SRINAGAR,
Oct 7:Hardline
separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani today made it
categorically clear that separation from India and
accession to Pakistan was the "one-odd
solution" to the vexed Kashmir problem. Amid a
pro-Pakistan demonstration at his Hyperpora residence, he
said that he would never allow inclusion of the option of
Azadi (Independence) in implementation of the
United Nations resolutions. He also opposed the proposal
of opening Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Road, claiming that it
was "India’s agenda" and thus detrimental
to the "Kashmir cause".............more
SRINAGAR,
Oct 7: On the
second day of their visit, the visiting Pakistani
journalists today held "closed door" meeting
with Mirwaiz Omar Farooq’s Hurriyat Conference and
"open air" meeting, which was more like a
public gathering, with Jammu and Kashmir Bar
Association..........more
NEW DELHI, Oct 7:Asserting
that India is a responsible nuclear power
acting with due restraint, Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh today said
"circumstances" were not ripe
for the country to sign the nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
now...........more
JAMMU, Oct 7:Security
forces and police today gunned
down three militants including
two Pakistani of Jaish-e-Mohammed
(JeM) outfit in Jammu region
while an Army officer was
seriously injured in an IED blast
at Kanari, Sabjian in Poonch
district last night........more
JAMMU, Oct 7:Crime
Branch, Srinagar today arrested five
Government employees including three
officials of Board of School Education
(BOSE) and two Physical Education
Teachers (PETs) for their involvement in
examination scam....................more
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7:A deadly
bomb blast ripped through a procession of
the banned Sunni extremist outfit
Sipha-e-Sehba today killing at least 41
people and injuring over 100 others in
Pakistan’s city of Multan, prompting
the Government to deploy the army to
prevent violence.................more
NEW DELHI, Oct 7:In a rap on
the Government’s knuckles, the
Election Commission today rejected
Centre’s stand on the setting up of
a Commission to look into reservation for
minorities holding that it gives an
impression of "influencing some
sections of the
electorate"..................more
LONDON, Oct 7: The Jammu Kashmir
Liberation Front (JKLF), headed by Abbas
Butt, today asked non-Kashmiri militant
groups to leave the Valley and said the
Kashmiri people should support the
Indo-Pak peace process to ensure
stability in the region..............more
SRINAGAR, Oct 7:Two
militants were killed while as three
persons injured in separate
militancy-related incidents across the
Kashmir valley since last night. The
security forces also busted a hide-out of
the militants...........more
