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Traffic suspended on Srinagar-Jammu highway

SRINAGAR, Traffic on 300-km Srinagar-Jammu highway, the only road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, was suspended today as snowfall and incessant rains led to stones rolling down the hillsides at Panthal in Doda district. ........more

Fresh snowfall on the first day of Challai Kalan

SRINAGAR, : The first day of the 40-day "Challai Kalan", coldest period in winter, witnes sed fresh snowfall in the Kashmir valley, including Summer capital since early today, disrupting normal life. After night-long rains, the city experienced fresh snowfall this morning, the first day of the Challai Kalan. However, snowfall was followed by rains disrupting normal life as almost all the roads in the city were submerged under water. ......more

‘Pak ideas on Kashmir welcome’
India, Pak need to work for
new future: PM

AMRITSAR, Dec 20: Reaching out to Pakistan with his "vision" of Indo-Pak ties, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today renewed his offer of a bilateral treaty of peace, security and friendship which would be an instrument for enduring peace and prosperity......more

Govt to shift Tosha Khana treasure to Civil Sectt

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 20: The State Cabinet, with Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in the chair today, discussed the issue in detail regarding mysterious fire in the Tosha Khana at Mubarik Mandi, and decided to shift the valuables worth hundreds of crores to a strong room at the Civil Secretariat......more

Pak smuggler held, heroin worth Rs 25 cr seized

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 20: Border Security Force (BSF), in a big success, nabbed a Pakistani smuggler from R S Pura area close to the International Border (IB) in Jammu sector and recovered 25 kilograms of heroin worth Rs 25 crore in the international market from his possession..........more

Experts for tough anti-terror law

NEW DELHI, Dec 20: A demand for a tough and stringent anti-terror law to deal with threats from across the border to the country’s vital installations, including nuclear facilities, has been raised by top security experts. .......more

NT arrested for daughter’s fake RBA certificate
GMC student’s MBBS being terminated

From Ahmed Ali Fayyaz

SRINAGAR, Dec 20: After arresting Naib Tehsildar of Handwara for the offence of manipulating his daughter’s admission in Reserved for Backward Area (RBA) category, Handwara District Police are going to arrest the Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu student, Bilquees Gani, whose training course in medicine is also being terminated by the authorities........more

Two others get 4 years imprisonment
Court awards life sentence to Manu

NEW DELHI, Dec 20: Manu Sharma, the killer of model Jessica Lall who had escaped the clutches of law with the trial court acquittal, was today given life imprisonment by the Delhi High Court which rejected prosecution demand for death sentence, saying the murder was "not intentional" and "pre-meditated".......more

Musharraf may visit Delhi

ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is expected to attend the SAARC summit to be held in New Delhi early next year. ......more

3 day talks on Sir Creek

ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Indian and Pakistani hydrographers would hold three-day talks beginning here Thursday to finalise modalities for conducting a joint survey of the Sir Creek area to enable the two countries demarcate the maritime zone. .........more

Arms, ammunition seized in Valley

SRINAGAR, Dec 20 : Security forces recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition in Kashmir overnight,official spokesman said today. .........more

SGPC for control of
Nankana Sahib bus

AMRITSAR, Dec 20: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) today demanded that it should be given control of the biweekly Amritsar-Nankana Sahib and Amritsar-Lahore bus services. ......more