People block highway with dead body
3 militants killed in Doda

Excelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, July 12: Rashtriya Rifles and Special Task Force (STF) Doda eliminated three militants including two hardcore ultras hailing from Kishtwar in an encounter this morning at Kotla Dhar in Dessa area of Doda district............more

3 militants, 3 soldiers, 2 civilians killed in Valley
Major infiltration bid foiled in Tulel

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, July 12: Even as militants killed a shopkeeper in Baramulla and a woman died in a grenade attack at Maisuma, security forces foiled a major infiltration bid in Tulel sector, killing at least two militants. Three soldiers, including a Lieutenant, also died in the encounter.............more

Kashmiris want exit from violence; but they don’t believe
India, Pak rulers
Why Kashmir is lukewarm to Musharraf’s visit

From Ahmed Ali Fayaz

SRINAGAR, July 12: This time round there is no manifestation of mass enthusiasm vis-a-vis Indo-Pak bonhomie in the Valley. And there are reasons behind this atmosphere of scepticism. Kashmiris have seen the two hostile nations coming closer and, within days, the fabric of understanding tearing apart—often disastrously..........more

Accused reveals name of 3 PC activists
Police solves Chrar blast

Excelsior Special Correspondent

BUDGAM, July 12: Budgam District Police today claimed to have solved the June 8 grenade blast of Chrar-e-Sharif in which seven devotees had died and 40 others sustained injuries at the shrine of the 14th century saint, Sheikh Noor-ud-din Noorani. Two main accused in Police custody revealed the names of three prominant activists of Mr Abdul Gani Lone’s Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) and claimed that they had masterminded and directed the grenade attack on Station House Officer (SHO) Chrar-e-Sharif, Imtiyaz Ahmed Dar.............more

Threat of fidayeen attack on Vajpayee, Musharraf

NEW DELHI, July 12: The Delhi Police have received intelligence inputs of possible attacks by suicide squads (fidayeen) of various terrorist groups on Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf to disrupt the historic Indo-Pak summit...........more

India proposes to open Srinagar-Muzafarrabad,
Jammu-Sialkot routes

NEW DELHI, July 12: India today proposed opening up of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad and Jammu-Sialkot routes for easing travel between the two parts of Jammu and Kashmir...........more

Jaswant disappointed over invitation to Hurriyat

NEW DELHI, July 12: External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh today expressed disappointment over the invitation to Hurriyat Conference leaders for Pakistan High Commissioner’s reception in honour of President Pervez Musharraf but remained non-committal on the question of Ministers and top officials attending it..........more

Cong to attend high tea.....