JAMMU,
Aug 16:Army
today gunned down four hardcore militants of Al Badr and
HUJI outfits in two separate encounters in Thanna Mandi
in Rajouri district while the ultras killed two civilians
and torched houses of two others. An army jawan also
sacrificed his life while two others were injured in the
operations...........more
JAMMU,
Aug 16:In
a writ petition challenging the transfers of Patwaris in
Jammu city, Justice RC Gandhi of the State High Court, in
a significant order, has stayed the operation of the
impugned transfer orders issued by Financial Commissioner
Revenue and further directed the Vigilance Commissioner
to register FIR and conduct enquiry with regard to the
allegations leveled at the Bar for issuance of the
impugned order.............more
WASHINGTON, Aug 16: Former US
Ambassador to India Robert Blackwill has
been appointed Deputy Assistant to
President George W Bush and as
coordinator for strategic planning to
National Security Advisor Condoleeza
Rice.................more
JAMMU, Aug
16:Chance
arrest of a Hizbul Mujahideen
militant during an encounter with
a police party at Basantgarh has
given police a breakthrough in
two grenade explosions at
Gulshan’s langar near Ban
Ganga, about one km from Katra
town, on July 21 night in which
six pilgrims of Mata Vaishnodevi
were killed and 38 others were
injured..................more
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
inaugurating a seminar on "Education
in Ladakh: Issues and Challenges" at
Leh on Saturday.
LEH, Aug 16: Saying that it is
an age of competition and excellence,
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
today called upon the teachers to take
their job as a mission and groom the
students to face the present day
challenges.............more
SRINAGAR, Aug 16:Like Dr
Farooq Abdullah’s National
Conference government, the coalition
Government headed by Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed has also awarded all the gallantry
medals to those Police officials who
physically clashed with militants and
participated in counter-insurgency
operations. Over 80% of the awards have
gone to members of the Special Operations
Group (SOG) who either killed the
militants in different operations or laid
down their own life while fighting the
militants....................more
JAMMU, Aug 16:The
Vigilance Organisation has registered a
case against National Conference MLA from
Poonch, Ghulam Mohd Jan, two Government
officers and a private person in
connection with diversion of Constituency
Development Fund (CDF) by the MLA for
private purpose..........more
NEW DELHI, Aug 16:As the NDA
met today to discuss the strategy to
defeat the Congress sponsored No
Confidence Motion in Lok Sabha next week,
the 12-member DMK is understood to have
questioned the move for seeking its
arch-rival AIADMK’s support against
the motion.................more
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16:Intensifying
his drive against the Pakistan President,
Pervez Musharraf, Nawaz Sharif, exiled
former Prime Minister, has taken an
unusual step, culminating in the
revelation of a closely-guarded secret.
................more
SRINAGAR, Aug 16: Welcoming Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s
statement inviting Pakistan to walk with
India on the road to peace, Hurriyat
Conference today demanded inclusion of
people of Kashmir in the talks aimed at
resolving the long-standing Kashmir
issue....................more
