OID‹‰‰†‰KOID‹‰‰†‰OID‹‰‰†‰MOID‹‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Monday,May 19, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 42 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Times Sport Condoleezza Rice Assembly polls a Wasim Akram dares Henman to trial run for Lok announces a game of tennis Sabha: Venkaiah retirement Page 12 Page 7 Page 17 WIN WITH THE TIMES Mamata’s Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. 20 back home from Pak jails chance No one is really working Reuters for peace unless he is working primarily for the Families happy on reunion, but this time restoration of wisdom. By Jagdish Bhatt — E F Schumacher Vajpayee says more to be done TIMES NEWS NETWORK Manali: Prime Minister Atal NEWS DIGEST TIMES NEWS NETWORK ence. Singh’s mother, Mohinder Bihari Vajpayee on Sunday Kaur, expressed gratitude to the Wagah (Amritsar): There were said he will reshuffle his Modi in the clear ‘so far’: Jus- Indian government for the re- emotional scenes at the Wagah ministry ‘‘soon’’. Trinamul tice G T Nanavati, lease of her son. heading a two-mem- border on Sunday, with Pakistan Congress leader Mamata A tearful Bimal Kaur, who did ber commission releasing 20 Indians languishing Banerjee, along with some not find her son Surjit Singh probing last year’s in its jails for the last two years. new faces, may be inducted among the arriving Indians, said Gujarat riots said the The prisoners crossed over into the ministry. she was hopeful that her son will evidence recorded into India on foot through the Vajpayee said the extra make it in the next batch. Karam so far did not indi- Wagah joint check-post at burden on some of the minis- Singh, a resident of Maliana vil- cate any serious around 12 pm, where they were ters will be lightened. lage in Moga district, alleged ha- lapse on the part of the police or the received by Border Security ‘‘Soon, there will be administration in controlling the com- Force (BSF) officers. rassment by the Pakistani po- changes in the council of munal clashes that followed the The families of the 20 prison- lice. The 14 crew members of the ministers. Some new minis- Godhra carnage. P10 ers — 14 of whom were crew ship, however, blamed their luck ters will be added. Some of Patna doctor abducted: Leading members of cargo vessel Raj for straying into Pakistani terri- the ministers are over-bur- neurosurgeon Dr Ramesh Chandra Lakshmi, which sank off the torial waters. dened. Their burden will be was kidnapped on Saturday night coast of Karachi in June 2001 — The release of the 20 prisoners lightened,’’ he told mediaper- while returning from a dinner party were camping at the border was announced earlier this sons at the end of his six-day hosted by the Medical Council of In- since Saturday. month by Pakistani Prime Min- sojourn here. dia. His car was recovered on Sun- The six other persons — all ister Mir Zafarullah Khan Ja- On whether Mamata will day and a case has been lodged. P9 Punjabi youths — had entered mali as part of peace moves. be re-inducted, he said, ‘‘The possibility is there.’’ Asked Advani allays fears: Deputy Pakistan through the Iranian They were issued temporary when the exercise will be Prime Minister L K Advani said in border after being duped by trav- passports by the Indian High Thiruvanthapuram that the proposal el agents. They were lodged in Commission in Islamabad. carried out, the Prime Minis- to set up a federal investigation the Central and Quetta jails. R K Sharma, first secretary in ter said, ‘‘It will be at an aus- picious moment.’’ agency will, in no way, encroach Sources said another batch of the Indian High Commission, On whether anyone from upon the powers of the states. P9 prisoners may be released soon. visited various jails to collect de- Himachal Pradesh will be Surinder Singh, who claimed tails of the detainees. He recom- Morocco killings: Moroccan inte- Surinder Singh, one of the prisoners released by Pakistan, cries as he meets his mother at Wagah border. taken into the government, that he was lodged in a dark cell mended issuing of temporary rior minister Al Mustapha Sahel has Vajpayee replied in the nega- for eight days, said he was passports after getting their an- India is taking peace initiatives said the investigation into the string tive. Speculation had been physically abused and all his tecedents verified. when cross-border terrorism Crossings of different kinds of attacks in Casablanca points to rife that former Union minis- the Islamic militant group Djihad belongings were taken away. In Manali, Prime Minister continues. ter Shanta Kumar, who hails Salafist which has links with the Al- Singh remained in custody