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PARLIAMENT
Ayodhya: Excavation order 'unwarranted', says CPM
New Delhi: The CPM (Communist Party of India-Marxist) on March 8 described as "unwarranted" the court order for excavation at the disputed site at Ayodhya and warned that this will only exacerbate the situation with the sites at Mathura and Varanasi being targeted with demands for excavation.
NATIONAL
Efforts must be made to avert war on Iraq: Vajpayee
New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on March 8 said war clouds were
hovering over Iraq and all efforts should be made till the last moment to avert it.
KASHMIR
Seven jawans injured in JK blast, IED detected
Jammu: Seven Army jawans were injured, three of them seriously, when Hizbul
Mujahideen militants triggered an improvised explosive device (IED) in Doda
district, while another was detected in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir on March 8,
official sources said.
NORTH
'PM, Advani responsible for corrupt govt in UP'
New Delhi: Charging both Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani with propping up a "corrupt government" in Uttar Pradesh, Member of Parliament Ram Vilas Paswan on March 8 criticised them for their inept handling of the controversial tape issue in the state.
Mayawati holds talks with Advani
New Delhi: Caught in a video tape controversy, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati met Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on March 7 after which she accused Samjawadi Party of being "desperate" following the defeat of its no-confidence motion against her government.
SOUTH
'India must vehemently condemn US' war plans'
Chennai: India should be more vehement in condemning the United States for its efforts to launch a war against Iraq, former Prime Minister V P Singh said on March 8.
18 naxals including 2 top guns surrender in AP
Hyderabad: In a major setback to the naxal movement in Andhra Pradesh, 18 ultras of Communist Party of India – Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML), including two top naxals, three commanders and four deputy commanders, surrendered before Home Minister T Devender Goud on March 8.
Women should empower themselves: CII Meet
Chennai: Women need not wait for anybody's help for empowerment and should instead come forward to empower themselves, according to speakers at a CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) organised International women's day celebrations held in Chennai on March 8.
Central
Bangla told to curb ISI activities: Advani
Teranpur (MP): Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on March 8 said Bangladesh has been firmly told to curb infiltration and check ISI agents operating from its soil from carrying out terrorist activities in India.
EAST
'Something positive would emerge on Women's Bill'
Raipur: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on March 8 expressed the hope that "something positive" would emerge out of the efforts of political parties to evolve a consensus over the Constitution amendment bill providing reservation for women in Parliament and Assemblies.
WEST
Women's Day: Modi makes mother's name mandatory
Ahmedabad: In a path-breaking step, Gujarat government has made it compulsory to mention mother's name at the time of admitting children in schools in Gujarat.
Naidu calls for equal property rights for women
Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Venkaiah Naidu on March 8 called upon various political parties and state governments to initiate equal rights for women in property and said this should be done irrespective of religion.
Sonia Gokani appointed first POTA court judge in Guj
Ahmedabad: Gujarat government has appointed Sonia Gokani, the district sessions judge, as the first Prevention of Terrorist Act (POTA) court judge for the trial of all cases related to the anti-terrorist Law invoked against the 131 accused in Godhra train carnage, official sources said.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
ULFA militants attack oil installations, kill two
Guwahati: Banned ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam) separatists in Assam on March 8 carried out a series of attacks setting on fire a 5000 KL petrol tank at the famous Digboi Refinery, blasting a gas pipeline nearby, attacking a police post and a commando barrack and firing at a Bihari settlement killing two persons and injuring six others.
Suspected ULFA insurgents attack IOC depots
Tinsukia (Assam): Oil majors IOC (Indian Oil Corporation) and OIL (Oil India Limited) came under attack of suspected ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam) insurgents who triggered two nearly simultaneous explosions in an IOC storage depot and OIL gas pipeline in the wee hours of March 8 in Upper Assam.
Major explosion in IOC oil tank in Assam
Tinsukia (Assam): A major explosion took place in an Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) oil reserve depot tank near Digboi refinery in Upper Assam in Tinsukia district on March 7 night, police sources said.
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