BJP, Congress blame each other
New Delhi, April 20
The passage of the Railway Budget in Parliament today exposed the Opposition’s inability to force a discussion on the important issue.

India accepts bodies of 15 BSF men
Says they are badly mutilated

Mankachar (Assam), April 20 After hours of controversy, India late tonight accepted “highly mutilated” bodies of 15 BSF men killed by Bangladesh Rifles in border clashes even as New Delhi virtually absolved Dhaka of being behind the skirmishes. Border Security Force soldiers set up a fresh post along the India-Bangladesh border in Mankachar, Assam, on Friday. — Reuters photo

HC strictures on Mining Department
Chandigarh, April 20
Severe strictures were passed on the Haryana Mining Department by a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court comprising Mr Justice Jawahar Lal Gupta and Mr Justice N. K. Sud here today while directing the CBI to inquire into the mining operations in Faridabad district.

Major shuffle in HP bureaucracy on the cards
Shimla, April 20
With the Chief Minister, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, now free from the nearly two-month-long Budget session of the Assembly, he is likely to order a major reshuffle in the bureaucracy and the police. There are indications that the reshuffle might be ordered within the next two or three days.

Cong leader shot, 9 hurt in blast
Srinagar, April 20
Five persons, including a Congress leader and a woman, were killed and nine others, one among them a newly-elected sarpanch, injured in the Kashmir valley, where the Border Security Force unearthed a big haul of arms and ammunition since last night.

J&K page: JeM threatens to target forces outside J&K



BSF officers display arms and ammunition recovered from a militant hideout, smashed in Ganderbal area on the outskirts of Srinagar on Friday. — PTI photo