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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA Monday, November 01, 2005

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Five killed in car bomb attack

SRINAGAR, Nov 2: Hours before Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad takes over as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, a suicide car bomber today struck close to the venue of the swearing-in ceremony on the outskirts of the city killing five persons and injuring 15 others.......more

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31 PSJs/ASJs, 45 CJMs/Sub Judges, 83 Munsiffs transferred
Major reshuffle in subordinate judiciary

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 31: In the First time of judicial history, a major shake-up has been ordered in which 31 Principal District and Sessions Judges/ Additional District and Sessions Judges, 45 CJM/ Sub Judges and 83 Munsiff Magistrates have been transferred as per the orders issued today by Registrar General Mr M Y Mir. ..................more

Two Kashmir militants get life imprisonment
LeT ultra awarded death sentence

NEW DELHI, Oct 31: Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba militant Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq was today handed down death penalty and fined Rs 4.35 lakh by a Delhi court in the December 2000 Red Fort attack case for waging war against the country and killing three Army personnel. .......more

Police pens sketch of one suspect
External hand in blasts, says PM

NEW DELHI, Oct 31 : Expressing outrage at Saturday’s serial blasts in Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said there was an "external hand" behind the explosions and asked Pakistan to put an immediate end to terrorism radiating from its soil. ............more

Governor invites Azad to form Govt

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 31: Governor today invited Chief Minister-designate, Ghulam Nabi Azad, to form his new Government for which the swearing-in ceremony would be held here on November 2nd. Azad, presently in New Delhi in connection with some Indira Gandhi remembrance functions and submission of his resignation to the Prime Minister as Union Minister for Law, Housing and Urban Development, has immediately begun preparations for constitution of his coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir............more

33 PoK visitors to leave for home today

SRINAGAR, Oct 31:All the 33 stranded ‘Karvaan-e-Aman’ passengers from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) will leave for home tomorrow to cross the Wagah border on November 2, official sources said today............more

Pak allows KPs to visit Sharda Peeth

ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Pakistan is ready to allow displaced Kashmiri Pundits to conduct a damage assessment of the world famous Sharda Peeth shrine, located in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), in the aftermath of October 8 earthquake, a Pakistani newspaper said today......more

Hurriyat delegation to cross LoC with relief

SRINAGAR, Oct 31: Moderate Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq will lead a five-member amalgam delegation to Pakistan- occupied Kashmir (PoK) after November 7 when India and Pakistan open the Line of Control (LoC) for divided families to meet each other, and for distribution of relief supplies in the quake-ravaged areas............more

LoC made irrelevant: Musharraf

ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today declared he was making the LoC irrelevant, as Pakistan and India took the historic decision to open up the Line of Control (LoC) on five points to facilitate post-earthquake interaction between Kashmiris on either side. .....more

Jamwal to take over as AG today

NEW DELHI, Oct 31: Intrepid and highly decorated soldier Lt Gen Anup Singh Jamwal will take over as the new Adjutant General of the Indian Army tomorrow, succeeding Lt Gen Mohinder Singh who retired today......more

Mohinder new Relief Commissioner

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 31: As per order of General Administration Department, Mohinder Singh Managing Director J&K SC, ST and OBC Development Corporation has been transferred and posted as Relief Commissioner (Migrants) Jammu relieving Mr Qamar-ud-Din of additional charge of the post...........more

Two held, 8 kg RDX seized

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 31: Two suspects were arrested by the Rashtriya Rifles today from village Ganeti in Doda district. They had helped the militants, who had ambushed an Army team at Ganeti on October 26 killing two Army jawans..........more