Wednesday, September 18, 2002, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Grenade attack on Cong HQ
Urdu daily Editor shot at in Srinagar
Srinagar, September 17
The Editor of an Urdu daily was shot at and injured even as three Congress candidates from Srinagar district for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections today had a narrow escape in a grenade attack by militants on the party headquarters here, the police said.
Security force personnel help an injured colleague on the way to hospital after a grenade explosion at the Congress headquarters in Srinagar on Tuesday.
Security force personnel help an injured colleague on the way to hospital after a grenade explosion at the Congress headquarters in Srinagar on Tuesday.
— Reuters photo
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Centre pleads with SC on Gujarat
Says poll has to be held within 6 months
New Delhi, September 17
The BJP-led NDA government submitted before the Supreme Court today that elections to a state Assembly have to be held within six months of its dissolution and that it was beyond the Election Commission to suggest or recommend imposition of President’s rule.

BBMB cuts water release
Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan hit
Chandigarh, September 17
The share of water to Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan stands reduced and this reduction will remain in effect till May next year, or largely till the monsoons start. The worst hit will be Rajasthan where water will be available only for drinking purposes.

No new notification on Babri
Lucknow, September 17
In a significant political decision, the BSP-BJP coalition government in Uttar Pradesh said today that there was neither any justification nor necessity for issuing a fresh notification in the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid case in which Union Ministers L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti are among the accused.

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Sinha, Jaswant, Manmohan to depose before JPC
New Delhi, September 17
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), probing the stock scam, today decided to summon Finance Minister Jaswant Singh, External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha and two former Finance Ministers P. Chidambaram and Manmohan Singh to depose before it as witnesses.

Al-Qaida has huge funds for more attacks
New Delhi, September 17
Despite the noise made internationally to block Al-Qaida’s access to money, the shocking fact is that Osama bin Laden’s outfit is still commanding huge funds (up to $ 300 million), thus putting it in a position to finance future terrorist attacks.

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No hint about Indian troop pullout: Pervez
Islamabad, September 17
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today said there was no indication from India about the withdrawal of its troops from the border, but envisaged “some movement” in this regard after the completion of the ongoing Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

SHSAD quits Panthic Morcha
Amritsar, September 17
The Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal (SHSAD) today made a formal announcement to withdraw itself from the Panthic Morcha, headed by Baba Sarbjot Singh Bedi. The morcha comprised five Akali factions before the crucial Majitha byelection.

PAP commando repulsed two attacks before dying
Jarnail to be recommended for gallantry award, brother also promised police job
Bathinda, September 17
Mr Mohinder Singh Chahal, Commandant, 5th Battalion of the Punjab Armed Police, who is on poll duty in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir, today disclosed that militants equipped with modern weapons and having military training made three attacks on the polling booth at Sur Gosain village in Poonch district where one of the commandos, Jarnail Singh laid down his life while repulsing the attack.

   
Punjab page: PAP jawan cremated with honours

Four-year-old Puneet Singh looks on as the body of his father Jarnail Singh is consigned to flames Four-year-old Puneet Singh looks on as the body of his father Jarnail Singh, a commando of 5th Battalion of the PAP, who laid down his life on Monday protecting the polling staff from militants in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir, is consigned to flames in Bathinda on Tuesday. 
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