PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. articles from July 2003

PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. archives from July 2003

Extra-constitutionalism will not yield any result - Jaitley.
July 1, 2003... H S Rao London, July 1 (PTI) India has ruled out squandering away its territory just because Pakistan has adopted extra-constitutional methods to achieve its goal. "Countries don't survive by squandering territories away merely...

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan holds Paris audience spell-bound.
July 1, 2003... Paris, July 1 (PTI) India's internationally acclaimed Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan held a packed audience at Bacilica, an ancient church here spellbound at a concert lasting over two hours on Monday night. The Sarod Maestro was ably...

Paes-Navratilova move into third round.
July 1, 2003... New Delhi, July 1 (PTI) Leander Paes and Martina Navratilova advanced to the third round of the mixed doubles event at the Wimbledon tennis championships. The fifth seeded Indo-American pair defeated Spain's Alex Lopez Moron and Rossana...

Sashi Kapoor to co-author Prithvi memoirs with Sanjna.
July 1, 2003... Subhra Priyadarshini Kolkata, Jul 1 (PTI) Bollywood veteran Sashi Kapoor would soon pen memoirs of India's best known theatre group -- Prithvi Theatre -- in a book co-authored by daughter Sanjna as the family's performing arts tradition...

Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 1 (PTI) The City Corporation is.
July 1, 2003... embarking on an intensified epidemic control programme from Tuesday. The first phase of the integrated ward-level programme will be organised from Tuesday to July 10, the Mayor, J Chandra, said here on Monday. She was inaugurating a...

Core member of Godhra outrage arrested.
July 1, 2003... Ahmedabad, Jul 1 (PTI) The Special Investigating Team probing the Godhra train carnage has arrested a core member of the team that allegedly set on fire the S-6 bogie of the Sabarmati express last year, official sources said here Tuesday. ...

China has a lot to learn from India's three revolutions.
July 1, 2003... Anil K Joseph Beijing, July 1 (PTI) Amid the bullish outlook on India-China trade ties among the business communities of both countries, a leading Chinese economists says Beijing has a lot to learn from India's three revolutions - green,...

ONE MILITANT KILLED, PAKISTANI NATIONAL ARRESTED.
July 1, 2003... JAMMU, JULY 1 (PTI) A MILITANT WAS KILLED IN AN ENCOUNTER AND A PAKISTANI NATIONAL ARRESTED IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS IN UDHAMPUR DISTRICT AND R S PURA AREA OF JAMMU DIVISION SINCE MONDAY, INDIAN BORDER SECURITY FORCE SOURCES SAID HERE TUESDAY....

Over 26,000 register for Amarnath yatra from the region.
July 1, 2003... Chandigarh, July 1 (PTI) Over 26,000 people from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Union Territory of Chandigarh have registered for this year's Amarnath Yatra beginning July 12. "At the close of registration this Saturday, 26,469...

Hearing on Surendra Shetty's bail plea deferred till Wednesday.
July 1, 2003... Surat, Jul 1 (PTI) A local court Tuesday deferred the hearing on a fresh bail application of Surendra Shetty, father of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, in an alleged extortion case till Wednesday. District and Sessions Judge K M Vin posted...

LDF walkout over court strictures.
July 1, 2003... Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 1 (PTI) The opposition on Tuesday staged a walked out in the Kerala assembly after the Speaker refused them permission to raise the issue of the "strictures" passed by Thrissur Special Vigilance court on the vigillance...

Kerala has spent Rs 6.731 million for relief works.
July 1, 2003... Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 1 (PTI) Kerala government has so far spent Rs 6.731 million on various relief measures after the recent monsoon spell in the state. Replying to a call attention motion in the subject, Revenue Minister K M Mani...

Proposal on FACT sent to federal government.
July 1, 2003... Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 1 (PTI) Kerala government has informed the federal government about its readiness to retain the public sector Fertilizers and Chemicals, Travancore Ltd (FACT), in the co-operative sector, state's Industries Minister P K...

