Tuesday, April 9, 2002, Chandigarh, India
 Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

7 villagers massacred
Three killed in Rajouri blast

Jammu, April 8 Seven civilians belonging to a particular community were massacred and 10 others wounded when a group of militants, equipped with sophisticated weapons, fired indiscriminately on the hamlet, Dhandli, in the Arnas area of Udhampur district late last night. In video (28k, 56k)      Villagers' ammo ran out

A man receives medical help at a hospital in Jammu, on Monday.  — Reuters photo

Army in catch-22 situation
Fear of epidemic in Rajasthan desert
New Delhi, April 8
Despite the political leadership categorically ruling out demobilising the troops massed on the border with Pakistan till Islamabad stops cross-border terrorism, the Army establishment finds itself inexorably caught in a catch-22 situation.

Al-Qaida men ‘in Kashmir’
IB, CIA share feedback on infiltration
New Delhi, April 8
India’s worst security nightmare seems to have come true following a fresh assessment of Indian and American intelligence agencies that some cadres of Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaida outfit may have infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir.

• Al-Qaida declared terrorist outfit

Sinha to come under fire in Goa
BJP National Executive meeting
New Delhi, April 8
Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha will find it hard to discard his reputation as a “rollback minister” with an angry and vociferous section of the BJP sharpening its knife against the “anti-middle class” measures in the recent Budget proposals.

Modi’s removal an uphill task
Ahmedabad, April 8
The recent communal violence has torn apart the fabric of trust and love so much so that people of one community are closing their doors to the people of the other community.

Probe ordered into lathi charge Nation page: PCI seeks reports Former Miss India Nafisa Ali during a protest march organised by the Journalists Association in the Capital on Monday against the attack on journalists in Gujarat. She demanded the resignation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister for Home L.K. Advani. — Tribune photo Mukesh Aggarwal.

• Musharraf asked to contest election

CNG crisis: Advani to hold meeting
New Delhi, April 8
Apparently under pressure from the Delhi BJP unit, Union Home Minister L.K. Advani is holding a crucial meeting here tomorrow noon to make a concerted effort to resolve Delhi’s CNG crisis and try to ameliorate the people’s sufferings at the earliest.

SC notice to Vajpayee
New Delhi, April 8
The Supreme Court today issued notice to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on a petition challenging his election from the Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency.

Gold-plating of Durgiana Temple Labour of love of Hindus, Sikhs Amritsar, April 8 Even as gold was donated liberally by devotees, the gilding and gold plating of the historical Durgiana Temple, which was started after 80 years, will be completed by next Baisakhi-April 13, 2003. Work of gold-plating Durgiana Mandir in progress.