SRINAGAR,
Sept 12:Defence
Minister George Fernandes and his high ranking entourage
were the target of Jehadis, operating from the
dense forest overlooking Sogam village, in Kupwara
district today. Their helicopter failed to land for about
10 minutes, amid heavy exchange of gunfire between
militants and troops. The VVIP team was going to attend
the funeral of the slain Minister of State Law, Mushtaq
Ahmed Lone, a day after he was eliminated by militants at
a public meeting in Tikkipora village of Lolab........more
Body of assassinated Law Minister Mushtaq Lone being
taken for the funeral at Sogam, Lolab on Thursday.
-Excelsior/Javed
LOLAB,
Sept 12:Thousands
of mourners from Lolab and adjacent areas attended the
funeral of Minister of State for Law Mushtaq Lone, who
was assassinated by the terrorists here
yesterday..........more
NEW YORK, Sept 12:Strongly
denouncing Pakistan President Pervez
Musharraf’s address to the United
Nations, India today dismissed it as a
"litany of false allegations"
intended to incite further violence in
Jammu and Kashmir by terrorist groups
operating there with Pakistan’s
support................more
NEW YORK, Sept
12:Prime
Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee
today met US President George W
Bush to discuss Pakistan’s
continued support to cross-border
terrorism and its sustained
attempts to disrupt elections in
Jammu and Kashmir through
terrorist violence...............more
JAMMU, Sept 12:Two
terrorists were spotted in Mahamaya
forests last night after which a massive
search operation was launched by police
and para-military but the ultras remained
untraced...........more
RAJOURI, Sept 12:Terrorists
tonight stepped-up attacks on security
personnel targeting CRPF and BSF teams at
five places late this evening in Rajouri
town, Fatehpur and Thanna Mandi wounding
three jawans. A Company Commander of CRPF
had a narrow escape in one of the
attacks................more
NOWSHERA/MENDHAR, Sept
12:AICC (I) general secretary Ambika
Soni today apprehended that the ruling
National Conference might rig the ensuing
Assembly elections in the State as it was
frustrated due to sharp decline in its
vote bank............more
JAIPUR, Sept 12:Virtually
blaming Pakistan for the upsurge in
militant violence in Jammu and Kashmir,
Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani today
said Islamabad was worried that the
results of Assembly elections would go
against its design of proxy war in
India................more
RAJOURI, Sept 12:Death toll
in yesterday’s terrorist attack in
Surankote today went upto 16 with two
more BSF jawans succumbing to their
injuries in a Military Hospital while a
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate and
his PSO were seriously injured when they
were thrashed by an army officer. After
the incident, the BSP candidate suspended
his campaigning and left for
Jammu...............more
NEW DELHI, Sept 12:The
Election Commission is understood to have
decided to hold elections on October 8 to
the Lolab Assembly constituency, from
where Jammu and Kashmir Minister Mushtaq
Ahmed Lone, who was a candidate, was
killed in a terrorist attack
yesterday.............more
