PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. back issues from August 2003:
Kramnik crushes Radjabov in opening round.
Aug 01, 2003 ... From a PTI Correspondent Dortmund, Aug 01 (PTI) Grandmaster Vladimir Kramink of Russia emerged as the early leader after scoring a smashing victory over GM Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan in the opening round of the Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2003 that got underway here. ...
One killed, Rs 8,00,000 of bank money looted.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Bhopal, Aug 01 (PTI) One person was killed and a sum of Rs 8,00,000 looted as unidentified persons attacked four employees of the Teopthar branch of Punjab National Bank in Rewa district of western Indian state, Madhya Pradesh, police said here Thursday. The bank employees, ...
Congress Wants Bush to Ensure Pak Fulfils Aid Conditions.
Aug 01, 2003 ... T V Parasuram Washington, Aug 01 (PTI) Expressing concern over Pakistan's alleged links with Iran and North Korea in nuclear field and continued support to cross border terrorism, several Congressmen have asked US President George Bush to ensure that Islamabad fulfils the ...
Pak to pursue process of engagement with India : Musharraf.
Aug 01, 2003 ... ISLAMABAD, Aug 01 (PTI) Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf Thursday said Islamabad would pursue the process of engagement with India on the basis of sovereign equality and would never allow the core issue of Kashmir to be "sidelined." "Kashmir is the core issue and therefore ...
PM to attend Mahant's cremation.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Ayodhya, Aug 1 (PTI) Elaborate security arrangements have been made in the temple town for the cremation of president of Ramjanmabhoomi Nyas Paramhans Ramchandra Das which would be attended by Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee among others. Vajpayee would arrive here at ...
terror-source.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Abu Bakr providing intelligence windfall about al Qaeda to CIA New York, Aug 1 (PTI) The source for the tip that al-Qaeda leaders are attempting to mount another multi-pronged airline hijacking attack is Ali Abd al-Rahman al-Faqasi al- Ghamdi or "Abu Bakr," an al Qaeda field ...
china-sentence.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Beijing bath house killers sentenced to death Beijing, Aug 1 (PTI) A Beijing court has sentenced to death two men and two others to life imprisonment for drowning seven people in bath tubs after robbing them at a local bath house. Hui Jinbo and Li Junlin were ...
Fernandes flies in MIG 21.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Ambala, Aug 1 (PTI) In a bid to dispel fear about the safety of fighter jet MIG 21, dubbed as "flying coffin", Federal Defence Minister George Fernandes Friday took off in the Indian Air Force jet. The 25-minute flight commanded by Flying officer N Harish took off at 1515 hrs ...
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 01 (PTI) The Eighth.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Thiruvananthapuram International Film Festival (TIFF) organised by Chalachithra film Society will begin here Friday. TIFF 2003 will be inaugurated by M T Vasudevan Nair. The festival will celebrate the golden jubilee of Malayalam cinema by honouring the pioners of malayalam ...
Fernandes successfully undertakes MIG-21 flight.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Ambala, Aug 1 (PTI) Federal Defence Minister George Fernandes Friday successfully undertook a 25-minute sortie on a MIG 21 in bid to dispel fear about Indian Air Force's fighter jet dubbed as a 'flying coffin' following a series of accidents. The septuagenarian minister, in a ...
Noor bids farewell to India.
Aug 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) With a twinkle in her eyes and face lit with a smile, the two-and-a-half-year-old Pakistani girl Noor Fatima, who successfully underwent a heart surgery in southern Indian state Bangalore, left for home Friday with hundreds gathered here to bid farewell to her. ...
nepal-talks.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Maoist's response positive, says Nepal Govt Kathmandu, Aug 1 (PTI) The Maoist rebels decision to sit for the third round of talks is a "positive" one and the Government "welcomes" it, Nepal's Minister of Information and Communication Kamal Thapa has said. "We have ...
bangla-india.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Bangladesh rejects joint patrol along the border Dhaka, Aug 1 (PTI) Bangladesh has rejected India's proposal to have joint patrol along the border between the two countries, saying the plan put forward by New Delhi was "not feasible." "Such an exercise is not ...
