WARANGAL (AP), July 2:Thirteen passengers and
five occupants of an auto-rickshaw were killed and 23
others injured when the engine of Hyderabad-bound
Golconda Express fell on the road below from a bridge,
derailing four bogies near the railway station here
today. .........more
NEW DELHI, July 2: The Union Home Ministry today said
it has given its nod for introduction of mobile phone
services in Jammu and Kashmir to revamp the communication
system in the militancy-hit State. . .......more
NEW
DELHI, July 2:Asserting
that there had been a marked change in
the situation in Jammu and Kashmir,
Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani today
said efforts would continue on a
long-term basis to bring normalcy in the
State. . . .......more
NEW
DELHI, July 2:Centre’s
interlocutor on Jammu and Kashmir
N N Vohra today said talks with
the separatists, including the
Hurriyat Conference, would be
held in due course even as he
prepared to leave for Ladakh for
third round of talks with various
groups........more
SRINAGAR, July 2: Minister
for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation,
Hakim Mohd Yasin has ordered transfers
and postings of forty nine (49)
Tehsildars in the state today..... .more
KATRA, July 2:Number of
the pilgrims visiting holy cave shrine of
Mata Vaishnodevi was all set to create a
new record in 2003 if the present trend
of pilgrimage, witnessed by the end of
June, was an indication... ..........more
NEW
DELHI, July 2: National Human
Rights Commission Chairman Justice A S
Anand today said he believed that the
acquittal of all the 21 accused in the
Best bakery case in Vadodara by a special
court was prima facie a "miscarriage
of justice" and the State Government
must appeal against the verdict. ........more
LONDON,
July 2 :Indicating
that there was some "change of
intent" on Pakistan’s side in
its support to militants in Kashmir,
India has asserted that it would fight
its own battle against the terrorists and
win and ensure the return of the 300,000
Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley. . .
.......more
SRINAGAR, July 2: While as militants
have eliminated two special police
officials (SPOs) in Shopian area of south
Kashmir and two counter-insurgents in
Handwara, a counter-insurgent Ikhwani has
been left brutally wounded in Kulgam
area. Meanwhile, a Dy SP of CID (Special
Branch) has disappeared in mysterious
circumstances. ......more
ISLAMABAD, July 2: The first bus to
run between Pakistan and India in 18
months will depart from New Delhi for
Lahore on July 11, the Foreign Ministry
said today. ....more
