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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2003
 

The mangled remains of a car at the site of a blast near Gateway of India in Mumbai on Monday.(UNI)
The mangled remains of a car at the site of a blast near Gateway of India in Mumbai on Monday.(UNI)

LeT, SIMI hand suspected
46 killed, over 143 injured in twin Mumbai blasts

MUMBAI, Aug 25:Terror struck at the heart of the country’s financial hub today when a Jehadi outfit triggered twin car bomb explosions in quick succession killing 46 people, including five women and a child, and injuring over 143, reminiscent of the chilling 1993 serial blasts. .........more

Misconception about Delimitation Commission removed: Azad
Ambika asks Cong Ministers to eradicate corruption

Excelsior Correspondent

MIRANSAHIB (R S PURA), Aug 25: All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary, Mrs Ambika Soni today said that Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi is very particular about performance of Congress Ministers in the coalition Government of the State headed by Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. .......more

Unauthorised commercial centres in Srinagar city
High Court orders demolition of a major Poloview complex

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Aug 25: The Jammu & Kashmir High Court today directed the authorities to immediately dismantle three storeys of a major commercial centre at Poloview. A portion of the 5-storeyed building had been raised without permission from the concerned authorities..........more

Evidence of temple found during excavation in Ayodhya

LUCKNOW, Aug 25: In what could be a turning point in the Ayodhya dispute, the Archaeological Survey of India has reported to the High Court here that its excavations found distinctive features of a 10th century temple beneath the Babri mosque site even as the Sunni Central Waqf Board termed the report as "vague and self-contradictory". ........more

Mayawati recommends dissolution of House, flays BJP

LUCKNOW, Aug 25: After recommending dissolution of the State Assembly and snapping ties with the BJP, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today launched a scathing attack on the saffron party, including Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, accusing it of hatching a design to harass her in the Taj corridor controversy by "misusing" CBI. . .........more

3 jawans, 3 of a family killed

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Aug 25: Three members of a family including two women and three army personnel including a Captain were killed and three others—two soldiers and a civilian—were injured in two separate incidents across the border district last night, official sources said today.s. ........more

ISC to discuss Centre's powers to impose President’s rule

NEW DELHI, Aug 25: Centre’s powers to impose President’s Rule in a state and apply sanctions against it in the event of non-compliance of its directives would form the key focus of the two-day meeting of the Inter-State Council in Srinagar on August 27 and 28. ........more

PM to visit Jammu on August 29

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Aug 25: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will arrive here from Srinagar on August 29 and not on August 28 as originally planned.........more

4 civilians wounded in failed robbery attempt

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Aug 25: While as security forces claimed to have eliminated two militants in a gun battle in Baramulla district and six more arrested in Srinagar, four civilians sustained injuries when Police foiled militants’ attempt to loot a bank in Kulgam area of south Kashmir today.. .........more

Civilian killed in shelling

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Aug 25: A civilian was killed in continued shelling by Pakistan army in Mendhar sector this morning while police arrested a guide of the militants in Arnas.........more

Missing Indian Kids - Children
Pak irked by Hurriyat chief's remarks,insists on its role ........



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