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WORLD RECORD: PSLV-C9 carrying ten satellities blasting off
from Sathish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Monday. (UNI)

India creates space history,
launches 10 satellites at one go

SRIHARIKOTA, Apr 28: Creating history, an Indian Polar Rocket today succesfully put into orbit a record 10 satellites—two Indian and eight foreign— at one go in a complex mission demonstrating the country’ capabilities to launch multiple payloads into precise slots. .....more

Pattan cleared of Hizbul Mujahideen: DIG
Residents clash with SOG over death of 2 militants

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Apr 28: Even as a multitude of people today clashed with Special Operations Group (SOG), authorities claimed that with the killing of two more senior militants in a fierce gunbattle, Pattan area in Baramulla district had been cleared of Hizbul Mujahideen. Meanwhile, four Army personnel, including a Commanding Officer, have sustained injuries in yet another encounter between militants and troops in Handwara area of North Kashmir....more

PoK people's new found strategy to extend stay

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Apr 28: Citizens of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have found a new technique to get their stay to this part of the State extended beyond permitted 28 days. A large number of PoK people have managed to get their stay extended beyond the permissible limit in the permits issued to them while several others were following the same pattern forcing the Intelligence agencies to trace them in far off villages and forcibly push them back through Chakkan-Da-Bagh in Poonch district....more

14 students, teacher of Convent school injured in accident

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 28: Fourteen girl students and a teacher of Presentation Convent School, Gandhi Nagar were injured when a mini-bus hired by the school met with an accident at Circular Road here this morning.....more

Two militants held in Doda

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 28: Two top militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Hizbul Mujahideen were today arrested in two separate search operations in Doda and Kishtwar districts along with arms and ammunition......more

Significant improvement in situation: Antony
*Suicide, fratricide cases down

NEW DELHI, Apr 28: Defence Minister A K Antony today said the ground situation in Jammu and Kashmir had shown signs of improvement with incidents of violence going down significantly. ....more

5 senior officers transferred

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 28 : The Government today ordered transfers and postings of five officers in different departments......more

Sarabjit gets second reprieve

ISLAMABAD, Apr 28: Just two days away from being hanged, Indian national Sarabjit Singh today got a second brief reprieve after Pakistani authorities put off his execution for upto three weeks. .....more

3 vacancies in J&K HC

NEW DELHI, Apr 28: Only a single vacancy exists for the post of Judges in the Supreme Court, but in various High Courts, there were 83 such vacancies as on April 16 this year, the Government informed the Rajya Sabha today....more

Speeding truck kills 71 cattle

Excelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, Apr 28: About 71 animals including goats and sheep were crushed to death and 30 others wounded by a speeding and negligently driven truck on Dhar road under the jurisdiction of Udhampur Police Station....more

25 houses gutted in Kishtwar

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 28: About 25 houses were gutted and several animals burnt alive in devastating fire in Angoi village, about 85 kilometres from Kishtwar town late last night....more