President's security upgraded; PM's security reviewed.
July 1, 2003... Sumir Kaul New Delhi, July one (PTI) Government has further upgraded the security of President A P J Abdul Kalam by including a jammer vehicle in his motorcade for the first time amidst hightened threat perception from Pakistan-based...

FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR ECO-RESTORATION OF JEHLUM BASIN.
July 1, 2003... SRINAGAR, JULY 1 (PTI) A COMPREHENSIVE FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR ECO-RESTORATION OF DEGRADED CATCHMENTS IN THE NORTHERN BASIN OF RIVER JEHLUM HAS BEEN FORMULATED, JAMMU AND KASHMIR FOREST AND ENVIRONMENT MINISTER GHULAM MOHIUDDIN SOFI HAS SAID. ...

Rathayatra starts amidst tightened security.
July 1, 2003... Puri, July 1 (PTI) The Grand Road here converted itself into a sea of humanity that converged to witness, despite a smart spell of shower, the annual +Rathayatra+ of Lord Jagannath Tuesday as the state government put security on high alert....

A new age Guru baffles scientists by his feat.
July 1, 2003... Kochi, Jul 1 (PTI) The premier US space agency NASA, intrigued by 66-year old Hira Rattan Manek's feat of living without solid food for years, has invited him for tests so that it could possibly help them in their various programmes, Manek's...

Court deputes bailiff to produce Shahbaz Sharif's family.
July 1, 2003... K J M Varma Islamabad, July 1 (PTI) The Lahore High Court has deputed a bailiff to recover and produce Tuesday before it the family members of deposed Premier Nawaz Sharif's brother, Shahbaz, as police conducted raids in Lahore to search...

MP govt increases reservation in state govt service.
July 1, 2003... Bhopal, Jul 1 (PTI) Ahead of the Assembly elections later this year, the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh has increased the reservation in the state government service for Other Backward Classes (OBC) from 14 per cent to 27 per cent with...

Sinha says talks with Pak to start when situation is "right".
July 1, 2003... Chennai, July 1 (PTI) In a tuarded reaction to Pakistan's call for early resumption of bilateral dialogue, External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha has said talks will start when the situation is "right" "A number of confidence-building...

Registration for Amarnath Yatra closes.
July 1, 2003... Srinagar, July 1 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir government has closed registration of pilgrims for the month-long Amarnath Yatra after the enrollment of over one lakh pilgrims, as the permissible quota for this year has been exhausted, official...

Court allows demolition of Dawood Ibrahim's properties.
July 1, 2003... Mumbai, July 1 (PTI) A special court has allowed the civic body here to go ahead with the legal process with regard to the demolition of a shopping mall believed to belong to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. The order for demolition of Sara...

Summons to Karna Minister in Nagappa kidnap case.
July 1, 2003... Bangalore,July 1 (PTI) The Justice R G Vaidyanatha Commission of Inquiry, probing the circumstances leading to the death of former minister H Nagappa in the captivity of forest brigand Veerappan, has issued summons to Karnataka agro-processing...

Pak oppn calls for all party meet against Musharraf on July 6.
July 1, 2003... Islamabad, July 1 (PTI) Pakistan's opposition parties agitating against Pervez Musharraf's Presidency and his constitutional amendments have called for an All Party meet on July six to chalkout a new strategy against him. The Islamist...

Hizbul to extend support to peace moves at "right time".
July 1, 2003... Srinagar, July 1 (PTI) In a significant move, pro-Pakistan militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen Tuesday said it was ready to extend its cooperation to the Indo-Pak initiatives for resolution of the Kashmir issue through peaceful means and...

India, UAE sign defence cooperation agreement.
July 1, 2003... New Delhi, July 1 (PTI) In a major stride in bilateral relations, India and the UAE Tuesday signed a defence cooperation agreement which provides for export and import of weapons and coordination in security-related issues. The agreement...

Britain favours more Indian IT professionals.
July 1, 2003... London, July 1 (PTI) Favouring Indian information and technology professionals getting work permits in Britain, the British Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Office Mike O'Brien said Tuesday they would like to see Indian response to offers...

