
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil and
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad
addressing a public meeting at Teetwal on
Sunday. Excelsior/Amin War
Orphaned
children given relief
Nation
behind victims of Kashmir quake: Patil
Excelsior
Correspondent
TEETWAL, Oct 8: Visiting the
Kashmir valley on the first anniversary
of the devastating earthquake that
flattened dozens of villages, Home
Minister Shivraj Patil today assured the
people of the State that the entire
nation was backing the endeavour to help
the victims of the disaster......more
Throat-cutters
strike yet again in apple town
Dental
surgeon beheaded in broad daylight in
Sopore
From Ahmed Ali
Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Oct 8: Taking advantage
of the losing grip of Police, BSF as well
as Army in Sopore, militants have
kidnapped and mercilessly slaughtered a
young dental surgeon within 24 hours of
beheading a Territorial Army recruit in
the apple-rich north Kashmir township.
More confident this time, militants have
slit the throat of the young dental
surgeon and father of three kids with
seven shaving blades in broad daylight
after subjecting him to untold brutality
for about two hours...........more
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Army jawan
killed, Captain injured
4 infiltrators
shot dead in Poonch
Excelsior
Correspondent
POONCH, Oct
8: Troops of Poonch
Brigade today foiled an
infiltration attempt by a group
of suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba
(LeT) militants killing four
infiltrators on the Line of
Control (LoC) in Sabjian sub
sector of this district. An Army
jawan was killed in the operation
while a Captain was injured.........more
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BJP leaders meet
Kalam, oppose clemency to Guru
NEW DELHI,
Oct 8 : While
petitioning the President A P J
Abdul Kalam against clemency to
Parliament terror attack convict
Afzal Guru, the Bharatiya Janata
Party today declared that it will
take the issue to the masses if
the convict was condoned the
death penalty............more
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Farooq pays
tributes to quake victims
URI, Oct 8: Victims of
the massive earthquake that hit
Jammu and Kashmir exactly a year
ago staged a protest here today
against the slow pace of the
rehabilitation of those affected
by the disaster that devastated
dozens of frontier villages........more
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Baba Hardev calls
for strengthening peace,
brotherhood
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct
8: Exhorting the
people to strength peace and
brotherhood, Baba Hardev Singhji
Maharaj, head of the Sant
Nirankari Mission, today said
that message of Mission was more
relevant today due to prevailing
bloodshed and hatred in the
world.......more

Pak experts
assembled bombs
MUMBAI, Oct
8:Pakistanis involved
in the July 11 serial train One
of the 11 blasts had come here
exclusively to offer his
expertise for making bombs which
were subsequently used to strike
terror in suburban locals,
investigations by the
Anti-Terrorism Squad have
revealed.......more
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Mirwaiz Umar
returns from US visit
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR,
Oct 8: Chairman
of the separatist Hurriyat
Conference (Mirwaiz), Umar
Farooq, today returned from a
three-week-long tour of the
United States of America. ..........more
Leopard kills
another boy
Excelsior
Correspondent
RAJOURI, Oct
8: A man-eater leopard
which has created a reign of
terror in the area for the last
few months, killed yet another
boy last night. The victim, which
is eighth in the district so far
in last four months, has been
identified as three and half-
year-old, Mohd Javed, son of
Zubaid, a resident of village Kot
Behrot in Thanna Mandi area of
district Rajouri...........more
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