Thursday, July 22, 1999
Poll market unites 'socialists'
The Janata Dal formally split yesterday with the anti-NDA faction electing H D Deve Gowda as president and expelling Sharad Yadav from the post while the pro-NDA group unifying itself with the Samata Party and the Lok Shakti.
Pak rejects talks offer, wants mediation now
Pakistan has reacted coolly to India's offer of peace talks, saying it needed real dialogue and mediation to solve the Kashmir issue.
Kargil battle down to last heights in Drass
The focus of operations in Mushkoh and Drass sectors has now shifted to occupying strategic heights along the Line of Control (LoC). There has been continuous heavy exchange of fire between India and Pakistan in a bid to control heights along the LoC to get that crucial edge.
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