US may give non-NATO ally status to India
Washington, March 23
The US has expressed its willingness to explore the possibility of declaring India a Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status, similar to the status it has promised in the case of Pakistan. “Well, I think we made it clear that we’re willing to explore the same possibility of similar cooperation with India. That’s something we’ve made clear,” White House spokesman Scott McClellan said in reply to a question at a briefing here yesterday.

Powell calls up Sinha; tries to placate India

India keen to break jinx today
Lahore, March 23
A confident India and a wounded Pakistan will battle for honours in the one-day series here tomorrow, the visitors wanting to shake off the tag of “chokers” and the home side wanting to salvage the pride of its formidable bowling line-up.

Sports page: Positive Indians hope to keep trend going, says Dravid
Pakistan short on momentum
Shoaib’s ‘illness’ bothering Pak

Captain Sourav Ganguly (left) chats with Mohammad Kaif during a practice session at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Tuesday. Pakistan and India will clash in the deciding ODI match on Wednesday, starting 2.30 pm (IST). — AFP photo

Jaitley, Mahajan, Sushma not to contest
New Delhi, March 23
Two former Chief Ministers — Kailash Joshi of Madhya Pradesh and Babu Lal Marandi of Jharkhand and the sons of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Union Finance Minister Jaswant Singh figure in the fourth list of 36 BJP candidates released here today for the Lok Sabha elections.

INLD fields VC of MDU from Rohtak
Pataudi (Gurgaon), March 23
The INLD today renominated three of its sitting MPs from the Bhiwani, Sirsa and Hisar parliamentary constituencies while announcing its nominees for the eight out of 10 Lok Sabha seats from Haryana.

Omar to contest from Srinagar, Farooq opts out
Srinagar, March 23
The National Conference here today announced its list of five candidates in Jammu and Kashmir for the Lok Sabha elections.

J&K page: NCP to support Cong in J&K

Mann determined to disrupt yatra
BJP refuses to change Advani’s route
Chandigarh, March 23
While the SAD (Amritsar) President, Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, today asserted that he was determined to disrupt the Bharat Udai Yatra of the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr L.K. Advani, on March 25, the BJP has turned down the Punjab police’s request to change the route of the yatra in the state.

Adequate security arrangements: DGP
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5 gold spades donated for ‘kar seva’ at Golden Temple Amritsar, March 23 Five gold spades and as many silver bowls have been presented by Bank of Punjab through its chairman Darshanbir Singh and others to launch the historic ‘kar seva’ of holy tank of the Golden Temple on March 25.