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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2005

Some incidents of violence, bogus voting
65 pc cast votes in JMC elections

Excelsior Team

JAMMU, Feb 1: Sixty five per cent voters exercised their right to franchise for the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) elections held after a gap of nearly 25 years amid some incidents of violence and allegations of bogus voting......more

Burqa clad women casting her vote at a Srinagar polling booth.

No Azadi processions, no firing, no blasts
After Baramulla, Srinagar shocks Hurriyat

From Ahmed Ali Fayyaz

SRINAGAR, Feb 1: With the National Conference patriarch Farooq Abdullah campaigning for Om Prakash Chautala in Haryana and heads of both the factions of the separatist Hurriyat Conference—Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Shah Geelani—camping in Delhi, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s government today conducted elections for Srinagar Municipal Corporation without a single incident of separatist violence or anti-election demonstrations. Firing, blasts and pro-Azadi demonstrations had earlier marred almost all Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in this capital city, which had largely remained lukewarm to all democratic processes in 1990-2004 period..........more

Need to reach out to people in J&K: Army Chief

NEW DELHI, Feb 1: Army has been directed to carry out anti-militancy operations with a more "humane" touch, new Chief of Army Staff General J J Singh today said emphasising that there was a need to "reach out to the people in Jammu and Kashmir and North East to spur the movement towards normalcy." ......more

Strengthen police, intelligence network: Patil to NE states

GUWAHATI, Feb 1 : The Centre today asked the North Eastern States to strengthen its police forces and intellegence networks to deal with the insurgency problem of the region suggested better coordination among security agencies. ..........more

Nepal King sacks Govt, assumes power

KATHMANDU, Feb 1: In a dramatic development, Nepal’s King Gyanendra today sacked Premier Sher Bahadur Deuba’s Coalition Government, assumed all executive powers for the next three years and declared a state of emergency, plunging the country battling Maoist insurgency into a crisis.......more

CM assures full support to Corporators

Excelsor Special Correspondent

Jammu, Feb 1: Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has expressed satisfaction over the successful completion of the second phase of civic polls in the state during which polling was held for Srinagar and Jammu Municipal Corporations today.........more

Omar alleges rigging by coalition

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Feb 1: Alleging rigging in the Municipal polls, National Conference president Omar Abdullah has termed these elections a "farce which is a mockery of the democracy perpetuated blatantly and brazenly by the ruling coalition".........more

Madan takes over as new DGMO

NEW DELHI, Feb 1: Lt Gen Madan Gopal today took over as the new Director General Military Operations (DGMO) succeeding Lt Gen A S Bahia..........more

Farooq Abdullah praises INLD

SONEPAT, Feb 1: Accusing Congress of misleading the people of Haryana on development front, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah has asked the voters to reject the Congress and vote for the ruling Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in the ensuing Assembly elections in the State. .......more