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

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Vajpayee has a hectic day meeting world leaders.
June 1, 2003... V S Chandrasekar St Petersburg, May 31 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Saturday wrapped up a day of hectic diplomatic activities interacting with leaders of four of the five permanent members of UN Security Council with...

Israel lifts blockades on West Bank, Gaza.
June 1, 2003... Jerusalem, June 1 (PTI) Israel began lifting blockades on the West Bank and Gaza Strip, setting stage for a three-way summit between US President George W Bush and Israeli and Palestinian Prime Ministers. As a step towards implementing...

Some al-Qaeda cells still exists in Saudi Arabia: report.
June 1, 2003... New York, June 1 (PTI) Two or three al-Qaeda terrorist cells are still operating in Saudi Arabia despite a "frenetic investigation" and at least 11 arrests since the May 12 Riyadh bombing, a media report said on Sunday quoting officials. ...

US Justice Dept advised officials to hire lawyers: report.
June 1, 2003... New York, June 1 (PTI) Fearing a spate of lawsuits from people detained following terrorists attacks on Sept 11, 2001, US Justice Department has advised some officials to hire lawyers to defend themselves, a media report said on Sunday. ...

Annan renews calls for talks between Myanmar govt and oppn.
June 1, 2003... New York, June 1 (PTI) Amid new signs of unrest in Myanmar, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has renewed his call for talks between the Government and the opposition, as his envoy prepares to head to the country's capital. "The...

One killed, 18 injured as Patna-Delhi Express derails.
June 1, 2003... Buxar (Bihar), Jun 1 (PTI) One passenger was killed and at least 18 others injured as 14 coaches of the Patna-New Delhi Magadh Vikramshila express derailed in the Baruna-Barasia section of Danapur division in the Eastern Indian state of Bihar...

Nepalese Maoists used by ISI to rope in PWG and MCC.
June 1, 2003... New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) In a move likely to have wide ramifications, Pakistan's intelligence agency Inter Services Intelligence has reportedly got in touch with some Maoist organisations in Nepal to gain access to rebel groups in India like...

ONGC, Reliance among world's 500 largest companies.
June 1, 2003... H S Rao London, June 1 (PTI) Two Indian companies, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation of India and Reliance Industries Ltd, have found a pride of place among the world's 500 largest companies this year. ONGC, the public sector giant, is...

Economic issues to top Vajpayee's agenda at G-8 Summit.
June 1, 2003... V S Chandrasekar Evian, June 1 (PTI) After hectic parleys with the world's most powerful leaders in St Petersburg, Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee moves here for a fresh round of economic diplomacy with them at the informal...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Jun 1: A collection of poems by.
June 1, 2003... Chemmanam Chacko titled 'Chemmanam kavitha Sampoornam' has been selected for the Ulloor award for 2002. The award instituted by Mahakavi Ulloor Memorial Library and Reserach Insitute of Thiruananthapuram consists of a citation and cash...

Not waiting for Pak response, India moves on Lahore bus issue.
June 1, 2003... Ajay Kaul New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) After announcing the decision to resume Delhi-Lahore bus service as part of Confidence-Building Measures, Indian government has called a meeting of officials of departments concerned on June three to...

Paes-Rikl in Fench Open third round.
June 1, 2003... New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) India's Leander Paes joined compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi in the third round of the French Open Men's doubles event when he partnering David Rikl of Czech Republic beat the US pair of Rick Leach and Brian MacPhie at the...

Pakistan's colonial regime in Northern Areas flayed.
June 1, 2003... New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) A Pakistani newspaper has flayed the successive Islamabad regimes for being "self-contradictory on the issue of Kashmir by treating Northern Areas as a part of Pakistan but maintaining these areas were part of Jammu and...

Sindhi leader seeks intl pressure on Pak to end discrimination.
June 1, 2003... New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) Castigating the Pakistani regime for ignoring the rights of the people of Sindh, NWFP and Balochistan, a top Sindhi leader has asked the world community to pressure Islamabad for ending discrimination on the basis of...

