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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA Friday, November 25, 2005

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Six PoK visitors return on peace bus

JAMMU : Six Pakistani nationals, who had come to Jammu and Kashmir before the October 8 earthquake, today headed back for Pakistan-occupied Kashmir amid tight security on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus.......more

GOC-in-C Northern Command Lt. Gen Deepak Kapoor interacting with one of the Kupwara residents, who returned from Ajmer.

‘No change in level of infiltration’
Strategy devised to trackmilitants: GOC-in-C

Excelsior Special Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, Nov 24: As infiltration level has not come down even after devastating earthquake, the Army has devised new strategy to track down militants who have been desperately trying to enter into this side............more

Defence Minister orders probe in meat scam

NEW DELHI, Nov 24: The Defence Ministry has ordered a probe into allegations of irregularities in the purchase of meat for troops in the forward area of Ladakh and Siachen........more

ED bank looted in Kulgam
Top Jaish militant killed

Excelsior Special Correspondent

Srinagar, Nov 24: A top Jaish-e-Mohammed commander was killed in an encounter in the Valley, where people in Srinagar held protest demonstrations against the ‘arrest’ of four members, including three women, of a same family..........more

15 member Hurriyat team to visit PoK with relief

SRINAGAR, Nov 24: A 15-member high-profile Hurriyat delegation led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq will soon visit quake-ravaged Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) with relief material, an amalgam spokesman said today............more

Opposition disrupts Parliament

NEW DELHI, Nov 24: The floor battle on the Volcker Report began today in Parliament with the BJP-led Opposition forcing adjournment of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha where it demanded resignation of former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh for his alleged involvement in Iraq’s ‘Oil-for-Food’ scam...................more

Two more LeT militants held for Delhi blasts

NEW DELHI, Nov 24 : Two more Lashker-e-Toiba activists have been arrested in connection with the Delhi serial blasts, raising the number of persons apprehended in the case to three.......more

Nitish sworn-in as head of 27 member NDA Govt

PATNA, Nov 24: Senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar was today sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister at the head of a 27-member NDA Government, marking the smooth transition of power after 15 years of Lalu-Rabri rule..............more

Reconstruction of PCB ordered
Go ahead with demolition drive in Dal: HC

SRINAGAR, Nov 24: Taking a serious note of the deteriorating condition of the world famous Dal Lake, The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) to continue the demolition drive in the Lake.........more

Kalam arriving on Nov 26

SRINAGAR, Nov 24: President A P J Abdul Kalam will arrive here on a two-day visit to quake-hit areas of Uri and Tangdhar in Jammu and Kashmir on November 26, official sources said today.........more

Govt releases 3 pc DA

Excelsior Correspondent

Jammu, Nov 24: Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today issued orders for release of 3 per cent Dearness Allowance with effect from January 1, 2005 in favour of Government employees of the State...........more

3 officials suspended by Govt

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 24: Financial Commissioner, Labour and Employment Department, Amit Kushari today ordered suspension of three officers and officials including an Assistant Director for unauthorised absence from duty.........more

Child killed, 2 hurt in blast

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 24: A female baby was killed and her two sisters were injured when a militant lobbed a grenade inside the house of Abdul Hameed son of Talib Hussain at Phagla in Surankote tehsil of Poonch district in early hours of this morning..........more

6 Pak nationals leave for home

NEW DELHI, Nov 24: Six stranded Pakistani nationals, who travelled to India on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service, left Srinagar this morning by bus and are expected to reach the Attari-Wagah border tomorrow, an External Affairs Ministry spokesman said. .........more