JAMMU
(JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2004
Carrying the body of Moulvi Mushtaq Ahmed during
his funeral procession mourners raising slogans
demanding stern action against his killers, in
Srinagar on Tuesday. -Excelsior/Javed
SRINAGAR,
June 8:Amid scenes of grieving and high pitch
sloganeering, large number of mourners today bid
farewell to Moulvi Mushtaq Ahmed, the slain uncle
of Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, in downtown Srinagar. The
mourners on the occasion were chanting angry
slogans demanding that the killers be brought to
justice and vowing to rally behind Mirwaiz in all
circumstances...............more
NEW
DELHI, June 8: The row over "tainted"
ministers issue today snowballed into a major
impasse in Parliament that is unlikely to end
immediately.................more
NEW DELHI, June 8:Thousands
of people thronged various planetaria
across the country today to view the rare
celestial event, the Venus transit,
turning the day into a mini-festival even
as weather God played spoilsport in the
capital, clouding the sun for a major
part of the transit time...............more
JODHPUR, June 8:Corroborating
statements given by his
colleagues, an armyman today told
a military court, hearing
allegations of fake encounters at
the LoC in Siachen glacier, that
he posed as a "dead
Pakistani soldier" on the
orders of Major Surinder
Singh..............more
MENDHAR, June 8:Fed up with
the violence and atrocities being
committed by the so-called Mujahideens,
local population of the twin border
districts of Poonch and Rajouri has been
coming forward in a big way to provide
vital information to the security forces
regarding presence of
terrorists...............more
SRINAGAR, June 8:While as
two top militants of Al-Badr Mujahideen
including the outfit’s "deputy
chief" were killed in a gun battle
with joint party of police and security
forces in Beerwah area of Budgam during
last night, gunmen shot at and wounded a
youth in Shopian area of Pulwama last
evening. In other incidents, a militant
of Jaish-e-Mohammed outfit was killed in
an encounter with security forces in Tral
area and a dead body of an unidentified
person was recovered from Shopian
area....................more
BAQOUBA (Iraq), June 8:A suicide
attacker detonated a car bomb during rush
hour outside a US base here today,
killing at least four Iraqis and one
American soldier, the US military and
police said. Sixteen Iraqis and three
American soldiers were
wounded.......................more
GANDHINAGAR, June 8:Indian
media was today cautioned against blowing
events out of proportion as Pakistan was
taking advantage of unsubstantiated
reportage involving the armed forces, to
achieve its own ends, an Army official
said......................more
NEW DELHI, June 8:The Supreme
Court has come down heavily on the Capt
Amarinder Singh Government in Punjab for
not complying with its directions in
regard to the completion of the
Sutluj-Yamuna-Link (SYL) canal within its
territory and instead challenging it by
filing a suit.........more
NEW DELHI, June 8:CPI(M)
today sought categoric assurances from
the UPA Government it is supporting on
various issues including reduction of
interest on central loans to states,
increase in states’ share in the
central pool and laws to protect farm
labourers’ interests and guarantee
100 days employment to unemployed rural
youth.................more
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