Blair faces charges of "duping" the nation over Iraq's WMDs.
June 1, 2003... London, June 01 (PTI) British Prime Minister Tony Blair is accused of "duping" the nation and "misleading world opinion" on the issue of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. While his former cabinet colleague Clare Short, the former...

India, China to hold consultations on Iraq, North Korea issues.
June 1, 2003... Anil K Joseph Beijing, June 1 (PTI) In a further sign of the warming up of India-China relations, senior officials of the two sides are to hold the first-ever policy planning consultations to enhance mutual trust and expand coordination on...

World's biggest hydropower project starts storing water.
June 1, 2003... Anil K Joseph Beijing, June 1 (PTI) China's mammoth Three Gorges Dam, the world's biggest hydroelectric project that will result in the displacement of over a million people, successfully began storing water of the mighty Yangtze river on...

Karnataka becoming hot spot for tourists from Gulf.
June 1, 2003... Bangalore, June 1 (PTI) Tourism in Karnataka is on the upswing with the state becoming a hot favourite with tourists from the Gulf. Emirate Holidays, a unit of Emirate Airways, was interested in having an operating base for adventure and...

Computer-based system to prescribe fertiliser dose.
June 1, 2003... Coimbatore, Jun 1 (PTI) A computer-based system that can precisely prescribe the fertiliser dose for a particular type of soil or crop has been developed by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU). The Decision Support System for...

Kerala embarks on mass computer literacy drive.
June 1, 2003... Thiruvananthapuram, June 1 (PTI) Recognised as the first fully literate state in the country, Kerala has now embarked upon a mass computer literacy drive through the 'Akshaya' project. The state-supported self-entrepreneurial project,...

Hong Kong economy recovering after containing SARS : IMF.
June 1, 2003... New Delhi, June 1 (PTI) Commending the Hong Kong Authorities for taking forceful measures to contain the SARS, epidemic, the IMF has said the Special Administrative Region has begun to show signs of recovery after a prolonged cyclical downturn...

EPCH to set up Rs 50 cr handicrafts mart in Dallas, USA.
June 1, 2003... New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) In order to hardsell Indian handicrafts in US, Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts is planning to set up a mart with warehouses and showrooms in Dallas (US) at in investment of about Rs 50 crore. "The Mart,...

Plan devised for USD 3.5 bn handicrafts exports by 2007-08.
June 1, 2003... New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) Envisaging exports of 3.5 billion dollars by 2007-08, the handicrafts industry has devised a long-term plan for development and exports in the sector. The plan also aims at an integrated marketing approach including...

Pakistan finish last in hockey meet.
June 1, 2003... Perth, Jun 1 (PTI) Grant Schubert scored twice for Australia 'A' as Pakistan crashed to their fourth successive defeat to finish last in the three-nation invitational hockey tournament here on Sunday. In the third place play-off of the...

Musharraf to take up Phalcon radars sale to India with Bush.
June 1, 2003... Islamabad, June 1 (PTI) Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is expected to make a last ditch effort to defer the sale of Phalcon radar systems to India when he meets US President George W Bush in Washington later this month. The US last...

Putin, Bush bury hatchet for vital UN role in Iraq.
June 1, 2003... Vinay Shukla Moscow, June 1 (PTI) Burying the 'hatchet' over Iraq, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart George W Bush on Sunday agreed for a 'vital' UN role in post-war reconstruction of the country and vowed to...

142 deaths related to rights violation in Bangla in May: NGO.
June 1, 2003... Dhaka, June 1 (PTI) Close on the heels of Amnesty International's annual report on human rights status in many countries including Bangladesh, an NGO here alleged 142 people were killed in last month alone in incidents involving rights...

China reports lowest casualty figure from SARS epidemic.
June 1, 2003... Beijing, June 1 (PTI) China Sunday reported its lowest casualties from the SARS outbreak- no deaths and two cases of infection - in its long and arduous fight against the highly infectious disease that has so far killed 332 people. The...

