Saturday, October 5, 2002, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

10 militants killed
Mehbooba Mufti escapes attack
Srinagar, October 4
At least 11 persons, including 10 militants, were killed and four others injured in separate incidents and a large quantity of arms and ammunition seized in Kashmir valley since yesterday. A jawan of the CRPF was injured seriously in a shootout near the office of an Independent candidate from Lolab in Kupwara town this afternoon.

Security forces seize a cache of explosives and ammunition in Jammu and Kashmir.
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File photo of Shaheen, which was test-fired by Pakistan on Friday.  — AP/PTI

Pak test-fires Shaheen
Islamabad, October 4
Pakistan today “successfully” test-fired a medium range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Hatf-IV, which can carry nuclear warheads and hit targets within the range of 750 km covering several parts of India.

India test-fires Akash
Balasore, October 4
India today successfully test-fired its most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile Akash from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea, about 15 km from here, according to official sources.

• Test provocative, says India

Advani for good police
New Delhi, October 4 Emphasising that a “good police” is an essential ingredient for good governance, Deputy Prime Minister L. K. Advani today warned that any attempt towards police reforms only from the human rights perspective will receive opposition from the police itself.	Deputy Prime Minister L. K. Advani addresses a round table conference on police reforms organised by the CHRI, Editors’ Guild and the FICCI in the Capital on Friday. — Tribune photo Mukesh Aggarwal

• BJP raps ministers

No evidence of air-dropping in Bengal: IAF
New Delhi, October 4
The mystery behind the suspected droppings at a village in North Dinajpur district near the Indo-Bangladesh border where an unidentified airplane had apparently intruded into the Indian airspace deepened today with the Indian Air Force saying that none of its aircraft was flying over the area at that time.
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SOS to Sinha for Sikh stowaways
New Delhi, October 4
The National Commission for Minorities and Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa have sought the intervention of Union External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha in providing necessary assistance for about 20,000-25,000 Sikh youths who have migrated illegally to various countries in Europe, the USA and Canada.

Karnataka must comply: SC
New Delhi, October 4
The Supreme Court today directed the Karnataka Government to immediately comply with the order of the Cauvery River Authority, headed by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, directing release of 9,000 cusecs per day to the Mettur reservoir in Tamil Nadu.

Sri Hargobindpur goes to seed Hargobindpur, October 4 One of the ancient towns of the state, founded by the sixth Sikh Guru himself is fast turning into ruins — thanks to the callous attitude of the successive state governments, the Department of Archives. A portion of the historical ‘Palace’, meant for the residence of women, which has crumbled due to the apathy of those concerned at Siri Hargobindpur (Gurdaspur). — Photo Rajiv Sharma