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UPA
committed to stamp out terrorism in
J&K : Sonia
NEW DELHI, Nov Congress president
Sonia Gandhi today declared the UPA
Govenment’s firm resolve to stamp
out terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and
praised the people of the troubled State
for not allowing an atmosphere of
communalism and violence to breed despite
extreme provocation. ......more
Major gunbattle in
Lolab
7
militants, 2 soldiers killed in Kupwara
Excelsior Special
Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 16: Within 24 hours of
killing three militants at Sonapindi
(LoC) and Gund-e-Manchhar (Lolab), Army
has killed seven more militants in two
separate gunbattles in Kupwara district
even as two soldiers have also got
killed....more
Three Jaish-e-Mohammed fidayeen arrested
by Special Task Force (STF) in Lucknow on
Friday. (UNI)
Plot to
secure 42 ultras' release foiled
3
Pak militants held in Lucknow
LUCKNOW, Nov 16: Three
Jaish-e-Mohammed fidayeens, who were
planning to kidnap a VVIP politician of
Uttar Pradesh to press for the release of
42 terrorists including Parliament attack
convict Afzal Guru, were today arrested
from the State capital following a brief
encounter with the Special Task Force of
the State police.....more
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Bhutto for
revolution to end Musharraf's
rule
LAHORE, Nov
16: Former Pakistan
Premier Benazir Bhutto, released
from house arrest, today sought a
"people’s
revolution" to overthrow
President Pervez Musharraf’s
eight-year reign as she rejected
the caretaker Government sworn-in
by him to steer the country
towards the general election.......more
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Leh Maj Gen
attached for misbehaving with
Capt
JAMMU, Nov
16: Major General A K
Lal, who had been accused of
‘misconduct’ and
‘misbehaviour’ by a
lady officer, has been attached
to the Army’s XIV Corps
Headquarters at Leh for further
disciplinary action, an official
source said......more
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Panchayat
Ghars electrification scam worth
lakhs
Dismissed
officer, 3 others found guilty
By Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Nov
16: The State Vigilance
Organisation (SVO) has
established misappropriation of
public funds worth several lakhs
of rupees in much publicised
‘Panchayat Ghars
electrification scam’.
Charges have been established
against a sacked Director of
Rural Development Department
Kashmir, presently a PDP leader,
an Executive Engineer, an
Assistant Commissioner
(Development) and a Statistical
Assistant......more
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1100 killed in
B'desh cyclone
DHAKA, Nov
16: More than 1,100
people were killed and hundreds
missing in Bangladesh as a
powerful hurricane with all its
fire and ferocity pounded on
country’s south and
southwestern regions....more
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CERC notices to
J&K for unpaid dues
NEW DELHI,
Nov 16: Central
power regulator CERC today issued
notices to utilities of Uttar
Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir for
failing to pay the arrears of Rs
988 crore, excluding interest, on
account of overdrawing from the
grid....more
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IED defused on
Poonch road
Excelsior
Correspondent
POONCH, Nov
16: Troops of Rashtriya
Rifles and police today detected
and defused a powerful IED
planted by the militants at
Sathre on Poonch-Mandi road.
Traffic on the road remained
suspended for three and a half
hours....more
Air chief for
attracting talent
 BANGALORE,
Nov 16: With the
young aspirants having more
career opportunities today than
ever before, one of the new
challenges faced by the airforce
was to attract the cream of
bright talent to it, Chief of Air
Staff, Air Marshal F H Major,
said here today....more
VLW booked for
disproportionate assets
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov
16: State Vigilance
Organisation (SVO) has registered
a case under different sections
of Prevention of Corruption Act
against Parshotam Kumar, a
Village Level Worker (VLW) in the
Rural Development Department,
Block Thathri for accumulating
assets disproportionate to his
known source of income....more
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