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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2001
 

Governor G C Saxena addressing joint sitting of Legislature on Monday.
Governor G C Saxena addressing joint sitting of Legislature on Monday.

Govt vows to safe-guard minorities
Pak response to PM's peace initiative not
matching: Saxena

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 12: The Jammu and Kashmir Governor, Mr Girish Chandra Saxena today said that Prime Minister's peace initiative in the State will bear fruit only if the militants and their mentors give matching response.........more


Kukka Parrey comes to Govt’s rescue
BJP, JD disrupt Governor’s address on admissions
*MLAs’ display burning candles in House

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 12: Opposition members of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal today disrupted Governor’s address to joint sitting of legislature on the opening of the budget session in protesting against illegal medical admissions made in the Government Medical Colleges and poor electricity supply in Jammu...............more

Another power line blasted
4 militants, two cops killed in Rajouri, Doda

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 12: Army gunned down four militants in an encounter at Khanetar Gali in Jharan Wali Gali (JWG) of Rajouri district this evening. A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) was injured in the cross-firing. In Banihal area of Doda district, militants blasted another transmission line—second in the last two days—while two police constables drowned in a nullah during a search operation in Dachchan area.........more

Bodies of Sardari Lal and Kiran Singh, who were killed in group clash, lying in the mortuary of GMC. - Excelsior/Ashok
Bodies of Sardari Lal and Kiran Singh, who were killed in group clash, lying in the mortuary of GMC. - Excelsior/Ashok

Tension flares in adjoining areas
2 killed, 12 injured in group clash near Bari-Brahamana

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 12: Two persons were killed and 12 others injured, five of them seriously, when two groups clashed over a piece of land at village Birpur Morha Dullian near Bari Brahamana on Jammu-Pathankote National Highway............more

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Curfew relaxed for 8 hours
IGP reviews situation as girl remains untraced

Excelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, Feb 12: With district police drawing a blank for the fifth day in its efforts to recover a teen-aged kidnapped girl and apprehend her abductors, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu range, R V Raju reached here to review the situation while mob pelted stones on SSP’s office and damaged Gypsy of another DySP.......more

Hurriyat unfolds agenda of Pak visit

SRINAGAR, Feb 12 : Enunciating for the first time the agenda of its proposed Pakistan visit, the Hurriyat Conference today said it was aimed at turning the unilateral ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir into a two-way traffic and make the peace process "result-oriented’’.........more

DIG, 10 SSPs promoted

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Feb 12: The Government have promoted 11 IPS officers and ordered transfers in the Police Department.......more

Lala under fire in Assembly
Cong blames BJP for girl’s abduction, stages walkout

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 12: The violent incidents of Udhampur echoed in the Legislative Assembly on the first day of its opening with Congress (I) members charging BJP Legislature Party leader and MLA Udhampur Lala Shiv Charan Gupta with being instrumental in the kidnapping of a teen-aged girl and shielding the culprits.......more

Ceasefire decision only after assessment: Advani

AHMEDABAD, Feb 12: Home Minister L K Advani today made it clear that any decision on extension of "Ramzan ceasefire", beyond February 26 would be taken only after "assessment" of the situation in the strife-torn Kashmir valley. .....more

Migration of Sikhs from Kashmir averted

SRINAGAR, Feb 12: A possible migration of Sikhs, from Kashmir in the aftermath of the recent killing of six Sikhs in Mehjoornagar, was averted as a joint meeting of Punjab and Kashmiri leaders deciding to foil attempts aimed at creating a wedge.........more Missing
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