Panch among 2 civilians shot dead by terrorists

Excelsior Correspondent

POONCH, Oct 23: Terrorists gunned down two civilians including a Panch and injured another in two separate incidents in Mendhar and Surankote tehsils overnight........more

JKNPP to review decision to support coalition Govt

SRINAGAR, Oct 23: Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) legislators are meeting tomorrow to review its decision to support a coalition Government in the State..............more

Bloeria elevated to Secy rank
Srivastava appointed 12th Finance Commission Secy

NEW DELGI, Oct 23: In a bureaucratic reshuffle involving over a dozen senior IAS officials, G C Srivastava, Chairman Tariff Commission, has been appointed as Secretary of the Twelfth Finance Commission with effect from the date of Constitution of the Commission...........more

News Analysis
Mehbooba-Sonia-Mufti route
Will PDP eventually relent in favour of Azad?

By B L Kak

The post-poll scenario in Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a new twist, a new turn on Wednesday, when Mehbooba-Sonia-Mufti route dramatically came to be carved out. The route, in plain language, seems meant to facilitate the formation of a coalition Government in the troubled State sooner than later. ............more

Woman killed in Bandipore, house and mosque burnt
NC activist, 3 militants among 6 killed

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 23: Even as security forces have eliminated three militants in two different gunbattles in Kashmir valley since last evening, unidentified gunmen have shot dead a National Conference (NC) activist and a woman. One more dead body has been recovered in Budgam............more

JKLF distances from remarks of Mirwaiz

SRINAGAR, Oct 23: Taking strong exception to former Hurriyat chairman, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq’s remarks that the Kashmir Committee headed by Ram Jethmalani send a delegation to Pakistan for talks in the event Hurriyat leaders were denied permission to do so, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) today said the remarks were Mirwaiz’s personal view and not the stand of the 23 party conglomerate..............more

Advani indicates Cong led Govt in J&K

ON BOARD INDIAN AIRFORCE AIRCRAFT, Oct 23: In an indication that a minority Congress-led Government could be formed in Jammu and Kashmir soon, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani today said that a party "reasonably near majority" could be invited to form the next Government in the State. ...........more

VB unearths Garcha’s fake education society....

Heroin worth Rs 2 cr seized, one arrested .....