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Saturday, December 23, 2006

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Colonel killed, two jawans hurt in encounter

SRINAGAR, : An Army Colonel was killed and two soldiers injured in a gunbattle with militants in Pattan area of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir today. Colonel G S Sarna, Commanding Officer of 29 Rashtriya Rifles, was hit by two bullets in the abdomen and rushed to the base hospital where he succumbed to injuries, a defence spokesman said. ......more

 

Chairman of Task Force for Development of J&K, Dr C Rangarajan submitting report to Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Friday.
Chairman of Task Force for Development of J&K, Dr C Rangarajan submitting report to Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Friday.

Transfer of Dulhasti to J&K, satellite business city in Valley recommended
PM’s Task Force proposes Rs 8300 cr package for J&K

NEW DELHI, Dec 22: A whopping Rs 8,302-crore package for the development of Jammu and Kashmir was today proposed by the Prime Minister’s Special Task Force, which suggested a slew of measures including a Rs 200-crore satellite business city in the Valley and a Special Investment Zone to attract industry and generate employment in the State......more

Joint control on Kashmir impractical: Governor

Excelsior Correspondent

POONCH, Dec 22: Governor Lt.General (Retd) S K Sinha today said that India is open to proposals from Pakistan for solving Kashmir problem but added that joint control over Kashmir seems to be impractical......more

 

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Kalam for national campaign to eradicate terrorism

NEW DELHI, Dec 22: Expressing concern over the low intensity proxy war and terrorism, President A P J Abdul Kalam today called for launching a National Campaign to Eradicate Terrorism (NCET) with mission oriented integrated management structure and people’s participation..........more

HC releases woman in open court for Ist time

SRINAGAR, Dec 22: For the first time during the past 18 years of militancy, the State High Court ordered immediate release of a woman, accused of working for the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), and handed over the detainee to her parents........more

Live grenade recovered from Batmaloo
Two civilians killed in Sopore

SRINAGAR, Dec 22 : Two people were killed and seven others, including four security personnel, wounded in a firing incident in Sopore in north Kashmir this afternoon, whileas militants killed a civilian and security forces averted a major tragedy after detecting a live grenade from a passenger bus today........more

Rs 38 lakh scam in computers purchase
5 officers of TED, supplier booked

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 22: The State Vigilance Organisation today registered a case against five officers of State Government and proprietor of a private company in a computer purchase scam in Technical Education Department worth Rs 38 lakh.......more

Communication link snapped for 8 hrs

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 22: The communication link of the entire State with the rest of the country remained snapped for about eight hours today following massive damage to the Optical Fibre Cable at several places between Pathankot to Jallandar.......more

57 prisoners repatriated to Pak

WAGAH, Dec 22: The Indian Government today repatriated 57 Pakistani prisoners, including three women and two children, through this joint border check post..........more

Heroin worth Rs 3.5 cr seized

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 22: Few days after the arrest of a Pakistani smuggler and recovery of 25 kg heroin worth Rs 25 crore from his possession, police today arrested three narcotics smugglers including a student and recovered 3.5 kg heroin worth Rs 3.5 crore from them at Chowki Chowra under the jurisdiction of Akhnoor police station..........more

2 KAS officers transferred

Excelsior Correspondent

Jammu,Dec 22: Government has ordered transfers and postings of two KAS officers. Rafiq Ahmad Hakeem, Special Assistant to Minister for Forests and Housing and Urban Development has been......more

Two hide-outs of ultras busted

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 22: Security forces and police today destroyed two hide-outs of the militants in Kishtwar and Surankote tehsils of Doda and Poonch districts.......more

Pak will never hand me over to India: Salahuddin

ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: Hizbul Mujahideen chief and United Jehad Council chairman Syed Salahuddin has reposed full faith in the Pakistani leadership and expressed confidence that Islamabad would never hand him over to India as he was a "Kashmiri citizen".......more



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