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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2001
 

20 parties called for first round of negotiations
Pant begins talks on Kashmir; invites Hurriyat for dialogue
Involvement of Lashkar, JeM outfits ruled out
Doors not closed for HM, other local groups

NEW DELHI, Apr 15: The dialogue process on Kashmir began today, with the Centre’s negotiator, Mr K C Pant, holding indepth talks with octogenarian leader Syed Mir Qasim and sending out formal invitations to leaders of the Hurriyat Conference and 20-odd political groups to evolve a common approach on the resolution of the issue.................more


‘Invitation to peace talks is open to all groups’
Hurriyat's boycott would be at its own peril: CM

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Apr 15: Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah has said the invitation for talks by the Centre was open to every one and the Hurriyat Conference would boycott the peace process only at its own peril. "The APHC would be eliminated if it does not join the talks", Dr Abdullah told media persons at the inauguration of a water reservoir and pump house on the Doodhganga water supply scheme here today. He said the Centre has invited all Kashmiri groups for talks including the Hurriyat Conference and if APHC chose to remain away from the process it would be isolated as in 1996 elections...........more

Delhi alerts security forces
Pak-aided ultras want exodus of minorities in J&K

From B L Kak

JAMMU, Apr 15: The Union Home Ministry has called for tough action against anti-India subversives and terrorists who are under "fresh" orders from across the border to engineer exodus of the members of a particular community from some areas in the sensitive districts of Doda, Poonch, Rajouri and Udhampur in the Jammu region.......more

A bus and truck fell into Ranbir Canal after being collided with each other at Baba-Da-Talab. -Excelsior/Ashok
A bus and truck fell into Ranbir Canal after being collided with each other at Baba-Da-Talab. -Excelsior/Ashok

40 of marriage party injured

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 15: Fourty persons including five children of a marriage party were injured, two of them critically, when a bus in which they were travelling fell into Ranbir canal at Baba-Da-Talab this afternoon...........more

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Kashmir peace process on right track: Advani

ON BOARD SPECIAL BSF AIRCRAFT, Apr 15: Asserting that the Jammu and Kashmir peace process was on the "right track," the Centre today said it was for Hurriyat Conference to respond to the Government’s invitation for talks.............more

HM ‘commander’ shot dead
3 BSF jawans killed; 3 injured in Mahore

Excelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, Apr 15: The Border Security Force (BSF) suffered a major setback in its anti-militancy operations when it lost three BSF jawans while three others got seriously injured in an ambush laid by the militants at Thapral Top in Mahore tehsil this evening.........more

Big success by STF Doda, RR
4 top Jaish militants gunned down in Warwan

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 15: Four hitmen of Azhar Masood’s Jaish-e-Mohammed outfit including a ‘district commander’ Hamid Kishtwari were killed in an encounter with Special Task Force (STF) and Rashtriya Rifles in remote area of Warwan, ahead of Marwah, in Kishtwar tehsil of Doda district this morning...........more

SSP holds talks as bandh enters 9th day

Excelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, Apr 15: SSP Udhampur Deepak Kumar left for tense Basantgarh town this morning where an indefinite bandh and dharna entered into ninth day today in protest against alleged atrocities on people by police personnel of a special mobile party during a search operation.............more

Vajpayee says he will speak to Sonia again

LUCKNOW, Apr 15: A day after Congress boycotted the all-party meeting called to resolve the impasse in Parliament over Tehelka issue, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today said he would speak to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to ensure smooth functioning of the house when its budget session resumes tomorrow.........more

Mohsina Kidwai arriving today

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 15: All India Congress (I) Committee general secretary Mrs Mohsina Kidwai is arriving here tomorrow morning on her first visit to the State after taking over the charge of party affairs in Jammu and Kashmir............moreMissing
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‘Centre should have initiated talks on Kashmir much earlier’ .....



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