Bus relaunch in motion for July 11, Pak gives visa to DTC crew.
July 1, 2003... New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) Pakistan has granted visas to seven members of Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) crew setting in motion the process of relaunch of the Delhi-Lahore bus service after 18 months amid indications that the first vehicles...

India to despatch Air Force contingent to Congo.
July 1, 2003... New Delhi, July 1 (PTI) India has decided to despatch an Air Force contingent of about 250 officers and men for peace-keeping operations under U N flag in Congo, the largest force of airmen ever to be sent abroad on such a mission, defence...

India seeks over 3 million tonnes crude from Iraq.
July 1, 2003... New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) India is seeking over 3 million tonnes of crude oil from Iraq this fiscal even as it hopes that the interim US-led regime in Baghdad honours award of an oil exploration block to state-run OVL by the previous Saddam...

Exports bounce back to double digit at 13.53 %.
July 1, 2003... New Delhi, Jul 01 (PTI) After dipping to a single digit figure in April, India's exports recorded an impressive 13.53 per cent growth in May apparently due to diversion of some trade from East Asia in the wake of SARS. Exports grew by...

MCC ultras kill six persons in Jharkhand.
July 1, 2003... Daltonganj, Jul 1 (PTI) In a fresh spell of terror, activists of a banned Maoist outfit have killed six people, slitting the throats of four of them, including two forest guards, in separate incidents in Jharkhand overnight, police said...

Military aid to Pak cannot be justified: Pallone.
July 1, 2003... Washington, Jul 1 (PTI) Terming Pakistan as a "rogue nation" which has a "terrible record" in the arena of peace and stabiity in South Asia, Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone has opposed any military aid to Islamabad and asked US President...

Pak theatre in a soup for screening Bollywood blockbuster.
July 1, 2003... Islamabad, July 1 (PTI) A theatre in Islamabad finds itself in the eye of a storm after secretly screening Bollywood blockbuster "Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gum" last weekend as the audience, mostly youngsters, began dancing to the tunes of film...

Federal funds for development projects in the northeast.
July 1, 2003... New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) The Federal Government has released about Rs 18 billion from the non-lapsable pool for various developmental projects in the Northeast and Sikkim so far, including Rs 5.5 billion released in the last fiscal, and all...

TN's new industrial policy tuned to 2nd generation reforms.
July 1, 2003... Chennai, Jul 1 (PTI) Tamil Nadu government would announce within this month its new industrial policy, which would be tuned to the second generation reforms that are already underway, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said Tuesday. The new...

India, UAE sign defence pact, to set up JWG to check crime.
July 1, 2003... New Delhi, July 1 (PTI) Giving a new dimension to their bilateral ties, India and the UAE Tuesday signed a defence cooperation agreement which provides for export and import of weapons and decided to work on establishing a Joint Working Group...

Four militants among five killed in Jammu and Kashmir.
July 1, 2003... Jammu, July 1 (PTI) Four militants were among five people killed while six people, including a security personnel, were injured in a grenade attack in separate militancy-related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said Tuesday. ...

Major sets school bus on fire for non-payment of wife's dues.
July 1, 2003... Indore (Madhya Pradesh), July 1 (PTI) Angry over non-payment of dues to his teacher wife, an army Major allegedly set on fire a school bus in Mhow cantonment area near here this morning causing burn injuries to the driver, but all the children...

Contracts issue to dominate Working Commitee meeting.
July 1, 2003... New Dehlhi, Jul 1 (PTI) The contracts issue is all set to dominate the agenda at the Indian Cricket Board's highly-awaited Working Committee meeting beginning here Wednesday as the BCCI wrestles to find a way to recover its World Cup money from...

Principal MF to take over SUN F&C's schemes in India.
July 1, 2003... Mumbai, Jul 1 (PTI) After buying out IDBI's stake in their mutual fund joint venture, Principal Mutual Fund is to take over the schemes of SUN F&C Mutual Fund in India for an undisclosed sum. This agreement entails a change in management...

