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European Union delegation calls on CM 9/14/2006 10:04:02 PM Srinagar, September 14 – A delegation of European Union comprising Ambassador of Finland in New Delhi Mr. Asko Numminen, Ambassador European Commission Mr. Francisco Da Camara Gomes, Second Secretary Embassy of Finland Ms Anna Kaisa Heikkinen, First Secretary and Deputy Head of Mission Embassy of Portugal Mr. Luis Manuel Boralho Sequeira and a representative from Germen Embassy in India called on Chief Minister Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad in New Delhi last evening and discussed various issues pertaining to the development and security scenario in the state. The delegation appreciated the steps of the government taken to reduce the human rights violations and its positive effect on the ground. The delegation also acknowledged the sense of tolerance exhibited by security forces. Chief Minister while interacting with the delegation said that both central and state governments have initiated various measures for strengthening peace in the state. He said that only last year on 7th April, UPA Chairperson Mrs. Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh personally came to ...   READ MORE

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MASTERMIND BEHIND BASANTGARH MASSACRE ELIMINATED 9/14/2006 10:00:39 PM Jammu,September 14 : In a major success joint team of Rashtriya Rifles,Jammu and Kashmir state police and Border security force on Thursday eliminated top LeT Commander, allegedly involved in killing of 13 members of the minority community in Udhampur, Aijaz Ahmed S/O Mohd Latief R/O Lodhara Gund. Addressing a press conference IG Jammu range Dr SP Vaid said, a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander responsible for the massacre of 13 members of a minority community in Basantgarh was gunned down by security forces in a joint operation in Udhampur district Thursday morning. He said, after developing specific intelligence inputs the joint team of security forces first cordoned off the ...   READ MORE   J&K sex scandal: HC asks CBI to produce list of all accused 9/14/2006 9:59:57 PM Srinagar, Sep 14 Jammu and Kashmir High Court, which is monitoring investigations into the sex scandal case here, has termed as "vague" the list of accused and the line of action proposed by CBI in the case. CBI had submitted a status report containing proposed line of action in the open court. On its perusal, "we find it vague in many respects so much so that it neither contains the names of all persons allegedly involved in the case nor does it indicate any precipitated action against those mentioned," a Division Bench said today. The Bench, comprising justices Hakim Imtiyaz Hussain and B A Kirmani, directed the CBI counsel S A Naik to produce a complete list of all persons all...   READ MORE   Havana meet generates hope; Farooq, Omar, Mahbooba, Shah optimistic 9/14/2006 9:54:36 PM Jammu, Sep 14 : Be it common man, mainstream political parties or separatists leaders the Friday meet between Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President Gen. Parvez Musharaff has generated optimism in this trouble torn state of Jammu and Kashmir. Heads of two countries would hold talks tomorrow on the margins of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Havana, where the two South Asian leaders would be leading their delegations The meeting has assumed significance especially keeping in view the recent hiccups in the ongoing peace process. This will be the first top political-level contact between the two countries since the July 11 Mumbai blasts which put Pakistan-I...   READ MORE   Pak is safe haven for Jaish founder Islamabad unlikely to deport Masood Azhar to India 9/14/2006 9:46:36 PM B L KAK NEW DELHI, SEPT. 14: Amid Islamabad's louder noises vis-a-vis its policy against any enouragement to extremists and terrorist groups on the territory controlled by Pakistan, Masood Azhar, founder of the dreaded terrorist organisation, Jaish-e-Mohammed, has successfully managed to deeply entrench himself in Pakistan. His success is attributed to the support and cooperation from Pakistan's official agencies, particularly the ISI (Inter-Servies Intelligence). Continuing efforts by New Delhi to get him back, Pakistan, on present indications, will not oblige the government of India. Masood Azar is the 'most wanted terrorist' onthe list of India, which has been forwarded t...   READ MORE   Kashmiri Samiti Delhi stirs up criticsKashmiri Samiti Delhi stirs up criticsKashmiri Samiti Delhi stirs up critics Why permanent settlement of KPs outside J&K? 9/14/2006 9:45:50 PM B L KAK NEW DELHI, SEPT. 14: Considering itself as the nodal agency of the 'uprooted' Kashmiri Pandits (KPs), the Kashmiri Samiti Delhi (KSD) has stirred a host of enemies within the much-publicised Kashmiri Pandit community by making public its re-structured plan, seeking the government of India to start rehabilitation process of Kashmiri Pandits "outside J&K". Dr LN Dhar is the president of the Kashmiri Samiti Delhi. He seems to have either ignored or underestimated effectiveness of the KSD's critics in some other KP groups and organisations in Delhi and elsewhere in the country, including Jammu and Kashmir, at the time of issuing a press release in support of the KPs' rehabil...   READ MORE   Moderate intensity quake rocks northern J&K 9/14/2006 9:44:04 PM Srinagar, Sep 14 A moderate intensity earthquake shook parts of Jammu and Kashmir along the Indo-China border this morning, the Meteorological department said. The temblor, measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale, hit the region at 8:14 a.M., it said. There was no immediate report of any casualty or damage to property. The epicentre of the quake was located at 36.4 degrees north on the latitude and 76.1 degrees east on the longitude. ...   READ MORE   Army major shot dead by jawan Infiltration bid foiled 9/14/2006 9:43:42 PM Jammu, Sep 14 An Army major has been shot dead by a jawan at a forward post in Rajouri sector, a Defence Spokesman said here today. Major Harsh Kumar was shot dead by Naik Ravi Kumar at an isolated company post in Manjakote area of Rajouri district last night, he said adding that the accused has been taken into custody by the authorities. An inquiry has been ordered into the incident and a detailed investigation is in progress, the spokesman said. Army troops foiled an infiltration bid by a group of ultras following a gunbattle stretching for over two hours in Tarkundi sector of the border district of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir. Alert army troops noticed a group of six to...   READ MORE   PM set for fresh round of diplomatic parleys at NAM Summit 9/14/2006 9:43:12 PM Havana, Sept 14 After a hectic inaugural IBSA summit in Brasilia, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will launch himself into a fresh round of diplomatic activities at the NAM summit beginning here tomorrow whose high point will be the meeting with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday when India's concerns on cross-border terrorism will figure. This will be Singh's first interaction with Musharraf after the recent spurt in terrorist attacks in Mumbai and other parts of India that had brought in chill in bilateral relations that had resulted in the stalling of the foreign secretary-level talks between the two countries. The two had met twice in New York and Delhi in the las...   READ MORE   1993 Mumbai blasts: Ghansar found guilty 9/14/2006 9:42:34 PM Mumbai, Sep 14 A key hitman of Tiger Memon, prime accused in the 1993 serial blasts that killed 257 people here, was today found guilty of committing terrorist acts by a designated TADA court, taking the number of persons convicted in the case to five. The 43-year-old Mohammed Shoaib Ghansar had parked a RDX-laden scooter at Zaveri Bazaar jewellery hub that exploded killing 17 people and injured 57 on March 12, 1993. Judge P D Kode found him guilty of conspiracy and murder as also under the provisions of TADA, various sections of IPC, Explosives Substances Act, Explosives Act and Damage to Properties Act. The court also found Ghansar, a mechanic, guilty of stuffing RDX in vehicles a...   READ MORE

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