Srinagar, June 2
About two months after the beginning of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service coupled with other confidence-building measures between India and Pakistan, a nine-member delegation of Kashmiri Hurriyat leaders crossed the LoC at Kaman bridge to enter PoK today.
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A motorcade of vehicles carrying Kashmiri leaders moves towards occupied Kashmir, in Pattan 27 km north of Srinagar on Thursday — Reuters
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Kashmiris
didn’t back Pakistan in 1965: Gohar Islamabad, June
2
A large number of some
4,000 Pakistani commandos sent to the Kashmir valley in 1965
were butchered or caught by Indians after the local
population failed to support them, former Pakistan Foreign
Minister Gohar Ayub Khan says in another sensational
disclosure.
PM
sets up national knowledge commission New Delhi, June
2
The Prime Minister has
constituted a National Knowledge Commission, headed by Mr
Sam Pitroda, a press note issued by the Prime Minister’s
Office said today. Dr
P.M. Bhargava will be the Vice-Chairperson of the commission
while its members will be Mr Nandan Nilekani, Dr Deepak
Nayyar, Mr Ashok Ganguly, Dr Andre Beteille, Dr Jayati Ghosh
and Dr Pratap Bhanu Mehta.
Big turnout
in Haryana byelections Chandigarh, June 2
While heavy polling has been reported in
the Kiloi and Tosham Assembly constituencies, Hisar reported comparatively
moderate voting today. According to an
official spokesman, about 87 per cent polling was reported from Tosham, about 85
per cent from Kiloi and 62 per cent from Hisar.
He (Advani) should publicly apologise. He has betrayed the Hindus of our country. Regretting now, particularly from Pakistani soil, is an insult to 90 crore Hindus. — Ashok Singhal
Mr Naveen Jindal (L) with his mother and Congress nominee Savitri Jindal in Hisar during polling on Thursday.
— A Tribune photograph
Henin meets Pierce in
final Paris, June 2
Justine Henin-Hardenne moved smoothly into the French Open final with an impressive 6-2, 6-3 win over Russian Nadia Petrova
today. In the second semifinal, local favourite Mary Pierce made short work of Elena Likhovtseva of
Russia. (Details on Sports page)
Girls do it
again in Class XII results Mohali, June 2
Girls have outshone boys in the Class XII
examinations (humanities, vocational) of the Punjab School Education Board, the
results of which were declared here today. While Sunila Kumari of BCM Senior
Secondary School, Focal Point, Ludhiana, stood first in the humanities group,
Prabhjot Kaur of Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Civil Lines,
Ludhiana, bagged the first position in the vocational stream.
Army
women create history atop Everest New Delhi,
June 2
In the 40th year of
India’s first-ever successful expedition to the Mount
Everest, after the Indian Air Force team’s heroics on
May 30, now four women from the Army have become the
first-ever team from the force to reach the summit this
morning.
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