Cong vows to
force NDA to quit
Sonia opposes
J&K's trifurcation
BANGALORE,
Mar 18: Congress president
Sonia Gandhi today made it clear that her
party would never accept partition of
Jammu and Kashmir as being suggested in
some quarters. "Let me categorically
say with all the firmness at my command
that Congress will never accept partition
of Jammu and Kashmir," Gandhi said
in her opening remarks at the
partys 81st plenary session here.
"We are more than prepared to
support any initiative, back any policy
that brings peace in Kashmir but where is
that policy?" the Congress president
asked. .....more
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Cong
challenged for trial of strength
PM rejects
resignation demand
RAWATBHATTA
(RAJASTHAN), Mar 18: Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
today rejected the opposition
demand for his resignation in the
wake of tehelka expose and went
on a counter-offensive against
Congress challenging it to a
trial of strength in Parliament.
Addressing a rally of BJP workers
here, Vajpayee said the Congress
wanted a probe first into the
allegations and then came up with
the stand that "the probe is
over and Government should
resign." "Congress
wants to have a readily-cooked
food. But this is not
possible," he said. ......more
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Qureshi attacks
ISI for calling him Indian agent
NEW
DELHI, Mar 18: Founding father of
JKLF and hijacker of Indian Airlines
plane in 1971 Hashim Qureshi today
criticised Pakistan for calling him an
Indian agent and said ISI was never
reconciled to the fact that Kashmiris
could have their own identity. Qureshi,
who later formed Jammu and Kashmir
Democratic Liberation Party, said his
return to India had caused "much of
a discomfort for the Pakistani rulers and
their agents." In a statement issued
by his office in Holland, where he spent
nearly two decades in exile, he said
"I laughed at the Pakistani media
dancing to the tune of its masters in ISI
and terming me as an Indian agent."
Qureshi, who was arrest.......more
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Bandh in
Jawahar Nagar
4
miscreants arrested
for violent incidents
Excelsior
Correspondent
RAJOURI, Mar 18: A complete shutdown
was observed in Jawahar Nagar, where army
remained deployed following lifting of
curfew by the district administration
this morning. Police have, meanwhile,
arrested four miscreants involved in
yesterdays incidents of stoning,
damaging shops and beating-up of youths
of minorities.....more
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Militant, BSF jawan
killed in Rajouri
Excelsior
Correspondent
RAJOURI, Mar 18:
A
hardcore militant and a Border Security
Force (BSF) jawan were killed in two
separate incidents across the district
overnight......more
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Jaswant to hold
addl charge of defence
NEW
DELHI, Mar 18: External Affairs
Minister Jaswant Singh was today given
additional charge of Ministry of Defence
which fell vacant following the
resignation of George Fernandes. ......more
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After threat, Hizb
calls bandh for Geelani
NC leader, SPO
killed
Excelsior
Special Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 18: While as Hizbul
Mujahideen has called for a shutdown in
Kashmir in protest against the alleged
attack on the senior Jamaat-e-Islami
leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, militants
have eliminated yet another block
president of the ruling National
Conference as also a Special Police
Official (SPO) since last evening.
Meanwhile, security forces have shot dead
a Pakistani national in the capital city
here who has been described a foreign
militant. ......more
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Farooq, Haj
delegation meet PM
Excelsior
Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Mar
18: Jammu and Kashmir
Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah who
led the Indian Haj goodwill delegation to
Mecca called on Prime Minister, Mr Atal
Behari Vajpayee this evening. he was also
accompanied by other members of the
delegation.........more

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Fernandes to step down as NDA convener .... Cong will not
allow financial deadlock: Pranab ......
NC leader among 4
killed in Kashmir ........
Red alert in HP
to prevent ultras from sneaking in ....
JAC leaders
meet CBI.........
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