Kerala for bilateral talks with TN on river water issue.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 1 (PTI) Kerala Chief Minister A K Antony on Friday told the Assembly that the Government wanted to resolve the issue of renewing the Parambikulam-Aliyar inter state river water sharing agreement with Tamil Nadu by holding bilateral talks. Replying to a ...
Pak-India Chambers want air links restored.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Islamabad, Aug 1 (PTI) Pakistan-India Chambers of Commerce and Industry President Ilyas Ahmad Bilour has urged Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to order restoration of air service between the two countries to promote bilateral trade. A recent trade agreement, worth ...
Not bothered about death threat, says Modi.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Chennai, Aug 1 (PTI) Chief Minister of western Indian state Gujarat, Narendra Modi, on friday said that he was not bothered about death threats reportedly issued by fundamentalist forces during his visit to Coimbatore in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. "One should not bother ...
SC notice on govy on danger of mad-cow disease.
Aug 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) The Apex Court of India's Judiciary, the Supreme Court, Friday issued notices to the Federal Industry and Environment Ministries and the Central Pollution Control Board following a petition that warned of an impending danger of spread of mad-cow and Foot and Mouth ...
Kalam takes an aerial route to Noida.
Aug 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) President A P J Abdul Kalam on Friday flew by an IAF helicopter to neighbouring township of Noida to attend a function in the wake of intelligence agencies assessing the threat perception to VVIPs, including him, as "too high". Due to the threats from ...
Fernandes had a high-calorie breakfast before sortie on MIG 21.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Ambala, Aug 1 (PTI) India's Defence Minister George Fernandes had a high-calorie breakfast and underwent a fitness test prior to taking off on the successful sortie on a MIG 21 aircraft from Ambala Cantonment Air Force station on Friday. Fernandes, who arrived here Thursday ...
BJP to raise foreign origin issue in general elections: Advani.
Aug 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) India's Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani has said that the BJP, the party to which he belongs, will raise the issue of foreign origin of President of the main opposition party, the Congress, Sonia Gandhi, in the coming general elections and accused the opposition of ...
SPO killed, two injured in militant attack in J-K.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Jammu, Aug 1 (PTI) Continuing to target security personnel, militants attacked a post manned by Special Police Officers in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir killing one official and seriously injuring two others, official sources said on Friday. Militants opened indiscriminate ...
23rd batch of 724 pilgrims leave for Amarnath.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Jammu, Aug 1 (PTI) The 23rd batch of 724 pilgrims left here on Friday for the Amarnath shrine despite heavy rains in Jammu division. The batch of pilgrims, comprising 514 men, 86 women, seven children and 11 sadhus, left in a cavalcade of 32 vehicles from M A M stadium Friday ...
MMA leader blames Pak agencies, army for Shia massacre.
Aug 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) The recent massacre of over 50 Shias in an attack on a mosque in Quetta was "sectarian terrorism" enacted by Pakistan's intelligence agencies and the military establishment to divert people's minds from issues of democracy, a leading Shia leader, who is part of that ...
Cauvery Monitoring Committee to meet on Aug seven.
Aug 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) An emergent meeting of Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) has been convened by the Centre here on August seven to discuss a formula for distress sharing of waters among the Cauvery basin states. The meeting, among other things, is expected to discuss the ...
TPDK activists +removed+.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Coimbatore, Aug 1 (PTI) Nearly 40 activists of Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (TPDK) were on Friday 'removed' by police after they assembled here with a view to staging a black flag demonstration to protest the visit of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The activists, ...
Only Hindu-Muslim settlement can resolve Ayodhya: Advani.
Aug 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) India's Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani has said the controversy over the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh state of north India will not end unless the issue is resolved through a settlement between Hindus and Muslims even if a court ...
Kerala falls in coconut productivity, loses on pepper.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 1 (PTI) Though famed as the 'land of coconut' Kerala is falling behind Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in coconut productivity. The state has also lost its monopoly over pepper, known for centuries worldover as "black gold" from Kerala. As per ...
