May 30
THE KARGIL CRISIS
Indian troops go on high alert
This follows indications that the Pakistan army's defensive formations along the international border had been moved to their operational areas.
Govt clears deployment of Sukhois
The use of napalm bombs and paratroopers have also been cleared as part of a major military offensive.
Air strikes on; Pak beefs up forces
Indian forces have been put on high alert following 'the beefing up of Pakistani defensive formations'.
Intruders Pak soldiers, not militants: General
The Indian army has for the first time revealed that the intruders in Kargil are Pakistan soldiers, from its North Light Infantry division, and not Kashmiri militants.
Nachiketa's sister to meet President
For the Hyderabad-born IAF pilot who turns 25 on Sunday flying fighter planes was a childhood dream.
Pilot Ahuja's body has bullet wounds
The body of Sqn Ldr Ajay Ahuja, the pilot of the MiG 21 which was shot down on Thursday in the Kargil sector, had bullet wounds which indicate he might have been killed after he parachuted to the ground on Pakistani territory.
Opposition guns for Fernandes over foot-in-the-mouth ailment
Saturday's all-party meeting urged the prime minister to rein in the defence minister and take charge of the Kashmir operations himself.
Britain, France, Russia, US will not raise Kargil in UN
MEA officials pointed out that such assurances in support of India's air operations will effectively clip Pakistan's efforts to internationalise the Kargil issue.
J&K civil defence wing on alert
'We are taking all precautionary measures. Everybody is praying the two countries should not go to war,' said a senior police officer.
US not to send envoy over Kargil
The problem has not acquired that serious a dimension
to warrant the attention of Secretary of State Madeleine Albright who is preoccupied with the Kosovo crisis, officials said.
Kashmir militants 'shot down' copter
The Dawn said the Mutahidda Jihad Council had claimed the responsibility for shooting down two Indian helicopters in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Border villages calm despite 'near war'
''Ladai kab lag rahi hai?'' (when is
the war going to break out?) is the question being asked, a trifle
nonchalantly, in Punjab's villages bordering Pakistan.
No halting air-strikes, PM tells Sharief
The Pakistani PM had wanted India to stop military action against the intruders while he was sending his Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz to New Delhi for talks.
Opposition guns for Fernandes over foot-in-the-mouth ailment
Saturday's all-party meeting urged the prime minister to rein in Fernandes and
take charge of the Kashmir operations himself.
Pak ready to send foreign minister
The Pak PM has called Vajpayee underscoring the need to resume dialogue.
THE REDIFF SPECIALS
'The next time you hear the swish you don't wait. You sprint'
Chindu Sreedharan's terrifying account of what it is like to come under fire.
'Going to war would be meaningless and extremely costly in human and economic terms'
'I do not see the possibility of full-fledged war because the days of fractionation, subjugation and cutting across a country and dividing into bits are indeed over. War, if any, will be short, high intensity with large levels of attrition.' Air Marshal Kapil Kak (retired) tells the Rediff Chat.
Pakistan's ability to think up something sinister never ceases to surprise!
'Pakistan surprised the Indian army because these areas were never used before for infiltration. Being snow bound and inhospitable, no intrusion was expected from this side. It appears the Indian army was caught napping!,' says Colonel John Taylor (retd).
A record for international impotency
Arvind Lavakare on why a new approach is required if the Kashmir issue is to be confined to history.
THE REDIFF DIARY
A Kargil Diary
In Chaukyal, we are witnessing something we have been reading about for so many days -- a whole village migrating to safer areas. Chindu Sreedharan writes from the shell-struck part of Kashmir
OTHER REPORTS
Sikkim parties plead for simultaneous polls
The ruling Sikkim Democratic Front, the Opposition Sikkim Sangram Parishad and the Congress, met Election Commissioner G V G Krishnamurthy and reiterated their demand for holding simultaneous polls in the Himalayan state, preferably in the last week of September.
Punjab: Rail track blasted
May 29
Army recaptures key heights, squeezes infiltrators
"Pakistan is provoking us to escalate the conflict. We will exercise restraint, but we will be reviewing some of our options to evict these infiltrators from our territory," Air Vice-Marshal S K Malik said.
IAF helicopter shot down
The four-member crew was killed. The Mi-17 chopper came under fire north of Drass in Indian territory on Friday morning.
