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Villagers offering prayers at Zirayat Hazrat Bibi Fatima, which was thrown open by Army after 10 years, at Subpora near LoC in Tangdhar. -Excelsior/Amin War

Encounter at Potshai Nishat, Arwani
6 militants, Forest Guard killed

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 16: While as security forces and Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu & Kashmir Police have eliminated at least 6 militants in four different encounters in Kashmir valley since last evening, an unidentified hitman today gunned down a Forest guard in Khaki uniform at Nawab Bazar, in front of a paramilitary bunker. Troops have also recovered a dead body from Lalmarg area of Safapora heights and the same is believed to be of a militant earlier killed in an encounter.......more

Union Ministers L K Advani & George Fernandes

Advani, George caution against attacks
from across border

NEW DELHI, Dec 16: Two key Union Ministers L K Advani and George Fernandes today cautioned that the country could not afford to be complacent in the wake of continued aggressive designs from across the border.........more

Major injured, 2 jawans killed in Doda ambush

Excelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, Dec 16: A Major was injured and two army jawans were killed when their patrol party was ambushed by the militants at Brashwana area near Khankot in Doda district late last night...........more

JU female student dies mysteriously in hostel

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 16: Panic gripped the Jammu University campus when a young female student of M Com died under mysterious circumstances in her hostel room late last night. The deceased has been identified as Meenakshi Sharma daughter of Brij Behari of Kishtwar.........more

Civilian shot dead
Ultra killed, 4 jawans injured in Surankot

Excelsior Correspondent

POONCH, Dec 16: A militant was killed and five others including four army jawans and a civilian were injured in an encounter at village Sailan while militants gunned down a civilian at his house in Nawana village in two separate incidents at Surankote overnight........more

Miraculous escape for passengers of
Ganga-Damodar Express

PATNA, Dec 16: Passengers of the Patna-Dhanbad Ganga Damodar Express had a miraculous escape when the outlawed People’s War Group (PWG) blasted the rail track on Patna-Gaya section of Eastern Railway late last night, police said today..........more

Ultras behind killing of cops identified

NEW DELHI, Dec 16: Militant groups and those involved in a series of firing incidents in Srinagar on Monday have been identified and the culprits are likely to be apprehended soon, Home Ministry sources claimed here tonight. ........more

India rejects Pak claim on troops withdrawal from LoC

NEW DELHI, Dec 16: India today rejected Pakistan’s claim that it had completed the withdrawal of additional troops from the Line of Control (LoC), including the Kargil sector, and termed it as an exercise in obfuscation. ........more

MP Minister hacked to death, Naxalites’ hand suspected

BALAGHAT, Dec 16: Madhya Pradesh Transport Minister Likhiram Kawre was hacked to death at his home, near here, past midnight today under mysterious circumstances with police suspecting the hand of Naxalites in the gruesome murder........more

India ready for IMF assessment of financial stability: Sinha

BERLIN, Dec 16: India has agreed for a Financial System Stability Assessement (FSSA) by International Monetary Fund, Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said today. We have recently conveyed our agreement to the IMF for a financial system stability assessment of India. The terms of reference and other details are expected to be worked out shortly, he told the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting here..........more

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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1999