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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2001
 

Protesters gather along a busy intersection at Numaish Chowrangi in Karachi on Wednesday urging the Government to allow the repatriation of the bodies of Karachi men who joined the Jihad in Afghanistan and were subsequently killed in the ongoing military strikes by the US and British forces. (AP/Athar Hussain)
Protesters gather along a busy intersection at Numaish Chowrangi in Karachi on Wednesday urging the Government to allow the repatriation of the bodies of Karachi men who joined the Jihad in Afghanistan and were subsequently killed in the ongoing military strikes by the US and British forces. (AP/Athar Hussain)

US planes pound Taliban front, envoy defiant

KABUL/JABAL-US-SARAJ (AFGHANISTAN), Oct 24: US warplanes today hit the Taliban frontline north of Kabul, but the movement’s sole ambassador said it would not hand over Osama bin Laden even at the cost of every life in Afghanistan. ...more



Police open firing on demonstrators
Pak relents after clashes, accepts bodies of jihadis

*Harkat confirms killings of 35 militants

ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Police today opened fire to disperse thousands of angry demonstrators protesting the authorities’ refusal to allow bodies of the eight of the 22 Harkat-ul-Mujahideen militants who were killed in US air raids in Kabul. ........more

Centre giving serious thought to nation's security: Advani

NEW DELHI, Oct 24: Union Home Minister L K Advani today said Government is giving serious thought to the security of the country and was confident of tackling militancy "whether any country helps us or not." .....more

'Become an Indian first'

NEW DELHI, Oct 24: "Become an Indian first, the rest will follow," was the impassioned appeal of Union Home Minister L K Advani during his address at the 40th Raising Day celebrations of Indo Tibetan Border Police today. . . ...more

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Abu Salem arrested

MUMBAI, Oct 24: Abu Salem, prime accused in Gulshan Kumar murder case and a close associate of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, was arrested in a Gulf country today, reports said. ....more

Gupta to continue as MD SFC

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 24: The State Government today partially modified the transfers in civil administration involving 71 officers ordered yesterday......more

2 Karnah civilians killed in LoC clash
5 militants killed in Chadoura, Pattan

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 24: While as security forces eliminated five militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Toiba in two separate gunbattles in Chadoura and Pattan, two civilians got killed in an armed clash between militants and security forces at Amrohi on LoC, in Karnah sector today. Militants also killed a Police constable in an abortive attempt on life of a Janata Dal activist in Kupwara district. ...more

4 Hizb militants nabbed in Thane

THANE, Oct 24: With the arrest of four militants of the banned ‘Hizbul Mujahideen’ from nearby Mumbra town, police today claimed to have unravelled a major conspiracy hatched by them to eliminate key political leaders and trigger off a chain of explosions in crowded places here. ....more

Hurriyat leader's links with terror trust
Will Muslim World League open office in J&K?

From B L Kak

NEW DELHI, Oct 24: The Muslim World League is reported to be under pressure to openly operate from Kashmir, where Muslims constitute a preponderant majority and where India continues to face "rage and revolt" from the Muslim rebels. . ....more

Govt to regularise employees against migrant posts

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 24 : In a significant development, the Farooq Abdullah Government in Jammu and Kashmir today decided to set up a Committee to consider regularisation of ad hoc employees appointed against the vacancies of Pandits who left the Valley after onset of militancy in 1989.....moreMissing
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SHO suspended....

Pant meets industry leaders to enhance investment in J&K...

Lucknow, Srinagar, Kozhikode new points for Haj...

People gheroe police station
SOG’s ‘Ghatak party’ guns down woman........

Farooq announces 33 pc reservation for women.....



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