Chief Minister Ghulam
Nabi Azad addressing a
public meeting at Khour
on Saturday.
Border
peace should be a
permanent
feature: Azad
*Migrants get plots, cash
assistance
Excelsior
Correspondent
Khour,
Mar 22:
Chief Minister Ghulam
Nabi Azad today hoped
that peace prevailing on
borders between India and
Pakistan for last four
years would flower into
permanent friendship so
that the two countries
use their resources and
energies for development.....more
Civilian
shot dead in Doda,
grenades seized
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Mar 22: A
civilian was kidnapped
and gunned down by
militants in Doda last
night while security
forces recovered
explosive devices
including grenades during
two different search
operations in Dharamshal
area of Rajouri district
and Majalata in Udhampur
district.....more
OGW
held with 2 grenades
Anti-tank
mine defused
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR,
Mar 22:
Security forces averted a
major tragedy when they
defused an anti-tank mine
and recovered some
explosives in the Kashmir
valley, official sources
said today.....more
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Advani: no idea
on Jaswant accompanying militants
NEW DELHI,
Mar 22: As the
1999 Kandahar hijack drama
continued to hound the BJP, the
saffron party’s Prime
Ministerial nominee L K Advani
has said he had no idea that the
then Foreign Minister Jaswant
Singh was accompanying the
terrorists on the flight to the
Afghan town......more
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Over one lakh
pilgrims throng Katra town
Massive rush at
Vaishno Devi shrine
By Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Mar
22: Mata Vaishno Devi
ji shrine in Trikuta Hills has
been witnessing unprecedented
rush for last three days, which
was expected to continue till
tomorrow in view of Holi holidays
across the country.....more
Gillani to be new
Pak PM
ISLAMABAD,
Mar 22: Yousuf
Raza Gillani, a Bhutto loyalist,
will be the new Prime Minister of
Pakistan, the PPP announced
today, ending the month-long
suspense marked by bitter tussle
for the top post......more
19 officials
suspended in Sumbal
Excelsior
Correspondent
Bandipora,
Mar 22: Deputy
Commissioner, Bandipora during
inspection of various offices in
Sumbal, Sonawari today placed 19
officials including two gazetted
officers under suspension for
their absence from duty......more
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Cement recovered
from JE’s house
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar
22: Doda police today
recovered 100 bags of Irrigation
Department’s cement from the
house of a Junior Engineer,
posted in the same Department in
Doda town....more
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100 kg bhukki
seized, 2 held
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar
22: Police today seized
100 kgs of ‘bhukki’
from a truck at Mansar under the
jurisdiction of Samba police
station when it was being
smuggled from Srinagar to Punjab
in a truck bearing No. 8875
RJ13G. Two drug peddlers have
been arrested....more
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Capt among 2
injured in blast
Excelsior
Correspondent
RAJOURI, Mar
22: Two Army personnel,
including a Captain, suffered
minor injuries when a grenade
accidentally exploded in Nowshera
area of this district, official
sources said today....more
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Indefinite curfew
in Pak town
ISLAMABAD,
Mar 22: Indefinite
curfew has been clamped on the
northwestern Pakistani town of
Hangu after sectarian clashes
left at least four persons
including a policeman dead and 25
others injured....more
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