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India develops 'silent radar'
Scientists of the Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), has developed a low probability intercept radar that cannot be detected by incoming aircraft and thereby escaping from anti-radiation missile attack.
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NATIONAL
First Indian SARS case no longer infected: Swaraj
New Delhi: Health Minister Sushma Swaraj on April 17 said the first confirmed case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in India was no longer "infected", but government had sent a National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) team to Goa to take measures like to quarantine those who came in contact with him.
PM assures protection against unfair markets
New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on April 17 assured the industry and farm sector of protection against any "unfair measures in global markets", saying the government has been intervening for steel industry when it faced difficulty in the name of anti-dumping.
Pak asked to keep its nukes away from terrorists
New Delhi: Voicing apprehensions that terrorists might get access to Pakistan's
nuclear weapons, a leading US Congressman on April 17 asked Islamabad to adopt a doctrine that it will not use a pre-emptive nuclear strike against any country.
US delegation, Advani discuss controlling terror
New Delhi: A US Congressional delegation on April 17 met Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and discussed India's efforts to contain cross-border terrorism in the wake of last month's massacre of Pandits in Nadimarg in Jammu and Kashmir.
ID Cards to be issued to citizens in 13 states
New Delhi: National Identity Cards will soon be issued to all Indian citizens in 13 states and Union Territories in an effort to deter illegal immigration, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman K C Pant said on April 17.
India helps itself to be a low indebted nation
New Delhi: India transformed from a moderate to low indebted country with a fall in Debt-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio to 20 per cent and foreign debt was slated to be at $ 102.3 billion in March 2003, a United Nations survey said on April 17.
Advani for fast and uniform development
New Delhi: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said on April 17 that the country had made considerable progress in several fields of development but an analysis was required to ascertain whether this was fast enough and uniform.
First SARS case in India reported from Goa
New Delhi: The first SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) case in India has been reported from Goa with a 32-year-old man, who just returned from Singapore, testing positive, Health Ministry said on April 17.
Talks between government and truckers fail
New Delhi: The crucial talks between government and striking transporters on April 17 failed to make any progress to end the four-day long strike with both the parties sticking to their positions.
KASHMIR
Nine arrested in Srinagar on eve of PM's visit
Srinagar: In stepped up anti-militant operations in view of the Prime Minister's visit to Kashmir, Security forces netted nine activists and militants of the pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) in the valley over the last three days, defence sources said on April 17.
Kashmiris look forward to Vajpayee's visit
Srinagar: The visit of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has raised a lot of hope among the people of Jammu and Kashmir who feel it will carry forward the good beginning of successful elections held five months back and look forward to a financial package from the Centre.
J&K on alert following LeT suicide attack plans
Srinagar: Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir were on April 17 put on high alert following two wireless intercepts that militants belonging to Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) were planning to carry out a suicide attack during the two-day visit of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee beginning April 18.
LeT sector commander killed in inter-gang clash
Jammu: In yet another inter-gang clash among militant outfits, a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) sector commander was on April 17 killed in an encounter with Hizbul Mujahideen ultras in Rajouri district, official sources said.
2 cops killed, 18 injured in J&K militant attacks
Srinagar: In stepped up attacks on the eve of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's visit, militants on April 17 attacked a police post, ambushed Army vehicles and triggered an improvised explosive device (IED) blast, killing two persons and injuring 18 in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said.
One killed, six injured in Pak shelling at Kargil
Srinagar: One person was killed and six people including four school children were injured on April 17 as Pakistani troops resorted to heavy shelling at Kargil in the frontier region, official sources said.
Cop killed in militant attack on police post in JK
Jammu: In the fifth attack on a police post in a month, a constable was killed and another injured when militants opened indiscriminate fire on the Ind post in Udhampur district of Jammu division early April 17, official sources said.
NORTH
Allahabad HC stays Amar Singh’s arrest till May 16
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on April 17 stayed till May 16 the arrest of
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh in connection with the cases of alleged
misuse of discretionary funds filed against him and others by the Mayawati
government.
Actions against Mulayam not political vendetta: Maya
New Delhi: Unfazed by the criticism over filing a spate of cases against Mulayam Singh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on April 17 rejected the charge that it was a political vendetta saying he had "violated" norms while disbursing money from Chief Minister's discretionary funds.
SOUTH
CBI nabs Haren Pandya's murderers in AP
Hyderabad: In a significant breakthrough, the CBI sleuths on April 17 nabbed four persons for their alleged involvement in the assassination of former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya.
Stalin, five other MLAs granted bail in Chennai
Chennai: Former city mayor, M K Stalin, MLA and five other legislators were on April 17 granted bail in the case relating to criminal trespass into the Queen Mary's college, intimidation of the college watchman and allegedly inciting violence in the college premises.
'Bloodbath' in bourses was 'over reaction': Premji
Bangalore: Wipro Chairman Azim Premji on April 17 described last week's "bloodbath" in the bourses triggered by its rival Infosys' low revenue guidance as "over reaction" and said there was a "correction" going in the stock market.
BJP turns down demand for dismissal of TN govt
Chennai: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on April 17 turned down the demand from Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), its ally in Tamil Nadu, for invoking Article 356 to dismiss the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) government, saying at present there was no ground for the Centre to use the Constitutional provision in the state.
Wipro Q4 net profit up by 2.5 pc to Rs 225.4 cr
Bangalore: IT major Wipro Ltd on April 17 reported a revenue of Rs 1,237 crore during the fourth quarter ending March 31, 2003, up by 32 per cent over Rs 927 crore reported during the corresponding quarter last year.
Transport stir badly hits petrol supply in TN
Chennai: Petrol and diesel supply in the city and elsewhere in Tamil Nadu continues to be badly hit as the transporters strike entered the fourth day.
EAST
Curfew relaxed for 6 hours in Jharkhand town
Daltonganj: The indefinite curfew was relaxed for six hours between 06:00 hours and 12:00 hours (IST) on April 17 in Panki block area in Palamu district following improvement in situation.
WEST
SARS patient's samples to be sent to NICD: CM
Panaji: As Goa reported the first confirmed case of killer respiratory disease Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in India, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on April 17 said blood and other samples of the patient would be sent to National Institute Of Communicable Diseases (NICD) on April 18 for a second opinion.
4 injured in building collapse, 4 still trapped
Ahmedabad: Four persons were injured, two of them seriously, when a residential cum commercial building collapsed in Kalupur area of the city on April 17 evening, fire brigade sources said.
Godhra: Court rejects bail pleas of 44 accused
Ahmedabad: The Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court on April 17 rejected bail application of 44 accused in the Godhra train carnage, court sources said.
VHP to submit memorandum to Kalam on Togadia issue
Jaipur: The VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) plans to submit a memorandum soon to
President A P J Abdul Kalam to demand the expulsion of the Rajasthan government for its "deliberate conspiracy" to slap sedition charges on Praveen Togadia, its top leader said in Jaipur on April 17.
2 dreaded LeT militants nabbed in Maharashtra
Mumbai: Two dreaded Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants entrusted to target prominent personalities in Maharashtra and carrying out subversive activities were nabbed by police in Thane district.
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