NEW DELHI, July 27: Vice President Krishan Kant, who as
a ‘young turk’ campaigned for a left-of-centre
tilt in Congress under Indira Gandhi, died here today of
a massive heart attack, 24 days before he was to lay down
office. ........more
JAMMU,
July 27:Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and newly
appointed general secretary of the Bharatiya Janta Party
(BJP) Mr Rajnath Singh today ruled out granting greater
autonomy to the State of Jammu and Kashmir. He, however,
said that Union Government could consider devolution of
more financial powers to the State.. .......more
ISLAMABAD,
July 27:The European Union
today rejected a plea by Pakistan to help
facilitate a dialogue with India and
hoped that President Pervez Musharraf
would take more steps to ease the
prevailing tensions between the two
countries. .....more
JAMMU,
July 27: A Russian
woman died under mysterious
circumstances in a hotel at Katra
town, the base camp of Mata
Vaishnodevi shrine last night,
police said today. ......more
NEW
DELHI, July 27: In a significant
development, the United States tonight
assured India that it would forcefully
ask Pakistan to keep its pledges on
putting a permanent end to infiltration
and cross-border terrorism even as New
Delhi ruled out resumption of dialogue
with Islamabad until appropriate
conditions were created by the
neighbouring country. .......more
KAKPORA (Pulwama),
July 27: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh
Congress Committee president (PCC) Ghulam
Nabi Azad today said that the solution to
the vexed Kashmir tangle lies in free and
fair elections under Governor’s
rule. He observed that the ruling
National Conference had crushed
aspirations of common masses and lamented
NC would "do anything to stay in
power."........more
SRINAGAR, July
27: Urging Prime Minister to
help in ensuring free and fair elections
in Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference
president Omar Abdullah today said the
test of fairness of polls would lie in
keeping at bay the elements trying to
interfere with people’s democratic
aspirations.....more
SRINAGAR, July
27:Even as militants
have eliminated yet another Halqa president
of the ruling National Conference (NC),
in Budgam district, four civilians were
killed in a grenade attack at Budgam town
today. Meanwhile, security forces have
killed two militants, one each in
Srinagar and Pahalgam.......more
KANPUR, July 27 : Election
Commissioner TS Krishnamurthy today
expressed confidence that people would
come out to exercise their franchise
without any fear in the assembly polls in
Jammu and Kashmir due early next year.
............more
UDHAMPUR, July
27: A newly married woman was
beaten and then poisoned to death while
her elder sister, married in the same
house, was rendered unconscious by their
husbands, two brothers-in-law and a
sister-in-law in Sangram Bhatta area of
Kishtwar tehsil in Doda district last
night......more
