India, Pak to continue talks on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus

NEW DELHI, Dec 8: India and Pakistan today appeared to have made no headway on the proposed bus link between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad due to "some hitches" but agreed to continue their discussions for an early establishment of the service. ...........more

NC ready to consider Hurriyat proposal if sent ‘formally’

From Ahmed Ali Fayyaz

SRINAGAR, Dec 8: Senior National Conference (NC) leader Ali Mohammad Sagar, today said that his party was ready to consider the proposals of the Hurriyat leaders Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Professor Abdul Gani Bhat in case the same were forwarded to the high command "formally". The Hurriyat leaders had proposed, at their sit-in on Tuesday, that they would welcome the NC leaders if they quit the "electoral politics" and declared publicly Jammu and Kashmir as a "disputed territory". Former chairman of the separatist amalgam, Prof Gani, had asserted that the Hurriyat was ready to hold the function of the NC's declaration even at Sheikh Abdullah's tomb at Hazratbal. ...........more

Ex-soldiers for permanent Indo-Pak peace

NEW DELHI, Dec 8: Once they may have been adversaries but today they are friends, together in their quest for establishing everlasting and permanent peace between India and Pakistan. ......more

Case being referred to Crime Branch
44 kanals land scam unearthed

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 8: A land scam pertaining to illegal transfer of over 44 kanals of Evacuee Property land has been detected by the Revenue Department. The case is being referred to the Crime Branch...........more

Tainted or not, it’s PM’s prerogative

NEW DELHI, Dec 8 : Refusing to buckle under Opposition’s pressure tactics on the tainted minister’s issue, the Centre has stated before the Supreme Court that it was the discretion of the Prime Minister to include a Member of Parliament in his council of ministers and that the President was bound by it. .......more

Civilian killed in Poonch blast

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 8: A civilian was killed in a mine blast in forward area of Begun in Poonch sector last night while security forces recovered explosive devices during searches in Doda and Rajouri districts........more

Donald Rumsfeld arrives

NEW DELHI, Dec 8: In his first major foreign trip after the re-election of President George Bush, US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld arrived here tonight for talks with top Indian leadership, during which New Delhi is likely to express concern over resumption of arms supplies to Pakistan. ......more

Inquiry in CRPF SI’s killing......

Prominent jeweller submits surrender certificate for Rs 24 lakh to IT Deptt......