Suicide bombers kill 68 in Iraq
Car bomb kills 10 in Riyadh   Al-Qaida hand seen
Basra (Iraq), April 21
Suicide bombers killed at least 68 persons, many of them children, in co-ordinated strikes on four police stations that inflicted bloody chaos on Iraq’s southern city of Basra today, officials said.

World page: Iraqi tribunal to try Saddam set up Rescuers rush to the scene of one of the car bomb explosions in the southern Iraq city of Basra on Wednesday.  — Reuters photo

Indo-Pak talks on nuclear CBMs on May 25 & 26 New Delhi, April 21 Soon after being installed at the Centre by the third week of the next month the new government would have to tackle two major foreign policy-related issues: holding expert-level talks with Pakistan on nuclear Confidence Building Measures and the Prime Minister’s crucial visit for BIMSTEC summit to be held in Thailand.

EC orders repoll at 283 polling stations
New Delhi, April 21
The Election Commission today ordered repoll at 283 polling stations in nine states, where polling in the first phase of the for the Lok Sabha elections was marred by large-scale disturbances.

Muslim support must for progress, says PM
New Delhi, April 21
In an open appeal to the minority community ahead of the remaining three crucial phases of the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today said without the support of Muslims the country could not progress.

Best Bakery case: Gujarat opposes retrial
New Delhi, April 21
The Gujarat Government today told the Supreme Court that it had moved an application for modification of judgement in the Best Bakery case by opposing its transfer for re-trial in Maharashtra and for expunging certain “adverse” observations against the state government.

Editorial: Riots and wrongs

Curfew in Hardwar, 1 dies in police firing
Hardwar, April 21
Following violent clashes between the mela police and locals, curfew was clamped today in the Police Kotwali area here.

Grenade lobbed at campaign vehicle, 11 hurt
Srinagar, April 21
At least 11 persons were injured when militants lobbed a grenade at a campaign vehicle of an Independent candidate from the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency in south Kashmir today, official sources said.

Mobilise resources or face decay, panel warns Punjab
Chandigarh, April 21
The Punjab Plan Resource Committee suggests an additional annual revenue mobilisation of Rs 2,555 crore and warns failure to do so will adversely affect the state's economy, ''sucking it into a whirlpool of decay''.