Friday,
June
20,
2008, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Pak firing again
Army foils infiltration in Mendhar sector
Rajouri, June 19
In yet another ceasefire violation, the Pakistani army fired indiscriminately on Indian positions to give cover to about 30 militants trying to cross the
Line of Control (LoC) in Mendhar sector of Poonch today. The Army retaliated, killing eight militants near the Zero Line in front of the Deep Post.
Sonia
has a ringside view of Maha feuding Rane
supporters throw bottles and chairs at dais Mumbai, June 19
Supporters of Maharashtra
revenue minister Narayan Rane clashed at a party function
addressed by party president Sonia Gandhi today. Gandhi’s
meeting at suburban Goregaon, where she addressed party
workers, had scores of supporters of Rane reportedly from the
Konkan region.
Editorial India
must not go back on nuclear deal By H. K. Dua There comes a time when
those who have taken upon themselves the responsibility to lead a
nation or a cause have to bite the bullet and move on to achieve
the desired aim. That time has come for Dr Manmohan Singh to see
that the Indo-US Nuclear Deal he signed with George W. Bush gets
operationalised before the end of his tenure as also that of the
US President.
NUKE ROW Allies
in a tizzy
New Delhi,
June 19
As deliberations between the UPA government and the Left parties on the
Indo-US nuclear agreement entered the final phase, emissaries from both
sides have stepped up efforts to enlist the support of UPA allies, who
support the deal but don’t want the government to be sacrificed for
it.
(Details in Nation
page)
US secretary of state
Condoleezza Rice has issued a stern warning to Pakistan over
Islamabad’s strategy of offering a truce to militants operating
along the lawless Afghan border.
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Iran
asked to stop persecution of Baha’is Chandigarh, June 19
Expressing concern over the recent
arrest of members of Iran’s national Baha’i leadership, several
prominent Indian personalities have urged the Iranian government to
abide by international human rights conventions and release the
detainees immediately.
Hindu Suicide Squads Bitta slams
Thackeray New Delhi, June 19
The All-India Anti-Terrorist Front
(AIATF) chief M.S. Bitta today described Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray
and Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna for advocating Hindu suicide squads and
praising Hindus allegedly involved in bomb-making as a "cruel
attempt to communalise society".
Army
rescues 10,000 in Bengal Flood situation grim in
Jharkhand, Orissa Kolkata/Bhubaneswar, June 19
Army personnel today rescued over
10,000 people in West Bengal’s flood-hit West Midnapore district as
water levels of major rivers rose alarmingly in Orissa while flash
floods continued to hit Jharkhand.
Villagers gather on a causeway to catch fish from flooded fields in
Midnapore, some 150 km south of Kolkata, on Thursday. — AFP
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The First Challenge Special supplement
to mark the 150th anniversary of India’s
first War of Independence.
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