Wednesday, November 27, 2002, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Mufti acted against advice: Advani
Release of terrorists by J&K Government
New Delhi, November 26
The controversy over the release of terrorists by the Jammu and Kashmir Government thickened further with Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani asserting that the PDP-Congress government in the state disregarded Centre’s advise on the issue.

Dy PM is misleading: Congress
New Delhi, November 26
The Congress is considering moving a privilege motion against Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani for “misleading” the House on the release of militants by the Jammu and Kashmir Government.

Raghunath Temple to reopen today Protesters raise anti-Pakistan slogans during a demonstration in Jammu on Tuesday. The protesters blamed Pakistan for attacks on temples in the city over the weekend which claimed 12 lives. — Reuters photo

  J&K page: Govt not soft towards militants: Azad
    CM’s directive on power to temple
    Attack not linked to Mufti’s liberal policy

Reprieve for Bhattal
Supporters vow to take revenge

Bathinda, November 26 The case of corruption and embezzlement by Punjab Agriculture and Rural Development and Panchayats Minister, Mrs Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, in the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund while she was the Chief Minister in 1996 took a new turn today when the Special Judge, here ordered that the court of the Special Judge had no jurisdiction to take cognizance of the case.

Punjab Agriculture Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal comes out of court making a victory sign on Tuesday. — Photo Kulbir Beera

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Govt wants death for rapists
New Delhi, November 26
In a significant statement of intent, Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani today assured the Lok Sabha that the government was in favour of death sentence for rapists and would like to enact a law after evolving a consensus on the issue.

SAD’s ‘jail bharo’ today
Chandigarh, November 26
The SAD is all set to court mass arrests in Punjab tomorrow in support of its 15-point charter of demands it had sent to the government on October 20. The one-day ‘jail bharo’ programme is also to focus the people’s attention on the government ‘’injustice, tyranny and repression’’ , says party chief, Parkash Singh Badal.

   Badal takes refuge in gurdwara

Guwahati lawyers don’t want Justice Gill
Guwahati, November 26
In an unprecedented show of defiance against the judiciary, advocates of Guwahati High Court have refused to accept a “tainted judge” from Punjab. The drama is centered around the transfer of Mr Justice Amarbir Singh Gill of the Punjab and Haryana High Court who has recently been in a controversy regarding the PPSC scandal.

PM may lodge protest with Pak Anti-India propaganda by radical Sikhs Amritsar, November 26 Even as the “five most wanted” radical Sikh leaders were conspicuous by their absence during Gurpurb celebrations in Pakistan, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is likely to lodge a protest with Gen Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan, for allowing certain foreign-based Sikhs to carry out propaganda against India. In video (28k, 56k)