
Anara Gupta
talking to media-persons after being
crowned as Miss
J&K as second runner up Arti looks
on. Excelsior/Ashok
Participants
protest baised decision
Mr and Miss
J&K contest ends in chaos, confusion
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 7: Amidst chaos and
confusion, Yogesh and Anara Gupta were
tonight crowned as Mr and Miss Jammu and
Kashmir for the year 2001 with audience
and even participants expressing
resentment over biased decision of the
judges......more
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Hot pursuit
of terrorists on Centres
agenda: Omar
DUBAI, Oct
7: Minister of
State for External Affairs Omar
Abdullah says hot pursuit of
terrorists is very much on the
agenda of the Indian Government
to tackle militancy in Jammu and
Kashmir even as he scoffed at
suggestions that Pakistans
relations with the United States
are being strengthened at New
Delhi cost. "Yes, hot
pursuit is very much on the
agenda, but the option does not
necessarily have to be solely
military," he told the Gulf
News during his brief visit to
Dubai yesterday. Mr Abdullah was
of the view that India should
marshal its vast intelligence
gathering resources to produce
credible evidence against
Jaish-e-Mohammad, which initially
claimed responsibility for last
weeks suicide attack on the
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, only
to retract later........more
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Move beyond
condemnations
Time for
reconciliation in J&K: JKMM
NEW
DELHI, Oct 7: Condemning the
suicide attack at the State Assembly,
Jammu and Kashmir Muttahida Mahaz has
said the Centre has to move beyond just
condemnation and take some
"concrete" measures for the
reconciliation of disgruntled elements in
the State. .................more
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LeT
operational commander
eliminated
Terrorists kill
Sarpanch
Excelsior
Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Oct 7: Unidentified
terrorists gunned down a Sarpanch after
briefly holding him hostage at village
Udhyanpur while ITBP and STF eliminated
an operational commander of
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) in Gandoh area of
Doda district today................more
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Pak freezes accounts
of Taliban Ministers
ISLAMABAD,
Oct 7: In a major blow to
Afghanistans ruling Taliban regime,
Pakistan has frozen 146 bank accounts
belonging to the militias leading
ministers and officials along with three
Afghan entities in order to comply with
the UN resolutions. .........more
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