Monday, November 25, 2002, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Raghunath Temple attacked, 12 dead
Jammu, November 24
Heavily armed Lashkar-e-Toiba militants stormed the historic Raghunath Temple tonight when it was packed with devotees, killing at least 12 persons, including four women and two securitymen, and injuring around 50 others, some of them seriously, in the second attack on the shrine this year.

Devotees flee Raghunath Temple in Jammu on Sunday.

Ghastly scenes at temple
Jammu, November 24
Blood-splattered historic Raghunath Temple presented a ghastly sight tonight as gun shots rent the air and bullet-ridden bodies of victims of the terrorist strike lay in the complex.

  Editorial: Desperate terrorists

Justice Venkataswami’s resignation accepted
New Delhi, November 24
The Centre today accepted the resignation of Justice K. Venkataswami from the Tehelka inquiry panel and decided to approach the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to suggest another name to head the probe panel.

  Editorial: Tehelka aftershocks

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Gurdev Badal in police remand
Ludhiana, November 24 Former Agriculture Minister and SAD (Badal) MLA Gurdev Singh Badal, who was picked up from Faridkot last night, has been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act by the Vigilance Bureau for allegedly amassing property worth Rs 1.7 crore.	Former Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurdev Singh Badal being brought to the district courts in Ludhiana on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

It’s sheer vendetta, says Badal
Chandigarh, November 24
Mr Parkash Singh Badal, SAD President, reacted strongly to the registration of a case against his senior party colleague Gurdev Singh Badal for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

‘Maryada’ violation shocks pilgrims Nankana Sahib, November 24 Even as the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee has undertaken renovation of historical gurdwaras at a cost of Rs 1.5 crore within a short span of three years of its existence, a common devotee is disillusioned to see utter violation of ‘maryada’ (Sikh tradition) within the gurdwara premises. In gross violation of ‘maryada’ (Sikh tradition), Mr Sham Singh, Co-Chairman, Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, presents a siropa (robe of honour) to a senior police officer of Pakistan (in uniform) in the presence of the holy Guru Granth Sahib at Gurdwara Nankana Sahib on November 21. — A Tribune photograph