Tuesday, May 20, 2003, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

6 of family massacred
13 hurt in blasts   Rs 50 lakh looted
Jammu, May 19
In a gruesome incident, militants massacred six members of a family, including two children and four women, at Mehra-Chokian village in the border district of Rajouri late last night. 
Wailing relatives of the blast victims at a hospital
Wailing relatives of the blast victims at a hospital in Srinagar. — PTI photo


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Pak may disown Hizb-ul Mujahideen
New Delhi, May 19

A Pakistani paper has suggested that the roadmap to the easing of the Indo-Pak tension could also include the complete “disowning” of the Hizb-ul Mujahideen.


J&K police chief Suri shifted

Punjab prunes security cover
Withdraws over 5,000 guards
Chandigarh, May 19
The Punjab police has made a drastic cut in the security cover of various VIPs and other persons, withdrawing over 5,000 security guards who will now be available for deployment in Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Patiala and Amritsar districts.

Major drug haul in Kolkata
CBI ex-official denies involvement

Kolkata, May 19

In a major haul, the Narcotics Control Bureau has seized 24 kg of ephidrine hydrochloride, a controlled psychotropic substance used for making heroin, from five foreigners residing as tenants in a house owned by former CBI Additional Director (East) UN Biswas here.

Fatehabad campaigning ends
Fatehabad, May 19
The Fatehabad Assembly constituency, scheduled to go for a byelection on May 21, seems to be poised for a triangular contest among the ruling Indian National Lok Dal, the Congress and the Haryana Vikas Party, as the campaigning came to an end at 5 p.m. today.

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Bhajan Lal and Bansi Lal address election rallies Mr Bhajan Lal (left) and Mr Bansi Lal address election rallies at Fatehabad on Monday. 
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K.P. CandethGeneral Candeth dead
New Delhi, May 19
Lieut-Gen K.P. Candeth (retd), a war hero who led the Army in liberating Goa in 1961, died in sleep at his residence here early today. He was 87 and a bachelor. An Anglo-Indian by birth, Lt-Gen Candeth had commanded the Western Command during the 1971 Indo-Pak war. UNI

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Cabinet expansion likely by May 25
Shanta Kumar’s return ruled out
New Delhi, May 19
The much-awaited Cabinet expansion-cum-reshuffle is likely to take place either on May 24 or May 25, ahead of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s foreign visit.

Home they come from Pak clutches
100 Indian prisoners in Lahore jail
Yamunanagar, May 19
Surinder Singh along with his family“It is my second birth. I never thought that I would be released at such short notice from the Pakistani jail”. 

Surinder Singh along with his family members in Yamunanagar on Monday.


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