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THURSDAY, 22 OCTOBER, 1998
   
Teacher shot dead in Anantnag
2 Armymen among 6
killed in Uri operation

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 21: In a fierce gun-battle between militants and security forces at Booniyar, Uri, two Army personnel, two militants and two civilians have got killed while as two more soldiers and an equal number of civilians have sustained injuries. Elsewhere in Kashmir valley, militants have shot dead a school-teacher in Anantnag district.....more

Nobody in Kashmir is
for Pakistan: Farooq

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 21: Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah today said the confidence of the people in administration and security forces is a strong weapon to fight the proxy war unleashed by Pakistan in the State.....more

3 injured, woman dies in firing
Army Lt, jawan, 2 hardcore
militants killed in Poonch

Excelsior Correspondent

POONCH, Oct 21: An Army Lieutenant, a jawan and two militants were killed and three Army jawans were seriously injured in a fierce gun-battle at village Barnali in this border district today morning. A woman was killed in Pakistan firing at forward village of Sarla on the Line of Control (LoC)....more

500 kg RDX, 270 Kg plastic
explosives recovered

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 21: The single largest haul of explosives in Kashmir, was recovered by the 8 Mountain Division of Army yesterday, when it unearthed a massive dump of explosives consisting of 500 kgs of RDX and 270 kgs of plastic explosives. The recovery was made at Badrakut area of Tangmarg tehsil of Baramulla district, after relentless and continuous search operations which lasted for three day's.......more

Civilian injured in
Pak firing at Samba

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 21: A civilian was injured as Pakistan troops resumed heavy firing on Indian positions along the International Border and Line of Control (LoC) in this division overnight. The firing was resumed by Pakistan after a brief lull of a couple of days......more

Youth gunned down by
militants in Rajouri

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Oct 21: Militants gunned down a youth inside a ‘gharat’ (mill) at village Arghi in this border district last mid-night. He has been identified as Jagdish Raj Sharma, a resident of Arghi....more

India wants friendship, peace with Pakistan

From B L Kak

NEW DELHI, Oct 21: Even as there was no major achievement during the just concluded parleys between the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee telephonically contacted his Pakistani counterpart, Mr Nawaz Sharief, to express satisfaction at the Islamabad talks.....more

Hurriyat leader detained, questioned

NEW DELHI, Oct 21:

Hurriyat Conference today claimed that one of its prominent members, Shabir Ahmed Dar, was detained and interrogated by intelligence sleuths at the Mumbai international airport on his return from New York. ..more

Pandey is Dir Information, Samoon DC Anantnag

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct. 21: The State Cabinet has appointed the 36-year-old IAS Officer Mr Sudhanshu Pandey as the new Director of Information in place of Mr Kulbushan Jandial, who has been shifted to Secretariat...more

2 Estate Officials plead innocence
Criminal case against Minister takes new turn

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU,Oct 21: The criminal case against the Minister for Haj,Auqaf, Gardens and Floriculture, Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad Shah and five officials of the Estates Department today took a new turn as the two Estates Officials pleaded innocence by placing a copy of the letter of the Minister for taking occupation of the bungalow allotted to the High Court..more

800 Asstt Surgeons being appointed
Cabinet approves regularisation in Education Department

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 21 : The Cabinet today approved the regularisation of Incharge Principals, Incharge Zonal Education Officers, Incharge Headmasters, and Incharge Lecturers in the Education Department.more


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