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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 09, 2003
 

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee meeting with his Chinese counterpart Mr Wen Jiabao in Bali on Wednesday.(UNI)
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee meeting with his Chinese counterpart
Mr Wen Jiabao in Bali on Wednesday.(UNI)

China removes Sikkim from website

BALI (INDONESIA), Oct 8: In a major move to foster friendly ties with India, China has removed Sikkim as a separate country from its Foreign Ministry website, honouring an understanding reached on the issue during Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s historic visit to Beijing in June.............more

6 militants among 8 killed
Rs 17 lakh seized

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 8: Even as a soldier and a civilian got killed in a militant attack in Tral area this evening, security forces have killed at least six militants in three separate gunbattles in Kashmir valley since last evening. Police have detained four persons of Anantnag district in Srinagar, seized two of their cars and recovered cash worth Rs 17.10 Lakh from their possession..............more

HM comdr dodges BSF, escapes after surrender

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Oct 8: A ‘commander’ of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit has dodged the Border Security Force (BSF) in Budhal, Rajouri and deserted it in less than a month of his surrender taking alongwith him arms and ammunition. The top militant has reportedly re-joined his outfit. Also, this was for the second time that the militant has deserted security forces after his surrender.............more

Vigilance books Shah in strip allotment

From Ahmed Ali Fayyaz

SRINAGAR, Oct 8: The State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) today booked the senior National Conference leader and the former Minister for Housing & Urban Development (H&UD), Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Shah, and three senior officials with the charges of corrupt practice and misuse of official position. Mr Shah, who is now leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly, had allegedly resorted to unfair and illegal means in the matter of allotting a strip of land to himself, which was adjacent to his plot in Jammu Development Authority’s Roop Nagar Housing Colony...............more

Assets worth Rs 15 cr recovered from Mayawati, relatives

NEW DELHI, Oct 8 : CBI tonight claimed that it has so far recovered assets worth Rs 15 crore in the name of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati or her close relatives.................more

IAF gallantry awards for defenders of JK airbase

NEW DELHI, Oct 8: Six Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel, including an officer and four other ranks who successfully foiled an attempt by Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants to infiltrate the Awantipora air base and cause havoc, were today awarded medals for gallantry. .............more

Mufti meets Kalam, Sonia

Excelsior Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, Oct 8: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohd Sayeed today called on President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and Congress President Mrs Sonia Gandhi and discussed with them the present law and order situation of the state.............more

Pak targets hospital, AIR as shells land in Poonch

Excelsior Special Correspondent

POONCH, Oct 8: Pakistan army today targeted district hospital building an All India Radio (AIR) station in the town by firing mortar shells early this morning. One of the mortar shell fell inside the hospital and damaged a ‘sarai’ (rest house). Over 80 patients admitted in the hospital had a narrow escape............more

Omar: Mufti’s demand ‘a stunt’

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 8: President of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Omar Abdullah today said that Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed’s demand for a special emissary to initiate a dialogue on Kashmir is another of his political stunt’s at the behest of the Union Government.............more

Espionage ring busted, 2 held

NEW DELHI, Oct 8: With the arrest of an ex-armyman and his associate, Delhi Police today claimed to have unearthed an espionage ring active in the capital for about five years...............more
Traffic Inspector among 5 suspended.....

Four Presidential guards ‘rape’ girl, arrested......

Geelani engineered split: Lone......

Rs 1.10 lakh fake currency seized, 6 held in City.....



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