JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2003
Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission and
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the delegation
level talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on
Saturday.(UNI)
NEW
DELHI, Nov 29:Coming
out strongly against use of terrorism to achieve
political goals, the European Union today described as a
"further step" the ceasefire by India and
Pakistan to normalise ties even as New Delhi made it
clear that there could be no negotiations till
cross-border terrorism stopped................more
JAMMU,
Nov 29:Militants
opened firing on a passenger bus at Bandarna in Kishtwar
tehsil of Doda district this morning killing a Special
Police Officer (SPO) and injuring a teen-aged girl. In
other incidents, the militants gunned down two civilians
while an ultra was killed and another surrendered before
the security forces since last evening..................more
WEAK BRIDGE, ADOOSA (LoC)
Nov 29:Last year these
days, Brig Ramesh Halgali, then General
Officer Commanding an infantry brigade at
Uri, had brought the veritable boon to
Gwalta, when he inaugurated the electric
supply facility to India’s last
village, 2 Km short of the LoC. Exactly a
year after, the announcement of ceasefire
between Indian and Pakistani troops, has
restored the Eid-ul-Fitr festivity
to Gwalta and its parallel hamlet of
Adoosa. For all practical purposes,
Srinagar-Rawalpindi Road via
Muzaffarabad—which used to be known
as the Jhelum Valley Road in the
pre-Partition era—reaches its dead
end here.....................more
NEW DELHI,
Nov 29:Noting
that Indo-Pak border was silent
since declaration of ceasefire
four days back, BSF today said
any provocative move like
infiltration bid by terrorists
would not be tolerated and
operations against militants
inside Jammu and Kashmir would
continue...............more
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29:Opposing
the Indo-Pak ceasefire, Pakistan-based
militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen has
announced a new recruitment and training
schedule of militants in spite of the
Government’s recent crackdown
against extremist groups.................more
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The Pakistan
Government is planning to ban seven more
militant organizations after Eid-Ul-Fitr
and a number of others, including one
reportedly operating in Kashmir, will be
put on a watch list, official sources
have said....................more
DIPHU (ASSAM), Nov 29:After a
brief lull, ethnic violence erupted again
in Assam today with six Karbis killed in
firing and arson by Kuki militants in
Karbi anglong district, while sheds at a
weekly market in Tinsukia district were
set ablaze by unidentified
persons.............more
SRINAGAR, Nov 29: Unidentified
gunmen today appeared at Barthana, in
Qamarwari outskirts of the capital city,
and shot dead 20-year-old Sajjad Ahmed
Badoo S/o Ghulam Nabi Badoo of Chhana
Mohalla, Chhattabal, while he was taking
tea at a wayside
restaurant.......................more
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29:Reiterating
the need for talks with India to resolve
all outstanding issues including Kashmir,
Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali
downplayed India’s unwillingness to
hold a composite bilateral dialogue,
saying the peace progress would move
‘step by
step.’.......................more
NEW DELHI, Nov 30: An opinion poll
conducted by Research and Development
Initiative (RDI) says that BJP would
regain power in Rajasthan throwing out
Congress in the December one Assembly
elections.................more
