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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
MONDAY, June 13, 2005
 

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, accompanied by Army Chief Gen J J Singh, inspecting equipment used by troops deployed at Siachen on Sunday.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, accompanied by Army Chief Gen J J Singh, inspecting equipment used by troops deployed at Siachen on Sunday.

Change in established boundaries ruled out
PM for conversion of Siachen from battlefield to peace zone

SIACHEN, June 12: In a bold idea in the midst of peace process with Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today favoured conversion of Siachen glacier, the highest battlefield in the world, into a "peace mountain".........more

Manmohan first PMto visit Siachen

SIACHEN, June 12: Dr Manmohan Singh today created history by becoming first Prime Minister to visit the inhospitable Siachen glacier, the world’s highest battlefield. ..............more

Kashmir has reached resolution phase: Mirwaiz

ISLAMABAD, June 12: Observing that Kashmir issue has reached the "resolution phase", the moderate faction of the Hurriyat has said international community should be involved as guarantor in any agreeement acceptable to India, Pakistan and Kashmiri people. ......more

Hizb rejects Mirwaiz call to ultras to take backseat

ISLAMABAD, June 12: Rejecting the call by moderate Hurriyat leaders to militant groups to take a backseat and support the political leadership to work out a solution to the Kashmir issue, Pakistan-based militant group Hizbul Mujahideen has said the situation in the Valley warranted the militancy to continue...........more

Employees cheated by Corporations, Companies
Over Rs 10 cr PF deducted but not deposited

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, June 12: While cheating by the private finance companies has become a routine affair in the State, it is probably for the first time that several Government owned Corporations have also cheated their employees to the tune of several crore by deducting Employees Provident Fund (EPF) from their salaries but not depositing the amount with the Provident Fund office.............more

Iran, India to explore option of extending gasline to China

TEHRAN, June 12: Iran has agreed to explore possibilities of extending the 2600-km Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline to China, Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said. .......more

JCO, 3 militants killed
*Infiltration bid foiled in Poonch

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, June 12: Troops tonight foiled an infiltration attempt on Line of Control (LoC) in Chalas area of Poonch sector killing one infiltrator while a hunt was on for others. In other incidents, two militants and an Army JCO were killed and another soldier was injured in Rajouri and Ramban today. ........more

Pak paid huge sum to buy peace

NEW DELHI, June 12: Pakistan Army paid a massive sum of 32 million rupees to some most-wanted militants in the tribal areas of south Waziristan to buy peace and enable them pay off debts taken from Al-Qaeda, a media report said. ..........more

Civilian shot dead, RDX seized

SRINAGAR, June 12: Militants shot dead a civilian in north Kashmir today while security forces seized arms and ammunition including RDX and grenades in Kashmir valley.............more

BJP slams Pak on Hurriyat

NEW DELHI, June 12: With the brief honeymoon with Pakistan coming to an abrupt end after party president L K Advani’s controversial visit, BJP today went on the offensive against Islamabad for rolling out the red carpet for the separatist Hurriyat leaders and vowed to rock Parliament on the issue. ......more

  VHP may review ties with BJP.........

Jinnah was responsible for partition: Pranab .........



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