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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

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Soz formally appointed J&K Congress chief

NEW DELHI, : Union Water Resources Minister SaifuddinSoz will be the new president of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC), the party announced today. The move is aimed at strengthening the Congress in Jammu and Kashmir at a crucial time when the troubled state goes to polls later this year. ......more

 

Third gunbattle in Mendhar in one week
3 more militants shot dead, another trapped

Excelsior Correspondent

POONCH, Feb 12: Army and police today gunned down three Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants in an encounter at village Sarhuti under the jurisdiction of Mendhar police station in this border district taking toll of the militants killed in past one week in Mendhar sector to nine including six infiltrators.......more

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with Chairman of the Government of Russian Federation, Victor A Zubkov addressing a joint press conference after delegation level talks in New Delhi on Tuesday. (UNI)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with Chairman of the Government of Russian Federation, Victor A Zubkov addressing a joint press conference after delegation level talks in New Delhi on Tuesday. (UNI)

Trade target of 10 bn dollars by 2010
Russia to build additional nuclear reactors in TN

NEW DELHI, Feb 12: Russia today affirmed its commitment to build additional nuclear reactors in Tamil Nadu under an agreement for which negotiations have been completed.....more

1000 mw thermal power project sanctioned
Azad briefs Sonia on snow situation

Excelsior Correspondent

NEW DELHI, Feb 12: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today called on UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi here and briefed her about the situation arising out of the heavy snowfall in the State and measures taken by his Government to deal with the crisis.....more

5 militants arrested

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Feb 12: Police has apprehended five HM militants and recovered some sophisticated weapons from their possession.....more

Arrested ultras wanted to carry out suicide attacks

NEW DELHI, Feb 12: The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, arrested in connection with the strike on CRPF camp in Uttar Pradesh, had a plan to first carry out a suicide attack on an Army convoy which passes through Rampur but it was shelved......more

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Govt to revamp arms purchase policy

NEW DELHI, Feb 12: With the country’s defence market poised to touch an all time high of a billion US dollars by next year, Government is all set to revamp its weapons purchase policy to make sure frontier arms technology takes shape in the country.....more

6 Departments remain ‘corruption prone’
Govt sanctions 68 cases for prosecution by SVO

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Feb 12: The State Government has accorded sanction in 68 cases, investigated by the State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) involving Government officers, for presentation of their challan in the court of law, according to official sources......more

CM seeks report on forests

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 12: Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has sought a factual report on the alleged transfer of more than 600 kanal of forest land for setting up of a Muslim Migrants’ Colony within 48 hours.....more

Make LCA a success: Antony

BANGALORE, Feb 12: Defence Minister A K Antony today asked scientists to make the home-grown Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) ‘tejas’ a success to further the process of indigenisation of the country’s defence system....more

BJP questions Cong on POTA

NEW DELHI, Feb 12: Condemning relief packages for the dependents of terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP today asked the Congress to spell out how it proposed to punish the six Lashkar-e-Toiba militants who had confessed to their roles in the attack on Rampur CRPF camp, and revealed plans to attack the Bombay Stock Exchange and the Church Gate station without an anti-terror law like POTA....more

Up convoy on Highway today

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 12: Several vehicles heading towards the winter capital of the State got stranded at different places because of extreme slippery conditions between Batote and Patnitop this evening. However, there will be up convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway tomorrow....more

SHRC issues notice to IGP

SRINAGAR, Feb 12: The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) today issued notices to Inspector General of Police Kashmir range and Deputy Commissioner Kupwara asking them submit a report on the alleged firing by Army on protestors at Kupwara on Saturday....more

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