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| Dar escapes bid on life | | Couple among four killed across the state | | | SRINAGAR, SEPT 12: The former Union Minister of State for Home, Mohammad Maqbool Dar, escaped unhurt in a militant
attack today near Shirpora in South Kashmir’s Anathnag district in which two youth congress activist were injured in the attack
Whereas a couple was killed by unidentified gunmen in Kandi area of Rajouri district late last night. Meanwhile two Lashker-e-Toiba
(Let) militants were killed in an encounter at Chataral area of Poonch District. A Hotel was damaged in an Improvised Electronic
Device (IED) blast at Kandi Rajouri, official sources and reports said Tuesday.
According to the reports reaching KPS, Mohammad Maqbool Dar escaped unhurt when suspected militants blow up an IED the
movement his escort vehicle passed through Karpora Shirpora where IED was planted. Sources said that Dar was on his way to the
Kulgam when IED exploded. Two congress activist, Ghulam Nabi Bhat and his son Rafiq Ahmad Bhat were injured in the blast,
sources said adding that both of them were shifted to hospital. Dar, who was a Minister in the United Front Government, had joined
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| Pakistan, India top traffickers in women | | Human traficking is third most lucrative business | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 12: Human trafficking has been universally confirmed as the third most lucrative illicit busines in the world--indeed, after arms and drugs. And human trafficking has already become as a major source of organised crime revenue.
In plain language, human traffricking is considered as the industry, which generates an estrimated 7 billion dollars ro 12 billion dollars annually. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), traffickers net an additional 32 billion dollars a year once the victims are in the destination country.
Pakistan has been listed as one of the key source of trafficking of women in a United Nations report. The report says ... | |
| | | | Will NAM countries oblige PoK Premier? | | India, Pak to resume Foreign Secretary-level talks | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 12: Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan are quite likely to be resumed either towards the end of this month or during the first week of October. According to authoritative sources, the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, wants the new Foreign Secretary, Shiv Shankar Menon, to carry forward the stalled dialogue with his Pakistani counterpart.
India's Foreign Office expects the possible resumption of Foreign Secretary-level talks between the two countries after Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh's meeting with Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, on the margins of the NAM summit in Havana later this week. This would be Manmohan Singh's f... | |
| | | | Foreign Ministership: Karan Singh, Krishna emerge frontrunners | | | |
New Delhi, Sep 12: Senior Congress leader Karan Singh has emerged as the frontrunner along with another party veteran S M Krishna for appointment as External Affairs Minister with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stating today that the slot will be filled on his return home in a week's time.
Erudite Karan Singh, who heads the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) is also a member of the Rajya Sabha and had been sent to Nepal as Prime Minister's special envoy recently to talk to King Gyanendra at the height of the crisis in the Kingdom.
Hailing from the royal family of Jammu and Kashmir, 75-year old Singh was a Union Minister in Indira Gandhi's cabinet.
His name has also fig... | |
| | | | POLICE INFORMER REWARDED | | | | Jammu, September 12 : An ex-service man, Girdhari Lal caused a piquant situation for the police authorities in Jammu when he expressed his desire to return the cash award of Rs 50,000 , that he had earned for saving human lives by detecting Improvised Explosive device outside the main gate of the Chest and Disease hospital opposite the Jammu medical college, if the government agreed to provide job to one of his three unemployed sons.
Girdhari Lal had felt happy when he was handed a packet containing Rs 50,000 by Inspector General of Police Dr SP Vaid in his office in Jammu on Tuesday.
But his excitement was short lived when Dr Vaid announced that the police had decided to reward ... | |
| | | | DESIGN TO CREATE TERROR: IG JAMMU | | | | Jammu, September 12 : Planting of IED’s at public places was a cause of concern for Jammu police following timely detection of 7 kg IED fitted with Programmed time device outside C&D hospital opposite Jammu Medical college on Monday night.
Stating this Inspector General of Police Jammu range Dr SP Vaid told mediamen in the state’s winter capital on Tuesday that had not the explosive been detected it could have lead to a major tragedy.
“It is a matter of concern for us.The militants had design to create terror in the city.He said we have set up a special team of investigators to look deep in to the issue so that militants were not able to repeat the exercise”, adding that so... | |
| | | | RATE OF ELIMINATION OF FOREIGN MILITANTS DECLINING | | | | Srinagar, September 12:-Following difficulties in establishing bases in major towns of the state the level of killing of foreign militants in the operations of the security forces has registered a marked decline during the last five years.
According to the state Government figures as many as 508 foreign mercenaries, most of them hailing from Pakistan and occupied Kashmir, were killed in encounters and operations launched by the security forces in 2002.The number of elimination of these guest militants dropped to 370 in 2003 and 289 in 2004.
The Government report said that last year 195 mercenaries were eliminated and this year 104 were killed till september 10 when there has been no... | |
| | | | Pak has not done enough to control terrorism: PM | | | |
On Board PM's Special Flight, Sep 12 Setting the tone ahead of his meeting with President Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said Pakistan has not done enough to control elements like Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar- e-Toiba and hinted he might try to pin Islamabad down on its commitment not to allow its territory for launching terror attacks against India.
Ahead of the meeting this week on the margins of the NAM summit in Havana, he made it clear that both the countries should move forward on the dialogue process but said terrorism surely acts as a "dampner" and violence "vitiates" the atmosphere.
"Our position is quite clear. Terrorism today constitutes a threa... | |
| | | | 1993 Mumbai blasts:4 members of Memon family found guilty | | | |
Mumbai, Sep 12 Four family members of Tiger Memon, one of the main accused in the 1993 serial blasts case, were today found guilty in the case by a special TADA court which set free three other family members.
More than 13 years after the terror strikes in the metropolis following the demolition of the Babri mosque in Ayodhaya, Judge P D Kode of the designated TADA court began pronouncing the verdict in batches, starting with accused number one to eight, all family members of Ibrahim Mushtaq alias Tiger Memon.
While Yakub, Yusuf and Essa - all brothers of Tiger Memon - and Rubina Memon were found guilty of involvement in conspiracy hatched for serial bomb blasts, Suleiman alias A... | |
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