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Body of Major Purshottam lying in his office. -Excelsior/Amin War

Second lease of life for Kashmir lensman
Major embraced death, gave life to scribes

From Ahmed Ali Fayaz

SRINAGAR, Nov 4: Lashkar-e-Toiba can well boast of engineering successful attacks on the Valley’s military formations. The Wednesday evening strike at headquarters of Army’s 15 Corps, in Badami Bagh cantonment, has demonstrated the Pakistanis-dominated guerrilla outfit’s ability to challenge the security forces even at the most protected place in Kashmir. But in Major P Purushottam’s death....more

Arms cache recovered in Poonch
4 rockets fired on army camp

Excelsior Correspondent

POONCH, Nov 4: Militants fired four rockets on an army camp at Lassana in Surankote area of this district but failed to hit the intended target while troops recovered a consignment of arms and ammunition......more

Karan Singh defends father against being indecisive

Excelsior Correspondent

NEW DELHI, Nov 4: Former Sadre-Riyasat and Union Home Minister Dr Karan Singh has expressed his surprise over some "tedentious statements" made regarding his remarks at a book release function here......more

Stir withdrawn after talks
Para-medical employees go on strike in GMC

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 4: Para-medical staff of Government Medical College struck work briefly this morning in protest against alleged misbehaviour of a Sanitary Inspector with Matron yesterday. However, with the persuasion of authorities, the strike was called off immediately..........more

HM activist nabbed in Doda
Militant killed in Darhal

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Nov 4: A foreign mercenary was killed in an encounter with an army patrol party at Hajan in Darhal area this morning. Another encounter took place between militants and security forces at Budhal but the ultras managed to escape..........more

Bofors pay-off case
Arrest warrant issued against Quattrocchi,
summons to others

NEW DELHI, Nov 4: A city court today took cognizance of CBI chargesheet and issued fresh non-bailable arrest warrant against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi and summons to Dubai-based NRI businessman Win Chadha, former Defence Secretary S K Bhatnagar and former Bofors company chief Martin Ardbo for their alleged role in the Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case...........more

Mast Gul re-surfaces

ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: Emboldened by the military takeover militant groups in Pakistan are recouping and regrouping themselves for a bigger ‘jehad’ ahead, after the Kargil fiasco........more

Season’s first snowfall in Valley

SRINAGAR, Nov 4: Upper reaches of the Kashmir valley, including the Ski resort of Gulmarg, had the season’s first snowfall while plains were lashed by rains since early this morning resulting in a considerable drop in temperature......more

Kashmir situation was better under Cong rule: Pilot

BAREILLY, Nov 4: Senior Congress leader Rajesh Pilot has claimed militant attacks on security personnel has increased alarmingly in Jammu and Kashmir after non-Congress parties came...........more

Need to strengthen NDA: Vajpayee

NEW DELHI, Nov 4: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today said there was a need to strengthen the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) by practising the Dharma of coalition culture and to broaden the base of BJP to include all sections of society.........more

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