RDX, other explosives seized by police after encounter at Ramkote. Excelsior/Ashok

RDX, other explosives recovered
Shakeel Ansari among 5 ultras escape in Ramkote gun-battle

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 15: Close on the heels of Chilla Danga encounter in Samba, the presence of five militants was last night spotted at Dunga forests in Ramkot area on the border of Jammu, Kathua and Udhampur districts.....more

TADA Court transfers six cases of JKLF activists to Srinagar

Excelsior Legal Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 15: Presiding Officer Designated Court under Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Prevention (TADA) Act Jammu, Mir Abdul Hamid today ordered transfer of six cases to Additional TADA Court Srinagar in which Mohd Yaseen Malik, supremo of banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and seven others are facing trial here since 1992....more

Baramulla troops torture civilian to death
3 militants, jawan killed in Kupwara

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Nov 15: Security forces have eliminated three militants while losing a soldier of Rashtriya Rifles (RR) in Kupwara district but, in Baramulla district, a 40-year-old civilian has been tortured to death. Meanwhile, militants have launched an unsuccessful rocket attack on a security forces camp at Qazigund while as intermittent exchange of shelling continued between Indian and Pakistani troops in Boniyar area of Uri sector today...more

Tragedy averted in Hiranagar
3 powerful explosive devices defused

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 15: A major tragedy was averted in village Chandre Chak of Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district today when security forces defused a consignment of explosive devices, detected by a civilian.........more

VC concedes remaining demands
College students suspend stir,

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 15: After 18 days of deadlock, agitating students of city colleges today suspended their agitation and decided to resume their classes from Tuesday. Decision to suspend agitation was taken following meeting of the representative of All Colleges Coordination Committee (ACCC) with Vice-Chancellor of Jammu University, Prof R R Sharma......more

Sharif not yet arrested

ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is yet to be formally arrested on charges of treason and kidnapping, police today told an anti-terrorist court in Karachi which remanded four of his co-accused to three day’s police custody. ......more

Civilian injured in encounters
3 militants gunned down in Rajouri, Mahore

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Nov 5: During relentless seek and destroy operations and crackdown on militants by security forces three hardcore foreign militants were killed today in Rajouri and Mahore area......more

Rake runs for two kms sans driver

LUDHIANA, Nov 15: An alert cabin man today averted a possible rail disaster when he stopped a runaway rake which traversed a distance of two km on Ludhiana-Jalandhar section sans any driver. ....more