Friday, November 29, 2002, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

50 ultras rearrested
J & K bows under Centre’s pressure
Jammu, November 28
Nearly 50 militants and separatists, whose term in jail had ended or were released on bail, have been re-arrested on different charges indicating that the state government has come under pressure from the Centre to follow hard policy against the rebels.

    Cong for screening panel
    J&K page: Centre, not Jaitley, will talk to us: CM
    Editorial: Avoidable blaming game
    Rocket attack on Radio Kashmir
    Mosque damaged in Pak shelling

Assets of Cong MLAs not to be made
public: CM
Phillaur, November 28
A high-level investigation is being conducted into the assets of all former ministers of the Akali-BJP government led by Mr Parkash Singh Badal. This was disclosed by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh presents a certificate of merit to Mr S.K. Sharma, IG, at the fourth convocation of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Police Academy in Phillaur on Thursday. 

Voluntary disclosure scheme mooted
Building bylaws violations in Punjab towns
Chandigarh, November 28
In Punjab, the violation of buildings bylaws has become a rule rather than an exception. This is evident from the fact that in just four municipal corporations as many as 13,000 notices served on such violators are pending clearance.

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DULINA INCIDENT
Killings not motivated: panel
New Delhi, November 28
In a crucial comment on the lynching of five Dalits at Dulina in Haryana, the National SC and ST Commission has held that the victims’ caste was not a factor for their being targeted by an “ordinary” mob and that the incident was an accident and “not motivated”.

Godhra not to be issue: Cong
Ahmedabad, November 28
Indicating that it was not going to raise the Godhra issue during the Gujarat Assembly poll, the Congress today said a commission to probe into the cooperative bank scam will be set up and five lakh jobs will be provided if elected to power and pledged to make the state secure.

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   Frankly speaking: Hari Jaisingh
  Testing time ahead for Gujarat
 
India not to let down Saddam: Sinha
New Delhi, November 28
Asserting that it will “not let down” Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, the Union Government today cautioned that any US-sponsored unilateral military action could spell disaster extending beyond the Gulf region, while asking Baghdad to fully comply with the UN inspection for weapons of mass destruction.

Bill to amend SPG Act
New Delhi, November 28
Proximate security cover by the elite Special Protection Group to a former Prime Minister and his spouse is proposed to be restricted to a year from the date he ceases to hold his office.

Flyovers, subways mooted to beautify Amritsar Amritsar, November 28 Several flyovers, subways for pedestrians across the GT road and parking places have been recommended for the city with a view to removing traffic bottlenecks, and re-routing traffic at many places. Encroachments in Amritsar are common. Even the area around traffic lights is not spared. — Photo Rajiv Sharma