SPO among 3
killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR,
Feb 25 : A Special Police
Officer (SPO) was killed and five others
injured in a militant attack at Arkhai
Mohalla late last night while elsewhere
in the Kashmir, two people were killed
and another injured since last evening.
Militants attacked a Police Station and
two force camps while Special Operation
Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police
arrested three suspected ultras in the
Valley since last evening. The ultras
attacked a police station at Handwara in
north Kashmir last evening with automatic
weapons and grenades. Police guards also
retaliated, but no casualties were
reported. .....more
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Saudi Arabia
gears up for
annual Muslim pilgrimage
MECCA, SAUDI
ARABIA, Feb 25: Saudi
Arabia put the final touches on
preparations for the annual Haj
pilgrimage today as hundreds of
thousands of Muslims arrived in
the kingdom to perform one of the
five pillars of Islam. An
estimated two million pilgrims,
around two thirds of whom are
from outside Saudi Arabia, will
take part in the five-day ritual
that starts on March 3. Official
statistics showed more than
1,052,000 pilgrims from outside
the kingdom had arrived by land,
air and sea by Friday night. ....more
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Fresh snowfall in
Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Feb 25: The higher reaches
of Kashmir valley recorded fresh snowfall
of the season, while plains were lashed
with moderate to heavy rains since last
night. ........more
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Cross-border
terrorism continues: PM
Jihadis’
aggressive offensive further delays
Indo-Pak talks
From B L
Kak
NEW DELHI, Feb
25: The Prime Minister, Mr Atal
Behari Vajpayee, has ruled out talks with
Pakistan "at this stage".
Atmosphere, he has argued, requires to be
conducive for a meaningful dialogue.
Answering questions from some BJP members
of Parliament during the course of a
meeting with him, the Prime Minister
reiterated that he was for a
comprehensive dialogue process between
India and Pakistan. "But such a
process can be resumed only after a
conducive atmosphere was created",
Mr Vajpayee emphasised. Clearly, Mr
Vajpayee wanted Islamabad to take a
definite initiative in this connection.
He wanted the Pakistan Government to
immediately attend to three important
things, namely, the need to abjure
violence, give up continuous hostile
propaganda against India and stop
promoting and aiding cross-border
terrorism.....more
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Pak to stop proxy
war if it pays price for it: Advani
 DIMAPUR
(NAGALAND) Feb 25 Home Minister L K
Advani today said Pakistan would end its
proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir only if it
feels that it has to pay a price for it.
"Pakistan will end its proxy war
only when it feels that it has to pay
some price for it," Advani told
reporters accompanying him for the
three-day trip to the North East.
"So far the only price it has been
paying for the last one year is in terms
of international opinion and the common
people’s feelings in the
Valley," he said. "This I term
as pincer movement," he said, adding
the ceasefire in the Valley has brought
Pakistan under some .........more
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Farooq hopes
truce extension will usher in peace in
J&K
 NEW
DELHI, Feb 25: Jammu and
Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah
today hoped the fresh extension of
ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir would
usher in a new era of peace and
prosperity in the militancy-hit State.
"I hope and I will pray for the same
at Jeddah," Abdullah told PTI prior
to leaving for Saudi Arabia on a Haj
pilgrimage. The Chief Minister, who is
leading a 15-member Haj goodwill
delegation from India, said the fresh
extension of ceasefire was reason enough
for Pakistan to rein in the militant
outfits operating from across the LoC and
initiate steps to stop aiding and
abetting cross-border terrorism.
"Enough is enough. The entire
Kashmir valley has witnessed enough
bloodshed. I hope the fresh extension of
ceasefire will bring a silver.....more
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Kashmiri
group offers to cease fire if India meets
conditions
ISLAMABAD,
Feb 25: The militant
Kashmiri group Hizb ul-Mujahideen today
said the Mujahideen would suspend their
armed struggle in Kashmir if India
declared Kashmir a disputed territory
through an act of Parliament and took
"solid steps" to resolve the
dispute. .......more
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SPO killed, 5
jawans injured
Top ultra Chinga
escapes amid curfew in Bhaderwah
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 25: Bhaderwah town in
Doda district was placed under curfew
this morning to kill one of the most
dreaded militant and ‘chief
commander’ of Harkat-ul-Ansar
identified as Fareed alias Chinga, who
was trapped in a hideout but escaped
after fighting with army and police for
more than 12 hours in Bhaderwah town
overnight.A Special Police Officer (SPO)
was .......more
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Mamata
faces Hobson’s
choice in Rail budget ....
Police,
girl’s father leave for MP
Processions mark
fortnight of Meenakshi’s abduction....
Daler’s
painting fetches Rs 100,000 ....
University exams
postponed ..
3 criminals held
in Bakshi Nagar ....
15 kg heroin
recovered....
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NEW
DELHI, Feb 25: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today made a
scathing attack on the BJP-led coalition for the plight
of farmers alleging that its "corruption and
maladministration" has worsened the 
