SRINAGAR, One
person was killed and 30 others,
including two jawans, were injured when
militants hurled a grenade towards the
Out Patient Department (OPD) of district
hospital at Baramulla town today,
official sources said. .........more
Former Deputy Prime Minister L K
Advani with other NDA leaders, addressing a press
confernce after presenting a memorandum to
President A P J Abdul Kalam in New Delhi on
Sunday.(UNI)
NEW
DELHI, July 25:Emboldened by Sibu
Soren’s resignation from the Union Cabinet,
NDA today intensified its campaign on the
"tainted" Ministers issue by
approaching President A P J Abdul Kalam seeking
his intervention for removal of five such other
Central ministers. ...............more
JAMMU,
July 25:Abdul Rahim Rather, former
Finance Minister and MLA for last 27 years, was
today elected as leader of National Conference
Legislature Party (NCLP), the single largest
group in the State Assembly.............more
LONDON,
July 25: Rebel Jammu and
Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) leader Dr
Shabbir Choudhry has criticised Hurriyat
and other separatist leaders for
remaining silent on human rights
violation and torture of innocent people
by Pakistani troops in Gilgit and parts
of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).
.............more
JAIPUR,
July 25 : External
Affairs Minister Natwar Singh
tonight said that his Pakistan
counterpart Khurshid Mehmood
Kasuri would visit India for two
days from September five to carry
forward the composite bilateral
dialogue on all issues including
Jammu and Kashmir.
................more
NEW DELHI, July 25: Kargil war had
its effect on the Pakistani military
rulers as their propaganda and
self-induced triumph bubble vis-a-vis the
"cause of Kashmir" was pricked,
reports Pakistani weekly "The Friday
Times". .......more
JAMMU, July 25: Commissioner-cum-Secretary
Tourism, Najmus Saqib has proceeded on
indefinite protest leave for his shifting
and posting as Member Special Tribunal
during the recent administrative
reshuffle in which 14 other Officers were
also transferred by the State Cabinet.
........... .more
JALANDHAR,
July 25: Deputy Chief Minister of
Jammu and Kashmir, Mangat Ram Sharma, who
had narrow escapes from the two attacks
of militants on him during the current
month, today revealed that his security
was not beefed up inspite of the attacks.
................more
BHUBANESWAR, July
25: In a situation reminiscent
of the Shibu Soren affair, the opposition
in Orissa has demanded the resignation of
Pramila Mallick, a minister in the Naveen
Patnaik-led BJD-BJP Government, against
whom a non-bailable arrest warrant is
pending since 1999. ..............more
JAMMU, July 25: Setting a rare
example, Vigilance Commissioner Radha
Vinod Raju has trapped his own Private
Secretary Farooq Ahmed, who used to
record secret conversation of the
Commissioner to take money from the
Government officers and other
persons........more
NEW DELHI, July 25: Pro-Pakistan and
radical Islamic leader Syed Ali Shah
Geelani is likely to announce formation
of his own party —
"Tehrek-e-Hurriyat-Kashmir"
— tomorrow, turning down all
requests for unity...........more
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