MMA to introduce Shariat bill in Baluchistan Assembly also.
June 1, 2003... Islamabad, June 1 (PTI) Pakistan's hardline Islamist alliance, Muthahida Majlis Amal which was set to bring in a new Shariat law in the volatile North West Frontier Province has threatened to introduce the same in the neighbouring Baluchistan...

PM to visit China on June 22, to raise yatra issue: Advani.
June 1, 2003... Leh (J&K), Jun 1 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will visit China on June 22, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said here Sunday. Speaking at the "Sindhu Darshan" festival here, Advani said that he would request Vajpayee to...

India suffer defeat against Australia in final.
June 1, 2003... Perth, Jun 1 (PTI) India paid the price for some costly defensive lapses in the last five minutes, going down 1-2 to Australia in the final of the three-nation hockey tournament here Sunday. Despite taking a 1-0 lead in the 49th minute...

Train derails in Bihar; one killed, 25 injured.
June 1, 2003... Buxar, Jun 1 (PTI) One passenger was killed and 25 others were injured when 14 coaches of Patna-New Delhi Magadh Vikramshila Express Sunday derailed near here in eastern Indian state of Bihar, about 110 kms from the state capital (Patna), where...

Indian GM Aarthie goes down by a small margin.
June 1, 2003... Chennai, June 1 (PTI) Woman Grandmaster Aarthie Ramaswamy lost by 0.5 points to China's Wang Yu in an Internet online two-game match which is catching up through out the world. Aarthie is the second Indian after Viswananthan Anand and first...

A complex RIDSAT under construction.
June 1, 2003... Bangalore, June 1 (PTI) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is building a complex Rs 3.5 billion Radar Imaging Satellite (RIDSAT) for remote sensing and agriculture purpose which it plans to launch using the indigenous PSLV rocket in...

Exports surge by over 8 % in April; trade deficit widens.
June 1, 2003... New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) Despite various negative factors like war in Iraq and SARS, India's exports grew by 8.71 per cent to 4.34 billion dollars in the first month of the current fiscal as compared to 3.99 billion dollars in April 2002. ...

Bush assures PM to take up terrorism issue with Musharraf.
June 1, 2003... On board Air India One, June 1 (PTI) US President George W Bush indicated he will talk to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the need to end cross border terrorism in India when he meets him in Washington later this month. The...

ASEAN to boost cooperation mechanism to eradicate SARS.
June 1, 2003... Beijing, June 1 (PTI) China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Sunday approved an action plan here to strengthen entry-exit quarantine cooperation to control and eradicate SARS, the worst epidemic to hit the region in...

One-year deadline for Musharraf to quit as army chief: MMA.
June 1, 2003... Islamabad, June 1 (PTI) Hardline Islamist alliance, the Muthahida Majlis Amal (MMA) has offered to give a one-year deadline to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to quit the key post of Army Chief, provided the government agrees to implement...

Blunkett wants Jeffrey Archer to be kept behind bars.
June 1, 2003... London, June 1 (PTI) British Home Secretary David Blunkett has asked prison chiefs not to grant early release from jail to disgraced Tory and millionaire novelist Jeffrey Archer, a media report said here. In a letter written on behalf of...

NINE KILLED IN JAMMU DIVISION.
June 1, 2003... JAMMU, JUNE 1 (PTI) NINE PEOPLE, INCLUDING FOUR ULTRAS, WERE KILLED AND A SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER WAS INJURED IN SEPARATE MILITANCY-RELATED INCIDENTS ACROSS JAMMU DIVISION WHERE SECURITY FORCES ALSO BUSTED A MILITANT HIDEOUT SINCE YESTERDAY,...

(Supercedes Sport-hock series. Corrects the name of.
June 1, 2003... India's goalscorer) Australia tame fighting India Perth, Jun 1 (PTI) India squandered an early lead and conceded two goals in the last five minutes to suffer a 1-2 defeat against Australia in the final of the three-nation invitational...

