12 feared killed, 13 hurt as bus rolls down into Chenab

Excelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, Dec 2: About a dozen persons were feared killed and 13 injured, eight of them critically when a bus in which they were travelling skidded off the road and fell into river Chenab at Kundan near Thathri this morning.........more

4 trapped, encounter on
Two killers of SDPO, Cong leader eliminated in Bani

Excelsior Correspondent

KATHUA, Dec 2: In a major success, Kathua Police today gunned down two terrorists involved in the killing of Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Basohli Devinder Sharma in Billawar and Congress (I) leader Daya Ram in Bani. Four ultras were still trapped in the encounter when the reports last came in.........more

4 militants, 2 women killed in Valley
2 Pak militants killed near Sagar’s rally

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 2: While as security forces have eliminated three militants in two gunbattles in Ganderbal and Pulwama areas today, unidentified gunmen have killed a "company commander" of Hizbul Mujahideen as also two women in Kandi village of Kupwara district...........more

Monda encounter reflects human face of army
Troops lost Major, not patience

From Dinesh Manhotra

MONDA (BHADERWAH), Dec 2: Blood-soaked bodies of martyr Major R C Nayyar and a Sepoy were lying near the house where, terrorist responsible for inflicting these casualties, had been hiding. Instead of demolishing the house, senior Army officers, who were conducting the search operation, had sent sister of the dreaded terrorist inside the hideout to persuade him to surrender to avoid further loss......more

PM asks opposition to review stand on POTO

HYDERABAD, Dec 2: Seeking to allay apprehensions that the controversial anti-terrorism ordinance (POTO) would be to target the minorities and individual freedom, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today asked the opposition to reconsider their stand on the law and asserted the Government was ready to make necessary changes in it. ....more

SPO's father, wife shot at
Two terrorists killed in Surankot, IED defused

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 2: Army today gunned down two foreign mercenaries in Hari Safeda village of Surankot and averted a catastrophe by defusing a powerful IED in Marhot area of Poonch district........more

CIA chief meets Musharraf

ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Chief of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) George Tenet, who is on a secret mission here, has held detailed consultations with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the latest situation in neighbouring Afghanistan. ............more

Pak facing 1971 like crisis: Jamaat .....

Taliban must surrender or get killed: US .....

Sheila denies offer to quit .....