| 
 
 
          
          
 
   
 
   | 5
        Pak intruders shot near LoC
  Srinagar,
        September 1 The Army foiled a major
        infiltration bid when the troops killed five heavily armed men near the
        LoC in the Naugam sector of Kupwara district in north Kashmir yesterday.
 Army personnel display arms and ammunition seized from five militants killed in an encounter near the LoC in the Tangdhar sector of Kupwara district on Monday.
        — Photo Amin War
 
  TRIBUNE
        IMPACT Sale, purchase
        of girls admitted
 Chandigarh, September 1
 Haryana officials admitted today that the sale and purchase of brides
        were taking place in the state, adding that intervention by
        law-enforcing machinery could only bring limited success since it was a
        larger social problem.
 
 
  Minor
        girl recovered |  | 
    
        | 
 
 
            
                | IN FOCUS |  
                | In our series, State of Universities, Assistant Editor Syed Nooruzzaman examines the functioning of Maharshi Dayanand University,
                  Rohtak,on Edit page.
 |  
                |  |  
            
              
                | IN
                  PASSING |  
                |  
 |  
                | by
                  Sandeep Joshi |  | CBI
        grills Mayawati in Taj Corridor case
  Lucknow, September 1 The Central Bureau of
        Investigation, probing the Taj Heritage Corridor case, interrogated
        former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Mayawati at her Mall Avenue
        residence here today, sources said.
 
 
  Editorial
        page: UP’s
        shadow on national politics Sharon
        arrives in India on Sept 7New Delhi, September 1
 On September 7 when Mr Ariel Sharon
        becomes the first Israeli Prime Minister ever to set foot on the Indian
        soil, the visit would indicate the extremely close strategic ties that
        have gone from strength to strength in the post 9/11 world.
 Women
        booked under POTA for first time4 blast accused produced in
        court
 Mumbai, September 1
 The UAE continues to be a major
        base for criminal and terrorist activities with last Monday’s twin
        blasts in Mumbai planned in that Persian Gulf state, according to the
        authorities here.
 Sonia
        warns against voting BJP to power
  Champaran
        (Raipur), September 1 Congress President Sonia Gandhi
        said today that the country would face new problems if the BJP gained
        strength in the states facing elections in November.
 
 
 
            
                | Illegal
        mining leaves scars in Aravallis
  Ferozepur
        Rajput/Mathepur (Faridabad), September 1 Throwing the Supreme Court ban on
        mining in Aravallis to the winds, mining mafia in the region has
        restarted its clandestine operations, causing irreparable loss to the
        ecology of the land.
 
 Illegal mining of stones and sand continues in this quarry in Ferozepur Rajput village, where
        the contract has been allotted only for mining stones. The backdrop shows a layer of sand
        that has been mined over several days.
        — Photo by writer.
 
 |  |   
 
            
                |  | Five
                  arrested for Mumbai blasts September 1, 2003
 |  
                |  | Mastermind of Parliament attack Gazi Baba killed August 31, 2003
 |  
                |  | 582-cr package for J&K August 30, 2003
 |  
                |  | Article
        356 to be used only with safeguards August 29, 2003
 |  
                |  | 39
        killed in Nashik stampede August 28, 2003
 |  
                |  | Mayawati resigns, Mulayam
                  stakes claim August 27, 2003
 |  
                |  | Mumbai
        panics as twin blasts kill 46 August 26, 2003
 |  
                |  | Mufti for
        opening of border posts August 25, 2003
 |  
                |  | Centre
        clears new pension scheme August 24, 2003
 |  
                |  | Sushma Swaraj clears the air August 23, 2003
 |  |