14 Idd revellers wounded in grenade blast
Tehsildar gunned down in Ganderbal

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 17: On occasion of the holy festival of Idd-ul-Fitr, terrorists spilled the blood of unarmed Kashmiris today by killing a Revenue official in .....more

Pak terrorists hopeful of general amnesty
HuM vows fight against India, Northern Alliance

DOABA (PANJSHER VALLEY), Dec 17: Militants belonging to Pakistan-backed Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), jailed by the Northern Alliance in this remote prison alongwith over 300 Taliban fighters, are hoping to get out on a general amnesty vowing to fight against India in Kashmir and the new regime in Afghanistan. ......more

Eid-ul-Fitr celebrated in Valley
Thousands participate in special prayers

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 17: At the end of the holy month of Ramazan, thousands of Kashmiri Muslims today celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr with religious fervour and traditional enthusiasm. Devotees thronged major mosques and other places of worship to participate in special Eid prayers, braving cold weather.............more

US watching Pak military, Intelligence services

From B L Kak

NEW DELHI, Dec 17: American intelligence community is reported to have initiated yet another move on the soil of Pakistan—to watch military and intelligence services. ...........more

Omar debunks Pak offer of joint probe

NEW DELHI, Dec 17: Minister of State for External Affairs Omar Abdullah today debunked Pakistan’s offer of a joint probe into Thursday’s attack on Parliament House saying Islamabad had already shown its lack of "seriousness" by blaming Indian intelligence agencies for the attack. ....more

35 kg RDX seized, 3 more nabbed

NEW DELHI, Dec 17: The Delhi Police has recovered 35 kg of RDX from a house in North Delhi, where the conspiracy for the December 13 attack on the Parliament House complex was hatched, and arrested three persons, including the owner of the property. ........more

Muslims urge PM touse full strength

NEW DELHI, Dec 17: Several Muslim leaders today urged Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to take the sternest possible steps to guard the borders and condemned terrorism that was taking place in the name of Islam. ............more

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