NEW DELHI, Jan 17 : Seeking to further
consolidate the Confidence-Building Measures
(CBMs), India today proposed a freeze on setting
up of new defence posts and defence works along
the Line of Control (LoC) and announced its
intention to extend the Munnabao-Khokrapar rail
link to Ajmer..........more
SRINAGAR, Jan 17: In a major
achievement, Police and security forces
have eliminated five important militants
of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, including
Shopian area's most wanted militant of
the day Bilal Ahmed Sheikh alias
Saifullah. Forces have also recovered
both the SLRs which had been looted by
militants from a Police picket in Shopian
area on January 12.........more
JAMMU, Jan
17: With the recovery
of huge cache of arms, ammunition
and explosive devices, the
security forces and Jammu Police
have frustrated the nefarious
designs of the terrorists to
executive attack on Republic Day.
But on the other hand some
dreaded terrorists of
Laskhar-a-Toiba (LeT) have been
desperately trying to sneak into
Jammu city to intensify terror
activities...........more
NEW DELHI,
Jan 17: Regretting
that the standards of the Bar has
declined over the years, Chief
Justice of India Y K Sabharwal
has complained that some people
are trying to apparently
influence the process of
selection of judges to get their
own men on the Bench...........more
WAGAH (PUNJAB),
Jan 17: Ahead of the launch of the
much-awaited bus service between Amritsar
and Lahore, the Centre today gave a
relief to the passengers by doing away
with the formal cumbersome security
vetting system. It also decided to set up
a task force for developing the Wagah
border check post, the entry point for
the Amritsar- Lahore and the Delhi-Lahore
bus services, on the Indo-Pak border to
give it a truly international transit
point look.......more
JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Jan
17: The 300-kms long
Jammu-Srinagar national highway stayed
closed for third day while
Batote-Kishtwar highway was also blocked
today due to landslides. Two flights to
Srinagar were also cancelled. However,
all flights operated on New Delhi-Jammu
route......more
JAMMU, Jan 17: A day after
killing two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)
militants near Trikuta Hills under the
jurisdiction of Reasi police district,
police today arrested four persons
including two political activists who had
planned an attack on Mata Vaishnodevi
shrine.............more
NEW DELHI, Jan
17:
Two Pakistani Lashkar-e-Toiba militants
were among seven men convicted by a Delhi
Court today in connection with bomb
blasts which rocked various north Indian
cities in 1997 killing 17 persons and
injuring nearly 300 others. The
Pakistanis — Azad Mohammed and Mohd
Hussain — were held guilty of
conspiring with Amir Khan, Mohd Shakil
and Abdul Bagi for waging war against the
country. They were also convicted under
the Foreigners Act...................more
SRINAGAR,
Jan 17: National Conference (NC)
president Omar Abdullah today condemned
in strongest terms the alleged increase
in custodial killings in Jammu and
Kashmir and demanded a high-level probe
into the incidents besides strict action
against the guilty......more
JAMMU, Jan
17: City police today
arrested an Over Ground Worker
(OGW) of Hizbul Mujahideen
militants from a hotel in Talab
Khatikan locality and recovered
from his possession dura cells,
voice recorder, cassettes and
other material......more
QUETTA, Jan
17: A threatening phone
call that forced the United
Nations to temporarily close
offices in southwestern Pakistan
said Al-Qaeda would attack the
world body’s offices there,
the top UN official in Pakistan
said today..,....more
NEW DELHI,
Jan 17: Enactment
of a stringent law, ensuring a
complaints’ cell,
verification and identity proofs
of all drivers and use of taxis
with ‘black boxes’ were
among measures discussed at a
meeting called by the National
Commission for Women (NCW) today
to discuss the safety of female
BPO employees..,....more
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