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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 08, 2003
 

Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed with Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani at their meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday.(UNI)
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed with Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani at their meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday.(UNI)

Has Vohra come to a dead end?
Mufti says PM should appoint special emissary

Excelsior Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, Oct 7: Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed virtually stirred a hornet’s nest here today when he said that Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee should appoint a special emissary to hold talks with the State leaders wanting to talk only with him.............more

Hizb ‘commander’ eliminated
Hostage among 4 civilians killed

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 7: Four civilians including a kidnapped TATA Sumo owner for whose release the militants had sought a ransom of Rs 30 lakh and a woman were gunned down by the militants in separate incidents across the region overnight while security forces eliminated a Hizbul Mujahideen ‘district commander’ in Gool, Udhampur..............more

Son to carry baton of Kukka Parray

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Oct 7: Undeterred by the killing of his father Jamsheed Shirazi alias Kukka Parray, a prominent counter insurgent leader, his elder son Khurshid Ahmed Parray has vowed to take the fight, spearheaded by his father against Pakistan sponsored militancy for more than a decade in the Kashmir valley, to a logical conclusion.............more

Pahalgam cut off from Khanabal
3 BSF men killed in Anantnag blast

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 7: Three jawans of Border Security Force were killed and two sustained serious injuries when militants today destroyed a culvert in a powerful IED blast at Ganeshpora on Anantnag-Pahalgam road. The famous hill station got cut off from the district headquarters. In other gunbattles security forces have killed at least six militants across Kashmir valley since last evening..............more

Mufti regime subverting democracy: Rather

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 7: Charging State Government with brazenly subverting democracy by unnecessarily issuing ordinance after ordinance to side-line the elected representatives, former Finance Minister and senior National Conference leader Abdul Rahim Rather today said that transparency, accountability and morality mantras of the coalition Government have been exposed due to its mis-deeds................more

CBI files chargesheet against Jogi

NEW DELHI, Oct 7: In a development that may cost him his job, the CBI today filed a chargesheet against Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi for "dishonestly or fraudulently" using a forged document to tarnish the image of Intelligence Bureau and the Central Government.............more

Mubarak Mandi may be declared protected site

Excelsior Special Correspondent

New Delhi, Oct 7: The historic Mubarak Mandi complex, which houses the palaces of the erstwhile Dogra monarchy, may soon be declared a protected monument. The Centre has asked the State Government to examine the project and send a formal proposal in this regard. It was also decided to develop it as a heritage site to promote tourism along with Awantipur, Martand and Parihaspura.............more

Baig new DG Tourism

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 7 : The Government today ordered following transfers and postings of five senior level offices............more

MC to visit Kashmir in Nov

NEW DELHI, Oct 7: In a bid to create "goodwill" for the rehabilitation of migrant Kashmiri Pandits with dignity in the Valley, an eight-member Muslim committee will visit the Valley in the first week of November and meet people from different sections of the society, including Hurriyat leaders.............more

India ready to meet any threat: George

PATNA, Oct 7: India is fully prepared to counter any threat by Pakistan and it has the retaliatory capability, Defence Minister George Fernandes said here today..............more

Breakaway Hurriyat faction leader held .....

JK youths recruitment for armed training has come down: Militant.....

Mayawati-Cong tie-up?.....

16 drown, 13 missing as boat capsizes.....

PM to meet Chinese counterpart today .....



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