Wednesday, April 30, 2003, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

PM raises terrorism issue with Jamali
New Delhi, April 29
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today claimed that he had raised the issue of cross-border terrorism faced by India during last night’s telephonic talk with his Pakistani counterpart Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali.

Govt clarifies on invitation
May 10 vital for Indo-Pak ties
Edit page: Vajpayee’s offer to Pakistan
Editorial: Peace call
Nation page: Fernandes welcomes PM’s initiative
J&K page: Pak response to PM’s offer hailed

Rajan Kashyap new Punjab Chief Secy
Chandigarh, April 29
Mr Rajan Kashyap will be the new Chief Secretary of Punjab. He will succeed Mr Y. S. Ratra, who retires tomorrow after having availed of a three-month extension. 

Ratra to be PSEB chief
Chandigarh, April 29
Punjab Chief Secretary Y.S. Ratra, who retires tomorrow, will be the new Chairman of the Punjab State Electricity Board.

Four die in Manali copter crash
Manali, April 29
A helicopter belonging to a private skiing company crashed at Alani nullah bridge near Preeni, 4 km from here, this morning, killing the pilot and three other passengers.
Wreckage of the VT-HIM helicopter lies scattered in the Alani nullah near Prini village (Manali) after the copter crashed on Tuesday. — Photo M.C. Thakur

Chandigarh page: Pall of gloom at pilot’s house

SC reserves verdict on POTA
New Delhi, April 29
The Supreme Court today reserved its judgment on a bunch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act, which the states ruled by the opposition parties have refused to implement.

TRIBUNE SPECIAL  80 pc of border health staff found absent Ramdas (Amritsar), April 29 Even as the world is grappling with the threat of SARS, more than 80 per cent of the staff, including the Senior Medical Officer, of the Primary Health Centre here which caters to 191 villages of the border belt were found absent during a surprise check by the Vigilance Bureau today. Vigilance sleuths, led by the DSP, Mr Rashpal Singh, check the register at the Primary Health Centre, Ramdas (Amritsar), on Tuesday.  — Photo Rajiv Sharma