PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. back issues from October 2003:
India, Russia to sign MoU to supress terror financing.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Moscow, Oct 1 (PTI) In a bid to supress terror financing, India and Russia have agreed to ink a a Memorandum of Understanding on narcotics control as part of their anti-terror co-operation, a top Indian diplomat told PTI after a Joint Working Group meeting here. "The measures ...
India on the way to economic prosperity.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Surat, Oct 1 (PTI) Asserting that Indian Economy was turning around, Finance Minister Jaswant Singh has said he was hopeful the progress would continue unabated to achieve higher growth. "I agree that India is on the way to economic prosperity and this (march) will not stop", ...
WB extends $181 mn to Maharashtra.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) The World Bank will provide 181 million dollars to the western Indian state Maharashtra for rural water supply and sanitation project, benefitting around seven million people, mainly rural poor, women and tribals. With an estimated cost of 268.6 million ...
Bangladesh accepts India's contention on river link project.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Bangladesh accepted India's contention that its river linking project was only at conceptual stage as the two countries concluded the 35th meeting of the Joint River Commission here. "India has told us that it is at very early stage .... we must allow ...
ULTRAS KILL VDC MEMBER IN UDHAMPUR, MILITANT KILLED IN BANIHAL.
Oct 01, 2003 ... JAMMU, OCT 1 (PTI) SECURITY FORCES GUNNED DOWN A MILITANT IN DODA DISTRICT WHILE ULTRAS KILLED A MEMBER OF VILLAGE DEFENCE COMMITTEE IN UDHAMPUR DISTRICT OF NORTHERN INDIAN STATE OF JAMMU KASHMIR SINCE TUESDAY EVENING, OFFICIAL SOURCES SAID HERE WEDNESDAY. SECURITY FORCES DURING ...
Pak's failure to stop terror impairing peace: Sinha.
Oct 01, 2003 ... London, Oct 1 (PTI) India on Wednesday asserted that Pakistan's failure to stop cross-border terror is impairing peace and delaying the dialogue process initiated by Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. "In order to sustain the dialogue we need peace and it is that peace ...
Bush reiterates appeal to other nations for rebuilding Iraq.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Washington, Oct 1 (PTI) Faced with a spate of American casualties in Iraq, US President Bush has reiterated his appeal to other nations to help build a free Iraq. "Aggressively striking the terrorists in Iraq we're defeating them there so we don't have to face them in our own ...
Cross-border issue - subject of continuing discussion with Pak.
Oct 01, 2003 ... T V Parasuram Washington, Oct 1 (PTI) Stressing that the issue of cross-border terrrorism remains important and will be a subject of continuing discussion with Pakistan during the visit of senior officials to the region, the US has said it is working with both India and Pakistan to ...
Sodhi's killer guilty, jury rejects insanity claim.
Oct 01, 2003 ... From T V Parasuram Washington, Oct 1 (PTI) Rejecting claims of insanity, a jury convicted the man, who killed Indian immigrant Balbir Singh Sodhi after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, of first-degree murder. Frank Silva Roque, who assumed the turbaned Sodhi to ...
Army kills four terrorists in Gurez.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) In the continuing search operations, Army has killed four more terrorists in Gurez in northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir bringing the total tally of militants killed in the area in the last one week to 20. Army officials said four terrorists were ...
BSF unearths militant hideout.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Srinagar, Oct 1 (PTI) Border Security Forces unearthed a militant hideout in frontier district of Kupwara in northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and recovered 3.5 kgs of RDX and other explosives on Wednesday, a BSF spokesman said here. Besides the explosives, two hand ...
Pak soldiers crossing LoC to engineer infiltration.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Jammu, Oct 1 (PTI) Troops along the Indo-Pak border have been put on high alert in the wake of surprise raids by Pakistan army's sabotage Border Action Teams (BATs) that attack Indian posts to push heavily armed militants in northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. "Pakistan ...
WEDNESDAY, OCT 1, 2003.