Success of talks with Pak rests with Islamabad.
June 1, 2003... Raipur, Jun 1 (PTI) Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President M Venkaiah Naidu Sunday said the success of the talks with Pakistan rested with Islamabad but denied Congress (main opposition) allegation that the Vajpayee (Federal)...

Vajpayee arrives in France.
June 1, 2003... Evian (France), June 1 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sunday arrived here for participating in an informal G-8 Summit that will discuss issues relating to less developed and developing economies. In a special gesture,...

Bush says he would take up terrorism issue with Musharraf.
June 1, 2003... On board Air India One, France, June 1 (PTI) Agreeing that a successful Indo-Pak dialogue was not possible unless Pakistan stopped cross-border terrorism, US President George W Bush has assured India that he would raise the issue when he meets...

Country's first Women Police Commando Unit to be commissioned.
June 1, 2003... Chennai, Jun 1 (PTI) India's first Women Police Commando Unit, equipped to handle any threat or violence, will be commissioned here Monday by the Tamil Nadu (southern Indian state) Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. As many as 151 policewomen,...

Karunanidhi all set to become President of DMK again.
June 1, 2003... Chennai, Jun 1 (PTI) For the ninth consecutive time, M Karunanidhi, who will enter 80 on June three, was expected to be elected President of the DMK Monday to become the only occupant of the post for 33 years without a break. As many as...

PM to ask China to permit shortening of Mansarovar route:DPM.
June 1, 2003... Leh (J&K), June 1 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will visit China on June 22 and use the opportunity to urge Beijing to permit shortening of the route for Kailash Mansarovar (a sacred place) pilgrims from India, Deputy Prime...

Star Alliance "looking at" AI, IA and Jet for its network.
June 1, 2003... Washington, Jun 1 (PTI) Star Alliance, the global integrated airline network, is "looking at" Air India (India's international carrier, AI), Indian Airlines (national carrier, IA) and Jet Airways (private airline) to include one of them in its...

Vajpayee meets Mexican President.
June 1, 2003... St. Petersburg, June 1 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sunday met Mexican President Vicente Fox, who has agreed to visit India in the first half of next year. Vajpayee called on Fox here Sunday morning and discussed...

Vajpayee joins world leaders at G-8 Summit.
June 1, 2003... Evian, June 1 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sunday joined world's most powerful leaders in this tightly-guarded French resort for an informal G-8 summit to discuss issues relating to less-developed and developing countries,...

SPORT OPEN IND (NEW SERIES).
June 1, 2003... Bhupathi/Mirnyi in quarters New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) Continuing their fine run, India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus outplayed Frantisek Cermak and Leos Friedl of Czech Republic in straight sets in Paris Sunday to book a place...

Fernandes warns of WMD falling into terrorist hands.
June 1, 2003... Singapore, June 1 (PTI) India's Defence Minister George Fernandes Sunday warned of the threat of weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of deviant states or terrorists. "It is bad enough if such proliferation takes place at the...

Lankan govt to respond to Tiger demands shortly.
June 1, 2003... Colombo, June 1 (PTI) Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will shortly respond to Tamil Tigers rebels who rejected the offer of greater financial authority and demanded direct administrative power over the northeast for ending the...

Vajpayee to urge China to allow pilgrims to Kailash via Leh.
June 1, 2003... Leh (J&K), June 1 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee would urge China to allow Indian pilgrims to visit Kailash Mansarovar (a sacred place) via Leh during his visit to Beijing beginning June 22, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani...

Congress pledges support to PM's peace initiative.
June 1, 2003... Baramulla, Jun 1 (PTI) Pledging support to the Federal government on its fresh peace initiative with Pakistan to usher in peace in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress (main opposition) president Sonia Gandhi Sun day asked the Centre to hold...

Health NGO flays Amnesty for anti-India report.
June 1, 2003... New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) A Delhi-based health NGO Sunday criticised Amnesty International for holding Indian police and Government guilty of human rights abuses of AIDS workers, describing it as "an unwarranted attack on our democratic...

