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Congress withdrawal makes it a two-horse race
With the Congress deciding to withdraw its candidates from three constituencies-Bijbehara, Homshalibugh and Pahalgam-in Anantnag district, it will virtually be straight fight between the ruling National Conference (NC) and People's Democratic Party (PDC).
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NATIONAL
Pak diplomatically isolated on terror issue: Joshi
Kanpur: Denying allegations that the government had failed to tackle terrorism, Union Human Resources Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi on September 28 said that Pakistan has been diplomatically isolated on the issue of terror.
World must declare Pak as terrorist state: BJP
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on September 28 said it's time the global community declared Pakistan a terrorist state, specially in view of the statement by President Pervez Musharraf on the terrorist attack on the Swaminarayan temple in Gandhinagar which is an admission of his country's involvement.
J&K poll success has caught world by surprise: PM
New Delhi: The successful conduct of the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir has caught the world by surprise, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said on September 28.
Advani optimistic about Abu Salem's deportation
New Delhi: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on September 28 expressed optimism that underworld don Abu Salem would be brought soon to India to face trial for his crimes.
PM appeals for support for govt's labour reforms
New Delhi: Making a strong appeal for support to the government's agenda of labour reforms, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on September 28 said that the report of the Second Labour Commission was under consideration and it was likely to be implemented by the Budget Session of Parliament next year.
Pak ISI also a source of terrorism, says Advani
New Delhi: Asserting that Pakistan's ISI was a prime source of terrorism as al-Qaida and Taleban, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on September 28 regretted that the world was not realising this fact and said that India would have to defeat Pakistan-sponsored cross-border terrorism by its own might.
KASHMIR
Pack your bags before people do it: Omar tells Cong
Anantnag: National Conference president Omar Abdullah on September 28 said Congress' threat to withdraw from the Assembly elections indicated that the party had accepted its defeat and asked it to pack its bags before the people of the state took up the task.
J&K polls: Security to confine to police lines
Srinagar: In an extraordinary step, the Election Commission on September 28 ordered the Special Task Force (STF) and Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police to be confined to the police lines till the third phase of polling is over in Jammu and Kashmir.
NCP candidate seriously hurt in militant attack
Srinagar: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate Khaleeda Mushtaq was seriously injured when militants blew up her car that left four persons including her father dead near Kulgam in Jammu and Kashmir on September 28 afternoon, police said.
Indian, Pak forces exchange fire along IB, LoC
Jammu: Pakistani troops opened artillery fire and shelled Mushkoh and Battalick areas of Kargil even as forces on both sides of the border exchanged fire at several places along the line of control (LoC) and the international border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir since September 27 night, defence sources said on September 28.
JK poll: EC reviews arrangements for final phases
Jammu: The Election Commission (EC) on September 28 reviewed arrangements, including security set up, for the remaining two phases of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections.
'NC's communal mindset cause for spurt in terror'
Jammu: Accusing the ruling National Conference (NC) of persisting with a communal mindset, Union Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Chaman Lal Gupta said this was responsible not only for abetting and sustaining terrorism but was also threatening the unity of Jammu and Kashmir.
NORTH
High drama in court, Sharma slams Delhi police
New Delhi: It was a day of high-drama as the suspended IPS officer Ravi Kant Sharma, the prime suspect in Shivani Bhatnagar murder case, was produced before the Karkardooma courts on September 28, ending months of anxious wait by the police and media.
16 killed, 44 injured in stampede at BSP rally
Lucknow: At least sixteen persons were killed and 44 others injured on September 28 night in a stampede at the Charbagh railway station after thousands of people were returning from a huge Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) rally, according to railway police.
I've been hounded & harassed, claims Sharma
New Delhi: Senior police official and key suspect in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case, R K Sharma, was on September 28 produced before a Delhi court after being brought from Ambala by the Delhi police amidst tight security around the Karkardooma court complex.
Ayodhya stand detrimental to PM's credibility: VHP
Lucknow: Asserting that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's stand on the Ram temple issue had not been in accordance with the sentiments of Hindus, VHP on September 28 said the decisions taken by Vajpayee with regard to the temple movement have caused a severe damage to his credibility.
'Cong divided India into rich urban, poor rural'
Nahri (Haryana): Continuing with his offensive against the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president M Venkaiah Naidu on September 28 charged the main Opposition party with dividing the country into "affluent urban India and deprived rural Bharat" in the almost five decades of its rule.
Court remands Sharma to 10-day police custody
New Delhi: Senior IPS officer R K Sharma, prime suspect in journalist Shivani Bhatnagar murder case who surrendered in a Haryana court after eluding police for nearly two months, was on September 28 remanded to 10 days' police custody by a Delhi court.
LeT behind Gujarat temple attack, says Advani
Lucknow: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on September 28 said Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba seemed to be involved in the Akshardham temple attack in Gandhinagar and accused Islamabad of unleashing a war against India by using terrorism as a policy.
From warden to prison, it's a U-turn for Sharma
Ambala: Six months ago, senior IPS officer Ravi Kant Sharma walked into the Ambala central jail to the salute of prison guards.
