Sunday, July 14, 2002, Chandigarh, India
 Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Ultras kill 25 in Jammu

Jammu, July 13 Twentyfive persons were killed and 30 injured when militants hiding in two shrines in Kasimnagar area here opened indiscriminate fire this evening.Official sources said, on a tip off, security forces launched a raid to nab the militants in Kasimnagar in south Jammu around 1930 hours. A slum-dweller holds his injured son while standing besides a family member in a hospital in Jammu on Saturday. — Reuters photo

833 kg of RDX seized in Anantnag

PM unveils plan for 8 per cent growth

New Delhi, July 13 Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today unveiled an eight-point agenda aimed at achieving the targeted growth rate of 8 per cent during the 10th Plan period (2002-07) and converting India into a “clear-cut market economy”. Video (28k, 56k)

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee with Finance Minister Jaswant Singh at the Economic Advisory Committee meeting at the Prime Minister’s residence in New Delhi on Saturday. — PTI photo

• Subsidies to go, MSP to stay: Jaswant

Advani to maintain govt-BJP link
New Delhi, July 13
Deputy Prime Minister and senior BJP leader L.K. Advani said today that he would act as a link between the party and the Government by having frequent interactions with BJP President Venkaiah Naidu and other office-bearers.

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Mohammad Kaif celebrates after India won the Natwest series final at Lords on Saturday. India beat England's score of 325 with 3 balls remaining. — Reuters

3 ex-members of PSSSB picked up by Vigilance
Gurdaspur, July 13
Vigilance Bureau policemen from Chandigarh took into custody Mr Munawar Masih, who was a member of the Punjab Subordinate Services Selection Board during the Akali-BJP rule when he came out from a church where Union Minister of State for Tourism Vinod Khanna paid obeisance here today.

   Punjab page: Soch, IAS officer face Vigilance probe

Amarinder lobbies for confidants
But high command may not oblige
New Delhi, July 13
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today met AICC general secretary Mohsina Kidwai regarding the appointment of PCC chief in the state, even as contenders for the post of Congress chief in Punjab and Haryana met AICC leaders to keep up their claims.

Railway issue back with Cabinet
New Delhi, July 13
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee tonight decided to call a meeting of the Cabinet to invite fresh thinking on the controversial issue of bifurcation of Eastern Railway a day before the monsoon session of Parliament.

• Advani formula may settle railway row

• Trinamool workers disrupt rail traffic