Flood aggravates in Assam, two die in Tripura.
July 1, 2003... New Delhi, July 1 (PTI) Flood situation on Tuesday aggravated in eastern Indian state of Assam with water level of Brahmaputra rising further following heavy rains, submerging 10 districts and affecting over four hundred thousand people, even...

India, Mauritius sign agreements to bolster bilateral ties.
July 1, 2003... New Delhi, July 1 (PTI) India and Mauritius on Tuesday signed three agreements to bolster bilateral ties as the two sides discussed ways to step up cooperation in information technology, ocean development, education and defence. The...

India to modernise navy, strengthen presence in high seas.
July 1, 2003... Toronto, July 1 (PTI) India has formulated a gigantic plan to modernize its navy and strengthen its presence at the high seas in the region, Navy Chief Admiral Madhvendra Singh said here Tuesday. "India has decided to upgrade its warships,...

Britain faces grim prospects of power cuts by 2020 - report.
July 1, 2003... H S Rao London, July 1 (PTI) Britain is facing the grim prospects of long hours of power cuts and a 3-day week by 2020 owing to fuel shortage, an report by energy experts warned Tuesday. By 2020 about 80 per cent of the gas to fuel...

Patil not too impressed with performance against Durham.
July 1, 2003... London, Jul 1 (PTI) Coach Sandeep Patil was not happy with the drawn result of the four-day game between India 'A' and Durham county at Chester-le-Street, and criticised his players of not following a proper game plan. Patil felt his...

Madhavan not hostile towards Azhar.
July 1, 2003... Hyderabad, July one (PTI) The Indian Cricket Board Tuesday submitted before a city court that neither it nor its inquiry officer K Madhavan, who probed the match fixing scandal, had adopted a discriminatory or hostile attitude towards the...

Salman moves HC against lower court's order in accident case.
July 1, 2003... Mumbai, July 1 (PTI) Film actor Salman Khan Tuesday filed an appeal in Mumbai High Court praying for quashing a lower court order which had found him prima facie guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in a hit-and-run case and...

Bhupathi/Mirnyi in quarters.
July 1, 2003... New Delhi, July 1 (PTI) Top seeded pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus moved into the quarter-finals of the men's doubles event at Wimbledon tennis championships with a straight sets victory over Argentinian team of Gaston Eltis...

20 students to leave for Pak Wednesday to promote friendship.
July 1, 2003... Mumbai, July 1 (PTI) In an effort to promote peace and friendship between the people of the two countries, twenty students from the country would leave for Pakistan Wednesday. Addressing a press conference here, Admiral (Retd) Ramdas,...

Four ultras, security personnel among six killed in J-K.
July 1, 2003... Jammu, July 1 (PTI) Six people, including four militants and a soldier, were killed and two jawans and five civilians injured in separate militancy-related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said Tuesday. Two top militants,...

Home ministry considering report on revamping security in J&K.
July 1, 2003... New Delhi, July 1 (PTI) The Federal Home Ministry is considering a report of a top official on revamping the security strategy in Jammu and Kashmir to combat terrorism, official sources said Tuesday night. Special Secretary in the Ministry...

Decision on sending troops to Iraq after Sibal's return.
July 1, 2003... New Delhi, July 1 (PTI) Indian government is expected to take a decision on sending troops to Iraq after Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal's return from the United States where he has gone to discuss issues concerning the mandate of the...

Ayodhya, Indo-Pak ties to dominate RSS meet.
July 1, 2003... Kanyakumari, Jul 1 (PTI) The Ayodhya issue and Indo-Pak peace process are likely to dominate the agenda of discussions at the two-day working committee meeting of the pro-Hindu Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh beginning here on July 5. Top RSS...

North East militants to face military action.
July 1, 2003... New Delhi, July 1 (PTI) Bhutan Tuesday said the ULFA and other militants active in North East, who were hiding in that country, would have to face a "military action" if they did not move from its territory. According to a spokesperson of...

Germany agrees to supply radar spareparts to Pak fighter jets.
July 1, 2003... Islamabad, July 1 (PTI) Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, who is currently touring Germany, Tuesday said Berlin has agreed to supply spare parts for the radar systems of Pakistan Air Force's fighter planes. Musharraf told Pakistan...

