Grenade-launcher trained on BSF Bn Hqrs
BSF jawan, militant, civilian killed in Valley

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 29: Even as unidentified gunmen shot dead the father of a slain Ikhwan activist in Bandipore and troops of Rashtriya Rifles eliminated a militant in the same locality, militants today launched a rifle grenade attack on the battalion headquarters of BSF at Soura in which one constable got killed and four others--including two civilians--injured........more

Central team assesses damage to crops

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 29: Over 2.35 kanals of agriculture land of 134 border villages of Bishnah, R S Pura, Samba and Akhnoor tehsils of Jammu district could not be cultivated during Kharief 1999 due to unprovoked firing from across the border........more

HoDs, senior docs give nod to Principal
Authorities to take action against striking doctors

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 29: Adopting a tough posture, the Medical College administration tonight threatened to take action against the striking junior doctors if they don’t return to duties by tomorrow afternoon and started mobilising opinion against the ‘uncalled for’ agitation.........more

BSF, police nab two ISI agents with RDX

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 29: The Border Security Force (BSF) and police have arrested two Pakistani saboteurs from two different areas in Ramgarh and Hiranagar and recovered two kgs RDX from one of them......more

Vigil stepped-up on HP, Doda border

NEW DELHI, Oct 29: Vigil has been stepped up along the 230 km border between Himachal Pradesh and the terrorist-infested Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir to prevent infiltration by Kashmiri militants following stepped up pressure on them by security forces in Kashmir valley......more

Several hundred killed in super cyclone

BHUBANESWAR, Oct 29: Several hundred people were feared killed and over ten million affected as the super cyclone with a velocity of more than 260 km per hour battered ten coastal districts of Orissa for more than eight hours today...........more

Cong won't disrupt governance: Sonia
Advani hints at second look on Rajiv’s name in Bofors

NEW DELHI, Oct 29: Home Minister L K Advani tonight hinted in the Lok Sabha at Government taking a second look on the inclusion of Rajiv Gandhi’s name in Bofors payoffs case chargesheet in the wake of a strong demand by Congress that his name be deleted........more

PM assures help to Orissa, WB

NEW DELHI, Oct 29: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today assured all possible Central assistance to Orissa and West Bengal to tide over the situation caused by a severe cyclonic storm.......more