Sunday, August 19, 2001, Chandigarh, India
 Updated at 3 am (IST)

Major infiltration attempts at LoC
Jammu, August 18
Indian troops foiled a major infiltration bid by Pakistan-aided militants when at least five rebels, four belonging to the Tehrikul Jehadi Islami and one to the Hizbul Mujahideen, were killed and five wounded in Rajouri and Poonch Sectors today. Official reports said Pakistani troops resorted to heavy firing on Indian posts and pickets early this morning in Nowshehra area of Rajouri and Poonch.

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Kashmiri women mourn the killing of two alleged militants on the outskirts of Srinagar on Saturday.

Kashmiri women mourn the killing of two alleged militants on the outskirts of Srinagar on Saturday. 
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200 surrendered ultras were Pak army regulars
New Delhi, August 18
About 200 surrendered militants had last year gone back to Pakistan with arms and ammunition, raising suspicion that those militants might be part of a broader design of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence and might be Pak army regulars.

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Punjab poll in mid-November
Chandigarh, August 18
If the renewed feverish political activity and mannerism of offering sops to urban and rural sections is any indication, Punjab may expect Assembly elections in mid-November.

United Cong challenges Badal
Mansa, August 18
The PPCC leadership while showing unity among the party’s rank and file today challenged the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, to test popularity of his government by holding elections any time.




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Sikhs asked to boycott Badal
Amritsar, August 18
After paying obeisance at the Golden Temple and Akal Takht, leaders of the newly formed Panthic Morcha today gave a call to the Sikh ‘sangat’ in India and abroad to boycott Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, till he tendered an unconditional apology for uttering derogatory remarks against its convener, Baba Sarbjot Singh Bedi.

Leaders of the Panthic Morcha, including Baba Sarbjot Singh Bedi, convener, Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, Bhai Ranjit Singh and Bhai Jasbir Singh Rode, both former Jathedars, during the ‘ardas’ at Akal Takht on Saturday. Leaders of the Panthic Morcha, including Baba Sarbjot Singh Bedi, convener, Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, Bhai Ranjit Singh and Bhai Jasbir Singh Rode, both former Jathedars, during the ‘ardas’ at Akal Takht on Saturday. 
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Natwar hopeful of Cong landslide win in Punjab
Chandigarh, August 18
“There is a visible change in the mood of the people as they have started realising that it is only the Congress which can give them good governance," says Mr Natwar Singh, a former External Affairs Minister and a member of the Congress Working Committee.

Allow CBI to prosecute Bikramjit: BJP
Ludhiana, August 18
Taking a stand against corruption, the state BJP has urged Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to let the CBI prosecute the Principal Secretary, Home, Mr Bikramjit Singh, on charges of corruption and accumulating wealth disproportionate to known sources of his income.

Jaswant pledges support to Nepal
Kathmandu, August 18
External Affairs and Defence Minister Jaswant Singh, who is on a three-day goodwill visit to Nepal, met former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala here this morning.

New Director also ineligible
Rohtak, August 18
The Haryana Government appears to have made a laughing stock of itself by replacing one ineligible Director of Pandit B. D. Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences here with another. 

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