Tuesday, February 25, 2003, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

India, Pak clash at NAM
Vajpayee hits back as Pervez harps
on Kashmir
Kuala Lumpur, February 24
The inevitable happened as India and Pakistan clashed yet again over Kashmir at a multilateral forum like the 13th Non-Aligned Movement summit here today.

    Editorial: Relevance of NAM
    World page: PM, Pervez avoid eye contact
    NAM must work for new world order: Mahathir

VHP gherao peaceful
Promises two-thirds majority for temple cause
New Delhi, February 24
Top leaders of the VHP today accused the BJP of insulting sants by going back on its promise of supporting the Ayodhya movement and resolved that they would continue their struggle till the Ram Temple construction started in Ayodhya.

  Nation page: VHP demonstration rocks LS
  RS adjourned twice
  Cong silent on Ayodhya due to poll: BJP

In video (28k, 56k) Holding trishuls, sants raise slogans demanding the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya on the concluding day of the two-day Dharam Sansad at Jantar Mantar, near Parliament House, in New Delhi on Monday. —Tribune photo Mukesh Aggarwal

Judicial panel to be set up
Code of ethics for Judges soon
New Delhi, February 24
The government today reaffirmed its commitment to the setting up a National Judicial Commission to draw up a code of ethics for Judges and said that the political parties had been asked to communicate their views on the commission.

16 killed, 50 hurt in mishap
Shimla, February 24
At least 16 persons were killed and 50 others injured when a private truck (HP-08-0811) fell into a ‘khud’ at Piotra village in the Chopal area, 95 km from here, today. 

5 Grammys for Norah Jones
New York, February 24
In a dream debut, sitar maestro Ravi Shankar’s daughter Norah Jones walked away with top honours of the music industry bagging five personal Grammys, including the best album of the year “Come Away With Me” that has sold six million copies.
In video (28k, 56k)

Singer Norah Jones poses for photographers with her five Grammy Awards. — Reuters photo

Five-hour parole for R.K. Sharma
New Delhi, February 24
A Delhi court today granted five hours’ custodial parole to senior IPS officer R.K. Sharma allowing him to attend the engagement ceremony of his daughter. He is the prime accused in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder.

Campaign ends on aggressive note Shimla, February 24 Marred by unprecedented mudslinging, rancour and hostility, the high-pitched and rather malicious campaign for the Assembly poll ended today on an aggressive note, with top leaders of major political parties addressing rallies across the state.   Editorial: Over to the voters Himachal page:   Cong charges Centre with discrimination   BJP rakes up Sonia’s foreign origin issue