Bishnah girls murder case
File gathers dust as Police, Crime Branch pass the buck

By Dinesh Manhotra

JAMMU: Nov 2: The case of two Bishnah girls, who were raped and subsequently strangulated to death near Bishnah in July, is gathering dust, as local police and Crime Branch are passing buck to each other......more

One killed, 8 injured as Sumo skids at NH

Excelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, Nov 2: One person was killed and eight others were injured, six of them seriously, when a TATA Sumo carrying them on way from Jammu to Srinagar, skidded off the road at Chanderkoot near Ramban on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway this morning.........more

Cop murders cop

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 2: A Traffic Police constable was murdered by a police constable outside Canal police post under the jurisdiction of Nowabad police station late last night. The deceased has been identified as Daljeet Singh, a Traffic Police constable on duty at Canal Road........more

NCP bags Outer Manipur
BJP-JD (U) shocked in Bihar

NEW DELHI, Nov 2: The BJP-JD (U) combine today suffered a shock defeat in Bihar losing three of the four Lok Sabha seats for which polling was held on October 28 as the Congress won one seat each in Bihar and Assam and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) bagged Outer Manipur.........more

Revised schedule of IF flights trigger protests

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Nov 2: Several organisations here have protested against the revised timings of Indian Airlines flight under which the IA flight will now land here at 1430 hours instead of 1230 hours......more

Taliban suggests watch on Laden by islamic team

ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: Facing UN sanctions over terrorism suspect Osama bin Laden, Afghanistan’s Taliban movement was today reported to have made fresh proposals to avoid expelling him from the country to stand trial. A spokesman in the office of the Taliban’s supreme ruler, Mullah Mohammad Omar, suggested that the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) send a team to monitor Bin Laden’s movements to ensure he was not engaged in terrorism. Afghan Islamic Press (AIP), an independent news agency, quoted the spokesman as saying the OIC monitors would "watch over him so that Bin Laden’s opponents are sure that he is not using Afghanistan against them". .....more

Musharraf declares family property

ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: In a bid to set an example of transparency and clean governance, Pakistan’s military ruler has declared his family property and vowed action against corrupt politicians, newspapers reported today. ..........more

Pilot blames Centre for deteriorating law, order in J&K

MUZAFFARNAGAR, Nov 2: Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Rajesh Pilot today blamed the Vajpayee Government for the deteriorating law and order situation and rise in militancy in Jammu and Kashmir in the post-Kargil period. The situation in Jammu and Kashmir has gone out of control particularly in the post-Kargil period, Pilot said here and demanded immediate steps for the safety of the common people in the State. The situation in the State had never come to such a pass when the Congress.......more