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HAL to design 'basic trainer' aircraft for IAF
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has embarked on designing a "basic trainer" to replace the HPT-32 aircraft for training young cadets of the Indian Air Force (IAF). The aircraft would be used for imparting basic flying training of pilots, a top HAL official said.
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NATIONAL
Pak pursuing policy of 'compulsive hostility': India
New Delhi: India has held that "reliable" and "widespread" reports of Chinese
nuclear and missile proliferation to Pakistan was a cause of continued concern as it hit out at Islamabad for pursuing a policy of "compulsive hostility" against this country.
Centre to amend affidavit submitted on Vaiko
New Delhi: In a major faux pas, an affidavit was filed in the Supreme Court contrary to the instructions of the Central government, supporting Tamil Nadu government's action to invoke Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) against Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) leader Vaiko.
CBI seeks Italy's help to track down Quattrocchi
New Delhi: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sent another request to the Italian government to verify reports that the main accused in the Bofors payoff scandal Ottavio Quattrocchi was in that country even as the probing agency asked Interpol to issue a fresh "look-out" notice for him.
Vajpayee govt a failure on all fronts: Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on March 30 made a frontal attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition at the Centre, dubbing it as
a "government of scams and scandals", but refused to bite Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's bait to make clear her stand on coalition politics.
LeT militant wanted to avenge Muslims' killing
New Delhi: The alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Shahid Ahmed Bakshi, accused of planning to assassinate Gujarat Chief Narendra Modi and some 'sangh parivar' leaders, had expressed his intention to avenge the killings of Muslims in the riot, the witnesses in the case have said before a Delhi court.
Key security meet of Centre, J&K govt on Mar 31
New Delhi: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani has convened a meeting on March 31 with the Jammu and Kashmir government to discuss various issues, including security scenario and implication of various policies of the state government in the wake of the recent massacre of 24 Pandits in Nandimarg.
KASHMIR
Kashmiri Pandits in Nadimarg to leave valley
Srinagar: Efforts of the Jammu and Kashmir government to prevent fresh migration of Hindus from the valley received a jolt on March 30 when the surviving Kashmiri Pandits in Nadimarg, where 24 of them were killed recently, decided to leave the valley.
Sayeed using force to prevent migration: Pandits
Jammu: Thousands of Kashmiri Pandits who wished to leave the valley fearing more Nadimarg-type attacks are being forced to stay back by the Mufti government which has even deployed police force to prevent migration, a forum representing the community alleged on March 30.
One killed, two injured in Poonch explosion
Jammu: One person was killed and two injured in a powerful explosion in border
district of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir on March 30, official sources said.
'Healing touch policy has been misunderstood'
Kupwara: Dismissing criticism of his "healing touch" policy, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed has said the approach was being "wrongly projected to create confusion" and announced he would continue with it.
Hurriyat under fire for silence over Dar's killing
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party chief Shabir Ahmad Shah on March 30 lambasted the Hurriyat Conference for its silence over the killing of former Hizbul Mujahideen commander Abdul Majid Dar last week, saying a lack of proper response from the amalgam had unnecessarily raised suspicion about the slain commander's character.
NORTH
Mulayam asks people to set fire to American goods
Etah (UP): Accusing Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee of lacking courage to condemn the US invasion of Iraq, Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav on March 29 asked people to set fire to American goods.
Shekhawat calls for 4 pc growth in farming sector
Kanpur: Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on March 29 called for achieving at least four per cent growth in agricultural sector.
SOUTH
Telephone density to be trebled by 2010: Minister
Chennai: The "telephone density" in India would be increased to 15 per cent from the existing 5.5 per cent by the year 2010, the last year of the 10th Five Year Plan period, Union Minister of State for Communications S Thirunavukkarasar said on March 30.
Saudi Airlines commences flight operations to Kochi
Kochi: Kerala Tourism and Fisheries Minister Prof K V Thomas on March 30 said that Kerala was one of the potential tourism destinations in the country with a strong market in Europe and it would be concentrating on marketing in Gulf countries.
Central
'Parivar's 'hindutva' sows seeds of hatred'
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh on March 30 alleged that the sangh parivar's 'hindutva' sows the seeds of enmity, hatred, violence and intolerance.
EAST
Biggest anti-war protest disrupts life in Kolkata
Kolkata: Nineteen Left parties in West Bengal on March 30 held a massive rally and procession in the city to protest against war in Iraq, disrupting life on a laid-back Sunday.
Cops launch drive to recover kidnapped NCP leaders
Bagha (Bihar): The Bihar police has launched a special drive to recover the Bihar Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) vice president Salauddin and five others who were kidnapped from Auraiya forest under Govardhana police station of Bihar's West Champaran district on March 25.
WEST
Thackeray unhappy over govt's stand on Iraq war
Mumbai: Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, whose party is a key constituent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), on March 30 expressed his unhappiness over the Centre's stance on the ongoing US war against Iraq and combating cross-border terrorism.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
Five ULFA militants surrender in Assam
Jorhat: Five United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) militants including a lady
cadre surrendered before the additional Assam director general of police Sankar
Babuah on March 30.
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