12TOIDC COL 01R1.QXD (Page 1)
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Thursday,June 12, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 28 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Times Sport Lahore High Court Mayawati returns Ageless Agassi says Musharraf today as governor reaches a can wear uniform says she stays landmark Page 13 Page 7 Page 17 WIN WITH THE TIMES AFP Guards watch as Delhi boy Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. Sea change in ties The better part of drowns in pool statesmanship might be to TIMES NEWS NETWORK know clearly and precisely what not to do. with US: Advani New Delhi: A 16-year-old boy — Eric Hoffer died after taking a plunge into a swimming pool in a Punjabi Bagh club in West NEWS DIGEST Two-day visit cements informal alliance Delhi on Tuesday evening. Apparently, there were four Delhi Cong chief: Delhi legislative By Chidanand Rajghatta Every building relations with In- life guards and a supervisor assembly Speaker Chaudhary Prem TIMES NEWS NETWORK “ dia in a strategic context,’’ present around the pool Singh has been named the Delhi government Advani said. when Ankit drowned. Washington: Profound Pradesh Congress Committee presi- The White House did not The victim was rushed to changes are taking place in has its dent. The decision comes five issue any statement but US Agrasen hospital, where he Indo-US ties. Almost every- foreign months before the assembly polls officials endorsed the senti- was declared brought dead. thing that Deputy Prime and is aimed at wooing the Dalit policy ments. According to deputy commis- votebank in Delhi. P5 Minister L K Advani said interests to safeguard ‘‘On my part, I assured sioner of police (licensing) G Quota for Muslims irks VHP: on Tuesday at the end of ” President Bush... that we C Dwivedi, the club’s licence The VHP has criticised the Centre his two-day visit to Wash- did not view our relations has been cancelled. for including Muslims in the new list ington points to an un- Vajpayee, Sonia with the United States as a ‘‘We won’t allow swim- of OBCs. The VHP said that reserva- precedented level of confi- matter of convenience, but ming in the club till the in- tion should be availed only by Hin- dence, warmth, and fealty to discuss Iraq as a partnership of trust vestigations are completed,’’ dus as the caste system led to in- between two sides that have and confidence, which can said Dwivedi. equalities. P7 had a hard time being on New Delhi: PM Vajpay- stand up to whatever chal- The incident took place the same wavelength for ee will discuss the issue Cong faces Dalits’ ire: Dalits of lenges the future brings,’’ around 7.30 pm. Son of a of deployment of Indi- Talhan village in Jalandhar district half a century. Advani said. The two sides businessman, Ankit was a waved black flags at the three-mem- Short of declaring a for- an troops in Iraq with ironed out several wrinkles student of Hansraj Model ber Congress delegation that mal alliance, the two coun- Congress chief Sonia in the course of Advani’s school and had passed his reached there for an on-the-spot as- tries have now signalled Gandhi on Sunday. The visit, even agreeing to dis- Class X examinations this sessment of the situation. P7 their intent to work togeth- talks will take place a agree on US policies to- year. He was a regular er in a global and regional day ahead of a US wards Pakistan. Chalabi says Saddam spotted: visitor of the club, the architecture that accepts team’s arrival here. PTI On India’s peace initia- Saddam Hussein was seen north of police said. American pre-eminence tive with Pakistan though, Baghdad, claimed leader of the Iraqi Deputy commissioner of exile group Ahmed Chalabi on but recognises India’s own continue the process of Advani said President police (west) Satish Golcha Wednesday. He further claimed that sphere of influence and in- transforming Indo-US rela- Bush had expressed ‘‘warm said: ‘‘The boy had gone to Saddam was paying a bounty for dependent line of action tions,’’ Advani said in a admiration’’ for the Prime the pool alone. Five life every American soldier killed. P13 without jeopardising the statement at the end of two Minister’s move of gam- guards were present on the interests of either country. days of meetings with the bling for peace. spot. First-aid equipment OPEC keeps ceiling: OPEC pres- ‘‘President Bush ex- US leadership. ‘‘(He) also For more go to was there as well.’’ ident Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah pressed his strong desire to reaffirmed the US stake in www.timesofindia.com said on Wednesday that the 11- A German engineer shows off a water bicycle he designed as he pedals