Tuesday, May 27, 2003, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

India sets rider for troops to Iraq
To seek clarification from UN
New Delhi, May 26
The Vajpayee government today deftly dealt with the sensitive issue of sending troops to Iraq for assistance purposes as the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) handled the matter diplomatically and decided to obtain clarification from the United Nations and “the Authority” in Iraq on the “parameters and scope” of the UN Security Council Resolution 1483.

Tohra in critical condition
Patiala, May 26
The Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal President and former SGPC chief, Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, was today admitted to a local hospital in a critical condition after he suffered a massive heart attack.

Badal, Tohra called at Takht
Amritsar, May 26
After studying the letter of Mr Parkash Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal, the Sikh clergy has decided to call him (Mr Badal) and Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, President, Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal, on June 5 separately for a ‘discussion’.

Punjab page
Romana summoned at Takht
Panthic Morcha flays unity move
Mann meets Sikh clergy

Five of Gujjar family shot dead
Jammu, May 26
An entire family of five persons, including three children, was mercilessly killed by the terrorists at Keri-Khwas village in Rajouri district today. This is the second incident in the district in the past one week.

Pak discusses MFN status for India
Islamabad, May 26
The first of a series of meetings ordered by Pakistani Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali to consider granting the most favoured nation (MFN) treatment to India was held here toay.

India to start Lahore bus service

74 killed in plane crash
Trabzon, Turkey, May 26
A plane crashed in thick fog today in northwestern Turkey, killing all 62 Spanish soldiers and 12 crew members aboard. Local officials told Turkish broadcaster NTV there were no survivors and they were extracting bodies from the charred wreckage, near the Black Sea coastal city of Trabzon.

CM backtracks on casinos
Chandigarh, May 26
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, backtracked on the issue of opening casinos in the state, saying that “it was against the policy of the Congress”.

Lakdawala shot in Bangkok
Mumbai, May 26
Thailand-based gangster Ijaz Lakdawala, a former aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and the mastermind behind the extortion racket in the metropolis, has been killed by members of the rival Chhota Shakeel gang in Bangkok, a top officer of the Mumbai Crime Branch-CID confirmed here this evening.