Fidayeen storms SOG camp; 5 CRPF men, militant killed

From Aijaz Hussain

SRINAGAR, Dec 3: In a first Fidayeen attack during this year outside Srinagar city, militants stormed Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) guarded Special Operations Group (SOG) camp in the apple town of Sopore in wee hours today, killing five CRPF personnel and wounding two others. One militant was also killed in the attack. Meanwhile, militant outfit Al-Mansoorian claimed the responsibility for carrying the attack................more

Speakers want violence to end, peace initiatives to grow
One calls militants ‘martyrs of Azadi’, another tells
them ‘enough is enough’

From Ahmed Ali Fayyaz

TORONTO, Dec 3: Finding men and women of diverse cultural backgrounds and political ideologies among the speakers and audiences at the second International Kashmir Conference leads one to believe that International Kashmir Alliance (IKA) has worked hard to make it an inclusive event. A young man, sporting an Islamic beard, distributes a journal and tells some of the speakers they were in this American metropolis "courtesy mujahideen". "Yes, indeed", replies one from Srinagar "they have laid down lives to take Kashmir to the attention of the whole world". Later, one of our Pakistani friends, who has settled in Canada over 20 years ago, reveals that the stranger was an activist of Taliban. He wanted the speakers to take care that none of them spoke against the militants.....................more

DB allows 2 week time to CB to submit
report in Anara case

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 3: Division Bench of the State High Court comprising Chief Justice SN Jha and Justice SK Gupta, in a much publicised Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking CBI probe in Anara Gupta’s case, today directed Crime Branch Jammu to take investigation to its logical end...........more

Dispute over boundary pillar resolved

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 3: Border Security Force (BSF) today said the dispute over a boundary pillar at Bhallar on the International Border has been resolved and the Pakistani Rangers have agreed not to disturb this pillar and the border alignment..............more

Pushkar Nath Koul passes away

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 3: Pushkar Nath Koul, former Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, passed away today after protracted illness at Faridabad today...............more

Two incharge SEs, 4 X-Ens shifted

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 3: Government today ordered transfers and postings of two Incharge Superintending Engineers and four Incharge Executive Engineers R&B (Civil)................more

HM's ration store destroyed in Doda

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 3: Army and police today destroyed three hideouts of the militants including a ration store and recovered dead body of a civilian, who was killed in May, on the disclosures of a Hizbul Mujahideen militant, who surrendered yesterday in Dod.............more

143 posts of Judges lying vacant......