JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR)
INDIA
Thursday, November 24, 2005
A photographer, evacuates an elderly man to
safety as paramilitary soldier takes position
behind a vehicle during a gunbattle in downtown
Srinagar on Wednesday. (UNI)
SRINAGAR,
Nov 23 : In yet another ‘Fidayeen’
attack in Jammu and Kashmir after the transfer of
power from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to
the Congress on November two this year, two
militants and three security personnel were
killed while seven others wounded when ultras
stormed a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
company headquarters at Hawal in the downtown
city here today.............more
NEW DELHI, Nov 23 : With a view to sensitising
the Army and para-military personnel engaged in
counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and
Kashmir about human rights, Government today
formed a three-member committee which will
formulate Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs)
for security forces........more
JAMMU, Nov 23: A Hizbul
Mujahideen ‘district commander’
was gunned down by Army in an encounter
at village Dewal, Mahore in Reasi police
district while three Hizbul militants
surrendered before Army at Peer Badesar
in Keri sector of Rajouri district.........more
JAMMU, Nov
23:With
the coming of winters, the power
crisis is likely to affect the
supply position in the Jammu and
Kashmir state as its liability on
the Government touched Rs 1300 cr
mark by October this year. The
State is likely to experience
more crisis ahead in coming
months as it presently registers
nearly 60 per cent shortfall in
the electricity supplies............more
PATNA, Nov
23 : Senior JD(U) leader Nitish
Kumar will be sworn in as Chief Minister
of Bihar here tomorrow at the head of a
coalition Government with BJP whose
Sushil Kumar Modi would be Deputy Chief
Minister, setting the stage for a
historic transition of power following
NDA’s victory in the Assembly
poll..................more
Jammu, Nov 23:"The
hydro-potential of Jammu and Kashmir is
required to be fully explored with
creation of maximum infrastructure in
PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control sectors
in a coordinated manner so that within
two years the entire State is covered for
providing potable water to the people.
For the purpose, there should be no
disparity between regions, districts,
blocks and villages as water is the basic
human need. All the departments should
accelerate the work on various projects
and complete these within the fixed time
frame", said Chief Minister Ghulam
Nabi Azad while reviewing the functioning
of PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control
Departments here today......more
NEW DELHI,
Nov 23: Buoyed by its victory in
Bihar, a charged NDA is likely to stall
proceedings in both houses of Parliament
for the remaining part of the week by
moving tomorrow an adjournment motion in
Lok Sabha condemning the Congress and its
leaders for "compromising the
country’s interests for monetary
gains".............more
JAMMU, Nov 23:Former
Minister and People’s Democratic
Party (PDP) leader Moulvi Iftikhar
Hussain Ansari’s firms today
deposited Rs one crore out of Rs 33 crore
which they owe to the Sales Tax
Department........more
JAMMU, No 23: An Assistant
Executive Engineer (AEE) and a Junior
Engineer (JE) of Public Health
Engineering Department were killed in
road accident in Doda district today.........more
JAMMU, Nov
23: The Special
Operations Group (SOG) today
recovered a large quantity of
Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration,
which was being sold by a Food
Corporation of India (FCI) dealer
in private market at Ware House............more
NEW DELHI,
Nov 23 : The
city’s infrastructure,
already creeking under the load
of parties in the on-going
‘wedding season’, was
severely strained with an
estimated 15,000 marriage
functions this evening. ........more
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