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Politicians, bureaucrats
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Massacred family’s survivor also shot dead in Mendhar Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU,
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DELHI, Oct 1: Within hours of his taking over as
India’s new Chief of Army Staff, Gen S Padmanabhan,
has let it be known that he will not tolerate any
weakness at any level of the Army in the troubled State
of Jammu and Kashmir. After occupying what was turned
into a hot seat by Gen VP Malik till his retirement on
September 30, Gen Padmanabhan took quite a few senior
officers by surprise when he called for certain files and
papers relating to Jammu and Kashmir, Kargil-Leh region
included. ....
SRINAGAR,
Oct 1: Chief
Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah has
called for global response in
ending cult of violence,
discrimination and intolerance
that posed a serious challenge to
humanity in the new
millennium.Paying homage to the
father of nation, Mahatma Gandhi,
on his birth anniversary, the
Chief Minister in a message said
the menace of terrorism, if not
combated, will continue to spread
its tentacles jeopardizing peace
and tranquility of one region
after another and one day the
entire world would be engulfed in
this fire. Gandhiji, he said, had
opposed all sort of violence in
attainment of rights and preached
non-violence that holds good for
all times to come........
Leh,
Oct 1: The Union Home Secretary, Mr
Kamal Panday took stock of the security
scenario of Leh and Kargil districts at a
high level meeting held here yesterday
under his Chairmanship. The Special
Secretary, Home, (Kashmir Affairs), the
Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, the
Deputy Inspector General security,
Kashmir and Deputy Commissioners of both
Leh and Kargil attended the
meeting.During an interview with the All
India Radio, Leh soon after his meeting,
the Home Secretary said that the purpose
of his visit to Ladakh was to have an
over all review of the prevailing
security situation and to assess the
developmental works of the region. In
this connection, he said, two separate
meetings were held with..
NEW
DELHI, Oct 1: Prime Minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee today expressed the hope
that Trinamool Congress would continue
support to the NDA Government at the
Centre as BJP appealed to TC chief Mamata
Banerjee to understand the compulsions
behind the decision to hike the prices of
petro products. Vajpayee told reporters
just before the meeting of BJP national
executive here that "we hope their
(Trinamool Congress) support will
continue" and the Government was in
touch with Mamata Banerjee......
NEW
DELHI, Oct 1: Government today
ruled out a roll back in prices of
petroleum products including kerosene and
cooking gas with Petroleum Minister Ram
Naik saying that given the international
oil scenario the issue should not be
‘politicsed’. "No roll
back," he told PTI when asked if the
Government would consider revising
downward prices of petroleum products in
the face of stiff opposition from
Trinamool Congress and resignation of
Mamata Banerjee from the Union Cabinet.
.......
NEW
DELHI, Oct 1: Pakistan’s
Chief Executive, Gen Parvez Musharraf, is
said to have reached a secret
understanding with the US State
Department on the vital question of
reducing, if not eliminating, the
influence and impact of Muslim
fundamentalist groups. The unwritten
‘agreement’, according to
diplomatic sources, followed two
important developments in the Musharraf
camp. First was the perturbation over
Washington’s decision to
‘embrace’ India at
Pakistan’s expense. Second, Gen.
Musharraf’s think-tank made it clear
to the Pak military ruler that
tension-free survival of Pakistan cannot
be ensured if Islamabad sought to forge
new relationships, particularly with
Russia.........
NEW
DELHI, Oct 1: The
Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) of
Pakistan today said India cannot afford
to remain a silent spectator to the
spread of talibanisation in the
sub-continent and should try to ensure
stability in its neighbourhood If
democracy is not ensured in Pakistan and
the domination of Punjabis over
Baloochis, Pakhtoons, Sindhis and
Mohajirs continued, "India cannot
afford to sit idly by with an unstable.
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