Assembly poll schedule for 4 States announced
Jammu LS by-election on Feb 21

Excelsior Correspondent/Agencies

NEW DELHI, Dec 26: The by-election for Jammu Lok Sabha constituency which fell vacant after the death of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member Parliament Vaid Vishnu Dutt, will be held on February 21 next year.....more

Border villagers’ fervent appeal to Vajpayee
Make ‘Aar Ya Paar’ statement a reality

From Sanjeev Pargal

PANJGRAIN BARAHAMANA (HIRANAGAR), Dec 26: Sitting under a banyan tree along a well, a group of about a dozen elderly people of this village, about half a kilometers short of Pakistan, are engaged in a serious debate on their future, which has necessitated in the wake of heightened skirmishes between Indo-Pak troops on the International Border..........more

Terrorists fire on buses in Surankot
4 jawans, ultra killed; officer among 5 injured

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Dec 26: Four army jawans and a terrorist were killed and two jawans were injured in a fierce encounter at Khawaja Seri in Surankot this evening. Two escaped terrorists were also believed to be seriously injured...............more

CCS reviews border situation

NEW DELHI, Dec 26: The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) met here today and reviewed the security situation in the wake of Pakistani military build-up but deferred any major decision in the absence of Defence Minister George Fernandes..........more

Militant, SPO, Sarpanch killed

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 26: Even as security forces have eliminated one Pakistani militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba in Kulgam area, militants have eliminated a Sarpanch and an SPO in Kashmir valley since last evening.......more

Police busts another spy racket

NEW DELHI, Dec 26: Delhi Police has claimed to have busted yet another spy ring by arresting one person and recovering "some classified" documents about the Army.........more

Another HUM ultra killed in Doda

Excelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, Dec 26: Yet another terrorist of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) was eliminated by the security forces in Kuki Malak area of Gandoh tehsil in Doda district.........more

Fields on IB mined.....

State Cabinet meets today.....

LeT moving cadres to J&K.....

Pak arrests 30 Jaish members.....

Corps Commander’s transfer withheld.....