Massive searches
around Airport
Blast
rocks Arnia village
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 15: A blast
occurred in forward village of Suhagpur
in Arnia tehsil this morning while police
carried out day long searches in
Govindpura area of Satwari, on the
backside of Jammu Airport following
reports speaking about the movement of
two militants in army uniform...........more
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3 women, 2
brothers among victims
5 of family among
7 killed in Mahore
Excelsior
Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Aug 15: In
yet another massacre, the
militants gunned down five old
members of a minority community
family in remote Sahar Badoli
village in Thanda Top area of
Mahore last night while two other
civilians were killed in an
explosion when they went to the
massacre site to lift the dead
bodies. Two civilians were
seriously injured...........more
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Six injured in
Bhaderwah blast
6
militants, jawan killed; 2 hurt
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 15: Six
militants including a hardcore Hizbul
Mujahideen ‘commander’ Ghulam
Rabbani alias Peeta and an army jawan
were killed while two other jawans were
injured in separate encounters in Poonch
and Udhampur districts
today..................more
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Bid to blast new
Tawi bridge foiled
Two
Kashmiri ultras held with explosives
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 15: Bagh-e-Bahu
police and Special Operations Group (SOG)
Jammu foiled Kashmiri militants’
plan to blast newly constructed Tawi
bridge on Independence Day today by
apprehending two dreaded ultras and
effecting recovery of a large quantity of
explosive devices from their
possession..........more
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PM defends
Principal Secretary
Advani,
Jaswant bound to consult PMO
From B L Kak
NEW DELHI, Aug 15: Even as the
Minister for Home Affairs, Mr LK Advani,
and the External Affairs and Defence
Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, are said to
have voiced displeasure at the alleged
interference in Jammu and Kashmir affairs
by the Prime Minister’s Principal
Secretary, Mr Brajesh Mishra, Mr Atal
Bihar Vajpayee has ruled out any action
against Mr Mishra.........more
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5 civilians among
19 injured
Militants
strike on Handwara I-Day function
Excelsior
Special Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 15: Even as militants
failed to disrupt the Independence Day
celebrations everywhere in Kashmir valley
today, they struck in a dare-devil manner
at Handwara, leaving 19 people wounded.
Militants also targetted the motorcade of
Deputy Commissioner (DC) in Anantnag but
the IED blast failed to cause any
damage.......more
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If Muslim is milk,
Hindu is sugar, says poet Prime Minister
NEW DELHI, Aug 16: "If the
Muslim is milk, Hindu is sugar,"
said poet Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee quoting the great Kashmiri Sufi
poet Mehjoor while making an impassioned
appeal to the two communities in Jammu
and Kashmir to stay in
harmony...................more
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Sharif, Bhutto will not
be allowed to contest polls
ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: The October
2002 general elections in Pakistan would
not have former Prime Ministers Nawaz
Sharif and Benazir Bhutto in the fray,
Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider has
said..................more
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