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3 bodies
recovered
SRINAGAR: Bodies of
three employees of General Roads
Engineering Force (GREF) trapped in an
avalanche last week, were recovered when
the Kupwara-Tangdhar road was opened
after remaining blocked for nearly a
fortnight......more
Azad
reviews J&K security situation at
high-level meeting
NEW DELHI, : Jammu and Kashmir
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today
reviewed the security situation in the
strife-torn state at a high-level meeting
here with senior Government officials led
by Union Home Secretary V K Duggal.An
official said the meeting deliberated ......more
Some
adjustments to take place
on Arunachal, J & K: Pranab
NEW DELHI, : External Affairs
Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said
"some adjustments will take place
here and there" on Arunachal Pradesh
and Jammu and Kashmir at the conclusion
of the ongoing talks with China and
Pakistan respectively. The fact that the
Lok Sabha had passed resolutions
declaring the two states as an integral
party of India did not make them non-
negotiable, Mr Mukherjee said in the
House during zero hour.......more
Highway
closed due to landslides
SRINAGAR, : The Kashmir Valley
was again cut off from the rest of the
country following the closure of
300-km-long Srinagar- Jammu national
highway due to landslides.All the
incoming and outgoing flights, including
those carrying the Haj pilgrims from
Jammu and Kashmir ......more
COLD COMFORT: A boy
trying to stave off the chill with the
traditional Kashmir fire pot
"Kangri" on a road side in
Srinagar on
Tuesday as the cold wave continued in
Kashmir valley. (UNI)
Congress, PDP
differ on 1975 power-sharing pact
NEW DELHI, Dec 12: The
Congress and PDP, partners in Jammu and
Kashmir’s ruling alliance, differed
on the issue of self-rule and adhering to
the 1975 Indira-Sheikh agreement on power
sharing at a meeting here today of the
Working Group set up to discuss the
relation between the State and Centre. .....more
5 of family
among 7 killed in accident
*Shooting of stones continues on NH
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 12: Five members of a
family were among seven people killed
when a Tata Sumo, they were travelling
in, plunged into a gorge reportedly after
hit by a shooting stone at highly
vulnerable spot of Panthal on
Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in the
wee hours today...........more
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