SRINAGAR,
Nov 3: As
many as 21 commuters died and 38 others sustained
injuries when a passenger bus plummeted 300 metre deep
into a gorge at Sadrkoot Payeen in Bandipore area of
north Kashmir this afternoon. All the injured have been
evacuated to different hospitals of the capital city
here.......more
Women indulging in brisk purchases on the
eve of Karva Chouth fast. -- Excelsior/Ashok
SRINAGAR,
Nov. 3:Chief
Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah believes that terrorism can
not be rooted out from the world alone by bombing
Afghanistan but by fighting the menace everywhere it is
present. All the countries, he said, have to come
together and fight it out rather than choosing selective
areas for taking on terror......more
RAJOURI, Nov 3:The Border
Security Force (BSF) and Poonch police
today arrested 17 Kashmiri youths and
were hunting for 45 to 50 others as they
foiled biggest ever exfiltration attempt
on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch
sector.......more
Aviation
ordnancemen tow a pod used to
track training sidewinder
missiles to a storage area Friday
on board the nuclear-powered
aircraft carrier US S John C.
(AP/Ric Francis)
ISLAMABAD,
Nov 3:In
first major defeat at the hands
of opposition forces since the
launch of US military operation
in Afghanistan, ruling Taliban
today lost a key district near
the town of Mazar-e-Sharif, but
said they would not shy away from
fighting the war with the US even
during Ramadan.......more
The Minister of Power, Mr
S S Slathia addressing a gathering of
industrialists and business community at
the Headquarters of Chamber of Commerce
and Industry, Rail Head on Saturday. The
President CCI, Mr Ram Sahai and PDD Chief
Engineer Mr H S Raina is also sitting
along with him. -- Excelsior/Ashok
JAMMU, Nov 3: Announcing
reduction in power curtailment from nine
hours to five and half hours throughout
the State from tomorrow, the Power
Minister, Mr S S Slathia today said that
there will be no night curtailment from 9
pm onwards........more
NEW
DELHI, Nov 3:The Editor-in-Chief
of DAILY EXCELSIOR, Mr S D Rohmetra
arrived here today to accompany Prime
Minister Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee on his
10-day three nation visits beginning from
November 4. Mr Vajpayee is visiting
Russia, United States of America and
United Kingdom where he is scheduled to
meet President Vladmir Putin in Moscow on
November 6, President George Bush in
Washington on November 9 and Prime
Minister Tony Blair in London on November
12......more
NEW DELHI, Nov 3:Prime
Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee leaves here
tomorrow on a three-nation tour to focus
on Indias role in the current
global campaign against terrorism besides
further cementing ties with the US,
Britain and Russia.....more
SRINAGAR, Nov 3: Even as exchange
of shelling continued between Pakistani
and Indian troops in Uri sector and Army
claimed to have killed three Pakistani
soldiers "in retaliation", two
militants and a civilian got killed in
the nightlong gunbattle at Chewa village,
in Budgam district. One person has been
beheaded in Tral area.....more
JAMMU, Nov 3:Four
terrorists including a notorious guide of
Inter-services Intelligence (ISI) and a
civilian were killed while another ultra
was captured alive in separate encounters
in Poonch, Rajouri and Udhampur districts
today........more
WASHINGTON, Nov 3:Fulfilling
Indias long-standing demand days
before Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayees visit, the US banned
Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba and
Jaish-e-Mohammad by designating them as
"foreign terrorist
organisations", to further the
current campaign against global
terrorism.......more