Two retired army officials among 3 killed in Mendhar
*SHO buried with full police honours

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Aug 11: Three persons including two retired army officials were shot dead by the terrorists at village Salwa in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch district last night while SHO Kalakote Sub Inspector Mohd Yusuf Choudhary, who was killed in an encounter with the terrorists at Keri Chappar in Kalakote yesterday, was buried in his native town Seri Khwaja in Poonch today.......more

Situation muddy in Gujarat: Lyngdoh

NEW DELHI, Aug 11: Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh, who toured riot-ravaged Ahmedabad and Baroda returned here today asserting the situation is "literally muddy" in Gujarat but refused to divulge his mind on the timing of the Assembly elections in the State. .......more

Amarnath pilgrims, poll duty forces stranded on NH

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Aug 11: Over 1000 Amarnath pilgrims, who left MA stadium this morning for Pahalgam base camp, were stranded at Ramban due to blockade of Jammu-Srinagar national highway due to landslides. Besides, 31 companies of para-military forces, which too were proceeding to Kashmir on election duty, were also held up on the highway—the only road link between Jammu and Srinagar.. ...........more

33 feared killed in cloudburst

DEHRA DUN, Aug 11: At least 33 people were feared killed in sleep and several went missing today when a cloudburst struck four remote villages of Uttaranchal’s Tehri district triggering flash floods and landslides flattening several houses. .....more

Pak-based militant outfits likely to merge

NEW DELHI, Aug 11: With two main Kashmiri militant groups being disbanded, "rumours" are abuzz in the terrorist circles of Pakistan about merger of all such groups and that such a move could sideline All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) from the Kashmiri mainstream, media reports said. ..........more

2 Pak militants killed in Valley
Judge’s house destroyed in gunbattle

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Aug 11: In a gunbattle at a judge’s house, one Pakistani militant has been eliminated by security forces in south Kashmir. One more Pakistani militant is reported to have died while infiltrating into the Valley in Nowgam sector. ....................more

‘PoK continues to breed terrorists’

NEW DELHI, Aug 11: Days after the Pakistan chapter of Hurriyat Conference lashed out at the mismanagement in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), another senior separatist leader left Islamabad red-faced when he accused it of using PoK only as a ground to breed terrorism. .................more

JKDFP accepts talks offer....

Langars closed down at Nunwan, Sheshnag....

IAF, police rescue six people from Tawi river......