Daily Excelsior....Home Page

THE LARGEST CIRCULATED DAILY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 2004

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee waves while holding hands with Pakistani Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali upon arrival at Islamabad International Airport on Saturday.(UNI)

PM favours open, continuous dialogue on Kashmir
*Vajpayee arrives to red carpet welcome in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Arriving here in the midst of a thaw in Indo-Pak ties, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today favoured a continuous and open dialogue on Kashmir and other issues but said the movement forward would take time..................more

Hindu family's guard personnel arrested, suspended
Cops surrender 4 SLRs to militants

Excelsior Special Correspondent

BUDGAM, Jan 3: In the umpteenth incident of its kind in Jammu & Kashmir, J&K Police personnel, "guarding" a family of the minority Hindu community, have surrendered their automatic weapons to militants in Chadoura area of Budgam district. Five of the six Police guards have been immediately arrested, put behind bars and placed under suspension..................more

Pak accepts Kashmir is bilateral issue

ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: In a significant departure from its stand, Pakistani today acknowledged that Jammu and Kashmir was a bilateral issue and expressed its readiness to enter into dialogue with India at "anytime and any place" even to address New Delhi’s concerns on terrorism.............more

Lt Triveni Singh given emotional send off
NR top brass reviews situation, toll 7

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 3: Top brass of Northern Railways Ferozepur division including the security officers reviewed the security at Jammu Railway Station this afternoon along with the officers of the Railways and Railways Police in the aftermath of last evening’s fidayeen attack at the station..................more

Sehrai appointed Geelani's successor in Jamaat

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Jan 3: Having severed all ties with the Maulvi Abbas Ansari faction of the Hurriyat Conference, Jamaat-e-Islami has appointed its second-in-command, Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai, as the new chief of the organisation’s Political Affairs section..............more

Pak restricts activities of Kashmir groups

ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: The Pakistani authorities have put restrictions on the activities of the Kashmiri groups here in view of the 12th SAARC summit, beginning tomorrow..............more

Azad reviews HP Govt performance

SHIMLA, Jan 3: All India Congress Committee (AICC) senior member Ghulam Nabi Azad today lauded the performance of the Himachal Pradesh Government saying a number of promises made in the election manifesto have been fulfilled...............more

Egyptian jet crashes, 148 killed

SHARM EL-SHEIK (EGYPT), Jan 3: A charter airliner carrying 148 people- mostly French tourists- crashed into the Red Sea shortly after takeoff today from this Egyptian Resort, and a French diplomat in Cairo said everyone aboard was killed......................more

Charges of disappearances motivated
Police finds atleast 43 ‘disappeared’ at their homes

Excelsior Special Correspondent

Jammu, Jan 3: At least 43 of the alleged 116 disappeared persons of Kashmir valley have been found at their homes during police investigations into the charges ordered by the Government...........more

Telgi’s nephew arrested under MCOCA

MUMBAI, Jan 4: The Special Investigating Team, probing the fake stamp paper scam, today arrested Tabrez Telgi, nephew of prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi and a key operative of the multi-crore racket, under a stringent law of Maharashtra...........more

ITBP jawan killed in Valley......