VERINAG,
Dec 11:
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has expressed
confidence that the dialogue going on between India and
Pakistan to resolve problems would succeed and Jammu and
Kashmir would again return to the days of its old glory.
He said the engagement of the two countries in talks is
widely appreciated and even those who otherwise espoused
violence to put across their point too have now
recognized its imperativeness. ..........more
KOLKATA, Dec 11: The Indian Army are still in the
dark regarding any operation, launched by its Bhutanese
counterpart to flush out North East militant groups,
including the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland
(Khaplang) and the United Liberation Front of ASOM, based
on its soil a year after the launch of "operation
all clear". . .........more
KOZHIKODE,
Dec 11: Cautioning Pakistan against
attempting to create divisions in India,
former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister
Farooq Abdullah today said Kashmir will
always remain part of India and asked
Islamabad to contribute towards further
strengthening the friendly ties.
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KATHMANDU,
Dec 11:A three-day
Indo-Pak informal meet on Kashmir
began here today, with
participation from both sides of
the Line of Control (LoC),
including a two-member delegation
of the Hurriyat Conference,
politicians, former bureaucrats,
former Army chiefs and
journalists........more
JAMMU, Dec 11:Two
militants including a Pakistani of
Harkat-ul-Jehad Islami (HUJI) outfit were
reportedly gunned down by their rivals in
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) at Kot Baggar in
upper reaches of Gool in Ramban police
district last night.........more
NEW DELHI,
Dec 11:The Finance
Ministers of BJP-ruled states today
demanded that loans raised for meeting
natural calamities be provided at zero
interest rate and the Centre must bear
the full interest burden. ....more
Chief Justice of
India R C Lahoti is being welcomed at the
first-ever all India meeting of Chief
Justices of High Courts on the
women’s empowerment vis-a-vis
legislation and judicial decisions,
organised by the National Commission for
Women in New Delhi on Saturday.
NEW DELHI,
Dec 11:Judges must strike a
balance in their approach in dealing with
gender issues and make efforts to render
quick, speedy, cheaper and effective
justice to women victims, Chief Justice
of India R C Lahoti said here today.
..........more
ISLAMABAD Dec 11:Pakistan
has arrested the head of a militant
group, accused of masterminding
kidnapping of three UN workers in
Afghanistan in October, Information
Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said today.
.......more
SRINAGAR, Dec 11: Jammu and Kashmir
Government has convened a meeting of the
44-member Kargil Autonomous Hill
Development Council on December 20 to
elect a new Chief Executive Councillor
following the ouster of senior National
Conference leader Qamar Ali Akhoon
against whom a no-confidence motion was
passed last month. ....more
SRINAGAR, Dec 11:The
Minister of Revenue, Relief and
Rehabilitation Hakim Mohammed Yasin
during his surprise visit to various
tehsil offices in south Kashmir districts
of Pulwama and Anantnag today placed 14
officers under suspension for negligence
of their duties. ......more
