Thursday, October 31, 2002, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Mufti invited to form govt
Submits list of 52 members, including 10 Independents

Srinagar, October 30 The Jammu and Kashmir Governor, Mr Girish Chandra Saxena, here today invited the PDP leader, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, to form the government in the state. The head of the new coalition government in Kashmir, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed (right), shakes hands with Mr Girish Chandra Saxena, Jammu and Kashmir Governor, as Ghulam Nabi Azad looks on during a meeting in Srinagar on Wednesday. —Reuters photo

    J&K page: Give up arms, Azad tells militants
    Mufti — leader of courage
    Ministry expansion in Jammu

Dara Singh suspended as SGJC member

Chandigarh, October 30 Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said today that Mr Dara Singh, a member of the Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission, has been placed under suspension and a show-cause notice issued to him.
Mr Dara Singh, suspended member of the Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission (right), denies charges at a Press conference in Amritsar on Wednesday. Mr Rajinder Singh Mehta, Adviser, SAD, is also seen in the picture. — Photo Rajiv Sharma

    Released on bail
    ‘Dara Singh picked for independent stand’
    SGPC to move rights commission

Intercepted phone talk no proof: HC
New Delhi, October 30
In a major setback to the prosecution in the Parliament attack case, the Delhi High Court today held that the intercepted telephonic conversation between accused persons would not be an admissible evidence under POTA.

Mann writes to Deputy PM
Visit to Pak shrines
New Delhi, October 30
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) President and Lok Sabha MP from Sangrur, Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, has written to Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani to honour the Liaquat-Nehru Pact, which assures Sikhs the right to visit their shrines in Pakistan four times a year.