JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2004
Pakistani
Foreign Ministry Additional Secretary Tariq Usman Haider
shares a light moment with his Indian counterpart Meera
Shankar at the end of two day meeting in Islamabad on
Wednesday.(UNI)
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: In a change of stance, Pakistan
today said South Asia was no longer a "nuclear
flashpoint" as Islamabad and New Delhi made
"considerable progress" on nuclear confidence
building measures promising to start a hotline between
Foreign Secretaries, but drew a blank on conventional
weapons front. ..........more
JAMMU,
Dec 15:
Militants last night looted 10 rifles, a wireless set and
boxes full of ammunition from a police picket at
Singhpura, about 45 kms from Kishtwar while 10 persons
including five infiltrators, believed to be Bangladeshis,
were killed in separate incidents across Jammu region
since last evening. ........more
NEW
DELHI, Dec 15:The absence
of Railway Minister Lalu Prasad in the
Lok Sabha forced adjournment of the House
for the day today with an angry
opposition demanding his resignation over
yesterday’s train accident in Punjab
in which 37 passengers lost their lives.
......more
BANGALORE,
Dec 15:After
months of vacillation and
suspense, Karnataka Chief
Minister N Dharam Singh today
expanded the coalition ministry
inducting 20 ministers — 11
from JDs and nine from the
Congress. Carrying out the much
talked about and delayed
expansion, Singh met the December
15 deadline set by JD(S), who. .
. ........more
Darhal, Dec 15:Chief
Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has said
the convergence of interest in peace in
the sub-continent holds bright prospect
for the people of Jammu and Kashmir. He
said a lasting peace was no longer a
dream but fast turning into a reality..
......more
SRINAGAR, Dec 15: Two Pakistani
militants and their motorcycle driver got
killed in a broad daylight suicide strike
on a BSF formation at Sopore in north
Kashmir today. Informed sources in north
Kashmir told the EXCELSIOR that
two heavily armed militants appeared at
Hathi Shah locality in the apple-rich
Sopore . . ....more
JAMMU, Dec 15: Police today
worked out the blind murder of a widow at
Upper Gadi Garh under the jurisdiction of
Satwari Police Station by arresting her
son and his friend. Police spokesman said
that body of a 60-year old widow—
Kirpal Kour was recovered from the fields
in the Upper Gadi Garh area under
........more
JAMMU, Dec 15: Upholding the
Government decision to transfer number of
doctors to far-flung and rural areas, the
State High Court today stated that the
transfer is an exigency of service and
the prerogative of the employer to see at
what place the service of an employee can
be utilized properly and suits the public
interest.......more
SRINAGAR, Dec 15: Senior separatist
leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani has been
admitted in a New Delhi hospital for a
surgery to be conducted on Friday. A
spokesman of Hurriyat Conference led by
Geelani said that the septuagenarian
firebrand leader was admitted in the Sir
Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi where he
would undergo for a surgery on Friday.
....more
NEW DELHI, Dec 15: The Government
has approved the establishment of a
military station at Bhadarwah in the Doda
distrtict of Jammu and Kashmir, which is
likely to be completed by the end of
2006, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.
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