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Blast outside school leaves 2 dead, 52 hurt
Srinagar, May 12

Two women were killed and at least 52 others injured, most of them schoolchildren, in a grenade explosion outside a school near Lal Chowk here this afternoon. An injured girl being rushed for medical aid after a grenade explosion outside the gate of a school on Residency Road of Srinagar on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Amin War

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BJP crisis deepens
Sunder Singh Bhandari attacks Modi, Advani
New Delhi, May 12
The ongoing crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party deepened further today when former Gujarat Governor Sunder Singh Bhandari caused a serious embarrassment to the party and BJP president L. K. Advani by pointing an accusing finger at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the break of widespread post-Godhra riots.

Paswan proposes, Sonia disposes
New Delhi, May 12
There were few takers in the Congress for LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan’s fresh initiative on government formation in Bihar. Mr. Paswan today suggested that he was willing to drop his earlier opposition to RJD’s support provided the Congress proposed a Muslim Chief Minister. The proposal was shot down by AICC general secretary Ambika Soni.

Three lakh rural households sans power in Punjab
New Delhi, May 12
Electricity supply has failed to reach over three lakh households in rural Punjab, the richest state in the country. The state claimed to achieved 100 per cent rural electrification in early seventies.

Girl paraded naked by father
Ferozepore, May 12
In a shocking incident, a 19-year-old girl was allegedly paraded naked at Alike village along the Indo-Pakistan border falling under the Sadar police station by her family members. In her statement given to the police, the victim alleged that her mother, who had died some time ago, had finalised her marriage with a boy named Palli, alias Pehalwan, who was in some way related to her.

CM tells officials to keep away from rally preparations
Chandigarh, May 12
Government officers in the field are uncomfortable as the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, makes a break with the past to organise a “dhanyawad rally” at Jind on May 14 to thank the people for giving a massive mandate to the Congress in the last Assembly elections. The AICC President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, will address the rally.

Prithivi testfired
Balasore, Orissa, May 12
The medium-range surface-to-surface-missile Prithivi was successfully testfired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur-on-sea, about 15 km from here, today.

Special Story Shift in Army’s war strategy Gag (Jalandhar), May 12 Exercise Vajra Shakti, the first field exercise held by the Army after adopting its new doctrine, has revealed a perceptible shift in the deployment and use of defensive formations and an increasing role for the special forces in spearheading offensives.