Counter-terrorism, key area of cooperation with Israel: Vajpayee NEW DELHI, SEPT. 9.The Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, called on the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, and held 40-minute-long "restricted" and separate delegation-level talks with the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, this ...
7 killed in suicide blast near Tel Aviv
JERUSALEM, SEPT. 9.An explosion close to an Israeli Army base near a Tel Aviv suburb today killed at least seven persons and injured dozens in an apparent suicide attack that Israel blamed on the Palestinian Authority and the Hamas militant ...
Left party activists protest, court arrest
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 9. The Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, was meeting the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, when hundreds of Left party activists courted arrest against his visit a short distance away from the Taj Mansingh hotel where Mr. Sharon ...
Prime Minister to inaugurate celebrations
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will inaugurate the 125th Anniversary Celebrations of The Hindu in Chennai on Saturday, September 13, 2003. The Governor of Tamil Nadu, Mr. P.S. Ramamohan Rao, will preside over the inaugural function. ...
PM coming on Saturday
CHENNAI, SEPT. 9. The Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, will visit Chennai on Saturday, September 13, to inaugurate the 125th anniversary celebrations of The Hindu. Arriving here by a special aircraft around noon, Mr. Vajpayee will ...
IA gesture
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 9.The Indian Airlines has decided to fly the Bharat Ratna awardees free during their life-time whenever they choose to travel on its network. The airline said that all applicable taxes would be borne by it as a goodwill ...
SARS case confirmed
SINGAPORE, SEPT. 9.In the first case of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in recent months worldwide, a 27-year-old Chinese-Singaporean was today diagnosed to have been infected with the virus after a repeat test was found positive. ...
FIR against Minister
AHMEDABAD, SEPT. 9.A complaint has been registered with police against the Gujarat Minister for Cow Protection and Pilgrimage Centres, Prabhatsinh Chauhan, for allegedly slapping a railway station master. The station master of Nando-Dehgam ...
Plea against release
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 9.The Supreme Court will hear a petition, seeking a direction to the Mulayam Singh Government not to release legislator, Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya, and his father, Uday Pratap Singh, and another person, detained ...
Clashes in Vadodara
AHMEDABAD, SEPT. 9.Communal clashes broke out tonight in Vadodara city when a Ganesh immersion procession came under attack and two groups clashed, leaving at least three persons injured. Police said at least three policemen were injured in ...