Monday, June 4, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Pressure mounts on Vasundhara
Party leaders meet Rajnath;
talks with Gujjar leader today
New Delhi, June 3
As the impasse over Gujjar’s demand for Scheduled Tribe status in Rajasthan continued, pressure mounted on Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today with the community leaders, including her Cabinet colleague and party MLAs, alleging inaction and seeking BJP high command’s intervention.

Call for Delhi bandh today
Advani for all-party meeting
Haryana page: Congress leader for Vasundhara’s removal
Delhi page: Gujjars march to PM’s house
Ludhiana page: Gujjars burn Raje’s effigy
Editorial: Caste war

Members of the Gujjar community block the railway track during a demonstration in support of their demand for reservation in Meerut on Sunday. — PTI photo

Shimla declaration to be released today
MPs get reference to J&K deleted
Shimla, June 3
The Indian delegation stood up to assert the stated position of the country that no bilateral issue would be discussed at the SAARC forum and prevailed upon the participants to get the mention of Jammu and Kashmir deleted from the final draft of the Shimla declaration.

Nation page: Pranab wants trade barriers to go
Build on areas of agreement: Sinha
No Pervez-Benazir deal: Sherry Rehman

India: The Tasks Ahead
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
INAUGURAL SESSION

1857 The First Challenge Special supplement to mark the 150th anniversary of India’s first War of Independence.

123 Agreement
Reprocessing of spent fuel
Nothing short of ‘upfront consent’ acceptable: India
New Delhi, June 3
India has hard talked to the United States in the past three days on the 123 agreement and conveyed its bottomline approach that nothing short of Washington’s “upfront consent” on reprocessing of spent fuel will be acceptable to New Delhi. In video (56k)

N-deal on track: Pranab

Russian army chief arrives today
New Delhi, June 3
The commander-in-chief of the Russian Land Forces Army, General Alexei Fedorovich Maslov, will arrive here tomorrow on a five-day visit which is aimed at enhancing the defence ties between two of the oldest allies.

India to buy 350 more upgraded T-90 tanks

10 Indian peacekeepers honoured
Jerusalem, June 3
Ten Indian peacekeepers with the United Nations have been honoured for saving lives of injured Belgian soldiers in Lebanon. They were conferred the 'Medal of Merit of the King of Belgium.'

1993 Blasts
Sentencing of Sanjay Dutt, others awaited
Mumbai, June 3
Sixty-three of the total 100 convicts in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case have been sentenced in the last two weeks, and the next two weeks would witness the climax of the trial, as it would be the turn of the main conspirators.

Big-B land deal
Law will take its course: Maya
Lucknow, June 3
In a guarded reaction over alleged irregularities in the purchase of land by Amitabh Bachchan in the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said today that the law would take its course.

Editorial: Big B as farmer

Heat wave claims 10 more lives New Delhi, June 3 As mercury soared to unbearable levels across the North India today, people mostly remained indoors to escape from the scorching sun with the sweltering heat conditions claiming 10 more lives in Uttar Pradesh, raising the toll since the onset of summers to 22. A man pours water on head to get rid of the scorching temperature in the National Capital on Sunday. — PTI photo