GORAKHPUR,
Feb 16:Prime
Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today again rejected
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s offer of talks
on Kashmir saying there cannot be any dispute on Kashmir
as it is an integral part of India..................more
Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah addressing a rally in
Samba on Saturday.
JAMMU,
Feb. 16:Chief
Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah today strongly pleaded for
devolution of power to states, saying that strong units
are imperative for a stable centre..........more
POONCH, Feb. 16:Anticipating
a major shift in Islamabad sponsored
terrorism in next few months, Minister of
State for External Affairs today ruled
out talks with Pakistan until the cross
border terrorism is completely
stopped...............more
RAJOURI, Feb 16:Two
hardcore terrorists and an army
jawan were killed and four other
soldiers were injured in an
encounter at village Chrung in
Khablan area of Thanna Mandi this
evening while people stoned
Darhal police station and
observed a shutdown to protest
the killing of a woman
yesterday................more
SRINAGAR, Feb 16: With the arrest of
16 militants and recovery of 100 kgs of
the high grade explosive PETN, Police
today claimed that the drastic
improvement in situation, in the capital
city of Srinagar, was the result of a
major offensive launched by Special
Operations Group (SOG)..............more
JAMMU, Feb 16:Not
satisfied with the performance of State
unit of of his cadre, Bahujan Samaj Party
supremo Mr Kanshi Ram said here today
that he is going to conduct over hauling
of the State unit and may change the
party president in J&K if necessary
for the betterment of the cadre..........more
JAMMU, Feb 16:Shifting
all blames on successive Congress
governments for the vexed Kashmir
problem, Chief Minister of Himachal
Pradesh, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal today said
that forthcoming by-election for the
Jammu-Poonch Lok Sabha seat will be a
verdict on the Kashmir policy of Prime
Minister Mr Atal Behari
Vajpayee.................more
SRINAGAR, Feb 16:The Awami
Action Committee (AAC), a major
constituent of the All Party Hurriyat
Conference (APHC) has said it was not
against participation in the Jammu and
Kashmir Assembly elections provided the
exercise helped in resolving the Kashmir
issue as per the wishes of the
people...............more
SRINAGAR, Feb 16:Senior
Executive member of Hurriyat Conference
Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Democratic
Liberation Party president Hashim Qureshi
were put under house arrest today as a
precautionary measure following Hurriyat
Conference’s call for staging a
strike in the Valley, official sources
said...................more
KANDAHAR,
AFGHANISTAN, Feb 16: Fugitive Taliban
supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar is
holed up in a remote mountainous region
in central Afghanistan, a Kandahar
Government official said
today......................more
