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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2001
 

‘Kashmir root cause of conflicts’
Musharraf continues hardline stand

Pakistan President Pervez MusharrafISLAMABAD, July 20: Continuing his hardline approach, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf insisted tonight that Jammu and Kashmir issue is central to the resolution of Indo-Pak problems and bluntly stated that there would be no forward movement in the peace process if India clung to its stand that the State was its integral part. At a two-hour long press conference telecast live even by Indian networks and attended by a large number of Indian journalists, who had specially flown for the event, the military ruler blew hot and cold being lavish in his praise for Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and ...............more


BJP and BJYM activists staging a demonstration at Jammu on Friday in protest against naming of the Tawi Bridge near Bahu Fort after former Chief Minister, Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah. -Excelsior/Ashok
BJP and BJYM activists staging a demonstration at Jammu on Friday in protest against naming of the Tawi Bridge near Bahu Fort after former Chief Minister, Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah. -Excelsior/Ashok

Call for Jammu bandh today
BJP workers damage name stone of new Tawi Bridge

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, July 20: Police this evening arrested eight Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) workers for smashing the name stone at newly constructed Tawi Bridge near Bagh-e-Bahu that is to be inaugurated by Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah tomorrow. All the arrested persons have been shifted to Bagh-e-Bahu Police Station..................more

Fierce fighting in Mendhar, posts damaged
3 Indian, 5 Pak jawans killed
*5 mercenaries gunned down in Poonch

Excelsior Correspondent

POONCH, July 20: Pakistan army opened heavy firing on Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Balnoi area of Mendhar sector killing three security personnel—two army and a BSF jawan this morning. Retaliatory firing by Indian side led to some casualties on Pakistan army but their exact number was not known.......more

‘America, Europe want Kashmir solution for their own reasons’
Hurriyat shall have to go democratic: Dr Thakur

From Ahmed Ali Fayaz

Dr Ayub ThakurSRINAGAR, July 20: The greatest advocate of Kashmir’s separation from India on international level, Dr Ayub Thakur, today said that Hurriyat Conference would have to establish its representative character by way of accommodating some Jammu and Ladakh leaders in its executive council. He said that the separatist conglomerate would also have to conduct its organisational elections, like the mainstream National Conference, in the "entire State under Indian occupation"...............more

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Gunbattles in Tangmarg, Kupwara
8 militants killed in 4 Valley encounters

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, July 20: While as security forces today eliminated eight militants in four separate operations in Kashmir valley, unidentified gunmen shot dead a former militant at Kulgam in south Kashmir.................more

Heavy Pak firing in Kargil after two years of lull

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, July 20: Pakistani troops today resorted to shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kargil sector ending over two years of lull in the border skirmishes in the area..............more

India outrightly rejects Musharraf’s claim

External Affairs Minister Jaswant SinghNEW DELHI, July 20: India tonight outrightly rejected as "totally not acceptable" Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s claim that Jammu and Kashmir was a "disputed territory" and asserted that the State is an integral part of the country. Shortly after Musharraf’s press conference in Islamabad, External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh told reporters outside Prime Minister’s Race Course residence "I take this opportunity to place clearly and categorically on record that (Pakistan’s claim) the State of J and K is a disputed territory is of course..............more

Shahi Imam opposes any attempt to divide India

NEW DELHI, July 20: Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari today declared that any attempt to divide the country would be strongly resisted by the Muslims in India................more

Truck, weapon seized
Main accused in double murder brought to Jammu

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, July 20: Police this afternoon brought brother of property dealer Kiran Singh here from Ramban, where he was arrested last mid-night, for his involvement in the double murder of Dr Uttam Chand Gupta and his wife Kamala Gupta................more

CBI raids premises of Subramanyam, 3 UTI officials

NEW DELHI, July 20: A fortnight after his resignation in the wake of dismal performance of US-64, CBI today raided premises of former UTI Chairman P S Subramanyam along with those of three top serving officials and a stock broker on charges of defrauding the country’s largest mutual fund to the tune of Rs 32.8 crore.................moreMissing
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Pak to release 25 Indians.....

Two militants shot in Banihal....

VC nominates 3 Deans....

Fake currency racket busted.....

 



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