Grenade attack on
Minister's house
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 16: Militants
launched a grenade attack on the
residential house of Forest Minister
Peerzada Ghulam Ahmed Shah at Qazigund
today while as one militant of
Lashkar-e-Toiba died due to drowning in
Madhumati nullah, in Bandipore area.........more
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Pak to patronise
jehadi groups
ISLAMABAD,
May 16: In
an attempt to perpetuate his
rule, Pakistan Chief Executive
General Pervez Musharraf has
adopted a two-pronged strategy,
that of patronising Jehadi and
fundamentalist groups on one hand
and unleashing a ‘reign of
terror’ against political
parties on the other.........more
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Ultra is GAD employee
Mohd Amin
Bhat alias Fayaz, a Hizbul Mujahideen
‘divisional commander’, who
escaped from police custody in Janipura
yesterday, was working as a clerk in
General Administration
Department..............more
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Kashmiri group flays
Hurriyat Conference
NEW DELHI, May 16: A prominent
UK-based Kashmiri group has criticised
the Hurriyat Conference for insisting on
Pakistan visit before holding a dialogue
with New Delhi and said "there has
to be a way forward in the best
interests" of the people of the
State............more
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Cease-fire to continue
beyond May 31
From B L Kak
NEW DELHI, May 16: Undiminished
opposition from the hard-liners of the
Sangh Parivar to the Centre’s
"soft" line in Jammu and
Kashmir notwithstanding, the Prime
Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, has
decided to extend the cease-fire period
in the State, which is slated to expire
on May 31...........more
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Houses set ablaze
in Kishtwar
Defeated
Sarpanch, trader shot dead; couple
injured
Excelsior
Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, May 16: Militants
gunned down a defeated candidate for
Sarpanch in Mahore and a shopkeeper in
Kishtwar and shot at a couple in Marmat
area of Kishtwar tehsil in Doda district
while setting four houses, being used by
SOG cops for stay, on fire............more
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2 Gujjars die in
cloudburst
3
Shias killed, 35 injured in mishap
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 16: Three Shia
Muslims got killed and 35 injured when
their minibus turned turtle at Chhoora
village on Srinagar-Baramulla highway
this evening. Meanwhile, two members of
Gujjar community died in a cloudbust in
Handwara area today...............more
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Union Cabinet
expansion soon....
Cong poll panels
for UP, JK, Punjab.....
Murder accused,
rapist nabbed....
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