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JK Muslims' dream: Not India, not Pak: freedom
India and Pakistan wrangle over Kashmir's fate, the local government appeals for autonomy within India and rebels battle to join Pakistan. But many, if not most, Kashmiri Muslims want none of the above, they are hoping for independence.
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NATIONAL
Naga peace talks should be held in India: Advani
New Delhi: Further talks on the Naga peace process with National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) should be held in India instead of foreign countries, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said on September 18.
UNMOGIP calls for cessation of violence in J&K
New Delhi: In a significant statement, the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) on September 18 called for cessation of violence and tensions in Jammu and Kashmir and asked all parties involved in the Kashmir issue to encourage a ''ceasefire'' among them.
Pak charges on JK polls replete with lies: India
New Delhi: India on September 18 dismissed as ''false'' Pakistan's charge that the first phase of elections in Jammu and Kashmir was a ''sham'', saying it showed how ''completely isolated'' Pakistan has become on the issue.
Rajiv urged Sweden to wind up Bofors probe: CBI
New Delhi: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on September 18 told a Special
Court that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had requested Swedish authorities to wind up the probe into Bofors pay-off after the news about alleged payment to Indian politicians was broadcast by the Swedish Radio in April 1987.
BJP will fight next LS polls under Vajpayee: Naidu
Varanasi: Ruling out any change of guard at the Centre, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Venkaiah Naidu on September 18 said the party would contest the next Parliament elections under the leadership of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
Shekhawat wants cheaper medicines for common man
New Delhi: Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on September 18 asked industry to take immediate steps to provide medicines at reasonable prices to common people as also control alarming environmental pollution.
Centre to try for consensus on identity card issue
New Delhi: Centre will again try for a consensus on issuance of identity cards for all citizens in order to check illegal immigration in view of the reservations expressed by certain states, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said on September 18.
EC asks SC not to give reply on Presidential reference
New Delhi: The Election Commission on September 18 pleaded before the Supreme Court to decline giving an opinion on the Presidential reference on the issue of Gujarat elections since the questions framed in it were hypothetical.
Pondy seismically vulnerable, claims scientist
New Delhi: Pondicherry is sitting on a "tectonic triple junction" making it seismically vulnerable, according to a new finding at the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) in Hyderabad.
KASHMIR
People want ruling NC out of power in J&K: BJP
Jammu: Claiming that the first phase of polling in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly
elections indicated that the people wanted the National Conference (NC) out of
power, Union Minister of State and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Chaman Lal Gupta on September 18 said that his party has entered into a seat adjustment with the Jammu State Morcha (JSM) to avoid split in "nationalist votes".
Cong will bring lasting peace to J&K: Manmohan
Gadigarh (Jammu): Accusing the National Conference (NC) and BJP governments of
failing to bring normalcy in the state, former Union Minister and Congress leader
Manmohan Singh on September 18 said his party, if voted to power, would bring about lasting peace and normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir.
Centre will be forced to restore J&K autonomy: Omar
Srinagar: Pulling the autonomy cord again, National Conference president Omar Abdullah on September 18 said the Centre would be compelled to restore autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir.
Swaraj hails peaceful conduct of Kashmir polls
Jammu: Terming the peaceful conduct of the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir polls as an achievement for the Centre, Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Sushma Swaraj on September 18 said the elections were milestone towards resolution of Kashmir issue.
JK poll percentage up by 3 in first phase: EC
Srinagar: Election Commission on September 18 said polling percentage in the first phase of elections in Jammu and Kashmir had improved by over three per cent following reports from remote areas of the five border districts which went to polls on September 16.
NC worker, Hizb militant killed in J&K clashes
Srinagar: Militants on September 18 shot dead a National Conference worker in the heart of Srinagar, while a Hizbul Mujahideen militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in South Kashmir on September 17 night, official sources said.
NORTH
VHP chalks out revival plan for temple movement
New Delhi: In a major attempt to revive the dormant Ram Temple movement, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on September 18 announced plans to recruit 8,000 full time volunteers besides launching 15,000 'yatras' across the country to create "religious awareness".
