Tree falls on
civilians, 2 killed
Excelsior
Correspondent
RAMBAN, Mar
26: Two civilians were
killed and another injured when a
large tree fell on them during
cutting at Gool in this district
today.....more
KU's law
student Salman Sagar elected
Srinagar Mayor
Beneficiary of
cross-voting, NC retains both top
positions
From Ahmed Ali
Fayyaz
SRINAGAR,
Mar 26: Taking
advantage of its nearly two-third
majority in the 68-member House
of Srinagar Municipal Corporation
(SMC), coupled by cross-voting of
some Congress and PDP Councillors
in its favour, National
Conference has retained both the
top positions in the civic body's
annual election with an
impressive victory today. Amid a
controversy over the voting of
the PDP Councillor Tanvir Sadiq,
who has lately defected to the
NC, senior NC leader Ali Mohammad
Sagar's son, Salman Sagar, has
been elected as Mayor and his
party colleague, Sajjad Ahmed
Chashoo, as the Deputy Mayor of
Srinagar......more
Militant killed
in Bandipore gunbattle
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR,
Mar 26: Security
forces today claimed to have
killed a Pakistani militant of
Lashkar-e-Toiba in an encounter
in Bandipore area......more
Cable operator
murdered
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar
26: A cable operator
was murdered at Kheer Pind-Tanda
road under the jurisdiction of RS
Pura police station tonight by
four miscreants, all of whom
managed to escape. The victim has
been identified as Harminder
Singh alias Pindi, a resident of
Gadigarh......more
US-Pak discuss
Kashmir issue
ISLAMABAD,
Mar 26: The
Indo-Pak composite dialogue to
resolve Kashmir and other
outstanding issues figured in
talks the two top visiting US
officials had with Pakistan
Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad
Khan here today......more
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