US accused of using cheap tactics to seek support on ICC.
July 1, 2003... Washington, July 1 (PTI) US Ambassadors have been acting like "schoolyard bullies" to obtain support of countries from exempting American troops from the jurisdiction of International Criminal Court in their territories, the Human Rights Watch...

Pak oppn steps up agitation: MMA calls for street rallies.
July 1, 2003... K J M Varma Islamabad, July 1 (PTI) Stepping up its agitation against President Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's Islamist alliance Tuesday called for street rallies during the Friday prayers on July 4 to protest the "politically motivated"...

126th Rathyatra passes off peacefully in Ahmedabad.
July 1, 2003... Ahmedabad, Jul 1 (PTI) The 126th Lord Jagannath Rathyatra passed off peacefully Tuesday night with all the three raths (chariots) carrying idols of Lord Jagannath, Subhadra and Lord Balaram reaching at the ancient temple in Jamalpur city area...

Godhra accused Kalandar remanded to police custody till July 5.
July 1, 2003... Ahmedabad, Jul 1 (PTI) A Special POTA court Tuesday remanded to police custody till July 5, one of the accused in Godhra train carnage Shoaib Yusuf Kalandar, who was arrested on June 29 from Godhra. Kalandar was brought to Ahmedabad from...

Paes, Bhupathi head for semi-final showdown.
July 2, 2003... New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) Former teammates Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi Tuesday headed for a semi-final showdown in the men's doubles event of the Wimbledon tennis championships, registering easy victories with their respective partners. ...

Sibal Meets Rice, Wolfowitz, Grossman.
July 2, 2003... T V Parasuram Washington, July 2 (PTI) India's Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal has met with US National Security Advisor Dr Condoleezza Rice and had an "unusually long" meeting with Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz Tuesday, in which...

Students' march turns violent in Kerala.
July 2, 2003... Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 2 (PTI) The state-wide protest by pro-left students' unions led by SFI against the educational policy of Kerala's UDF government turned violent here and at a few other places Tuesday, leading to pitched battles between...

Govt acts tough, invokes ESMA against arrested leaders.
July 2, 2003... Chennai, July 2 (PTI) In a bid to crush the Government employees' indefinite strike, beginning Wednesday, Tamil Nadu government Tuesday invoked provisions of ESMA against 14 leaders who were arrested in a pre-dawn swoop and warned similar...

HC says TN govt has role to play in starting new Colleges.
July 2, 2003... Chennai, Jul 2 (PTI) The Madras High Court has held that the Tamil Nadu government had a role to play in the matter of starting new technical education institutions and including new courses in existing ones. The observation was made by...

Motorable blacktop roads in all villages by 2007: Khanduri.
July 2, 2003... Coimbatore, July 2 (PTI) All villages in the country with a population of 500 or above would be provided with motorable blacktop roads by the year 2007, Federal minister of road transport and highways B C Khanduri said Tuesday. Since the...

Marad: RSS leaders meet Antony.
July 2, 2003... Thiruvananthapuram, July 2 (PTI) Leaders of the Kerala unit of the pro-Hindu outfit Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Tuesday met Chief Minister A K Antony to press the Sangh's demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the...

Nine foreigners detained for 'preaching in mosques'.
July 2, 2003... Ahmedabad, Jul 2 (PTI) Bharuch district police has detained nine foreigners, allegedly belonging to the outfit Tablik-e-Jamaat, and has issued +Leave India notices+ against all of them on alleged charges of violating visa conditions and...

Sharon says ready to let Arafat go to Gaza.
July 2, 2003... Jerusalem, Jul 2 (PTI) Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Tuesday said that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, confined to West Bank city of Ramallah for over one year, can visit Gaza Strip. Sharon conveyed this to Palestinian Prime...

India for Greater role for developing world in decision making.
July 2, 2003... Geneva, Jul 2 (PTI) India has urged the developed countries to promote international trading, financial and monetary systems that take into account the needs and concerns of developing nations and to fulfill their commitment on providing market...

