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        killed, 12 hurt in J&KSrinagar, September 16
 
  Fourteen
        persons, including nine militants and two security personnel, were
        killed and 12 others wounded as militants stepped up violence across
        Jammu and Kashmir today even after suffering a major blow to their plans
        when security forces busted eight of their hideouts recovering a huge
        cache of arms and ammunition. A BSF jawan carries polythene bags containing explosives and grenades recovered from an underground hideout of the
        JEM outfit, smashed during an operation at Gojiwara in downtown Srinagar, on Tuesday. — PTI
        photo
 
 Advani
        may resign in case of adverse verdictBJP contingency plan in Babri
        demolition case
 New Delhi, September 16
 The Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh, in close association with the BJP
        leadership, is working on a ‘contingency plan’ to meet the challenge
        of a possible adverse verdict on September 19 in the Special Court in
        Rae Bareli, hearing the Babri masjid demolition case.
 
 
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                | State
                  of universitiesThe Tribune
                  has a close look at the state of universities in Punjab,
                  Haryana and
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                Sandeep Joshi |  | PM arrives
        in Turkey
  Ankara, September 16 Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee arrived here today on a three-day visit to Turkey to strengthen India’s trade and political relations with this country.
 
 
  Graphic: PM's
        foreign trip Vajpayee
        to focus on menace of terrorNew Delhi, September 16
 
  Prime
        Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today left for a crucial 13-day foreign
        tour to Turkey and the UN where, among other things, he would be
        focusing on the menace of international terrorism. 
 Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee with Deputy Prime Minister L. K. Advani and other Cabinet colleagues before his departure for a tour of Turkey and New York at IGI Airport in New Delhi on Tuesday. — PTI
        photo
 
 NDA
        allies ground move on contract jobs in Air-IndiaNew Delhi, September 16
 The setting up of Air-India
        Charters Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India, has hit a
        serious roadblock with the Shiv Sena and certain other allies of the
        BJP-led NDA government opposing jobs in the AICL on contractual basis.
 HP
        to take action against benami transactorsSolan, September 16
 Expressing concern over the spurt
        in benami transactions in Himachal Pradesh, the Chief Minister, Mr
        Virbhadra Singh, today said the state would not only make laws more
        stringent, but also resume such properties, and convert these into
        public-utility buildings.
 
 
 
            
                | Counter-insurgents
        feel desertedVictims of govt’s use-and-discard policy
 
          
            | Srinagar, September
              16 They fought against militancy
              in Kashmir, but are now falling prey to the militants’ bullets
              themselves, thanks to the “opportunistic
              use-and-discard-policy” adopted towards counter-insurgents by
              the Centre as well as the Jammu and Kashmir Government.
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                    |  Papa Kishtwari talks to The Tribune at his residence.
                      —Tribune photo by Amin War
 
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                |  | Dara, 12 others
        convicted for killing Staines September 16, 2003
 
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                |  | India threatens to walk out of meeting September 15, 2003
 
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                |  | Kukka Parray shot dead September 14, 2003
 
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                |  | Quit if you
        can’t protect citizens, SC tells Modi govt September 13, 2003
 
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                |  | Al-Qaida vows
        more attacks September 12, 2003
 
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                |  | India, Israel vow to
        end terrorSeptember 11, 2003
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                |  | India,
                  Israel to fight global terrorismSeptember 10, 2003
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                |  | Mamata returns sans portfolioSeptember 9, 2003
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                |  | Mamata to be reinducted into Cabinet todaySeptember 8, 2003
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                |  | 8
        killed in Srinagar blastSeptember 7, 2003
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