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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2001
 

Blast near shrine; CRPF Insp, jawan killed
NC MLA, family escape bid on life

Excelsior Team

SRINAGAR, June 12: The 36-hour long siege by the security forces of the mosque at Shangus in Anantnag district ended this morning after security forces killed all the six militants. The incident at Shangus was second of its kind. Earlier three militants had taken refuge in a mosque at Shopian in south Kashmir district of Pulwama after killing two security men....................more


Author Squadron Leader Anil Sehgal with poet laureate Ali Sardar Jafri and singer-composer Seema Anil Sehgal.
Author Squadron Leader Anil Sehgal with poet laureate Ali Sardar Jafri and singer-composer Seema Anil Sehgal.

Unique honour for JK author

Excelsior Correspondent

MUMBAI, June 12: It will be perhaps for the first time that a book authored by Jammu and Kashmir writer gets an international launch...............more

Hurriyat against militants’ using mosques for shelter

SRINAGAR, June 12: Two days after temporarily suspending its agitation in Jammu and Kashmir, the Hurriyat Conference in another significant development asked militants not to misuse mosques as sancturies and endorsed Pakistani ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf call to "Jehadi" groups to stop anti-India propaganda........more

Fear psychosis grips border people

From Dinesh Manhotra

KORO-TANA (Indo-Pak Border), June 12: Sounds of ammunition poundered by the Pakistani soldiers, sometimes with ferocious or with low intensity, repeatedly pierce through the ominous atmosphere, gripped with melancholy and fear along International Borders, particularly in R S Pura sector...............more

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RBI approves 40 pc dividend
Khusro, Gupta, Malik on Board of J&K Bank

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, June 12: The Jammu and Kashmir Bank Limited has nominated three top finance luminaries, Dr A M Khusro, Mr G P Gupta and Mr Vipan Malik, on the Board of J&K Bank from June 11, 2001........more

Live grenades recovered
Young girl arrested for militant links in Poonch

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, June 12: A young girl has been arrested by Poonch police for her active involvement in Pakistan-sponsored militancy. Her associate in Hizbul Mujahideen has also been taken into custody by police. A total of eight grenades have been recovered from their possession............more

3 militants, BSF jawan killed

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, June 12: The Border Security Force (BSF), under the command of Romeo Force, gunned down three militants including two foreign mercenaries in general area of Mohagla in Kalakot tehsil this morning........more

‘Farooq in London to silence detractors’
Omar dares Hurriyat to prove representative character

NEW DELHI, June 12: Minister of State For Commerce And Industries Omar Abdullah has challenged the All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) to prove its representative character by participating in the coming elections in Jammu and Kashmir.........more

India, Russia test fire ‘PJ-10’ missile successfully

BALASORE, June 12: India and Russia today successfully test fired a jointly developed new ‘supersonic cruise’ missile with a strike range of 280 kms from the Interim Test Range (ITR) at Orissa Chandipur-on-sea in a move to "enhance the effectiveness" of the armed forces of the two countries........more

Kashmir a complex pol issue: Hurriyat

NEW DELHI, June 12: Hurriyat Conference today said Kashmir was a "complex" and "political" issue which had acquired religious dimension and its solution could be found only by involving Kashmiris in talks................moreMissing
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Cheat arrested for selling duplicate gold.....

DFP opposed to trifurcation.....

Communication sets, explosives seized from mosque ....

Farooq deplores desecration of mosque by militants .....

Mahore tense as people refuse to bury infant....



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