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Opposition bid to repeal Article 370 foiled in RS

NEW DELHI, : A private member’s bill to repeal the Article 370 of the Constitution of India, according special status to Jammu and Kashmir, was rejected in the Rajya Sabha amid heavy protests from the treasury benches, saying such a bill had been negated twice in the past in ......more

SC issues notices to Centre
J&K for white paper on Kashmiri Pandits

NEW DELHI, : The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre and the State of Jammu and Kashmir on a petition filed by all India Kashmiri Samaj seeking directions to the respondents to issue a white paper on the events in the strife-torn State. ......more

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh addressing the Conference of DGPs/IGPs in New Delhi on Thursday.

‘Terrorism no longer centered on J&K’
Don’t be complacent, PM to security forces

NEW DELHI, Nov 23: Warning that the terror threat has spread beyond Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked the security forces not to be complacent and adapt to "new requirements"......more

Afzal hanging issue rocks Parliament
*Both Houses adjourned

NEW DELHI, Nov 23: The issue of hanging of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru today rocked both Houses of Parliament after slogan-chanting BJP-Shiv Sena members trooped into their wells demanding that he be sent to the gallows without any delay and mercy..........more

Non-state subjects being barred from bidding; Process put on hold
Dilawar buckles under Oppn tirade on land auction

From Ahmed Ali Fayyaz

SRINAGAR, Nov 23: With the entire mainstream as well as separatist Opposition---from National Conference to both factions of Hurriyat Conference and Hizbul Mujahideen to Lashkar-e-Toiba---joining hands to defeat the coalition government's plan of setting up joint ventures in Tourism sector, Minister of Tourism Mohammad Dilawar .......more

Create atmosphere of trust: Farooq
Ensure democracy in PoK before self-rule: Saran

NEW DELHI, Nov 23: Pakistan will have to ensure democracy to the grass-root level in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK), Gilgit and Baltistan before it spells out any idea of self-rule for discussion on Jammu and Kashmir, former Foreign Secretary Shayam Saran has said............more

22 AEEs promoted, 48 X-Ens adjusted

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 23: The Government today promoted 22 Assistant Executive Engineers (AEEs) as incharge Executive Engineers (Xens) while 48 Executive Engineers (Civil) have been adjusted and transferred in the Roads and Buildings Department........more

Billa sent to JIC, SIT being re-constituted
CBI officially refuses to takeover Chopra case

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Nov 23: The Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) has officially refused to take over investigations in the murder case of cement tycoon Rajinder Bushan Chopra alias Raju Chopra and four others including his wife and daughter in Chopra’s Trikuta Nagar house on September 17 night.......more

3 top ultras killed in Doda

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 23: Police today gunned down three top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants in an encounter at Hunzar, Dachan under the jurisdiction of Marwah police station in Doda district.......more

Lawyers strike work in Valley

SRINAGAR, Nov 23: Lawyers in Kashmir today boycotted courts in protest against a grenade attack on Bar president and senior counsel Mian Abdul Qayoom yesterday..........more

Teacher held for LeT links

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Nov 23: Police tonight arrested a Government teacher from village Pangai in Thanna Mandi for his links with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit and involvement in grenade attacks.........more

3 suicide bombers kill 145

BAGHDAD, Nov 23: In the deadliest attack since the beginning of the Iraq war, suspected Sunni-Arab militants used three suicide car bombs and two mortar rounds on the capital’s Shiite Sadr city slum to kill at least 145 people and wound 238 today, police said.........more

Jammu-Srinagar NH re-opens

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 23: After a day’s blockade, Jammu-Srinagar national highway was restored for traffic this afternoon after landslides at Panthial near Banihal were cleared by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) personnel.........more