OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Monday,June 2, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 48 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International City report Times Sport Liz Hurley wants Has privatisation of Australia edge to buy a jet and power distribution past India for avoid prying eyes worked in Delhi? hockey crown Page 14 Page 5 Page 21 WIN WITH THE TIMES Vajpayee breaks bread with world leaders who openly laud his Pakistan initiative AFP Domestic Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. In Kashmir, Peace rules the day, where Sonia hopes help kills reason rules the mind. — Wilkie Collins for peace 60-yr-old By M Saleem Pandit TIMES NEWS NETWORK woman Baramulla: Reiterating her stand on supporting the Cen- TIMES NEWS NETWORK tre’s peace initiative with Pakistan, Congress president New Delhi: A 60-year- Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said old woman was found her party believed the prob- murdered at her resi- lems could be resolved only dence in GK II, south through talks and not Delhi, on Saturday through the gun. night. The police sus- Addressing an impressive pect the involvement of public rally organised by the victim’s domestic ser- Congress-PDP combine here vant, 30-year-old Gauri on Sunday afternoon, Sonia Jena, who is said to be Gandhi complimented the absconding. NEWS DIGEST people of Jammu and Kash- According to the mir for defeating subversive deputy commissioner of Mayawati govt: Rashtriya Lok Dal forces by participating in the police (south), Vivek president Ajit Singh has said that the state assembly polls in large Gogia, two people who Mayawati-led government in UP has numbers. ‘‘It was the victory were known to be close lost its majority and its days are of democracy and the coun- to Gauri have been de- numbered. He has claimed that all try,’’ the Congress president tained for questioning. the major opposition parties in the remarked. She added that the The body of the vic- state have arrived on an under- situation was not so bad dur- tim, Meena Gupta, was standing over all issues. P9 ing the times of Indira Gand- found by her husband Phalcon sale: Pakistani President hi and Rajiv Gandhi. when he returned home Pervez Musharraf is expected to Prime Minister Vajpayee (extreme right) poses with world leaders for the traditional ‘family’ photo at the G8 summit in Evian, France, on Sunday. The Congress president re- from a party late Satur- make a last ditch effort to defer the called when people in Kash- day night, the police sale of Phalcon radar systems to In- mir observed a general strike said. The body bore two dia when he meets US President for three days against the stab wounds. Gupta was George W Bush in Washington later killing of 24 Kashmiri Pan- a housewife while her this month. P7 dits in Nadimarg in Pulwa- husband Harprakash Milli Council meet: The All-India Bush to pressure Musharraf ma district in March, 2003. Gupta is a consultant. Milli Council convention that con- Abhorring the gun culture, The police suspect cluded in New Delhi steered clear of By Manoj Joshi The conversation took place at Musharraf’s upcoming visit to the discussed India and Pakistan for Sonia lamented that the peo- robbery to be the motive the contentious Babri Masjid issue, TIMES NEWS NETWORK the head-table in the banquet given US where he will be feted in Wash- about six or seven minutes but the ple of Kupwara and Barmul- behind the incident. Gu- saying it should be left to the courts, by Russian President Vladimir ington and also spend quality time rest of the conversation was social la were the worst victims of pta had brought home a and instead focussed on the role of Lausanne (Switzerland): Prime Putin for leaders assembled in with Bush at the Presidential re- chit-chat,’’ said an official familiar terrorist violence during last large quantity of jew- the minorities in India. P9 Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has St Petersburg for its 300th anniver- treat in Camp David. with the event. 15 years. ellery a few days ago. He told US President George W Bush had allegedly shown the Route to Kailash: PM Vajpayee sary celebrations where the Prime According to senior officials, Va- Asked whether the matter of the She said that they faced it will urge China to allow Indian pil- that success in dialogue with Pak- Minister was seated next to the jpayee and Bush sat side-by-side at pending US request for Indian courageously. It is significant jewellery to Gauri tell- grims to visit Kailash Mansarovar via istan was not possible without an American president to facilitate a table along with Putin and his Army participation in the stabili- that this town was chosen ing her about her inten- Leh during his visit to Beijing, end to cross-border terrorism. the conversation. wife, Greek President Constantine sation of Iraq was discussed, the as the venue for Gandhi’s tions to distribute it am- Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani Authoritative sources said The sources also said that Bush Simitis who is the president of the official said ‘‘No, not yesterday rally as this was for the first ongst their two daugh- said in New Delhi on Sunday. P13 that Bush agreed with him and in- made ‘‘very laudatory’’ references European Union and Italian Prime (Saturday).’’ time since the advent of ters. The valuables have been found missing. RSS on common civil code: dicated that he would ‘‘talk’’ to to the Prime Minister’s initiative Minister Silvio Berlusconi who PM pushes for removal for visa militancy in 1989 that a polit- The Organiser, the RSS mouthpiece, Pakistan President Pervez on Pakistan. Bush is likely to make will succeed the Greek leader to ristriction: Page 17 ical leader had addressed a Watch out has in its latest issue revived the de- Musharraf later in June. good on his promise during the European presidency. ‘‘The two Protest peak, tight security: Page 17 public rally here. bate for the introduction of a com- •Police advise mon civil code by using the case of servant and tenant Farzana Zaki, the Delhi-based bride No smoking verification who refused to accompany her hus- Magadh Exp derails in Bihar, one killed band to his home because he and in Parliament, •Residents can fill his family demanded dowry. P9 TIMES NEWS NETWORK & PTI aged track near the accident site. ly to jump to the conclusion that the Poorva Express had derailed at out personal details The derailment took place the derailment was an act of sabo- the same site. and attach a picture YOU SAID IT by Laxman Buxar/Patna/New Delhi: One around 3.40 am. Ten coaches es- tage. It was not possible to cut the The injured have been admitted of the person even says Sushma passenger was killed and 23 were TOI Archives caped the derailment. The railway track with iron cutting blades, he to different hospitals in Buxar. on a plain piece TIMES NEWS NETWORK injured, eight critically, when 14 technical staff found some iron reasoned. But a source in the po- A 45-year-old man, who was of paper coaches of the New Delhi-bound cutting blades lying next to five lice said the recovery of an iron travelling on a Patna-Allahabad •This should be Kolkata: The Union health Magadh Express (2391 Up) de- metres of broken track at the acci- blade from the accident site gave ticket, succumbedto injuries at the submitted with the ministry plans to declare railed near Parasia village, about 6 dent site, senior public relations credence to the sabotage theory. Buxar Sadar Hospital. area police station both the Houses of Parlia- km from Buxar railway station, officer of Danapur Rail Division Incidentally, the outlawed PWG Special relief trains, with doc- ment, including their lobby •The drive, however, early on Sunday. Amrendra Das said. had blown up the Baruna railway tors and technicians, have been has been a failure and the main hall, as ‘public The injured included four track- Inspector general of police, Pat- station, close to the accident site, a rushed to Buxar from Danapur places’ so that no MP can men who were repairing a dam- na, A C Verma said it was too ear- few years ago. And five years ago, and Mughalsarai. smoke there, Union health minister Sushma Swaraj said here on Sunday. ‘‘We have proposed to con- struct small chambers for Drunk armymen hurt 11 smokers so that they can re- TIMES NEWS NETWORK main in their chambers and opposite Press complex. During the brawl between the continue harming them- Indore: Junior Army officials al- shopowner’s family and the Army of- selves and not others,’’ legedly went on the rampage and at- ficer, several other officers joined the Swaraj said at a function tacked several civilians and police fight and attacked the family with Earlier flattery would have been organised by Bhagirath jawans under the influence of liquor enough to be in his good books! Neotia Woman and Child late Saturday night. sticks, swords and iron rods. Care Centre. As many as 11 civilians and four Bystanders tried to calm the offi- cers, but they attacked other civilians indiatimes.com POLL The campaign against the police personnel were injured in the evils of smoking is not good incident. The police have registered including women, inflicting severe Is Pakistan serious about shutting enough, she said. ‘‘While ad- cases against seven Army officers un- injuries to some. A woman saw the down terrorist camps in vertisements which glorify der Sections 147, 148, 452, 323 and 354 whole scuffle said some Army offi- Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir this time? smoking are running every- on the Indian Penal Code.