PM moots 7 pt strategy to fight corruption

NEW DELHI, Nov 17: Favouring an aggressive pursuit of corruption cases at the highest level, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today spelt out a seven-point comprehensive strategy including reforms in the tax system, an area of high corruption........more

Muslims lagging behind: Committee

NEW DELHI, Nov 17: The Rajinder Sachar Committee that went into the status of Muslims in the country has not recommended reservation for the community which it says was "lagging behind" the other religious groups in most development indicators............more

Largescale green felling, timber smuggling in Tangmarg area
Truck, van seized at Magam; 4 smugglers arrested

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Nov 17: With Police, Forest Department and Forest Protection Force (FPF) striking on one another in Budgam district now, largescale green felling and timber smuggling has been exposed in Tangmarg belt. In a daytime ambush, Police Station Magam has seized a truck and a van laden with illicit timber and arrested all the four smugglers carrying the same from Tangmarg to Srinagar........more

Trader held with 2 kg gold at Airport

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 17: Anti-Hijacking police at Jammu Airport today arrested a businessmen of Amritsar along with two kg gold which he was trying to smuggle to Srinagar in Spice Jet flight evading tax.......more

Blatant misuse of LPG in vehicles

By Mohinder Verma

JAMMU, Nov 17: The insensitivity of the Government agencies towards their duty can be well gauged from the fact that a blatant misuse of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in four-wheelers has been going unchecked across the State with agencies responsible for arresting the menace, not ready to accomplish their job.......more

Sonia hints trouble for Mulayam

NEW DELHI, Nov 17: Amid clamour for President’s rule in Uttar Pradesh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today struck ominous notes for Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav claiming that people of the State do not feel free and fair Assembly polls were not possible under his stewardship..........more

Groom replaced to deceive bride

SRINAGAR, Nov 17: In a bizarre incident, a family tried to deceive a bride by replacing the groom with his brother at a wedding ceremony in north Kashmir.........more

Student held for militant links

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 17: Police today arrested a student of Government higher secondary school, Doda for his links with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit.........more

Karate in JKLF chief organiser

SRINAGAR, Nov 17: A rival faction of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) today effected major organisational changes and appointed Farooq Ahmed Dar alias Bitta Karate, who was recently released from jail after 16 years, as its chief organiser.........more

10 kg charas seized, 4 held

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 17: Police today foiled an attempt to smuggle 10 kilograms of charas and arrested four persons near Banihal. Police spokesman said that a police team headed by SHO Banihal Police Station Inspector Abid Rafiqui intercepted a Maruti car bearing registration number JK02A-6883 at Kharpura on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway and subjected it to checking......more

Army jawan commits suicide

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 17: An Army jawan allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself at Nachlana under the jurisdiction of Ramban Police Station today......more