Demand to increase import duty on pepper and cardammon.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 1 (PTI) Kerala Agriculture Minister K R Gouri on Friday informed the state assembly that the government has asked the Centre to increase the import duty on pepper and cardammon. MPs from the state have also been asked to put pressure on the Centre to ...
Army men to go on 1450-kms cycle expedition in TN from Aug 4.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Chennai, Aug 1 (PTI) With the aim of fostering camaraderie between serving and retired personnel and to study the geographical, social and cultural background of its men, a 24-member army team of 17 Engineer Regiment, is organising a 1450-km cycle expedition in Tamil Nadu from August four ....
Allegations of encroachment in Vagaman forest area.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 1 (PTI) Opposition leader in Kerala assembly V S Achuthanandan on Friday alleged in the house that encroachment was going on in 12,500 hectares of forest land at Vagaman range in Idukki district and wanted government to immediately intervene in the matter. ...
India to give Rs 13 mn for construction of schools in Nepal.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Kathmandu, Aug 1 (PTI) India will provide a grant of Rs 13 million for construction of school buildings, including hostels, in Sarlahi district of Nepal. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed on Friday between the Embassy of India and District ...
30 anti-dumping probes involving 28 countries inititated.
Aug 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Thirty anti-dumping investigations involving 28 countries including US, China, Russia, Canada, Germany and UAE have been initiated by Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties, India's Junior Minister for Commerce S B Mookherjee told the ...
Curfew imposed in Kishtwar after nine injured in violence.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Jammu, Aug 1 (PTI) Curfew was clamped and security forces were deployed Friday in Kishtwar town of Doda district of the militancy-hit north Indian state Jammu and Kashmir after rallyists went on a rampage and nine people including two officials were injured in clashes, official sources ...
PM, Deputy PM pay tributes to Paramhans.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Ayodhya, Aug 1 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani, BJP President Venkaiah Naidu, RSS chief KS Sudarshan and a host of other VHP and RSS leaders reached Ayodhya on Friday and paid floral tributes to Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas President ...
Pakistan says sending troops to Iraq under review.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Islamabad, Aug 1 (PTI) Pakistan has said the issue of sending troops to Iraq is still under review and no decision has been made so far. "The President (Musharraf) has said Pakistan has agreed in principle to send peacekeeping troops to Iraq. We had also said that Pakistan ...
U P'S OPPOSITION CHALK OUT STRATEGY FOR ALTERNATE GOVT.
Aug 01, 2003 ... LUCKNOW, AUG ONE (PTI) BUOYED BY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COALITION PARTNERS BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY AND BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY IN THE UTTAR PADESH GOVERNMENT IN NORTH INDIA, STATE'S OPPOSITION PARTIES FRIDAY MET TO CHALK OUT A STRATEGY TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATE SETUP. "THE OPPOSITION ...
India to acquire AJTs, no dearth of funds for security: George.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Ambala, Aug 1 (PTI) India would soon acquire the urgently-needed Advanced Jet Trainers (AJTs) for the Air Force, Defence Minister George Fernandes said Friday asserting there would be no dearth of funds as far as security needs were concerned. "AJT is in the process of being ...
Sikdar second woman to don General's uniform.
Aug 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Usha Sikdar Friday day became the second woman in the Indian Armed forces to don the uniform of a General after Air Marshal Padma Bandhopadhyaya. Sikdar on promotion to the rank of a Major General has taken over as Additional Director General, Military ...
Tendulkar praises Hussain's leadership qualities.
Aug 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Nasser Hussain, who stepped down as England captain recently, has received whole hearted praise from batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar who described him as "a very good captain and always up to something". "India and England have had some interesting duels ...
Vajpayee, Advani vow to fulfil Mahant's dream for temple.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Ayodhya, Aug 01 (PTI) India's Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on Friday vowed that a grand Ram temple would be built at the Ramjanamsthan, the place where Lord Rama is believed to have been born, and expressed hope that "obstacles" in its path would ...
