Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is shown a model of the “Zodiac” at the Panorama and Science Centre which he inaugurated in Kurukshetra on Tuesday.  — Tribune photo by Karam Singh

Jaya’s offer to TMC-Cong combine
Chennai, March 6
The AIADMK General Secretary Ms J. Jayalalitha today offered 45 seats to the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC)-Congress combine and expressed willingness to barter her party’s two-and-a-half years rule in Pondicherry to the Congress if the latter was willing to join the AIADMK-led front.

Congress rejects Jaya’s offer
New Delhi, March 6
The Congress tonight virtually rejected AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalitha’s proposal for a power-sharing arrangement with the PMK in Pondicherry.

• Nation: Jaya’s offer puts Cong in bind

BJP leaves decision on TMC to DMK
Chennai, March 6
The BJP today left it to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, heading the National Democratic Alliance in Tamil Nadu, to decide about admitting the Tamil Maanila Congress into the front.

Army foils another attack
Jammu, March 6
Troops today foiled another ‘fidayeen’ attack on an Army camp at Jurianwale Gali in Poonch, killing two intruders. Official reports said two activists of Laskhar-e-Toiba, Abdu Osman and Abu Ujahid, had sneaked into the Army camp with weapons. But before they could blow up the camp, both were killed by alert sentries at the entrance of the camp.

ISI links worry India
New Delhi, March 6
As Pakistan-backed militant groups are stepping up terrorist activities in the Kashmir valley in utter disregard to the unilateral ceasefire announced by the government, the possible links with the ISI of some Pakistani nationals staying illegally in the country is a cause of major concern.