Edit page: Case for Indo-Pak missile talks World page: It’s my final peace bid, says Vajpayee In video (28k, 56k) Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha (left) is received by his Pakistani counterpart Khursheed Kasuri at Council of Ministers meeting for the SAARC Summit in Islamabad on Friday. — AP/PTI photo

Delegation of editors, journalists leaves
for Pakistan
Wagah (Amritsar), January 2
The 11-member delegation of Editors and senior journalists from leading English, regional dailies and magazines left for Pakistan from the Indo-Pak joint check post at 12.30 pm here today. 
Islamabad Diary: Pak capital all decked up

An 11-member Indian delegation of editors and senior journalists leaves for Pakistan on Friday through the Wagah joint checkpost for the SAARC Summit and SAFMA conference to be held at Rawalpindi in Pakistan. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma

Mumbai-Karachi flights resumed
Mumbai, January 2
Making its return flight following resumption of air services between India and Pakistan, a Pakistan International Airline Airbus A-300, carrying 203 passengers, including two infants, left for Karachi today after a delay of 90 minutes.

2 terrorists, 4 jawans die in attack on Jammu railway station
Jammu, January 2
Four security personnel, including Lieutenant Triveni Singh, were killed as terrorists wearing Army uniform attacked the crowded railway station here this evening. The security forces killed two terrorists and search was going on for the third one.

Cong keen on poll pact in UP
New Delhi, January 2
There is almost a desperation in the Congress to firm up an electoral alliance in Uttar Pradesh as it realises the crucial role this state will play in determining the outcome of the coming Lok Sabha poll.

Nation page: Mulayam opposed to anti-BJP front

Punjab Cong MLAs summoned to Delhi
New Delhi, January 2
In a move to set the house in order in view of the "early" Lok Sabha polls, the AICC panel has summoned Punjab Congress legislators to the Capital in a bid to bridge the differences within the state Congress Legislative Party.

Punjab page: No room for dissidents in Punjab Bhavan

The Indian Science Congress is meeting in Chandigarh for its 91st session from January 3 to 7. The Tribune today carries a special supplement with articles that focus on what Indian science should aim at in the near future. Several eminent scientists have accepted our invitation to write in the supplement.  — H. K. Dua (Editor-in-Chief) Story on Chandigarh page: 3,500 delegates in city for science congress