Oct 01, 2003 ... LONDON : HONOUR KILLING-JAIL (IE-BL,ST, HIN; SHERED WITH OWN AA) --DO-- : ASYLUM SEEKERS (ST; OWN-HT) ISLAMAB: PAK-WEAPONS (IE-BL, TRI-BL) --DO-- : BHUTTO-NON KASHMIRIES (IE, TRI) --DO-- : SECURITY FOR SA (AA; ASSO-IE) ...
IAF still working on the technicalities of Phalcon systems.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Finalisation of an one billion dollar contract for three Israeli Phalcon AWACS systems notwithstanding, it will take sometime before the delivery is made as Indian Air Force is still working on the technicalities and compatibility of the system, Air Chief Marshall S ...
Spare a thought for pacemen.
Oct 01, 2003 ... By Javagal Srinath New Zealand will miss the services of Shane Bond and Chris Cairns in the upcoming Test series against India where fast bowlers can still achieve a lot on unresponsive pitches. As it has always been, the arrival of New Zealand is greeted with some ...
Two ultras killed, two CRPF men, PDP worker injured in J-K.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Srinagar, Oct 1 (PTI) Two militants were killed and two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and a ruling People's Democratic Party worker injured in separate incidents in northern Indian region of Kashmir valley since Tuesday night, official sources said Wednesday. ...
HUJI COMMANDER, 2 PAK MILITANTS AMONG 5 KILLED IN J-K.
Oct 01, 2003 ... JAMMU, OCT 1 (PTI) THREE PAK ULTRAS, INCLUDING A TEHSIL COMMANDER OF HARKAT-UL-JEHADI ISLAMI (HUJI), WERE AMONG FIVE PERSONS KILLED IN SEPARATE MILITANCY RELATED INCIDENTS IN NORTHERN INDIAN STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR SINCE TUEDDAY EVENING, OFFICIAL SOURCES SAID WEDNESDAY. THE ...
1,38,000 visit Vaishno Devi in last five days.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Katra (J and K), Oct 1 (PTI) As many as 27,000 pilgrims visited the holy cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi in Trikuta hills in northern Indian region daily since the beginning of 'Navratra' festival, with a total of 1,38,000 devotees having paid their obeisance in the last five days, ...
Osama forms terrorist Naval force, says web daily.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) In a sensational report, an American web daily has claimed that Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda has formed the "first terrorist naval force" and positioned 15 ships in the Indian ocean or the Pacific, even as the US State Department issued a warning about threats to its ...
India should revive work on cold fusion: scientist.
Oct 01, 2003 ... K S Jayaraman Boston, Oct 1 (PTI) A top Indian nuclear physicist has said that India should revive work on cold fusion because the phenomenon appears to be real with potential applications. "It is evident from the papers presented that cold fusion which was rejected ...
Biggest-ever Indian cultural exposition opens in Beijing.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Anil K Joseph Beijing, Oct 1 (PTI) Amid the steadily growing Sino- Indian political and business ties, India on Wednesday launched its biggest-ever attempt to woo the Chinese by hosting the first-ever 'India carnival week' here that offers a glimpse of the richness and ...
Australian cricketers face life ban for sledging.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Sydney, Oct 1 (PTI) Australian cricketers would now face a life ban for sledging under a new code of behaviour policy as the country's cricket board makes an effort to lift the game's domestic and international image. Under the new policy, assault and racial and religious ...
Joshi resumes office.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) India's Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi on Wednesday resumed office after a break of 12 days when he resigned in the wake of the Rae Bareli court order and made light of the threat issued by the main opposition party, Congress, to boycott him ...
IAF to celebrate 71st anniversary.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) The first-ever flypast by India's unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and mid-air refuelling of long-range Su-30 fighter aircraft by a Russian-made IL-78 plane would be highlights of IAF's 71st anniversary celebrations here on October eight. A flypast ...
Vaclav Havel to receive Gandhi peace prize.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Former President of Czech Republic Vaclav Havel has been selected for the prestigious Gandhi Peace Prize for 2003 for his outstanding contribution towards world peace and upholding human rights in most difficult situations through Gandhian means. A ...
