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Twin
suicide bombings kill over 25
ISLAMABAD : Two
near-simultaneous suicide attacks rocked
Pakistan’s high-security garrison
city of Rawalpindi today, killing over 25
people, most of them military personnel,
and injuring many others....more
Lt Gen
Sabharwal take charge of 15 Corps
SRINAGAR : Lieutenant General
Mukesh Sabharwal today took over as the
General Officer in Commanding of the
Srinagar-based Army Command, 15 Corps,
responsible for protecting the Line of
Control and tackle militancy in Kashmir
valley. ...more
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Bangladesh based
HUJI behind attacks
Serial
blasts in UP leave 15 killed, 80 injured
LUCKNOW, Nov 23: Terror struck today
in Uttar Pradesh when militants triggered
near-simultaneous blasts in court
premises in Varanasi, Faizabad and the
State capital killing 15 people, four of
them lawyers, and injuring over 80. ...more
Infiltration on
rise in J&K after Pak unrest: Army
chief
CHANDIGARH, Nov 23: Infiltration
attempts into Jammu and Kashmir have
increased in the wake of the recent
political unrest in Pakistan, Army Chief
General Deepak Kapoor said today.....more
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Yashpal
jumps into fray as rebel
candidate
Cong
faces revolt in Poonch,
all Councilors resign
By Sanjeev
Pargal
JAMMU,
Nov 23: Congress
today faced a revolt
after declaration of
Jehangir Mir as its
candidate from
Poonch-Haveli Assembly
constituency going to
by-election on December
12. Veteran Congress
leader, Yashpal Sharma,
who had lost the seat to
NC’s GM Jan by just
600 votes in 2002
Assembly elections, has
jumped into the electoral
fray as an independent
candidate. All Congress
Councilors in Poonch
Municipality and some
prominent Congress
leaders in the district
resigned from the party
and supported the
candidature of Mr Sharma......more
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Four Managers among
21 attached
SRTC bunglings
case may go to Vigilance
By Gopal Sharma
JAMMU, Nov 23:
Four Managers, one Assistant
Accounts Officer (AAO) were among
21 officials attached by the
Government in connection with the
irregularities and bunglings
worth crores in the J&K State
Road Transport Corporation......more
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Right to Info to
go online: Wajahat
HYDERABAD, Nov
23: Citizens
keen on seeking information from
the Union Government invoking the
provisions of the Right to
Information (RTI) Act can soon do
so from their homes or cybercafes
through the internet, Central
Chief Information Commissioner
Wajahat Habibullah said today. .....more
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Iranian director to
make film on Dal Lake boatmen
Kashmir again
emerges as Bollywood's
popular
shooting attraction
From Ahmed Ali
Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Nov 23: Bollywood's
main outdoor shooting attraction
of the second half of 20th
century, Kashmir valley is yet
again poised to host a galaxy of
cinestars as over a dozen
prominent producers and directors
have expressed desire to
picturise fiction at Pahalgam,
Gulmarg and other favourite
destinations. While Santosh
Sivan's full length feature film
"Daastaan" is all set
to break the ice in Pahalgam, top
Iranian director Majid Majeedi is
burning midnight oil to make a
documentary film on the boatmen
of the world-famous Dal Lake......more
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8 flights
cancelled in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Nov 23:
As many as eight
flights were cancelled today due
to heavy fog cover even as the
people in Kashmir braved the
coldest night of the season so
far with the minimum temperature
going further down to minus 4.8
degree celsius, officials said. ..more
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Vice President to
visit Valley today
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 23:
Vice-President Hamid
Ansari will arrive here tomorrow
on his maiden two-day visit to
the Kashmir valley after assuming
the post, an official spokesman
said today....more
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HM ultra
surrenders in Reasi
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 23: A top
militant of Hizbul Mujahideen
today surrendered before Reasi
police and security forces in
Reasi along with arms and
ammunition. He has been
identified as Mohd Mansha alias
Muddassir Iqbal, 25, son of Fazal
Din R/o Lasooli, Mahore....more
Makkar elected
SGPC chief
AMRITSAR, Nov 23:
The Shiromani Akali
Dal (SAD) led by Chief Minister
Parkash Singh Badal reimposed
faith in Jathedar Avtar Singh
Makkar, electing him president of
the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak
Committee (SGPC) for his third
consecutive term....more
CRPF Dy CO among
12 hurt in clash
Excelsior
Correspondent
 JAMMU, Nov 23: At least a
dozen people, including eight
school children and a Dy
Commandant of CRPF were injured
in a police lathicharge and stone
pelting by the villagers in
Mendhar tehsil of district Poonch
today....more
Pak objects to
power projects in J&K
NEW DELHI, Nov
23: Pakistan has
objected to hydel power plants
proposed to be set in Jammu and
Kashmir although the projects are
in compliance of the water treaty
signed between the two countries,
the Lok Sabha was informed today.
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