Thursday,
July 29, 2004, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Sonia
does not meet Amarinder New Delhi, July 28
Apparently unhappy with Punjab Chief
Minister Amarinder Singh over the manner in which his government went
ahead with the legislation abrogating water accords with the neighbouring
states, Congress President Sonia Gandhi did not grant him an appointment
during his three-day stay in the Capital.
Kashmiri girls run for shelter as soldiers carry out raids in search of militants in the outskirts of Srinagar on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Amin War
Suicide
attack: 2 militants, 5 CRPF personnel killed Srinagar, July 28
The suicide attack by militants on a security forces camp last night led
to the death of two militants and five personnel of the Central Reserve
Police Force and injuries to three others in the Dal Lake area here early
this morning.
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Saharan
Majra (Ludhiana), July 28
A number of families in this
district whose “innocent” members were killed in alleged fake
encounters during militancy are upset at the decision of the
National Human Rights Commission to “ignore” their sufferings
and take up illegal cremation cases of unclaimed bodies of just
three police districts — Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Majitha — of
the state.
Gulzar Singh (right) of Jandiali Khurd, Ludhiana, scans a list of youths killed in fake encounters by the Punjab police. The list was released by the NHRC recently.
— Photo by Mahesh Sharma
Left-govt
rift may widen New Delhi, July 28
The rift between the Left parties and
the Congress-led UPA government can widen further, with the Communist
Party of India (Marxist) planning to reconsider its nature of relationship
with the government.
8 die
in fire-cracker factory blast Jhajjar, July 28
Eight workers, including two women,
working in a fire-cracker factory died last evening when some explosive
material caught fire while they were manufacturing fire-crackers in the
factory room.
Kohli
remanded in police custody till August 5 Mohali, July 28
A Kharar court today sent Maninder
Pal Singh Kohli, prime suspect in the rape and murder of British teenager
Hannah Foster, to eight days of police remand for interrogation in a
forged passport case registered here.
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Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, prime suspect in the alleged rape and murder of British teenager Hannah Foster being produced at a
Kharar court on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan
I raped and killed Hannah, confesses
Kohli Mohali, July 28
Having confessed to have raped and killed 17-year-old Hannah Foster, Maninder Pal Singh Kohli today said he would not oppose his extradition to the UK and was ready to face any punishment for the crime.
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