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UPDATE NEWS (20:15 IST)
Five killed in
gunbattle
Srinagar : Three army
personnel and two suspected
Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were killed in
a gunbattle in Baramulla district
today.The firefight broke out last
evening when militants hiding at Sadpora
Mohalla near Jamia Masjid, 30 kms from
here, hurled a grenade and fired at a
vehicle of army, triggering heavy
exchange of fire between the two sides....more
Setback to Indo-Pak
business ties due to emergency
NEW DELHI, Nov 6: Imposition
of emergency in Pakistan has dealt a
severe blow to its economic relations
with India as businessmen from the two
countries have stopped booking fresh
orders. ...more
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi
Azad inspecting work on additional
emergency
block of Government Medical College
Hospital Jammu on Tuesday.
Azad inspects
expansion of Govt hospitals
*Calls for early execution of
worksExcelsior Correspondent
Jammu, Nov 6: Chief
Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that
development was his main agenda on which
he was working single mindedly. .....more
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Helicopter
crash lands near Katra
Narrow
escape for 6 pilgrims
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Nov 6: Six
pilgrims of Mata Vaishno
Devi shrine on board a
Himalayan Chopper Service
helicopter besides a
pilot and civil
population at village
Serli, about one and a
half km from Katra town,
had a narrow escape when
the copter crash landed
in Serli fields
immediately after taking
over from Katra helipad
this afternoon......more
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India hopes
democratisation process begins in
Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Nov 6:As
it keeps a close watch on the
developments in Pakistan, India
today hoped that the process of
democratisation begins in the
country where emergency was
imposed last weekend......more
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Police tightens
noose on Geelani
Bhat, Moheen
taken on 7 days remand
By Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Nov 6:
Police was in the
process of tightening noose
around hard-liner Hurriyat
Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah
Geelani for whom a hawala
consignment of Rs 46.89 lakh,
being taken from New Delhi to
Srinagar, was seized by police at
Udhampur on Saturday night......more
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'Cong-PDP coalition
scripted history'
Mufti favours
opening of Suchetgarh-Sialkot
route
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 6:
Opening of
Suchetgarh-Sialkot route would
further descend the walls of
hatred and transform the region
into a powerful peace block......more
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Kundal submits
SFC report to CM
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 6: Chief
Secretary, B R Kundal today
presented to Chief Minister
Ghulam Nabi Azad the enquiry
report on the alleged
irregularities in the State
Forest Corporation (SFC)....more
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Army launches
operation after shootout in
Pattan
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 6: Rashtriya
Rifles 29 Bn has launched a
cordon-and-search operation after
a column of the force was
attacked by militants at Khanday
Mohalla in Pattan township on
Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Road....more
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CRPF cop gets RI
for double murder
Excelsior
Correspondent
BUDGAM, Nov 6: District
& Sessions Court Budgam today
awarded life term of rigorous
imprisonment to a Constable of
the paramilitary Central Reserve
Police Force (CRPF) for killing a
Sub Inspector in a shootout at
Ghulam Nabi Azad's Hyderpora
residence in January 2001....more
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Mayawati arriving
on Nov 18
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 6: Bahujan
Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Mayawati is visiting Jammu on
November 18 to address a party
workers rally at Parade Ground,
here.....more
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Jet passengers
miss marriage
Excelsior
Correspondent
 JAMMU, Nov 6: A number of
Jet flight passengers clashed
with Jet staff at Jammu Airport
and later lodged a complaint at
Satwari police station after they
were told that the flight
won’t proceed to Srinagar
where they were scheduled to
attend a marriage tonight....more
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5 of marriage
party killed, 12 hurt
SRINAGAR, Nov 6: At least
five people, three children and
two women were killed and about
12 others wounded when a speeding
tipper rammed into a wedding
party in Kulgam District of South
Kashmir today, official sources
said. ...more
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