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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2000
 

Rao, Buta sentenced for 3 yrs RI

NEW DELHI, Oct 12: P V Narasimha Rao today had the ignominy of becoming the first person having held the office of Prime Minister to be sentenced to a jail term in a criminal case when he along with his ex-Cabinet colleague Buta Singh was given three years Rigorous Imprisonment each in the JMM MPs bribery case..........more


Jawan dies, Subedar injured
6 hardcore JeM, Al Badar ultras killed in Mahore

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 12: Six hardcore militants of Jaish-e-Mohammed and Al Badar outfits and an army jawan were killed while a Subedar was injured in an encounter at Thinmarg Gali, about 20 kms from Mahore in the upper reaches of Pir Panjal ranges. The Minister has high plans to improve the fate of people from Jammu and Kashmir in Commerce and other sectors. His plans range from formulating comprehensive Information Technology Plan for J&K, establishing........more

Bodies of kidnapped cops recovered
Two militants killed in Banihal

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 12: Two Kashmiri militants were shot dead by troops of 12 Rashtriya Rifles at village Kamlariwah Chanjoo in Banihal tehsil of Doda district this morning while troops arrested a militant from village Phagali in Budhal tehsil of Rajouri district...........more

Kashmir to suffer till Indo-Pak friendship: Farooq
‘Armed forces, police VDCs, SPOs doing well

to combat militancy’

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, OCT 12: Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah today said Jammu and Kashmir will continue to bleed until friendship between India and Pakistan.......more

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‘Backdoor’ appointments in Forest Deptt
HC orders production of entire original record

Excelsior Legal Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 12: Justice Arun Kumar Goel of the State High Court has issued notice to the Government in a writ petition challenging the "backdoor" appointments of wards of Ministers and bureaucrats in the Forest Department........more

Militancy, migration boon for many in J&K
26,000 fake ration cards and Rs 32 Cr fraud

From Ahmed Ali Fayaz

SRINAGAR, Oct 12: Minister of Revenue, Abdul Qayoom, today made a startling disclosure in the State Assembly that as many as 26,000 fake registrations of migrant families had been detected and cancelled by the Government. By the time the state Government opened its eyes, a hefty amount of Rs 32 Crore had been frittered away in air.........more

Ultra, civilian killed
7 Surankote youths escape from militants’ captivity

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Oct 12: Seven youths, hailing from Alla Topa village of Behram Gala in Surankote tehsil of Poonch district who had been kidnapped by the militants about a fortnight back, have managed to escape from the captivity and surrendered before Romeo Force in Surankote today...........more

Cong members walkout of Assembly

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 12: The five-member Congress group today walked out of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly in protest against the alleged failure of the State Government to provide relief to the displaced persons of the border areas of Jammu............more

Vigilance nabs Revenue official taking graft

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 12: Vigilance Organisation today arrested a Revenue Department official red handed taking graft from a villager for processing his file of Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC). He has been identified as Behari Lal son of Breta Ram, a resident of village Kat Mehra in Jourian area of Akhnoor tehsil.........more

Murder accused industrialist arrested

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 12: Gandhi Nagar police today arrested industrialist Tarlok Chand Mahajan of UNO Lane Talab Tillo, who had shot dead another industrialist Rahul Sharma inside his Olympian Paints factory at Gangyal on September 27.......more

Pathak case hearing adjourned to Jan 10

NEW DELHI, Oct 12: A designated court hearing the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case involving former Premier P V Narasimha Rao and controversial godman Chandraswami was today informed by CBI that former US Congressman Marvyn M Dymally has been served summons to depose before it as a defence witness.............more Missing
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French writer wins Nobel Prize for literature....

3 militants killed in Kirni....



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