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J&K integral part of India: govt
New Delhi, June 16
India today made a categorical statement that Jammu and Kashmir was its integral part, saying that External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh’s stand was not “his personal view” but was a reiteration of “the provisions of the Constitution of India”.

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2 Bin Laden men held in Delhi
New Delhi, June 16
The Delhi police today claimed to have foiled the attempt of international terrorist Osama bin Laden to blow up the US Embassy here, with the arrest of three persons, including a Sudanese national.

Abdul Rauf Hawas ( right ) , a Sudanese national, and his Indian accomplice Shamim Sarvar (left) are escorted by policemen to a court in New Delhi on Saturday. Abdul Rauf Hawas ( right ) , a Sudanese national, and his Indian accomplice Shamim Sarvar (left) are escorted by policemen to a court in New Delhi on Saturday. The police said it had arrested Hawas who said he had links with Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden and was planning to attack the U.S.Embassy. — Reuters photo

USA to lift curbs: paper
Bush likely to visit India
Washington, June 16
The USA has decided to lift the sanctions imposed on India and strengthen its military and economic relationship with New Delhi, a US daily has said, quoting top White House officials.

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Kathmandu, June 16
Nepal’s late King Birendra had made an abortive last-minute attempt to shoot at his son, then Crown Prince Dipendra, as the latter fired indiscriminately on the royals at Narayan Hity Palace on the night of June 1, according to the details of the official probe report released here.

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Activists, including one wearing a mask, shout anti-government slogans during a protest against the use of tobacco in New Delhi on Saturday. Activists, including one wearing a mask, shout anti-government slogans during a protest against the use of tobacco in New Delhi on Saturday. The activists urged the government to ban tobacco products, which they said claimed the lives of 1.5 million people a year through various diseases in India. — Reuters

Top ex-militant shot dead
Hurriyat leaders freed
Jammu, June 16
Counter-insurgents suffered a setback when a prominent renegade militant, Ghulam Nabi, was gunned down by two unidentified gunmen outside his residence at Shalipora village near Achabal in Anantnag district today.


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Kasauli student ‘died of hepatitis B’
Shimla, June 16
The magisterial inquiry into the death of Kasauli school student Shobha Devi is learnt to have identified that hepatitis B was the cause of her death and not the alleged beating by two teachers about a month ago.

Bush, Putin agree to extensive talks
Brdo Castle (Slovenia), June 16
The US President, Mr George W. Bush, said today that he and Russia’s Vladimir Putin agreed to launch an “extensive dialogue” on a wide range of subjects and to visit each other’s countries. The first-ever summit between Mr Bush and Mr Putin ended after about two and three quarter hours of talks.


Sehajdharis’ voting right to stay
Ropar, June 16
The SGPC has dropped the idea of curtailing the voting rights of the Sehajdharis in the forthcoming SGPC elections. Earlier, at a meeting of the SGPC Executive held in Anandpur Sahib on March 22, it was decided that the Sehajdharis who had the voting right according to the SGPC Act, 1925, would not be allowed to vote, after an amendment to Sections 10, 10 (A) and 11 of the Act.

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