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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1999
 

70 member Vajpayee-led Ministry

70 member Vajpayee-led Ministry sworn-in
Advani retains Home, Sinha Finance; Mahajan,
Ananth Kumar shifted
Gupta gets Civil Aviation, Umar Commerce and Industry

NEW DELHI, Oct 13: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was sworn in for a third term in office today, made no changes in the prestigious portfolios of Home, Finance, External Affairs and Defence and allotted the key ministries of Commerce and Industry to DMK leader Murasoli Maran and Railways to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee.........more

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‘PoK be liberated, re-united to J&K’
BJP member’s resolution generates debate

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 13: Fourteen MLAs today participated in the threadbare discussion over the issue of liberating Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) as BJP’s Ashok Khajuria moved a resolution to that effect in the State Assembly...........more

Pak chancery lauds Excelsior’s reports
Chief of Gen Staff actually brought down Nawaz Sharief

From B L Kak

NEW DELHI, Oct 13: Pakistan’s Chief of General Staff, Lt Gen Mohammed Aziz, has been found to be the "real hero" who, in unexpectedly swift, secret operations, completely upset the apple-cart of Mr Nawaz Sharief immediately after the chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lt Gen Ziauddin, was appointed by the Pak Prime Minister as the new Chief of the Army Staff in place of Gen Parvez Musharraf...............more

Air-dropped bomb seized in Kalakote
3 Doda youths rescued from ultras’ clutches

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Oct 13: Three youths, who were being forcibly recruited into militants’ ranks by Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) agents, were rescued by police and army at village Tatta Pani on Khanorla road under the jurisdiction of Kalakote police station while an air-dropped explosive device was recovered in Dedoch area of Kalakote............more

Army Chief Gen V P MalikGeorge Fernandes
Army Chief Gen V P Malik & George Fernandes

Armed forces on extra alert : Fernandes

NEW DELHI, Oct 13: India today said the military take-over in Pakistan did not pose any threat to it but the armed forces were on extra alert. .............more

2 Sentry killed in attack
5 Pakistanis, one Afghani escape from police lock-up
SHO attached, 5 cops suspended, probe ordered

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 13: Five Pakistanis and one Afghan national escaped from police lock-up from Ramgarh police station in the wee hours of this morning after killing two Sentries on duty and wounding another. They took away an SLR of the slain Sentry..........more

Rifles, detonators recovered
Delta Force nabs top Hizb militant

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 13: Troops of Delta Force have apprehended a militant aide with arms from Village Maliknar in Kishtwar tehsil of Doda district who was serving as and over ground worker of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit.....more

Civilian killed in Mahore
Two militants escape with two girls

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Oct 13: Army trapped two militants with two young girls in a compromising position in village Seewala in Hillcock area of Poonch district last night. However, militants managed to escape alongwith the girls........more

5 IPS officers adjusted
14 DySPs transferred

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 13: The State Government today ordered transfers and postings of 14 Deputy Superintendents of Police (DySPs) including five IPS officers........more

Shah to look after in absence of Farooq

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 13: The Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah has directed that in his absence from the State w.e.f. October 13, 1999 the Minister for R&B, Mr Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Shah shall preside over the meetings of the Cabinet........more

Van full of crackers seized

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 13: Bari Baraha-mana police today seized a Maruti taxi Van full of crackers and arrested a trader who was bringing the crackers from Kathua without any valid permission.......more



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