OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Monday,January 6, 2003 Late City 20 pages Price Rs. 2.50 International India Times Sport President-elect Roh Snowfall on New Year in Caddick strikes put leads S Korean efforts Shimla evokes nostalgia England in driver’s to end nuclear crisis about bygone days seat in final Ashes Test Page 13 Page 9 Page 17 WIN WITH THE TIMES Established 1838 Qaida alarm Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. Protests pressure Pak Govt Inner peace and outer peace AP are synonymous in the sense Islamabad: Pakistan has de- that without one, the other ployed heavy contingents of along border wouldn’t happen. troops in a town bordering Afghanistan following incidents — Yoko Ono of cross-firing with US forces in the area. NEWS DIGEST Besides deploying troops in in Tripura Angoor Adda town in Southern 35 hurt in J&K explosion: Thirty Wazirisitan Tribal Agency, Pak- five people, including four CRPF By Nirmalya Banerjee fits in Tripura, the National istani authorities also ordered personnel, were injured in a powerful TIMES NEWS NETWORK Liberation Front of Tripura the closure of shops and banned grenade explosion triggered by mili- (NLFT) and the All-Tripura visits to the town’s bazar, the Kolkata: There are between tants at a crowded bus stand in Tiger Force, but also to other News daily reported. 100 and 200 Al Qaida activists Anantnag district of Jammu and rebel groups in the North- Pakistan and US troops report- in a few camps run by the ISI Kashmir on Sunday. East — both the Isak-Muivah edly exchanged heavy fire on Fri- of Pakistan in Bangladesh and Khaplang factions of the Ajit tough on terrorism: Chhat- day in the second incident of near the Tripura border, tisgarh chief minis- National Socialist Council of cross-firing within a week. Tripura chief minister ter Ajit Jogi has re- Nagaland, the United Libera- Meanwhile, Pakistani papers Manik Sarkar said in solved to make ter- tion Front of Asom, the Peo- on Sunday called for prime min- Kolkata on Saturday. rorism-affected ple’s Liberation Army and parts of the state ister Zafarullah Jamali to hold a Sarkar said at the Press parliamentary debate concern- Club that the state and Cen- the National Democratic trouble free. As a Front of Bodoland. beginning, it plans ing Pakistan-US cooperation in tral intelligence agencies had Different intelligences to act tough on the the fight against terrorism. informed the state govern- bastions of the ‘‘Before the popular opposition ment that the Al Qaida ac- agencies, the Army and the banned People’s War Group. P5 turns sour, the Jamali govern- tivists were undergoing BSF had information about ment must open a parliamentary training in the languages of these camps. The Centre had Srinagar demolition: Municipal been informed about the authorities in Srinagar, assisted by discussion on the rules of en- some of the communities liv- gagement that President Pervez ing in the north-east. number of militants and the police, razed down 350 illegal their firepower.The informa- structures in the city amid stiff re- Musharraf had contracted The Bangladesh govern- tion on Al Qaida had also sistance from local residents. The with the United States,’’ The ment had officially denied police was forced to use teargas News daily said. the existence of Al Qaida been passed on to the Centre. shells and lathicharge. P5 ‘‘After an in-depth discussion camps on Bangladeshi soil Sarkar cited the instance of all aspects of Pak-US ties — se- and said if a few training of an exchange of fire be- 3 constables killed: Three police curity and defence, foreign and Pakistani women chant anti-US slogans during a demonstration held in Multan, Pakistan, on Sunday. camps of North- East rebel tween militants belonging to constables were killed in a landmine the NLFT and those belong- economic policies and most im- military officials asserting they Pakistan has extradited some perate and arrogant assertions groups were there in the blast triggered by PWG activists in ing to its breakaway group portantly public aspirations — have a right to ‘‘hot pursuit’’. 422 Al-Qaida suspects since it can only further exacerbate it.’’ country, they were running Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. Nayanbasi Jamatia across An encounter followed in which the parliament should set new pa- Pakistan rejected the US claim abandoned Taliban after the 9/11 It also called upon the two gov- without its knowledge. But the Sonamura sub-divisional three militants lost their lives. P6 rameters of Islamabad’s relation- and said any military operation attacks in the US. ernments to ‘‘jointly agree to Sarkar refused to agree with ship with Washington,’’ it said. within its territory would be But resentment against FBI op- guidelines’’ that prevent future this assertion. border in support of his Reward and humiliation: Eigh- On December 29, a US soldier