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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

LATEST UPDATE NEWS (13:15 IST)

Two more families surrender in Uri after their
return from PoK

BARAMULLA, :Two more families, comprising 13 members, surrendered before the troops immediately after their return from Pakistan- occupied Kashmir (pok) at Tulanga in the Uri sector . Official sources said Mohammad Sageer and Bashir Ahmad had crossed into PoK in 1990 for receiving arms training. However, after getting training in different camps, ......more

Ex-Hizb chief's wife shot, 9 injured in blast
Hizb 'Div Commdr' Suhail Faisal killed

From Ahmed Ali Fayyaz

SRINAGAR, Nov 28: Suhail Faisal, one of Hizbul Mujahideen's most wanted commanders in Jammu and Kashmir, has been killed by security forces at his hideout which he had established in the residential locality of the former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and his relatives in Baba Mohalla of Bijbehara township in south Kashmir. Meanwhile, suspected militants have fired upon the wife of one-time Hizbul Muhajideen chief Abdul Majeed Dar in the Srinagar outskirts of Chhanapora and 9 civilian, including 5 tourists, have been left wounded in a grenade attack at the tourist attraction of Tangmarg in Baramulla district today......more

Dutt guilty under Arms Act
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt on his way to the Special
TADA Court in Mumbai on Tuesday. (UNI)

Dutt guilty under Arms Act

MUMBAI, Nov 28: After a trial spanning 13 years, Sanjay ‘Munnabhai’ Dutt was today acquitted of the grave charge of conspiracy in the 1993 serial blasts here but was convicted for a much lesser offence under the Arms Act by a TADA Court that ruled the Bollywood actor was not a terrorist..........more

 

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PM seeks resignation
Shibu Soren convicted in Jha murder case

NEW DELHI, Nov 28: In a major political embarassment for the UPA Government, Shibu Soren was today held guilty of involvement in the killing of his private secretary Shashi Nath Jha 12 years ago by a Delhi Court in the first such conviction of a Union Minister in a murder case........more

Houses of ex-Tehsildar, 2 others raided
SVO unearths land scam worth crores
* Genuine displaced persons displaced to grab land

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Nov 28: The State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) today raided houses of a retired Tehsildar, a Patwari and a property dealer after prima facie their involvement in illegal and fraudulent sale of 219 kanals of land at Deeli near Channi Himmat worth crores of rupees on the name of displaced persons from Pakistan was established............more

124 AEEs transferred

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 28: The Government has issued orders of transfers and postings of 124 Assistant Executive Engineers and I/C AEEs (Civil) in the Roads and Buildings department........more

Recovery of land cost to start from Jan 27: Azad

Excelsior Correspondent

Jammu, Nov 28: Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today emphasized that the ordinance issued for retrieval and cost realization of State land from all illegal occupants as per different categories, shown in the ordinance, should be implemented in letter and spirit. He fixed time targeted calendar for initiating action in this regard.......more

Money generated used in sustaining militancy
Narcotics being cultivated on 11,000 kanals land

By Mohinder Verma

JAMMU, Nov 28: Incredible it may sound but it’s fact that narcotics worth several crores of rupees are being grown on about 11000 kanals of private land in three districts of Kashmir valley and some portion of Ramban district of Jammu province.......more

Illegal felling, timber smuggling in Tangmarg
1000 cft of illicit timber seized

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Nov 28: While largescale felling of conifer trees, denudation of compartments and timber smuggling is continuing in Tangmarg-Gulmarg area, Forest Protection Force (FPF) and Vigilance Organisation Kashmir (VOK) have seized about 1,000 cft of illicit timber from two sawmills in Pattan and Narbal. In the continued series of operations, FPF has also seized about 500 cft of fresh felled illicit timber in Sopore, Handwara and Shangus areas in Kashmir valley..........more

Petrol, diesel to cost less

NEW DELHI, Nov 28: Petrol and diesel prices may be reduced by Rs two and Rs one a litre respectively and a decision in this regard is likely to be announced in Parliament tomorrow.........more

Another jeweller trapped at Airport

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 28: In a second case of its kind, Anti-Hijacking Police at Jammu Airport today caught a jeweller attempting to take golden ornaments worth more than Rs 30 lakh to New Delhi in Indian Airlines flight. He was imposed a fine of Rs 15.06 lakh by Vigilance wing of the Sales Tax Department.......more

CM approves mini ICU for GMC

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 28: Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today approved a 4 bedded mini-Intensive Care Unit for Medicines and Surgery Departments in the Medical College, Jammu besides marble flooring in entire Casualty......more

 

Ex-Supdt Kot Bhalwal suspended

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 28: The Government today placed under suspension Sheikh Abdul Rashid, former Superintendent of Kot Bhalwal Jail for ‘misconduct and de-reliction of duty’......more

 



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