Union Minister of
Public Distribution System Mr
Shanta Kumar and Union Minister
of State for Civil Aviation, Prof
C.L. Gupta responding to the
reception of people at Kathua on
Wednesday. -Excelsior/Ashok
PDS to be
brought under Essential Commodity
Act
Credit facility
extended for J&K in
subsidised
sugar:
Shanta
Excelsior
Correspondent
KATHUA, Oct 11: Keeping
in view the festival season, the
Central Government has decided to
extend credit facility,
especially for sugar, to the
State for two months to provide
subsidised sugar to the people
living below poverty line . This
was announced by Union Minister
for Consumers Affairs and Public
Distribution System, Mr Shanta
Kumar while addressing an
impressive rally here this
afternoon.......more
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House damaged in
rocket attacks
Army
Div targeted by militants
Excelsior
Correspondent
RAJOURI, Oct 11: Six to
eight rockets fired by the militants in
the town last mid-night were aimed at an
Army Division and one of them even landed
inside the Division but failed to cause
any casualty or damage. A house sustained
minor damage in Ward No. 10 when it was
hit by splinters of one of the rocket,
which exploded mid-air........more
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HM ultra killed in
Kalakote
50
kg PETN explosive seized in Mendhar
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 11: The Border
Security Force (BSF), part of Romeo
Force, gunned down a Hizbul Mujahideen
militant at village Gulabgarh in Kalakote
tehsil of Rajouri while an Artillery
Regiment of Ace of Spades Division
recovered a huge quantity of explosives
including 50 kg PETN from Hargala heights
in Mendhar sector this morning.........more
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Traffic blocked for
3 hours
IED
neutralised on NH
Excelsior
Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Oct 11: A powerful
Improvised Explosive Device (IED), fitted
with a time device, was neutralised by a
Bomb Disposal Squad at Banihal on
Jammu-Srinagar National Highway this
morning. This resulted into blockade of
traffic on the busy highway, the only
road link between Jammu and Srinagar, for
more than three hours...........more
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2 CRPF men, 11
civilians injured in grenade blast
6
militants, 2 civilians killed in Valley
Excelsior
Special Correspondent
 SRINAGAR,
Oct 12: While as two civilians and
six militants have got killed in
different militancy-related incidents
across Kashmir valley since last evening,
two CRPF personnel and eleven civilians
were left wounded in militants’
grenade attack near SBI complex, on
Residency Road, here this afternoon.
Official sources told EXCELSIOR that on
the basis of a specific information,
troops of Rashtriya Rifles 35th Bn
launched a search operation at Gurveth
village, in Raithan area of upper Budgam
late last night. Troops destroyed the
house of one Ghulam Hassan and eliminated
two unidentified militants in the
gun-battle. Two AK-56 rifles as also a
quantity of assorted ammunition was
claimed to have been recovered from the
site of encounter........more
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Joint Secy Home reviews
situation
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 11: The Joint
Secretary Home, Government of India,
Rakesh Hooja convened a high level
meeting to review law and order scenario
of Jammu division here today.......more
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HC notice to Bukhari on
plan to appoint
his son as
successor
NEW DELHI, Oct
11:
The Delhi High Court today issued
notice to Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed
Abdullah Bukhari and Delhi Wakf Board
(DWB) on a petition seeking to restrain
him from appointing his son Ahmed Bukhari
as his successor "without the
concurrence of the
Board"............more
CBI concludes
match-fixing report ....
Ultra killed in Pir
Panjal; one nabbed....
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NEW DELHI, Oct 11: Union Minister of State for
Commerce and Industry, in 
