Sunday, October 20, 2002, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Manmohan to hold talks with Mufti
New Delhi, October 19
In a move to break the political stalemate in Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress today decided to send senior leader Manmohan Singh to Srinagar tomorrow for holding talks with PDP chief Mufti Mohammed Sayeed on firming up a coalition government in the state.
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    J&K page: Relent on CM’s post, PDP urges Cong
    Cong, NC to blame for J&K mess: BJP
    Edit page: Will Mufti finally become CM?

Governor’s rule ‘to be short’
Srinagar, October 19
The decks seem to be clearing for the installation of an elected government in Jammu and Kashmir with the Governor, Mr G.C. Saxena, today announcing that he could invite any largest group in a position to provide a stable government and which, he was satisfied, might win the vote of confidence on the floor of the Assembly.
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Al-Badr commander killed
Srinagar, October 19
A self-styled district commander of Pakistan-based Al-Badr outfit and four security personnel were among nine persons killed in Jammu and Kashmir overnight.
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Pak troops to remain along LoC Kashmiri girls rush back to their homes as BSF jawans stand guard after an explosion at Sopore, 48 km north of Srinagar, on Saturday.— Reuters photo

    Pak-N Korea nuke nexus
    World page: Pak did supply N-arms material

BSNL cell services launched
Outgoing call to cost Rs 1.20
Lucknow, October 19
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd today announced the lowest tariffs for its countrywide GSM mobile services, launched here by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, with an outgoing call costing just Rs 1.20 and a low monthly rental of Rs 225.
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   Loaded with bonanza, BSNL to go mobile next week
     Chandigarh page

3-day police remand for Garcha
PTU Director arrested, ex-VC booked
Jalandhar, October 19
The Duty Magistrate, Mr H.S. Gill, today sent former state Technical Education Minister and SAD MLA, Mr Jagdish Singh Garcha, in three days’ police remand.

Punjab VIP aircraft grounded
Patiala, October 19
The Punjab Government, which prefers Pawan Hans Helicopter on lease for Rs 20 lakh per month to its own King Air C-90 air craft has let the aircraft grounded at Delhi for want of a pilot.

SGPC men go into hiding Chandigarh, October 19 “We have left our homes as we were virtually under house arrest at our native places in Punjab. Police and other top civil officers have been harassing us regarding the election of the President of the SGPC”, said 25 odd pro- Badal members of the SGPC, who have  Pro-Parkash Singh Badal SGPC members, who have taken shelter at Gurdwara Nada Sahib in Haryana on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph taken shelter at various religious places in Haryana.     Badal under pressure to change SGPC chief      Punjab page