US should withdraw troops from entire Gulf area: CATO.
July 2, 2003... Washington, Jul 2 (PTI) Arguing that American troop presence in the Gulf region was not merely unnecessary but was a source of tension and hostility towards the US, a policy paper has urged Washington to withdraw its troops from the entire Gulf...

Kolkata film makers to feature in Indo-British filmfest.
July 2, 2003... Kolkata, Jul 2 (PTI) Celluloid ventures of two Kolkata-based film makers -- Bikramjit Gupta and Sanjeet Chowdhury -- would be screened at an Indo-British film festival in the UK. Gupta's 'Laden is Not My Friend' and Choudhury's 'Painter's...

West Bengal sculptor plans first wax museum of India.
July 2, 2003... Asansol, July 2 (PTI) Inspired by Madame Tussaud's and pursuing his dreams to create life-size images of celebrities, a sculptor in the industrial capital of the eastern Indian state West Bengal is giving shape to what could become India's...

Bush pleased at Indo-Pak peace initiatives.
July 2, 2003... Washington, July 2 (PTI) US President George W Bush is pleased that Indo-Pak tension has diminished following Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's peace initiative and steps taken by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, the White House...

TN Govt employees begin indefinite strike.
July 2, 2003... Chennai, Jul 2 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Government employees and teachers Tuesday began an indefinite strike demanding restoration of curtailed benefits, undeterred by the Government threat to arrest and dismiss those participating in the stir under...

Indo-Pak peace moves likely to figure in Sino-US talks.
July 2, 2003... Beijing, July 2 (PTI) China and the United States would hold in-depth discussions on the latest security situation in Asia, especially in South Asia and on the Korean peninsula from Wednesday. Announcing the three-day visit of Chinese Vice...

Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 2 (PTI) The resolution, adopted.
July 2, 2003... by the Mavelikkara convention of the RSS demanding a probe by the CBI into the Marad carnage, was Tuesday handed over to Chief Minister A K Antony. A team led by the Pranth Pracharak, S Sethumadhavan, and among others consisting of the...

Ten feared dead in train mishap in AP.
July 2, 2003... Hyderabad, Jul 2 (PTI) At least ten persons were feared killed in a rail accident in the southern Indian state Andhra Pradesh Wednesday morning when two bogies of Hyderabad-bound Golconda Express derailed and fell from a rail over-bridge,...

Fresh non-bailable warrant against Yasin Malik.
July 2, 2003... Jammu, July 2 (PTI) A Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court here Wednesday rejected JKLF supremo Yasin Malik's plea for exemption from personal appearance and issued a fresh non-bailable arrest warrant against him in connection with the...

Panch killed in Udhampur district.
July 2, 2003... Jammu, Jul 2 (PTI) Ultras killed a village panch and injured his wife in Udhampur district, while security forces busted a militant hideout in Rajouri district of Jammu division since Tuesday evening, official sources said here Wednesday. ...

US to stay in Iraq as long as necessary: Bush.
July 2, 2003... Washington, July 2 (PTI) Acknowledging that the US faces a "massive and long-term undertaking" in Iraq, President George W Bush has said American forces are "engaged in remnants of the former regime as well as members of terrorist groups." ...

Man posing as journalist to gain access to Parliament nabbed.
July 2, 2003... New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) A man trying to gain access to Indian Parliament posing as a journalist has been arrested here, police sources said. Nusrat Ali, who claimed to be a resident of Jamia Nagar locality in South Delhi, was nabbed when he...

BCCI Working Commitee meeting begins.
July 2, 2003... New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) The highly-awaited meeting of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Working Committee, trying to find a way to recover the World Cup money from the International Cricket Council (ICC), began here Wednesday. ...

Unregistered Amarnath pilgrims go on hunger strike.
July 2, 2003... Jammu, Jul 2 (PTI) A day after Jammu and Kashmir government closed the registration of pilgrims for the Amarnath yatra, hundreds of pilgrims who could not enrol themselves Wednesday began a hunger strike and staged protest demonstrations...