Army will man only borders now
The Government has decided to immediately raise 20 battalions of the Assam Rifles and another 12 of the Rashtriya Rifles to enable Indian Army to man the country's borders more effectively.

Jaswant-Albright ARF meet to be cynosure of all eyes
External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh left for Singapore yesterday to participate in the 6th Asean Regional Forum (ARF). The Jaswant Singh-Albright meeting is the cynosure of all eyes because of the US support on Kargil.

Curbing cross-border terrorism will be our next target -- Advani
Union Home Minister L K Advani said that after Kargil, the Centre will now focus its attention in defeating cross-border terrorism in the coming months.

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