VHP welcomes Mayawati's decision on notification
New Delhi: The VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) on September 18 welcomed the UP
government's decision not to issue a fresh notification for revival of charges
against senior BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) and Sangh Parivar leaders in the Babri Masjid demolition case describing it as a "legally considered step".
BJP rules out replacing Marandi as Jharkhand CM
New Delhi: Scotching media speculation, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Rajnath Singh has ruled out replacement of Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi.
Rajnath Singh unhappy with ground realities in UP
New Delhi: BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) general secretary in charge of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and former Chief Minister Rajnath Singh has said he was not happy with the ground realities in UP.
1 body recovered, 30 rescued from capsized boat
Lucknow: Thirty of the 40 people on board the boat, which capsized in Tons river, in Azamgarh district on September 17, were rescued while body of one victim has been recovered, police said on September 18.
One more accused arrested in Gupta murder case
New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested one more accused in connection with the murder of city Congress corporator Atma Ram Gupta.
SOUTH
Cauvery: Congress MP Ambareesh offers to resign
Bangalore: Even as the widespread protest against release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu continued unabated, Congress Lok Sabha member from Mandya and popular Kannada cine hero, Ambareesh on September 18 offered to resign his Lok Sabha membership to express solidarity with the farmers.
Cauvery: Jilla panchayat chief drowns in Kabini
Mysore: In an ugly turn to the ongoing agitation against release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, Beechanahalli Jilla Panchayat chairman Guruswamy on September 18 jumped into the river at the Kabini reservoir site and is feared drowned, police sources said.
Jayalalithaa to announce TN IT policy on Sept 19
Chennai: Tamil Nadu government's latest IT policy, committed to make the state
the "most preferred global IT investment destination", will be announced by Chief
Minister J Jayalalithaa on September 19.
IA launches online booking of flight tickets
Chennai: Indian Airlines (IA) has introduced online booking of flight tickets on all domestic routes, except two.
Cauvery: Agitated farmers to picket govt offices
Mandya: Further intensifying the agitation against release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, farmers' leaders on September 18 decided to organise picketing of Central and state government offices in the district from September 19.
Jaya rules out sending mediators to Veerappan
Chennai: Amidst talk of Karnataka sending emissaries, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
Jayalalithaa on September 18 ruled out despatching any mediators or ending
operations against Veerappan for securing the release of the kidnapped Janata Dal – United (JD-U) leader H Nagappa from the clutches of the forest brigand.
CPI-M accuses NDA of following pro-US policy
Hyderabad: Accusing the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government of pursuing a "completely pro-US foreign policy", the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on September 18 said Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's recent address at the United Nations had "deliberately" skipped the issue of America's proposed war on Iraq.
Vaghela is no more an RSS man: AICC secretary
Chennai: Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Shankersingh Vaghela was no more a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) man and his path of 'hindutva' is different from that of the BJP, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Oscar Fernandes said on September 18.
'PM has done justice to Tamil Nadu on Cauvery'
Coimbatore: Given the situation, justice was done to Tamil Nadu by the Cauvery River Authority (CRA), the state BJP claimed on September 18.
Kerala BJP unit's hopes of forging third front dashed
Thiruvananthapuram: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kerala unit's hope of forging a broad third front in the state with the support of social organisations and like-minded parties has suffered a severe jolt with the Nair Service Society and Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam, two potential allies, out rightly rejecting the party's overtures.
K'taka engineering students threaten stir from Sept 26
Mysore: Engineering students all over Karnataka would go on a indefinite strike from September 26 if their seven demands are not met, according to a decision taken by representatives of various students' action committees on September 18.
Prisoners protest ban on smoking in Madurai jail
Madurai: Protesting against ban on smoking in jail premises, three prisoners, lodged in the central prison in Sivaganga district, created tension, when they climbed atop some trees in the jail premises, refusing to come down for nearly five hours, prison officials said.