Infiltrators armed with American Stingers
The Mi-17 helicopter crashed 6-7 kilometres from the Line of Control, which meant that it was shot by the infiltrators.
Pakistan parades Flt Lt Nachiketa on TV
But Pakistani Army officers said the body of Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja had not been found.
4 killed in J&K bus blast
The explosion, which occurred at village Gund Banhihal on the Jammu-Srinagar highway, triggered panic in the area, which has been cordoned off. The bus was carrying defence personnel.
Losses within limits, service chiefs tell PM
The Cabinet Committee on Security will now meet everyday to review the progress in Kargil.
Fernandes briefs Cabinet
The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Vajpayee, also discussed the strategy adopted by the Indian forces for carrying out the operations.
Spooks had warned of spurt in infiltration
The ground forces deployed in the Kargil sector killed an unusually large number of terrorists -- nearly 330 -- in three months beginning January. Of them, 80 were foreigners. More than 130 others were captured while 50 surrendered.
IAF clueless about 'missing' pilots
The air force demanded that if Pakistan is holding one of the pilots, he should be treated as a prisoner of war under the Geneva Convention, and returned.
MiG wreckage in Pakistani territory
The wreckage of the second aircraft was said to be several kilometres away, and was not shown to journalists because of "time constraints".
Pak faces dilemma over infiltrators' corpses
If it accepts the bodies, it would mean that their troops did cross the Line of Control.
US summons Indian, Pak envoys
The very fact that two Indian planes have been downed "adds up to a potentially explosive situation". A US official also said India has not dropped any bombs on Pakistani territory.
Washington worried about escalation in Kargil
India cannot hope for any high-level pressure on Pakistan from the Clinton administration just yet because of the US's preoccupation with Kosovo.
PM to meet leaders over Kargil
National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra said it was known to India, when it launched the air strikes, that there would be some damage. "But we don't think it will escalate into a war."
Advani, George pushed PM into air raids
Officials in the PMO said Vajpayee's reluctance stemmed from his fear that any precipitate action would nullify the Lahore Declaration.
Operations will not be over in a jiffy: expert
This is not some sort of crowd violence where you send in some constables to clear the trouble-makers, said Lieutenant General (retired) V R Raghavan.
Farooq rules out war
"The neighbour will not commit such a blunder in the wake of the air strikes to clear the intrusion in the Kargil and Drass sectors," he said, adding, "India will not attack any country."
Voice of Russia calls them Islamic infiltrators
In contrast to the West's subtle criticism of the air strikes and stubborn silence over the decades-old active military back-up of mercenaries by Pakistan, Voice of Russia described the armed bands entering India as Islamic militants from across the borders.
Propaganda war hots up
"It is shameless of Pakistan to speak of violation of the Simla Agreement, considering that Pakistan has been systematically flouting it all these years," India's external affairs spokesman said.
Bandh cripples life in Srinagar
The strike was called by the All-Parties Kashmir Hurriyat Conference and the Jammu and Kashmir Bar Association in protest against the "unwarranted use of force" on the infiltrators.
Sharief may have been kept in the dark: Western experts
The intelligence agencies in Pakistan often operate without government knowledge and sanction.
THE REDIFF SPECIALS
'There is a lot of support for the air strikes'
Correspondent Chindu Sreedharan, who spent two days in Kargil at the height of Operation Vijay, on Real Audio.
'The boys have to fly dangerously low to the targets which makes them more vulnerable'
"For the Pakistani information minister to say they have 'captured' one of our pilots is proof of their modicum of knowledge. We are not at war with each other. Humanitarian instinct demands that our pilot be returned to us." Former army chief General S F Rodrigues on the Kargil crisis.
Kashmir: The real story
The fact of the matter is that India has burnt its fingers -- and much more -- in the 50 years since it chose to refer the Kashmir issue to the United Nations Security Council on January 1, 1948. Just what was the issue? Arvind Lavakare sheds light on the controversy in a gripping eight-part series.
Where daily life is deadly business
One minute you find the market place populated enough to exorcise the tag it has of being a ghost town. The next you hear the swishing sounds of the shells overhead and the locals run for the shelters.
OTHER REPORTS
Jessica case: HC pulls up Delhi cops
The police allowed Vikas Yadav, son of a Rajya Sabha MP and one of the prime accused in the murder, to go scot-free after he appeared before Joint Commissioner Amod Kanth.
