Ceasefire completes 3 years
*Border people hope it will continue

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 26: Ceasefire between Indo-Pak troops along International Border as well as Line of Control today completed three years with the people living in forward areas hoping that it would become a permanent feature.........more

Rajnath gets 3 year term as BJP chief

NEW DELHI, Nov 26: Driven by the BJP’s desire to re-establish itself in the Hindi heartland of Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Punjab, Rajnath Singh today got a renewed three-year term as party president when he was elected unopposed this noon. ...........more

One killed, another missing
400 stranded at Kargil, Drass

Excelsior Correspondent

KARGIL, Nov 26: One person was killed and another went missing whileas around 400 passengers have been stranded at Kargil and Drass for the past eight days due to the closure of Srinagar-Leh National Highway following landslides triggered by the heavy snowfall........more

Selection of 23 AD Statistics
HC summons PSC record

Excelsior Correspondent

Jammu, Nov 26: In various writ petitions challenging selection of Assistant Directors Economics and Statistics, Justice YP Nargotra of J&K High Court Jammu wing has directed the Public Service Commission (PSC) to produce record of selection and issued notice to the State of J&K, the PSC including Controller of Examination and 23 selected candidates.......more

Azad directs Cong legislators to donate for Dogra Trust
*Cautions against adopting ‘other means’ for money

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 26: Calling upon Congress workers and leaders to follow foot steps of late Girdhari Lal Dogra, Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad today directed each party legislator to donate Rs 10,000 for trust -which has been constituted in the memory of the late leader, who, throughout his life, worked for betterment and upliftment of neglected and marginalized lot of the society.......more

Girl, mastermind, killers of Bakra identified

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 26: Police tonight said a breakthrough has been achieved in yesterday’s killing of Sanjay Kumar alias Bittu alias Bakra inside the house of noted Endocrinologist Dr Rattan Kudiyar at Trikuta Nagar..........more

BJP, Sena, NC bid to block Mir’s entry

Excelsior Correspondent

LAKHANPUR, Nov 26: Activists of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena joined by some local workers of National Conference, today tried to stop cavalcade of former Minister, Ghulam Ahmed Mir who entered Jammu after getting bail in infamous Kashmir sex scandal case.........more

Fresh hurdles in Women’s bill

NEW DELHI, Nov 26: The Government’s move to table the much-debated Women’s Reservation Bill in the current session of Parliament could face a new hurdle due to fresh differences between ruling UPA and supporting parties. ......more

Armymen summoned by Doodipora panel

SRINAGAR, Nov 26: The one-man Inquiry Commission probing the killing of four boys at Doodipora early this year has asked the Army personnel, including a Captain, who were allegedly involved in the firing, to appear before it on December 11. ........more

2 Lashkar militants killed

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Nov 26: Two militants of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba have died in a fierce gunbattle with security forces in the Pampore outskirts of Mej today. .....more