Monday, March 31, 2003, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Suicide attack on US base

Kuwait City, March 30 In a day of fast-paced developments on Day 11 of Operation Iraqi Freedom today, 15 American troops were injured in a suspected Iraqi suicide attack in this city, the US-led allies launched “seek and destroy” missions in Central Iraq to clear route towards Baghdad and the coalition forces claimed to have secured control of Iraq’s entire coastline and 95 per cent of airspace.

DAY 11 HIGHLIGHTS   Attacker drives a truck into a group of US soldiers at a US base in Kuwait, injuring 15 American troops.   Coalition forces launch “seek and destroy” missions in Central Iraq, codenamed “Ambush Alley”, to clear route towards Baghdad.   Death toll so far: thousands of Iraqi fighters, 32 Americans and 23 British, according to coalition forces’ claim. Allies claim to have secured entire Iraqi coastline, 95 % airspace, 35 to 40 territory and more than 600 oil wells. In video (28k, 56k)

  Iraq army General captured

World page: Pak opposed to war on Iraq: Jamali
  US war caucus may target Pak
  Editorial: India on Iraq war

An Iraqi worker gestures inside a destroyed communication centre in Baghdad on Sunday. The capital of Iraq shuddered under a relentless air bombardment on Sunday as the USA said the ground advance on the city could be delayed for weeks. — Reuters photo

Consensus is NDA mantra: PM
New Delhi, March 30
 Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has said that consensus would continue to be the “mantra” of the NDA coalition. The Prime Minister told a meeting of the NDA allies, held at his residence today, that governance continued to be a continuous process.

NDA govt corrupt: Sonia
New Delhi, March 30
Describing the Vajpayee government as “cruel and merciless”’ and a “government of scams and scandals,” Congress President Sonia Gandhi said today that various sections of society were reeling under misery and deprivation.

  Editorial: Back to the roots

Delimitation process from April 9
LS, Assembly seats in Haryana
Chandigarh, March 30
The process for delimitation of the Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies in Haryana, dreaded by almost all opposition leaders for obvious reasons, will formally start on April 9 when the first meeting of the Delimitation Commission for the state will be held in Delhi.

Diggers find permanent structure signs
Lucknow, March 30
Excavation at a religious site at Ayodhya to ascertain whether a temple existed at a place where a mosque was built in the 16th century, today found indications of the presence of a permanent structure beneath the earth.

  Nation page: Ayodhya verdict today
  VHP threatens to change govt