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Wednesday, November 8, 2006

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A Train to Kashmir! A Dream Come True

Srinagar : After decades of wait, a train has finally reached Kashmir via the 300-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway, pulled by a trailer-truck...And not on a rail track.......more

India rebuts Pak claim on self-determination in J&K

UNITED NATIONS, : India has firmly rejected Pakistani’s claim that people of Jammu and Kashmir have been denied the right to self-determination and said subversion should not be allowed to be promoted under the garb of any right in a UN member state.......more

35 dead in a suicide attack at Pak army training camp

Peshawar: A suicide attacker detonated a bomb at a Pakistan army training base in northwestern Pakistan today, killing at least 35 soldiers and wounding a number of others, army and government officials said......more

Committee soon to look into unemployment,
other issues concerning migrants: Azad

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 7: Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad today announced that Government will soon constitute a Committee of four to five members to look into the unemployment problem being faced by the displaced Pandits and other allied issues concerning the community......more

2 militants, cop killed

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Nov 7: In a joint operation, Police and security forces have killed two militants in Kupwara district even as suspected militants have gunned down a Police constable at his home in Rajwar area of the same border district in Kashmir valley since last evening. Meanwhile, eight persons have sustained injuries in different incidents of violence in the Valley today..........more

 

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Petrol prices may be reduced

NEW DELHI, Nov 7: The Government is likely to consider reducing petrol and diesel prices if international crude oil prices fall below 52 dollars a barrel........more

5 member delegation to meet Pak FS
Mirwaiz re-elected Hurriyat chief

SRINAGAR, Nov 7: Awami Action Committee (AAC) chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was today re-elected as chairman of moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference for another term of two years............more

 

Smooth sailing for Khajuria as Joshi
persuades ‘dissidents’

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 7: Emergent visit of all powerful general secretary (organization) Sanjay Joshi and national secretary incharge Jammu and Kashmir Manohar Lal ultimately resolved crises in the Pradesh BJP as no candidate except Ashok Khajuria, who was choice of the party highcommand, filed his nomination paper for the post of the State president. As only one candidate is in the fray, election of Mr Khajuria as new president is foregone conclusion and formal announcement in this regard will be made tomorrow at 11.30 am........more

17 quintals spurious chilli, turmeric seized

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Nov 7: Police has seized 1,700 kgs of spurious chilli and turmeric and arrested both the persons who had smuggled in the spices from Jammu.......more

Situation not conducive for KPs’ return: Farooq

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 7: Former Chief Minister and patron National Conference (NC) Dr Farooq Abdullah has said that the present situation was not conducive for the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley.......more

Remove obstacles impeding SAFTA: India

NEW DELHI, Nov 7: India today asked Pakistan to remove "obstructions" and allow free trade under SAARC Free Trade Arrangement (SAFTA) failing which operationalisation of the mechanism will be difficult..........more

SHRC indicts BSF, RR

SRINAGAR, Nov 7: The State Human Rights Commission has indicted the security forces for the custodial deaths of two youths in 1993 and 2003.........more

Miseries of people on rise: Omar

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 7: National Conference president Omar Abdullah has asserted that the miseries of the common people have multiplied since the coalition Government took over in the State......more

SPO turned HM ultra killed

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 7: A top militant of Hizbul Mujahideen, who had deserted a police picket as a Special Police Officer (SPO) in Thathri in April this year, was gunned down by police and security forces at village Budhi in Gandoh area of Doda district today while a hide-out of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was destroyed by security forces in Surankote tehsil of Poonch district......more

SVO nabs Girdawar taking graft

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 7: The State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) today arrested a Girdawar red-handed while accepting a gratification of Rs 1000 from a civilian for making OBC certificate of his two children......more

 



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