SRINAGAR,
June 12:Apparently disturbed over the thick influx of
tourists into Kashmir valley, militants today
struck on the famous hill station of Pahalgam. At
least four persons, including two domestic
tourists, got killed and 24 others sustained
injuries in the grenade explosion. Three
personnel of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
and a Special Police Official (SPO) got injured
in another grenade attack targeted on a Police
Station in Bijbehara town. Twenty civilians have
been left wounded in yet another grenade blast at
Handwara in Kupwara district...................more
POONCH,
June 12:Troops of Poonch Brigade today foiled another
infiltration attempt on Line of Control (LoC) in
Sabjian sector killing two Pakistan militants. An
Army jawan also lost his life in the
gun-battle...................more
JAMMU, June 12:Nearly six
years after the much-publicised massacre
of 24 members of a ‘barat’
party at Chapnari in Doda district,
police today arrested one of the prime
accused in the killings from a militant
hideout in Bhagwa................more
PRINI, HIMACHAL
PRADESH, June 12:Former
Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee today admitted that the
Gujarat riots were one of the
reasons for the defeat of the
National Democratic Alliance
(NDA) in the recent Lok Sabha
polls, saying the violence had
left a "bad
taste".................more
JODHPUR, June 12:A military
court recording summary evidence in
"Siachen fake killings" case,
today witnessed squabbles during
cross-examination of an Army Officer with
the Presiding Officer warning a witness
not to interrupt cross-examiner’s
questions.................more
JAMMU, June 12:Some
unidentified miscreants allegedly
snatched a bag containing Rs 10,70,000
from the Cashier of Post Office Mubarak
Mandi Branch while he was on his way to
deposit the money in Head Post Office at
Rani Park under the jurisdiction of Pacca
Danga Police
Station......................more
NEW DELHI, June 12:In an
apparent bid to undo the damage done to
Congress by anti-Sikh riots, Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh today said he
understood their "pain and
anguish" and stressed for creating
an atmosphere wherein "painful
incidents" like that of 1984 and
Gujarat do not
reoccur..........................more
NEW DELHI, June 12 : In a tactical move
apparently aimed at ensuring former
Minister Arun Shourie’s election,
BJP tonight decided to shift hotelier
Lalit Suri as its Rajya Sabha candidate
from Orissa to Uttar Pradesh and another
former Minister Chhattarpal Singh from UP
to Orissa..........................more
WANA, PAKISTAN, June 12:Pakistani
warplanes bombed hideouts of Al
Qaeda-linked militants today in barren
mountains bordering Afghanistan where 54
people have been killed in four days of
fighting.............more
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