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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2002
 

Governor's rule imposed in J&K
*Azad blames Farooq for constitutional crisis

Excelsior Team

SRINAGAR Oct 17: In a sudden twist to the political crisis that has gripped Jammu and Kashmir since the recent elections resulted in a hung Assembly, the state was tonight placed under Governor’s rule after the failure of major political parties to come together to form a new Government. ...........more



Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah addressing a press conference in Srinagar on Thursday.
Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah addressing a press conference in Srinagar on Thursday.

‘NC will return with a thumping majority, one day’
I've no moral right to continue as CM: Farooq

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 17: Dr Farooq Abdullah today met the Governor, Girish Chander Saxena, and told him that beyond this midnight he had no moral right to continue as the Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir. He requested the Governor to accept his resignation, relieve him of the state responsibility and take the next constitutional step to keep the Government running..........more

Infiltration bid foiled in Poonch
6 ultras, jawan killed; 9 hurt
*Heavy Pak shelling on LoC

Excelsior Correspondent

POONCH/UDHAMPUR, Oct 17: Six terrorists and an army Havildar were killed while five persons including three army soldiers and two civilians were injured in separate encounters in Udhampur and Poonch districts today. Four civilians were injured in fresh round of shelling by Pakistan army in Sabjian sector on the Line of Control (LoC) this evening.........more

No end to political stalemate
PDP ready to sit in opposition

SRINAGAR, Oct 17: There seems to be no immediate end to the political stalemate in Jammu and Kashmir as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in no mood to compromise saying it would sit in the opposition in case no agreement was reached with Congress on the formation of a coalition Government in the State..........more

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Talks with representatives of J&K Govt first: Jaitley

NEW DELHI, Oct 17: The uncertainty in formation of the Government in Jammu and Kashmir is delaying the holding of talks between the Union Government and the State Government representatives on the issue of autonomy and devolution of power, Centre’s interlocutor Arun Jaitley said today...........more

Kotwal, others blame party leaders for defeat
Heated exchanges mar BJP meet

By Dinesh Manhotra

JAMMU, Oct 17: Candidly admitting that people of Jammu have ‘taught a lesson’ to the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) for ‘unholy’ nexus with National Conference, national general secretary and Parbhari (incharge) Jammu and Kashmir, Prof Om Parkash Kohli today said that relation of ‘arch- rival’ NC was main reason for the party’s worst ever debacle.......more

‘India did not act under pressure to pull back troops’

NEW DELHI, Oct 17: India today asserted that it had not acted under any pressure to pull back troops from Indo-Pak border and gave a guarded response to Pakistan’s announcement to take a similar step, saying Islamabad must take "credible" measures to stop cross-border terrorism.........more

Omar cautions against unstable Govt

NEW DELHI, Oct 17: National Conference president Omar Abdullah has cautioned that an "unstable Government" in Jammu and Kashmir would be disastrous for the people even as the Peoples’ Democratic Party regretted that the issue of Chief Ministership was assuming centrestage at the cost of other pressing concerns.........more

3 militants killed in Kreeri
3 kins of SPO massacred

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 17: While as militants have massacred three relatives of a counter-insurgent in Bandipore, security forces have eliminated three militants in an encounter, in Kreeri area of Baramulla district..........more

Omar wants Govt to reward him for fair poll

NEW DELHI, Oct 17: Claiming that his defeat proved the fairness of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, National Conference president Omar Abdullah has said Government should "reward" him for this...........moreMissing Indian Kids - Children
‘Nuke power plants have capacity to withstand attack....

Battacharya new CS of Himachal....



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