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Saturday, November 4, 2006

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Govt plans to involve pvt security agencies in
inteligence gathering

NEW DELHI,: With terrorism posing a real-time threat, Government today said it was planning to rope in the services of around 50 lakh private security guards in the country for information gathering to boost its intelligence network......more

200 kg RDX, 61 detonators recovered

JAMMU, : In a pre-dawn operation, security forces today unearthed a large quantity of explosive material and devices, including 200 kg of RDX powder and 61 detonators, from a militant hideout in Ramban tehsil of Doda district, official sources said.......more

Army chief Gen J J Singh addressing a press conference in Srinagar on Friday. Excelsior/Amin War
Army chief Gen J J Singh addressing a press conference in Srinagar on Friday. Excelsior/Amin War

Infiltration, cross border terror on : Army chief
Joint anti-terror mechanism still at discussion level

SRINAGAR, Nov 3: Expressing concern over continuing cross-border terrorism and infiltration, Army chief General J J Singh today said the Indo-Pak joint anti-terror mechanism was still at the discussion level......more

 

IED destroyed near police station
Ex-Hizb commdr Bil Wahab gunned down

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Nov 3: One of Hizbul Mujahideen's most prominent commanders in south Kashmir, who had surrendered before Police earlier this year, has been eliminated by militants in Anantnag. Meanwhile, militants fired some shots towards a Police party in Tral and Police destroyed an IED which had been planted by militants near Police Station Sher Garhi..........more

 

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Governor, Army chief pay homage to Maj Somnath

(Excelsior Correspondent/Agencies)

SRINAGAR, Nov 3: Governor Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha today paid glowing tributes to Major Som Nath Sharma, the first Param Vir Chakra awardee of Independent India, by placing wreath at his larger than life size statue at Srinagar Airport........more

Minister only authority of sanctioning timber to mosques
FPF seizes 200 cft divdar

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Nov 3: Forest Protection Force (FPF) has seized 200 cubic foot of freshly felled green divdar timber from a sawmill at Delina in Baramulla district today. Meanwhile, Minister of Forest, Qazi Mohammad Afzal, has issued orders that nobody other than the Minister incharge would be the sanctioning authority of timber for places of worship like mosques, temples, Gurudwaras and shrines in the State............more

 

BJP HC favours Ashok Khajuria

Excelsior Correspondent

NEW DELHI, Nov 3: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) high command seems to be in favour of fielding BJP leader Ashok Khajuria for the post of State president in Jammu and Kashmir, for which election, if necessary, will be held on November 8........more

J&K sex racket case
Court asks CBI to file replies

CHANDIGARH, Nov 3: A court, hearing the Jammu and Kashmir sex racket case, today directed the CBI to file replies by tomorrow on defence pleas to allow two of the accused to visit a temple and on that of seven others for being lodged in Srinagar jail during the trial period. ......more

From 6 HIV +ve in 2001 to 200 in 2006
AIDS fast spreading in Jammu

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Nov 3: AIDS, a deadly disease till recently confined to metro cities, is fast spreading in this region of the State taking even housewives and children in its grip.......more

CM's pvt office to function in Srinagar

Excelsior Correspondent

Srinagar, Nov 3: About 2000 persons including delegations and individuals have approached the private office of the Chief Minister during October, 2006 for redressal of their collective and individuals grievances..........more

SVO arrests X-En in Srinagar

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 3: The State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) today arrested Executive Engineer, Special Sub Division Bandipora, Abdul Aziz Kashmiri for misappropriation of lakhs of rupees in purchase of GI pipes and pipe fittings.........more

Panch held for selling forest land

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 3: Tightening noose around the persons involved in the encroachment and subsequent selling of the Forest Department land in Bathindi area, police today arrested Panch of the Bathindi Panchayat and launched hunt for a property dealer......more

LeT ultra killed in Poonch

Excelsior Correspondent

POONCH, Nov 3: A Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant was gunned down by security forces and police in an encounter at Sangiot in Mendhar tehsil this evening......more

Two of family killed in mishap

Excelsior Correspondent

KATHUA, Nov 3: Two members of a Jammu based family were killed and three others, were injured, two of them critically when a car in which they were travelling hit a scooter coming from the opposite direction and rolled down into a ditch. The accident took place at Madhopur bridge near Lakhanpur......more

 



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