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Army nails officers involved in Siachen-gear pilferage: Antony

NEW DELHI, : Army today said it has initiated administrative action against three officers and three Junior Commissioned Officers for alleged pilferage of special rations meant for soldiers serving in icy heights of Siachen Glaciers....more

Student slaughtered in Sopore
Al-Badar chief trapped in Budgam village

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 2: Seniormost commander of Al-Badar Mujahideen, Bilal Afghani alias Chhotta Bilal, has been trapped by Special Operations Group (SOG) of J&K Police in village Aarth in Budgam district. Meanwhile, over a year after the brutal killing of dental surgeon Dr Mushtaq Ahmed Shah, a yong student has been mercilessly slaughtered in Sopore...more

Two Army jawans killed in Sunderbani gunbattle
*Infiltrators still at large

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 2: Two Army jawans including a Havildar were killed in an encounter with the militants in forward village of Dadyal in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district this morning while three suspected militants were arrested by security forces from Banola Nullah in Mendhar area of Poonch district along with explosive material.....more

Shafi Pandit elected YHAI chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 2: Senior Jammu and Kashmir civil servant Mohammad Shafi Pandit was today elected the president of Youth Hostels Association of India (YHAI), a non-governmental body engaged in promotion of social and recreational activities......more

Weapon, two I cards, mobile phone seized
Top HM ultra on way to City nabbed

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Dec 2: Special Operations Group (SOG) Jammu today apprehended a top Hizbul Mujahideen militant from a bus in Nagrota along with arms, ammunition, two identity cards and a mobile telephone. The militant, who had undergone training in different camps in PoK for five and a half years, was on way to the City here.....more

Several allowances to compensate new skills
4.5 times hike in Defence pay scales proposed

By Mohinder Verma

JAMMU, Dec 2: Pay Commission Cells of three forces—Army, Navy and Air Force constituted by Defence Ministry have proposed 4.5 times increase in the new pay scales for both officers and personnel below officer rank, to the Sixth Pay Commission......more

Demise widely mourned
CM’s father-in-law passes away

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 2: Prominent Kashmiri poet and educationist Mohammad Abdullah Dev Nadeem passed away here last night. He was 77 and is survived by six sons and two daughters including Shameem Dev Azad, noted singer, Padmashree Awardee and wife of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. Mr Dev was ailing for some time and breathed his last.....more

Two Haj pilgrims from J&K killed

SRINAGAR, Dec 2: As many as 17 Haj pilgrims from India have so far died at the twin Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia mostly due to cardiac arrest, officials said today......more

6 villagers rescued from Pir Panjal

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Dec 2: Six villagers including a minor boy were rescued by a joint team of police and Army from the higher reaches of Pir Panjal in Budhal area of Rajouri today....more