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Funeral procession of BJP MP Vaid Vishnu Dutt being taken out for cremation to Jogi Gate in Jammu on Wednesday. -Excelsior/Ashok

Sushma, UP-JK Governors, Farooq, others
pay tributes to Vaid

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 28: Thousands of people from all walks of life including prominent leaders from various parties, representatives from social and trade organisations, legislators and parliamentarians and the top Government functionaries bade adieu to the veteran BJP leader and sitting Members Parliament from Jammu -Poonch Lok Sabha Constituency, Vaid Vishnu Dutt Sharma and paid tearful and floral tributes to the departed leader at Jogi Gate Cremation Ground on Tawi bank here this afternoon..............more

Taliban leadership compound under attack
Consensus emerging on Zaher to head
Afghan interim Govt

KOENIGSWINTER, Nov 28: Afghan factions pressed ahead today with talks on crafting a new multiethnic Government with consensus growing around the ex-King as head of a transitional administration, delegates said...........more

RDX filled casserole IED seized
Border skirmishes spread to IB, 8 houses burnt

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 28: After suffering 16 casualties opposite Khari Karmara on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector yesterday, Pakistan army opened a new front on the International Border in Garkhal area of Akhnoor sector late last night blasting eight houses in Sidharwan village............more

Shah under house arrest
Strike against POTO cripples life in Valley

SRINAGAR, Nov 28: Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party chief Shabir Ahmad Shah was put under house arrest as life was crippled today in view of a day-long general strike called by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association in protest against POTO.......more

Women urged to resist terrorists' diktats in J&K

VISAKHAPATNAM, Nov 28: Fighting terrorism by women does not necessarily involve taking up arms like a commando but making them bold enough not to succumb to the militants "diktats," according to Shabnam, an activist from the Kashmir valley........more

3 killed, 26 injured in Mendhar accident

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Nov 28: A day after the Kalakote tragedy, another passengers bus today met with an accident in Kalaban area of Mendhar tehsil in Poonch district killing three persons and wounded 26 others, three of them seriously........more

India needs no US support to fight terrorism: Swami

NEW DELHI, Nov 28: India does not need the US support to fight terrorism as the country has the requisite strength and resolve to fight its own battle, Minister of State for Home I D Swami said today... .....more

Lashkar chief slams Pak

ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: Chief of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT), Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has blamed the present military regime for the prevailing situation in Afghanistan...........more

JKLF, Hurriyat condemn Jammu arrests

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Nov 28: Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and Hurriyat Conference have condemned the reported arrest of four prominent JKLF leaders in Jammu. According to the statements, Javed Ahmed Mir, Javed Ahmed Zargar, Manzoor Ahmed Sofi and Wajahat Qureshi have been arrested by Jammu Police when they were returning to Srinagar after having produced themselves in the designated court of TADA...............more

Illegal timber seized in Jammu......

Fernandes again under attack.....

State cabinet to discuss POTO today.....

Delhi CM may drop some Ministers.....

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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2001