Control Room being set up for traffic movement
Jawahar Tunnel to be opened for traffic next year

NEW DELHI, May 3 : The 2.5-km long Jawahar Tunnel, which underwent renovation, is expected to be opened for public from next year. The tunnel, which has two tubes for the movement of traffic, have been fitted with computerised ventilators which will pump out the polluted air from the tunnel, Lt General A K Puri, Director General of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) said here......more

India rules out military intervention in Lanka

NEW DELHI, May 3 : India today ruled out military intervention in Sri Lanka to bail out Government troops trapped in Jaffna Peninsula in the battle against LTTE which has been making swift advances......more

Pak makes 11 attempts to capture Indian
posts after Kargil conflict

NEW DELHI, May 3: There have been 11 incidents of Pakistan attempts to capture Indian posts along the actual ground position line and Line of Control, after the Kargil conflict till 20th April, 2000, Defence Minister George Fernandes informed the Rajya Sabha today.......more

India should accept Pak offer for talks: Jehangir

NEW DELHI, May 3: Pakistan’s leading human rights activist today said the Indian Government should take Pakistani military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf’s offer for talks though it would have felt cheated after the Kargil conflict.......more

Karimov for joint Indo-Uzbek action plan
to fight terrorism

NEW DELHI, May 3: Uzbekistan President Islan Karimov today said that a joint Indo- Uzbek action plan is required to fight international terrorism, religious extremism and drug trafficking as they pose serious threat to the countries of the Central Asian region and India.......more

Farmer hurt on Samba border
Heavy Pak shelling in Poonch, Kerni sector

Excelsior Correspondent

POONCH, May 3: Pakistani troops resorted to heavy shelling in Poonch, Kerni and Rajouri sectors last night while a farmer was injured in firing by Pak Rangers last evening........more

Govt announces changes in tax proposal

NEW DELHI, May 3: Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha today announced a number of changes in direct and indirect tax proposals, including taxing the shares allotted to employees under ESOP scheme only at the time of sale, doubling rebate for investment in infrastructure bonds to Rs 20,000 and hiking customs duty on various products like tea and coffee to protect the domestic industry.....more

Hurriyat to consider talks offer

NEW DELHI, May 3 : Hurriyat Conference is ready to give a serious consideration to holding talks with the Centre after it receives a formal invitation from the Government......more