Two foreign mecenaries eliminated
Another Major killed, 3 jawans hurt in Poonch

Excelsior Correspondent

POONCH, Dec 1: Army today lost another Major—third during last about a fortnight—while three army soldiers were injured in an encounter with the terrorists at Galuta in Mendhar tehsil. Two foreign mercenaries were also killed in the operation............more

Fencing along Jammu IB improved version
of Punjab border: IG BSF

From Gopal Sharma

SAMBA, Dec 1: Inspector General of Border Security Force Jammu Frontier, Mr Vijay Raman has said that fencing work along International Border is an improved version of fencing along Punjab border with Pakistan. ........more

US targets Kandahar, hunts for Laden

ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: US warplanes today carried out one of the fiercest bombings so far targeting Kandahar and Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network in hills as anti-Taliban forces closed in on the only remaining militia stronghold raising the spectre of bloody street battles with thousands of Taliban troops ordered by their supremo Mullah Mohammad Omar to fight to the death..........more

Afghan ultras may cross over to India: Advani

NEW DELHI, Dec 1: Union Home Minister L K Advani today expressed apprehensions that terrorists operating in Afghanistan may cross over to India following the defeat of Taliban and called for utmost vigilance on New Delhi’s part.........more

Bandh in Bani for 2nd day
Mob gheroes Deputy Speaker’s house

Excelsior Correspondent

KATHUA, Dec 1: Mob including school students today gheroed the residence of Deputy Speaker and MLA Bani Ghulam Hyder Malik while a complete bandh was observed in Bani town for second day today in protest against the killing of a Congress (I) leader Daya Ram by the terrorists yesterday... .....more

Omar, Laden head for separate ways

ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: They were comrades in arms, enigmatic figures who incarnated the threat of global terrorism. But with the world now closing in, Osama bin Laden and Mullah Mohammad Omar appear to be going their own ways.............more

Sonia lambasts BJP on POTO

LALITPUR (UP), Dec 1: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for promulgating the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO), saying it seemed the BJP needed it more than the country.................more