Poll advancement
in HP creates piquant situation
SHIMLA, Oct 14: The
Election Commission’s
decision to conduct early
Assembly polls in Himachal
Pradesh has created a piquant
situation as legally the new
house cannot be constituted
before the expiry of the term of
the existing Vidhan Sabha on
March 9 next year....more
Al Badr militant
killed
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR,
Oct 14: A militant
of Al-Badr outfit was killed in
an encounter with security forces
in Bandipora district today.
Acting on specific information,
security forces cordoned
Zalwarpor and Reshipora in the
district....more
Antony's Moscow
visit from tomorrow
NEW DELHI, Oct
14: Ahead of Defence
Minister A K Antony’s visit
to Moscow beginning Tuesday,
India and Russia in a major
breakthrough have ironed out
differences over cost escalation
of armament systems....more
Army jawan found
hanging
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct
14: A jawan of Army
Services Corps (ASC) was found
hanging from a ceiling fan inside
his unit at Akhnoor in the wee
hours of today....more
Newspapers used
to pack explosives
 BHOPAL, Oct
14: With some
newspapers used to pack the
explosives in the Ajmer Sharif
blast being traced to Indore and
Ujjain, a police team from
Rajasthan arrived here today to
conduct a probe....more
Kakodkar, Nair
get extensions
NEW DELHI,
Oct 14: In the
backdrop of the spectre of
uncertainty looming over the
Indo-US civil nuclear deal,
Government has given a two-year
extension to Anil Kakodkar,
Secretary in the Department of
Atomic Energy (DAE)....more
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