Thieves beat-up retired army major, rob house

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Sept 2: Unidentified thieves struck in the house of Major (retd) Pritam Singh, father-in-law of Principal Secretary S S Blooria at Sainik Colony in the early hours of this morning, thrashed the retired army officer and looted cash and jewellery from the house.......more

Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja along with off-spinner Nikhil Chopra

Azhar, Jadeja, Chopra axed; no decision yet on Kapil

CHENNAI, Sept 2: The national selectors today axed former captains Mohd Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja along with off-spinner Nikhil Chopra - whose homes and offices were searched by Income Tax officials recently - out of the list of 23 probables for the ICC Knockout Tournament in Nairobi next month.......more

LBA Chief Tsering Samphel talking to Excelsior at Jammu. -Excelsior/Ashok

‘Government sponsored conversions going unabated’
Buddhists next target of militants: Samphel

By Dinesh Manhotra

JAMMU, Sept 2: Expressing grave concern over increasing militant activities in the Ladakh region, president of the Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA), Mr Tsering Samphel today said that Buddhists were the next target of the pan-Islamic groups to eliminate all ethnic minorities from the State........more

BJP’s identity separate from RSS, says Vajpayee

NEW DELHI, Sept 2: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has made it clear that BJP’s identity was separate from that of the RSS and that his Government should not be judged "through the prism of any other organisation.". "The RSS and its front units have an identity of their own which is entirely separate from that of the BJP," Vajpayee said in an interview published in the recent issue of `India Today’. Describing BJP as a "political party that is involved in political activities on the basis of a political agenda", the Prime Minister said "we should be judged by how well we perform in office. We should not been seen or judged through the prism of any other organisation.".........more

Jessica Lal’s murder case
Delhi Police raids Kathua; arrests judicial clerk

Excelsior Correspondent

KATHUA, Sept 2: Delhi Police today arrested a judicial clerk from his Karan Nagar house in Kathua town for his alleged involvement in making a fictitious license of a gun. The gun was used by former Minister Vinod Sharma’s son Manu Sharma in the murder of a famous model Jessica Lal in a Delhi bar in May 1999.....more

More officials transferred

Excelsior Correspondent

Srinagar, Sept 2: The Government today ordered more transfers and postings of officers............more

‘K oil licenses to favourites’
Vigilance raids F&S office, seizes record

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Sept 2: Sleuths of the Vigilance Organisation today raided the office of Food and Supplies Department, Jammu and seized record pertaining to issuance of 76 kerosene oil licenses in clear violations of established rules and norms..........more

Youth killed over tiff on a bucket of water

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Sept 2: A young labourer hailing from Orissa was stabbed to death by his colleague over a minor issue of filling up a bucket of water at Kabir Basti, located along a nullah near MLAs hostel under the jurisdiction of Pacca Danga police station this morning.........more

Major, 5 militants among 8 killed
Gill to probe attack on Ansari....

Secretary level shuffling .......

PM likely to effect Cabinet reshuffle after US trip ....

Two women hurt in Pak firing....