Mamata endorses army action in Kargil
She also cautioned against the activities of the Inter-Services Intelligence in West Bengal.
Pakistan celebrates nuclear anniversary
Isolated voices of dissent, however, asked whether bombs and missiles were an achievement in a country where the literacy rate is just 30 per cent.
May 28
THE KARGIL CRISIS
Two aircraft shot down; India won't attack Pak positions
Senior air force and army officials said the air attacks on infiltrators in the sector would continue, but India had no intention of targeting positions across the LoC despite the Pakistani provocation.
'An unprovoked act of hostility'
"Our strategy remains unchanged. We will clean out the militants from the mountain heights," Air Vice Marshal S K Malik declared.
Tensions likely to subside, says defence ministry
Ministry officials said with both New Delhi and Islamabad stating that their armies would not cross the LoC, both sides had decided that the best course in the circumstances would be to confine their activities to their own territories.
IAF launches another round of air strikes
Defence Minister George Fernandes said New Delhi would think of the Lahore Declaration after flushing out the infiltrators.
India, Pak will not go to war: Abdullah
The Congress said the government should activate diplomatic channels to defuse the situation.
Crisis will be defused, says expert
"The entire operation is being carried out by Afghan mercenaries and militants, with about 20 per cent Pakistani input... Any escalation would involve Pakistan directly and I doubt if both sides want that," said Air Marshal (retd) Kapil Kak.
Pak gambled and lost, says former air chief
"Pakistan had assumed that the caretaker Vajpayee government would not immediately retaliate since the Congress and other political parties would oppose the move," said Air Chief Marshal (retd) H Moolgavkar.
Cautious in peace, intrepid in battle
In an operation characteristic of their working styles, army chief General V P Malik and air force chief Air Marshal A Y Tipnis ensured the strikes against the militants were comprehensively planned.
Pak calls for UN intervention
Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz asked India "not to escalate the situation along the LoC" and called for restraint.
'Troops will advance only after the infiltrators are neutralised'
Pakistani artillery attacked the Drass-Kargil highway till late on Wednesday. Sources said the shelling was the heaviest in three weeks.
Kargil 'quiet', people scramble for essentials
Despite the roaring jets overhead, more than 20 shops opened and there were quite a few people on the roads.
Mingi awaits retaliation with fear
If the first is a ghost town, the other is bursting at the seams with people. If one looks peaceful and quiet except when the shells arrive -- the other is a teeming mass of unhappy humanity. If one has the dream of a recluse, the other resembles an ill-managed refugee camp. Chindu Sreedharan reports from Kargil.
'The present government does not have adequate courage for action across the LoC'
Major General (retd) C S Nugyal evaluates the options available in Kargil.
US urges restraint over Kashmir
The United States instructed its embassies in New Delhi and Islamabad to express concern over the fighting and urge both countries "to work to reduce tension".
Dusk-to-dawn curfew on Punjab border
The district magistrate also banned all civilian movements within 500 metres of the border from 2100 hours to 0500 hours till July 17.
POLITICS
Pawar & Co launch Nationalist Congress
The rebels were confident that in the days to come many more Congressmen would desert the "Sonia Congress" and join them.
Mulayam warns CPI-M against supporting Congress
The SP leader did not rule out an electoral understanding with Sharad Pawar's emerging front and asserted that his party would make every sacrifice to make a third front a reality before the polls.
OTHER REPORTS
Prohibitory orders promulgated in Amritsar district
The step was taken after some political parties and groups decided to observe the fifteenth anniversary of Operation Bluestar on June 6 as Genocide Day.
Rabri blasts Centre after CBI grilling
The Bihar chief minister said the Centre was "victimising" her and Laloo Prasad Yadav through the investigative agency to get political mileage.
Malaria sweeps across Assam
Health Minister Kamala Kalita confirmed the death of 52 persons, but the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee, in a petition to the state human rights commission, put the toll at 394.
Delhi HC rejects PIL against LS dissolution
A division bench comprising Chief Justice S N Variava and Justice C K Mahajan dismissed the petition filed by advocate A K Sharma, saying, "In our view this is not a matter to be entertained by a court".
Wife moves court for Najam Sethi's release
Jugnoo Mohsin said in her petition that until the court decides the main appeal against her husband's detention he be "allowed interim bail".
