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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

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Talks on for release of Indo-Pak POWs

ATTARI, AMRITSAR :Pakistan and India are having talks for release of prisoners of war of 1965 and 1971 conflicts, who are languishing in jails in the two countries, a senior Pakistani Army officer said today.......more

 

IT Deptt surveys Shiva, Trikuta Steels, Platinum Solutions
Concealment of Rs 4 cr supplies made
for border fencing detected

By Mohinder Verma

JAMMU, Mar 25: In a major success in Jammu region during the current financial year, the Income Tax Department has unearthed concealment worth Rs 4 crore of barbed wire supplies, which were utilized for the fencing of International Borders (IB) in the State......more

PCC being re-constituted within a month: Soz

By Gopal Sharma

JAMMU, Mar 25: Hinting at the early formation of the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) after his taking over the charge in J&K, new PCC chief and Union Minister for Water Resources Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz has said that new Committee is being reconstituted within a month in the State....more

Police suspects ‘in-house fraud’
Rs 10 lakh ‘looted’ from J&K Bank branch

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Mar 25: Mystery shrouded an alleged burglary in Jammu and Kashmir Bank’s Thanna Mandi branch in Rajouri district this morning in which Rs 10.06 lakh were found missing from the ‘safe’. While the treasury cashier, who was admitted in District Hospital, Rajouri after the alleged loot, claimed that some unidentified persons decamped with cash after throwing chilly powder in his eyes and rendering him unconscious, police asserted that they were also working on the theory of "inside involvement".....more

Implement WG recommendations: Mufti

Excelsior Correspondent

Pulwama, Mar 25: Welcoming the formation of a new Government in Pakistan, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Patron, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said the stabilization of democratic and political institutions in that country has rejuvenated the hope for a peaceful settlement of Kashmir issue. ....more

HM ‘area commander’ shot dead in Reasi

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 25: An ‘area commander’ of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit was gunned down by police and Army in an encounter at village Moori, Gulabgarh in Mahore area of Reasi district. Slain militant was operating in Gool-Gulabgarh-Mahore belt for last more than a decade and was involved in a series of militant activities......more

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Cong haunts Advani on Kandahar revelations

NEW DELHI, Mar 25: The Congress today said BJP leader L K Advani was a "lame duck" as Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister under the NDA rule, and asked why he did not resign if he was not happy with the decision to release the three Kashmiri terrorists in Kandahar in lieu of 161 passengers on board the Indian Airlines flight hijacked on December 24, 1999. ....more

Sarabjit’s family to visit Pak

JALANDHAR, Mar 25: Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh’s sister Dalbir Kaur today said she along with other family members would soon visit Pakistan to meet her brother and submit a fresh petition seeking clemency for him. .....more

Manmohan speaks to Gillani

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, Mar 25: In the first high-level contact with the new leadership in Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today felicitated his counterpart Yousuf Raza Gillani and conveyed a desire for transforming the bilateral ties into the "best ever" for which an "opportunity" has come. .....more

CM welcomes popular Govt in Pak

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Mar 25: Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has welcomed the installation of an elected Prime Minister in Pakistan, hoping that the return of democracy in the neighbouring country would usher atmosphere of peace and amity in the region......more

Infiltrator killed near LoC

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Mar 25: Troops gunned down a militant immediately after sneaking into this side from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) in Keran sector while as a HM ultra surrendered before the security forces while another of Al Badr outfit was apprehended in Kashmir valley......more

KmC chief steps down

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 25: President of Kathua Municipal Council (KMC) Naresh Sharma today resigned after a ‘no confidence motion’ was moved against him by 10 members in the house of 17 including eight from Congress....more

 
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