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Govt won't be sacrificed for n-deal
No elections before 2009: Pranab

NEW DELHI, Mar 8: Downplaying the Left’s threat to withdraw support, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today made it clear that neither the Congress nor its allies were thinking of elections before 2009 and there was no question of "sacrificing" the Government for the Indo-US nuclear deal......more

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Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mrs Shamim Azad
listening to a Gujjar at GMC Jammu on Saturday.

Gujjar's killing leads to SHO's suspension, inquiry

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 8: A Gujjar was killed under mysterious circumstances along Narwal bypass late last night. The Government has ordered suspension of SHO Bagh-e-Bahu Sub Inspector Shakti Sharma and ordered a magisterial inquiry into the killing after the Gujjars protested at Medical College alleging that the Gujjar was killed after being hit by a police stick on his head.....more

Striking SRTC employees canecharged, 130 arrested

SRINAGAR, Mar 8: About two dozen State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) employees and their family members were injured when police fired tear gas shells and resorted to baton charge to disperse them on Moulana Azad road this afternoon. ....more

Second slot in literacy, top in teachers' vacancies
Kathua's distinction under 'threat'

By Mohinder Verma

JAMMU, Mar 8: Unbelievable it may sound but it is a fact that a district in the State which has the distinction of having second highest literacy rate, is presently plagued with the highest ever vacancies of the teachers as well as lecturers.....more

Hay-and-horse situation at Asma-Hurriyat meeting

From Ahmed Ali Fayyaz

SRINAGAR, Mar 8: She talked of the horse and they talked of the hay but Asma Jehangir's meeting with leaders of the Mirwaiz Umar faction of Hurriyat Conference happened inspite of her being labeled as an "Indian agent" by the Valley's radical separatist leaders like Syed Ali Shah Geelani and the Dukhtaraan-e-Millat chief, Asiya Andrabi......more

Arnas massacre solved, accused arrested
Bid to target majority community VDCs unearthed

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Mar 8: The Hizbul Mujahideen commanders have directed their cadre to target Village Defence Committee (VDC) members of majority community, who have taken up official guns and were fighting militancy firmly.....more

Bid to revive Punjab militancy: PM

NEW DELHI, Mar 8: Government has credible information of efforts to revive militancy in Punjab and cannot do away with the list containing names of Sikh youths with alleged militant links though it undertook periodic reviews, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said in a letter to the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC). .....more

Cong, rivals stake claim in Meghalaya

SHILLONG, Mar 8: The race for power in Meghalaya intensified today with both Congress and a newly formed combine of the UDP and NCP staking claim to form the next Government......more

Mughal period Qurans seized

NEW DELHI, Mar 8: Two antique copies of Holy Quran, written in golden letters and dated back to Mughal era, were seized in the national capital and three persons were arrested in this connection. ...more

Rahul spends night in tribal village

KORAPUT (ORISSA), Mar 8: On a ‘Discover India’ tour, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi spent a night in a tribal village here, sharing food with the tribals and discussing their problems. ...more