Ambala court grants transit remand to Sharma
Ambala: A court in Ambala granted transit remand of Haryana Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Ravi Kant Sharma, prime suspect in journalist Shivani Bhatnagar murder case, to Delhi police to take him to the national capital.
SOUTH
Coimbatore-B’lore train cancelled due to Cauvery row
Coimbatore: The Southern Railway has cancelled the Coimbatore-Bangalore inter-city Express (both ways) on September 29, in view of the proposed "rail roko" in some parts of Karnataka over the Cauvery water issue.
We'll quit if SC verdict is adverse: K'taka Cong
Bangalore: The Congress government in Karnataka was ready to quit office if the Supreme Court verdict on the Cauvery issue went "against the interests" of state farmers, a top party functionary hinted on September 28.
K'taka, TN must sort out Cauvery row on own: PM
New Delhi: Deprecating the tendency to rush to courts for settling disputes, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on September 28 said the Cauvery water row involving Karnataka and Tamil Nadu could have been sorted out by the two states instead of seeking a legal remedy.
Communal riots in Davangere, 7 cops injured
Davangere: Police opened several rounds of fire in the air to disperse two groups clashing with each other at a communally sensitive locality in Davangere around midnight on September 27, as the violence left seven policemen, including a senior official, and several others injured.
Krishna chooses to keep mum on Jaya remarks
Bangalore: Ignoring the outbursts of his counterpart in Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa, Karnataka Chief Minister S M Krishna on September 28 declined to react to her sharp attacks on the issues of Cauvery and the Nagappa kidnap crisis that have strained relations between the two states.
No threat to govt, no mid-term poll, says Krishna
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister, S M Krishna on September 28 dismissed that the threat of a mid-term poll to the Assembly lurked on the state in the wake of Cauvery river water sharing controversy.
Issuing passports to Salem aides: Andhra books 2
Kurnool: Andhra Pradesh police on September 28 registered a case against two
employees of the postal department for their role in issuing fake passports to
underworld don Abu Salem and his two women accomplices.
Krishna asks PM to speed up Ganga-Cauvery linking
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister S M Krishna on September 28 appealed to Prime
Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to convene a conclave of all state Chief Ministers to concretise the proposal of linking "Ganga-Cauvery" rivers to the stage of
implementation.
EAST
'Pak's involvement in temple attack yet to be established'
Patna: Defence Minister George Fernandes on September 28 said it was yet to be established if the terrorists involved in the attack on the Swaminarayan temple in Gujarat were backed by Pakistan, while denying intelligence failure behind the massacre.
Shourie rules out roll back of disinvested shares
Jamshedpur: Disinvestment Minister Arun Shourie on September 28 asserted that the disinvestment policy has been framed to ensure better use of national resources and ruled out roll-back of the disinvested shares in public sector undertakings (PSUs).
‘Independent probe demand, politically motivated’
Patna: Railway Minister, Nitish Kumar on September 28 said that the Bihar government's demand for a separate enquiry by technical experts into the derailment of Rajdhani Express was ''politically motivated'' and said no other probe would be ordered as the ongoing probe by the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) was competent enough to deal with the matter.
WEST
Scribes reporting in Gujarat receive threats
Gandhinagar: Five senior journalists, including one from New Delhi, covering events in Gujarat have reportedly been threatened through anonymous letters for being pro-minority in filing their stories, a top police official said on September 28 night.
Mumbai police withdraw Salman Khan's security
Mumbai: Hours after film actor Salman Khan rammed his vehicle into a bakery killing one and injuring four others, police abruptly withdrew the security accorded to him.
It's pain, agony for victims of Salman's rash mishap
Mumbai: The 22-year-old M Sheikh, who suffered a leg fracture after popular actor Salman Khan's car ran over him, writhes in pain and agony at the Bhabha Hospital recounting the accident that took away his close friend Noor Ulah and left him with an injured foot.
Salman taken to 2nd hospital for alcohol test
Mumbai: Film actor Salman Khan was on September 28 taken to government-owned J J Hospital for blood test to ascertain traces of alcohol after he was arrested for negligent driving in which one employee of a bakery was killed in suburban Bandra.
Mumbai court gives Salman bail, released
Mumbai: Film actor Salman Khan on September 28 surrendered before police after his car ran over five persons sleeping in a bakery, killing one of them on the spot.
Salman's car runs over pavement dwellers, 1 killed
Mumbai: One person was killed and three others injured when a car, allegedly
being driven by film actor Salman Khan, ran over them while they were
sleeping outside a bakery in suburban Bandra early on September 28.
Temple attack: Police question car owner, driver
Ahmedabad: Gujarat police chief K Chakravathi on September 27 night said interrogation of the driver and the owner of the car, which was used by the two terrorists to reach Swaminarayan temple at Gandhinagar, revealed that they had transported the ultras from the city's sensitive Kalupur area near railway station.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
3 killed, 25 hurt in police-mob clash in Tripura
Agartala: Three tribal youths were killed and at least 25 people including a sub-
inspector of police injured in a clash between police and agitators at Satchand in South Tripura district on September 28.
Light trmors reported in Mizoram, Bangla border
New Delhi: An earthquake of slight intensity jolted Mizoram and Bangladesh border on September 27 night, Indian Meteorological Department said.
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