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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2003
 

‘War’ on Geelani intensifies
People’s Conference sees him possibly responsible
for Lone’s killing

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, July 8: Firebrand secessionist leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has, in a swift turn of events, come in for the severest criticism by the People’s Conference, a constituent of the All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) in Kashmir.........more

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee meets a Pakistani business delegation led by President, India-Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Ilyas Ahmed Bilour in New Delhi on Tuesday. The delegation was also accompanied by Dr A C Mutiah, President FICCI.(UNI)
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee meets a Pakistani business delegation led by President, India-Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Ilyas Ahmed Bilour in New Delhi on Tuesday. The delegation was also accompanied by Dr A C Mutiah, President FICCI.(UNI)

PM meets Pak business delegation

NEW DELHI, July 8: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today met a Pakistani business delegation and said their visit was a "positive" reaction to his recent peace initiative that also included enhanced trade and economic cooperation.........more

Ashok Jaitly on the offensive
Criminal defamation case against PTI too

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, July 8: Ashok Jaitly, former Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, is poised to add yet another dimension to his drive against "false and baseless" media coverage casting aspersions on his integrity.........more

Gilgit sitting atop a ticking bomb
*Shia-Sunni clashes mount

NEW DELHI, July 8: Gilgit in Pakistan-controlled northern areas is sitting atop a sectarian bomb, which is ticking away, according to a leading Pakistani newspaper.........more

CBI raids 3 Customs officials, Rs 1.56 cr seized

KOLKATA, July 8 : In a major operation against customs officers, the CBI today raided residence and office premises of three senior officers and claimed to have seized Rs 1.03 crore in cash and deposit certificates and property papers worth Rs 0.53 crore.........more

44 addl Coys for Amarnath pilgrims: IG CRPF

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, July 8: Forty four additional companies of Central Reserve Police Force have been deployed for the security of the pilgrims and vital installations during month long Shri Amarnath yatra in Jammu and Kashmir.............more

India rules out Foreign Secys meet at SAARC

NEW DELHI, July 8: A day before the SAARC meeting in Kathmandu, India today ruled out a separate meeting between Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal and his Pakistani counterpart Riaz Khokkar, saying this was not part of the step-by-step approach New Delhi had in mind.........more

SPO, militant killed
*Complete bandh in Nowshera

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, July 8: A Special Police Officer (SPO) and a militant were killed in two separate encounters in Doda and Poonch districts today while a complete bandh was observed in Nowshera in protest against the killings of five civilians by the militants yesterday..........more

115 killed in air crash, baby survives

KHARTOUM, July 8: A Sudanese airliner crashed early today in Eastern Sudan, killing all but one of the 116 people aboard, including a senior military officer and three Indians, officials said........more

Vigilances searches Tehsildar’s house

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, July 8: The Vigilance Organisation today searched the residence of Tehsildar Kathua, Ashok Kumar Gupta in Kathua town in the presence of two family members of the Revenue officer in connection with a multi-crore land scam.........more

Missing Indian Kids - Children

Hizb commander among two killed.....

Chartered flights come to Srinagar.....

Gujral recalls Sharif’s comments......



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