Valley observes bandh

SRINAGAR, Dec 06: Normal life was thrown out of gear in Srinagar and other major towns of Kashmir valley today in the wake of state-wide strike called by secessionists in protest against the visit of the Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and demolition of Babri mosque. .....more

CIA tried to install monitoring devices on Himalayas

LONDON, Dec 6: The CIA had attempted to hire British climbers to install nuclear test monitoring devices in the Central Indian Himalayan region and adjoining regions in Nepal to keep track of Chinese nuclear progress in late sixties, The Times said. ....more

PM makes sensation among BJP hard liners
From B L Kak

NEW DELHI, Dec 6 : Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, has made a sensation among the hardliners within the Bhartiya Janata Party and other constituents of the Sangh Parivar with his reported threat to quit his office if they sought to dictate terms to him......more

British MP’s volte face- a setback to Hurriyat

NEW DELHI, Dec 6: Hurriyat Conference has suffered a serious setback with its one-time supporter British Parliamentarian Lord Eric Averbury saying during his recent visit to Jammu and Kashmir that the Hurriyat leaders were living in a world of fantasy. ..more

Sniffer dogs to help fight militancy in JK

NEW DELHI, Dec 6: Sniffer dogs will now help the Army fight insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir and the North-Eastern region. ......more

‘Tina’ working in favour of BJP, says Advani

ON BOARD SPECIAL AIRCRAFT, Dec 6: BJP stalwart L K Advani has claimed that the ‘Tina’ (there is no alternative) factor was now working in favour of his party and the Indian polity was crystallising into a bi-polar one. ......more

Cop’s house set ablaze
Ex-servicemen shot dead by militants in Rajouri
Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Dec 6: Militants gunned down an ex-serviceman, presently posted as Special Police Officer (SPO) in Thanna Mandi police station near his house and set ablaze another house at village Khablan in Thanna Mandi area of this district last night.......more

Youth kidnapped in Sunderbani
Infiltration bid foiled in Poonch, explosives seized
Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 6: Militants kidnapped a youth from his house at village Thangar Kangri, about eight kms from Sunderbani in Rajouri district last night. He has been identified as Mansa Ram son of Sain Dass of Thangar Kangri.....more

Top KPF militants gunned down by security forces

GUWAHATI, Dec 6:In a major success against terrorism, security forces have crushed out a new NSCN-backed terrorist organisation—Karbi People’s Front (KPF)— by killing its chairman and another top leader in Karbianlong district last night. . more