Tuesday, June 24, 2003, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

India, China sign accord
Agreement on trade through Sikkim

Beijing, June 23
In the first-ever joint declaration in their long history, India and China tonight laid down "goals and guiding principles" for their bilateral relationship at the end of the first day’s talks between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao during which the contentious border dispute was among the topics discussed.

Highlights
  India recognises Tibetan autonomous region as part of China
  Visa relaxations announced
  MoU on bilateral trade signed
  China urged to open route for Kailash pilgrims
  To celebrate anniversary of “Panchsheel”

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Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee toasts with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee toasts with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao after the signing-of-
agreements ceremony at Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. Also seen in the picture is External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha.
— PTI photo Subhash Malhotra
 


Don’t mislead China: Pak
 Islamabad, June 23
Appearing concerned over the likely impact of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s current visit to Beijing, Pakistan today accused the Indian leadership of attempting to “mislead” China with “chants of cross-border terrorism” and expressed hope that China would persuade New Delhi to start talks with Islamabad.

  No bargaining on Kashmir: Naidu

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34 perish in rail tunnel mishap
Landslides caused derailment
Rescue workers gather at the site of the derailed train near KankavaliMumbai, June 23
At least 34 persons were killed and 25 others injured, 15 seriously, when four bogies of the Karwar-Mumbai holiday special train derailed, following a landslide on tracks in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra late yesterday.


Rescue workers gather at the site of the derailed train near Kankavali, 576 km south of Mumbai, on Monday. — Reuters photo

  PM condoles deaths
  Editorial: Another rail accident
  Nation page: Mishaps stalk rail passengers

Carrot-and-stick diplomacy awaits Pervez
New Delhi, June 23
The Pakistan President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, is expected to get a taste of American carrot-and-stick diplomacy when he becomes the first South Asian leader to meet the President of the USA, Mr George W. Bush, at the Presidential retreat of Camp David tomorrow.

2 killed in Shopian blast
 Srinagar, June 23
Two persons were killed and 48 injured, nine of them seriously, when a powerful grenade explosion rocked Shopian of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir today, official sources said.

Wooing voters with liquor, poppy husk
Majitha (Amritsar), June 23
Even as the election scene hots up after the withdrawal of papers illicit liquor is being distilled openly in border villages of the district to woo the voters in the panchayat elections, slated for June 29.
The police takes preventive measures and collects "arms" from villagers prior to the panchayat elections in Klair village of Amritsar   Talhan poll put off
  Talhan curfew


The police takes preventive measures and collects “arms” from villagers prior to the panchayat elections in Klair village of Amritsar on Monday. — Photo Rajiv Sharma

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