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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2003
 

Jammu welcomes move
LS passes bill recognising Dogri, 3 other languages

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU/NEW DELHI, Dec 22: December 22 will be remembered as the red letter day in the history of Dogri language. The news of the inclusion of Dogri in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution was celebrated by writers, litterateurs, and common masses in Jammu after the news spread that Dogri among other three languages has been included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution when Lok Sabha unanimously approved an amendment in the Constitution to give due share to these languages today....................more

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman K C Pant welcoming Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed for a meeting to release the State Development report in New Delhi on Monday. (UNI)
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman K C Pant welcoming Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed for a meeting to release the State Development report in New Delhi on Monday. (UNI)

Pant releases development report, says J&K
has bright future

Excelsior Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, Dec 22 : The Planning Commission today asked the Jammu and Kashmir Government to accord top priority in creating a secure environment by improving the law and order situation to step up economic development, as well as take steps to ensure better fiscal management and devise a sound strategy to exploit the sectors of strength..................more

2 militants killed in Qazigund; 12 injured in Kulgam blast
Militants, troops share 2 civilian killings in Budgam

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 22: Even as a class 12th girl student was killed by unidentified gunmen and Government ordered magisterial inquiry into a custodial killing, three civilians and two militants have died in different incidents of violence in Kashmir valley since last evening. Twelve persons have sustained injuries in a grenade explosion in Kulgam area of south Kashmir today.........more

Teacher, police officer's kin held for militant links
*Cop removed from Billawar PS, arrest likely

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Dec 22: In another important success, police today arrested a Government teacher and a close relative of a junior police officer as they moved close to smashing a wide network of the Hizbul Mujahideen outfit in Billawar-Basohli-Bani belt in Kathua district.............more

Army to raise TA Bns, units of surrendered militants

NEW DELHI, Dec 22: In a move aimed at ensuring the safety of people living near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir from armed infiltrators, the Cabinet Committee on Security has cleared the Army’s proposal for raising six Territorial Army battalions..............more

Suspect held with Godhra links

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 22: A teen-aged suspect has been arrested by the police in Akhnoor alongwith the telephone numbers of Godhra (Gujarat) and Saudi Arabia..................more

Oppn walk-out on Haj subsidy

NEW DELHI, Dec 22: Agitated Congress and other opposition members today staged a walkout in the Lok Sabha protesting against Government’s refusal to remove restrictions on subsidies for Haj pilgrims............more

Rao, Chandraswami acquitted

NEW DELHI, Dec 22: Former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao got a major relief today with a city Court acquitting him along with self-styled Godman Chandraswamy in the one lakh dollar cheating case instituted against them..................more

Mufti rejects Pak objection to Baglihar

Excelsior Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, Dec 22: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today rejected Pakistan’s objection to the prestigious Baglihar power project, stating Islamabad’s contentions were "unrealistic and unjustified"............more

Hurriyat leader booked under PSA

SRINAGAR, Dec 22: Rebel Hurriyat Conference leader and chairman of Democratic Political Movement (DPM) Firdous Ahmad Shah has been booked under Public Saftey Act (PSA), a senior police official said here today..........more
Parliament passes bill on dual citizenship.....

No rollback of Kashmir policy: Musharraf......

Civilian shot dead in Doda......



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