JAMMU,
Dec 21:In first major infiltration attempt on the Line of
Control (LoC) in Poonch sector after the cease-fire
announced by Pakistan on November 26 mid-night, the Army
today gunned down six infiltrating militants in Balakote
sector in Mendhar tehsil...................more
JAMMU,
Dec 21: The
State cabinet is expected to be expanded in the middle of
January next year with the likely induction of four
Ministers from three coalition partners including two of
the cabinet rank and two Ministers of State
(MoS).................more
NEW DELHI, Dec 21:In a
virtual anti-climax, Congress president
Sonia Gandhi late tonight rejected the
resignation offers of senior AICC
office-bearers to enable her reconstitute
the party’s top hierarchy in the
wake of debacle in recent Assembly polls
in three States. .........more
PATIALA, Dec
21:A local
Court today remanded Indi-pop
singer Daler Mehndi to police
custody till December 24 in an
alleged illegal human trafficking
case..............more
JAMMU, Dec 21:In a
complaint against MA Lala, presently
Director Accounts and Treasuries, for
causing multi crore scam in the Finance
Department, the Special Judge
Anti-Corruption Jammu, Mr MK Hanjura has
forwarded a complaint in original to
Senior Superintendent of Police Vigilance
Jammu for action, as warranted under
law.............more
NEW DELHI, Dec 21:Pakistani
Army is not for any Jehad (armed crusade)
in Kashmir but wants people as cannon
fodder to fulfill its military designs,
says a former Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)
commander in an interview to a Chinese
online newspaper. .................more
BILLAWAR, Dec 21: Asserting that the
coalition Government in the State is
playing a historic role in creating thaw
in the situation, Chief Minister Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed today said that both
India and Pakistan are moving towards
lasting peace mainly because of the
people’s pressure...........more
NEW DELHI,
Dec 21: In a bid to give a boost to
the economic health of the
militancy-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir, the
United Nations development programme and
Planning Commission would bring out the
first State Development Report on the
State which would provide a roadmap for
reviving its financial health.
.................more
JAMMU, Dec 21:Coming down
heavily upon some unscrupulous employees
of Municipal Corporation in connivance
with some private individuals for
allowing un-authorised construction by
violating the Master Plan in and around
BC Road area, the Division Bench of the
State High Court, comprising Acting Chief
Justice VK Jhanji and Justice Syed
Bashir-ud-Din observed that since the
petitioners have brought some
illustrations of glaring violations to
the notice of the Court and since the
matter involves the general public
interest, the Court took suo-moto action
by treating the matter as Public Interest
Litigation (PIL)...........more
CHANDIGARH, Dec 21:A 59-member
delegation, comprising advocates from
Punjab and Haryana and headed by Chief
Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court V
K Jhanji, would visit Pakistan for four
days from tomorrow. .........more