Excess rains in Monsoon season this year.
Aug 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) The country has recorded eight per cent excess rainfall so far this Monsoon season in contrast to 30 per cent deficiency recorded last year, during the same period, even as Delhi posted an all-time high July rainfall, breaking a 39-year-old record. "So far ...
Ten people, including five militants, killed in J and K.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Srinagar, Aug 1 (PTI) Ten people, including five militants and an Army personnel, were killed in separate incidents in Kashmir valley since Thursday night, official sources said on Friday. Two unidentified militants and a soldier were killed in a fierce gunfight at Daneshpora in ...
India faces no threat to its borders from China: Fernandes.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Ambala, Aug 1 (PTI) Defence Minister George Fernandes on Friday asserted India faced no threat to its borders from China and insisted Beijing's recent comments on north-eastern state Arunachal Pradesh were in line with that position for the last 50 years. "Nothing new. This has ...
Top Hizbul ultra killed in encounter.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Srinagar, Aug 1 (PTI) Security personnel have shot dead Hizbul Mujahideen militant Niyaz Ahmad Sheikh, who is believed to have masterminded the killing of Abdul Aziz Mir, a legislator of Jammu and Kashmir's ruling People's Democratic Party, police sources said on Friday. Two ...
Geelani to be quizzed; links with former Minister being probed.
Aug 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Delhi Police would soon question fire-brand Jamaat-e-Islami leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and his associate Ashraf Bhatt in a case of alleged funding of separatist leaders in Kashmir valley even as the role of a former Union Minister was being scrutinised in the case ....
Exports rise in Q1, but huge imports widen trade deficit.
Aug 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) India's exports surged by 11 per cent to 131.47 billion dollars in the first quarter of this year but with imports registering an over 27 per cent growth, the country's trade deficit widened, official figures stated. Exports in the first quarter of this ...
VHP threatens hard stance towards PM on temple issue.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Ayodhya, Aug 1 (PTI) Demanding that Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee openly express his views on the Ram Temple issue, the Vishva Hindu Parishad on Friday threatened to adopt a hard stance towards him if he did not subscribe to the "Temple Agenda." "It appears from the Prime ...
Vajpayee vows to build Ram temple in Ayodhya.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Ayodhya, Aug 01 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Friday vowed that a grand Ram temple would be built at the Ram Janamsthan (birth place) here and said he was confident all obstacles to it would be removed. Addressing hundreds of mourners at the funeral of late ...
India gets 2005 Champions Trophy, misses out on junior WC.
Aug 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) India has managed to win the bid for hosting the 2005 Champions Trophy hockey tournament but missed out on staging the Junior World Cup, which will be held in Holland, Indian Hockey Federation sources said here on Friday. India, which had bid for both the ...
Advani confident temple will be built in Ayodhya.
Aug 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) India's Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani has expressed confidence that a Ram temple will be built at the "Ramjanmasthan" (birth place) in Ayodhya. "I have no doubt that the Ram temple will be built at the birthplace of Lord Ram," he told a private news ...
KHALISTAN COMMANDO FORCE MEMBER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS.
Aug 01, 2003 ... JAMMU, AUG 1 (PTI) A MEMBER OF SIKH MILITANT OUTFIT KHALISTAN COMMANDO FORCE (KCF) WAS ON FRIDAY SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT BY A TADA COURT HERE IN CONNECTION WITH EXTORTION AND LOOTING IN JAMMU CITY IN 1991. JUDGE P N RAZDAN SENTENCED KCF MEMBER ANOOP SINGH TO FIVE ...
"Dilnawaz was a chain smoker, cigaratte may have caused blast".
Aug 01, 2003 ... Mumbai, Aug 1 (PTI) Dilnawaz Khan, a pyro technician, in whose house a deadly explosion occurred killing him and six others on Thursday, was a chain smoker and police suspect that he lit up a cigarette near a pile of explosives thereby causing the blast. Dilnawaz's ...
