Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee (left) and Mrs Sonia Gandhi address rallies on the last leg of their campaign tour in Mandi and New Delhi, respectively, on Saturday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan and Reuters
CAST
YOUR VOTE
Is the government right in suspending emigration of
ex-armymen to Iraq?
EC
for use of aircraft to oversee polling in Punjab Chandigarh, May 8
While Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee kept his date with electors of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab,
Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Laloo Yadav could not make it to Ludhiana
as leaders of all major political parties wrapped up their election
campaigns for the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab, 10 in Haryana, four in
Himachal Pradesh, last two in Jammu and Kashmir and one in Chandigarh
seat at 5 p.m. today.
Curtains
down on campaign din New Delhi, May 8
Campaigning in the scorching heat and dust for the final phase of
polling for 182 parliamentary seats in 16 states and Union Territories
ended today amidst predictions of a hung Parliament.
2
cops killed, 16 poll officials hurt in Doda blasts Jammu, May 8
Two police personnel were killed
and 16 officials on election duty were injured as terrorists threw
grenades and exploded IEDs at several places in Doda district to scare
the electorate as the campaign for the Udhampur Lok Sabha seat ended
today.
Neerja’s
killer may get 160 years in prison
Chandigarh girl was killed in 1986
hijack bid at
Karachi airport Chandigarh, May 8 It
has been a long wait for justice for the family of Chandigarh-born
Neerja Bhanot, a senior flight purser with Pan Am, who was killed by
terrorists during a hijacking bid in 1986. It was in this city that she
did her schooling from Sacred Heart Convent School, and it was here that
she was cremated.
India
not to oppose Pak entry into ASEAN Forum New Delhi, May 8
Firm indications that the Indo-Pak
bonhomie is here to stay were available today as New Delhi decided not
to oppose Pakistan’s entry into the ASEAN Regional Forum.
Army has ignored fake killings in the
past
New Delhi, May 8
The Army may have made attempts to salvage its badly tarnished image by taking disciplinary action against Major Surinder Singh, who had the courage to take on his seniors for the fake killings ordered by them, but the force really does not take seriously such excesses made by its officers in most insurgency-affected areas.
Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan celebrates after
dismissing Zimbabwe's Mpulelo Nkala to break Courtney Walsh's
record of 519 Test wickets on the third day of the first Test in Harare
on Saturday. He now has 521 Test wickets from just 89 Tests. — AP/PTI photo
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It
has been a long wait for justice for the family of Chandigarh-born
Neerja Bhanot, a senior flight purser with Pan Am, who was killed by
terrorists during a hijacking bid in 1986. It was in this city that she
did her schooling from Sacred Heart Convent School, and it was here that
she was cremated.