SRINAGAR,
Oct 14:Second
time this year, Farooq Abdullah’s National
Conference (NC) was seen in high spirits as hundreds of
the party workers today gathered at Srinagar Airport and
accorded a warm reception to the former Chief Minister
and his political successor, Omar Abdullah. After staying
in Britain for three months, Farooq returned to the
rousing reception and fuelled speculations of political
manoeuvering by his party, which had met a crushing
defeat in Assembly elections last year these
days...........more
NEW
DELHI, Oct 14:As
tensions rose ahead of VHP’s Ram Temple campaign on
October 17 in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Atal Behari
Vajpayee today reviewed the situation with Deputy Prime
Minister L K Advani and RSS leadership stepped in to
lower temperatures but VHP continued its attack against
Vajpayee...............more
JAMMU, Oct 14:Chief
Minister Mufti Mohd Sayeed has called a
meeting of top leaders of his coalition
Government in a bid to sort out certain
differences within its partners that have
surfaced in open during the past some
time, thereby putting the Government to
embarrassing situation.......more
JAMMU, Oct 14:Following
frequent interception of their
messages, Pakistan army has
converted communication system of
its sponsored militants hi-tech
by equipping them with satellite
and cellular telephones and use
of internet. Recently, army
authorities have also noticed the
use of Radio Wire Integration
(RWI) with ISD by the militants
to "safely communicate"
their messages across the
border...............more
NEW DELHI, Oct 14: Taking cognizance
of a complaint from a voluntary body, the
NHRC has directed the Chief Secretary and
the Home Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir
to submit their replies within four weeks
on the alleged "inhuman torture and
custodial death" of a rickshaw
puller by the Jammu police.
................more
WASHINGTON, Oct 14: One of Osama bin
Laden’s oldest sons has emerged as a
key player in the Al-Qaeda network and is
part of a small group of leaders running
the group from Iran, the Washington Post
reported today............more
NEW DELHI, Oct 14:Cross-border
infiltration is still under way in Jammu
and Kashmir, though its incidence might
fluctuate, Defence Minister George
Fernandes today said..............more
JAMMU, Oct 14:Three
suspects arrested yesterday by a team of
Special Branch from quarters of Ravinder
Shiksha Sadan School, New Plots, have
been taken for some recoveries in
Srinagar, police said...............more
PUTRAJYA, MALAYSIA, Oct
14:The Organisation of Islamic
Conference (OIC) contact group on
Kashmir, which met here this morning, was
apprised of the latest political and
security situation in the
insurgency-ravaged State by PoK Prime
Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan and
Islamabad-based representative of
Hurriyat Conference.............more
SRINAGAR, Oct 14:While as
security forces have killed at least five
militants in three separate gunbattles in
Kashmir valley since last evening,
militants have reportedly shot dead a
civilian in Karnah sector.............more
