Sunday, July 13, 2003, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

India rejects Pak terms for resuming air links
New Delhi, July 12
India today said there was no defined “core issue” between New Delhi and Islamabad and rejected Pakistan’s pre-condition of giving guarantees for resuming air links. “There is no defined core issue between India and Pakistan and we will go according to the composite dialogue process which has been agreed to by the two countries.

World page: India holding SAARC hostage, accuses Pak

  VHP asks BJP to seek fresh mandate

Trust claims ownership of Ayodhya site
Faizabad, July 12
In a new development regarding the legal position of the disputed site on the acquired land at Ayodhya, the Raj Rajeshwari Sitaram Trust has filed a civil suit, claiming that it is the real owner of the whole area.

Zaheera fears threat to life
Asks NHRC to help reopen Best Bakery case
New Delhi, July 12
In a significant development, Zaheera, complainant in the Best Bakery case, has apprehended threat to her life and sought the National Human Rights Commission’s help to reopen the case.

Edit page: Zaheera’s trauma in the Best Bakery case

CIA gives Bush clean chit
Says it made mistake on Iraq info
Washington, July 12
In the eye of a storm over US President George W. Bush’s allegation that the Saddam Hussein regime had tried to acquire nuclear material from Africa, CIA Director George Tenet has taken the blame for wrongly allowing Bush to make the statement even though agency officials doubted the intelligence.

World page: Bush loses support after Iraq

Ansari elected Hurriyat chief Jammu, July 12 The APHC today unanimously elected a pro-Pakistan Shia leader, Maulvi Abbas Ansari, as its Chairman at a meeting of the Executive Committee members. Out of the seven constituents representatives of six parties were present at the meeting.