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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2001
 

‘Operation West End’ by Tehelka.com creates ‘tehelka’
Secretly recorded videotapes plunge NDA Govt in trouble
Bangaru, Jaitly, army officers captured on camera taking bribe
Sinister nexus of top politicians, serving offricers, fixers unearthed
Revelations of how ‘suitcase people’ compromise defence
Oppn terms scam as Pokhran III, demands Govt’s resignation

BJP president Bangaru LaxmanNEW DELHI, Mar 13: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government today faced perhaps its biggest crisis so far following the ‘damning expose’ by the news portal tehelka.Com of alleged involvement of some top NDA leaders, including BJP president Bangaru Laxman and Samata Party chief Jaya Jaitly, in shady defence deals. The opposition, pouncing on the opportunity, demanded the resignation of the Vajpayee Government and threatened to disrupt the proceedings of Parliament tomorrow. The Lok Sabha was adjourned half an hour before schedule when the opposition demanded a statement on the issue. ..............more


Bangaru resigns

NEW DELHI, Mar 13 : Bangaru Laxman tonight resigned as BJP president, Party sources said. Laxman, who was shown by a Website portal as accepting money for allegedly fixing a fictitious defence deal, took the decision to quit his post after a meeting with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the sources said.......more

Govt ready for inquiry into expose: Mahajan

NEW DELHI, Mar 13 : Government tonight said it was prepared for an inquiry into the expose involving BJP and Samata Party presidents and a number of army officials accused of receiving bribes in a fictitious arms deal......more

Pak indifferent to J&K cease-fire
India is determined to defeat ISI designs: Advani

From B L Kak

Union Home Minister, Mr LK AdvaniNEW DELHI, Mar 13: The Union Home Minister, Mr LK Advani, has declared that Indian authorities are determined to defeat Pakistani ISI’s designs to destabilise India. While admitting that the ISI has spread its activities almost all over India, the Home Minister reiterated that while coordination among all security and intelligence agencies had become need of the hour, a series of measures had been taken to meet the threat from the ISI in Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere in the country.......more

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42 hurt in mine-blast, grenade attack
Army Captain, 2 Jaish militants among 8 killed in Kashmir

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Mar 13 : One civilian got killed and 42 others, including ten jawans injured in a series of mine and grenade blasts in the Kashmir valley since last evening.......more

ISI mainly active in J&K: Rao

From B L Kak

NEW DELHI, Mar 13: India has, once again, charged Pakistan with aiding and abetting activities of various terrorist and militant organisations in India.. ..more

Two brothers gunned down near Kalakote

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Mar 13: Militants gunned down two brothers at village Taali in Kalakote tehsil last night engineering strong protests from the public. Civil and police officials have rushed to the spot following tension in view of the killings. ....more

PM orders inquiry into alleged burning of Quran

NEW DELHI, Mar 13: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has ordered an inquiry into alleged burning of a copy of Quran here last week and the probe, being conducted by the Home Ministry, would be completed within a day or so, the Lok Sabha was told today.......more

Officers break down during Insp’s cremation

Excelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, Mar 13: A young and dynamic Inspector of Special Operations Group (SOG) Kanwal Singh Jamwal, who was killed alongwith two other officials in an encounter with militants at Baramulla yesterday, was given a tearful adieu with full police honours here this afternoon......more

Lashker warns MES contractors

SRINAGAR, Mar 13: Pakistan-based militant outfit Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) has warned contractors and suppliers of the Army’s Engineering and Signal’s division to desist from catering to Army camps failing which they would be "dealt with severely".........more Missing
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3 KAS officers promoted....

Vajpayee willing to resume talks: Musharraf ....

Security tightened in Sikhs inhabited 136 villages: Rao ....



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