JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 04, 2003
Minister of Forest and chairman of the People’s
Democratic Forum Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Sofi along with
Minister of Revenue, Hakim Mohammed Yaseen, MoS
Industries, Raman Mattoo, MoS Forest, Th. Puran Singh and
others inaugurating PDF office at Jammu on Friday
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JAMMU,
Oct 3:One
and half month after converting their forum into a
full-fledged political party, leaders of the
People’s Democratic Front (PDF) have started flexing
their muscles. Besides demanding ‘due share’ in
the Mufti Mohammed Sayeed led coalition Government, PDF
also demanded representation in the State Coordination
Committee.................more
JAMMU,
Oct 3:Border
Police today arrested a Pakistan militant, who was
staying in the City here for last more than one month
during which he carried recee of some important
installations including Railway Station, Airport and Bari
Barahamana town................more
SRINAGAR, Oct 3: A fortnight after
causing massive damage in Gurez,
Pakistani troops have targeted the border
town of Tangdar and caused damage to
several structures with intensive
gunfire. In the Kashmir valley plains,
security forces have killed at least six
militants since last evening while as
militants have shot dead a
civilian..............more
JAMMU, Oct 3:In
two separate strikes in Doda, the
militants gunned down two
persons, one of them a Village
Defence Committee (VDC) member
and injured seven others
including six devotees, who had
gone to a temple on the occasion
of Navratra festival this
afternoon..............more
New Delhi, Oct 3 :The Union
Cabinet today took various decisions of
far reaching consequences, apparently
keeping an eye on the
elections..............more
LUCKNOW, Oct 3:Uttar
Pradesh was today saddled with its
biggest ever ministry after no less than
91 ministers were inducted by Chief
Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, taking the
strength of his ministry to
98..............more
SRINAGAR, Oct 3:The Maulana
Mohammad Abbas Ansari-led faction of
Hurriyat Conference today got a shot in
the arm when People’s League, an
important constituent of the separatist
amalgam, decided to support the
reconciliation efforts carried out by
former Chairman Mirwaiz Umer
Farooq...........more
JAMMU, Oct 3:A major
extortion racket involved in duping
various companies and officers of
Government departments has been busted by
the police. Four of the racketeers
including editor of a weekly news-paper
have also been arrested while two others
are absconding.................more
WASHINGTON, Oct 3:Pakistan-based
militant outfit Harkat-ul-Mujahideen,
Al-Qaeda, LTTE and Hamas are among the 25
groups redesignated by the United States
as foreign terrorist organisations making
it illegal for persons in the US to
provide material support to them. Other
Pakistan-based militant groups, including
Jaish-e-Mohammad, Lashkar-e-Toiba and
Lashkar-i-Jhangvi continue to remain on
the list of foreign terrorist
organisations, an official announcement
here said..............more
