SRINAGAR,
Oct 21:Senior
National Conference leader and former Minister Safdar Ali
Beg was gunned down by unidentified assailants at a shop,
yards away from his residence in Sarnal locality of
Anantnag town today. Two gunmen, suspected to be
militants, struck on the mainstream politician minutes
after he had come out of the local mosque after
performing his afternoon prayers.............more
SRINAGAR,
Oct 21:After
meeting army commanders during a one-day trip to Jammu
and Kashmir, Britain’s army chief, Gen Mike Jackson,
Thursday observed that the security situation in Kashmir
had improved. He pointed out that it was a matter for the
two countries of India and Pakistan to resolve the vexed
Kashmir imbroglio and "Britain would like to see a
peace between them".................more
Srinagar, Oct 21: Terming the role of
Jammu and Kashmir Police as very
significant in steering the State out of
the difficult situation, Chief Minister
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today urged
security forces to prominently put
forward its human face while dealing with
militancy in order to avoid collateral
damage. He said this is important to
further the process of normalisation in
the State.........more
JAMMU, Oct 21:Special
Judge Anti-Corruption Jammu, Mr
BL Bhat today granted interim
bail to B S Jaiswal, Controller
of Examination, J&K Board of
Professional Entrance Examination
(BOPEE), who was arrested by
Crime Branch Jammu in a much
publicized scam of leakage of
MBBS, MD/MS question
papers.........more
JAMMU, Oct 21:Education
needs to be reframed in the light of
changed world scenario characterised by
explosion of knowledge where man has
become a global citizen. Inculcation of
qualities, values of life to live as a
true human being with a closeness to a
clean environment, conducive for the
survival of human race on this planet is
the demand of the present
time.............more
JAMMU, Oct 21:Two
militants were gunned down by the
security forces at Gounthal, Surankote
this afternoon while two women crossed
over to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK)
from Shahpur sector in Poonch district
last night.................more
Budgam, Oct 21: Two unidentified
gunmen, believed to be militants,
appeared at Garend Khurd and they made an
attempt to kidnap one Ghulam-ud-din Khan
S/o Ghulam Mohammad Khan this evening. A
former militant of Hizbul Mujahideen,
Khan ran away............more
NEW DELHI, Oct 21:In a novel
step, the Indian Army will get its
first-ever expert "outsider"
view on relevance of its tactics and
doctrine tomorrow.................more
JODHPUR, Oct 21: Supporting
prosecution charges against Major
Surinder Singh, accused of reporting fake
killings of enemy troops in Siachen, a
witness, who had taken part in the
"staged" encounters, told the
military court here today that there had
been no "actual kill or demolition
of enemy bunker"..............more
NEW DELHI, Oct 21: New Governors are
being appointed in Maharashtra and four
other states as part of major
gubernatorial changes which may also
involve transfer of Rajasthan Governor M
L Khurana and his counterparts in two
other states, highly places sources said
here tonight.............more
