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Militants’ broad daylight drama in south Kashmir
Guard killed, Rs 71 lakh looted from JK Bank

From Ahmed Ali Fayyaz

SRINAGAR, Nov 4: In a dare-devil action, heavily armed militants today looted cash worth Rs 71 lakh from Jammu and Kashmir Bank at Imam Sahib in Shopian after killing a Police guard and leaving four others, including the branch manager, critically injured in a shootout. Yet again in south Kashmir, the militants struck in broad daylight, blasting the state government’s claims of normalcy on occasion of its second birth anniversary..........more

Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh addressing "All India Conference of Director Generals / Inspector Generals of Police, 2004" in New Delhi on Thursday.

Resist politicisation, criminalisation
of police force: Manmohan

NEW DELHI, Nov 4: Warning that the "so-called nexus" between politicians, criminals and police posed an insidious threat to the society, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked top police officers to resist politicisation and criminalisation of the force.................more

Petrol, diesel, LPG prices hiked; kerosene spared

NEW DELHI, Nov 4 : Petrol price was hiked by Rs 2.20 per litre from midnight tonight and diesel by Rs 2.10 a litre but kerosene remained untouched...........more

Prime land allotted on fraudulent document
3 Nazool officers arrested

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 4: Crime Branch Srinagar have arrested three Nazool officials, two of whom have retired from the Government services, for their involvement in allotting prime land worth lakhs of rupees at Maisuma Estates in favour of one Ranjit Singh Sahni on a fraudulent documents........more

Identify peace zone in J&K and withdraw troops: Tarigami

NEW DELHI, Nov 4: Jammu and Kashmir CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami today reiterated his demand to identify the "peace zone" within the troubled State and urged the Centre to order withdrawal of troops from those areas...................more

Grateful Ladakh pays homage to Kushok Bakula
Moving scenes at a large gathering

From Pushp Saraf

LEH, Nov 4: A grateful Ladakh today paid a moving homage to its best-known political and religious leader Kushok Bakula on the occasion of his first death anniversary at the Spithuk monastery here today..........more

Uma Bharti made BJP general secretary

NEW DELHI, Nov 4: Firebrand leader Uma Bharti was today appointed BJP general secretary, five days after she sulked and forced the Party president L K Advani to drop her name from the list of new office-bearers at the last minute..........more

Pak hopes Bush would help resolve Kashmir issue

ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: Contending that Kashmir was an "international" issue, Pakistan hoped that US President George W Bush would help in its resolution during his second term in office...............more

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