Arms,
ammunition burnt in fire
HM district chief
shot dead by army in Majalta
Excelsior
Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, May 5: Army
and Majalta police gunned down a
Hizbul Mujahideen district
commander during an encounter at
village Manoh, about eight kms
from Majalta last night. A large
quantity of arms and ammunition
were burnt in a Gujjars’
dhok, which was blasted by the
police to kill the hiding
militant......more
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Two accused
arrested
Minor
girl gang-raped by 3 youths, rescued
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, May 5: Satwari
police today rescued a minor girl, who
was gang raped by three youths for three
days in captivity in Bhore Camp area.
While two of the kidnappers-cum-rapists
have been arrested by the police, their
third associate was absconding........more
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India, US, erstwhile USSR
blamed for Kashmir militancy
CHANDIGARH, May 5: Former Foreign
Secretary Jagat Mehta has said that the
US support to the Afghan militia and the
Indian backing of the Soviet intervention
in Afghanistan had contributed to the
rise of militancy in Kashmir........more
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Civilian killed, 3
injured in Pak shelling on Karnah
SPO
killed in Tral, Ikhwan at Kulgam
Excelsior
Special Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 5: While as seven
residential houses have been damaged, one
civilian killed and three more wounded in
Pakistani Army's shelling on Karnah
today, militants have gunned down an SPO
near Tral and also eliminated a
counter-insurgent Ikhwani at Kulgam in
south Kashmir........more
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Musharraf for tripartite
talks
ISLAMABAD, May 5: Paskistan Army
ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf today proposed
tri-lateral talks between New Delhi,
Islamabad and Kashmiri leaders to resolve
the Kashmir issue.........more
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Rift in NDA widens
Pursuit
of unrealistic policies irritates allies
Excelsior
Political Correspondent
NEW DELHI, May 5: The
distance between the BJP and the other
constituents of the National Democratic
Alliance (NDA) has further widened, with
the Vajpayee Government’s stubborn
refusal to rollback the cuts in subsidies
and the hikes in prices of certain
essentials......more
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Rajya Sabha
adjourned
Dalit
MP tores off Arun Shourie’s book
NEW DELHI, May
5:
Pandemonium broke out in Rajya Sabha
after RPI’s R S Gavai tore Minister
of State for Planning Arun Shourie’s
book, saying it had derogated Dr B R
Ambedkar......more
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