NEW
DELHI, Oct 29:In
a significant turn of events, US Government on Tuesday
dropped the brick on Pakistan by emphasizing that
terrorism in India is "entirely external
driven"...................more
PCC(I) president Ghulam Nabi Azad flanked by party MLAs
addressing a press conference in Jammu on Tuesday.
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JAMMU,
Oct 29:PCC
(I) president Ghulam Nabi Azad said here today that the
new Government will deal sternly with the foreign
mercenaries while adopting a ‘lenient approach’
towards the local ‘boys’ (the local
terrorists)................more
JAMMU, Oct 29:Two
terrorists including a foreign mercenary
Abu Bilal, a child and one army soldier
were killed in three separate encounters
overnight. Army recovered 100 ammunition
rounds from Tikri in Udhampur this
afternoon...........more
SRINAGAR,
Oct 29:Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed, who was formally
elected as leader of the Jammu
and Kashmir People’s
Democratic Party (PDP)
Legislature group this afternoon,
will stake his claim to form a
new Government in the State
tomorrow........more
NEW DELHI, Oct 29 :In spite of
political process getting a momentum in
militancy-torn Jammu and Kashmir with a
coalition Government in the offing,
Hurriyat Conference today asked the
Centre to try to solve the "real
issue" through a trilateral dialogue
and said efforts were on to facilitate a
meeting between Kashmir Committee and
their counterparts in
Pakistan............more
SRINAGAR, Oct 29: Striking in this
capital city at four different places
since last evening, militants have gunned
down four personnel of Jammu &
Kashmir Police, CRPF and BSF. Elsewhere
in Kashmir valley, security forces have
eliminated three militants while as
militants have killed one fellow militant
and a civilian..............more
NEW DELHI, Oct 29:Union
Cabinet today approved 10th Five Year
plan targeting an 8 per cent economic
growth annually for the period 2002-07,
for which an outlay of Rs 15,92,300 crore
including gross budgetary support of Rs
706,000 crore has been
earmarked.............more
SRINAGAR, Oct 29:Union
Minister of State for External Affairs
Omar Abdullah called on Jammu and Kashmir
Chief Minister-designate Mufti Mohammad
Sayed at his Nowgam residence today.
"We had a brief chat on the latest
political and security situation in Jammu
and Kashmir. Omar just congratulated
me," Mr Sayeed told reporters after
being elected People’s Democratic
Party (PDP) Legislature Party
leader...............more
NEW DELHI, Oct 29: Centre today
announced an additional installment of DA
of three per cent for its employees and
pensioners that would cost the exchequer
Rs 1,079 crore annually, an issue on
which there was no political consensus at
the recent Chief Ministers’
conference................more
SRINAGAR, Oct 29: The proposed
decision of the Congress-PDP coalition to
merge the Special Operations Group (SOG)
of Jammu and Kashmir Police would be a
disadvantage but not a setback to the
anti-militancy operations in the State, a
senior Army officer said today......more