Two detained for taking photos in vicinity of US Embassy.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Two persons were detained by the police after they were found taking photographs in the vicinity of the American Embassy here Wednesday afternoon. The duo -- Satinder Gill and Suresh Mohan -- were handed over to the police who was questioning them. ...
Criminals from Pak, Cameroon, Somalia printing fake currency.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) India's premier investigating agency CBI on Wednesday claimed involvement of criminals operating from Pakistan, UAE, Cameroon and Somalia in a racket of counterfeit currency in the country. CBI sources said during investigations into a counterfeit racket ...
Kiwis to play both spinners on Thursday.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Rajkot, Oct 1 (PTI) New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming on Wednesday said he would play both the spinners -- left arm spinner Daniel Vettori and off-spinner Paul Wiseman -- against India 'A' in their three-day cricket match starting here on Thursday. Fleming told reporters ...
Reprieve for Bharat Shah, 2 others get 6 years RI.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Mumbai, Oct 1 (PTI) In a major reprieve for leading film financier Bharat Shah, a special court on Wednesday sentenced him to one year RI for concealing certain information from police to facilitate extortion activities of the underworld but allowed the diamond merchant to go off the hook ...
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Oct 01, 2003 ... India may reconsider gas pipeline project with Oman Deepshikha Sikarwar Sur (Oman), Oct 1 (PTI) India on Wednesday said it might reconsider the gas pipeline venture with Oman which had been shelved due to some technical glitches. "We may reconsider the ...
CPI-M to work for ouster of Antony Govt in Kerala.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Hoping that "divisions" in Congress in Kerala and the ruling UDF would heighten following the drubbing it received in the recent parliamentary bye-elections, CPI-M on Wednesday clearly hinted it would work towards the "ouster" of the A K Antony government. ...
FIVE NEW IITS IN THE OFFING: PM.
Oct 01, 2003 ... KANPUR, OCT 1 (PTI) PRIME MINISTER ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE ON WEDNESDAY ANNOUNCED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO SET UP FIVE NEW INDIAN INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY BY UPGRADING EXISTING ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE THE NECESSARY PROMISE AND POTENTIAL IN VIEW OF THE URGENT NEED TO EXPAND ...
India's Commonwealth bid gets support from Lord Paul.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) India's bid for staging the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in 2010 has received support from Lord Swraj Paul, a member of the Board set up to run the campaign for staging of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The Non-resident Indian industrialist called on ...
Blast near Naidu's convoy.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Hyderabad, Oct 1 (PTI) Chief Minister of southern Indian state Andhra Pradesh, N Chandrababu Naidu, on Thursday survived a possible attempt on his life, suffering minor injuries in a powerful landmine blast suspected to have been triggered by naxalites near the temple town of Tirupati. ...
HC refuses to intervene in contractual dispute.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to intervene in the contract dispute between Indian cricketers and International Cricket Council on the code of conduct for cricket World Cup 2003 and said it has to be resolved by the concerned parties. A Bench ...
Shinde dismisses talks of his resignation.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Beleaguered Maharashtra Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Wednesday dismissed talks of his resignation but sought to blame the NCP for the "shocking" defeat of Congress in Solapur Lok Sabha bypoll saying things could have been different if Sharad Pawar had ...
Chandrashekhar undergoes bypass surgery, recovering.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Former Indian Prime Minister Chandrashekher underwent a heart bypass surgery Wednesday, and his condition was stable, hospital sources said. "A team of doctors after evaluating his angiogram and considering his active public life Wednesday performed ...
Motorola to cooperate with CBI in telecom PSUs' tendering case.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Motorola Wednesday said it would extend full co-operation to India's premier probe agency, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in its investigation into the alleged corruption relating to tendering system of two telecom PSUs. "The CBI visited Motorola ...
