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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA Sunday, December 4, 2005

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Attack near security camp

SRINAGAR, Two persons, including a CRPF jawan, were injured as militants tossed a hand grenade near a security camp in the busy business area of Hari Singh high street in the city this morning, police said...........more

Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad shaking hands with a Haj pilgrim while seeing off the pilgrims at Srinagar airport on Saturday.

Haj pilgrims to pray for peace in Kashmir

Excelsior Correspondent /Agencies

SRINAGAR, Dec 3: "Hum Hindustan aur Pakistan may dosti aur Kashmir may aman key liye Mecca aur Madina may dua karangay (we will pray for friendship between India and Pakistan and peace in Kashmir valley in the holy cities of Mecca and Madina)" said the Haj pilgrims who boarded the first flight from here to Saudi Arabia today in a special flight. ...........more

5 Lashkar militants killed in Valley
Soura fidayeen died while planning
attack on Radio Kashmir

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 3: While eliminating five more cadres of Lashkar-e-Toiba in Kashmir valley today, Police and security forces have learned that the three Pakistani militants of the organisation, who were killed in Soura area the other day, had planned a high-profile suicide attack on the CRPF-guarded Radio Kashmir complex........more

WDC MD attached with GAD
All 43 appointments, promotions cancelled

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 3: The Government today quashed all 43 appointments and promotions made in Women Development Corporation (WDC), through a back-dated order after change over of the Government and attached WDC Managing Director Masooda Yasin with General Administration Department (GAD) with immediate effect........more

4 rifles snatched from VDC members in Rajouri

Excelsior Special Correspondent

RAJOURI, Dec 3: Militants last night struck at village Tehwan in Samot area of Budhal in this district last night and kidnapped five members of the Village Defence Committee (VDC). ...........more

‘No place for non-technicals in Board’
SPCB to be re-constituted: Qarra

By Gopal Sharma

JAMMU, Dec 3: Expressing his resolve to make State Pollution Control Board (PCB) as real pollution monitoring body and providing more teeth to it, Minister for Forests and Environment, Housing and Urban Development Tariq Hameed Qarra has said that PCB will be re-constituted shortly as per the directions of the State High Court.......more

Special RPF bn for J&K

JALANDHAR , Dec 3: A special battalion of Railway Protection Force is being raised to provide foolproof security to tracks in Jammu and Kashmir in view of terrorist threats, Railway Board Chairman J P Batra said today......more

Natwar Singh meets PM

NEW DELHI, Dec 3: A day after the political storm over his allegedly receiving oil vouchers from Saddam Hussain regime in Iraq, Union Minister Natwar Singh today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh fuelling speculation about his resignation but highly placed sources said he is not stepping down.............more

NDA issues whip to members

NEW DELHI, Dec 3: Gearing up to take on the Government in Parliament over the fresh revelations in Iraq’s oil deal scam, the NDA has issued a whip to all its MPs to be present in both Houses next week. .......more