THE LARGEST CIRCULATED DAILY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR



JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1999
 

Pakistan Army Chief Gen Pervez MusharrafNawaz Sharif
Pakistan Army Chief Gen Pervez Musharraf & Nawaz Sharif

PM, Ministers kept under house arrest
Army sacks Sharif Govt, takes control of Pak
Airports, all other key installations sealed
Punjab CM, Governors’ houses also taken over

ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Pakistan television announced tonight that Nawaz Sharif Government had been dismissed after the troops had held him under house arrest and took control of key installations and airports following the dismissal of Army Chief Gen Pervez Musharraf by the Prime Minister. ........more

Click here to visit our sponsor

Official document sounds note of caution
Terrorists in Kashmir get US made landmines

From B L Kak

NEW DELHI, Oct 12: The United States has just informed the Government of India about its ‘plan’ to declare the Lashkar-e-Toiba as a "terrorist outfit". Indian mission in Washington has communicated to Delhi’s South Block that the US President, Mr Bill Clinton, has okayed the ‘plan’, and a formal announcement in this regard can be expected "any time"..........more

Prof Gupta, Omer being inducted
50-member Ministry to be sworn-in today

NEW DELHI, Oct 12: Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who will be sworn in as Prime Minister for a third term tomorrow, is likely to induct a two-tier Ministry of about 50 members accommodating all the allies while retaining key portfolios of Home, Finance, External Affairs and HRD with BJP, the leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), reports PTI..............more

Chief Minister  Dr Farooq Abdullah
Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah

'Saudi Arab, Iran funding JK Madrasas'
Education system in a total shambles, says CM

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 12: Even as the Minister of School Education Mohammad Sharif Tariq tried his best to convince the House that nothing was amiss in the lower education institutions in Jammu & Kashmir, Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah spoke the Opposition language and remarked that the State's educational system was "in a total shambles."...........more

Owns responsibility for party’s debacle
Sonia elected CPP chairperson

Congress president Sonia GandhiNEW DELHI, Oct 12: Congress president Sonia Gandhi was today elected unanimously chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party indicating that she remained the undisputed leader of the organisation despite the reverses suffered in the recent Lok Sabha elections. Senior Congress leader and former Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker P M Sayeed proposed her name and was seconded by former Union Minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari and a number of others. She was elected the chairperson of the CPP thereafter amid thumping of desk............more

Graft charges established against GM DIC, 10 others

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 12: The Vigilance Organisation has established graft charges against six Government officers and five private persons including the then General Manager District Industries Centre (DIC) Kathua Mr M L Wali. All of them had been charged with duping the state exchequer worth lakhs of rupees while their posting in DIC Kathua..........more

Student murdered inside Udhampur degree college

Excelsior Correspondent

Daljeet Singh KotwalUDHAMPUR, Oct 12: In a sensational crime, a Part IInd year student was murdered inside the degree college here this morning by a student of the final year. The incident sparked off a wave of fear among the college students and triggered protests. The deceased was identified as Daljeet Singh Kotwal son of a Gram Sevak and a resident of village Bashnoh in Panchairi block of this district. The accused identified as Ishpal Singh, a final year student of the degree college for boys and a resident of....more

HM ‘Area Commander’ arrested in Doda

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 12: A dreaded militant of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit has been arrested by army and police in a joint raid conducted at his hideout in village Charad in Kishtwar tehsil of Doda district.......more

Militant killed in Rafiabad operation
Woman shot dead by RR jawan

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 12: After facing resistance in his abortive attempt to rape a young girl, a drunk soldier of Rashtriya Rifles (RR) has gunned down the mother of three girls and left her son wounded in Baramulla.......more

India expresses grave concern over Pak developments

NEW DELHI, Oct 12: India tonight expressed grave concern over developments in Pakistan and was closely monitoring the situation triggered by the dismissal of Army Chief Gen Pervez Musharraf........more

Tanvir Jehan is DC Sgr, again

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 12: Mrs Tanvir Jehan, who had proceeded on two-months leave in wake of Lok Sabha elections in her home district of Srinagar, has again been appointed as Deputy Commissioner of Srinagar in place of Mr Isfandyar Khan......more



Editor, Printer, Publisher & Owner: S.D. Rohmetra,
printed at Excelsior Printers Pvt. Ltd., Janipura, Jammu and published from EXCELSIOR HOUSE, Janipura, Jammu-180 007 (JAMMU & KASHMIR), (INDIA). Fax : +91+191-537831
e-mail: editor@dailyexcelsior.com





|
home | state | national | business| editorial | advertisement | sports |
|
international | weather | mailbag | suggestions | search | subscribe | send mail |