Banks to do better in FY04 after 50% higher profit, cut in NPA.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Indian Government is upbeat about the performance of PSU banks during this fiscal after they posted nearly 50 per cent higher profits at Rs 122.94 billion and sharp fall in non-performing assets to 4.48 per cent in 2002-03. "The performance of PSU banks ...
Naidu escapes bid on life.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Tirupati, Oct 1 (PTI) Chief Minister of the south-western Indian state Andhra Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu Wednesday escaped a bid on his life by suspected naxalites who set off a series of powerful landmine blasts at the foothills of the famous Venkateswara temple in which he received ...
Shah goes scot free, 2 others get 6 years' RI.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Mumbai, Oct 1 (PTI) In a significant judgement, a special court Wednesday sentenced leading Bollywood film financier Bharat Shah to one year RI for hiding information from police about links of producer Nasim Rizvi with the underworld but set him free as he had already served over 14 ...
New cap on H-1B visas effective from Wednesday.
Oct 01, 2003 ... T V Parasuram Washington, Oct 1 (PTI) The number of new H-1B visas to bring skilled workers from abroad, under which thousands have come to the US from India, drops to 65,000 with effect from Wednesday, the beginning of the fiscal year 2004. The new cap for the ...
Mulayam gets ministry expansion worry; RLD demands "due".
Oct 01, 2003 ... representation Allahabad, Oct 1 (PTI) In what is sure to add to the worries of Chief Minister of the northern Indian state Uttar Pradesh Mulayam Singh Yadav's proposed expansion of his ministerial council, his key ally Rashtriya Lok Dal Wednesday demanded that smaller parties in ...
Bike produced in court to show accused had links with militant.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) In a rare incident, a motor bike was produced by the prosecution in the December 2000 Red Fort attack case before a Delhi court to prove that a crucial letter was recovered from its bag showing that an accused had maintained links with his accomplice, a Pakistani ...
Naipaul, Kanhai, Mittal to attend Pravasi Divas next Jan.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Nobel laureate Sir V S Naipaul, Malaysian Minister Sami Vellu, veteran West Indies cricketer Rohan Kanhai and British steel baron L N Mittal are among leading personalities of the Indian diaspora who would attend the second 'Pravasi Bharatiya Divas' on January 9 here ...
Warrants against accused in best bakery case to be executed.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Vadodara, Oct 1 (PTI) The arrest warrants issued against accused involved in BEST bakery case would be executed only after they were sent by Gujarat high court, city police Commissioner Sudhir Kumar Sinha said here Wednesday. "There is enough time for its execution as the case ...
In-camera trial begins in Haren Pandya murder case.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Ahmedabad, Oct 1 (PTI) After nearly six months of the assasination of former Gujarat Minister Haren Pandya, trial Wednesday commenced in the sensational murder case with the Central Bureau of Investigation, India's premier probe agency, narrating the sequence of incidents and details of ...
Musharraf meets military brass ahead of Armitage visit.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Islamabad, Oct 1 (PTI) Ahead of the visit of US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca Thursday, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf Wednesday held talks with service chiefs and top military officials, amid reports that US was stepping ...
Indian community South Africa's greatest assets: Minister.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Durban, Oct 1 (PTI) Terming Indian community here as the country's "greatest assets," a top South African leader has said the local people of Indian origin form a formidable bridge between India and South Africa. "The Indian community is one of our greatest assets, not only for ...
Anti-peace rally in Sri lanka capital.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Colombo, Oct 1 (PTI) Thousands of nationalists led by Sri Lanka's main opposition marched to the capital Colombo Wednesday to protest the government's Norwegian-backed peace bid. The march, which began five days ago from the central hill town of Kandy, 112 kilometres east of ...
Nepal Army achieve big success in cracking down Maoists.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Kathmandu, Oct 1 (PTI) Royal Nepal Army has claimed that it has achieved a big success in the anti-terror operations, saying 300 Maoists have been killed after the rebels unilaterally broke eight month cease-fire in mid-August. "We have achieved a big success to crack down on ...
