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Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed addressing a press conference in Srinagar after his first meeting with his Cabinet Ministers at Civil Secretariat in Srinagar on Sunday. -- Excelsior/Amin War

PM urged to start unconditional talks on Kashmir
Mufti asks police to continue counter-insurgency operations
Cabinet adopts CMP; Pota to go, PSA to stay
Joint session of Legislature from November 21

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Nov 3: Head of the PDP-led coalition Government, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, today asked the Jammu & Kashmir Police to continue counter-insurgency operations but made it clear that the state Police force would have to show total professionalism in its drive against militants. Even as the new Chief Minister reiterated that the infamous Special Operations Group (SOG) would be assimilated into Police, he asserted that he would himself function as the Chairman of the Unified Headquarters— the counter-insurgency machinery of the State and the Central Governments in Jammu & Kashmir.................more

Police officer attacked, 5 killed 3 intruders shot dead on LoC

SRINAGAR, Nov. 3: Army today foiled an infiltration bid by militants when they shot dead three Pakistani intruders near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara sector of north Kashmir, a Defence spokesman said. ............more

‘No question of adopting soft attitude towards terrorists’
Mangat promises to remove discrimination

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 3: Admitting that discrimination has been meted out to Jammu region in different spheres of life, Deputy Chief Minister, Pandit Mangat Ram Sharma today asserted that new coalition Government led by Mufti Mohammed Sayed will remove disparity with all the three regions of the State. ........more

Major strike averted; 2 LeT militants killed

NEW DELHI, Nov 3: A major terrorist strike in the Capital on the eve of Diwali was averted tonight when the police killed two terrorists belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba in a posh South Delhi Shopping Plaza teeming with thousands of shoppers none of whom was miraculously hurt. .............more

Charges cooked up: SP
2 MLAs arrested in UP

LUCKNOW, Nov 3: Encouraged by chinks in BJP dissidents camp in Uttar Pradesh, the Mayawati Government today arrested two independent MLAs Raghuraj Pratap Singh and Dhananjay Singh on charges of threatening BJP MLA Puran Singh Bundela at gun point for breaking ranks of his rebel party legislators. .............more

India lost two chances to resolve Kashmir : Manekshaw

NEW DELHI, Nov 3: Bangladesh war hero, Field Marshal Shfj Manekshaw has said that India twice lost a chance to resolve the Kashmir issue during Ayub Khan’s regime and allowed the problem to grow "big." .............more

Sharma gets Industries, Beig Finance

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Nov 3: Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Syed today allotted portfolios to his council of ministers that took oath of office here yesterday...........more

Pakistan elections manipulated:Imran

DUBAI, Nov 3 : Cricketer-turned politican Imran Khan has charged that the recently concluded election in Pakistan were manipulated and advocated the need for a strong Election Commissioner to monitor the poll process. .................more

Slain terrorists seem to be Pakistanis: Advani

NEW DELHI, Nov 3: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani tonight said the two terrorists killed in an encounter with police in a busy South Delhi Shopping Mall seemed to be Pakistanis and were planning to carry out the strike at the behest of Pakistan to trigger off communal violence. ........more

President, PM greet people on Diwali ....

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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2002