Telecom
signals roving across
border in J&K
NEW
DELHI, May 12:
Telecom companies in
Jammu and Kashmir may
have to halt their
expansion programmes, as
the State police and
other security agencies
have denied them
permission to install
antennas near the border
until equipment to block
the flow of signal across
the border was installed....more
DG
BSF admits infiltration,
blames Al-Meran
NEW
DELHI, May 12:
BSF DG A K Mitra
today admitted that some
militants had managed to
sneak in from Samba
sector and did not rule
out reinforcement in the
area. ...more
Frantic
calls by people
Frantic
calls by people from
different villages in
Samba and Kathua
districts to police that
they had observed
movement of militants in
Army uniforms today led
to search operations
jointly by different
security agencies at
various places.....more
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Cong writing chapter
of peace: Soz
We are ready for
cross-LoC trade: Azad
Excelsior
Correspondent
Uri, May 12: Chief
Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today
said that India had made all
arrangements for cross-LoC trade
with Pakistan and it was now for
the neighbouring country to
decide when it wanted the trucks
to ply on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad
road......more
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Hearing begins in
sex scandal case
SRINAGAR, May 12:
A full bench of the
State High Court today began
hearing in the infamous sex
scandal case involving Ministers
and bureaucrats after a division
bench last year gave a split
verdict on the future course of
action against those named. ....more
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Demonstrations
against Samba killings,
infiltration
Complete,
peaceful bandh observed in Jammu
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, May 12: A complete
and peaceful bandh was observed
in Jammu today in protest against
the infiltration by heavily armed
militants into the State from the
Samba sector and subsequent
killings of innocent people....more
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Samba incident
doesn't augur well for peace:
Farooq
NEW DELHI, May
12: Former Jammu
and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq
Abdullah today said incidents
like Samba encounter, which left
six people dead, did not augur
well for establishing permanent
peace in the State....more
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Antony condoles
Sodhi's demise
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, May 12: Defence
Minister A K Antony today
condoled the death of Daily
Excelsior chief photographer
Ashok Sodhi in militants’
firing at Samba yesterday morning
and described him as a martyr who
sacrificed his life in the true
tradition of a fearless
journalism....more
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Militant gunned
down in Poonch
Excelsior
Correspondent
POONCH, May 12: Police
and a SPO gunned down a Pakistani
militant in an encounter at
Draba, Surankote in this district
last night. A SPO was injured in
the operation....more
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DM to visit
border areas today
NEW DELHI, May
12: A day after
two militants were gunned down
near the International Border
with Pakistan near Jammu, Defence
Minister A K Antony will
undertake a visit to forward most
border posts in Punjab tomorrow. ...more
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India to test
fire 5000 km range missile
NEW DELHI, May
12: Buoyed by the string
of successes with the
intermediate range ballistic
missile Agni-III, India is
planning to test a missile with
5000 km range soon....more
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