Mulayam likely to expand ministry on Friday.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Lucknow, Oct 1 (TI) Chief Minister of the northern Indian state Uttar Pradesh Mulayam Singh Yadav Wednesday met Governor Vishnu Kant Shastri and is understood to have discussed the impending ministry expansion amidst indications that the exercise might be carried out on Friday. ...
Three Indian films to be premiered in IFFI.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) In the style of reputed international film festivals like 'Locarno' and 'Cannes' three Indian films would be premiered for the first time at the 34th International Film Festival of India (IFFI). 'Pinjar' by Chandraprakash Dwiwedi, which is also the ...
Gupta stuns 13th seed Hashim in German Open.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Indian national champion Abhinn Shyam Gupta Wednesday created the biggest upset of the day as he outplayed 13th seed Roslin M Hashim of Malaysia 15-11 8-15 15-13 in the first round of the German Open Badminton tournament being played at Duisburg. The day ...
India favours international legal system.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) India has favoured building up a legal system at the international level to provide a legal basis for punishing economic criminals who have been taking advantge of hi-tech methods besides weak laws in some countries. "Let us accelerate building of the ...
India among top ten preferred destinations.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) India has figured in the list of the top ten 'most preferred destinations' in the world drawn up by a leading UK travel magazine. India, which ranked 11 in last year's rankings, moved up two slots to occupy the ninth position in the Conde Nast Traveller UK ...
Man held with pistol at airport turns out to be Afghan.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) A man arrested at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport with a loaded pistol on Sunday has turned out to be an Afghan national who had obtained an Indian passport fraudulently, police said here Wednesday. Khyal Mohd (33) of Kabul was living in India ...
Karna CM condemns attack on Naidu.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Bangalore, Oct 1 (PTI) Karnataka Chief Minister S M Krishna Wednesday expressed shock over the attack on his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu near Tirupathi and condemned it as a 'cowardly act'. Speaking to PTI, Krishna expressed relief over Naidu having a ...
Karunakaran camp steps up pressure for Antony's removal.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 1 (PTI) Emboldened by the outcome of the Ernakulam Lok Sabha bypoll, the Karunakaran faction in the Congress in Kerala Wednesday decided to step up pressure on the high command for removal of A K Antony as Chief Minister, setting a deadline of November 19 with an ...
Govt to await outcome of talks between Hindu, Muslim leaders.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 1 (PTI) Kerala Chief Minister A K Antony Wednesday said that the government would await the outcome of the proposed talks between leaders of Hindu and Muslim organisations to be held at Kozhikode Thursday, before going ahead with its plans for rehabilitating the ...
New Zealand announces team.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Rajkot, Oct 1 (PTI) New Zealand Wednesday announced team for their second three-day cricket match against India 'A' starting here Thursday. The visitor's have included pacer Jacob Oram and Darryl Tuffey but dropped Ian Butler as also Michael Mason from the playing eleven. ...
No decision on reopening airspace to Indian flights: Pakistan.
Oct 01, 2003 ... K J M Varma Islamabad, Oct 1 (PTI) Pakistan Wednesday said no decision has been taken with regard to opening of its airspace to Indian flights before the SAARC summit in January. "No decision has been taken in this regard," Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan told ...
Naidu to be shifted to Hyderabad.
Oct 01, 2003 ... Tirupati, Oct 1 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who was injured in a landmine blast triggered by naxalites here Wednesday, would be shifted to the western Indian city Hyderabad Thursday after conducting all the necessary medical tests. The condition of ...
Vajpayee briefs Kalam on his recent visit to Turkey, New York.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Wednesday night briefed President A P J Abdul Kalam on his recent visit to Turkey and New York where he addressed the United Nations General Assembly. The 50-minute-meeting was described as part of a regular ...
India win six golds at 7th SAARC carrom championship.
Oct 01, 2003 ... New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) India thumped its domination once again as it won six of the seven gold medals but failed to maintain its all conquering record due to its loss in the mixed doubles in the 7th SAARC Countries Carrom championship which concluded in Dhaka Wednesday. India ...