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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2002
 

‘ No coalition with BJP or Cong’
I will be either leader of Opposition or CM: Omar
* Ban on Amarinder’s campaigning demanded

Excelsior Team

SRINAGAR, Sept 30: Ruling out any alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or the Congress, National Conference (NC) president Omar Abdullah today said his party will not stake claim to form the Government in case it falls short of majority...............more



Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani rise to leave after attending the opening session of a national conference for Directors General and Inspector Generals of Police in New Delhi on Monday.
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani rise to leave after attending the opening session of a national conference for Directors General and Inspector Generals of Police in New Delhi on Monday.

Hold Pak accountable for terrorism: PM to world
*Situation in J&K ‘at a turning point’

NEW DELHI, Sept 30: Asking the world to hold Pakistan accountable for sponsoring terrorism, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today said India would intensify diplomatic initiatives to press the international coalition to combat the menace everywhere..........more

Pakistan army shells Mendhar town
Major, LeT ‘Comdr’ among 4 ultras killed

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Sept 30: An Army Major and four terrorists including a ‘group commander’ of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit were killed in separate incidents across Jammu region overnight while Pakistan army resorted to shelling in Mendhar town this afternoon, creating panic among the people................more

3 militants killed, 12 trapped
Militants attack polling stations in south Kashmir

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Sept 30: While as security forces have eliminated at least three militants in Kashmir valley since last evening, a group of about 12 militants has been trapped by security forces in Nasrallapura village of Budgam district, late this evening. Militants have launched half-a-dozen grenade and rocket attacks on security forces and polling stations in south Kashmir where polling is scheduled to take place tomorrow.............more

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160 additional CRPF companies deployed for polls in J&K

SRINAGAR, Sept 30: Security forces have been put on maximum alert in the twin districts of south Kashmir and Udhampur and Kathua districts in Jammu region where an estimated 1.7 million voters will exercise their franchise in the third phase of elections tomorrow amid a high degree of threat perception and poll boycott call by separatist organisations...........more

Mourning declared, educational institutions closed today
Mohd Hussain passes away

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Sept 30: The Government has ordered that all its offices and educational institutions will remain closed in the entire State tomorrow, October 1, as a mark of respect to Ch Mohammad Hussain, Minister of State for Revenue who passed away today..............more

11 foreign diplomats to witness third phase of polling

SRINAGAR, Sept 30: Eleven officials from Delhi-based foreign missions have arrived here to witness the third phase of polling for Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections even as 20 special observers have been deployed to supervise the balloting...............more

BJP reacts cautiously to Omar’s announcement
of quitting NDA

NEW DELHI, Sept 30: The BJP today reacted cautiously to National Conference president and Union Minister Omar Abdullah’s announcement that he would resign from Vajpayee Government after the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, indicating fresh strains in his party’s relationship with the NDA...............more

Fernandes reviews election security

JAMMU, Sept 30: On the eve of the third round of polling in Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Minister George Fernandes today held extensive discussions with top military and security officials of the State here on ways to ensure violence free voting...........more

Centre meets states’ demand half-way after
NDA allies meet PM

NEW DELHI, Sept 30: After rejecting the demand for an increase in Minimum Support Price (MSP) last week, the Centre today announced a Rs 400 crore relief package that will hike the procurement price by Rs 5 to Rs 20 per quintal over and above the MSPs for kharif crops...............moreMissing
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High level probe into Salman's rash driving....

Petrol, diesel prices hiked....

Principal suspended....



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