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Afzal petitions
President for mercy
NEW DELHI: Facing gallows for
his role in the 2001 Parliament terror
attack, Mohammed Afzal Guru has
petitioned President A P J Abdul Kalam
for mercy saying he did not get
"fair trial" in courts......more
Kashmiris gaze
in wonder as train chugs on road
SRINAGAR: ''Is this the
train?'' asked 72-year-old Hajra Begum as
she looked agape at two rail coaches
being pulled by a trailer-truck and
chugging on the Srinagar-Jammu national
highway on its way to the Badgam yard for
being placed on the track......more
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh
and Chief Minister of Jammu &
Kashmir, Ghulam Nabi Azad, in a meeting,
in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Budget session to
be advanced
J&K
switches over to Jan-Dec financial year
NEW DELHI, Nov 8: Breaking
from the tradition, the Jammu and Kashmir
Government has opted for a
January-December financial year, as
against April-March in the country, and
consequently would hold its budget
session in January 2007. .....more
42 killed in suicide
attack on Pak army training camp
ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: A suicide bomber
killed 42 Pakistani soldiers at an Army
training ground today in an attack the
military said was linked to a bloody army
assault on a militant camp last week. .........more
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A train to
Kashmir! A dream comes true
SRINAGAR, Nov 8: 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
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HM ultra shot dead
by LeT cadre
3 LeT
‘comdrs’ killed in Doda
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 8: Security
forces and police tonight gunned
down three top Lashkar-e-Toiba
(LeT) militants, all
‘commanders’ at Draman
in Gandoh area of Doda district
while LeT ultras clashed with
Hizbul Mujahideen activists at
Ghuroo, Gandoh early this morning
in which a top Hizbul Mujahideen
ultra was killed. ............more
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Rs 1.60 cr
embezzlement established by SVO
Rural
electrification case sent to Govt
for sanction
By Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Nov 8: The State
Vigilance Organisation (SVO) has
completed investigations in much
publicised rural electrification
scam in Baramulla and Anantnag
districts in which more than a
dozen senior officers are
involved........more
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Jail Supdt held
hostage, rescued Hai’s
arrest
leads to local-Pak ultras clash
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 8:
Pakistan and Kashmiri militants
today again clashed inside high
security Kot Bhalwal jail late
this afternoon after Jail
Superintendent Sheikh Abdul
Rashid was held hostage by a
couple of Pak ultras inside a
barrack demanding release of
their colleague Abdul Hai, who
was detained by the CID for
questioning in connection with
recovery of mobile telephones
from inside the jail premises few
days back.......more
India rebuts Pak
claim on self-determination
UNITED NATIONS,
Nov 8: 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
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US dividing
Muslims over Saddam: Farooq
JAMMU, Nov 8: National
Conference patron and former
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister
Farooq Abdullah today accused the
United States (US) and the
Western world of dividing Muslims
over death penalty to deposed
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. ..........more
FIR lodged
against SHO, SI
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 8: A FIR has
been registered against suspended
SHO of Darhal Farooq Ahmed and a
suspended Sub Inspector Bashir
Ahmed for torture to a civilian
Ghulam Qadir in custody of Darhal
police station in Rajouri
district.........more
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Major fire in
NHPC Kargil office
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 8:
A major fire broke
out in the office complex of
National Hydro-electric Power
Corporation (NHPC) at Chutuk
project, about eight kms from
Kargil this morning reducing a
portion of the office virtually
to ashes......more
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Patwari's assets
worth lakhs detected
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 8: The State
Vigilance Organisation has
registered a case of possession
of disproportionate assets
against Ghulam Hassan Sofi,
Patwari Halqa Gogo, Budgam.......more
Woman, militant
killed in Valley
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 8: While
security forces have killed a
militant in Handwara area,
militants have shot dead a
middle-aged woman in Sopore area
of north Kashmir......more
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