SRINAGAR,
Dec 20:Dismissing
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s refrain of "goli
nahi, boli" with utter contempt, militants today
shot dead the first MLA of the ruling Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) near the saffron town of Pampore.
Fifty-year-old Abdul Aziz Mir of Konibal was gunned down
by a single militant in presence of nine security guards,
in broad daylight, when he was returning to home on foot
after performing the Friday prayers at the local
mosque..............more
RAJOURI,
Dec 20:In
a first major terror act against the fair sex across
Jammu region, the terrorists last night gunned down three
young girls including two college and school students at
village Hasiot, about 15 kms from here under Thanna Mandi
police station’s jurisdiction. While two of the
girls were slaughtered, another was shot dead from point
blank range..........more
NEW DELHI, Dec 20:Terming the
Centre’s decision to cancel 3760
dealerships in petrol pumps, LPG and
kerosene as "unjustified and
arbitrary", the Supreme Court today
struck down the Prime Minister’s
directive to cancel and auction all such
allotments made after January 2000 in the
wake of media expose alleging political
favouritism.......more
NEW DELHI,
Dec 20 :In
a senior-level bureaucratic
reshuffle, Government today
appointed R C A Jain as Secretary
(Border Management) in the Home
Ministry, Wajahat Habibullah as
Consumer Affairs Secretary and A
M Gokhale as the New Chairman of
the Food Corporation of
India............more
DEVIPUR (AKHNOOR), Dec
20:Describing communal divide dangerous
for the nation, Chief Minister Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed today vowed to carve out
Jammu and Kashmir as a shining symbol of
amity in the country.........more
SRINAGAR, Dec 20:On second
consecutive day today, Kashmir valley
observed a shutdown in protest against
the court pronouncement of death sentence
on three Kashmiris held guilty of
contributing to a militant attack on the
Indian Parliament last year.
Demonstrators clashed with Police at
several places and separatist leaders
demanded immediate revocation and release
of the convicted trio..............more
JAMMU, Dec 20: Security forces
today killed three terrorists including
two infiltrators in two separate
encounters in Doda and Poonch
districts............more
NEW DELHI, Dec 20:Calling for
a national unanimity in not pulling down
the new Government in Jammu and Kashmir,
Congress today demanded that the Centre
set up a high-powered ministerial group
on tackling Kashmir issue...........more
NEW DELHI, Dec 20:Former
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and MP
Farooq Abdullah and National Conference
president Omar Abdullah today met Defence
Minister George Fernandes asking him to
provide an air link with Kargil and
Zanskar in Ladakh region..............more
NEW DELHI, Dec 20: The Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) today strongly
condemned the killing of Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) MLA Abdul Aziz Mir
in Kashmir, saying that terrorism does
not spare even those who are soft on
it...........more
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