Wednesday, January 8, 2003, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Advani: deport overstaying Pakistanis, Bangladeshis

New Delhi, January 7 Stating that illegal overstay of Pakistani nationals and Bangladeshis posed a serious threat to the national security, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani today asked state governments to launch “special drives” to detect and deport them. In video (28k, 56k)
Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani is welcomed at the inauguration of the conference of state chief secretaries and directors-general of police on internal security in New Delhi on Tuesday. — PTI photo

US, British jets hit Iraqi radars
Washington, January 7
US and British aircraft patrolling the “no-fly’’ zone over southern Iraq have targeted Iraqi military radars in the second such strike in two days, the US military said.

     No nukes found in Iraq, more time to N. Korea

India has alternative N-command authority
New Delhi, January 7
India has an Alternative Nuclear Command Authority in “more than one place” besides the Nuclear Command Authority announced on Saturday for the management of its weapons.



Punjab to move Supreme Court
Chandigarh, January 7
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said today that his government was fully prepared to file two petitions in the Supreme Court. Reports appearing in the media contrary to it were nothing but a fit of imagination, he added.

Chandigarh, SYL ‘not linked’
Panchkula, January 7
The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, has asked his counterpart in Punjab not to relate the issue of transfer of Chandigarh with the Satluj- Yamuna Link Canal.

SYL MEETING
SAD to boycott, SHSAD to attend
Alamgir, January 7
The Political Affairs Committee of the Shiromani Akali Dal today decided to boycott the all-party meeting called by the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, tomorrow, terming it a “farce”. The party will oppose any attempt to dilute the state’s case or rob it of its legitimate riparian rights.

     Punjab BJP leaders to meet PM



BSNL, MTNL cut STD tariff
New Delhi, January 7
State-owned telecom giants Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited today joined the tariff war in mobile telephony, with the former slashing STD rates to Rs 4.80 per minute from the existing peak rate of Rs 9 per minute.

7 Haryana youths in Pak jail Chandigarh, January 7 It is yet another story of exploitation of unemployed youths by human smugglers in the guise of manpower agents, who, instead of getting their unsuspecting clients through to Greece, the promised destination, landed them in a series of jails, including Quetta in Pakistan.