LATEST UPDATE NEWS (1.30 IST)
Srinagar-Muzaffarabad
road opened for traffic
SRINAGAR,
Nov 3: The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road from
Uri to the Kaman Post has been made functional
for vehicular movement today, four days ahead of
India and Pakistan opening the five relief points
along the Line of Control (LoC) on November 7.

Congress
leader Ghulam Nabi Azad after taking oath as new
Chief Minister of J&K in Srinagar on
Wednesday. (Another picture on Page 4)
'No custodial killing,
no act of terror will be tolerated'
13-member
Azad ministry sworn-in
*Mangat, Pirzada, Taj, Nisar, Rigzin, Zargar,
Qazi, Hakeem,
Babu retained * Qarra, Charak inducted
From Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR,
Nov 2:
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and 12 nominees
of his Council of Ministers (CoM) were sworn-in
today by Governor Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha at
Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Centre
(SKICC). While retaining 10 Ministers of Mufti
Mohammad Sayeeds PDP-led coalition
Government and inducting PDPs Tariq Hameed
Qarra and Congress Gulchain Singh Charak,
Azad constituted a CoM of 11 Cabinet Ministers
and two Ministers of State (MoS). After taking
oath as the next Chief Minister and presiding
over his first Cabinet meeting, Azad sent a loud
and clear warning to security forces and
militants that no custodial killing or any act of
terrorism would be tolerated now on in Jammu and
Kashmir...................more
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