Friday, November 15, 2002, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

VHP firm on yatra
Gujarat Government refuses permission
Ahmedabad, November 14
Preparing for a confrontation, the VHP vowed to defy the Election Commission ban on its controversial yatra from Sunday as the Gujarat Government refused permission to the Sangh Parivar outfit to carry out the march from Godhra. On instructions from the commission, Panchmahal District Collector Manoj Agarwal today overturned the permission given by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Godhra from where the yatra is to begin.
In video: (28k, 56k)

  Editorial: EC directive in national interest
  Nation page: BJP in dilemma over Patel, Modi
  BJP, CEC on warpath again

Kalam justifies N-weapons
Says necessary for self-defence
New Delhi, November 14
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today made it clear that India will use nuclear weapons in self-defence when its peace is threatened. Delivering the keynote address at a function in Vigyan Bhavan on Children’s Day, the missile man said despite the “no-first-use” policy, India would use nuclear weapons when peace is threatened and somebody else used it. “Our country will use its might to defend itself,’’ he said.

Punjab page: Children’s Day no balm to their drudgery   Himachal page: Children's Day celebrated   Chandigarh page: Fun, frolic and functions mark Children’s Day President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam with schoolchildren at the inaugural function of the first Child Education Summit in New Delhi on Thursday. — PTI

1.3 cr freight scam detected
Action against 3 officials recommended
Amritsar, November 14
The Vigilance Bureau of the Railways has recommended action against three officials of Chhehrta good railway station following the detection of short recovery of freight to the tune of Rs 1.30 crore on outward traffic.

THE TRIBUNE MAGAZINES

On alternate Mondays

On Sundays

On Saturdays

THE TRIBUNE LAST WEEK Thursday, November 14 Wednesday, November 13 Tuesday, November 12 Monday, November 11 Sunday, November 10 Saturday, November 9 Friday, November 8

IN PASSING

The crash-rate is coming down! This is the second MiG crash of this month.

by Sandeep Joshi

Cong govt has lost credibility: Badal
Chandigarh, November 14
“No government has ever lost its credibility or fell in esteem in the eyes of the people as fast as the present Congress government in the state did,” says the leader of the Opposition and the SAD President, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, maintaining that “it has failed on all fronts”.

PUNJAB PAGE:
  Cops didn’t enter Darbar Sahib: Tohra
  Punjab ministers to Capt’s defence

Jhajjar villagers block roads
Suhra (Jhajjar), November 14
The scene has shifted from Dulina to nearby Suhra village, 2 km from Dulina, and the focus seems to have changed from the cow to the man. “Release our men immediately” was a warning issued by the panchayat of 24 villages in Suhra village, held amidst tension and fear of a police crackdown.

  Haryana page: Vehicles bound for Punjab, HP diverted via Jhajjar

2 pilots die as another MiG crashes
Siliguri, November 14
Another MiG 21 fighter of the Indian Air Force crashed into bushes in a tea estate in thick fog near the Bagdogra airbase this morning, killing both pilots .

  Nation page: Russian experts check MiGs

Hike in water, sewerage charges on anvil Chandigarh, November 14 The officers' committee has approved the enhanced water supply and sewerage charges, as recommended by the Department of Local Government. The committee Chairman, Mr Y.S. Ratra, confirming this to TNS said today the matter would now be placed before the Cabinet subcommittee on fiscal reforms.