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'India making efforts to test-fire Agni-III'
New Delhi: India is developing "Agni-III", a long-range surface-to-surface missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads, and is making all efforts to test-fire it this year, according to Defence Minister George Fernandes.
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NATIONAL
Congress to table adjournment motion on Iraq
New Delhi: Congress would table an adjournment motion in Parliament on April 7 to press for immediate discussion on the situation in Iraq.
Rural Development Minister Shanta Kumar resigns
New Delhi: Rural Development Minister Shanta Kumar resigned from the Union Cabinet on April 6.
'US may soon focus on India, Pak after Iraq'
New Delhi: Criticising the Centre for adopting an "ambivalent" stand on the Iraq issue, two former Prime Ministers on April 6 warned that the US could soon turn its "attention" on India and Pakistan, making the excuse that they possess nuclear weapons.
Serious rift arises within terrorist outfit Hizb
New Delhi: Serious differences among the leadership of the Hizbul Mujahedeen (HM) have emerged following the recent killings of its 'Commander' Abdul Majid Dar and 'Chief Operational Commander' Saif-ul-Islam and the subsequent appointment of Ghazi Naziruddin as Number one, informed sources said on April 6.
'Pak scientists helped al-Qaida build nukes'
New Delhi: For the first time, serious indicators have emerged that two Pakistani nuclear scientists were helping al-Qaida work on radiological dispersal devices and had provided the terrorist outfit with "a roadmap to building nuclear weapons", according to a top American expert.
US federal govt opposed to Bill banning BPO
New Delhi: In what could bring some cheer to Indian IT professionals, the US federal government is believed not to be in favour of New Jersey's promulgation proposing to prevent government contracts from being outsourced.
KASHMIR
Mufti lauds Centre's intent on Kashmir's peace bid
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has lauded the
Centre for asking its interlocutor on Kashmir, N N Vohra, to hold dialogue with the cross section of people of the state, including separatists.
Top Harkat commander killed in encounter
Srinagar: A top commander of pro-Pakistan militant outfit Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) was killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said in Srinagar on April 6.
Mufti to devise new law to tackle financial terror
New Delhi: After deciding not to implement Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) in Jammu and Kashmir, the Mufti Sayeed government is now contemplating formulating a new law to tackle the menace of financial terrorism.
Six militants gunned down in J&K encounter
Jammu: Six militants were on April 6 killed in an encounter with Army personnel in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said.
NORTH
Get set to take over power in Delhi: Mayawati
New Delhi: Launching a frontal attack on the Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on April 6 asked its party cadre and supporters to get ready for taking over the reins of power after the Delhi Assembly elections slated for later this year.
Fastest train to be operational this year: Nitish
Agra: The fastest train to wheeze across the length and breadth of the Indian rail system would be operational in the Konkan stretch this year, with a speed touching 150 km per hour.
SOUTH
'Powerful Navy necessary to face growing threats'
Ezhimala (Kerala): The Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Madhavendra Singh, on April 6 said India needed three more aircraft carrier ships because the country presently had only one such ship.
Second test-flight of GSLV within a month: ISRO
Bangalore: More than two years after the first test-flight of India's ambitious Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), Indian space scientists are readying the second launch early next month, in a major milestone in making the Indian space programme self-reliant.
Central
PM wants Ayodhya issue be solved through talks
Raipur: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on April 6 reiterated the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government's desire to solve the controversial Ram temple issue through negotiations.
EAST
'PM's claim of 1 crore jobs biggest lie of 2003'
Bhubaneswar: The Communist Party of India (CPI) on April 6 ridiculed the claim made by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee that his government had been able to create one crore jobs each year, describing it as "the biggest lie of 2003".
WEST
'My son Haren was a victim of political murder'
Ahmedabad: Father of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Haren Pandya, who was
killed by unidentified gunmen last month, on April 6 said his son was a victim
of "political murder".
Ghatkopar blast accused remanded to PC till April 8
Mumbai: Taufiq Shahul Hamid, Ghatkopar bomb blast accused and suspected member of Muslim Defence Force, was on April 6 remanded to police custody (PC) till April 8 by a special holiday court.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
Security beefed up in Assam for tomorrow's bandh
Guwahati: Security has been beefed up throughout Assam in view of the United
Liberation Front of Assam's (ULFA) Raising Day and the 11-hour Assam bandh called by the Sanmilita Janagoshthiya Sangram Samiti (SJSS) on April 7, official sources said.
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