Powerful IED defused in Gool
Two women among 8 civilians, 3 ultras, jawan killed

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 5: Eight civilians including a Sarpanch and two women, three terrorists and an army jawan were killed and two civilians were seriously injured in the militancy-related incidents in Jammu region over-night. Security forces defused a powerful 10 kg IED outside a shop in Gool this morning............more

NC MLC's kin among 14 hurt in blast

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Nov 5: Fourteen persons including a kin of National Conference MLC Nazir Ahmed were injured, four of them seriously, in a grenade attack in the town here late last evening. The blast took place soon after electricity supply in the town was switched off.............more

I may join Ministry, decision to stay away
not final: Tarigami

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 5: Senior CPI (M) leader and Member Legislative Assembly from Kulgam in Kashmir, Mr Mohd Yousuf Tarigami who played a crucial role in the formation of coalition Government in the J&K state today said that he may join ministry and the decision to stay away from the Government is not final..............more

Mufti's CMP fraught with dangerous consequences: BJP

CHENNAI, Nov 5: BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu today cautioned that the Common Minimum Programme of the Mufti Government in Jammu and Kashmir was fraught with serious consequences for the security of the State and the nation..............more

Two arrested on kidnapping charges

NEW DELHI, Nov 5: Reel life differs from real life vastly. Two alleged abductors of a four-year old boy learnt this the hard way when police foiled their plans to make a fast buck............more

Crashing Jaguar kills five

AMBALA, Nov 5: In yet another crash of an Indian Air Force fighter plane in less than two months, a Jaguar crashed on a residential area here today, killing at least five persons and injuring nine others, seven of them with severe burns..................more

Pak militants pledge to support militancy

ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: Jamat-ud-Daawa, the parent unit of the hardline militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba, has resolved to continue support for militancy in Kashmir and called for release of leaders of banned militant outfits in Pakistan, including Massod Azhar, one of the three militants released by India to end the 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airlines aircraft in Kandahar.........more