
People offering Eid prayers at Idgah,
Jammu on Sunday. Excelsior/Ashok
Thousands
participate in Eid prayers
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 9: Eid-ul-Fitr was
celebrated with traditional enthusiasm
and gaeity in Kashmir valley today as
large numbers of devout Muslims attended
special prayers at mosques and other
places of worship..........more
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Dorje
shifted to undisclosed place
PALAMPUR
(HP), Jan 9: Karmapa
Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the
14-year-old Buddhist monk who
fled Tibet and reached McLeodganj
in Dharamshala, was today shifted
to an undisclosed place amidst
tight security, a spokesman of
Tibetan spiritual leader, the
Dalai Lama, said. The Tibetan
religious head of Kagyu sect, the
third in seniority after the
Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama,
was shifted from a guest house at
McLeodganj .....more
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Naidu
voted as IT Indian of the Millennium
HYDERABAD,
Jan 9: Andhra Pradesh Chief
Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has been
voted as the IT Indian of the Millennium
in a poll conducted by India Today group
and 20:20 Media. Of the 11,016 voters who
participated in the poll, 6396 gave their
first preference votes to Naidu, who is
also the only politician to figure in the
list, an India Today release said here
last night. The other IT professionals
who figured in the list included Shiv
Nadir of HCL (1,233 votes), F C Kohli
(830), N S Narayana Murthy (457), Aziz
Premiji (160), Sam Pitroda (137) and
Ratan Tata (105). . .......more
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3 more
rockets, grenades recovered
3
saboteurs shot dead by Army in Niki Tawi
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 9: Army foiled a yet
another attempt by Pakistan to trigger
rocket explosions in the City here on
Republic Day when it gunned down three
hardcore Pakistani saboteurs and
recovered three Chinese made rockets from
their possession at Niki Tawi, about
three kms inside the Indian territory
last night.....more
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Counterfeit
Indian currency factory in Peshawar
NEW DELHI,
Jan 9: To fund various subversive
activities in India, Pakistans
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has set
up a full-fledged facility in Peshawar to
print counterfeit Indian currency notes,
which are being supplied through various
persons code-named as
Savaris. .......more
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CBI sets
up SIT to probe hijack
NEW DELHI,
Jan 9: The CBI has set up a Special
Investigation Team (SIT) to conduct a
"comprehensive" probe into the
recent hijacking of the Kathmandu-New
Delhi Indian Airlines flight by five
Pakistani nationals.....more
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Mosque,
police post attacked
Imam
injured in Pak shelling at Poonch
Excelsior
Correspondent
POONCH, Jan 9: Pak troops opened
heavy firing at forward village of Kopra
in Sawjian area targeting Jamia Masjid
and a police post resulting into serious
injuries to Imam of the Mosque. Pakistan
attack on the Mosque on the eve of Eid
festival was strongly resented by local
people of the area...more
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Hijackers
have entered Pak territory
Islamabad
unwilling to suspend aid to jihadis
From B L
Kak
NEW DELHI, Jan 9:
Pakistans ruling
military leadership has shot down the US
demand for suspension of moral and
material support to the Islamic militant
and terrorist organisations. Islamabad
has also ignored Washingtons yet
another demand calling for steps to stop
the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen stalwart,
Maulana Masood Azhar, from encouraging
activities against Americans..........more
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Woman
murdered in Ramban
Excelsior
Correspondent
RAMBAN, Jan 9: A woman was
murdered by her close relative at his
house in village Tangar under the
jurisdiction of Ramban police station.
She has been identified as Naseebu Devi
wife of Sunder Ram.........more
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