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India urges creation of a global space force
India has given a call for creation of a global space force for preventing it from being used for geopolitical conflicts and to protect satellites and other space assets, Lok Sabha was informed on March 12.

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PARLIAMENT
Arun Saharya to head review committee on POTA
New Delhi: Arun Saharya, former chief justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, will head a review committee to ensure that provisions under Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) were not misused, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said in the Lok Sabha on March 13.

Piquant situation in LS, thanks to two words
New Delhi: The words "radio" and "information" on March 13 led to a piquant situation in the Lok Sabha, with a question containing them being rescheduled for reply on another date by another Minister.

NATIONAL
Measures taken to ward off any oil crisis: Sinha
New Delhi: Government tonight (March 13) asserted that there will be no shortage of oil supplies in the country in the event of a war on Iraq saying proper arrangements had been made to deal with the situation.

Govt wants workers' participation in management
New Delhi: Amid demand for labour reforms, the government on March 13 championed the cause of workers saying a Bill would be introduced in the current session of Parliament aimed at employees' participation in management and a 25 per cent representation for them in the companies' boards.

SC ruling will 'cleanse' electoral process: EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on March 13 welcomed the Supreme Court judgement on electoral reforms, hoping that it would pave the way for "cleansing" the electoral process.

Political parties cautious vis-�-vis SC judgement
New Delhi: Political parties were on March 13 cautious in their approach to the Supreme Court judgement that struck down last year's electoral law amendment saying they would favour an all-party meeting to discuss the implications, while the CPM (Communist Party of India-Marxist) said it did not agree with the apex court.

Godhra report tabled by Nitish Kumar in LS
New Delhi: A detailed report on the Godhra carnage, including names of 62 passengers of whom 59 died in the fire in Sabarmati Express on February 27, 2002 was tabled by Railway Minister Nitish Kumar in the Lok Sabha.

Candidates to declare assets, pending cases: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on March 13 struck down a major portion of Electoral Reforms Act, saying candidates have to declare their assets and all pending criminal cases against them at the time of filing nominations.

Pandits reject govt plans to resettle them in JK
New Delhi: Kashmiri pandits on March 12 rejected Jammu and Kashmir government's plans to take the community members to two locations in the valley and asserted that "there can be no dignified return till dignified talks" over the matter.

KASHMIR
Four Army personnel killed in Pakistan firing
Jammu: Four Army personnel were on March 13 killed in heavy firing and shelling by Pakistani forces on forward Defence locations and civilian areas along the line of control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir.

3 killed, 13 injured in bomb blast in Rajouri
Rajouri (Jammu): Three persons were killed and 13 injured, some of them seriously, when a bomb exploded in a passenger bus on March 13, triggering protests and prompting authorities to call out the Army to help maintain Law and order.

NORTH
Shell, basal found during excavation at Ayodhya
Ayodhya: On the second day of excavation of the disputed site at Ayodhya, archaeologists came across a "shell" and "basal" and few brick marks of 1920s vintage even as VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) dismissed the exercise as tedious and demanded return of the acquired land on the basis of earlier evidence.

Two girls killed in communal tension in UP
Bahraich: Two girls were on March 13 charred to death and 12 others critically injured when a mob set ablaze several houses belonging to members of a particular community following rumours of cow slaughter in a village in Shravasti district of Uttar Pradesh.

Restive VHP seeks immediate transfer of land
Ayodhya: Barely a day after commencement of excavation at the disputed site in Ayodhya, a restive Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on March 13 expressed concern over the slow pace of the work and demanded that the acquired land be handed over to it on the basis of the supporting radar survey and relics found earlier at the complex.

Judicial custody of Raja Bhaiya put off to April 9
Kanpur: The district and sessions judge on March 13 extended the judicial custody of three Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) detenues and independent Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Kunda Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, his father Udai Pratap Singh and Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Akshay Pratap Singh till April 9.

