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NC members displaying copies of Excelsior in the Assembly referring to publication of Kundal Committee report in it before it was tabled in the House on Tuesday. Excelsior/Ashok

Azad tables copy in Assembly
Kundal report rocks both Houses
Dismiss two Ministers: NC Take specific action: CPM
NPP moves breach of privilege motion against Government

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Jan 22: Kundal Committee report, which was exclusively reported by the Excelsior along with Government’s Action Taken Report (ATR) on January 20 and 21, rocked both Houses of the Legislature today with National Conference demanding removal of two Ministers, indicted in the report, from the Government and disrupted proceedings of the House for more than 20 minutes till Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad intervened and tabled a copy of the report in Lower House. In Upper House, the report was tabled by Health and Medical Education Minister Mangat Ram Sharma....more

WG recommendations to be discussed
Azad meets Patil, to meet PM today

NEW DELHI, Jan 22: Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil perhaps needs to get a brief or two on rules governing various security outfits whose personnel guard VIPs. .....more

Not a single word about 2 lakh unemployed youths: Beg
Coalition taking J&K towards economic disaster: Rather

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 22: True to his announcement few days back in the Assembly that he will completely expose the budget claims, Leader of Opposition and former Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather today said the coalition Government has achieved nothing for the State despite claims of proposed spending Rs 87,000 crore during its six years rule.....more

Discrimination on schools
NC stages walk-out amidst sloganeering

By Mohinder Verma

JAMMU, Jan 22: Six members of main Opposition National Conference (NC) today staged walk-out in the Legislative Assembly over the alleged discrimination with the constituencies represented by them in opening and upgradation of the schools.....more

Justice, equitable empowerment in self rule: Mufti

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 22: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) patron and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has said that the political and economic empowerment of all the regions and sub-regions of the State would form the basis of any workable and sustainable resolution of the problems of the State......more

NC to disrupt proceedings

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 22: The National Conference Legislature Party (NCLP) met here tonight under the chairmanship of Leader of Opposition Abdul Rahim Rather and finalised its strategy for both Houses of Legislature tomorrow in view of Kundal Committee revelations indicting two sitting Ministers of coalition Government.....more

'Honour farmer who informed intrusions'

NEW DELHI, Jan 22: The illiterate Kashmiri farmer was the first to inform the Army about the presence of Pakistani troops on the Kargil hilltops in April, 1999, but he continues to remain a face in the crowd. .....more

Army rescues 8 from avalanche

SRINAGAR, Jan 22: The Army troops rescued eight members of a family from a snow avalanche, in Machil sector in north Kashmir, where three soldiers were buried last week after the area experienced more than 10 feet of snowfall. .....more

Two held with 15 kg RDX

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 22: Security forces arrested two persons along with huge quantity of explosives including RDX in Reasi district late last evening......more

Salahuddin fears arrest by Pak

NEW DELHI, Jan 22: Apprehending a crackdown 20 years after he sneaked into Pakistan, Kashmir separatist Syed Salahuddin today said authorities in Islamabad cannot arrest him......more

SPO's killer was Al-Badar militant

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Jan 22: Burial of the slain SPO of Handwara Police, Mohammad Ashraf Khan, and the young man who slaughtered him brutally on a Tata-Sumo, namely Hilal Ahmed Hajam, took place at their respective residential villages of Hafruda and Wadipora in Handwara area this evening. Authorities claimed that 25-year-old Hilal Ahmed Hajam S/o Abdur Rehman Hajam R/o Wadipora, who had been gunned down SPO Abdul Majeed Khan while fleeing from the bloody spot, had turned out to be a militant of Al-Badar Mujahideen and not Lashkar-e-Toiba as believed earlier last evening....more