THE REDIFF COLUMN
Courage under fire
'I keep wondering, Why was the government brought down at that point of time? What was the urgency? Everything points to a shadyantra. So many climacteric events can't befall a country all at once. One would have to be deaf, blind and retarded to reject the anti-India nexus between China and Pakistan,' says Varsha Bhosle.
THE REDIFF INTERVIEW
'Infiltration is a figment of the Indian army's imagination'
"Without a resolution of the Kashmir dispute, there can be no peace, security and stability in South Asia," says Pakistan's Information Minister Mushahid Hussain.
May 27
THE KARGIL CRISIS
IAF launches second wave of air strikes
The aerial attacks on the Pakistani infiltrators will continue till the army regains control of Indian territory, the defence ministry said.
Advani accuses Pak of sending troops across
The home minister said that from the manner in which the infiltrators operated, there was no doubt about the presence of regular Pakistani soldiers.
Troops reach J&K in anticipation of Pak attack
"If and when there is any retaliation from Pakistan, there is a strong possibility of a full-fledged war," a senior army officer told Rediff On The NeT.
Kargil action 'will not escalate' into full-scale war, says NSC adviser
K Subrahmanyam dismissed any link between the military event and the political crises in both countries. This is a fashionable theory which has never been proved, he said.
People are worried this could escalate into war
Correspondent Mukhtar Ahmad reports from Srinagar: in Real Audio
'We hope to destroy the insurgents'
Asked whether Pakistan would pound Kargil in retaliation, the additional deputy commissioner of Kargil told Rediff On The NeT, "In the charged circumstances, we cannot say anything. But from tomorrow we expect the intensity of the shelling to increase."
PoK attacked thrice: Pakistani officer
"We think it is a very grave escalation and the Pakistan armed forces reserve the right to respond," said Brigadier Rashid Quereshi.
Government 'made the right move'
Former Lieutenant General V R Raghavan said it was very difficult to believe that over 400 infiltrators could cross over unnoticed.
Pakistan has 'enough nukes'
"Pakistan's defence is invincible," claimed the architect of the country's bomb, Abdul Qadir Khan.
BJP blames Pakistan, others blame PM
The Opposition parties said the crisis in Kargil was a sure sign that Vajpayee's bus diplomacy had failed.
THE PSLV LAUNCH
India takes a giant step
The PSLV-C2/IRS-P4 mission represents "India's technological self-reliance in designing and building state-of-the-art remote-sensing satellites and launching them from within the country".
THE ANTI-SONIA REVOLT
Launch of Pawar's party postponed
Sources close to the expelled Congressmen said they are in the final stages of drafting the party's constitution and selecting its election symbol.
Goa Youth Congress switches back to Sonia
The central observer decided to hush up the matter rather than go on the offensive as that could affect the party's prospects in the state assembly election next month.
OTHER REPORTS
Finally, Mallory RIP
With the search for his camera that could have provided indisputable proof given up, the controversy over whether George Mallory beat Sir Edmund Hillary to Mount Everest by 29 years can now be buried.
EC disqualifies 10 Kashmir politicians
The politicians, who contested the Jammu and Baramulla constituencies in last year's parliamentary election, were disqualified for three years for not filing their election expense accounts.
BJP releases 'millennium' blueprint for Goa
Sushma Swaraj, who released the 45-page election manifesto, said it "proves that unlike other parties, the BJP has a concrete plan for the state's development".
Woman gang-raped, son sodomised in Lucknow
The incident took place last Saturday, on the outskirts of the city, where murders, rapes, hold-ups and kidnappings have become the order of the day.
THE REDIFF COLUMN
Halo Wanted. Apply Within
'Power is what politicians want. Lusting for it is what they do. It is what we must want them to do. And the ones who pretend to be uninterested in it are lying,' says Dilip D'Souza.
THE REDIFF DIARY
An LoC diary
On the border, just a zoom lens away from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
May 26
THE ANTI-SONIA REVOLT
Blood speech strengthens Sonia's hold on Congress
"I became a daughter-in-law, a mother and a widow in India," Gandhi told the AICC session. "When my opponents say I am a foreigner, I don't reply. I believe the Indian public will give them a fitting reply."