'Excavation opened doors for similar demand elsewhere'
Ayodhya: A buoyant Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on March 13 said the excavation at the disputed site has opened the doors for similar demand in other historic and religious sites, even as it reiterated its unhappiness with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government stand on the Ram temple issue.

Ayodhya excavations continue for the 2nd day
Ayodhya: Excavation work at the disputed site in Ayodhya to ascertain whether a temple existed beneath the demolished structure continued for the second day on March 13, even as scores of 'sangh parivar' activists shouted pro-temple slogans at the complex.

SOUTH
'Be masters, not slaves of modern technology'
Chennai: Union Human Resources Development Minister Dr Murali Manohar Joshi on March 13 said the people should not become slaves to the modern technology.

AP govt urged to resume dialogue with naxals
Hyderabad: In the backdrop of collapse of talks between Andhra Pradesh government and naxalites, a group of prominent citizens, under the banner 'Peace Initiative Committee', (PIC) on March 13 made a fresh appeal to TDP (Telugu Desam Party) government to resume the dialogue process "in the interest of people who were bearing the brunt of unabated cycle of violence".

Space debris threat to orbiting spacecraft: ISRO
Bangalore: Space debris dumped by space-faring nations for many years can pose serious threat to orbiting spacecraft, according to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Central
'BJP should ask what has Cong done in MP in 10 yrs'
Bhopal: Union Food and Civil Supply Minister and Janata Dal (U) president Sharad Yadav on March 12 charged the Opposition BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) in Madhya Pradesh with not doing anything to ask the Congress in the state what its government had done during its 10-year rule.

EAST
Jharkhand govt defeated, CM rejects result
Ranchi: Amidst pandemonium and high political drama, Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Inder Singh Namdhari on March 13 announced the defeat of the beleaguered Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government after a crucial vote on a financial business but Chief Minister Babulal Marandi rejected it claiming he still has majority.

Marandi govt reduced to minority, 7 ministers quit
Ranchi: The Babulal Marandi-led NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government in Jharkhand was on March 13 reduced to a minority with seven ministers belonging to BJP's (Bharatiya Janata Party) allies quitting and pulling out of the coalition.

Dunlop India's sales office, godown burnt down
Kolkata: In another incident of fire in the city's commercial hub, a four-storied building of Dunlop India Limited housing its district sales office and godown at Mirza Ghalib Street was completely destroyed on March 13 morning.

15 killed in Bengal nor'wester, over 500 injured
Kolkata: The nor'wester that lashed eight districts of West Bengal on March 12 night claimed at least 15 lives and injured over 500 in Hoogly and Bankura districts, causing large scale damage to crops.

WEST
9 killed, 65 injured in Mumbai train blast
Mumbai: Nine commuters were killed and 65 others injured when a powerful explosion ripped through a ladies compartment and an adjoining bogie of a Karjat-bound local train tonight.

'Terrorists putting Gujarat through litmus test'
Gandhinagar: Terrorists from across the border are putting Gujarat through a "litmus test", Minister of State for Home Amit Shah informed the state Assembly on March 13.

Dawood's brother Iqbal, others booked under MOCOA
Mumbai: Police on March 13 booked Iqbal Kaskar, brother of Karachi-based underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and two others under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) on the charge of extortion and robbery.

NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
'ISI agents help ULFA in attacking oil depots'
Tezpur (Assam): The GOC (General Officer in Commanding) Gajraj Corps, Lt Gen Mohinder Singh, on March 13 said that the ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam) was helped by ISI agents in the recent attack on oil installations at Digboi and Kathalguri in Assam.

ULFA chief's bodyguard surrenders in Assam
Tezpur (Assam): The personal bodyguard of the ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam) commander-in-chief, Paresh Barua, surrendered on March 13 before the military commander of Unified Structure and GOC of Gajraj Corps, Lt Gen Mohinder Singh.

JD-U unhappy over Nagaland portfolio distribution
Kohima: Janata Dal-United (JD-U), an ally of the ruling five-party Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN), on March 13 expressed unhappiness over the allocation of portfolios, saying it was not done in an "accommodative spirit".

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