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Militant had managed to get EC’s I-card from Tehsildar
3 militants killed at PDP activist’s house in Handwara

From Ahmed Ali Fayyaz

SRINAGAR : All three holed up militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba have been killed at the residence of two activists of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Mandigam village in Handwara area of Kupwara district by Police and Army in a 30-hour-long gunbattle.....more

Govt initiates action in all 32 major scams
ATR on Kundal report finalised

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Jan 20: The Government has initiated action on all 32 major cases of irregularities in Forest and allied Departments pointed out by Kundal Committee report, which had inquired into ‘mess’ in Forest Department....more

Holed up militant killed, one injured in blast

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Jan 20: One of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, holed up in a house at Handwara, was killed while one person wounded in a grenade blast at Sopore in north Kashmir.....more

Police raises tension by calling neighbours' feud as Moharram clash
Ashoora processions taken out amid
minor sectarian conflict

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Jan 20: Even as thin groups of Karbala mourners clashed with Police in Srinagar Civil Lines and a downtown locality witnessed minor sectarian clashes, thousands of Shia Muslim devotees observed Ashoora---anniversary of the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain on 10th Moharram---while performing traditional forms of the mourning in scores of Zuljanah, Alam and Tazia processions all over the Valley.....more

ISI agent among 3 held in MP

BHOPAL, Jan 20 : Three persons, including an ISI agent from Pakistan, were arrested by Madhya Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) for allegedly passing on sensitive information about Indian Army, a senior officer said today. ....more

Tampering of CET answer sheets
CB arrests tout, 3 BOPEE employees

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Jan 20: Crime Branch arrested a tout and employees of the Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) for tampering answer sheets......more

Farooq for action against perpetrators

HYDERABAD, Jan 20: National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah today demanded that the Jammu and Kashmir Government should take action against certain people who tried to create "religious bitterness" among Shia and Sunni communities on the eve of Muharram festival in the State......more

Two nabbed with 8 kg charas

Excelsior Correspondent

KATHUA, Jan 20: The police nabbed two smugglers when they were transporting 8 kg charas from Billawar area to Jammu today......more

CPM to forge third alternative

NEW DELHI, Jan 20: Signalling a possible realignment of forces at the national level, CPI(M) today spelt out plans to forge a "long-term" third alternative on a common policy platform to fight the BJP and the Congress......more