• Basu replies to Centre

3 children killed in blast
Pak sets up team to attack LoC posts
SRINAGAR, Sept 13 — At least three children were killed in a blast at Manjkot in Uri sector of north Kashmir this evening.

Talks on autonomy soon: Omar
SRINAGAR, Sept 13 — The Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Mr Omar Abdullah, here today hinted at the resumption of Centre-State discussion on the autonomy issue soon after the return of the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, from the USA. 

Ranga’s diagnosis ‘improper’
NEW DELHI, Sept 13 —The six-member government-appointed committee that went into the treatment provided to former minister Rangarajan Kumaramangalam is understood to have said that Apollo Hospital had not properly diagnosed his illness.

Sunam DSP shifted
CHANDIGARH, Sept 13 — On the directions of the Election Commission, the Punjab Government has shifted Mr Darshan Singh Mann, DSP, Sunam, following complaints received in the office of the commission.

Bhattal complains to Sahay
CHANDIGARH, Sept 13 — The All-India Congress Committee’s observer for the Sunam byelection, Mr Subodh Kant Sahay, is busy setting the Congress house in order in Punjab. 

Woman charged with sons’ kidnapping
RAMPURAPHUL (Bathinda), Sept 13 — A criminal case has been registered against Kashmir Kaur and her relatives in the police station here for kidnapping her two sons who were living with their grandparents, her in-laws and injuring her father-in-law and mother-in-law last night.

Top hospitals face action PATIALA, Sept 13 — The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has issued notices to seven top hospitals in the state threatening to initiate prosecution proceedings against them for failing to create adequate facilities for proper disposal of bio-medical waste.