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September 19 Three militants killed in J&K At least three extremists were killed and two were injured in separate encounters with security forces in the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch. TN questions Centre's assertion on Cauvery waters Concerned about maintaining irrigation for the kuruvai and samba crops in the Cauvery delta, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has sent Public Works Minister Durai Murugan and Agriculture Minister Veerapandi Arumugam to the region for an on-the-spot study. Amnesty criticises NHRC, asks Centre to set up alternative Amnesty International, which observed that a Supreme Court order nearly three years ago had authorised the panel to take up a full probe into 'disappearances and extra-judicial executions' in Punjab during 1984-94, urged the Indian government to appoint some other body for the purpose. THE COLUMNIST For better or worse 'Only the numbers in political equations count anymore, whether it be in determining who goes to college, or who becomes President, or who gets to obstruct traffic in the name of free expression of religion and speech,' laments Ashwin Mahesh. September 18 Indian soldiers return home, at last Officials of the Indian high commission in Islamabad accompanied both the army jawans to the border. Hindi film lyricist Hasrat Jaipuri dies at 81 A top-ranking lyricist of the golden age of Hindi film music, Hasrat died of kidney and liver failure in a private hospital in Bombay. Sikkim HC orders CBI probe into police violence Chief Justice Ripusudan Dayal has directed the CBI director to make an inquiry against the accused following a petition filed by one Taraman Chettri and three others, alleging torture by nine policemen. Coconut oil not just safe, beneficial, says study The research of Dr Bihari S Raheja and Dr A S Bhoraskar says society has paid a heavy price by following the "ill-conceived" hypothesis about cholesterol. Jamaat-i-Islami criticises Jinnah for Partition Addressing students in Loralia in Baluchistan, one of its senior leaders, Syed Izatullah Shah, said that at the time of Partition Jinnah treacherously left behind more than half the Muslim population of the subcontinent in India. THE REDIFF COLUMNISTS Of crooks and Gucci loafers 'For much of the last month, the Congress has been engaged in the futile task of trying to prove that Vajpayee has made money out of telecom or sugar. After a record of 40 years in politics, during which not the slightest breath of financial scandal has attached itself to him, nobody is going to take this charge seriously,' says Vir Sanghvi. Let us now praise famous men 'Nehru was the uber-Macaulayite: the epitome of the brown man with a white interior. As the self-confessed last Englishman, he was hopelessly mixed up,' contends Rajeev Srinivasan. September 17 Drass prepares to face a harsh winter Though the strategic Srinagar-Leh highway, which connects both Kargil and Drass to the state capital, is still open to traffic, it is a matter of time before heavy snowfall makes it unmotorable for the next nine months. India rushes senior officer to Paris to investigate maid's assault An external affairs ministry spokesman said the matter is under investigation and any speculation at this stage is unfair and uncalled for. Air Marshal Naqvi withdraws resignation But the mystery over the episode has only deepened. If the deputy air chief had resigned in protest against his posting out of Delhi as SASO, why is he returning now to take up the same post? India denies secret deal with Sharief on Kashmir Former Pakistani foreign secretary had said the deal was scuttled by the intrusion into Kargil. Tamils sold down the Cauvery: Jaya The AIADMK leader said that when the Cauvery accord was signed, the water level in the Mettur reservoir was 46.801 tmc ft, whereas the current level is only 24.926 tmc ft which will not meet the irrigation needs of the delta region for even a fortnight. Ninth Schedule matter referred to 9-member Constitution bench The bone of contention is whether amendments to certain acts are the sole prerogative of Parliament or the state legislatures and not subject to judicial review. THE REDIFF COLUMNISTS Let us now praise famous men 'Sonia has no demonstrated talent; and Priyanka/Rahul have not distinguished themselves at anything whatsoever. I guess dynasties deteriorate rapidly,' exclaims Rajeev Srinivasan. Of the stuff Sonia is made of 'Imagine the force of the inner drive to become India's prime minister by lying to the head of state and without facing a solitary press conference or making an extempore speech in public,' says Arvind Lavakare. September 16 Alleged Army HQ note adds fuel to