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Friday, October 5, 2007

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Army Chief visits Vaishno Devi shrine to pay obeisance

Jammu : On a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor paid obeisance at the holy shrine of Vaishno Devi at Katra in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir this morning, official sources said.....more

Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh addressing DGPs/IGPs conference in New Delhi on Thursday.
Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh addressing DGPs/IGPs conference in New Delhi on Thursday.

'Situation in J&K has shown improvement'
Internal security remains a cause of concern: PM

NEW DELHI, Oct 4: Noting that the internal security situation in the country remained a "cause for concern", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said there was need to go "far beyond" conventional responses in facing terrorist threats....more

No setback to process of normalcy in J&K: Antony

NEW DELHI, Oct 4: Terming the fierce gunbattle near the tourist resort of Gulmarg on Wednesday in which nine terrorists were killed as an ‘‘isolated incident", Defence Minister A K Antony today said there was no setback to the process of return of normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir......more

 

Dead bodies of 2 Majors sent to families, 9 militants buried
JCO, 2 militants killed in Bandipore

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 4: In yet another gunbattle between militants and security forces today, two militants and a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of Army have died at Gamroo in Bandipore. Meanwhile, dead bodies of two Majors of RR 34 Bn were sent for funeral to their respective families and nine Pakistani militants, who had died in a major gunbattle yesterday, were buried in Tangmarg today......more

 

Sectt employees to devote two hours for public

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 4: The Government has directed officers in the Civil Secretariat to devote atleast two hours everyday to meet the public to listen their grievances......more

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Cong, BJP differ on poll phases

AHMEDABAD, Oct 4: In a representation to three-member Election Commission, the opposition Congress today demanded single phase Assembly polls in Gujarat, while the ruling BJP sought a two-phased affair......more

Large number of militants waiting to infiltrate: Army

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 4: Though the security forces dealt a severe blow to the designs of anti-national elements by successfully foiling the attempts of infiltration from across the borders recently yet a large number of trained Pakistani militants have been waiting at launching pads along the Line of Control (LoC) to sneak into Kashmir valley......more

Pak may grant amnesty to Bhutto, Sharif, others

ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: Pakistan Government is close to bringing an ordinance which is expected to grant amnesty to former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and other important political leaders in corruption cases against them....more

Army chief's visit from today

JAMMU, Oct 4: Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor will visit the State for two days beginning tomorrow to get a first-hand knowledge of counter-insurgency operations in the militancy-hit State and the situation in the border....more

SHRC directs Govt for jobs

SRINAGAR, Oct 4: The State Human Rights Commission today recommended the State Government to provide jobs to the next of kin of the three students killed in Army firing at Doodipora in Kupwara district last year....more

Pak Gen quits on being superseded

ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: A top General who was in-charge of Pakistan’s nuclear assets has quit in protest against his junior being promoted by President Pervez Musharraf as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee....more

Embarrassment for CBI in court

NEW DELHI, Oct 4: In an embarrassment, the CBI has informed a court here that it was yet to go through the book written by former RAW official, who has already been booked by the investigating agency for alleged violation of Official Secrets Act....more

Mobile leads to rapist’s arrest

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 4: A minor girl was kidnapped and raped by a miscreant at Katra and New Delhi for six days on the pretext of arranging a Government job for her . The accused finally landed in police custody today....more

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