JKB
Manager among 4 held in
Euro-Rupee scam
HuM chief
Sajjad Afghani gunned
down in Sopore
From Ahmed
Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR,
Apr 29: In
a major achievement,
Sopore Police tonight
claimed to have gunned
down Harkatul
Mujahideen's Jammu &
Kashmir chief, Sajjad
Afghani, in a dramatic
gunbattle at Sub District
Hospital Sopore.
Baramulla Police have,
meanwhile, arrested four
persons, including a
branch manager of Jammu
& Kashmir Bank Ltd,
for illegal exchange of
foreign currency and its
subsequent supply to
militants of
Lashkar-e-Toiba.....more
Family members of
condemned prisoner
Sarabjit Singh after
crossing Wagah border on
Tuesday. (UNI)
Sarabjit’s
family back with hope
AMRITSAR/ISLAMABAD
Apr 29:
Death row prisoner
Sarabjit Singh’s
family today returned
from Pakistan hoping he
would be pardoned after
spending 18 years in
jail....more
Pak
militant, cop killed in
Kishtwar gunbattle
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Apr 29: A
top Pakistani militant of
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)
outfit and a police
constable were killed in
a fierce encounter at
village Muslai in Bonjwah
area of Kishtwar district
this morning....more
Govt
takes Rs 1500 cr hit
Duties
revised to tame inflation
NEW
DELHI, Apr 29:
Continuing the tirade
against inflation, the
Government today
announced a host of
fiscal measures,
particularly on steel,
entailing a net burden of
Rs 1,500 crore on the
exchequer.....more
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28 injured in
Kishtwar accident, 4 airlifted
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr
29: Twenty eight
persons were injured, four of
them critically, when a bus
carrying them skidded off the
road and rolled down near
Kishtwar town this afternoon......more
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Standing crop on
400 kanals of land destroyed in
fire
By Mohinder Verma
JAMMU, Apr
29: With the rise in
temperature the Kandi belt has
started witnessing tremendous
increase in the fire incidents
and standing crop on around 400
kanals of land was destroyed in
the districts of Jammu, Samba and
Kathua during the past two days.....more
Cash relief, free
ration for Angoi fire victims
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr
29: On the directions
of Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi
Azad, Minister for Roads and
Buildings Jugal Kishore Sharma
and Divisional Commissioner
Sudhanshu Pandey today visited
remote village of Angoi, 85
kilometres from Kishtwar town,
where 25 houses were gutted and
more than 800 cattle heads
perished on the intervening night
of April 27 and 28......more
HC refuses to
quash FIR in DA case
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr
29: Chief Justice of
State High Court, Justice K S
Radhakrishnan today dismissed a
petition seeking quashing of FIR
registered with the State
Vigilance Organisation (SVO)
against the then Executive
Officer, Notified Area Committee
(NAC), Katra Sham Lal for
possessing disproportionate
assets to the tune of Rs
18,76,756......more
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15 days remand
for Capt Chataniya
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr
29: Forest Magistrate,
Jammu, Yahaya Firdous Ahangar
today granted 15 days more
judicial remand to Captain
Chataniya Bhatwadaker, husband of
Capt Megha Razdan, who was found
hanging on July, 1, 2007 at
Kunjwani Army Quarters under
mysterious circumstances....more
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5 kg charas
seized by NCB
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr
29: Narcotics Control
Bureau (NCB) today recovered five
kg charas and arrested a
narcotics smuggler from Sunjwan
area under the jurisdiction of
Channi Himmat police station....more
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