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The real test lies ahead for J&K CM Mufti Sayeed
One thing conundrums most observers who keep an eye on the turn of events in Kashmir. How Mufti Sayeed is able to accomplish the impossible, when it comes to dealing with the Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani. Take for instance the release of pro-Pakistan separatist leader Syed Shah Gilani.
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PARLIAMENT
Challenge US' lust for dominance: Oppn tells govt
New Delhi: Members in the Lok Sabha on February 19 assailed the United States for its war rhetoric against Iraq as several Opposition members wanted India to take a meaningful initiative to ensure peace in West Asia at a time when Washington was acting as a "big bully"..
Speaker seeks leaders' opinion on state's issues
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi on February 19 said he would soon convene a meeting of leaders of different political parties to decide whether matters related to states could be raised in the House.
Opposition walks out over Advani's remark on POTA
New Delhi: The entire Opposition in the Rajya Sabha on February 19 walked out of the House during Question Hour, expressing dissatisfaction over Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani's remark that there was nothing on record to say that Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) had been misused in Uttar Pradesh.
There should be no war in the world: Vajpayee
New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on February 19 said in the Lok Sabha that there should not be war anywhere in the world, be it between the United States and Iraq or between India and Pakistan.
Estimates of illegal Bangladeshis frightening: Advani
New Delhi: Stating that the estimates of illegal Bangladeshis staying in India were "awful and frightening", Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on February 19 assured Rajya Sabha that government would take all measures to deport them back.
NATIONAL
VHP to go ahead with distribution of tridents
New Delhi: Brushing aside Opposition criticism of its programme to distribute
tridents as a "misinterpretation", Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on February 19 vowed to go ahead with it, describing it as part of religious practice.
Action on Iraq must be based on consensus: India
New Delhi: After MPs cutting across party lines accused the US of war-mongering, India on February 19 made it clear in Parliament that any further action on Iraq should be based on the "broadest possible international consensus" and a war should be avoided.
BJP asks govt to bring Bill banning cow slaughter
New Delhi: Accusing Congress of adopting double standards on the cow protection issue, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on February 19 asked government to enact a Legislation banning cow slaughter throughout the country.
Vohra named Centre's interlocutor for Kashmir
New Delhi: Former Home Secretary N N Vohra was on February 19 named the Centre's interlocutor to hold discussions with all sections including MLAs and groups opposed to violence in Jammu and Kashmir.
Airline employees call off proposed day-long stir
New Delhi: The day-long strike by airline employees proposed for February 20 to demand revocation of tax on free-pass perk has been called off, following government's assurance for considering the matter favourably, union leaders said.
'India to defy any Pak attempt to toss red herrings'
New Delhi: India on February 18 ruled out any meeting between Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of the upcoming summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Kuala Lumpur and asserted it will counter any attempt by Islamabad to toss "red herrings" to justify terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.
NORTH
Cold wave worsens in HP; rains lash JK, Punjab
New Delhi: Himachal Pradesh continued to be under grip of intense cold on February 19 with mid and higher hills experiencing heavy snowfall even as rain and hailstorm lashed Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Haryana claiming 11 lives.
SOUTH
Mumbai students win Microsoft Campus Challenge
Bangalore: Three students of Mumbai-based Vivekanand Education Society's Institute of Technology have won the Microsoft Campus Challenge national finals held in Bangalore.
Veerappan surrounded in MM Hills area: TN DGP
Madurai: Forest brigand Veerappan has been surrounded in the MM hills area by the Special Task Force (STF) forces of both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and would find it very difficult to escape their dragnet, the Tamil Nadu director general of police (DGP) R Rajagopalan, said on February 19.
Central
Stir against high handedness paralyses life in Dhar
Dhar (MP): Traffic was disrupted and shops remained closed at various parts of the city on February 19 as part of the bandh called by Hindu organisations to protest "high handedness of the district administration" during the Hindu Jagran Manch (HJM) agitation, demanding opening of the locks of the disputed Bhojshala on February 18.
EAST
One cop killed, another injured in ULFA ambush
Diphu (Assam): A member of the Assam police battalion commando was killed and another seriously injured in an ambush by ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam) militants in Assam's hill district of Karbi Anglong on February 18.
WEST
Dawood's brother, aide deported from Dubai
Mumbai: Conceding India's request, UAE authorities on February 19 deported Iqbal Shaikh, younger brother of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and 1993 bomb blast absconding accused Ejaz Pathan, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal said in Mumbai on February 19.
Paramhans seeks early decision on Ayodhya
Ahmedabad: Urging the Centre to expedite the decision on construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya before commencement of the Dharma Sansad in New Delhi, chief seer of Ramjanmabhoomi Nyas Manch, Ramchandradas Paramhans Maharaj on February 19 warned the Centre that "it would be unfortunate for the country if a path of struggle is chosen".
Gujarat to invoke POTA against Godhra accused
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has decided to invoke Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) on all those accused in Godhra train carnage on February 27 last year.
SENSEX opens past 3,300 mark on fresh buying
Mumbai: The SENSEX opened firm and later showed extremely narrow movements in line with scrip-specific activity at early stages on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on February 19 on selective purchases by institutional investors.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
3 ULFA militants killed in encounter with Army
Guwahati: Three United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) insurgents, including a self-styled sergeant, were killed in an encounter with the Army which foiled their attempts to take away across the border to ULFA camps rations from poor villagers in Darrang district on February 18 night.
Arunachal seeks to strengthen border along China
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh government has taken up with the Defence Ministry to strengthen road communication along Mac-Mohan line in view of ongoing massive infrastructural development across the border in China.
INPT agitators lathicharged for gheraoing Minister
Agartala: Security personnel 'lathicharged' Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) activists when they intercepted the car and 'gheraoed' Tripura Commerce Minister Pabitra Kar in West Tripura district, police said.
Meghalaya expects post-polls political stability
Shillong: As Meghalaya goes to Assembly polls in a week from February 19, one hope that binds almost all political parties is that this time it brings political stability.
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