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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA THURSDAY, May 12, 2005

Security personnel walk past the wreckage of a destroyed car at the site of an explosion in Srinagar on Wednesday.(UNI)

Militants cause massive car blast at Jawahar Nagar
* 12 vehicles, 40 structures damaged
Excise official killed, ETO among 50 injured

From Ahmed Ali Fayyaz

SRINAGAR, May 11: Two days after Kashmir Police had been alerted about the possibility of a major car blast in Srinagar city, militants today triggered off a massive explosion which left an official of the State Excise Department dead and 50 others wounded in uptown Jawahar Nagar. Over a dozen vehicles and about 40 shops, bank branches and residential houses were damaged in the blast. Hizbul Mujahideen, Al-Nasireen and J&K Islamic Front have claimed responsibility in their separate statements........more

Advani to address rally against Article 370 at Lakhanpur

By Dinesh Manhotra

JAMMU, May 11: One year after losing power at Centre, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) seemed to be returning to its core issues like abrogation of Article 370, construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya and formation of Uniform Civil Code. Dr Shyama Prashad Mukherjee, to whom the party has almost forgotten during its Government, will again be remembered by the saffron party leaders..........more

India, Pak agree to run two more bus services

ISLAMABAD, May 11: Carrying the peace process forward, India and Pakistan today agreed in principle to run bus services between Amritsar-Lahore and Amritsar-Nankana Sahib, the birth place of Guru Nanak, but deferred their operationalisation by two months to work out more technical details.............more

4 killed, 35 injured in Kathua bus mishap

Excelsior Special Correspondent

KATHUA, May 11: Four persons were killed and 35 others were injured, two of them seriously, in a bus accident along Ranjit Sagar dam in Basohli tehsil of this district today morning..........more

Sonia defends Manmohan, flays BJP's Parliament boycott

NEW DELHI, May 11: As Parliament’s acrimonious budget session comes to a close without opposition presence, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today flayed BJP saying its boycott "tactics" was to divert attention from its "internal dissensions and disarray"...........more

Infiltration in J&K down: Patil

NEW DELHI, May 11: Home Minister Shivraj Patil today said infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir had declined by 61 per cent after completion of fencing work on the border with Pakistan..............more

Fake doctor held, clinic sealed

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, May 11: Police today arrested a youth, who had been impersonating as a Radiologist and running an unregistered ultrasound clinic at Sunderbani in Rajouri district...............more

Hurriyat base shrinking: Omar

NEW DELHI, May 11: The Hurriyat Conference had an "enormous stake" in the Indo-Pak peace process but its base was "shrinking rapidly" and getting replaced by mainstream political parties, National Conference president Omar Abdullah today said.............more

JU de-affiliates B.Ed college

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, May 11: Taking cognizance of violation of norms in admission and repeated complaints of alleged harassment to the students by the college management, Jammu University has withdrawn its affiliation to Shastri Memorial College of Education, Reasi.........more

72 Iraqis killed in wave of bombings

BAGHDAD, May 11: At least 72 Iraqis were killed and more than 160 wounded today in a string of bomb attacks in northern Iraq and Baghdad, security officials said..........more

WB names neutral expert on Baglihar......

Two drug smugglers, thief held......