Ultras attack Cong HQ in Srinagar, 12 injured
Srinagar, April 23
Twelve persons were injured when militants fired three to four grenades inside the highly guarded premises of the Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters at MA Road here this afternoon. Those injured included five security personnel and six civilians, two of them photo- journalists.

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Paramilitary jawans carry away their wounded colleague after a grenade attack on the Congress Headquarters in Srinagar on Friday. — Tribune photo by Amin War

Anti-poll marchers tear-gassed
Srinagar, April 23
The police used teargas shells and batons to disperse an anti-election march led by a former Hurriyat Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, here today, official sources said.

J&K page: Shabir Shah, Geelani put under house arrest

Vohra hints at widening scope of talks
New Delhi, April 23
Centre’s interlocutor on Kashmir N.N. Vohra today hinted at the possibility of widening the dialogue process with separatist groups in Jammu and Kashmir and said the third round of talks with the Hurriyat Conference would be held in June this year.

Coaching centre, CBSE staffers held in
PMT case
New Delhi, April 23
The Delhi Police Crime Branch today claimed to have arrested a board employee posted in the office of the Controller of Examinations for his involvement in the CBSE pre-medical question paper leak case.

Judicial probe into driver’s death ordered
Jalandhar, April 23
Taking serious note of violence which sparked of near Lamba Pind chowk following protests by a group of residents yesterday, the district police chief, Mr Gupreet Singh Bhullar, today shifted the area SHO, Mr Ravinder Sharma, for his “inability” to handle the situation and control the violent mob.

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EU nod to trade pact with Pak
Islamabad, April 23
Pakistan claimed a major diplomatic victory after European Union Parliament voted in favour of a “third generation” trade and cooperation agreement with it, brushing aside the rider, which called for improving democracy and human rights situation in the country.

UK to tighten immigration procedures
London, April 23
Britain is planning measures to clamp down on those using sham marriages and non-existent language school courses to evade immigration laws and stay on in the country. Announcing this here, Home Secretary David Blunkett said the measures on marriages and students had been in the pipeline for several months.

HC Judge excuses himself from CJ’s Bench Chandigarh, April 23 The crisis in the Punjab and Haryana High Court does not seem to end. Even as three senior judges are scheduled to meet the Chief Justice of India tomorrow to explain the reason that forced 25 judges to proceed on mass leave, one of the protesting judges today excused himself from a Bench headed by Chief Justice B.K. Roy.