Monday, May 5, 2003, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

PM names LCA as ‘Tejas’
Seeks global partners in aviation sector
Bangalore, May 4
Naming light combat aircraft, projected as country’s future war machine as “Tejas”, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today sought joint international collaborations in design, development and co-production in military and civilian sectors. In video (28k, 56k)

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, Defence Minister George Fernandes and Indian Air Force chief S Krishnaswamy with the light combat aircraft after the naming ceremony of the aircraft at the Bangalore International airport on Sunday. — AFP photo

Vajpayee’s reply delivered
Islamabad, May 4
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s reply to his Pakistani counterpart Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali’s formal invitation to visit Pakistan has been delivered and a response from Pakistan is expected shortly.
In video: Senior politicians and people in Pakistan have welcomed the peace initiatives from India. (28k, 56k)

Edit page: PM’s peace offensive

Togadia slams PM on Pak
New Delhi, May 4
Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia was at it again today as he went after Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee for his policy on Pakistan and his views on Hindutva calling him “spineless” who cannot defend the country from jehadis.

   Nation page: Thackeray flays PM’s peace moves

Samjhauta may get green signal
Attari (Amritsar), May 4
The peace initiative between India and Pakistan has sparked the hope of the resumption of the Samjhauta Express among the residents of this tiny border township.

Haryana cops arrests INTUC chief
Shimla/Panchkula, May 4
In a swift and closely-guarded operation, the Haryana police today whisked away Mr Amarjit Bawa, president of the state unit of the Indian National Trade Union Congress, from his residence at Chapslee here this morning.

Kolkata reports new SARS case
Kolkata, May 4
Kolkata reported a new case of SARS on today, three days after the World Health Organisation said the country was free of the deadly flu-like disease, a press report said.
In video (28k, 56k)

  Pregnant woman SARS suspect

NRI lover beaten up, chained for 2 days
Kapurthala, May 4
In a case of human rights violation, an injured India-born US national’s hands were tied with an iron chain in the emergency ward of the Civil Hospital at Sultanpur Lodhi for two days. A team of mediapersons from Kapurthala today met the US national, Birend Gupta (25).

SC to hear suit on SYL today
New Delhi, May 4
The Punjab Government’s suit seeking to discharge the state from the obligation of constructing the controversial Sutlej Yamuna Link canal in its territory, as mandated by the Supreme Court, will be taken up for hearing by it on tomorrow.

Wheat arrivals dip as stocks pile up in markets Chandigarh, May 4 While wheat arrivals have started receding in Punjab, stocks of procured golden grains have started piling up in the grain markets because of slow lifting. Workers at Khanna Grain Market sieve wheat grains. — A Tribune photograph