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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2003
 

SB Ghosh Dastidar shakes hand with Pakistani Railways officials Muhammad Iqbal Khatri after signing an agreement to resume train services between the two countries, in New Delhi.
SB Ghosh Dastidar shakes hand with Pakistani Railways officials Muhammad Iqbal Khatri after signing an agreement to resume train services between the two countries, in New Delhi.

Train to Pak to chug off again from January 15

NEW DELHI, Dec 19: Taking another step towards improving people-to-people contacts and enhancing trade ties, India and Pakistan today decided to resume Samjhauta Express from Attari to Lahore twice a week as also freight services from January 15, after a gap of two years...................more

King leads offensive in Bhutan forests

SAMDRUP JONGKHAR (BHUTAN) Dec 19: Led by King Jigme Singye Wangchuk and his son, the Royal Bhutan Army today intensified its onslaught on north-east insurgents smashing 19 of their 30 well-fortified camps and handed over the first batch of seven captured ultras to the Indian Army.....................more

Musharraf's statement will boost peace process: Mufti

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 19: Welcoming President Parvez Musharaf’s statement that Pakistan will not press for implementation of UN resolution for solving the Kashmir issue bilaterally, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today described it as a very significant development, which he said would further boost the ongoing Indo-Pak peace process.............more

Shahnaz, Mobin languishing in Jammu jail return to Pak

WAGAH (INDO-PAK BORDER), Dec 19: It was an overwhelming reunion with relatives for 35 year old Shahnaz, who crossed over to Pakistan today after eight harrowing years of detention in a Jammu jail during which she was raped by a jail warden and became a mother of a girl....................more

Separatists react positively to Musharraf's offer

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 19: Most separatist outfits of Jammu and Kashmir, including both factions of Hurriyat Conference, today welcomed Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s preparedness to find a solution to Kashmir issue outside the UN resolutions and asked India to respond positively to the ‘golden opportunity’ in the ‘flexibility’ shown by Islamabad................more

Govt to set up Electricity Regulatory Commission

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 19: To streamline functioning of the Power Development Department (PDD), the Government has decided to constitute State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC)................more

Ikhwani gunned down in Tangmarg

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 19: A militant today gunned down prominent counter-insurgent and Army source, Hilal Ahmed Ganai alias Lala Ikhwani S/o Mohammad Sultan Ganai R/o Ghonipora, in broad daylight at Kunzar, on Srinagar-Gulmarg road.............more

India's lukewarm response to Musharraf's statement

NEW DELHI, Dec 19: In a lukewarm response to President Pervez Musharraf’s statement on Kashmir, India tonight said if it reflected any change or modification in Pakistan’s position it would always be ready to welcome it.................more

Teen-agers commit suicide in Kathua

Excelsior Special Correspondent

KATHUA, Dec 19: The continuous opposition of parents to their marriage forced the teen-aged lovers to end their lives by jumping infront of a running train............more

Khurana may become Governor

NEW DELHI, Dec 19: Delhi BJP veteran Madan Lal Khurana today resigned as state party unit chief and from "active politics for now" following the drubbing in Assembly polls amidst indications he was being appointed Governor in Rajasthan......................more
3 militants, jawan killed......

Daler to surrender on Jan 8.....

Trishul test fired.....



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