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Two ultras, SPO killed; another injured in blast
*Civilian shot at by militants

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 24: Two militants and a Special Police Officer (SPO) were killed in two separate encounters in Udhampur and Doda districts overnight while another SPO, who happened to be a surrendered militant, was injured in an explosion in the premises of a Government school building...................more

Fencing death trap for ultras: Army

POONCH , Dec 24: Criss-crossing through the rocky vestitudes and dense woods to stand guard along Indo-Pak borderline, the 261-Kms long three-tier fencing is proving to be a death trap for cross-border armed infiltrators in Jammu and Kashmir..........more

26 officers transferred

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 24: The Government today ordered transfers and postings of 26 officers in the administration with immediate effect:.............more

Zutshi awarded in short story category
Magotra gets Akademi award for Dogri

NEW DELHI, Dec 24: Reputed novelists Kamleshwar, Prafulla Roy, Sara Joseph, noted Tamil lyricist Vairamuthu, and critic K V Subbanna are among this year’s recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Awards announced here today...............more

New CRPF Bns for fighting Naxal menace

NEW DELHI, Dec 24: The Government has decided to deploy the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in the Naxalism-affected states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Jharkhand on "a long-term basis" to counter the growing left-wing extremis....................more

Militant killed, 8 injured in Valley

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 24: While as security forces today killed a militant in an encounter in Kokernag area of Anantnag district, seven civilians sustained injuries when militants lobbed a hand grenade towards a paramilitary picket in the capital city..............more

US re-designates Jaish, Lashkar as terror outfits

WASHINGTON, Dec 24: Intensifying crackdown on Pakistan-based militant outfits operating in Jammu and Kashmir, the United States has redesignated Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Toiba as terrorist groups and targeted their new aliases....................more

RBA begins engaging ultras

NEW DELHI, Dec 24: Royal Bhutan Army has begun engaging ULFA and NDFB militants, holed up in the western sector of Bhutan after having targeted 30 camps of the ultras in the southern and eastern regions, highly-placed sources said here tonight..............more

3 US soldiers, several Iraqis killed

BAGHDAD, Dec 24: Bomb explosions killed three US soldiers and several Iraqis in separate attacks on Christmas eve, a day that began for some Baghdad residents with the scream of US jetfighters and gunships swooping and firing along with a barrage of artillery aimed at anti-American insurgents...........more

SAARC Secys meet fail to clinch accord......

Musharraf to quit as Army Chief by Dec 2004 .....

PM undertakes road journey to Delhi .....

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