Medical feat by modern surgery.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Madurai, Aug 1 (PTI) In what is being described as a modern surgery, a team of doctors led by Dr KC Mohan Prasad of the Oncology Department of the Government Rajaji Hospital in this southern Indian city removed a cancerous lump in the breast of a woman patient without removing the breast. ...
Kashmir issue would not be sidelined: Musharraf.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Islamabad, Aug 1 (PTI) Emphasising that Pakistan would continue engaging India on equal terms, President Pervez Musharraf has said Islamabad would not allow the Kashmir issue to be sidelined in its dialogue with New Delhi. "Pakistan will not allow the Kashmir dispute to be ...
NRI solicitor loses her case against Law Society.
Aug 01, 2003 ... H S Rao London, Aug 1 (PTI) NRI solicitor Kamlesh Bahl, former vice-president of the Law Society, has suffered a set back with an employment appeal tribunal reversing an earlier finding that she was a victim of sex and race discrimination. "Bahl was not subjected to ...
Pak-Afghan row over border continues, fresh talks on Aug 12.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Islamabad, Aug 1 (PTI) With disagreements between Pakistan and Afghanistan continuing over maps demarcating the borders of the two countries, the tripartite techincal committee overseeing the issue will meet on August 12 to iron out the differences. "The Afghans based their ...
US has drawn unwritten Kashmir road-map: Naik.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Islamabad, Aug 1 (PTI) A three-phased unwritten road map on Kashmir supported by the European Union, United Kingdom and other nations has been drawn up by the US to settle the contentious issue, former Pakistani Foreign Secretary Niaz Naik has said. "Several options are being ...
Sikh body approaches NHRC over 1984 riots.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Satya Prakash New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) A day after National Human Rights Commission petitioned the Supreme Court for a fresh trial outside Gujarat in the Best Bakery case, a Sikh body on Friday asked the Commmission to take up one of the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases here in which ...
India terms FBI disclosures on terror funding as nothing new.
Aug 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) India on Friday termed as nothing new FBI disclosures that funding for the September 11 terror attacks in the US was linked to accounts in Pakistan and said this underpinned the importance of credibly eradicating terrorist networks. "Information disclosed ...
Five injured in heavy shelling by Pak troops.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Srinagar, Aug 1 (PTI) Five people, including two security personnel, were injured in heavy shelling by Pakistani troops in areas along the Line of Control in Poonch, Rajouri and Drass sectors of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said on Friday. The shelling which began ...
Commonwealth Games team to visit Delhi.
Aug 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) A high-level delegation of the Commonwealth Games Federation will be visiting Delhi from August 4 to 7 to assess the city's bid to host the 2010 Games. "We are confident of our bid. We have the infrastructure and technical facilities to host the Games," ...
Tejas attains supersonic speed in historic flight.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Bangalore, Aug 1 (PTI) India's Light Combat Aircraft Technology Demonstrator-1 (LCA-TD1), Tejas, attained the supersonic speed for the first time, Aeronautical Development Agency sources said. "Tejas (Energy)crossed the sound barrier when it crossed the Mach 1 and reached Mach ...
Guj Govt plans to move HC in Best Bakery case.
Aug 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Upset over NHRC rushing to the Supreme Court, the Gujarat Government is contemplating filing an appeal in the State High Court challenging the acquittal of all the accused in the Best bakery case well within the statutory appeal period. Gujarat's Junior ...
Paramhans cremated, Vajpayee vows temple will be built.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Sanjay Pandey Ayodhya, Aug 1 (PTI) The mortal remains of Ramchandra Das Paramhans, who speaheaded the movement for construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya for more than half a century, wereconsigned to flames here on Friday with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee vowing that ...
"Create capacities for nation building": Kalam.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Noida, Aug 1 (PTI) India's President A P J Abdul Kalam Friday said educational institutions should be facilitators in growing capacities for nationa-building in the students. "The most important mission for the nation for which you can contribute is creation of capacities for ...