According to him, the stand that militants had tak- teen children who were rewarded conducted exclusively by Pak- erations in Pakistan has come trouble. was injured in firing by Pakistani istani troops. under fire with greater intensity ‘‘The guidelines should be Tripura government had a en shelter in Bangladesh. with scholarships for higher studies list of 51 camps which were Seven people were killed were humiliated in the Taj Bengal for scouts on an American patrol Pakistan has been one of the since elections in October in made public to avoid misinter- chasing Al-Qaida militants. Sub- US’ closest allies in its so-called which the six-party Islamic bloc, pretation and misunderstand- running in Bangladesh when two groups fought over wearing slippers instead of proper hiring the house of a shoes. They could gain entry in the sequently a US plane bombed a war on terror prompted by the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) ing,’’ it said. across the Tripura border.‘‘If Bangladesh Rifles officer, the hotel only through the back door. P9 religious school, raising tensions September 11, 2001, attacks on scored dramatic gains. The MMA In a related development, com- there are one or two camps, it in the area. New York and Washington. held anti-US rallies on Friday mentators said on Sunday that is possible they are running NLFT offering Rs 10,000 for it Prasar Bharati chairman: Noted The newspaper, however, said It has offered three airbases for condemning a possible US attack Islamabad must clarify rules without the knowledge of the and the other group Rs 6,000. columnist M V Kamath will be the the school that was attacked from use by the US-led coalition for op- on Iraq and alleged US violation of US military engagement Bangladesh government. The Press in Bangladesh had next chairman of the Prasar Bharati the US plane was located 300 me- erations in Afghanistan and US of Pakistan’s sovereignty. on Pakistan’s border with But, more than 50 camps expressed concern over the Board. The high-level committee tres inside Afghanistan. forces have also been working The daily Dawn warned Pak- Afghanistan to avoid a repeat of a can’t be run without the gov- incident, Sarkar said. headed by Vice-President Bhairon ernment knowing anything Sarkar said trade between Singh Shekhawat has recommended Incidents of cross-firing have with Pakistani troops along the istan-US cooperation in the ‘‘war recent incident on disputed land about them,’’ Sarkar said. the two countries should be Kamath’s name for the post, infor- caused tension between US and border to hunt Al-Qaida and Tal- on terror’’ has already assumed a that fanned anti-US sentiment in mation and broadcasting minister Pakistani forces with American iban fugitives. ‘‘tense dimension’’ and ‘‘intem- Pakistan. Agencies These camps belonged not opened. This would curb the Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday. only to the two banned out- activities of militants. Lanka peace talks: Sri Lanka’s peace process with the Tamil Tigers BJP is enemy, has reached a “decisive moment”, Prime Minister Ranil Wick- remesinghe said on Sunday, ahead Rebel leader’s return says Sonia at of the fourth round of talks opening Monday in Thailand. P13 CWC meet YOU SAID IT by Laxman signals peace in BJP New Delhi: Congress presi- dent Sonia Gandhi said on Lucknow: Leader of dissident would be accorded due respect Sunday that the party has to Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs Ganga in the party. be ‘‘extremely alert and vigi- Bhakt Singh on Sunday returned to Admitting the cabinet expansion lant’’ in the coming assembly the party fold, virtually ending the was carried out in a hurry causing re- polls as the BJP and its sister three-month-old rebellion in Uttar sentment in some quarters, he indi- organisations are attempting Pradesh. However, another rebel cated that another expansion might to communalise and polarise leader Ramashish Rai vowed to take place in the near future. continue the fight against the state Asked whether Singh would be in- the society. party leadership. ducted in the ministry,Tandon, evad- Speaking to reporters after Singh appeared at a press confer- ing a direct reply, said, ‘‘The matter a day-long Congress Working ence with senior BJP leader and ur- would be resolved through mutual Committee (CWC) meeting, ban development minister Lalji Tan- consultations’’. Sonia said the BJP and its don and said, ‘‘We have no complaints On the other hand, Ramasish Rai, sister organisations have now’’ as the party leadership has who was the spokesman of the ‘‘Save done it in the past and there promised to look into the issues BJP committee’’, said the fight is every possibility that they raised by the dissidents. against the state BJP leadership and would repeat it in other He said UP BJP chief Vinay Kati- the Mayawati government would go states going to polls this year.