SRINAGAR,
Jan 22:Days after Police unearthed the
"coalition of terror" involving two
councilors of the PDP and Congress parties in
Srinagar, a deadlier Police-militant nexus has
surfaced in Shopian area of south Kashmir. Two
personnel of Special Operations Group (SOG) of
District Pulwama Police, who had been appointed
on the basis of their counter-insurgency
operations but later worked for
Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, have been arrested and
disarmed. Meanwhile, Baramulla Police have
arrested two officials of Bombay Mercantile
Co-operative Bank (BMCB) who had visited Pakistan
on passport and visa and were allegedly working
for Lashkar-e-Toiba..........more
Security forces frisking
civilians during intensified security in
Srinagar on the eve of Republic Day.
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SRINAGAR, Jan 22: In an effort to
ensure a trouble free Republic Day, the
city has been put under one of the
tightest security regimens ever with the
Bakshi stadium, the main venue of the
celebrations, resembling a virtual
fortress..........more
RAJIV NAGAR,
HYDERABAD, Jan 22:Finance
Minister P Chidambaram today said
the salaried class would be
exempted from the need for
‘‘actual filing of
Income Tax return" and the
Government had put on hold the
decision to cut food subsidy by
over Rs 4,000 crore. ..........more
SRINAGAR, Jan 22:While
one militant got killed in a
gunbattle in Zakoora area, four
persons, including two CRPF
soldiers, sustained injuries in a
grenade explosion at Nowhatta
here today..............more
RAJIV NAGAR, HYDERABAD,
Jan 22:The Congress today
asked Islamabad to dismantle the
terrorist infrastructure completely to
fulfil the solemn commitment given by
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to
then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
in January 2004 that he would not allow
his country’s territory to be used
for terrorism directed against India.......more
JAMMU, Jan 22: One of the longest
surviving militant of Hizbul Mujahideen
today surrendered before Doda police and
Army while another ultra of the same
outfit was gunned down in inter-gang
rivalry by the LeT activists......more
POONCH, Jan 22: Ten civilians are
expected to cross Line of Control (LoC)
when Tata Pani point in Balnoi area of
Mendhar sector opens for movement of the
civilians tomorrow.............more
KATHMANDU, Jan 22: Nepal’s Royal
Government today released four top
opposition leaders, including former
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala,
from house arrest while troops cracked
down on pro-democracy agitators arresting
50 people even as suspected Maoists shot
dead a mayoral candidate of the Feb 8
Municipal polls. ......................more
MYSORE, Jan 22: President
A P J Abdul Kalam today said that
‘terrorism can be wiped off from the
country only through education with value
system, elimination of poverty and
transformation of religion into a
spiritual system.’.....more
NEW DELHI, Jan
22:CBI today
arrested two senior Income Tax
officials, including an Assistant
Commissioner, for allegedly
demanding and accepting bribe of
Rs 50,000 from a jeweller......more
BANGALORE, Jan
22:Former
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and
ousted Bharatiya Janata Party
leader Uma Bharati today ruled
out formation of a new party and
claimed she was the real BJP. .......more
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