Sunday, April 22, 2001, Chandigarh, India
  Updated at 3 am (IST)

BSF men tortured, then shot dead
Last rites of mutilated bodies performed
Tura (Meghalaya), April 21
The last rites of the 15 BSF personnel, tortured and killed by the Bangladesh Rifles on the Assam-Bangladesh border, were performed today with gun salute.


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A BSF soldier reverses arms during a wreath-laying ceremony at Praharinagar village of Tura in Assam on Saturday. Vajpayee takes grim view
Convenes high-level meeting today
New Delhi, April 21
Taking a grim view of the mutilation of bodies of 16 BSF personnel, the Prime Minister today asked the External Affairs Ministry to take up the issue and lodge a ‘serious’ protest with the Bangladesh Government after ascertaining full facts.

A BSF soldier reverses arms during a wreath-laying ceremony at Praharinagar village of Tura in Assam on Saturday.
 — Reuters photo

Consensus eludes APHC on talks offer
Srinagar, April 21
The Hurriyat Conference working committee today deliberated the Centre’s offer for holding talks with all groups in Jammu and Kashmir over the vexed Kashmir issue but apparently failed to arrive at any consensus and the matter would further be discussed by its general council next week.

Sarpanch, jawan among 7 killed in valley
Srinagar, April 21
A newly elected Sarpanch and a security force jawan were among seven persons killed while security forces seized rockets, RDX and grenades in Jammu and Kashmir during the past 24 hours.



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PM launches Maharaja's bicentenary function
New Delhi, April 21
Launching the bicentenary celebrations of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's coronation, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said here today that India and Pakistan would have to sooner or later live together in peace.

Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee, Union Tourism Minister Ananth Kumar, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Union Chemicals and Fertiliser Minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and former Union Finance Minister Manmohan Singh, look at the replica of the Throne of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at the Bicentennial Coronation Celebrations in New Delhi on Saturday. Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee, Union Tourism Minister Ananth Kumar, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Union Chemicals and Fertiliser Minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and former Union Finance Minister Manmohan Singh, look at the replica of the Throne of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at the Bicentennial Coronation Celebrations in New Delhi on Saturday. 
— Photo Vijender Tyagi

HC order hits Punjab students
Sriganganagar, April 21
Average Punjab graduates desirous of donning the black robe after completing their Bachelor of Law (LLB) from here will have to look elsewhere to fulfil their dream as 66 students found out the hard way today.








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A Bit of Punjab in Persia
by T. R. Ramachandran

India’s first ‘ecomuseum’
by Abhay Desai

BOLLYWOOD BHELPURI:  Albeli Aishwarya!
by Madhur Mittal

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She is in suspended animation after EC’s verdict !
by Sandeep Joshi

VC disbands exam centres
Rohtak, April 21
The Vice-Chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand University, Major-Gen B.S. Suhag (retd), has ordered disbanding of all examination centres of GGDSD College, Palwal, on charges of mass copying and outside interference at these examination centres.

Dilip Kumar to face trial
Mumbai, April 21
The Mumbai High Court has dismissed the plea of film thespian Dilip Kumar seeking discharge in a cheque-bouncing case involving a company of which he was the Chairman.
Firearm training to 5-year-olds
Lashkar tops in fund collection for jehad
Nankana Sahib (Pakistan), April 21
Instead of playing with toys, they play with bullets. Hundreds of tinytots are being trained to use firearms in the jungles of Muzafarabad by Afghan mercenaries.		 A box for donations is kept at a shop near Nankana Sahib in Pakistan. The money so collected is given to Lashkar-e-Toiba and other militant organisations.
A box for donations is kept at a shop near Nankana Sahib in Pakistan. The money so collected is given to Lashkar-e-Toiba and other militant organisations.

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