OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Wednesday,April 23, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 42 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Times Sport Chandrika orders More trouble for Australia take a high alert after LTTE George, MPs want stranglehold over 2nd suspends peace talks him in quarantine Test against Windies Page 13 Page 9 Page 19 WIN WITH THE TIMES SARS: THE FULL PICTURE Reuters Established 1838 Bloody day in Kashmir Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. How unfair! Only one health, and so many diseases. Six civilians die in mine blast, 18 militants in encounters TIMES NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES — Victor Schlichter NN Vohra’s visit begins Srinagar/Jammu: Twenty-six people, • Slated to meet a Congress delegation NEWS DIGEST including 18 militants, were killed as a fresh surge of violence rocked the Val- led by state PCC chief Ghulam Nabi Naik turns pracharak: Union Pe- ley on Tuesday, just days after Prime Azad and Saif-ud-Din Soz, and a PDP troleum minister Ram Naik utilised Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee sig- delegation led by Muzzafar Beig his visit to the historic Cellular Jail in nalled a new peace initiative. and PDF delegation led by CPM’s Port Blair to pay glowing tributes to Twenty-three others were injured in Mohammed Yusuf Tarigami Sangh Parivar’s freedom-fighter icon the latest violence that comes a day af- • Held talks with CPI leader V D Savarkar. P9 ter the Centre’s interlocutor N N Vohra Abdulrehman Trakroo Jaswant’s promise: Finance min- reached Srinagar to hold talks with • No indication that he would meet ister Jaswant Singh leaders here. separatist leaders. assured BJP MPs Seventeen militants were killed in on Tuesday that he separate encounters in Poonch and Ra- Hurriyat Chairman Vohra can declare that he is prepared to discuss the will announce con- jouri districts, said a defence ‘‘ future dispensation of J&K, only then a dialogue offer cessions for the spokesman. Abdul Ghani Bhat from him would merit the Hurriyat’s consideration powerloom and ‘‘Thirteen Pakistani militants were readymade gar- ” killed in a hideout at the Hill Kaka area killed in the last 72 hours in stepped-up blast, seven of whom were in critical ments sector when of Surankote in Poonch. The en- anti-militancy operations in the area. condition. he moves the Finance Bill later this counter is still going on and the area session. P7 Ten militants were killed on Sunday Meanwhile, nine Border Security has been cordoned off,’’ said the along the Line of Control (LoC) in Bal- Force (BSF) personnel were injured Blackwill issue: The state depart- spokesman. noi, Poonch, said sources. when their vehicle hit a landmine near ment has rejected reports that the Four militants, belonging to the Six persons were killed in an IED Qazigund, 75 km south of Srinagar, a US Ambassador to India, Robert Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), were killed in blast in a cattle-milking yard in Gul- BSF spokesman said. Blackwill, had quit because of a poli- another hideout, 130 km northwest of shanpora Batagund village, near Tral, In another incident, a policeman cy spat with Washington. P9 Jammu in Kalakote. A security per- 40 km south of Srinagar. was killed and another injured when Dutch aid: Apparently miffed at the sonnel also died in the fighting. The IED was intended to hit security militants attacked their camp with as- Gujarat violence and the Vajpayee Another militant was killed in the personnel patrolling the area, but end- sault rifles and grenades in Zainapora government’s policies, the Dutch south Kashmir district of Anantnag. ed up exploding on a group of civil- village in Pulwama. government has decided to recon- As many as 32 militants have been ians. Eleven people were injured in the Edit Page: View and Counterview sider its aid to India. P7 Togadia defiant: Soon after his release on bail from the Central Jail in Ajmer on Tuesday, firebrand VHP leader Praveen Togadia said distri- Water once a day from May 1 bution of trishuls across the country would continue. P11 NO FEAR? Children mask a replica of Mona Lisa in Hangzhou city, China. TIMES NEWS NETWORK water will reach Delhi after three proach are — Lajpat Nagar, Okhla, days. Meanwhile, if Haryana does Kalkaji, Chittranjan Park and Saddam’s aide caught: Muham- New Delhi: From May 1, south and mad Hamza al-Zubaydi, known as Dead 235Infected 4,100 Spread 25 nations not give us extra water, we will have Greater Kailash in south Delhi. In east Delhi will get water just once a no option but to provide water just east Delhi, Mayur Vihar and Patpar- Saddam’s ‘Shia Thug’ for his role in day. Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials suppression of the Shia uprising of once a day to parts of Delhi,’’ DJB ganj are likely to get water once a day WORST CASE SCENARIO • Suspected SARS case from epicentre said that since the supply of raw wa- 1991, was arrested Monday. P13 Guangdong slips through airport check, chief P K Tripathi said. if the situation does not improve. dead in dead in ter to the city has been affected by the Senior DJB official G C Nandwani Last year, the DJB had tried this India drub Kyrgyztan: Indian 97 China 99 Hong Kong admitted in Delhi hospital (Page 7) closure of the Upper Ganga Canal, said executive engineers will start experiment in Kalkaji, Govindpuri women moved one step closer to • 23 year-old in Nasik shows SARS-like the move will ensure that everyone contacting the resident welfare asso- and Chittranjan Park. ‘‘We were suc- being promoted to Group One after fresh SARS cases gets at least some water. ciations to convince them that get- cessful as water had reached even drubbing Kyrgyzstan 3-0 in the Asia- symptoms in Hong Kong ‘‘The real crisis will begin when ting water for two to three hours once those at the end of the distribution Oceania Group 2 qualifying tie of the 32 IN INDIA • Suspected SARS case in Jaipur also Fed Cup tennis competition. P22 the water in the canal dries up in a a day will be better than a fractured line,’’ said Tripathi. China warns people against • In Pune, Govt trying to trace people who day or two from now. Even after it re- supply twice a day. Boosters blamed for contaminated travelling to the provinces came in contact with the D’Silvas opens by the end of this month, the Among the areas DJB will first ap- water: Page 4 YOU SAID IT by Laxman Truckers pin TV news appetizer hopes on for newspapers Joshi’s skills By N Vidyasagar viewers returned to newspapers TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK to get details as well as to recon- firm the credibility of news on New Delhi: Guess who’s the win- New Delhi: Negotiations took place TV. It also said the credibility of ner with the recent proliferation on Tuesday evening with the striking mainline newspapers has im- of TV news channels? Not TV truck union leaders at Union human proved over TV news during the news but newspapers, according resource development minister Murli last one year. to an ongoing study conducted by Manohar Joshi’s office on the Interestingly, the survey find- groundwork for a possible settlement. He dictated a long speech. But I the Delhi-based Centre for Media Studies (CMS). ings were most apparent in Chen- ‘‘There is agreement on some couldn’t make out a word because nai, followed by Hyderabad, Delhi things and not on others. There will of that SARS mask on his mouth! Instead of adversely affecting newspaper readership habits, and Kolkata. The study also high- be more discussion on Wednesday af- TV news seems to have left read- lighted that housewives are spen- ter he (Joshi) talks to Union road indiatimes.com POLL ers asking for more. In other ding more time with newspapers. transport minister B C Khanduri,’’ a words, the more news you see on On future trends, CMS union leader said after the talks. Yesterday’s results: Should India still TV,the greater is the tendency to maintained that this ‘‘comple- Joshi had on Monday evening in- insist on end to infiltration before taking pick up a newspaper,according to mentary phenomenon’’ between tervened to rescue the flagging nego- up Pakistan’s offer for talks? CMS’ study on the ‘‘Appetizer ef- the two media will grow in the tiations the truckers had with others. years ahead. The union leaders had said they felt Yes 81% No 19% fect of TV news on newspaper readership’’. Across the country,TV reaches hopeful after talking to him and were • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose a little over 50 per cent of the awaiting his promise of a resumed di- to participate, and not necessarily of the general public. ‘‘TV news is adding to the read- ership as well as credibility of adult population against nearly alogue on Tuesday. Today’s question: After being overlooked mainline daily newspapers,’’ says 40 per cent for all newspapers. Earlier in the day, Khanduri told in Iraq, do you think UN arms inspections Since 2000, the readership base the Lok Sabha that there was really in Pakistan would carry weight? N Bhaskara Rao, chairman, CMS. The study, a survey of 150 ‘vie- in India has grown from 163 mil- no difference of opinion on seven of Cast your vote on wer-readers’ in New Delhi, Chen- lion to 180 million, a growth of 10 the 10 issues the truckers had raised. www.indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 nai, Kolkata and Hyderabad, has per cent.