along the According to the police, member oil cartel would maintain its Three Gorges, near the dam in Yichang, central China’s Hubei province, on four life guards are deployed oil production ceiling at the current Wednesday. Stretches of China’s Yangtze river will reopen to tourists on June 16, in the evening and three in level at least until July 31. after the world’s largest hydroelectric power project at the Three Gorges, affected the morning at the pool, normal navigation about 300 km along the middle reaches of the Yangtze as the which is 16 feet deep. sluice gates on the 185-metre dam were shut early this month. Date with Musharraf? According to sources, there are more than 120 By Rashmee Z Ahmed PEOPLE POWER from President Bush to with delicate but deliberate swimming pools in the city TIMES NEWS NETWORK Speak your mind—loud and free. speak to Washington-bound intent, British officials are with a proper licence. But the Question of the week: Musharraf about cross-bor- resolutely stamping on any actual number of swimming Why are public places unsafe for women in RSS swears by the law London: In a passage to der terrorism. suggestion that “this is part England described by pools in the city is much Delhi? Which are the most vulnerable spots? But much before Bush’s of some British mediation British and Indian diplo- more. Call today at 23492136 ( between 12 noon and promised lecture to the effort”. A cautious London Tack change: Legislation can solve Ayodhya tangle mats as pure ‘‘logistical co- As per a survey conducted 1 pm ) You can fax us on 2332 3346 / 2371 5832 Pakistani president, he will insists that its reminder to e-mail: [email protected]. Your By Ramu Bhagwat context, none of these options will be incidence’’ but seen by by the Delhi Police last year, response, along with your name, will be published in be ‘‘reminded’’ by London Musharraf would “not be TIMES NEWS NETWORK some as subtle diplomatic 88 private swimming pools, able to resolve the temple issue,’’ he said. that ‘‘the international about haranguing the Pres- SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ‘‘A law could be passed in Parliament, choreography, the paths of including 30 private pools in June 15, 2003 Nagpur: In a sudden turnaround on the community expects that ident at all”. facilitating the construction of the Ram LK Advani and General farmhouses, need either a li- Ram temple issue, the Rashtriya any terrorist in Pakistan Musharraf is expected to cence or a fresh no-objection temple at Ayodhya, in the interest of the Musharraf will cross in Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) said on should not expect to feel receive high praise for “the certificate. by Laxman nation,’’ Madhav said. London for one whole, over- YOU SAID IT Wednesday that ‘‘a legislative option’’ safe and secure’’, a British steps he has taken to clamp The defaulter list included The change in RSS’ stand comes amid lapping day next week. was more tenable and the most practical foreign office spokesman down on terrorist groups in some educational institu- unconfirmed reports that the Archaeo- But few can deny the re- solution to the imbroglio. markable coincidence of told TNN. Before the Lon- Pakistan”. British officials tions as well. logical Survey of India (ASI) did not find Ever since the demolition of the Babri the two men winding up in don reminder, terrorism scoff at all speculation The set of guidelines for any evidence of the existence of an an- Masjid and the matter entering the the same city, in the same will already have featured about the overlapping vis- maintaining a swimming cient temple at the controversial site, as court, the RSS had vociferously main- week, to work the same top- in Advani’s Sunday morn- its. “In terms of having a pool is fairly comprehensive tained that it would go by the judicial pointed out in the study conducted by flight British politicians, ing talks with Blair. secret back channel, I think and stringent. outcome. RSS spokesman Ram Madhav, the Tojo Vikas International Ltd. pump the same hands and Sources deny the deputy we could be a lot more sub- Every pool must employ an speaking at a Meet the Press programme He said the VHP had all along aggres- listen and talk about the prime minister would use tle than inviting the Pak- instructor with adequate here, said all these years the focus had sively pursued the cause of ‘‘liberation’’ same issues. Advani ar- the opportunity to pass on a istani president and the In- knowledge of first aid and ar- been on two alternatives — a negotia- of temples at Ayodhya and Kashi. rives here from the US on laundry-list of demands for dian deputy PM,” the tificial respiration.