PM discuss Iraq, Iran with world leaders.
June 1, 2003... On Board Air India One, June 1 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee held detailed discussions with world leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister Tony Blair in St Petersburg on the current...

Atlanta Olympics bombing suspect nabbed.
June 1, 2003... Washington, June 1 (PTI) Seven years after the Atlanta Olympics bombing, the prime suspect in the incident has been nabbed in North Carolina, a media report said here. Eric Robert Ruldolph was caught by a rookie police officer on night...

Ex-servicemen Welfare Organisation meeting begins.
June 1, 2003... Kathmandu, June 1 (PTI) The 16th annual meeting of the Indian Army Ex-servicemen Welfare Organisation in Nepal (IEWON), responsible for the welfare of all Nepal domiciled Government of India pensioners, began here Sunday. The week-long...

GOVT.-MAYAWATI.
June 1, 2003... Mayawati not to cut short her foreign tour Lucknow, June 1 (PTI) Setting at rest reports that hectic moves for an opposition unity would prompt her to cut short her foreign tour, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Sunday said the attempt...

51 women victims of Sikh riots threaten self-immolation.
June 1, 2003... Ludhiana, June 1 (PTI) Fifty-one women victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots have threatened to self-immolate outside the official residence of the Punjab Chief Minister in Chandigarh on Tuesday to protest the government's decision to allot houses...

We have a few scores to settle with New Zealand, says Wright.
June 1, 2003... Bangalore, June 01 (PTI) Serving a warning to New Zealand ahead of their tour to India in September, Indian cricket coach John Wright Sunday indicated that Sourav Ganguly's boys were keen to avenge the thrashing they received at the hands of...

Kenya is past, India is future, says Sandeep Patil.
June 1, 2003... Bangalore, June 1 (PTI) After guiding the Kenyans to a new high in the World Cup, Sandeep Patil took a fresh guard here Sunday on home soil with his new assignment as coach of the India 'A' side. "It's a new challenge and responsibility. I...

PM favours small levy on world capital flows.
June 1, 2003... V S Chandrasekar Evian (France), June 1 (PTI) Favouring a small levy on international capital flows to create funds for global development, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sunday called for rapid elimination of tariff and non-tariff...

Heatwave deaths in Andhra mounts to 884.
June 1, 2003... New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) The toll in the current heat wave mounted to 884 in Andhra Pradesh Sunday with 89 more deaths reported in the last 24 hours while hot weather took a tighter hold on norther India with the mercury rising to unbearable...

No positive response so far from Pakistan: I D Swamy.
June 1, 2003... Patiala, June 1 (PTI) India's Junior Minister for Home I D Sawamy said sunay Pakistan had failed so far in making any positive response to the peace initiatives already announced by India. "The ball is now Pakistan's court to give a...

India win seven medals at Asian Grand Prix in Colombo.
June 1, 2003... New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) Long jumper Maha Singh was the star of the day for India at the second leg of the Asian Grand Prix Athletic meet in Colombo Sunday, winning a silver medal even as India's overall showing took a dip. Maha Singh leapt...

Vajpayee joins G8 summit; calls for levy on capital flows.
June 1, 2003... V S Chandrasekar Evian (France), June 1 (PTI) Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sunday joined the world's most powerful leaders at an informal G-8 summit, suggesting a small levy on international capital flows to fund global development...

Saddam's daughters to seek UK asylum.
June 2, 2003... London, June 02 (PTI) Saddam Hussein's two daughters are planning to seek asylum in Britain after having a miserable plight in the post-war Baghdad, media reports said Monday. A cousin of the deposed Iraqi President told a London-based...

Mayawati invites NRIs to invest in UP.
June 2, 2003... New York, June 2 (PTI) The Chief Minister of the Northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati, has invited Non-Resident Indian (NRI) entrepreneurs to invest in her state, asserting her Government was taking all steps to create a congenial...

