Monday, October 30, 2000, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3 am (IST)

Jitendra dares Sonia Gandhi
Scuffles after filing of papers
NEW DELHI, Oct 29—The former UPCC chief, Mr Jitendra Prasada, today filed his nomination papers for the post of Congress President to face the present incumbent, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, which is perhaps the first challenge to the Nehru-Gandhi family for the party’s top post.

Congress leader Jitendra Prasada shows the victory sign after filing his nomination papers  at the AICC HQ in New Delhi on Sunday. (Right) Supporters of Mrs Sonia Gandhi and Mr Jitendra Prasada grapple with one another in front of the Congress HQ in New Delhi on Sunday. Congress leader Jitendra Prasada shows the victory sign after filing his nomination papers  at the AICC HQ in New Delhi on Sunday. (Right) Supporters of Mrs Sonia Gandhi and Mr Jitendra Prasada grapple with one another in front of the Congress HQ in New Delhi on Sunday. 
— PTI and Reuters photo

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Bhattacharjee elected LF leader
Basu’s resignation accepted

CALCUTTA, Oct 29 — The ruling Left Front in West Bengal today informed Governor Viren J. Shah that it had elected Deputy Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee as the new leader of the front legislature party after the retirement of Mr Jyoti Basu.
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19 ultras shot; 22 kg RDX seized
6 of family killed in Jammu

JAMMU, Oct 29 — Six members of a family, including four children, were massacred in Hiranagar tehsil of Jammu district early today.



An Indian Army officer displays a seized mortar and other arms and ammunition at an Army camp in Pattan, 27 km north of Srinagar, on Sunday. —Reuters photo
An Indian Army officer displays a seized mortar and other arms and ammunition at an Army camp in Pattan, 27 km north of Srinagar, on Sunday. —Reuters photo

Babbar held with 5 kg of RDX, arms
KAPURTHALA, Oct 29 — The police has arrested a terrorist belonging to the Babbar Khalsa from the residential colony of the Rail Coach Factory here and recovered 5 kg of RDX, besides arms and ammunition, from him.

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Abject surrender by Indians in final
SHARJAH, Oct 29 — Sri Lanka crushed India by 245 runs in the final of the triangular one-day series here tonight to win the Coca Cola trophy. Set to score 300 runs after Sri Lankan captain played a masterly knock of 189 runs, India recorded their lowest-ever score in one-day cricket when they were all out for 54 in 26.3 overs. (Details on Sports page)

 
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Raids fail to trace Nishan Singh
NEW DELHI, Oct 29 — Punjab Police Constable Nishan Singh, Personal Security Officer of the SGPC Chief Bibi Jagir Kaur, could not be traced despite the CBI’s Special Investigating Units raiding different parts of state today.

Barnala confirms appointment
SANGRUR, Oct 29 — Former Union Minister Surjit Singh Barnala today confirmed that he was being appointed as the first Governor of Uttaranchal, the newly created hill-state carved out from Uttar Pradesh.




Rangers asked to thwart fencing plan
JAMMU, Oct 29 — Pakistani troops have begun preparations for thwarting India’s plan to raise a barbed wire fence on the 187-km-long international border, (IB) from Akhnoor to Kathua in the Jammu sector.

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