Tuesday, May 13, 2003, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Mufti for ‘softening’ of LoC
New Delhi, May 12
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said "softening" of Line of Control between India and Pakistan would be the biggest confidence building measure as it had a bearing on the divided families of the state.
In video: Defence Minister George Fernandes says India is committed to peace with its neighbours despite bitter relations in the past. (28k, 56k)

World page:
Pak not to insist on UN resolutions: report
Armitage draws flak for praising Pervez
J&K page: Hawks turn hope into despair

Pakistani parliamentarians pose for a photograph during their visit to Taj Mahal in Agra on Monday. — PTI photo

Dispute only on temple's existence
Centre pleads before Liberhan panel
New Delhi, May 12
The Centre today told the Liberhan Commission that the site in Ayodhya is “known and believed by one and all to be the birthplace of Lord Rama’’ and the disputed fact was only about the existence of a temple at the place where the Babri mosque was constructed in 1528.

HP can tax goods going by road
New Delhi, May 12
In a major relief to the Himachal Pradesh Government the Supreme Court has upheld the validity of an Act passed by it 1991 for levying tax on certain goods transported by roads to generate more revenue for their maintenance.

Cong high command’s no to casinos
Govt-party gap dominates PPCC meeting
Chandigarh, May 12
The issue of lack of communication between the Congress and the government in Punjab dominated the proceedings of the first extended meeting of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee here today.

Scrutinise left-out cases in kidney racket, DIGs asked
Amritsar, May 12
More heads are likely to roll in the multi-crore kidney transplant racket even as the state government has directed the DIGs of all six ranges, including Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Border (Amritsar and Gurdaspur districts), Faridkot and Ferozepore to conduct range-wise left-out cases.

FATEHABAD BYELECTION
Election is defection time
Fatehabad, May 12
The election time is defection time as well. More so in Haryana, known as the ‘land of Aaya Rams and Gaya Rams’.

NDA MPs press govt to reduce phone tariff hike
New Delhi, May 12
Members of Parliament belonging to the NDA have approached individually and collectively Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Union Communications Minister Arun Shourie demanding the immediate reversal of the decision to increase the basic telephone tariff.

Cricket match to open IIFA awards function New Delhi, May 12 The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards presentation ceremony scheduled in Johannesburg on Saturday will be preceded by a Samsung-IIFA Celebrity Charity Cricket match. Bollywood mega star Amitabh Bachchan during a Press meet of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) in New Delhi on Monday. — PTI photo