Saturday, November 23, 2002, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

7 CRPF men die in Lashkar attack
Srinagar, November 22
In the first suicide attack by militants after the new government took over early this month, at least seven CRPF jawans were killed at their camp here early today. Two militants wearing police uniform were also killed when security personnel returned the fire.

CRPF personnel look at the blood-stained road near their camp at Regal Chowk in Srinagar where Lashkar-e-Toiba militants struck on Friday morning killing seven jawans.
— PTI photo

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Jethmalani meets separatist leaders
Srinagar, November 22
Mr Ram Jethmalani, head of the six-member Kashmir Committee, said here today that Kashmir dispute needed to be resolved through negotiations.

BJP offers Pandya RS seat 
Move to appease Modi detractor 
New Delhi, November 22
With the showdown between Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and former State Home Minister and his detractor Haren Pandya on the ticket distribution issue poised to take an ugly turn, the BJP high command is leaving no stone unturned to save the situation ahead of the crucial December 12 Assembly poll.

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Race attack on UK Sikh leads to tension
London, November 22
A Sikh councillor’s son was hit on the head with baseball bats after he stepped in to save his turban-wearing friend from a gang of Muslim attackers. Goodmayes Ward councillor Satnam Singh believes it is not the first time the gang has hunted and assaulted Sikh youths and is calling on Muslim leaders to condemn the attacks.

Charges framed against Sidhu
Ropar, November 22
The court of Special Judge here today framed charges against Ravinderpal Singh Sidhu, former Chairman of the Punjab Public Service Commission, in the trap and disproportionate asset cases registered against him by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau at SAS Nagar.

Sirsa observes near-total bandh
Probe into scribe’s death sought
Sirsa, November 22
A bandh was observed by various commercial, social and educational institutions in Sirsa as a mark of respect to local journalist R.C. Chhaterpati, who passed away yesterday after a 27-day struggle for life in Apollo Hospital, Delhi.

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11 dead as bus falls into gorge
Shimla, November 22
Eleven persons were killed and 23 injured, five of them seriously, when a private minibus fell into a gorge from the Hindustan-Tibet road at Spillo in Kinnaur district last evening.

WITH THE JATHA IN PAKISTAN Pak plans law on Sikh shrines Lahore, November 22 The Government of Pakistan is contemplating an Act on the pattern of the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925, for “better management” of gurdwaras in this country, the demand of the SGPC to disband the PSGPC notwithstanding. Talking to TNS here today, Mr Manmohan Singh Khalsa, Chairman, World Muslim-Sikh Federation and Dal Khalsa leader claimed that Mr Khalid Ranjha, Union Law Minister, had assured a delegation of Sikh representatives that the constitution of the PSGPC was being finalised.