JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR)
INDIA
SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2005
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, flanked by Defence
Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister
Shivraj Patil, inaugurating the conference of
Chief Ministers on internal Security in New Delhi
on Friday.(UNI)
NEW
DELHI, Apr 15:Asserting that violence will
not win rewards and the Government will deal
firmly with insurgency, Prime Minister Dr
Manmohan Singh today said Government is willing
to conduct an honest and meaningful dialogue with
any group that shuns violence and is ready to
engage in talks.......................more
SRINAGAR,
Apr 15: In a
major setback to militancy in central Kashmir, security
forces have eliminated four prominent Pakistani militants
at Kanir village in Budgam-Chadoura belt. Officials
claimed that in the 24-hour-long operation, troops had
wiped out the top brass of Lashkar-e-Toiba but unofficial
reports identified the slain militants as the members of
Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen............more
JAMMU, Apr 15: The Minister for
Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Hakim
Mohd Yasin has locked horns with his
junior colleague Dr Ramesh Lal Sharma
(MOS Revenue) over the issue of transfers
of 18 Patwaris..............more
JAMMU, Apr 15:Three
militants and an Army jawan were
killed while another militant was
injured in two separate
encounters in Gool and Thanna
Mandi areas of Ramban police
district and Rajouri today.
Troops also destroyed a hide-out
of the militants and arrested a
Bangladeshi
national.................more
JAMMU, Apr 15:Making it
clear that Amarnath Shrine Board is the
sole authority of Amarnath Yatra, Justice
Permod Kohli of the State High Court, in
a landmark judgment today held that no
interference be caused by any of the
State Government agency in the
functioning of the Board and the
decisions to be taken by it for the
smooth conduct of Amarnath Yatra. It
directed that the State as well as Union
of India ( UoI), should at the same time
provide adequate security to the Yatris
as a constitutional
obligation..............more
NEW DELHI, Apr 15:Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh will have a
"business-like" meeting with
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf
tomorrow and discuss a series of
"concrete" proposals to convert
the Line of Control (LoC) into a soft
border...................more
NEW DELHI, Apr 15:Observing
that the atmosphere today was not yet
conducive for compromises by either India
or Pakistan, former National Security
Advisor Brajesh Mishra has said it was
"too early" to expect a
resolution of the Kashmir
dispute......................more
SRINAGAR, Apr 15: As the authorities
mulled running the second
Muzaffarabad-bound bus from Uri instead
of Srinagar, India and Pakistan today
exchanged list of prospective travellers
for the bus which will roll out on April
21.....................more
JAMMU, Apr 15: A Camp Commander
of GREF was among nine persons killed
when a GREF tipper met with an accident
at Sheshu on Atholi-Kishtwar road in Doda
district this morning.................more
SRINAGAR, Apr 15: Former Jammu and
Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah
today urged India and Pakistan to resolve
all their differences, including Kashmir,
for lasting peace in the
region.................more
