PPP co-chairman Asif Ali
Zardari, right, speaks
during a meeting, as his
colleague Amin Fahi,
looks on, in Islamabad on
Wednesday.
Zardari
meets US Ambassador
Uncertainty
in Pak on Govt formation
ISLAMABAD,
Feb 20:
Uncertainty continued
over Government formation
in Pakistan as the
leaders of the two main
Opposition parties Asif
Ali Zardari and Nawaz
Sharif meet here tomorrow
but the single-largest
party PPP today decided
that Zardari will not be
the Prime Minister.......more
Sonia,
Patil to visit snow
affected areas tomorrow
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Feb 20:
UPA chairperson and
Congress president Sonia
Gandhi will visit
Bhadarwah in Doda
district and Anantnag in
Kashmir on February 22 on
a day’s visit to
snow affected areas. She
will be accompanied by
Union Home Minister Shiv
Raj Patil.....more
Another
opportunity to resolve
Kashmir gone: Omar
Excelsior
Correspondent
HIRANAGAR,
Feb 20: NC
president Omar Abdullah,
today said India had lost
yet another good
opportunity to resolve
the Kashmir issue.
Addressing a gathering
here, he said in 2006
after his visit to
Pakistan and meeting with
Pervez Musharaf while
briefing Prime Minister....more
Snow
damages in Jammu put at
Rs 95 cr
By Mohinder
Verma
JAMMU,
Feb 20:
With the damages due to
snowfall in Jammu
province have been worked
out and the losses in
Kashmir division are
being finalised within a
couple of days, the State
Government has decided to
approach Centre within a
week’s time to seek
immediate financial
assistance for temporary
restoration of the
damages in all the
sectors.....more
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SVO challans
ex-DM sicop
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb
20: State Vigilance
Organisation (SVO) today produced
challan in the court of Special
Judge Anti-Corruption, Kashmir
against Mohd Anwar Mir, then
Divisional Manager SICOP for
possession of assets
disproportionate to his known
source of income......more
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Latram in command
of Kashmir ultras in PoK
By Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Feb
20: Nearly 3000 youths
from different parts of the
State, majority from Kashmir
valley, are still held up in
Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK),
willingly or unwillingly,
undergoing or imparting training
in terrorist camps, according to
official sources.....more
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Cong for Women
Reservation bill
NEW
DELHI,Feb 20: The ruling
Congress today said it would call
upon the UPA Government to pass
the Women Reservation Bill in the
budget session of Parliament
beginning on February 25......more
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Writing
on the wall could change
colour, not text
Pak polls
may shut some shops in
Kashmir
From Ahmed
Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR,
Feb 20:
Developments forcing
cardinal changes in
Pakistan's policies
vis-a-vis militant Islam
and Kashmir have been
taking place in quick
succession after
September 11th, 2001. Be
it General Pervez
Musharraf, Nawaz Sharif
or Benazir Bhutto,
everybody....more
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Farooq
hopes early solution to
Kashmir
SRINAGAR,
Feb 20:
Terming the elections in
Pakistan as a
"victory of
democracy", former
Chief Minister Farooq
Abdullah today hoped it
would pave the way for
early resolution of the
vexed Kashmir issue....more
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Lakshya
successfully test fired
BALASORE,
Feb 20:
India’s indigenously
developed pilotless
target aircraft
‘Lakshya’ was
successfully flight
tested from the
Integrated Test Range
(ITR) at Chandipur, about
15 km from here today....more
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2.9
richter tremor in Valley
SRINAGAR,
Feb 20: A
low intensity earthquake
measuring 2.9 on the
richter scale was felt in
the Kashmir valley today
though there was no
damage caused by it....more
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Leopard
mauls 15 sheep
SRINAGAR,
Feb 20: A
leopard mauled 15 sheep
to death and injured 16
of them after it sneaked
into a sheep-pen from a
nearby forest in Anantnag
district....more
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11
SSPs get new grade
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Feb 20:
The Government today
ordered promotion of 11
IPS officers to next
grade with effect from
January 1, 2008....more
Civilian
shot at in Mendhar
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Feb 20: A
civilian was shot at and
injured by the militants
in his house at village
Sakhi Maidan in Mendhar
tehsil of Poonch
district. Injured has
been identified as
Sikander Hayat son of Lal
Din....more
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