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War images can affect children: Experts
Continuous exposure to images of war brought live on the television screen can affect the impressionable minds of children, besides giving sleepless nights to thousands of people even miles away from the scene of war, psychologists say.

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PARLIAMENT
'Raksha Kavach' to prevent Railway mishaps
New Delhi: 'Raksha Kavach', the indigenously developed mechanism to detect collision-like situations for trains, has been found to be technically suitable in giving specified protection from such rail accidents.

NATIONAL
'Remarks on pre-emptive strikes casual in nature'
New Delhi: Downplaying the recent statements on pre-emptive strikes against Pakistan on the Iraq pattern, Defence Minister George Fernandes on April 14 said the remarks were "casual" and not a government policy.

Indian Democracy a model for Iraq, says Chalabi
New Delhi: Dr Ahmed Chalabi, the head of Iraqi National Congress and tipped to lead a post-war government in Iraq has said the Indian Democratic system should be taken up as a model for his country, and expressed his desire to visit India.

Kalam leads nation in paying homage to Ambedkar
New Delhi: President A P J Abdul Kalam on April 14 led the nation in paying homage to Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar on his 112th birth anniversary.

Trucks go off the roads across the country
New Delhi: Lakhs of trucks went off the roads on April 14 morning in response to the nationwide indefinite strike called by All India Motor Transport Congress to protest against frequent hike in diesel prices and Value Added Tax (VAT).

KASHMIR
'New strategy devised to combat J&K terrorism'
Jamshedpur: The External Affairs Minister, Yashwant Sinha, on April 14 said that the government had chalked out a strategy to combat terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir at a meeting held soon after the killing of Pandits attended by the Deputy Prime Minister, Governor and Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and himself.

First PM to address public rally in JK since �89
New Delhi: Atal Behari Vajpayee will be the first Prime Minister to address a public rally in Srinagar since the advent of militancy in 1989 when he begins his two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on April 18.

NORTH
Maya to embrace 'Buddhism' if Hindu evils persist
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on April 14 said she would embrace Buddhism along with her supporters if the protagonists of Hinduism did not help remove "evils prevailing in the religion and its rituals".

Grounds for invasion of Iraq exist in Pak also: Sinha
Jamshedpur (Jharkhand): The External Affairs Minister, Yashwant Sinha, on April 14 said that the grounds on which the US-led coalition forces invaded Iraq also existed in Pakistan that could warrant a similar military action against the country.

Mayawati launches scathing attack on Mulayam
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on April 14 accused the Opposition parties of hatching a conspiracy to discredit and malign the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and dared Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav to prove the latest allegations of corruption levelled against her.

SOUTH
Kerala RS Polls: Official Cong candidates romp home
Thiruvananthapuram: Kodoth Govindan Nair, the rebel Congress candidate put up by the former Chief Minister K Karunakaran was defeated on April 14 in the Rajya Sabha elections in Kerala in which the two official party candidates emerged victorious.

I am now president of Janata Party: Mallya
Bangalore: Business tycoon Vijay Mallya who quit Akhila Bharata Janata Dal (ABJD) miffed over being "isolated" by its leadership, on April 14 announced that he has joined Janata Party, accepting the party presidentship post.

INSAT-3A placed in Geo-Stationary Orbit
Bangalore: India's multi-purpose satellite, INSAT-3A, was placed in its Geo- Stationary Orbit (GSO) as the third and final stage of orbit raising operation was conducted on April 14 from Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan in Karnataka.

Central
Sonia foresees 'excellent' prospects for Cong
Jabalpur: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on April 13 said her party has "excellent" prospects in the ensuing Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

EAST
UN has lost its credibility, says Fernandes
Dhanbad: Defence Minister George Fernandes on April 14 said Iraq war had showed that the United Nations had lost its importance and credibility.

Fernandes refuses to comment on Samata crisis
Dhanbad: Samata Party president George Fernandes on April 14 refused to comment on the expulsion of his loyalists by the party's Nitish Kumar faction.

WEST
Togadia remanded to custody till April 16
Ajmer: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia was sent to judicial custody on April 14 for two days in connection with alleged violation of prohibitory orders and ban on distribution of tridents on April 13 after a local court rejected his bail application. He will be produced before the court again on April 16.

One injured in explosion in Mumbai
Mumbai: A person was injured when the bag he was carrying exploded near a jeweller's shop in suburban Bandra on April 14, police said.

Togadia arrested for defying ban on trishuls
Ajmer: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia was on April 13 night arrested shortly after he distributed tridents to Bajrang Dal activists, defying ban and prohibitory orders.

NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
PM regrets Iraq war, calls for quick reconstruction
Gangtok: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on April 14 said that it would have been better if there was no war in Iraq and called for the country's quick reconstruction.

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