NEW
DELHI, Dec 15:
The suicide attack on Parliament on Thursday was carried
out by six terrorists and one of them, said to be a
Pakistani national, was taken into custody on the spot in
an injured condition, according to investigating
agencies...............more
Prime
Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee waves to the students of
Visva-Bharti at Santiniketan on Saturday. (Reuters)
SANTINIKETAN, Dec 15:Wtihout naming Pakistan,
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today lashed out at
State-sponsored terrorism and said such regimes were
doomed in the face of the collective will of the
international community..................more
SRINAGAR, Dec 15: Even as militants
struck on Special Operations Group (SOG)
of Jammu & Kashmir Police at Tral and
Shopian in Pulwama district today, seven
civilians__ including a Block President
of the ruling National Conference
(NC)__one soldier, two SOG men and four
militants died in different
militancy-related incidents across
Kashmir valley since last
evening..........more
JAMMU, Dec 15:Police
this evening averted what could
have been a major catastrophe by
effecting recovery of 18 powerful
live bombs in the shape of
Improvised Explosive Devices
(IEDs) from village Flora in
Nagbani area on Jammu-Akhnoor
road...............more
KABUL, Dec 15:Several
fighters of Osama bin Laden’s Al
Qaeda network were captured or killed
after putting up a stiff resistance as US
and Afghan forces firing mortar bombs
made the first major advance against
their last known stronghold today in the
Tora Bora caves in this mountainous
region in eastern
Afghanistan................more
NEW DELHI, Dec 15:To avoid
trouble over freezing of their assets by
the us, two terrorist outfits,
Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Toiba,
which are suspected to be involved in the
attack on Parliament House, are reported
to have changed their names, according to
the Pakistani media................more
SRINAGAR, Dec 15:Chairman of
Democratic Liberation Party (DLP) and
hijacker of an Indian Airlines aircraft,
Hashim Qureshi, was released today on
bail from Joint Interrogation Centre
(JIC). His application for bail was
accepted by Principal District and
Sessions Judge, Syed Bashir Ahmed Kirmani
on medical grounds. The bail would remain
valid till March 31 next
year...............more
RAJOURI, Dec 15:Terrorists
gunned down an old couple and wounded
their son following their refusal to
guide them to the Line of Control (LoC)
at village Numb in Bhawani area of
Nowshera sector late last night.......more
NEW DELHI, Dec 15 :Jammu and
Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah
today issued a stern warning to the
perpetrators of terrorist acts saying the
challenge posed by the enemy will be met
firmly and strongly..........more
NEW DELHI, Dec 15:Minister of
State for External Affairs Omar Abdullah
today did not rule out hot pursuit or
targetting of terrorist-training camps in
Pakistan but asserted that this was not
the first and immediate option available
to the Government..................more