for Atal Bihari Vajpayee reiterated ‘‘We are making efforts to see “ We are making “ I might think of from the state, could get back Qaida terror network. P13 over a year despite a three- that cross-border terrorism an end to cross-border terrorism efforts to end going abroad into the government. month sentence. must end to create an ‘‘appropri- so that an appropriate atmos- Pattern in TV news: Six weeks ‘‘This is why I have started He said Pakistani intelligence ate atmosphere’’ for talks. Vaj- phere is created for talks,’’ he cross-border again, but with after the launch of five TV news claiming that I am a Hi- agencies tried to persuade them payee said Pakistan ‘‘must take said. ‘‘A process has begun. Let channels, there’s a perceptible shift terror to create an caution.” machali,’’ he said. (the prisoners) to work as spies, more steps to stop it’’. us see how these steps are linked in viewership patterns. While TV Vajpayee said Himachal’s for which they were promised Winding up his six-day sum- with ending cross-border terror- ” — Gurnam Singh, one of Today’s Aaj Tak continues to lead atmosphere for talks. annual plan outlay will not handsome rewards. mer retreat here, Vajpayee told ism,’’ he said. the news channel pack, Star News 6 youths returning home be curtailed and it will re- Singh said he will never think mediapersons, ‘‘Our position is On whether he will be travel- — PM in Manali and Sahara Samay are the biggest main at Rs 1,725 crore. He gainers. P15 of going abroad again and ap- this and we stick to it.’’ ling to Pakistan for the Saarc said the state government pealed to other youngsters to ‘‘There is no compulsion to meeting, Vajpayee said he has It’s official, Riaz Khan is new Pak envoy — Page 13 Schumi on song: Michael Schu- should take necessary steps ‘‘take a lesson’’ from his experi- talk,’’ he said, when asked why not received any invitation. macher survived a pit-lane fire in the to enhance its internal re- Austrian GP on Sunday to claim his source generation and pre- third successive F1 win. P18 pare specific developmental projects. YOU SAID IT by Laxman Hope springs as Narmada water flows in Kutch On the sacking of Uttar Pradesh minister Amar Mani Tripathi for his TIMES NEWS NETWORK smile as she saw water flowing in tasted such sweet water for the hearing that Narmada will arrive lems. The same is the case with alleged involvement in this semi-arid region of Gujarat, first time in his life. ‘‘Bo saru lage at their door-steps some day. the main cities of Saurashtra, Bhuj/Ahmedabad: With the the Madhumita murder case, for the first time in her life. For, chhe (It tastes very nice).’’ where water supply was a rarity Narmada water meandering its In Samakhiyali, the BJP gov- Vajpayee said he had not from now on she will not be till last season. way into a canal at Samikhiyali In the first phase, water will be ernment attempted to attach been informed about the village in Kutch district — about forced to undertake that back- provided to 70 villages of some religious significance to the Cities like Rajkot and Jamna- matter. 600 km from the dam site — on breaking journey, every morning, Bhachau and Rapar taluka where event by making the water flow gar, used to 15 minutes of water The Prime Minister was Sunday, Medha Patkar may have with a pitcher on her head. similar receptions will be organ- from a huge image of Lord Shiva. supply once in three days, water seen off at the helipad by to find a new cause soon. Folk songs and dances marked ised to record the historic event. It might not be a torrent that allowances for employees and full Himachal governor V S People from all over Kutch the celebrations. Women had For this purpose, Narmada entered Kutch, but for a district water tankers as incentive to pur- Kokje, chief minister Virb- were a jubilant lot, despite travelled several kilometres to Swagat Samitis have been organ- that has been perennially water chase white goods were quite in hadra Singh and his cabinet scorching heat and sand storms. Samikhiyali with pots to collect ised across Saurashtra and Kutch starved, the Narmada waters at vogue. Needless to add water riots colleagues. An emotional Vanita Trikam of the Narmada water. Rava Dhira where some people have spent the least holds the promise of allevi- were not uncommon. But now Cabinet reshuffle may see BSP Adhoi village could not help Ahir of Jangi village said he had second half of the last century ating the drinking water prob- things are a wee bit better. in, Ajit Singh out: Page 11 What worries me is if we don’t Your mobile is spying on you solve the crisis we too will be affected one day! Ajit Ninan By Siddharth Varadarajan assignation.