Monday, May 19, 2003, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Reshuffle in offing: PM
Evasive on Shanta’s re-induction, hints at tax on hydel power

Manali, May 18 Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today said he would reshuffle his ministry “soon” and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee might be inducted into the Cabinet along with some new faces. Talking to mediapersons, he also said the burden on some ministers would be lightened.
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, relaxed after his Manali sojourn, shares a joke with Punjab Governor Justice O.P. Verma and his Haryana counterpart, Babu Parmanand, at Chandigarh airport on Sunday. — Tribune photo Manoj Mahajan   Himachal page HP Govt happy at PM’s promise on aid

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Home they return as wrecks

Wagah, May 18 Many Indians in Pakistan’s jails have lost mental balance and the Indian embassy has failed to take up their cases for release. Most of such prisoners have completed their sentences.
Surinder Singh weeps after meeting his mother at Wagah on Sunday. Surinder was one of the 20 Indian prisoners released by the Pakistani authorities. — Reuters photo

Softening of LoC only after talks: Bhat
New Delhi, May 18
The Hurriyat Conference today said softening of Line of Control (LoC) or the border in Jammu and Kashmir should be considered only after the talks on the Kashmir issue started and warned that this policy should not be construed as a permanent solution to the problem.

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Camps in occupied Kashmir ‘being closed’

First-ever naval exercises with Russia on May 20
New Delhi, May 18
A delegation of the Russian Navy, led by Rear Admiral Vladimir Pepelyayev, has arrived in India to finalise the details of the first-ever joint exercises to be held on May 20 and early June in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

Mother, daughter face starvation?
Hamirpur, May 18
Though the Himachal Pradesh government claims that it is self-sufficient in the field of foodgrains and no one goes to sleep without taking food, a family of a mother and daughter in Thaan village of Hamirpur district is facing starvation-like situation. Another daughter, Kanta Devi (38), died allegedly due to hunger last week.

Chautala campaigns on wheelchair
Fatehabad, May 18
The Haryana Chief Minister and president of the ruling Indian National Lok Dal, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, today started the second phase of his poll campaign for the byelection to the Fatehabad Assembly seat on a wheelchair. He addressed 11 public meetings today and is scheduled to address seven tomorrow.