NEW
DELHI, Dec 28:The
Centre does not favour general release of detainees in
Jammu and Kashmir without appropriate consultations with
the Government of India...............more
Jammu,
Dec 28: The
State Cabinet today ordered a major shake up in the
Police at SSP level. Chaired by Chief Minister Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed, it transferred 47 Police Officers
including 11 district SPs. Mr Kamal Saini, IPS comes as
SSP, Jammu while Mr Javaid Gillani, IPS goes as SSP,
Srinagar..............more
NEW DELHI, Dec 28:Exactly 62
days after the alliance partners in the
present Government in Jammu and Kashmir
had agreed to form a coordination
committee to monitor implementation of
the common minimum programme (CMP), the
All India Congress Committee (AICC)
president, Ms Sonia Gandhi, announced the
birth of a nine-member panel here on
Saturday........more
SRINAGAR,
Dec 28: Even as
militants this evening shot dead
two more Police personnel at
Batmaloo in the capital city,
security forces today eliminated
four militants—two each in
Beerwah and Pattan
localities—in Kashmir
valley................more
JAMMU, Dec 28:The State
Cabinet today extended the relief package
for the border migrants till May next
year. The package had expired on November
30. However, the Cabinet decided that
henceforth the relief would be given to
only those migrants, who return to their
homes..............more
JAMMU, Dec 28:Police
today said they were close to cracking a
wide network of Al-Badr outfit in the
border district of Rajouri on the basis
of ‘vital leads’ given by three
arrested militants including a Pak
national and a PSO of the National
Conference MLC during their three days of
sustained questioning. Involvement of
more ‘important persons’
including some Panchayat members in
running the Al-Badr network has also
surfaced.................more
New Delhi, Dec 28:2002 is not
just like any other year which has come
and gone. It is marked by a historic
change in the State’s political
scenario with the emergence of the first
non-National Conference, first
non-Congress Government in the
State..................more
NEW DELHI, Dec 28:The Kashmir
Committee (KC) today described as
"statesman-like" the decision
of Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani to
initiate a dialogue on the resolution of
the vexed Kashmir issue..................more
MUZAFFARABAD, Dec
28: Pakistan-based militant
outfit Hizb-ul Mujahideen today vowed to
continue its attacks "with full
force" in Kashmir, according a
statement that may indicate an upsurge in
violence in coming days in Jammu and
Kashmir. ....more
