JAMMU,
Dec 1:Operation
in the Mahamaya forests by the Army personnel ended in
wee hours of this morning with the troops eliminating the
surviving terrorist with heavy gun fire. The operation
lasted 20 hours..............more
NEW
DELHI, Dec 1:Ahead of the SAARC summit in Islamabad next month,
India and Pakistan today took a giant leap in their ties
when they decided to resume bilateral air links from
January one, exactly two years after they were snapped in
the wake of the December 13, 2001 terrorist attack on the
Indian Parliament..................more
NEW DELHI, Dec 1:Five
persons, including a woman, were killed
and more than 24 injured in poll-related
violence and communal clashes in Madhya
Pradesh which went to Assembly polls
along with Delhi, Rajasthan and
Chhattisgarh today with an estimated 56
per cent of the 9.34 crore electorate
exercising their
franchise.................more
ROPAR/CHANDIGARH,
Dec 1:Shiromani
Akali Dal (SAD) president and
former Punjab Chief Minister
Parkash Singh Badal and his MP
son Sukhbir Singh Badal were
today sent to jail after a
special court refused their
interim bail pleas in connection
with a disproportionate assets
case.................more
NEW DELHI, Dec 1:Exit polls
on television channels today predicted a
clear win for BJP in Madhya Pradesh and
the possibility of a hung Assembly in
Rajasthan and Chhattishgarh with Delhi
clearly going in favour of
Congress...................more
SRINAGAR, Dec 1: Two Army
personnel, including a junior
commissioned officer (JCO), and two
militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba got killed
in a fierce gunbattle between militants
and security forces at Rei-Kapran
village, in Shopian area of south Kashmir
today. Meanwhile, unidentified gunmen
have attacked the residence of a PDP
leader at Soibug in Budgam area, shot
dead the driver of a three-wheeler in
Nawakadal area of Srinagar downtown and
people of Kulgam area have registered
their protest against the killing of a
15-year-old girl at Zangalpora village
during last night..................more
SRINAGAR, Dec 1:
Bureaucrat-turned-politician, Ghulam
Qadir Pardesi, has deserted Omar
Abdullah’s National Conference (NC)
and migrated back to his flock in Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed’s Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP). His ‘home-coming’
was celebrated at a modest function at
the PDP headquarters here
today...........more
SRINAGAR, Dec 1: Welcoming the
resumption of air links between India and
Pakistan, Hurriyat Conference today said
though the steps were small in nature,
they could act as a catalyst to improve
the relations between the two countries
leading to a formal dialogue on Kashmir
issue....................more
SRINAGAR, Dec 1: Jammu and Kashmir
Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) president
Shabir Ahmad Shah has dissolved all party
units in the State with immediate effect
and announced a 16-member working
committee..............more
JAMMU, Dec 1:Army and
police today gunned down two militants in
an encounter in Banihal tehsil in Ramban
police district while two Pakistani boys
were arrested on International Border in
RS Pura sector...............more
