Chandigarh Headlines

Switzerland asked for Bofors papers
Prime Minister A B Vajpayee today asked the visiting Swiss President Flavio Cotti to expedite progress on the Bofors papers that Berne has long promised New Delhi, and was reassured that the Swiss courts were indeed “pursuing” the case, says a report from New Delhi.

All set for polls today
For the first time after the last Lok Sabha polls eight months ago, the BJP and the Congress face off in tomorrow’s Assembly elections in four states, the outcome of which may stoke fresh political realignments in the country. Billed as a referendum on the performance of the Vajpayee government, the fragile multi-party BJP coalition will come under threat from not only the Congress but also its recalcitrant allies says a report from New Delhi.