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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2001
 

Two aircrafts violate LoC
Pak plane shot down in Chhamb sector
*Protest being lodged with Pakistan

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 19: Indian army shot down a Pakistani Turbo Prop aircraft this afternoon after two planes violated the Line of Control (LoC) and intruded deep into Indian territory in Chhamb sector of Akhnoor tehsil. This was for the first time after announcement of cease-fire by Indian and ‘maximum restraint’ offer of Pakistan on the LoC that enemy aircrafts violated the air space, which has been viewed very seriously by the Defence authorities ........more


Prime Medical College issue
Farooq vows to expose Centre

Excelsior Correspondent

Chief Minister Dr Farooq AbdullahJAMMU, Feb 19: Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah today washed his hands off the most controversial issue of illegal admissions of the students of Prime Medical College to other Govt Medical Colleges claiming that Central Government was responsible for the entire episode. Making this statement in the State Legislative Council here today, the Chief Minister said," Kare Koi, bhare Farooq Abdullah." The agitation launched by the ABVP and supported by some vested organisations including RSS have the only motive to defame National Conference Government. Some people are playing dirty and cheap politics over this issue........more

Girl’s security prime concern : CM
Meenakshi speaks to family on phone; but
remains untraced
*Police teams leave for Saket, Chandigarh

Excelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, Feb 19: Eleven day long kidnapping of teen-aged Meenakshi took another turn last mid-night when the girl reportedly spoke to her family members twice on telephone from an unidentified location and conveyed that she was alright and will return to the house shortly......more

Toll 10; haul of arms, explosives
‘Bhat Saheb’ among 6 more ultras killed in Rajouri
*Another Gujjar shot dead

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Feb 19: Army and police today eliminated six more militants in the continued encounter at Rud nullah in Kot Chadwal area of Budhal taking toll in the encounter since last evening to 10. A dreaded militant Kasif Bhat alias ‘Bhat Saheb", who had master-minded and executed the massacre of 15 nomads at Kot Chadwal was among those killed.......more

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Qualification bar for MLAs rejected
Govt rules out reducing term of Assembly to 5 years

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 19: The State Government today categorically ruled out the reduction of Legislative Assembly’s term from six to five years and making Graduation compulsory for a candidate to contest legislator’s election.......more

J&K militancy confined to foreign groups
President lambasts Pak for cross-border terrorism, killings

From B L Kak

President, Mr K R NarayananThe President, Mr K R Narayanan, has lambasted Pakistan for continuing cross border terrorism and aiding and abetting killing of innocent people in Jammu and Kashmir. Mr Narayanan, in his blistering attack on Pakistan, regretted: "There has been no let-up, much less an end to, cross-border terrorism and vicious anti-India propaganda, originating from Pakistani soil"....more

Clashes continue on 4th day
6 jawan killed in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, Feb 19: Six security personnel including a CID official were killed and 16 injured as militants attacked an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) camp, two BSF pickets, an Army convoy and ambushed a police vehicle in the Kashmir valley today during the past 24 hours.....more

Massive sloganeering against R&D Minister
Entire Oppn walks-out against nominations in Panchayats

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 19: For the first time in the current budget session, almost the entire Opposition unitedly flayed the Government for the proposal of nominations to Panchayats and Block Development Councils and staged a collective walk-out shouting slogans against Rural and Development Minister Ajay Sadhotra........more

Economic performance of J&K Govt has improved: Omar

Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Omar Abdullah NEW DELHI, Feb 19: The achievements of the present Jammu and Kashmir State Government are larger when compared to those during the Governors’ rule in the state with greater recovery of the dues including that of Electricity Bill and other basic services, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Omar Abdullah said here today. Abdullah, who was speaking to reporters after being presented the report of the committee on export promotion in the State, said "the achievements of the State Government have been larger than during the Governor’s rule in the State and there has been better realisation".....more

Farooq to lead official Indian Haj delegation

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 19: Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah will head the official Indian delegation for Haj this year. He will leave on February 24 for New Delhi as head of the delegation......more Missing Indian Kids - Children
Taliban agrees to hand over Laden to Saudi Arabia ....

Per capita Central assistance to J&K is Rs 6000 per annum ....

Five DySPs transferred....

Notorious cheat nabbed by police....

CCS to meet tomorrow....

Pak continues support to ultras: India....



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