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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1999
 

Outfits re-organised after Kargil war
Suicidal squads sneak into Jammu for violence : IG BSF

Excelsior Correspondent

Inspector General of Border Security Force-Jammu Frontier, Mr Updesh Chander ChabbraJAMMU, Dec 4: Dreaded ‘Fidayeen’ groups (Suicidal squads) of hard-core militants have sneaked into the Jammu region and were waiting for appropriate time to resort to high level sabotage activities by attacking security forces camps or soft targets around Jammu city. This startling revelation was made by Inspector General of Border Security Force-Jammu Frontier, Mr Updesh Chander Chabbra while talking to media-men here today. "At the behest of Pakistan’s notorious ISI, militants are reportedly spotting youth from border areas and motivating them to join..........more

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Union Communication Minister, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan addressing a press conference at Jammu on Saturday. -Excelsior/Ashok
Union Communication Minister, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan addressing a press conference at Jammu on Saturday. -Excelsior/Ashok

Satellite phones for militancy infested areas
Paswan announces special package for J&K Telecommunication

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 4: Union Communication Minister, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan today said that package on the pattern of insurgency plagued Northeasterns states would be given to the employees of the Telecommunication Department of Jammu and Kashmir.........more

Panel favours interrogation of Ansari, PA, relatives
Govt confirms corruption charges against

Ansari with evidence

Excelsior Correspondent

Urban Development Minister Moulvi Iftikhar Hussain AnsariJAMMU, Dec 4: The State Government today confirmed that Housing and Urban Development Minister Moulvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari in his capacity as Chairman, Jammu Development Authority (JDA) has received kickbacks of Rs 60.25 lakhs from Infrastructure Projects Private Ltd (IPPL), a firm involved in cheating JDA. An official statement, circulated to press tonight quoting RV Raju Commission report, said a number of sensitive documents seized from the offices of IPPL and M/s Alchemy Enterprises necessitate the questioning of Mr Ansari and his close...........more

Army jawan killed, another injured in Doda
RR, 5 Jat kill 5 LET, HM activists in Doda

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 4: Troops of 4 Sector Rashtriya Rifles gunned down two more top militants of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit and wounded two others but suffered a casualty during a massive search operation in Chharot area of Doda district. A large quantity of arms and ammunition were recovered from the scene of encounter............more

7 arrested in Arnia
4 intruders shot dead in Ramgarh sector

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 4: The Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead four intruders, reportedly Bangladeshis, at forward area of Majra on Nanga post in Ramgarh sector late last night. Seven other Bangladeshis were arrested from another forward area in Arnia........more

Rocket fired on migrants’ camp

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 4: Close on the heels of an explosion near Food and Supplies office, Pakistani troops today fired a Chinese solar timer rocket in Pargwal island of Akhnoor tehsil.........more

Probe ordered into Exchange Road incident

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 4: Jammu Police today wrote to Security wing for taking stern action against body-guards and other cops, who had beaten-up shopkeepers at Exchange road on Thursday at the behest of Mirza Safdar Ali, son of Minister of State for Revenue Mr Safdar Ali Beg and Minister’s Private Secretary, Mr Hamdani.......more

2 civilians killed, 6 injured

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 4: Two civilians have got killed and six others, including three CRPF personnel, injured in different militancy-related incidents across Kashmir valley since last evening..........more

Picnic bus rolls down
3 killed, 25 injured in Mendhar bus mishap

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Dec 4: Three persons including a students were killed and 25 others were injured, 13 of them seriously, when a bus carrying an excursion party of a private school and some civilians, rolled down into a nullah near Dargaloon in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch district this evening.......more

Girl recovered, kidnapper escapes

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 4: Mystery shrouded the disappearance of a kidnapped, Abdul Qayoom of Bari Barahamana while a young girl, kidnapped by him, has been recovered...........more

Bomb defused in Ramban

Excelsior Correspondent

RAMBAN, Dec 4: Police today detected and defused a powerful bomb, planted near Sericulture complex near Bus Stand and averted a major tragedy.........more



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