TN blast toll debris cleared, relief work still on
Chennai: With the work on clearing debris at the site of cracker explosion in Athur town in Salem district coming to an end, the administration is focusing on providing relief to the injured and families of the victims in the blast which left 17 people dead.
TNM's general secretary detained under POTA
Madurai: The state general secretary of the Tamizhar Desiya Iyakkam (P Nedumaran's Tamil National Movement) K Paranthaman, was arrested under Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) from his residence at Manamadurai in Sivaganga district, early on September 18 morning.
EAST
Bihar transporters' stir ends, govt meets demands
Patna: The 49-day-old transporters strike in Bihar ended on September 18 after the state government announced revision of road tax on vehicles.
Enquiry into Rajdhani Express mishap concludes
Gaya: The Railway safety commissioner, Eastern Circle, Mahesh Chandra, folded up his enquiry into the derailment of 2301 UP Rajdhani Express on September 9, which
claimed 129 lives.
WBPCB submits action plan for cleaner Kolkata
Kolkata: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has submitted to the Supreme Court an action plan proposed to tackle vehicular and industrial pollution in the metropolis with phasing out of very old vehicles and conversion of commercial vehicles to LPG.
BJD revolt: Patnaik says no threat to his ministry
Bhubaneswar: Amidst intense speculation over the likely fallout of the September 17 night's coup in the Biju Janata Dal (BJD)'s Parliamentary party, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on September 18 asserted that the development posed no threat to his 30-month-old coalition ministry.
WEST
Guj govt willing to release Modi's contentious tape
Ahmedabad: After consistently maintaining there was no audio tape of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's controversial anti-minority remarks, the state government on September 18 said it was willing to make it public.
Bharat Shah: Witness denies links with Shakeel
Mumbai: Harish Sughand, film financier and hostile witness in Bharat Shah case, on September 18 denied allegations of police that he, actor Sanjay Dutt and directors Mahesh Manjrekar and Sanjay Gupta had links with the Pakistan-based gangster Chhota Shakeel and were feeding him with information on Bollywood.
Noted Marathi author Shivaji Govind Sawant dead
Pune: Renowned Marathi litterateur Shivaji Govind Sawant, the author of 'Mrutyunjay', one of the widely acclaimed books on the life of Karna from epic Mahabharat, died of a cardiac arrest at a private nursing home at Margao in Goa on September 18, his family sources said. He was 62.
Guj Governor to review 'gaurav yatra' TV tapes
Kopargaon (Maharashtra): Gujarat Governor Sundersingh Bhandari on September 18 said he has asked for the videotapes from concerned television channels that aired the speech of Chief Minister Narendra Modi during Gujarat 'gaurav yatra', where he reportedly made comments against minorities.
Global weakness weighs heavily at opening on BSE
Mumbai: The benchmark opened sharply lower with the tech counters taking the heat on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on September 18 following heavy selling pressure due to global bearishness.
Curfew continues in Borsad, situation under control
Ahmedabad: An indefinite curfew, imposed in Borsad town of Anand district on September 17 following arson and police firing, that claimed one life, continued for the second day on September 18 even as the situation in the town remained tense but under control.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
Arunachal Pradesh bandh passes off peacefully
Itanagar: Barring a few stray incidents, the day-long bandh by All Arunachal Pradesh Students Union (AAPSU) passed off peacefully in the state on September 18 as police made preventive arrests of over 200 of the union members, including its president and other office bearers were arrested, official sources said.
Manipur women protest against crime on highways
Imphal: Hundreds of Manipuri women on September 18 closed the main market complex in Imphal and launched sit-in protests against frequent extortion and other forms of crime on highways across the state.
Student bandh paralyses life in Arunachal Pradesh
Itanagar: Normal life has been affected due to the 24-hour statewide bandh call given by all Arunachal Pradesh Students Union (AAPSU) from 5.00 hours (IST) on September 18 in support of their 12-point charter of demands including withdrawal of Arunachal Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Act 2002 (APCOCA).
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