FIR lodged against Kanta's PSO, worker
8 candidates join Basohli protests

Excelsior Special Correspondent

KATHUA, Oct 14: A complete bandh was observed in Basohli town today as all Opposition candidates along with over 800 people staged a dharna outside the office of Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Basohli demanding counting of votes for the by-election held yesterday at Basohli tehsil headquarters and re-poll at five polling stations.........more

Re-poll sought at 15 polling stations
NC alleges massive rigging by PDP, police

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 14: Major Opposition party, National Conference, today alleged that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party had resorted to largescale rigging, through Police and civil administration, in order to benefit its candidates in Pahalgam and Batmaloo segments in the polling held on Wednesday. It demanded repoll at 11 polling stations in Pahalgam and 4 more in Batmaloo...........more

Handling of situation in J&K, Northeast
Under attack, Patil meets Sonia

NEW DELHI, Oct 14: Under attack over his handling of the situation in the Northeast and Jammu and Kashmir reportedly by some UPA constituents, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil today met Congress president Sonia Gandhi, setting political tongues wagging..............more

Pak not opposed to bus service

ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: Pakistan today said it was not opposed to commencement of a bus service between Muzaffarabad and Srinagar. "We are also not opposed to travel across the 570 km long Line of Control (LoC) by Kashmiris without passports and other travel documents including visas," Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri told reporters in Islamabad on the margins of an international seminar on security..............more

Bill allows Musharraf to remain in dual posts

ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: Amidst strong opposition protests, Pakistan National Assembly (Parliament) today passed a bill allowing Pervez Musharraf to remain in the dual posts of President and Chief of Army till 2007 despite his promise to discard the uniform by this year end.............more

Two civilians tortured to death

Excelsior Special Correspondent

POONCH, Oct 14: Two civilians were tortured to death by a group of four to five masked militants in their houses at village Battuwali in Sheen Dhara area of Surankote last night................more

CIK’s ASI gunned down in Harwan

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 14: Unidentified gunmen, believed to be militants, have shot dead an Assistant Sub Inspector of Police at New Theed in Harwan area tonight. A tailor master and a militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba have got killed in two incidents of violence in Kupwara district..........more

Siachen case: Defence says GCM a 'farce'......