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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA Monday, November 14, 2005

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Four killed, 13 injured in Srinagar firing

SRINAGAR: Militants today struck in the Lal Chowk nerve centre of the city here killing two CRPF men and two civilians while wounding 13 others including a foreign journalist, official sources said......more

Fourth LoC point opened in Mendhar

ROSHNI, LoC, India and Pakistan today opened the fourth crossing point on the Line of Control in Mendhar sector of Poonch district to facilitate movement of quake-relief material for the affected families in both parts of Kashmir.........more

Delhi Police Commissioner K K Paul addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Sunday. (UNI)
Delhi Police Commissioner K K Paul addressing a press
conference in New Delhi on Sunday. (UNI)

Two more ultras from Kashmir involved
Lashkar militant held in serial blast case

NEW DELHI, Nov 13 : Two weeks after the serial blasts ripped through the National Capital, Delhi Police today claimed to have cracked the case with the arrest of a Pakistan-based militant group Lashker-e-Toiba militant who allegedly coordinated and financed the operation. ...........more

Arms, explosives haul
Two Hizb militants killed in Gool

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 13: BSF gunned down two Hizbul Mujahideen militants at village Gambhiri, Thatharaka in Gool area of Ramban police district today morning........more

Attack on CRPF camp foiled
3 militants shot dead

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Nov 13: Three militants were killed and two civilians received injuries in separate militancy related incidents. This apart, militants attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp was foiled in Kashmir valley since last evening..........more

Pak needs to do more on curbing terrror: PM

DHAKA, Nov 13:Agreeing with his Pakistan counterpart Shaukat Aziz that there was "trust deficit" between the two countries, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said "all that needs to be done" on stopping cross border terrorism has not been done by Islamabad............more

Authorities pin hopes on Azad
Jammu Airport sans capacity to accommodate more flights

By Mohinder Verma

JAMMU, Nov 13: With more aviation companies are desirous of including strategically important Jammu Airport in their flight destinations map and the present infrastructure of the airbase cannot play host to them, all eyes are set on Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad for taking up the matter with the Defence Ministry for getting the required land vacated from Army to pave the way for expansion of airport...............more

Justice Sethi orders police action against
son accused of taking bribe

JAMMU, Nov 13: The chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Accountability Commission Justice R P Sethi today directed the Police to register criminal cases against persons, including his son Anil, who has been charged with taking bribe to ensure that a case pending with the Commission is decided in favour of the accused......more

Niaz offers to vacate seat for Azad

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 13: Former Power Minister and MLA Bhaderwah Mohd Sharief Niaz has offered to vacate his Legislative Assembly seat for the election of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad from that constituency.................more

Cabinet expansion this week

NEW DELHI, Nov 13: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to go in for the much-talked about expansion-cum- reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers this week, well in time ahead of the winter session of Parliament beginning on November 23........more

4th LoC point set to re-open today

MENDHAR, Nov 13: Hope and excitement hung in the air as India and Pakistan today worked out all modalities for reopening of the fourth joint relief point along the LoC to ferry material for the quake-battered on both sides of the divide. .......more

45 pc turnout in Bihar poll

PATNA, Nov 13 : Over 130 people, including two BSP candidates and an LJP nominee, were arrested as the penultimate phase of elections in 57 Assembly constituencies in Bihar passed off peacefully with an estimated 45 per cen voters turnout. .......more

Hurriyat vs Hurriyat

SRINAGAR, Nov 13: The moderate Hurriyat Conference has launched a scathing attack on the rival hardline group, saying the dialogue process with India and Pakistan had been started to find a lasting solution to the vexed Kashmir issue..........more