No positive response so far from Pakistan: I D Swamy.
June 2, 2003... Patiala, June 2 (PTI) India's Junior Minister for Home I D Sawamy said Sunday Pakistan had failed so far in making any positive response to the peace initiatives already announced by India. "The ball is now Pakistan's court to give a...

Pak economy cashes on 'Osama boom' to hit the fast track.
June 2, 2003... K J M Varma Islamabad, June 2 (PTI) Aided by debt write-offs and massive rise in remittances by Pakistani expatriates in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US, Pakistan is cashing on the so-called 'Osama boom' to...

Pak ready to cooperate with India to fight terrorism: Kasuri.
June 2, 2003... London, June 02 (PTI) Indirectly admitting that there was cross border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan has said it does not have an Alladin's lamp to put an end to it but was ready to cooperate with India in this regard. "We have...

Kacchiguda-Puttaparthi Express coach derails.
June 2, 2003... Hyderabad, Jun 2 (PTI) One of the coaches of Kacchiguda-Puttaparthi Express derailed at Veldurti, in Ananthapur district of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, in the wee hours Monday, South-Central Railway sources said here. The...

Annan reminds G-8 of their commitment to anti-poverty goals.
June 2, 2003... Dharam Shourie United Nations, June 2 (PTI) UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has asked leaders of the powerful Group of Eight nations meeting in Evian to renew their commitment to a series of anti-poverty goals set at a United Nations...

K K Abraham elected President of KSCRMFL (Rubbermark).
June 2, 2003... Thiruvananthapuram, June 2 (PTI) K K Abraham, a retired professor and President of Pala Marketing Cooperative Society for 16 years, has been elected president of the Kerala State Cooperative Rubber Marketing Federation Limited (Rubbermark). ...

Time "ripe" for FTZ between China-Japan-South Korea: study.
June 2, 2003... Beijing, June 2 (PTI) The time is "ripe" to set up a free-trade zone between China and its major Asian trade partners Japan and South Korea, a Chinese feasibility study has concluded. Xu Changwen - a researcher with the Chinese Academy of...

CIA to produce fresh evidence of Iraq's WMDs by next week.
June 2, 2003... New York, June 2 (PTI) CIA officials have promised to produce a "round of fresh" evidence of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction for increasingly wary lawmakers as early as next week even as reports said there was a tendency among the US...

SARS proves to be a boon to China's information industry.
June 2, 2003... Anil K Joseph Beijing, June 2 (PTI) The outbreak of SARS epidemic in China has given a boost to the country's booming information industry with people forced to stay indoors for weeks, buying more computers and mobile phones and using the...

Bangla Oppn objects to country's nominee for top OIC post.
June 2, 2003... Dhaka, June 2 (PTI) Bangladesh's main Opposition Awami League has objected to the country's nominee for the top post in Organisation of Islamic Countries, accusing him of opposing the 1971 war of liberation. Opposing the naming of...

Kacchiguda-Puttaparthi Express coach derails, no casualties.
June 2, 2003... Hyderabad, Jun 2 (PTI) In the second rail mishap in less than 24 hours, passengers of the Kacchiguda-Puttaparthi Express had a providential escape when one of its coaches derailed at Veldurti, in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, in...

Naxals blast railway station in Anantapur dist.
June 2, 2003... Hyderabad, Jun 2 (PTI) Naxalites of the outlawed Peoples' War Group (PWG) blasted Chegicherla railway station in Anantapur district of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh Sunday night. According to police, about 10 ultras went to...

Militants attack CRPF post in Manipur.
June 2, 2003... Imphal, June 2 (PTI) Unidentified militants attacked a CRPF post at Tuinem area in Churachandpur district of the north-east Indian state of Manipur Sunday night, but there were no casualties, official sources said here Monday. Well-armed...

Karuna re-elected DMK chief, Stalin elevated.
June 2, 2003... Chennai, June 2 (PTI) M Karunanidhi was unanimously relected DMK President for a record ninth time at the party's General Council here Monday. In a significant move, Karunanidhi's younger son M K Stalin, hitherto the Youth Wing Secretary,...