Wednesday, September 25, 2002, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Ultras storm Gujarat temple, kill 30

Gandhinagar, September 24 Thirty persons were killed and at least 100 wounded when gunmen attacked a temple in Gujarat, spraying victims with automatic fire, the police said. In video  (28k, 56k)

Updated at 11.15 am (IST) Temple siege ends Gandhinagar, September 25 The operation to clear the temple here of the terrorists who had stormed it yesterday ended early this morning with two terrorists and one commando being killed in the encounter.

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A victim receives treatment at the Civil Hospital in Gandhinagar after ultras stormed the Akshardham temple on Tuesday.
— AFP photo

42 pc turnout in J&K phase II poll
Srinagar, September 24
Amid unprecedented security arrangements, polling in 15 Assembly segments of Srinagar and Budgam districts in central Kashmir that went to the poll in the second phase went off peacefully today. The polling that witnessed the lowest ever turnout in the Habbakadal constituency was held amid a general strike called by the separatist Hurriyat Conference.
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    Nation page: J&K poll blow to terrorism: BJP
    Migrants stay away from voting

J&K page: Live coverage hit polling: Azad Women voters turned up in large numbers at the polling booths in Budgam sector on Tuesday. — Tribune Photo Amin War

Heavy polling at Salahuddin’s village
Srinagar/Budgam, September 24
With the shadow of the last night’s incident in Gaugji Bagh looming large, most voters in downtown Srinagar abstained from poll. The electorate in the city area, where Gaugji Bagh is also located, was concerned about how the dreaded militants made their way into the area guarded by a CRPF post.

Holed-up ultras in Srinagar killed
Srinagar, September 24
The 16-hour-long siege of a residential house in the Gogji Bagh locality here, which started with an attack on a police party last evening, ended as the charred body of a suspected militant was found this morning.

BSF jawans storm a building in Srinagar on Tuesday to flush out militants holed up inside. — Reuters photo
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SPECIAL EDITORIAL J&K: a neat operation Hari Jaisingh TUESDAY'S early morning operation by the security forces against Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen militants in the Wazirbagh area of Srinagar was different from earlier such events on three counts. One, it showed what a determined and coordinated team of the Border Security Force, the Central Reserve Police Force and the state police can achieve against all odds in the fight against terrorism.