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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2002
 

5 Pakistani infiltrators shot dead on LoC
Two killed, 6 injured in Rajouri grenade attack
*Rocket fired in Surankote town

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI/POONCH, Dec 16: Two persons including a head constable were killed and six others were injured in a grenade attack in City Chowk, Rajouri this evening while army and BSF today killed five Pakistani infiltrators on the Line of Control (LoC) in Keri sector..............more


Crowning Glory: BJP vice-president Ramdas Agrawal adjusting a Gujarati headgear on Chief Minister Narendra Modi at Gandhinagar on Monday as party chief M Venkaiah Naidu looks on. (UNI)
Crowning Glory: BJP vice-president Ramdas Agrawal adjusting a Gujarati headgear on Chief Minister Narendra Modi at Gandhinagar on Monday as party chief M Venkaiah Naidu looks on. (UNI)

Modi elected leader, to be sworn-in as CM on Dec 22

AHMEDABAD, Dec 16: A day after he scripted his party’s resounding victory in the Assembly elections, Narendra Modi was today elected leader of the BJP Legislature Party in Gujarat to be sworn in as Chief Minister for a second time on December 22.........more

Massive recovery of arms in Kupwara
2 soldiers killed in gunbattle at house of

MLA’s uncle in Anantnag

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 16: At least two soldiers got killed in a fierce gunbattle between militants and security forces at the residence of the uncle of a ruling PDP MLA in outskirts of Anantnag this afternoon. Troops have destroyed the house and the operation was in progress till late tonight, though none of the militants were found killed immediately. .....more

Several attacked, robbed off goods
3 ‘Kala Kacha’ gangsters nabbed

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 16: Police today arrested three dacoits, possibly linked to ‘Kala Kacha’ gang, after they went on a stabbing and looting spree in two villages of RS Pura tehsil last night. Two more gangsters, who have been identified, were being searched by police and were expected to be nabbed shortly...........more

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Indus Water Treaty triggers controversy
Govt rejects Pak plan for J&K visit

By B L Kak

JAMMU, Dec 16: The Government of India has turned down Islamabad’s suggestion for a team of Pakistani surveyors to visit Jammu and Kashmir to examine the present status of some power and irrigation projects under the provisions of the Indus Water Treaty.........more

Crime Branch slaps fraud case on noted
industrialist Sagar Suri

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Dec 16: The Crime Branch, Jammu has slapped a case of fraud against noted Indian industrialist and owner of Sagar Suri Estates, Ganga Sagar Suri for cheating the investors to the tune of several lakhs of rupees. Suri Estates have since shut down their office here, leaving hundreds of investors high and dry............more

New phase, new environment in Civil Secretariat

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 16: One thing hasn’t changed, while other things have undergone a cataclysmic change, in and outside the majestic structure in the town of temples. The structure is the Civil Secretariat..........more

Two Sarpanches arrested
Billawar MLA's vehicle stoned

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 16: Independent MLA from Billawar Dr Manohar Lal Sharma was attacked by a mob led by two Sarpanches at village Malla Dhamal in Kandi area falling in Billawar segment and Rajbagh police station last night........more

Farooq echoes Modi, says Cong is pseudo-secularist

NEW DELHI, Dec 16: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah today termed the Congress as "pseudo-secularist", and urged it to revert to the policies of Nehru and Gandhi to prove its secular character............more

Advani visiting Jammu on Dec 26

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 16: Deputy Prime Minister Mr Lal Krishan Advani will pay a one day visit to Jammu on December 26........more Missing
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Timber worth lakhs burnt mysteriously....

DySP’s son, friend held for shoot-out; charged with murder....

Snow in Kashmir, air traffic disrupted....

Army vehicle catches fire....



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