Saturday, May 31, 2003, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Govt vacillating on Pak: Sonia
Srinagar, May 30 Ms Sonia Gandhi, Congress president, said today that the BJP-led NDA government’s policy on Pakistan lacked clarity, consistency and conviction. It has vacillated from one extreme to another. She said that the Congress has been clear and unwavering and we have all along believed that diplomatic channels and doors of dialogue with Pakistan should always be kept open and active.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi arrives for the two-day conclave of party Chief Ministers in Srinagar on Friday. — PTI photo

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J&K page: 'Conclave converted into playing field'
  Cong men litter city with polythene
  Congress sees no mid-term poll in UP
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RLD pulls out of UP Govt
Ajit, Amar Singh meet Governor
Lucknow, May 30
The 14-member RLD led by Mr Ajit Singh today withdrew support to the BSP-BJP coalition government in Uttar Pradesh demanding immediate dismissal of the Mayawati ministry and triggering a move for an unprecedented opposition unity to provide a viable alternative.

US posturing on Iran worries India
St Petersburg, May 30
India is concerned about the George Bush administration toughening its approach towards Iran and warned that opening a new front after Iraq could worsen the situation.

MUNICH DIARY
Anita Bose Pfaff calls on PM
During Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s stay in Munich, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s daughter Anita Bose Pfaff and internationally acclaimed conductor Zubin Mehta called on him.

Amarinder’s cousin shot
Midnight drama in Shimla
Shimla, May 30
Ms Padmesh Kaur, a cousin of the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, was shot dead at the Cedar circuit house of the Punjab Government in the small hours of the day, here today. The murder was allegedly committed by Dhiren Walia, caretaker of the farmhouse at Chhatarpur, owned by the brother of the deceased.

CBI to probe sex scandal
Chandigarh, May 30
In less than a week after reports appeared in certain newspapers regarding sexual exploitation of three girls by “influential persons”, including politicians, at Amritsar, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

Did Samra pose as CBI officer?
Majra Jattan (Balachaur) May 30
Did Dr Gurvinder Singh Samra pose as a CBI officer before police officials posted at the police first aid picket near here after his Toyota Cruiser vehicle rammed into a stationary bus this morning?

   Punjab page: Samra shot at: counsel

Solar eclipse: pilgrims throng Brahm Sarovar Kurukshetra, May 30 Thousands of pilgrims have started thronging the banks of the Brahm Sarovar and Sannehit tanks here on the eve of solar eclipse tomorrow. Sadhus from different parts of the country have pitched up their tents at vantage points on the banks of the two sarovars. Graphic: TRACKING THE ECLIPSE Pilgrims take a dip in Sarovar on the eve of the solar eclipse at Kurukshetra on Friday. — Photo Neeraj Chopra