Ahmedabad,
Mar 17 : Four terrorists, having
links with the Kashmir-based outfit
Harkat-ul-Mujahadeen, were shot dead in a police
encounter in Vatva locality of the city early
this morning.the
Government has no hesitation in talking to him,
he said........more
JAMMU,
Mar 16: Chief
Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today declared that the
Central Government was ready for talks with the
militants provided they leave the gun. As far as
hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali
Shah Geelani is concerned, the Government has no
hesitation in talking to him, he said........more
JAMMU, Mar 16: Uproarious scenes
were witnessed in the Legislative
Assembly today with some members charging
the State Accountability Commission (SAC)
with spoiling image of the persons even
before the charges are established...........more
JAMMU, Mar 16: Amidst
protests and shouting of slogans
by the Opposition National
Conference members and those from
the People’s Democratic
Party in the Upper House today,
the Chairman of the State
Legislative Council Abdul Rashid
Dar announced constitution of a
House Committee to probe the
alleged 60 backdoor appointments
including the relatives of
Minister for CAPD Hakim Mohd
Yasin in the Custodian
Department. ..........more
JAMMU, Mar 16: Although
some members contradicted reply
of Qazi Mohammed Afzal, the
grants for PHE, Irrigation and
Flood Control along with Roads
and Building departments were
passed without much debate in the
Legislative Assembly. ......more
JAMMU, Mar 16: A number of MLAs
today demanded regularisation of the
services of Special Police Officers
(SPOs) and providing them facilities at
par with the constables but Chief
Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said there is
no proposal with the Government for
regularisation of their services.
However, he said, the State Government
has taken up the matter with the Central
Government for increasing their
honorarium.....more
JAMMU, Mar 16: The State Assembly
witnessed noisy scenes for over 20
minutes this morning with Opposition
National Conference (NC) MLA from Lolab
Qaiser Jamshed Lone threatening to set
himself ablaze in the House against the
alleged discrimination to which Kupwara
district has been subjected to by the
Government. Later all the four NC members
from the district staged a walkout in
protest.....more
NEW DELHI, Mar 16:By-election
to four Assembly constituencies in Jammu
and Kashmir will be held on April 24.
This was announced here today by the
Election Commission. .........more
NEW DELHI, Mar 16: National Conference
president and MP Omar Abdullah will take
up with the Centre the case of several
Kashmiris who had gone to
Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir but wanted to
return to their homes.........more
Srinagar, Mar 16: A newly married
couple, on honeymoon, was found dead in
mysterious condition at a local hotel in
Pahalgam resort last night.............more
JAMMU, Mar 16: Parents-in-law of a
Hizbul Mujahideen militant, who had
recently surrendered in Doda, were gunned
down by two militants in their house at
Bhajja, Chirala in Thathri area of Doda
district last night while a Hizbul
Mujahideen militant was arrested from a
bus at Kud when he was travelling on way
from Doda to Jammu........more
BAGHDAD, Mar 16:US forces
today launched what was termed the
largest air assault since the US-led
invasion, targeting insurgent strongholds
north of the capital, the US military
said. The American troops were joined by
the Iraqi Army. ...............more
NEW DELHI, Mar 16:As many as
159 Pakistan or ISI-backed terrorist
modules have been busted in various parts
of the country during 2001-2005,
including 28 in 2005, the Union Home
Ministry said today...............more
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