JAMMU,
Dec 2:The
Cabinet today approved the bill to amend the Panchayati
Raj Act to give 33 per cent reservation to the women in
Panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir..............more
Flower Power: A butterfly is about to make a soft landing
on a bunch of flowers in search of delicious pollen on a
bright sunny day in New Delhi.
SRINAGAR,
Dec 2: Senior
Superintendent of Police Anantnag, Abdul Qayoom Manhas,
was among 18 Police personnel when a grenade, lobbed by
suspected militants, exploded at the premises of District
Police Office at Anantnag today..................more
JAMMU, Dec 2:Army and
police this afternoon launched another
search operation at village Kanthpur
under the jurisdiction of Vijaypur police
station following a tip off given by a
teen-aged boy about the movement of three
terrorists.................more
JAMMU, Dec 2:Breaking
his silence over the statements
of the Army authorities that
Special Service Bureau (SSB)
personnel deserted the BSNL
exchange in Srinagar during
Fidayeen attack, Inspector
General of the Bureau M L
Chaudhuri today said that the
statements have no ground and
aimed at making SSB personnal
scapegoat.................more
NEW DELHI, Dec 2:After
replacing five battalions of BSF in
Srinagar two weeks back, CRPF is all set
to induct three more battalions
comprising 2500 personnel and train
another eight next month as part of
phase-out of the border guards from the
counter-terrorism operations in the
State....................more
NEW DELHI, Dec 2:India today
proposed to Pakistan technical level
talks on December 18-19 for the
resumption of the "Samjhauta
Express" train and officially
announced that Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee will travel to Islamabad for the
SAARC summit in
January...................more
RAJOURI, Dec 2: Five civilians
were injured when the Army personnel
opened firing on the civilians, who had
blocked Darhal-Rajouri road in protest
against the arrest and torture of two
villagers including a Nambardar at Kotran
in Darhal last night. A civilian is also
reported to have fired few shots on the
troops provoking the
retaliation...........more
JAMMU, Dec 2:The State
Government today ordered transfers and
postings of 19 SSPs and SPs. The
transferred police officers included SPs
of four districts—Baramulla,
Anantnag, Budgam and
Kathua....................more
AIZAWL, Dec 2:Blunting an
anti-incumbency wave, the ruling Mizo
National Front (MNF) headed by Chief
Minister Zoramthanga today stormed back
to power in Mizoram, securing majority in
the 40-member Assembly, a mandate that
could boost the Centre’s peace talks
with the insurgents in neighbouring
Nagaland...............more
PATNA, Dec 2: Undeterred by RJD
chief Laloo Prasad Yadav’s caution
against "crossing limits" in
attacking politicians-criminals nexus,
Bihar Director General of Police D P Ojha
today hit out at criminalisation of
politics and said the civil
administration in the state had
"virtually
collapsed."...............more
