Sunday, August 13, 2000, Chandigarh, India


Centre sounds red alert
NEW DELHI, Aug 12 — All states and union territories have been asked to follow a stringent security drill to check any terrorist activity at the behest of Pakistan’s ISI at the time of the Independence Day celebrations in the country.

Govt keeps channels open
NEW DELHI, Aug 12 — The Atal Behari Vajpayee Government is banking on the botched-up peace process in violence-driven Jammu and Kashmir being revived after a cooling-off period.


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Captain, 9 militants killed
2 Hungarian women hurt in blast
 SRINAGAR, Aug 12 — At least nine militants and an Army Captain were killed in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir since yesterday, while four pedestrians, including two Hungarian women, were injured in a grenade explosion here this afternoon.

A paramilitary jawan searches bus passengers during a check in Srinagar on Saturday and (right) Hungarian tourist Maria Anna Bokoing lies on a stretcher in a hospital after being injured in a grenade explosion in Srinagar on Saturday.
A paramilitary jawan searches bus passengers during a check in Srinagar on Saturday and (right) Hungarian tourist Maria Anna Bokoing lies on a stretcher in a hospital after being injured in a grenade explosion in Srinagar on Saturday. — Reuters
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Men paraded, vehicles searched
SRINAGAR, Aug 12 — Security has been beefed up here to thwart any designs of militants to create trouble on Independence Day.

 
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Send troops to valley, Pak urged
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12 — Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin today urged Pakistan to send troops to the Kashmir valley even if it means a war.

Punjab to take no chances
CHANDIGARH, Aug 12 — The escalated violence in the Kashmir valley has made security officers in Punjab sit up. Three bomb blasts in March, June and July this year claimed 16 innocent lives and injured 33 others. This only shows that all is not well in Punjab, senior police officers here admit.
Maharaja’s chariot wheels dumped
AMRITSAR, Aug 12 — Chariot wheels that date back to Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s time have been lying dumped under broken furniture in a room of Government Primary School for the past more than two years.

The rare wheels of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s chariots lie in an unlocked room being used by a government primary school in the shahi astabal (royal stable). The rare wheels of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s chariots lie in an unlocked room being used by a government primary school in the shahi astabal (royal stable). — Photo by Raman

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