Friday, June 8, 2001, Chandigarh, India
 Updated at 3 am (IST)

Panel gets sweeping powers
Curfew lifted in Kathmandu
Kathmandu, June 7
The high-level committee set up by King Gyanendra to probe Friday night’s palace massacre has been given sweeping powers to get information from the royal family members, inspect the site of killings and examine weapons and bullets used.

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Dipendra mowed down family: survivor
Kathmandu, June 7
In fateful 90 seconds, it was Crown Prince Dipendra who mowed down King Birendra and eight other royal family members with automatic weapons and but for “heroic” efforts of Prince Paras, son of the new King Gyanendra, the casualties would have been still higher, claimed a survivor and member of the royal family in the first ever eyewitness account today.

A plainclothes police officer (centre) calls a vehicle after arresting three journalist-publishers of Nepal’s largest paper Kantipur Daily. A plainclothes police officer (centre) calls a vehicle after arresting three journalist-publishers of Nepal’s largest paper Kantipur Daily on suspicion of treason for printing an article written by Maoist rebel leader Baburam Bhattarai on Wednesday in Kathmandu. — AP/PTI photo
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Blair poised for 2nd term
London, June 7
The United Kingdom today went to polls in a general election expected to give Prime Minister Tony Blair a landslide victory and a historic second term in office.

Britain’s Prime MinisterTony Blair and his wife Cherie arrive at their local polling station in Trimdon to cast their vote for the general election on Thursday. — Reuters photo
Britain’s Prime MinisterTony Blair and his wife Cherie arrive at their local polling station in Trimdon to cast their vote for the general election on Thursday.

PM gets new knee-joint; may walk tomorrow
Mumbai, June 7
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee underwent a right knee-joint replacement surgery at the Breach Candy Hospital here today and could take his first tentative steps sometime tomorrow or the day after.

 

 




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Reyat questions jurisdiction of Canada’s court
Washington, June 7
Inderjit Singh Reyat, the third accused in the Air-India bombing case, today caused a flutter in the British Columbia Supreme Court at Vancouver by declining to walk into the court premises voluntarily to be charged with the murder of 329 persons, but gave in once the court provided an assurance that his appearance would not prejudice his right to question its jurisdiction.

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Row over auction: EO beaten up
Fazilka, June 7
Mr Jagdish Raj Wadhwa, Executive Officer, Municipal Council, Fazilka, was allegedly beaten up by Mr Mohinder Partap Dhingra, President, Municipal Council, and his supporters today following a row over the auction of a plot in the civic body office here.

6 killed, 6 hurt in road mishap
Nahan, June 7
Six persons were killed and six others injured when a utility vehicle rolled into a gorge near Nohra Dhar, about 100 km from here, this evening.

Temperatures dip as rain gods smile
Chandigarh, June 7
Strong winds accompanied by rain at many places in Punjab, Chandigarh and adjoining areas in Haryana caused drastic fall in temperatures upto 14°C at some places in the north-west region today.


Punjab jails or killer cells?
Chandigarh, June 7
Are Punjab jails turning into killer cells for prisoners and undertrials? This question needs an answer going by the fact that more than 170 inmates have died since 1997. While most of these deaths have been “unnatural”, reports of torture, including branding and negligence by the jail authorities are not uncommon.

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