Activists of VHP shout slogans near the railway station in Allahabad on Sunday.

Crackdown on VHP’s Ayodhya meet
*Over 1000 arrested on way to temple town

AYODHYA, Oct 12: Widening the crackdown ahead of VHP’s proposed meeting here on October 17, Uttar Pardesh government today arrested more than 1000 people heading for the temple town even as the saffron outfit went ahead with preparations for .......more

Give us benefit of doubt : VHP

NEW DELHI, Oct 12: Adopting a softer line, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) today said the Uttar Pradesh administration should pay heed to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s reported ...............more

Another honour for Big B on birthday

NEW DELHI, Oct 12: He may have entered his sixties and won several awards all over the country and overseas, but megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s recent honour at a festival in Africa was special as it came on the eve of his 61st birthday. ...........more

5 ultras shot dead
Major, civilian hurt in Poonch

Excelsior Special Correspondent

POONCH, Oct 12: Army today gunned down five foreign mercenaries in two encounters and foiled yet another infiltration attempt by the militants from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). An Army Major and a civilian were injured in one of the gun-battle............more

Fencing isolates 3 Valley villages

URI (NEAR LoC IN KASHMIR), Oct 12: As the Army continues fencing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, three villages in Uri sector in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district have been left on the other side of the fence. ..............more

India not in arms race: PM

NEW DELHI, Oct 12: Asserting India’s military preparedness was purely for self-defence, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today charged Pakistan with acquiring weapons and blaming New Delhi for trigerring off an arms race in the sub-continent. ...........more

Pak acting under duress: Sinha

ON BOARD SPECIAL AIRCRAFT, Oct 12: Voicing serious concern over the re-grouping of Taliban in Afghanistan, India today charged Pakistan with acting under "duress" in the fight against terrorism............more

Guru’s dastar, chola brought back.....

Pawar toughens stand on Sonia’s foreign origin .....