Dissidence drowns in pro-Sonia uproar at AICC
The resentment against the rebellious three burst into the open when Maharashtra Congress politician Ranjit Deshmukh referred to Pawar as "Sharad Pawarji". This infuriated the delegates and party workers who tried to shout him down.
'Polls won't be referendum on personalities'
The Congress president's emotional address to the AICC had the 1,200-odd delegates breaking into repeated and animated applause.
Rebel trio may launch new party on Wed
Former Lok Sabha speaker Purno Sangma said they saw little reason to wait until June 10 as announced earlier.
Sonia, Thackeray are birds of a feather: Bhujbal
Meanwhile, 11 former MPs and five corporators have joined the swelling ranks of Pawar supporters in Maharashtra.
More politicians quit Maharashtra Congress
So far, five of the Congress's 33 members in the 12th Lok Sabha have resigned in support of Pawar. They are Datta Meghe from Wardha, Sudhakar Naik (Washim), Madhav Patil (Nasik), Sadashiv Mandlik (Kolhapur) and Suresh Warpudkar (Parbhani).
Goa Youth Congress signals dissent
It could scupper the Congress's prospects -- already dim -- in the assembly election barely 10 days away.
Mamata asks Pawar to back Vajpayee for PM
"We have no reservations in taking the trio in our fold if they do not have any second thoughts in this regard," the Trinamul Congress chief said.
THE REDIFF SPECIAL
Pawar's last hurrah?
The Maratha leader has spoken to friends about a desire to retire in a few years, after which he will let the businessman in him take over.
OTHER REPORTS
Army prepares for major attack to evict infiltrators
One more brigade of troops was sent to reinforce positions on the Line of Control. So far the troops have killed between 70 and 100 of them, losing 17 of their own in the process.
Why do they need 'three more' brigades to tackle 'just 300' Pak infiltrators?
"If the head count is correct, it may mean a superior force, superbly trained with excellent support, probably a regular Pakistan army force, has come in," sources in Srinagar told Rediff On The NeT.
Judge furious as Jaya falls 'sick'
Judge P Anbazhagan said the motive of the accused was to delay the trial proceedings. The charges in the TANSI case will now be filed on May 28.
India, Russia hold talks to finalise treaty
The two countries agreed today to draft plans for a wide-ranging strategic partnership,
Rajiv verdict may have sparked plot to kill Sonia
Top home ministry officials told Rediff On The NeT that the Supreme Court's verdict had triggered intense activity among hardcore LTTE sympathisers.
Odissi guru faces plagiarism charge
Kelucharan Mahapatra has been accused of not only reproducing with authorisation an original literary work, but also publishing it under his own name in a magazine named Srjan of which his son is a director.
Pakistan's nuclear fete shocks West
The Nawaz Sharief government wants to "broaden support" for nuclear weapons so that it can say it "cannot agree to arms control".
THE REDIFF COLUMNS
Mera Bharat Ratna
'His nation looks up to him for deliverance, from ignominy, from second-rung status, from misery, not just in the cricket arena. There's a higher calling for supermen like him, even if he is a mere boy today,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
Indo-Italian goddess and 'secular' Congress
'The "sacrifices" of Sonia Gandhi must surely have a perverse meaning in the Congress dictionary,' says Arvind Lavakare.
THE REDIFF DIARY
A Baltic diary
Estonia is slowly becoming ultra modern. But it still has a strange Communist hangover.
Goa: BJP promises transparent administration
Uttar Pradesh: BJP factions close ranks for polls
THE WEATHER
Monsoon may hit Kerala soon
The conditions are favourable as the state has been recording heavy rainfall.
Rains likely over large parts of West Coast
Rain or thundershowers are likely at most places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep, and at many places in the Konkan, Goa, and south interior Karnataka.
May 25
THE ANTI-SONIA REVOLT
Sonia relents, returns to head Congress
A bitter power struggle between Arjun Singh and Pranab Mukherjee is said to have hastened her decision. "She decided to come back to lead us because she knew the Congress is on the verge of disintegrating without her leadership," close aide Ambika Sonia told Rediff On The NeT.
Sahib, Biwi Aur Ghulam
In distant Dilli, he may be considered a rebel, but in Baramati, Sharad Pawar's borough, he is the Maratha who has taken on the might of the Durbar, a la Chhatrapati Shivaji. Syed Firdaus Ashraf and Archana Masih piece together a report on what drove Pawar to go against the Congress party for the second time in his career.
