1 dead
Bandh in Bhikhiwind
Bhikhiwind, February 6
One migrant, Ali Sher Khan, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, was killed on the spot while two sustained injuries when Gurpartap Singh Kairon, brother of Mr Adeshpartap Singh Kairon, who is a candidate of the ruling Akali Dal and son-in-law of Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister and two others allegedly opened fire in front of the police station here this afternoon.

Amarinder condemns killing A view of the protest dharna, traffic jam at Bhikiwind (Amritsar) after a firing incident in which one person was killed. — Photo Rajiv Sharma

5 Jaish ultras gunned down
Srinagar, February 6
Five ultras of the Jaish-e-Mohammad, one of them a district commander, were killed in an encounter with the security forces at Khori forests in the Lolab area of Kupwara district today.