KISHTWAR,
Nov 23: As
the United State and the Britain have declaredpan-Islamic
terrorists organisations namely Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)
and Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) as terrorists groups, the
Pakistani agencies have intensified efforts to bring all
terrorists out-fits under the banner of Hizbul Mujahideen
to give indigenous colour to the insurgency. Beside local
terrorists, foreign mercenaries active in the State have
been directed by the Pakistani agencies to desert their
out-fits and join Hizbul Mujahideen..............more
Old
uniforms worn by army soldiers from previous regimes in
Afghanistan are shown on sale in a market in Kabul,
Afghanistan on Friday. (AP/Amir Shah)
KABUL/BANGI,
Nov 23:US
warplanes bombarded Taliban fighters trapped in Kunduz
today as suspicions grew of a split in the multi-ethnic
alliance besieging the radical militia’s last
northern bastion...........more
SRINAGAR, Nov 23:In a bid to
end factionalism within Hizbul
Mujahideen, its Pakistan-based supreme
commander Syed Salahuddin today recalled
the commanders in Jammu and Kashmir, led
by Abdul Majid Dar, to the militant
outfit’s base camp at Muzzafarabad
in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and pledged
support to the new leadership headed by
Saif-ul-Islam..........more
NEW DELHI, Nov
23:Mrs Maneka
Gandhi has said she is not keen
to continue as a minister and
will not take charge of her new
assignment of Statistics and
Programme Implementation as
‘the department does not
exist and it does not have a full
time Secretary or even an
office".................more
GUHA-MARMAT, Nov 23:Even as the
Army has been strengthening its
formations in this hinter-land, silent
migration of minorities is going unabated
from Marmat area due to the threats of
terrorists active in this belt.....
.........more
SRINAGAR, Nov 23: Even as no major
incident of violence was reported from
anywhere in the hinterland, four
civilians, including three young
children, got killed in Pakistani
troops’ shelling in Karnah and Uri
sectors last evening.........more
JAMMU, Nov 23:Justice T S
Doabia of the State High Court, in a
significant judgment, has quashed the
appointment of 47 Naib Tehsildars who
were selected on the basis of an
advertisement issued by State Service
Selection Recruitment Board (SSRB).......more
NEW DELHI, Nov 23:Washington
has approved New Delhi’s initiative
vis-à-vis Afghanistan. A message from
Washington has, in fact, given a clear
indication of the US President, Mr George
W Bush’s appreciation of the
Vajpayee Government’s decision to
send a diplomatic mission to Kabul.
......more
JAMMU, Nov 23:The State
Government has not only privatised the
Medical Colleges (GMCs) and associated
hospitals of Jammu and Kashmir but also
surpassed the rates of surgeries by 100
to 150 and in some cases by over 300 per
cent as compared to Post Graduate
Institute (PGI) of Chandigarh, a premier
health institute of Northern
India...........more
NEW DELHI, Nov 23:Worried
over the lack of decorum and unruly
scenes in Parliament and state
Legislatures, a high-level conference of
political leaders here on Sunday will try
to evolve an enforceable code of conduct
for legislators............more
