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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2003
 

Pakistan army soldiers cordon off the site of the attempted suicide bomb attack on Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf in Rawalpindi on Thursday.(UNI)
Pakistan army soldiers cordon off the site of the attempted suicide bomb attack on Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf in Rawalpindi on Thursday.(UNI)

Musharraf survives new attack, 14 dead

RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN, Dec 25: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf narrowly survived a second assassination bid in less than two weeks today when suicide car bombers attacked his motorcade, killing themselves and at least 12 others......................more

Fernandes rules out demilitarisation of Siachen

SIACHEN, Dec 25: While expressing optimism that the upcoming SAARC summit would lead to better relations in the region, India today ruled out demilitarisation of Siachen Glacier unless differences with Pakistan were resolved....................more

Zargar released on bail, re-arrested

SRINAGAR, Dec 25: Kashmir Mass Movement leader and former militant Mohammad Saleem Zargar was today released from the central jail here after 14 years on court orders but was immediately detained by a special unit of Jammu and Kashmir police outside the prison...........more

Lyngdoh again attacks politicians, calls them a 'cancer'

NEW DELHI, Dec 25: The tough and plain-speaking Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh has once again attacked politicians calling them a "cancer" for which there was "no cure at the moment"..............more

Telgi, Prakash used political influence

NEW DELHI, Dec 25: Suspended General Manager of Nashik-based India Security Press (ISP) Ganga Prakash, arrested by CBI, and scamster in the multi-crore fake stamp paper case Abdul Karim Telgi had attempted to use political influence at various stages to serve their self interests................more

Patil replaces Bhujbal as Dy CM

MUMBAI, Dec 25: Ending the suspense over a successor to former Maharshtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, the NCP today named senior party leader and PWD Minister Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil for the coveted office and entrusted the crucial Home porfolio to state party unit chief R R Patil.....................more

Ultra killed; woman, SPO hurt

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 25: A militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit was shot dead by the Army in Mahore while a woman and a Special Police Officer (SPO) were injured in an encounter in Surankote tehsil in Poonch district today..............more

Gas field explosion kills 191 in China

CHONGQING, CHINA, Dec 25: At least 191 people have been killed and hundreds of others injured in a devastating blow-out at a natural gas field in Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, state media and officials said today.....................more
 
 
 



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