Wednesday, May 15, 2002, Chandigarh, India
 Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Militants massacre 23 kin of Army men
7 HRTC passengers among 32 killed in Jammu area; all five terrorists shot
Jammu, May 14
At least 32 persons, most of them members of families of Army personnel, were killed and over 60 wounded in the worst-ever militant attack on the KP Lines family quarters in the Kaluchak Army cantonment area today.
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FACT FILE Al-Mansorun claims responsibility Killers in Army fatigues Red alert in Jammu Security up in Pathankot All five eliminated

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Rescuers brave bullets
Kaluchak (Jammu) May 14
Bodies lay in a pool of blood and shoes were scattered as the bloody trail left by gun-wielding militants after attacking a passenger bus and an Army camp in the morning today bore a mute testimony to the massacre of at least 34 persons.

Three Himachalis among victims
Shimla, May 14
Little did Sunaina realise that she would never complete her B.Ed. course when she boarded the ill-fated HRTC bus along with her father Bhoop Singh from Mandi last evening. Both, along with the driver of the bus, Mr Prem Singh who were shot dead by terrorists at Kaluchak belonged to Himachal Pradesh.

It is a barbaric act: Rocca 
New Delhi, May 14
US Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca today termed the terrorist attack in Jammu as “barbaric” and said the international community was striving to bring an end to such attacks.
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Snapping of Indo-Pak trade ties hits MC Amritsar, May 14 The revival of octroi notwithstanding, the local Municipal Corporation has been facing an unprecedented financial crunch, mainly due to the snapping of Indo-Pak trade ties, thereby making it difficult for the new team of councillors to clear the financial mess.    Pak declines Afghan request to open Wagah post