Sikhs clash with police in Srinagar after raid
Police lobbed teargas shells and resorted to lathicharge to disperse angry stone-throwing Sikhs protesting against an overnight raid on the house of a Sikh in Srinagar today. The protestors alleged that police had entered the house at midnight with malafide intentions.

Manipur BJP MLAs ready to stake claim
Waiting for an audience with the BJP leadership for the past one week, the party’s legislators from Manipur have decided to stake their claim to form the government with the help of allies if they don’t get a favourable response from the Central leadership tomorrow.

Forces fear J-K drive may hit innocents
It's going to be a hard summer for security forces in Kashmir when they re-launch the anti-insurgency operations after six months of relative inactivity because of the ceasefire.

Trishul test flight failure disappoints Navy, DRDO
India's short range quick reaction surface to air Trishul missile has failed to meet ‘‘several parameters’’ during a test flight, leaving many a disappointed faces in the DRDO and the Navy. The trials are taking place at INS Dronacharya, the naval gunnery establishment at Kochi.

Senior Assam Cong leaders under cloud over nominees’ defeat
The performance of several senior Congress MPs in Assam, who played a crucial role in the selection of candidates for the recent Assembly polls, has come under the scrutiny of the party central leadership here. This follows a show below expectations in Assembly seats falling under their Lok Sabha constituencies.

Jammu cop puts life at stake in 2-hr fight with militants
In an encounter with seven foreign militants at Sukhani in Doda district, Nissar bravely fought on despite being seriously injured and killed one of them. A Special Task Force head constable and two SPOs were killed in the encounter and two SPOs, including Nissar, were injured.

UK High Commissioner to take up Bleach’s release with Advani, Jaswant
The British High Commissioner in India will meet Union Home Minister L.K. Advani and External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh next week regarding the Government’s stand on former British army officer and prime accused in the Purulia arms-drop case, Peter Bleach, who has been held captive in a Kolkata jail, Deputy High Commissioner Dr John Mitchiner told mediapersons yesterday afternoon after visiting Bleach at the Alipore Presidency Jail.

For a new image, Jayalalitha goes slow on changes
Hardly a fortnight into her second stint as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, and Jayalalitha has succeeded in making many wonder whether she is a changed personality these days.

US general’s visit raises hopes on end to sanctions
Marking the resumption of formal military ties between India and the US, General Henry Shelton, chairman of joint chiefs of staff, is visiting New Delhi on June 1.

Shahjahanpur just foreword to UP polls: Amar
If the Congress is agonising whether or not to seek an alliance with Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party (SP) for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, it can breathe easy.

Factionalism in Andhra PCC mars revamp effort
Infighting in Pradesh Congress Committees is hampering the reorganisation of Congress party machinery at state-level, despite party chief Sonia Gandhi’s directive to AICC general secretaries to expedite the task.

Talks invitation to Pak at US behest, charges Mulayam
Blasting the Atal Behari Vajpayee Government for inviting Pakistan military ruler General Pervez Musharraf for talks on the Kashmir issue without taking the Opposition leaders into confidence, Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh today said that the Prime Minister was not even consulting his Cabinet on major issues.

Trinamool MPs to meet President on poll rigging
A 20-member Trinamool Congress team is likely meet President K.R. Narayanan on May 31 to draw his attention towards ‘‘electoral malpractices in the Assembly elections’’.

Chautala-Ajit battle for farmers’ votes in west UP hots up
Western Uttar Pradesh is all set to witness a war of two Chaudhrys. Speculation that Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh may join the NDA, much against the wishes of Indian National Lok Dal leader and Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, has pitted the two jat leaders against each other.

Karnataka parents to have greater say in schools
Karnataka has announced the formation of a monitoring panel of parents and an insurance scheme to revamp school education.

24 US profs get up-close and personal with India
Cocooned in an air-conditioned auditorium, where it is easy to forget the terrible humidity of a May mid-morning in Mumbai, a group of foreigners listen mesmerised to the expert rendition of morning ragas by eminent sitarist Nayan Ghosh.

Swami invites Ramanand Sagar to shoot film in Uttaranchal
Filmmaker Ramanand Sagar of Ramayan and Jai Ganga Maiya fame mirrors Uttaranchal Chief Minister Swami Nityanand’s definition of what constitutes proper entertainment — Sagar would hate to make a film he cannot watch with his daughter. Perhaps that’s the reason why he has invited Sagar to shoot a movie in his state.

Pune boy rides a cycle into Delhi, records book
Kiran Joshi, 9, recently rode on a bycycle into Delhi from Pune and into the Limca Book of Records, 2002.