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Sunday, January 2, 2000,
Chandigarh, India
Pak
engineered hijacking
India may
move SAARC
NEW
DELHI, Jan 1 — India today held Pakistan responsible
for engineering the hijacking of the Indian Airline
Airbus IC-814 from Kathmandu to Delhi on December 24.
Steps to tighten security
at airports: PM
No
whereabouts of hijackers
| After
almost one week in Afghanistan, an empty Indian
Airlines plane that was hijacked by militants
takes off for India in Kandahar on Saturday.
— AP/PTI photo |
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Bomb scare delayed return of IA
plane
MUMBAI, Jan
1 — An engine snag and later a bomb scare delayed
the arrival of the hijacked Indian Airlines A-300
aircraft from Kandahar to Delhi this morning.
Plane ‘didn’t
carry body’
Hostages
celebrate homecoming
NEW DELHI,
Jan 1 — For the freed hostages, it was yet another
sleepless night yesterday. But for a different reason.
Millennium
sunrise eludes Katchal island
KATCHAL
(Andaman & Nicobar Islands), Jan 1 — There is
probably nothing more calming than watching the sunrise.
For the few hundred persons aboard the ‘Swarj
Dweep’ it was a moment they had risen early for.
India
overcomes Y2K hurdle
NEW
DELHI, Jan 1 — There was a smooth roll over to the
new millennium and no glitches were experienced due to
Y2K in 11 critical sectors, including defence, power,
aviation and telecommunications, the Union Information
Technology Ministry said here today.
Subversives
carve out new routes
JAMMU, Jan
1 — Troops today foiled a plan to storm a brigade
headquarters in Surankot area of Poonch by killing two
“fidayeen” volunteers (members of suicide
squads).
MPs bare plans for year
2000
AS calendars and planners
are replaced and fresh resolutions are pledged to
ring in the New Year — this time 2000 —
The Tribune takes a look at the agenda of the
elected representatives of our region. Most
parliamentarians we spoke to said there was
nothing special about the year 2000.
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