Probe ordered into NC leader's death
Militants' bid to malign security forces: Farooq
Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 1: The Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah today visited Phalni village in Budhal tehsil of Rajouri district to convey condolences to the........more

Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah addressing a public meeting at
Phalni is Budhal on Tuesday.

Jawan killed in Mendhar
Army kills two foreign mercenaries in Surankote
Excelsior Correspondent

POONCH, Dec 1: Army gunned down two foreign mercenaries at Mughal Mara, about four kms from Bafliaz in Surankote area this evening while a security jawan was killed in militants’ ambush at Mendhar last night in two separate incidents in this border district...........more

Elimination of mercenaries will end proxy war:Saxena
Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR,Dec 1: The Governor Mr Girish Chander Saxena has asserted that the proxy war unleashed by Pakistan will be won with the elimination of all foreign mercenaries in the State...........more

Digvijay back at helm

BHOPAL, Dec 1: Congress leader Digvijay Singh was today installed as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for the second successive term capping an impressive victory for his party in the Assembly poll proving prophets of doom wrong. ........more

Medical report contradicts police charges
Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 1: The medical report of Neelam Kumari, who was alleged to have been kidnapped and raped by a contractor Sham Sunder Sharma alias Shangu of Gandhi Nagar, has contradicted the police claim..............more

Sheila Dikshit to be sworn in tomorrow

NEW DELHI, Dec 1: Sheila Dikshit, who led Congress to a landslide victory in Delhi Assembly polls, will be sworn in as Chief Minister on December three. .........more

Cabinet releases DA instalment to employees
Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 1: The State Cabinet which met here today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah decided to release the DA instalment of State Government Employees including workcharge and contingent paid employees w.e.f. 1st January 1998....more

Govt officer, woman awarded 2 years RI
Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 1: The Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Jammu today convicted and sentenced a former Project Officer, District Rural Development Agency Mr M L Tandon to a Rigorous Imprisonment of four years and a fine of Rs 20,000 and proprietor of a business concern Mrs Vaishnodevi to two years Rigorous Imprisonment and fine of Rs 10,000 for. ......more

Militant involved in beheading people shot
Excelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, Dec 1: The Border Security Force (BSF) today gunned down a notorious militant, who was responsible for beheading a number of civilians and had let loose a reign of terror in remote areas of Mahore tehsil in this district........ more

Bangladesh to restore properties back to Hindus
From Pradip Kumar Chakraborty

DHAKA, Dec 1: Bangladesh has decided to repeal a law that empowered the Government to takeover the property left by minority Hindus in the country after the 1947 partition of India, a newspaper said today...more