Kargil fire The unsigned, unnumbered letter blames the PM for ignoring intelligence warnings. But the defence ministry has categorically denied the existence of any such document while Military Intelligence has initiated an inquiry into the 'systematic fabrication' of letters and reports. Differences crop up between BSF, army in Kashmir Though Lt Gen Krishan Pal of the 15 Corps is the security adviser to Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and, by virtue of the post, swings more weight than the rest, he is technically not in the driver's seat. Naxalites kill TDP MLA Naxalites shot dead P Purshotham Rao, MLA and Telugu Desam Party candidate for the Sirpur assembly constituency, and three of his gunmen at Sirpur Kagaznagar town in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh. Six of family killed in Kupwara blast An explosion took place in the house of Lassai Wani late on Tuesday night, killing him, his two sons and three daughters on the spot. SC commutes death sentence in Longowal murder "In view of the distance of time, particularly the long period of 13 years during which the appellant was languishing in jail under the death penalty, we are persuaded to award the lesser alternative -- punishment of imprisonment for life," a three-judge bench observed. Indian soldiers' release delayed again The Indian government is adamant that the soldiers must be released without any spectacle, an external affairs ministry spokesman said. Sanctions likely against China, Pak: US This follows new evidence that the Communist state might have transferred medium-range M-11 missiles to Islamabad. THE REDIFF COLUMNISTS The Congress: sinking with Sonia 'Frankly, nobody doubts Vajpayee will return as prime minister with an enhanced mandate. The only speculation is whether Sonia's Congress can get even 141, the performance of the Congress at its nadir under Narasimha Rao!' says T V R Shenoy. World class in making problems for ourselves 'Every time we get one more of these world-class gizmos, whether it is an airport, a flyover or a mall, what we really get is the same: a mess,' sighs Dilip D'Souza. September 15 Army rescues six kidnapped boys from militants Sources said they were possibly being taken to Pakistan for training and conversion to militancy. Anti-insurgency ops to be stepped up in J&K The PM called a high-level meeting following terrorist attacks on former Union home minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed and state Health Minister Mustafa Kamal during campaigning yesterday. India opposes release of captured soldiers before media Pakistani spokesman Tariq Altaf told a news conference that the two soldiers captured last month were to be handed over to the ICRC, but India insisted the hand-over must be closed to the media. US plan to send religious envoy ill-conceived, says NCM "No country can compromise on its sovereignty by agreeing to such proposal," National Commission for Minorities Chairman Tahir Mehmood said in a statement. Attacks on priests embarrass Congress in Goa Two incidents where Christian priests were attacked were reported in close succession in Goa this month. While in the first case the ruling Congress was directly involved, in the second the guilty party was the government. UP to jam jailbirds' cellphones State Jail Minister Shivpratap Shukla said electronic jamming systems in five sensitive jails would ensure that criminals do not have access to the outside world. Sharief knew nothing of Kargil: Niaz Naik Those who planned the infiltration had no co-ordination with and were unaware of the back-door diplomacy being pursued by Indian Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharief, the diplomat disclosed. THE REDIFF COLUMNISTS Pressing matters 'Is opportunists, as an abuse, applicable to fundies alone? Others merely get disillusioned and make new adjustments, right? The pinkos' trashing of the policy of equidistance from Congress and BJP; the Congress wooing Laloo; the Shroud's volte-face on coalition governance -- why aren't these instances of a despicable opportunism,' asks Varsha Bhosle. No exit 'How the illiterate will read and interpret polls and ads if they are illiterate is something only Dr Gill knows. As for the "poor", have we all been wrong in our belief that they're "en masse" bought over by cash, booze and other sugar candies that politicians manage to smuggle up to them in spite of the model code,' asks Krishna Prasad. No time for deals 'Whichever party, whichever alliance comes to power, it must make one fundamental choice. Who will it work for? Will it work for the Indian people? Or will it work for our business houses,' asks Pritish Nandy. Archives |
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