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

From Ahmed Ali Fayyaz

SRINAGAR, Jan 21: All three holed up militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba have been killed at the residence of two activists of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) at Mandigam village in Handwara area of Kupwara district by Police and Army in a 30-hour-long gunbattle. A Special Police Officer (SPO) and an unidentified militant later died in a Bollywood-type action on a Tata Sumo vehicle in the same area in north Kashmir...more

Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Gordon Brown and Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh interacting with media at a ceremonial reception in New Delhi on Monday.

Failed States can harbour terrorism: Brown

NEW DELHI, Jan 21: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today underlined the dangers posed by "failed states and failing states" by harbouring terrorism and proposed a global network to combat extremists.....more

Life sentence for 11 in Bilkis gangrape

MUMBAI, Jan 21: Six years after Bilkis Bano was raped, her baby daughter and other family members killed, a court here today handed down life sentences to all but one of the 12 persons convicted in the case relating to one of the most gruesome manifestations of post-Godhra riots in Gujarat in 2002.....more

NC hand in glove with timber mafia: Qarra
*Dares Oppn for debate on Kundal report

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Jan 21: Finance Minister and PDP leader Tariq Hamid Qarra today questioned Kundal Committee’s observation that a deliberate shortage of timber had been created to push the agenda of import saying there was inherent scarcity of timber since 1996 and he still stood his view that there was no other option but to go for import of timber.....more

Land scam worth crores
Tribunal orders SVO to register case

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 21: In a land scam worth crores of rupees, D K Kapoor, Judicial Member of J&K Special Tribunal Jammu has directed State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) to register a case against concerned mutating officer for proper investigation and present charge-sheet against the defaulting officers of the relevant time who were party to unlawfully converting uncultivable into cultivable land......more

Security tightened ahead of R-Day

NEW DELHI, Jan 21: Security in Delhi has been tightened ahead of the Republic Day with as many as 174 companies of the Delhi Police and the Central Para-Military Forces (CPMF) already deployed across the national capital.....more

15 doctors transferred

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Jan 21: Government ordered transfers and adjustments in the Health Department, Kashmir. Dr Reyaz Afsar, Medical Superintendent, DH Budgam has been posted as Incharge Medical Superintendent, JLNM Hospital, Rainawari, Srinagar against available vacancy. Dr Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din, who was awaiting orders of posting, has been posted as Incharge CMO, Bandipora......more

SC directive on Haj subsidy

NEW DELHI, Jan 21: The Supreme Court today directed the Allahabad High Court to expeditiously dispose off the petitions challenging the Government’s decision to provide subsidy to Haj pilgrims to the tune of Rs 280 crores every year......more

Army jawan commits suicide

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 21: An Army jawan allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in an Army establishment at Bari Brahmana this afternoon......more

Youth murdered at Kunjwani

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 21: A youth was murdered by two unidentified assailants at Kunjwani tonight. Both accused managed to escape from the spot......more