UP cops foil bid to assassinate PM, Sonia
Uttar Pradesh police foiled a plot to assassinate Prime Minister AB Vajapyee, Sonia Gandhi and Union Home Minister LK Advani during their election campaign in Eastern Uttar Pradesh by arresting a hitman of the Dawood Ibrahim gang yesterday.

Army jawans drag Kashmiris to booths
Concerted efforts by personnel of the BSF, CRPF, Rashtriya Rifles and the Special Operations Group to `enforce' a good voter turnout across the Kangan-Ganderbal-Downtown Srinagar belt paid only marginal returns. At the end of the day, the turnout was below 25%.

Worst monsoon in last five years
India is slowly heading towards a monsoon crisis this year. With just a fortnight left before the southwest monsoon starts winding up in the subcontinent, nearly 40 per cent of the country has fallen in the ``deficient'' rainfall zone.

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