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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2001
 

Overcrowded bus rolls down 300 metre deep
21 killed, 38 injured in Bandipore mishap

Excelsior Special Correspondent

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
Women indulging in brisk purchases on the eve of ‘Karva Chouth’ fast. -- Excelsior/Ashok

Selective fight won’t root out terrorism from world: Farooq

Excelsior Correspondent

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

17 arrested, 50 trapped in Poonch
Biggest exfiltration bid by Kashmiri boys foiled

Excelsior Correspondent

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)
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)

Karzai, two others executed
Taliban suffer blow, stay defiant

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

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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
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

Govt reduces power cuts by 3½ hrs

Excelsior Correspondent

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

Rohmetra in Capital to accompany PM visiting abroad

Excelsior Correspondent

Editor-in-Chief of DAILY EXCELSIOR, Mr S D RohmetraNEW 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

Visit to highlight terrorism
PM leaves today on 3 nation tour

Excelsior Correspondent

NEW DELHI, Nov 3: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee leaves here tomorrow on a three-nation tour to focus on India’s role in the current global campaign against terrorism besides further cementing ties with the US, Britain and Russia.....more

Army claims death of 3 Pak soldiers
Two militants, civilian killed in Budgam

Excelsior Special Correspondent

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

Four terrorists, civilian killed in 3 operations

Excelsior Correspondent

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

US brands LeT, JeM as foreign terrorist outfits

WASHINGTON, Nov 3: Fulfilling India’s long-standing demand days before Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s 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.......moreMissing
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Fake currency racket busted......

Rumsfeld arrives today in Delhi......

Saxena meets Advani......

Laden issues new videotape.....



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