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Thursday, November 03, 2005
 

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.

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 Sayeed’s PDP-led coalition Government and inducting PDP’s 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

10 killed, 15 wounded in car blast

SRINAGAR, Nov 2 : Barely a few hours before the swearing in of Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad as the tenth Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, a suicide attacker detonated a powerful car bomb explosion at Nowgam area on the city outskirts near the old residence of his predecessor Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today, killing at least 10 people and wounding about 15 others, some of them critically, official sources said........more

Two Hizbul militants shot dead in Doda

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 2: Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants were gunned down by Army and police in an encounter at Marhoon, Gandoh in Doda district yesterday while security forces recovered a large quantity of ration from a hide-out of the militants at Chilli, Gandoh today.............more

Sonia stresses for transparent administration
PM assures full support to Azad

NEW DELHI, Nov 2: Wishing him well in the "challenging" assignment as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured Ghulam Nabi Azad of Centre’s continued support to all the initiatives that will be taken under his stewardship in the State............more

Delhi blasts traced to Srinagar, Muzaffarabad

NEW DELHI, Nov 2: Investigations into the serial blasts in Delhi indicated linkage of Muzaffarabad in PoK to the incident and Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) is a strong suspect irrespective of its denial, police sources said here today.............more

Dalai Lama backs fight against terrorism

NEW DELHI, Nov 2: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today supported the fight against terrorism but cautioned against branding the entire Muslim community as militant......more

 

Cabinet reshuffle within a week

NEW DELHI, Nov 2: The much-talked about expansion-cum-reshuffle of Union Council of Ministers is likely within a week’s time to fill up nearly half-a-dozen vacancies in the Manmohan Singh Government.............more

 

Another HM militant held in Jammu

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 2: Police today arrested another Hizbul Mujahideen militant from Bhatindi and recovered one AK-47 rifle from his possession. He has been identified as Gulzar Ahmed Wani son of Mohd Afzal Wani, a resident of Akhran, Kulgam in Anantnag district of Kashmir valley......more

15 PoK residents return

WAGAH (PUNJAB), Nov 2: Fifteen residents of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), who had come to India on October 6th, today returned to Pakistan via the Wagah border.......more

5 killed, 23 hurt in mishaps

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 2: Five persons were killed while at least twenty-three others injured in various road accidents at different places since last evening..........more

 
 
 
 



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