 
Atal Bihari
Vajpayee and Gen Pervez Musharraf
Vajpayee,
Musharraf summit proposed
DUBAI, Dec 1: There
is every possibility of a summit
between Prime Minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee and Gen Pervez
Musharraf after Ramzan in New
Delhi if the Indian
Government’s unilateral
ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir
holds and the Pakistan military
ruler responds positively to
it........more
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Tension reduces along IB
: IG BSF
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 1: The firing
along the border in the Jammu region has
considerably came down during the last
three days and it seems that cease-fire
announcement has sent a good signal
across the border........more
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Bid to kill
civilians foiled
Two
militants killed; another hurt in Doda
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 1: Two hardcore
militants were killed and another injured
when troops retaliated in self-defence
and foiled a militants’ plot to
target innocent civilians gathered for a
medical aid camp in a far flung village,
west of Banihal tehsil in Doda district
today........more
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Pak troops resume
firing
Two
suspects nabbed by police in Akhnoor
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 1: Two
suspects were detained by police last
mid-night in connection with the recovery
of an arms consignment from Sua No. 1 in
Akhnoor tehsil yesterday while Pakistan
army resumed firing on the border today
after a brief lull of about three-four
days.............more
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Marandi Ministry expanded
RANCHI, Dec 1: The Babu
Lal Marandi Ministry in Jharkhand today
effected its second expansion by
inducting 16 BJP legislators, of which
ten were of cabinet rank while the rest
Ministers of State.......more
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Efforts on to defuse
crisis in HP Govt
SHIMLA, Dec 1: Talks to
resolve the crisis in ruling BJP in
Himachal Pradesh, sparked by revolt by a
section of party MLAs against Chief
Minister P K Dhumal, made further
progress today with negotiators holding
four rounds of parleys with dissidents
and the Chief Minister..........more
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Assam violence toll
mounts to 22
GUWAHATI, Dec 1: Police
recovered three bodies from separate
places in Assam’s Nalbari district
today even as the death toll in last
night’s attacks by suspected ULFA
militants on non-Assamese communities in
Bongaigaon and Karbi Anglong districts
rose to 19 with three persons succumbing
to bullet injuries........more 
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Plot to kidnap ex CM
unearthed
MUMBAI, Dec 1: Three
members of the Babbar Khalsa militant
outfit, who had planned to kidnap former
Gujarat Chief Minister Amarsingh
Chaudhary for a huge ransom, were nabbed
by police today.............more
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SRINAGAR, Dec 1: Director General of Jammu &
Kashmir Police, Ashok Kumar Suri, today clarified that
inspite of the month-long ceasefire of security forces,
his Police force would continue to act against the
militants as long as they retained unauthorised weapons
with themselves. He asserted that nothing could stop the
Police from proceeding against the militants. On occasion
of his maiden visit to Kashmir as DGP, Mr A K Suri
clarified that Police would act without any hesitation
whenever it received specific information regarding the
presence of gun-wielding militants in the State. He was
holding an informal chat at his Iftar party with
Srinagar-based mediapersons here this evening .........
