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Friday, May 19, 2006

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Moderate, hardline factions of Hurriyat invited
to roundtable

NEW DELHI: Government today invited 35 leaders, including representatives of moderate and hardline factions of Hurriyat Conference, to the roundtable conference on Kashmir to be held in Srinagar next week even as the separatist amalgam proposed a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh separately on the sidelines of the meet...........more

Gulmarg to be "Indian Davos": Azad

SRINAGAR :The Jammu and Kashmir Government today announced its decision to convert the world famous tourist resort of Gulmarg into an "Indian Davos" by the year-end...........more

A blast victim being treated in a hospital at Srinagar on Thursday.				     Excelsior/Amin War
A blast victim being treated in a hospital at Srinagar on Thursday. Excelsior/Amin War

26 hurt in Pulwama, Srinagar attacks
Three militants among four killed

Excelsior Special Correspondent

Srinagar, May 18: Four persons, including three militants, were killed while as twenty-six persons were injured in two incidents of grenade attacks in Kashmir valley during the past 24 hours. According to details, at least 25 persons got wounded in a grenade attack at Pulwama in south Kashmir, while as a civilian was killed and a lady......more

Students, docs reject Govt offer
*Strike to continue

NEW DELHI, May 18: Turning down the Government’s assurance that general category seats in institutes of higher education will not be reduced, striking resident and junior doctors and medical students today announced they would continue with the stir against OBC reservations...........more

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Hurriyat yet to take decision on roundtable

By Sarwar Kashani

Srinagar, May 18: Stating that Hurriyat was yet to take any final decision on it's participation in Prime Minister's roundtable conference to be held in Srinagar, Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today lashed out at his critics saying those watching Kashmiris sufferings from the distance were unfair towards their plight.........more

Top ISI agent crosses through LoC, arrested

By Gopal Sharma

POONCH, May 18: A top agent of Pakistan’s Inter- Services Intelligence (ISI) agency and an important activist of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM), who crossed to this side from Tatta Pani LoC point in Mendhar areas of Poonch, has landed himself in the police lock up.......more

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Alliance guided by CMP: Mehbooba
Self rule proposal should not be rejected: Mufti

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, May 18: PDP patron and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohd Sayeed today said all ideas and proposals coming from any quarter for resolution of Kashmir issue and bringing India and Pakistan closer should be considered on merits.....more

Doda agitation shifted to Jammu

By Avtar Bhat

JAMMU, May 18: Shifting the venue of their agitation from Doda to Jammu, about 150 inhabitants of Bhagwa villages of the hilly district reached here this evening to launch the indefinite dharna in front of Divisional Commissioner’s Office from tomorrow.....more

Authentication basis for Siachen redeployment: India

NEW DELHI, May 18: Five days ahead of the Indo-Pak talks on Siachen, New Delhi today made it clear in Parliament that authentication of the positions presently held by the respective countries is the basis for any redeployment of forces on the highest battlefield of the world.........more

105 killed in Afghan violence

KANDAHAR, May 18: Some of the fiercest violence since the Taliban’s ouster erupted today across Afghanistan, with coalition forces engaging in multiple firefights, two suicide car bombs and a massive rebel assault on a small village. Upto 105 people were killed.........more

Bid to de-Hinduise J&K: BJP

NEW DELHI, May 18: Accusing the Government of failing to ensure security of people in militancy-hit Doda, the BJP today said the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir was forcing Hindus to leave the State. The Army should be given a free hand to tackle the situation, BJP deputy leader V K Malhotra said during zero hour in the Lok Sabha.........more

 

4 militants escape in Doda

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, May 18: A group of four militants escaped after a fierce gun-battle with security forces and police at Parnot in Doda district this afternoon while three persons were arrested for threatening a family at Gulabgarh under the jurisdiction of Mahore police station.........more

Musharraf to get re-elected as President

ISLAMABAD, May 18: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has dropped clear hints that he planned to get re-elected to the top post by the present national and provincial Assemblies well before they are dissolved next year and fresh elections held......more

Nepal clips King's powers

KATHMANDU, May 18: In a historic step, Nepal’s Parliament today unanimously decided to drastically curtail the King’s political and military powers by stripping him of the title of the Supreme-Commander-in-Chief of Army, asking him to pay taxes and barring him from convening it...........more

 



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