'I would love to be President'
Pak allowing terror camps on its soil: Farooq

Excelsior Correspondent

NEW DELHI, Dec 1: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah has said the Pakistan Government is allowing terror camps to be run on its soil and peace can only be restored in Kashmir once "New Delhi arrives on a settlement with Islamabad"........more

BJP re-constituted

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 1: Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President, Ashok Khajuria today constituted the Executive Committee of the Party by nominating Ranjit Singh , Prof Hari Om, Suresh Jamwal, Satish Sharma and Chander Parkash Ganga as vice presidents............more

Girl's mobile call traced in Pathankote
*Facing threat to lives, gangsters joined hands

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Dec 1: Rajesh Dogra alias Mohan Cheer and Vishal Singh alias Vicky Thakur, two gangsters, today told police during questioning that they killed Sanjay Gupta alias Bittu alias Bakra after getting "credible inputs" from the underworld that a conspiracy had been hatched to eliminate Mohan Cheer and his elder brother Rakesh Dogra........more

Rs 1.23 cr surrendered by jeweller, coaching
centres after IT surveys

By Mohinder Verma

JAMMU, Dec 1: Five surveys by Income Tax Department during the past one week have led to the surrender of Rs 1.23 crore as undisclosed income by the ‘habitual tax evadors’. The surrender of such an amount is also an indicator of quantum of tax evasion by people of the State.......more

DB takes serious note of delay in sanction of Bus Stand
Movement of tractor trolleys in city banned

Excelsior Correspondent

Jammu, Dec 1: The State High Court has banned the movement of tractor trolleys on the roads within the limits of Jammu city.......more

Lt Col ends life in Mahore

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 1: A senior Army officer Lt Col Pankaj Jha today committed suicide in his unit at 15 Sector Rashtriya Rifles, headquartered at Mahore in Udhampur district barely few hours after returning from leave from his house in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh..........more

Army red faced over claim of militant’s link to Delhi blasts

SRINAGAR, Dec 1: The Army was today left red faced after Union Home Ministry officials dismissed its claim that a "deputy commander" of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) killed in North Jammu and Kashmir was the man responsible for serial blasts in the national capital in October last year.........more

25 jawans injured in blast

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 1: At least 25 Army jawans were injured in an accidental blast inside Army Battle School at Keri in Rajouri district this afternoon.......more

Self rule will lead to solution: PDP

SRINAGAR, Dec 1: People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti today asserted that her party’s self-rule formula is the most viable solution to resolve the vexed tangle, saying it will take the sailing boat of Kashmir to safe shores......more

TRPs to be trained by March

NEW DELHI, Dec 1: In an effort to encourage small and medium tax payers to file their Income Tax returns, the Centre proposes to build up a trained team of Tax Return Preparers (TRPs) to help them......more