NEW
DELHI, Oct 24:
Indicating that talks with the Hurriyat could be held on
the lines of "decentralisation" of power,
Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani today said the
Government had no problems in holding parleys with anyone
but made it clear that there would be no compromise on
the "unity and integrity" of the country.
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SRINAGAR, Oct 24:Shortly after Deputy Prime
Minister L K Advani’s comments today that the
proposed talks with Hurriyat Conference could be on
"decentralisation" of power, the separatist
amalgam said it would not have parleys on issues like
power and they should focus on resolving the vexed
Kashmir issue. ...........more
NEW
DELHI, Oct 24:Special
representatives of India and China today
concluded their two-day talks aimed at
giving a political direction to resolve
the protracted boundary problem and
agreed to meet again on mutually
acceptable dates in Beijing. .......more
JAMMU,
Oct 24: A racket
operating in Jammu which was
providing fake certificates to
students and managing their
admission on fraudulent
certificates in Jammu University
was busted by police with the
arrest of its kingpin from a
hotel premises..............more
JAMMU, Oct 24:Five
persons including two Afghan mercenaries
of Al-Badr outfit, two army jawans and a
civilian were killed in separate
encounters across Jammu region since last
night.............more
SRINAGAR, Oct 24:
National
Conference (NC) president, Omar Abdullah,
has expressed his apprehensions that
restricting the Centre’s offer of
talks to Abbas Ansari faction of the
Hurriyat Conference would prove
counter-productive. He laid considerable
emphasis on his suggestion that all
sections of the separatist leadership,
particularly the Hurriyat’s faction
led by hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani,
should be involved with the fresh
initiative announced by the Government of
India.. .............more
SRINAGAR, Oct 24: While as security
forces today claimed to have killed at
least five militants in three separate
gunbattles in Kashmir valley, militants
have left two Police and BSF constables
injured in two attacks.............more
NEW DELHI, Oct 24:Congress is
all set to retain Rajasthan and Delhi but
lose Madhya Pradesh while the party ties
with BJP in Chhattisgarh in the coming
assembly elections in the four states,
according to an India Today-Aaj Tak-Marg
opinion poll. ..........more
NEW DELHI, Oct 24: The Bharatiya
Janata Party will campaign in the four
states with a fleet of 16 aircraft and
helicopters in the three states of Madhya
Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.
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JAMMU, Oct 24:Police had
last night recovered one kg morphine from
a scooter near Joint Interrogation Centre
(JIC) at Talab Tillo and not RDX. The
scooter was abandoned by its driver and
pillion rider when it was subjected to a
search operation by a police naka
party........more
