Vajpayee alerts forces against terrorists'
unexpected tactics

NEW DELHI, Oct 26: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today alerted the security forces against "unexpected targets and tactics" of terrorists, noting that chemical and biological weapons could "fall into the hands of non-state actors"............more

Police raids ‘exam centre’, nab three
62 students, invigilators escape with answer sheets
*Exam related material recovered from house

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 26: In a rare incident of its kind, 62 students of Plus Two bi-annual exam and entire staff of invigilators fled alongwith their answer sheets while three others were arrested in a raid carried out by City police in a house at Karan Nagar, which was being used by the invigilators to facilitate cheating. City police was on the look out for the candidates and the invigilators till late tonight to arrest them and recover the answer sheets from their possession................more

Hostage crisis ends: 50 rebels, 67 captives killed

MOSCOW, Oct 26: A bloody pre-dawn strike by Russian crack commandoes left 67 hostages and 50 heavily armed Chechen rebels, including 18 women, killed while over 750 captives were freed safe, ending the 57-hour long hostage drama in a theatre here..............more

Dissident MLAs reject BJP plea to meet PM

NEW DELHI, Oct 26: Dissident MLAs who have withdrawn support to BSP-BJP Government in Uttar Pradesh today turned down BJP plea to meet Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to sort out the differences...............more

Cong cheated Jammu: RSS

NEW DELHI, Oct 26: The RSS today charged Congress with "cheating" the people of Jammu by agreeing to Mufti Mohd Sayeed’s candidature as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, even as BJP said the new Government should commit itself to fighting terrorism and upholding national interests...............more

Govt cancels Hajj attendant’s sponsorship

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 26: The state Government has scrapped one name from its "approved" list of 17 Khudaam-ul-Hujaaj who are being sent on the holy pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia at the expense of the state exchequer. He is none other than the imposter, Mohammad Shafi Zindadil, who had been shown by officials as the "Correspondent" with Radio Kashmir Srinagar (RKS).................more