ISI asks
militants to target prisons in
Jammu
NEW DELHI, Feb
20: Pakistan-backed
militants, who recently carried
out a series of suicide attacks
on security installations in
Jammu and Kashmir, have been
directed by ISI to target prisons
to set free ultras lodged there,
according to official sources
here.....................more
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Fresh spell of
snowfall, rains
Srinagar,
Doda NHs blocked
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 20: Traffic on
Jammu-Srinagar and Batote-Kishtwar
national highways was suspended this
morning following heavy snowfall at
several places including the tourist
resort of Patnitop. Plain areas of Jammu
experienced rains throughout the day
reviving cold wave in the
region.............more
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12 injured,
hospitalised
Militants
beat-up women, children in Sarthal
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 20: A big group of
militants last night attacked the village
Morwari near Ladsa in Sarthal area of
Doda district and beat-up people
including women and children for giving
information to army about the presence of
militants few days back................more
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Two accused nabbed,
2 abscond
Two
brothers stabbed in Nanak Nagar area
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 20: Two young
brothers were stabbed and injured at
Sector No. 10 in Nanak Nagar this
afternoon by four miscreants but, a swift
action by the police, resulted into
immediate arrest of two accused. Two
other accused were still
absconding...........more
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Kashmiri youth’s
whereabouts established
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 20: City police
have established the whereabouts of
Hillal Ahmed Sheikh of Srinagar, who was
allegedly kidnapped by some unidentified
persons from hotel Swastik on Sunder
Singh road, Raghunath Bazaar on Friday
night...............more
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Heavy fire
continues in Karnah
2
houses damaged in Pak shelling in Uri
sector
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 20: Heavy
firing between Indian and Pakistani
troops continued on the second
consecutive day along the Line of Control
(LoC) in Karnah sector of Kupwara
district today. Pakistani troops also
resorted to heavy shelling in Uri Sector
today, damaging two houses of the
civilian population there.............more
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PANIPAT, Feb 20
: On the
first anniversary of his Lahore initiative, Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today attacked Pakistan for
derailing the peace process with India and asserted that
talks with Islamabad could take place only if
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) was vacated. A year after
undertaking the historic bus journey to Lahore seeking to
open a new chapter in Indo-Pak relations, Vajpayee said
it was Pakistan which has dashed the hand of friendship
when exactly this day a year ago the bus journey was
undertaken. The remarks by Vajpayee, made at an election
rally here, came a day after Pakistan Foreign Minister
Abdul Sattar’s offer for resuming the Lahore peace
process with India..........
SRINAGAR, Feb 20 : Union Minister of State for
Industry and Commerce Omar Abdullah apprehends that there
may be a confrontation between the Jammu and Kashmir
Government and the Centre over the autonomy issue, but
says that this should not deter the National Conference
from pursuing its autonomy agenda. Talking to reporters
here today, Mr Omar said autonomy is not a demand for
separation but it will strengthen bonds between the
people of Kashmir and the rest of the country........
