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Lt Col among 2 soldiers killed in fierce gunbattle
Lashkar's Kashmir chief killed

From Ahmed Ali Fayyaz

SRINAGAR, Mar 16: Even as the officiating Commanding Officer (CO) of Rashtriya Rifles 22 Bn and another soldier got killed and four more personnel sustained injuries, Police and security forces today succeeded in eliminating one of the most wanted militants and the Kashmir valley chief of Lashkar-e-Toiba in a fierce gunbattle in Sopore......more

Cultural genocide in Tibet: Dalai Lama
*India too has limitations

MCLEODGANJ (HP), Mar 16: The Dalai Lama today accused China of unleashing a "cultural genocide" in Tibet and demanded an impartial international probe into the situation in violence-hit Lhasa. Addressing his first press conference here in the wake of the violence in the Tibetan Capital since Friday, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said that India has a few limitations as far as China is concerned and was "too cautious" on the Tibet issue. ....more

Valley to have longest tunnel in rail network
*NATM technology being used in construction

NEW DELHI, Mar 16: With an aim to connect the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country through rail link, work on a 11-km tunnel — the longest in Indian railway network — is being carried out between Banihal and Qazigund in Jammu and Kashmir. ....more

Sarabjit Singh to be hanged on April 1

ISLAMABAD, Mar 16 : Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who is on a death row for his alleged involvement in four bomb blasts in Pakistan, has been reportedly served with the ‘black warrant’ and is to be hanged soon. ....more

CAG points out security breach by IAF

NEW DELHI, Mar 16: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has brought to light a security breach by the Indian Air Force in one of its stations by allowing a private telecom company to erect its antenna within its premises and asked the Government to initiate a probe to fix responsibility for the lapse......more

BSP to contest all 87 Assembly seats
*First list of 20 candidates released

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 16: Though Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has resolved to contest coming elections from all the 87 Assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, yet the Party released the first list of its 20 candidates today.....more

MoS Defence visits Kathua, Jammu

Excelsior Correspondent

KATHUA, Mar 16 : Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju visited Basohli and inspected the proposed site for bridge over Ravi river today......more

Muslim marrying two sisters to maintain both: SC

NEW DELHI, Mar 16: The Supreme Court has ruled that if a Muslim man marries two sisters he is liable to maintain both and he cannot neglect the second sister on the grounds that his second marriage is ‘batil’ (void)......more

Car, 2 motor cycles burnt

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 16: A Maruti car and two motor cycles were burnt at Rehari Colony and Chowk Chabutra in two separate incidents in wee hours of this morning causing panic among the people parking their vehicles outside their houses for the night....more

Keep off J&K: India tells OIC

NEW DELHI, Mar 16: India today strongly rejected the comments on Jammu and Kashmir contained in the final document of the Organisation of Islamic Countries’ (OIC) Summit held at Dakar in Senegal, saying the OIC has no locus standi in matters concerning India’s internal affairs. ...more

UPA-Left meet on n-deal today

NEW DELHI, Mar 16: Amid threat by the Left parties to withdraw support to the Manmohan Singh Government if it went ahead with the Indo-US nuclear deal, a crucial meeting of the UPA-Left coordination panel on the vexed issue would be held here tomorrow. ...more