NEW
DELHI, Oct 15:Making
a strong offer for starting a new chapter in Indo-Pak
relations, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani today asked
Islamabad to immediately act on the list of 20 terrorists
given by New Delhi, saying handing over of these hardened
criminals would be the "touchstone" of its
sincerity in improving bilateral ties............more
JAMMU,
Oct 15:In
a major success for army and a big blow to Hizbul
Mujahideen, the troops today eliminated a Hizbul
Mujahideen ‘divisional commander’ Nazir Ahmed
Wani alias Papplu in an encounter at Worigam nullah,
about six kms from Banihal late last night...............more
NEW DELHI, Oct 15:Ending
prolonged suspense, BSF would be phased
out from counter-terrorism operations in
Jammu and Kashmir from next month, about
14 years after being inducted into the
campaign, and be replaced by CRPF........more
SRINAGAR, Oct 15:Amid
tight security bandobast and high
pitch Azadi sloganeering,
Jammu and Kashmir Democratic
Liberation Party (DLP) chief,
Hashim Qureshi today castigated
India, Pakistan, Mufti Mohammed
Sayeed led coalition Government
and separatist leadership while
pointing out that none but people
of Kashmir had the right to
decide their
future...............more
SRINAGAR, Oct 15: While as one
soldier got killed and five others,
including a Major, sustained injuries in
a militant attack in Bandipore, eleven
persons have been left wounded in an IED
blast in Kupwara since last evening.
Meanwhile, four members of a family have
sustained injuries in a blast at their
home in a border village of Tangdar, near
LoC, in Kupwara district................more
SRINAGAR, Oct 15:Dubbing
Mufti Mohammed Sayeed led coalition
regime as ‘total-failure’,
former Chief Minister and patron of the
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
(NC) Dr Farooq Abdullah today said that
failure of the Mufti Government to live
upto the expectations of the people of
the State has compelled their party to
redraw its strategy and to play a more
pro-active role............more
SRINAGAR, Oct 15:Leaders of
the coalition parties of the State
Government met here this evening and
discussed the functioning of the
Government..............more
NEW DELHI, Oct 15:Ten months
after suspending his passport for alleged
anti-India activities, the Government
today released the travel documents of
former Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umer
Farooq for 10 days to facilitate his
attendance at an international conference
on Islamic laws in South
Africa................more
WASHINGTON, Oct 15:The US has
frozen the assets of a Pakistan-based
charitable group involved in
"financing" terrorist outfits
active in Jammu and Kashmir, and
designated it as a "terrorist
support organisation" for its
alleged links to the Al-Qaeda
network.............more
SRINAGAR, Oct 15:Upholding
the indictment of police by State Human
Rights Commission in the disappearance of
a Government employee six years ago,
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed
the State Government to register a
criminal case against the erring
officials and complete the investigation
within four months..............more
