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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
India reacts sharply to Powell's remarks on Indo-Pak
New Delhi: India on April 1 reacted sharply to US Secretary of State Colin Powell's remarks that he hopes to take up the Indo-Pak issue after Iraq, saying the role of outsiders was "limited" to the central issue of cross-border terrorism.
Kalam, Shekhawat greet people on festival
New Delhi: President A P J Abdul Kalam and Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on April 1 greeted people on the occasion of 'Vikram Samvatsar', 'Chaitra Sukhladi', 'Gudi Padava', 'Ugadi' and 'Cheti Chand' being celebrated on April 2 to mark New Year in different regions of the country.
PM orders CBI probe into Jogi's forged papers
New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on April 1 described as "forged" document furnished by Chattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi in connection with his allegation that the Intelligence Bureau (IB) had launched an "operation" to defame Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) political opponents and ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into it.
SC verdict on Ayodhya may anger Hindus: VHP
New Delhi: Describing the Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya as "surprising", Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on April 1 said it might anger the Hindus and declared that it would work for getting a Parliament enactment to resolve the vexed issue.
Govt establishes core group on mysterious SARS
New Delhi: Government has established a core group of experts to be vigilant on the spread of the mysterious pneumonia and requested the World Health Organisation (WHO) to supply 20-25 diagnostic kits for the virus that has yet not been identified with certainty, officials said.
Need to establish transparency in governance: Kalam
New Delhi: President A P J Abdul Kalam on April 1 stressed the need to establish transparency in governance, saying this will enable each and every citizen of the country to live with dignity.
'Army presence will be beefed up in JK if need be'
New Delhi: Voicing serious concern over reports of amassing of nearly
200,000 "jihadis" across the border in Pakistan, Defence Minister George Fernandes on April 1 said if required, the Army presence would be further beefed up in Jammu and Kashmir.
Right to privacy is not an absolute right: SC
New Delhi: Holding that right to privacy is not an absolute right, the Supreme Court in a landmark ruling has said a matrimonial court had the power to order medical examination of one of the spouses in cases where divorce is being sought on health grounds.
KASHMIR
6 ultras, Cong activist among 11 people killed in JK
Srinagar: Six militants, a Congress activist and a special police officer (SPO) were among 11 people killed and three ultras surrendered in Jammu and Kashmir, where security forces busted an underground hideout of al-Bader outfit since March 31 night, a police spokesman said.
Pak sets up 100 terror launching pads in J&K
Jammu: Feeling desperate after successful Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan has revamped its strategy on cross-border terrorism, setting up a 'joint command council' of terror groups and established at least 100 launching pads to step up infiltration, according to Border Security Force (BSF) and intelligence sources.
Homage paid to Pandits on 10th day of slayings
Nadimarg (Kashmir): Political leaders and villagers on April 1 converged to this tiny hamlet and paid homage to 24 Kashmiri Pandits on the 10th day of their slayings by militants.
Six BSF jawans killed in avalanche in Kashmir
Srinagar: Six Border Security Force (BSF) jawans were killed when their post in
Nowgam sector of Kupwara in North Kashmir was hit by an avalanche last week, an
official spokesman said on April 1.
NORTH
Summonses issued to Advani, Joshi in Babri case
Rae Bareli: A special court set up to hear Babri Masjid demolition case has issued summonses to Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, Union Human Resource Development Minister Manohar Joshi, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) chief Ashok Singhal and five others to appear before it on April 16.
SOUTH
S M Krishna greets people on Ugadi festival
Bangalore: Chief Minister S M Krishna has greeted the people of the state on the occasion of "Ugadi" festival.
India unveils supercomp, becomes world no 5
Bangalore: India on April 1 became the fifth nation in the world to have a next generation high performance scalable supercomputing cluster with a peak computing power of one Teraflop.
Karnataka govt to bear Hegde's medical expenses
Bangalore: Karnataka government has decided to bear the Rs 30 lakh medical expenses of former Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde who is undergoing treatment in London.
K'taka Governor extends Ugadi greetings to people
Bangalore: Karnataka Governor T N Chaturvedi has extended greetings to the people of the state on the eve of Ugadi festival.
Central
'Evidence at Bhojshala shows it was a temple'
Dhar: The three-member delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs that visited the disputed Bhojshala premises, on March 31 said all evidence at the site indicated that it was a temple and charged the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh of "politicising the issue to appease a particular community".
EAST
VAT: Traders down shutters in Bengal for second day
Kolkata: Traders in West Bengal downed their shutters for the second day on April 1 in protest against Value-Added Tax (VAT), even as the state government deferred its implementation from April 1.
PW ultras blast railway station, damage tracks
Patna: The outlawed People's War (PW) extremists blasted the building and relay
centre of Nadul railway station and damaged tracks on Patna-Jehanabad section in their determined bid to enforce the statewide bandh called by the ultra-Left outfits.
WEST
AI curtails flight services to Far East, Gulf
Mumbai: Air India (AI) has curtailed its services from Mumbai to Far East and Gulf region and Chennai-Dubai by one flight each in view of a drop in the passenger load in the wake of the US-led strikes in Iraq.
SENSEX stages smart recovery at early stages
Mumbai: The SENSEX opened marginally lower but later staged a smart recovery and rallied to a high of 3072 at the initial stages of trading on April 1 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on fairly good buying support.
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