Tuesday, February 3, 2004, Chandigarh, India
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DIG shot outside Srinagar mosque

Srinagar, February 2
In the first major killing of a senior police officer since the outbreak of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, militants shot Deputy Inspector General of Police Mohammed Amin Bhat today in the compound of a mosque after the Id prayers in uptown city.

 Director General of Police Gopal Sharma and Inspector General of Police K. Rajendra carry the coffin of slain Deputy Inspector General of Police Mohammad Amin Bhat
Director General of Police Gopal Sharma (right) and Inspector General of Police K. Rajendra carry the coffin of slain Deputy Inspector General of Police Mohammad Amin Bhat, in Srinagar on Monday.
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Alliance with Cong not yet, says Mayawati

New Delhi, February 2
Two days after Congress President Sonia Gandhi had dinner with her, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati today declared she had not taken a final decision on entering into an alliance with any political party, including the Congress.
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 BSP chief Mayawati addresses a press conference in New Delhi on Monday.
BSP chief Mayawati addresses a press conference in New Delhi on Monday. — PTI photo

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Another Jaswant ‘sop opera’ today
Jaswant Singh New Delhi, February 2
The seventh note of the ruling NDA’s “sop opera” will be played tomorrow noon as Finance Minister Jaswant Singh unravels his government’s Vote-on-Account and the Interim Budget in Parliament, three days before the expected dissolution of the Lok Sabha.

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PM puts NDA on road to poll in South
Kanyakumari, February 2
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today said the ambitious Golden Quadrilateral and north-south and east-west corridor projects envisaging super highways were being completed at an unprecedented speed.

5 die as train ploughs through crowd
Phagwara, February 2
In a ghastly mishap, five persons, including three members of a family, were killed when the Jammu-bound Jammu-Tawi-Hapa Express ploughed through a crowd of people at Santokhpura level crossing here today.

Dr Khan ‘confesses’ to leaking N-secrets
Abdul Qadeer Khan Islamabad, February 2
Pakistan's nuclear pioneer Abdul Qadeer Khan and four others have confessed to leaking nuclear secrets to groups working for Iran, Libya and North Korea, an official close to the government's nuclear proliferation probe said late yesterday.

Editorial: Q. Khan had his day

NEWS ANALYSIS
 Pak terror machinery retains ability
DESPITE the feel-good factor in India-Pakistan relations, the road to peace is still mined. Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s pronounced policy against militant outfits and withdrawal of support to them notwithstanding, it has not changed the situation on the ground.

Punjabi from primary level in Pak Punjab
Wagah, February 2
The west Punjab Government of Pakistan has decided to introduce Punjabi language course from primary school level, says Punjabi writer Dr Mahip Singh, who was part of the delegation which returned after attending the ninth World Punjabi Conference at Lahore.

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