Urban bodies poll schedule announced

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 6: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Jammu today notified election schedule for urban local bodies excepting Leh and Kargil. The elections will be held on party lines with one-third of total seats in each Municipal body reserved for women...........more

Jaish 'commander' killed in Bandipore

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 6: Security forces have killed a "district commander" of Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit in Bandipore area of Baramulla even as a mob today attacked a Police Station in Anantnag district............more

War no solution to Kashmir: Elahi

CHANDIGARH, Dec 6: Asserting that Kashmir issue had to be resolved through dialogue, Chief Minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi today favoured minimising of visa restriction to promote people-to-people contact and greater Indo-Pak cooperation in the field of industry, agriculture and education. .........more

48 more Pakistanis being released soon
8 LeT, JeM ultras repatriated to Pak via Wagah

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Dec 6: Eight top militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) outfits have been repatriated to Pakistan through Wagah border after being released from different jails of the country. ..........more

Dixit-Aziz to meet on December 22-23

ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: National Security Advisor J N Dixit is expected to meet his Pakistani counterpart Tariq Aziz on December 22-23 ahead of the Foreign Secretaty-level talks as part of the Indo-Pak composite dialogue process, media reports said here today. .........more

Blair rules out mediation on Kashmir

LONDON, Dec 6: Brushing aside President Pervez Musharraf’s plea for a "role" in resolving the Kashmir dispute, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said both India and Pakistan should be supported to sort out the problem between themselves. .............more

CBI registers bribery cases against Laxman, Jaitly

NEW DELHI, Dec 6: Three years after Tehelka newsportal’s sting operation catching them on spy cameras, the CBI today registered bribery cases against former BJP president Bangaru Laxman and former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitly. .........more

NC to join Hurriyat strike today......

Krishna sworn-in as Maharashtra Governor......

Sharp decline in infiltration: Vij......

Militant, 18 Bangladeshis arrested......