SRINAGAR, Breakaway Hurriyat
chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani has been placed
under house arrest since early this morning.
Sources close to Mr Geelani said the hardline
leader was informed early this morning that he
has been put under house arrest. ........more
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and
British Prime Minister and current President of
European Union Council Tony Blair at the joint
press conference in New Delhi on Wednesday.(UNI)
NEW
DELHI, Sept 7:India and the European Union
(EU) today agreed to cooperate against terrorism
and drug trafficking, establish contacts between
Indian and EU counter-terrorism coordinators and
work closely to reduce terrorists’ access to
finances by combating money laundering...........more
JAMMU,
Sept 7: Confessional
statement by the wife of murder accused SSP Karnail
Singh, Commandant IRP 6th battalion in the killing of
Nitan Sharma notwithstanding, police today incorporated
more Sections in the FIR against the SSP as more evidence
was gathered confirming his involvement in the killing......more
NEW DELHI, Sept 7: A Hurriyat
Conference team led by its chairman
Mirwaiz Umer Farooq today met UPA
chairperson and Congress president Sonia
Gandhi, who assured them that the peace
process in the State would continue.
.................more
KANPUR, Sept 7: Former
Union Minister and Indian Council
for Cultural Relations (ICCR)
Chairman Dr Karan Singh today
asked the Jammu and Kashmir
terrorists to lay down arms and
come to the negotiation table to
resolve the vexed
issue...............more
NEW DELHI, Sept 7: Acting on the
recommendation of the Disciplinary
Committee, BJP president L K Advani today
expelled senior Delhi leader Madan Lal
Khurana for six years for "gross
indiscipline and criticising the party
leadership openly".................more
SRINAGAR, Sept 7: Two heavily armed
militants showed up in one of the most
secured area in Srinagar and attempted to
attack a CRPF camp near New Secretariat
this evening. However, the alert troopers
foiled the attack and killed one the
militants while other fled the spot. A
police constable was injured in the
shootout. Three militant outfits have
claimed the responsibility of the attack.......more
NEW DELHI, Sept 7: Congress today gave
a deadline to LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan
upto September 23 to decide whether it
wanted to come with RJD-led UPA in the
coming Bihar Assembly polls..............more
NEW DELHI, Sept 7: In a major push to
the ongoing peace process, nearly 30 top
political leaders of the Pakistan-
occupied Kashmir (PoK) including veteran
Sardar Abdul Qayoom Khan of Muslim
Conference and former Prime Minister
Barrister Sultan Mehmood will visit Jammu
and Kashmir from September 15 to interact
with leaders of various political shades.....more
RAJOURI, Sept 7:Appreciating
the dialogue between Prime Minister, Dr
Manmohan Singh and delegation of All
Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC),
president of Peoples’ Democratic
Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti exuded
confidence that peace will ultimately
prevail in the sub-continent. .....more
KATHUA, Sept 7:There
was a festive atmosphere in the
house of 70 year old Champa Devi,
a resident of ward number 10 of
Kathua town. Preparations were
going on in full swing and it was
looking like a marriage ceremony
as relatives were visiting the
house and greeting the family.
Every member of the family,
including relatives, are
anxiously waiting for September
12, 2005 when Radhey Shyam, 45
year old son of Champa Devi, will
return to his house after
spending nine long years of his
life in Pakistani jail............more
JAMMU, Sept 7: The
portions of the three-tier barbed
wire fencing along the Line of
Control in Jammu and Kashmir,
which were damaged due to snow
and avalanches during winter,
have been reconstructed, defence
sources said here today............more
ISLAMABAD, Sept
7:Welcoming
the Indo-Pak peace process,
Israel has said that it favoured
resolution of Kashmir and other
contentious issues between the
two countries under the 1972
Shimla accord. "Israel has
supported the Shimla agreement
between Pakistan and India since
1972 and the resolution of all
issues between them by peaceful
means," Israeli Foreign
Minister Silvan Shalom, who
recently met his Pakistani
counterpart Khurshid M Kasuri in
the first-ever public contact
between the two countries, told
local daily ‘The Post’
in an interview............more
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