Wednesday, November 20, 2002, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Modi opts for ‘safe’ Maninagar seat
New Delhi, November 19
The BJP today released its first list of 144 candidates for the Assembly elections in Gujarat, fielding Chief Minister Narendra Modi from the Maninagar seat in Ahmedabad instead of Rajkot II and dropping 12 sitting MLAs. In video (28k, 56k)

  Nation page: Oza may contest against Modi
  Editorial: Gujarat conundrum

Give up N-pursuit, Atal tells Iraq

New Delhi, November 19 Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today sent out a strong message to the USA, and conveyed his tacit support to Iraq when he said without mincing words that “the people of all nations have a right to rule themselves and choose their own leader.” Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee wears a turban and is given a painting of Sri Guru Nanak Dev on the 533rd anniversary of the Guru’s birth at a congregation in New Delhi on Tuesday. — Reuters photo

16 intruders gunned down
Bandipore blast leaves 2 dead
Jammu/Srinagar, November 19
At least 16 intruders were killed today in two separate operations by the security forces in Jammu sector. Defence Ministry officials said Indian troops killed six infiltrators who had intruded from across the border in the Balakot area of Mendhar in Poonch district.

  J&K page: No going soft on ultras: Mufti

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Pervez may order fresh poll
New Delhi, November 19
General Pervez Musharraf’s peculiar move of putting the cart before the horse by getting himself sworn in as Pakistan President for another five years even before the formation of the National Assembly and election of the Prime Minister is being viewed in diplomatic circles here with suspicion.

14 killed as Naxals blow up bus
Hyderabad, November 19
In the worst attack in recent times, PWG Naxals blew up a state road transport corporation bus, mistaking it to be carrying policemen, killing 14 passengers on board, mostly tribals, and injuring 16 others in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh last night, the police said.

There are no under 18 here!
Chandigarh, November 19
Going by the voters’ list for the municipal elections, it seems there is no voter under 18 years in Jalalabad, which falls in Ferozepore district. As per the Census-2001, Jalalabad has a population of 32,500. The number of voters at present is 29,081.

Ogata gets Indira peace prize
New Delhi, November 19
President APJ Kalam today presented the Indira Gandhi International Award for Peace, Disarmament and Development, 2001, to Japanese diplomat and Human Rights activist Professor Sadako Ogata.
In video (28k, 56k)

Jhajjar agitation ends
Jhajjar, November 19
The Dulina Goraksha Sangharsh Samiti, which was spearheading the agitation by villagers in the district in protest against the arrest of six persons in connection with the October 15 lynching incident at Dulina in which five Dalits were killed, today called off the agitation and the proposed Haryana bandh tomorrow.