Chandigarh Headlines

No change in status of J-K: PM
Predicting a 8220;better climate8221; for the troubled state, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today assured that there was no move to change the special status enjoyed by Jammu and Kashmir. Vajpayee said this at a press conference in Srinagar during his first-ever visit to the state as Prime Minister. Answering a question about the fate of Article 370 the Prime Minister said there was no proposal to change the status.

2,000 held in Ayodhya
Stray violence marred parts of Karnataka and Kerala as security personnel staged a flag march in Pondicherry and arrested 2,000 protesters across the country on the sixth anniversary of demolition of the Babri Masjid today, says a report from New Delhi.