Thursday, September 26, 2002, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Army deployed in Gujarat
Ultras shot, temple siege ends; death toll rises to 37
Gandhinagar, September 25
A crack team of commandos shot dead two heavily armed terrorists at dawn today, ending the night-long siege of the Akshardham temple, even as the Army was deployed in sensitive areas of Gujarat. A commando of the elite NSG and two of the Gujarat police lost their lives in the operation.
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The elite NSG commandos come out of the Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar after ending the siege and killing two terrorists on Wednesday morning. — Reuters photo  (More photos)

    Tehrik-e-Kasak leaflets found from slain ultras

Attack is reaction to J-K poll: PM Gandhinagar, September 25 Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said today that the terrorist attack on the Akshardham temple was a “well-thought-out conspiracy” as the people of Jammu and Kashmir had foiled attempts by terrorists and Pakistan to disrupt elections there. In video (28k, 56k)

SPECIAL EDITORIAL Modi's Gujarat: whose failure is this? Hari Jaisingh The indiscriminate killings of devotees in the Akshardham temple complex in Gandhinagar are too shocking for words and deserve worldwide condemnation.

Sonia visits Akshardham     Attack on temple condemned     Left, SP insist Modi must go     Gaurav yatra postponed

Security blanket across country
New Delhi, September 25
Security has been beefed around major religious places, VIP areas and vital installations across the country today even as the Army was deployed in the sensitive areas of Gujarat to thwart any communal backlash in the wake of the terrorist attack at the Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar. In video (28k, 56k)

    BJP not to back VHP bandh

Chitisinghpora’s heart cold on poll eve Chitisinghpora, (Anantnag), September 25
In the heat of campaigning for the third phase of elections on October 1, the heart of Chitisinghpora remains cold. Located 70 km south of Srinagar, this village has not yet recovered from the scars of March 20, 2000 when gunmen in Army fatigues massacred 35 Sikhs.	Widows of Chitisinghpora village. — Tribune Photo

6 killed in attack on Pak Christian NGO
Islamabad, September 25
Six persons were killed and four others injured when two gunmen entered the offices of a Christian welfare organisation in Karachi and fired at them.

Nitish announces Kisan Express Jind, September 25 The Union Railway Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, here today announced the introduction of a new inter-city train, Kisan Express, in memory of former Deputy Prime Minister, Devi Lal, which will run between Delhi and Bathinda via Rohtak, Hisar and Sirsa.