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Were the polls free and fair?
SRINAGAR, SEPT. 17. At the conclusion of voting in the first phase of elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the Chief Electoral Officer, Pramod Jain, claimed that it was `history in the making'. He brushed aside questions on allegations of coercion and ...

JPC to summon Jaswant, predecessors
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 17. The Joint Parliamentary Committee probing the stock market scam has broadened the ambit of its investigations by deciding to summon the Union Finance Minister, Jaswant Singh, and his three predecessors — Yashwant Sinha, ...

Prime Minister returns
New Delhi, Sept. 17. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee tonight said the first phase of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir were according to "our expectations" and expressed confidence that the voter turnout would go up in the remaining ...

India, Pak. confederation will help: Advani
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 17. The Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, today said India and Pakistan could form a confederation for constructive utilisation of their limited resources for the benefit of the people despite the latter's animosity towards ...

Rights activists offer to mediate
BANGALORE, SEPT. 17.The human rights activists, P. Kalyani and G. Sugumaran, have made a conditional offer to don the role of emissaries for securing the release of the former Minister, H. Nagappa, who has been in the custody of the sandalwood ...