Rajiv Gandhi

Bofors pay-off chargesheet
Cong warns of storm if Rajiv’s name not deleted

NEW DELHI, Oct 25 : An agitated Congress today decided to rock Parliament tomorrow demanding deletion of late Rajiv Gandhi’s name from the chargesheet in the Bofors payoffs case as party president Sonia Gandhi accused the Government of falsely implicating him while Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee firmly rejected the charge.....more

Kashmir Media Cell being overhauled
DD’s Kashmir ‘mafia’ in soup

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 25: Within days of his assuming charge as the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Mr Arun Jaitly has recommended not only a total reshuffle of the so-called Kashmir Media Cell (KMC) in the Union Home Ministry but also cancellation of extension of all current affairs programmes on Kashmir.....more

Carpenter killed in Beerwah
One killed, 3 injured in Uri shelling

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 25: One civilian got killed and three others injured when Pakistani and Indian troops traded heavy artillery fire in Namla area of Uri sector today. During last night, unidentified gunmen shot dead a carpenter in Budgam district while as police today recovered a decomposed dead body from Cooperative Colony, Pirbagh.....more

Explosion rocks Bufliaz bridge
Two militants involved in blast shot dead

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Oct 25: A powerful explosion rocked Bufliaz-Surankote road last night while two militants involved in the blast were gunned down by the army at Morha in Surankote this evening....more

Administration orders inquiry
SOG men go berserk in Rajouri; attack people

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Oct 25: Few jawans of Special Operations Group (SOG) , a counter-insurgency wing of state police, today went berserk at Abdullah bridge in the town here this evening beating-up driver and conductor of a bus besides passengers and some passers-by mercilessly, rendering many of them unconscious....more

Two militants, civilian injured
Blast rocks Surankote

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Oct 25: A powerful explosion rocked Bufliaz-Surankote road while two militants and a civilian were injured in an encounter with army and police at Ciyari in Budhal area overnight.......more

RPF vigilance team nabs two touts

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 25: A Vigilance team of Railways Protection Force (RPF) from Ferozepur today carried out a raid at Railway Station, Jammu and nabbed two touts, who were indulging in black-marketing of tickets to passengers....more

Hurriyat delegation calls on European diplomats

SRINAGAR, Oct 25 : Six European Union diplomats tonight met a Hurriyat Conference delegation led by fomer chairman Maulvi Omar Farooq as part of its mission to study the situation in the. ...more