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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA MONDAY, July 18, 2005

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh addressing media persons on board the flight to Frankfurt .(UNI)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh addressing media persons on board the flight to Frankfurt .(UNI)

Another network originating from Mendhar cracked
JE among 5 more militants held
*Terror attacks plot in Jammu, Doda foiled

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, July 17: Close on the heels of making a breakthrough in Ayodhya attack with the arrest of eight persons including two hardcore militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit from Mendhar, Police last night arrested five more militants including a Junior Engineer and an Army soldier, who were plotting major terror attacks in Jammu City and Doda.....................more

PM arrives in Washington, talks with Bush today

WASHINGTON, July 17: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here today on a three-day visit to the United States during which he will hold talks with President George W Bush focussing on the battle against terrorism, cooperation in economic and civil nuclear energy sectors. ............more

Pak troops kill 17 militants

ISLAMABAD, July 17: Seventeen foreign militants of the Al-Qaeda terror network have been killed in a gunbattle with security forces, who arrested 16 of their local collaborators in the North Waziristan tribal belt of Pakistan, army said today...................more

Jawan killed, intrusion bid foiled

Excelsior Special Correspondent

POONCH, July 17: An Army jawan of Maratha Li was killed as troops foiled an infiltration attempt on Line of Control (LoC) at Doba Gali in Gali Maidaan area of Sabjian in this sector early today.....................more

2000 militants waiting to cross LoC
Infiltration picked up: GOC

POONCH, July 17: Posted at handshaking distance with Pakistani troops on the LoC, the Army is on a hawk-eye vigil with information of 2,000 armed intruders waiting to cross into Jammu and Kashmir to keep the "pot of militancy boiling"..................more

Advani gets reprieve after hectic discussions

NEW DELHI, July 17: On a day RSS made public that it had demanded L K Advani’s resignation, the BJP chief today appeared to have got a reprieve, at least for the time being, after his discussions with senior Sangh leaders here this evening. ...........more

CPM veteran Biplab Dasgupta dead

KOLKATA, July 17: Rajya Sabha member and veteran CPI(M) leader Biplab Dasgupta died at his south Kolkata residence today.................more

'Musharraf hasn't kept up his promise'
Pak still schooling extremists

WASHINGTON, July 17: The London bombings have brought to light that Pakistan is "still schooling extremists" and President Pervez Musharraf has not kept his promise to put an end to terrorist training camps in the country, a US-based think tank has said........more

Police questions Salman, records voice sample

MUMBAI, July 17: Four days after the taped conversation allegedly between Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai became public, Crime Branch sleuths today questioned the star for nearly four hours here..........more

Hardline Hurriyat meets today

SRINAGAR, July 17: The hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference has scheduled a meeting tomorrow to discuss the alleged violation of human rights in Jammu and Kashmir, a Hurriyat spokesman said today.............more

Two ISI agents nabbed in Noida

NOIDA, July 17: Two suspected ISI agents were arrested from Noida Phase II in Uttar Pradesh, police said today. ............more