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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2001
 

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee talking to the journalists in Tokyo on Tuesday before flying back home.
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee talking to the journalists in Tokyo on Tuesday before flying back home.

India won't relent on talks with Pak
PM for free elections in J&K

TOKYO, Dec 11: India today showed no signs of relenting on the issue of talks with Pakistan when Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee maintained that the atmosphere was not "congenial" now for such an exercise and asked Islamabad not to put "hurdles" in the way of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir next year............more


Release of detained tycoons begins
JKP’s ‘Hawala’ balloon deflated

From Ahmed Ali Fayaz

SRINAGAR, Dec 11: Having failed to establish anything against the detained Srinagar business tycoons, Jammu & Kashmir Police has begun to withdraw its much publicised POTO action No: 2. Altaf Bukhari, scion of the famous "Diethene Family" and son of the Valley’s richest business magnate Mohammad Iqbal Bukhari, has been set free and honourably returned to his father..............more

Two hurt, close shave for others
Pak firing on matador in Samba

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 11: Pakistan army fired upon a matador at village Benglard in the international border of Samba sector this afternoon causing serious injuries to a civilian while other passengers had a narrow escape. Another civilian was injured in day-light firing in Ramgarh sector.......more

Joint session possible on POTO

NEW DELHI, Dec 11: As the "war" on POTO continued with the opposition, Government and the BJP today talked of the possibility of a joint session of Parliament for passage of the anti-terrorist bill even as party MPs have been asked to remain in the capital till December 24, three days after the scheduled close of the winter session..............more

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US sets Pak in motion
Will Musharraf allow Delhi-Hurriyat talks?

From B L Kak

NEW DELHI, Dec 11: The reaction from the Srinagar-based headquarters of All-Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) was on expected lines, soon after someone in Delhi’s power-corridors managed to have a report circulated through media vis-a-vis the Centre’s decision to engage the 23-party conglomerate in a dialogue............more

Cease-fire declared as Al-Qaida agrees to surrender

TORA BORA (AFGHANISTAN), Dec 11: Tribal fighters today declared a cease-fire when some retreating Al-Qaida forces said they were willing to discuss surrender terms after losing a key mountain in fierce fighting..............more

House attacked by terrorists
Two PSOs, sister injured

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Dec 11: Two Personal Security Officers (PSOs) of SHO Mendhar and their sister was injured in an attack on their houses by the terrorists in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch district last night............more

Youth snatches SPO's gun, kills himself

Excelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, Dec 11: A youth snatched an official weapon from a Special Police Officer (SPO) and shot himself dead at village Marha in Palmar area of Kishtwar tehsil in Doda district last night.......more

Shah's guarded welcome to move for core group

JAMMU, Dec 11: Separatist Kashmiri leader Shabir Shah today guardedly welcomed the Centre’s reported move to form a ‘core group’ to hold talks with Hurriyat Conference leadership and said the separatist conglomerate should respond positively if these were ‘sincere’ and aimed at resolving the Kashmir issue........more

Enter Taliban ?

From Ahmed Ali Fayaz

SRINAGAR, Dec 11: If the latest reports received from Muzzafarabad and available with Jammu & Kashmir Police are to be believed, in the wake of its downfall in Afghanistan, Taliban have decided to make Jammu & Kashmir as their new haven..............moreMissing Indian Kids - Children
Govt, Oppn fail to resolve LS impasse .....

Hurriyat in mood to hold talks with Govt.....

3 militants killed in Valley.....

Terrorists kill surrendered militant.....

Winter vacations.....



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