Migrants call on HM; meet with CM today
Home Ministry team to visit border areas soon

Excelsior Correspondent

HIRANAGAR, Nov 7: Even as the visiting Union Home Minister Mr Lal Krishan Advani today assured to mitigate the miseries of border areas migrants by deputing a high level Union Home Ministry team to the spot, the migrated border villagers, camping at tehsil headquarter, were adamant on their Secretariat March on November 9 when the office re-opens here after six months move............more

BSF acting tough in J&K
Jammu no longer safe haven for smugglers

From BL Kak

JAMMU, Nov 7: The well-knit smugglers’ lobby of Punjab has been thrown into confusion in Jammu region, with the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel acting tough as part of the plan to throw out of gear the mechanism evolved by Indian and Pakistani smugglers for the clandestine transhipment of contraband goods via Jammu’s International Border..............more

Kashmiri groups blame ISI
for Wani’s killing

From A K Dhar

LONDON, Nov 7: Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) groups and Kashmiri leaders here have blamed Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for the killing of prominent Kashmiri leader Ghulam Qadir Wani in the Valley recently...............more

Two militants killed, BSF jawan injured in Kalakote

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Nov 7: The Border Security Force (BSF) and police today carried out a joint operation at village Angari near Jathanmala in Tatta Pani area of Kalakote and gunned down two militants. A BSF jawan was injured in the encounter................more

SOG nabs another Harkat chief
JKAP cop, foreigner, two ex-militants killed in Valley

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Nov 7: While as a militant, believed to be a foreigner, got killed in a fierce encounter with Border Security Force (BSF) and Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police at Bandipora this evening, militants gunned down a constable of J&K Armed Police (JKAP) as also two ex-militants in Kashmir valley since last evening. In yet another operation, SOG Srinagar claimed to have apprehended the "Ameer-e-Aala" of the pan-Islamic Harkat-ul-Ansaar from the capital city here............more

Tension in Hiranagar

Excelsior Correspondent

HIRANAGAR, Nov 7: Tension gripped Hiranagar this afternoon as migrant families from border areas shouted slogans against Union Home Minister Mr L K Advani as he didn’t visit them despite his one day tour to Jammu..............more

One killed over Onion

PAKUR (BIHAR), Nov 7 : The owner of a shop was stabbed to death and his son critically injured by inebriated customers who were angry at his refusal to put sufficient onion in their omelettes, police said today.......more

India deprecates ‘selective’ approach of US

NEW DELHI, Nov 7: India today deprecated the selective and discriminatory approach of the United States in permitting lending from multi-lateral financial institutions to support an International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement with Pakistan whose implosion Washington is keen to prevent. ........more

Militant group claims links with Bin Laden

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Nov 7: Even as authorities are still trying to verify the reported nexus between Pakistan-backed militants operating in Jammu and Kashmir and exiled Saudi millionaire, Osama Bin Laden, a self-styled group commander of Taliban, Maulana Mohammad Qasim, has claimed that they are in "constant touch" with Osama..........more

Kalyan’s Secretariat computerised

LUCKNOW, Nov 7: The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister’s Secretariat has gone on line. An official spokesman said today that the total computerisation of the Chief Minister’s Office was aimed at bringing more transparency in Government functioning and developing a better monitoring system......more

Fernandes for check on price rise

NEW DELHI, Nov 7 : Defence Minister George Fernandes today dismissed the need for convening an immediate meeting of the coordination committee of BJP and its allies on price rise saying it was more important to take steps to check it......