Pawar does not rule out alliance with BJP
In contrast to the unitary structure of the Congress and the BJP, the new party of the rebels promises to have a federal set-up with full autonomy for the district and state units.
Pawar meets Sangma, Anwar
The crucial round of meetings with his supporters in New Delhi is expected to formulate the strategy for the Lok Sabha election.
Congress expels Pawar's protégé Bhujbal
Bhujbal said that though he had been expelled, the party could not remove him from the post of leader of the Opposition as most of the Congress members of the legislative council support him.
Sonia's citizenship in order, admits Advani
The real issue, however, the Union home minister claimed, is not of citizenship but whether one born outside India should be allowed to occupy the country's highest offices.
Senior Congress leaders quit in Jharkhand
Politicians belonging to the minority cell and the Seva Dal resigned in protest against the expulsion of Sharad Pawar, Purno Sangma and Tariq Anwar, saying it was unfortunate that the party had failed to accept what was good for it.
THE REDIFF INTERVIEW
'She has been hurt'
"Those who say that in no country can a foreign-born hold public office are either great scholars or they don't know anything," says Congress leader and Sonia loyalist Pranab Mukherjee.
OTHER REPORTS
Charges against Jaya to be framed on Tuesday
Defeating a final attempt at stalling the proceedings, the special judge dismissed as not maintainable a petition seeking to implicate TANSI board members and other officials in the case.
Pakistan intensifies shelling of Kargil, Drass
The shelling was the most intense since the attacks resumed two weeks ago. One civilian was killed.
More government offices move out of Kargil
J&K officials admitted that the government might be forced to shift the entire town to Sanku.
SC calls for review petition in Rajiv case
Otherwise, the four convicts awarded the death sentence will, as per the earlier verdict, go to the gallows on June 9.
PM 'did not confirm' plot to kill Sonia
An official spokesman denied that Arjun Singh and Pranab Mukherjee had discussed the issue with Vajpayee.
CBI expects last set of Bofors papers in July
The papers relate to the mysterious sixth bank account into which a major chunk of the kickbacks in the howitzer deal were allegedly deposited.
Jethmalani to lead bus diplomats
The delegation, which consists of several retired judges, will travel in two buses to Pakistan on May 29.
PSLV countdown begins
Vajpayee will arrive in Sriharikota tomorrow to witness the launch.
India, Russia begin talks on crucial treaty
The external affairs minister will also finalise details of President Boris Yeltsin's visit to New Delhi later this year.
Samata to contest five LS seats from Jharkhand
All 14 seats in south Bihar were contested by the BJP, which had a tie-up with the Samata Party, in the 1998 election.
Top BSF official killed in Assam encounter
Accompanied by a captured ULFA activist, a joint BSF-police party had raided a terrorist hideout in Barpeta district.
Tirap aboriginals demand autonomous region
Facing a rapidly dwindling population, apart from economic and cultural isolation, these tribals from the tip of north-east India ask to be urgently protected from the encroachment of immigrants.
NHRC calls for CBI inquiry into youth's killing
The Human Rights Commission also directed the Punjab government to pay an interim relief of Rs200,000 to the "fake encounter" victim's family.
THE REDIFF COLUMNS
Plan to bomb Vajpayee? For me, too!
'What claims does Sonia Gandhi have to justify her candidature for prime ministership? What role has she played in building India over all these years? Running a country is far more complicated than running a company.' Varsha Bhosle recalls a recent conversation with Mark Tully.
From a bang to a whimper
V K Raghavan believes the belligerence of the nuclear tests last year has given way to better understanding.
Rooting for the subcontinent
'As we enter a new century and a new age, we have a new generation thinking in terms of subcontinental solidarity. If we have them here, I am sure you have them in Pakistan. It is a comforting thought that our children could yet grow up without the animus of these past 50 years and treat Partition and all that has followed as nothing more than mere footnotes of our history,' says Kanchan Gupta.
THE REDIFF DIARY
A Bombay diary
The city represents an attitude to life that is hard to come by in any other.
Andhra Pradesh: Majlis chief's sons held for shooting
Bihar: Pappu Yadav remanded to 12 days in CBI custody
Uttar Pradesh: Minister's son held after servant's death
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