ED seizes diary from Kalra’s home
NEW DELHI, April 16 — The match-fixing case took a new turn today with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seizing a diary from Rajesh Kalra’s house containing names of several bookies and other suspects allegedly involved in the scandal. The ED officials also interrogated a Delhi-based businessman whose name was reportedly mentioned in the diary.

• Cronje inquiry from today
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PM: No proposal to legalise betting
NEW DELHI, April 16 — Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today said the government has no proposal to legalise cricket betting.

Scandal sparks racial attack
‘Indian’ official slapped, kicked in SA
DURBAN, April 16 — The match-fixing scandal involving South African sacked skipper Hansie Cronje has provoked racial attack on a prominent cricket official of Indian origin here as White-dominated media continued to rally behind the disgraced cricketer.

President K.R. Narayanan is seen off by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Home Minister L.K. Advani during his departure for France at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Sunday. — PTI
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Muharram procession tear-gassed SRINAGAR, April 16 — One person was seriously injured when the police lobbed tear-gas shells in the Lal Chowk area here today to disperse a Muharram procession in defiance of the prohibitory orders.

Shia Muslims beat their body while participating in a procession on Moharram in Old Delhi on Sunday. — Photo by Sondeep Shankar

6 cops killed in ambush
SRINAGAR, April 16 — At least 17 persons, including seven security force personnel and seven militants were killed in separate incidents of violence in Jammu and Kashmir since yesterday.