Wednesday, May 21, 2003, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

BREAKING NEWS

Arizona Sikh shot in apparent hate crime Phoenix, Arizona (US), May 20 A truck driver seriously wounded in a shooting was apparently targeted because of his being a Sikh, the police said on Tuesday.

Ultras slit throats of 2
Bridge blasted, BSF jawan shot in Valley
Srinagar, May 20
A vital road communication link in north Kashmir was snapped when militants blasted a bridge in Bandipora while a BSF jawan and two women were among four persons killed in Jammu and Kashmir overnight.

Pak imposes curbs on Hizb
Islamabad, May 20
Assuring that it would not allow militant outfits to use its soil for posing a security threat to its neighbours, Pakistan today imposed restrictions on Hizb-ul-Mujahideen by preventing it from regrouping as a militant force, a move seen as a step to create a conducive atmosphere for the resumption of Indo-Pak dialogue.

Editorial: An act of revenge

Pak to remain suspended from Commonwealth
London, May 20
Pakistan will remain suspended from the Commonwealth as its Parliament has remained deadlocked over the status of the Legal Framework Orders issued by President Pervez Musharraf as the military chief, the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group decided today.

No decision on Pak envoy to India
Islamabad, May 20
Uncertainty over the appointment of the new Pakistani High Commissioner to India continues with its Foreign Ministry spokesman today saying that a decision in this regard has not yet been taken.

 AKALI UNITY 
Badungar offers to quit
Amritsar, May 20
Official residence of Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti Jathedar, Akal Takht is actively humming with due to unity moves between the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) and the Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal (SHSAD) even as SGPC chief Kirpal Singh Badungar, Mr Kuldip Singh Wadala, president SAD (Democratic) and Dal Khalsa leaders held separate closed-door meetings with the Jathedar of Akal Takht.

Punjab page: Akali unity ‘before panchayat poll’

DMK ex-minister murdered
Madurai, May 20
Former Tamil Nadu Highways Minister in the previous DMK regime and three-time Member of Parliament T Kiruttinan was found murdered near his home while returning from the morning walk.
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Curfew-like conditions in Fatehabad
1.50 lakh voters to exercise franchise today
Fatehabad, May 20
About 1.50 lakh voters of the Fatehabad Assembly constituency will exercise their right to franchise under curfew-like conditions tomorrow.

Holiday today

PM not in favour of hiking MP’s fund
Lucknow, May 20
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today said that he did not favour hiking the MP’s Development Fund from Rs 2 crore to Rs 3 crore as demanded by the Parliamentarians.

Mother alleges emotional blackmail Says R.K. Sharma made her sign blank papers Panchkula, May 20 The domestic feud between the wife and mother of former IG of the Haryana police and accused in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case, Ravi Kant Sharma, reached a boiling point with the cop’s mother, Mrs Kamla Sharma, accusing her son’s family of siphoning off her money. Mrs Kamla Sharma, mother of Ravi Kant Sharma, makes a point at a press conference at Mani Majra on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph