Taliban chief’s son killed

LONDON, Oct 21: Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar’s 10-year-old son was killed in the US raids on Afghanistan, an Afghan who treated him said today. .......more

Fight war in enemy’s court: CM

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 21: Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah today said the war against terrorism should be fought in the enemy’s court and smash terrorist training camps. ‘How could Pakistan be a sincere ally in the campaign against global terror when it is itself involved in running terrorist training camps on its land’, he wondered........more

‘Influx of terrorists from Pakistan on’
Mercenaries not leaving J&K: Jagat

NEW DELHI, Oct 21: Despite having vowed to work against terrorism along with world community, Pakistan continues to send mercenaries into Jammu and Kashmir and has increased cross-border firing along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border apparently to "provoke" Indian troops, according to BSF. There is also no indication of mercenaries leaving Jammu and Kashmir in response to the call of Afghanistan’s Taliban regime to join them in the fight against US, BSF Director General Gurbachan Jagat told PTI in an interview here. ......more

JK bound ultras trained in Bangladesh

From B L Kak

NEW DELHI, Oct 21: A sensational revelation: Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has successfully worked out a new mechanism against India. It is the enhanced activity in Bangladesh to recruit young and committed men for campaigns in Jammu and Kashmir and the northeastern region of India. ....more

Govt ignores findings of its own panel
Fraud worth crores in relief for ‘political migrants’

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Oct 21: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has reported a big fraud in distribution of cash relief by the State Government on the name of ‘political migrants’ from the Kashmir valley. The fraud runs into several crores of rupees......more

Growing communication gap between BJP, Govt: PM

NEW DELHI, Oct 21: With the crucial Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh ahead, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today spoke of a growing communication gap between the party and the Government which needed to be addressed even as Home Minister L K Advani disapproved of partymen airing their grievances in public. ......more

Terrorist, jawan killed; 3 injured in Rajouri

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Oct 21: A Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist and an army jawan were killed while three other soldiers sustained minor injuries in an encounter at village Ganewali in Danna area under jurisdiction of Thanna Mandi police station this morning.. .......more

Civilian killed in Anantnag......

Gold, silver, cash haul from DD official....

New route to Mansarovarruled out.....

Lone receives threats.....