Monday, December 17, 2001, Chandigarh, India

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ISI supervised Parliament attack
Main coordinator of Jaish, two others arrested
New Delhi, December 16
The December 13 terrorist attack on Parliament House was carried out by five Pakistanis whose objective appeared to be to get inside the Parliament and kill as many politicians as possible, and the entire operation was under the guidance of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).

In video: The Delhi police claims to achieved a major breakthrough in the Parliament attack case as the man who masterminded the operation has been arrested.
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Parliament staff scatter rose petals over the body of a colleague killed in Thursday’s suicide attack. — Reuters photo

US anti-terrorism official to visit India
Govt to step up diplomatic offensive against Pak
New Delhi, December 16
The Vajpayee government is understood to be exploring various options to take Pakistan to task for the December 13 terrorist attack on Parliament as its secret service ISI has been found involved in planning and executing the attack.

Plan was hatched in Kashmir
Jammu, December 16
The Central and state police and intelligence agencies have achieved a breakthrough in their investigations in the terrorist strike on Parliament House by arresting two Kashmiri militants, Afzal and Shaukat, at Parimpora, on the outskirts of Srinagar. Both of them were whisked away by a team of Delhi police and senior officials of the IB by a special plane to Delhi yesterday.

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Avalanche kills 8 Jamait ultras
Srinagar, December 16
A ‘divisional commander’ and eight other militants of the Jamait-ul-Mujahideen were buried alive in an avalanche in North Kashmir while a constable and a Congress Seva Dal worker were killed in militancy-related incidents across the valley overnight.

Bid to storm BSF camp, 4 militants shot
Jammu, December 16
Four militants were killed when they tried to storm a BSF camp, in Tral, 30 km south of Srinagar, today. Official reports said a group of four fidayeen belonging to the Lashkar-i-Toiba attacked a BSF camp in Tral with guns and grenades.


Work on Nathpa-Jhakri project stops
Chandigarh, December 16
Work on the Nathpa-Jhakri 1,500 MW hydroelectric project was reportedly stopped again from November 30 for “serious and continuous violations of both the Forest Conservation Act and the Environment Act”. The suspension of work even for a day means huge financial losses. Project officials, however, maintain that work in other areas which do not come within the purview of the Forests and Environment Department is progressing at a normal pace.

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