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President Kalam has a narrow escape

9/27/2006 10:08:04 PM

Wednesday, 27 September Tirunelveli: President APJ Abdul Kalam had a narrow escape when a portion of the ceiling of a room collapsed a few feet away from where he was standing during his visit to the Koodankulan nuclear plant. A part of the ceiling came down on Friday when an airconditioner mechanic got on top of it in an attempt to switch on an AC unit, an official said. Though the President was not scheduled to visit that particular area, the anti-sabotage squad should have checked the place, the official, who did not want to be named, said. "Of course, it was an accident and the mechanic was taken for questioning. But the incident had taken place when senior of...

World knows who was winner in Kargil: Gen. Kapoor

9/27/2006 10:06:07 PM

Udhampur | September 27 General Officer Commanding( GOC)16 Corps, Northern Command Lt. General Deepak Kapoor has refuted the claims of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf about the Kargil war, and has pointed out that the world knows who was the winner in the conflict. Gen. Kapoor was interacting with mediapersons at a function here last evening. When asked about General Musharraf's controversial book 'In the Line of Fire' and his claim that his country was victorious in the Kargil conflict in 1999 ,he quipped,'' The world knows that Indian army had thrown the Pakistani troops out of Kargil. If Gen Musharraf sees defeat as his victory, it is up to him , how he looks at the outco...

12 security personnel among 14 injured in grenade blast

9/27/2006 8:03:42 PM

Srinagar, Sept 27: Twelve security personnel were among 14 people injured in a grenade explosion triggered by militants at Badshah Chowk in the heart of the city on Sept 27. Militants hurled the grenade towards a police party at Badshah Chowk around 1550 hours causing splinter injuries to ten cops and two CRPF personnel, official sources said. They said two civilians passing through the area were also injured in the blast. Strong contingent of police was deployed in the area since early today to maintain law and order in the wake of massive protest demonstrations against the death sentence of Mohammad Afzal in connection with parliament attack case and subsequent clashes be...

Musharraf does another U-turn, sings praises of PM`s sincerity over Kashmir

9/27/2006 8:03:21 PM

New York, Sept 27: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is sincere about wanting to resolve the over five-decade-long Kashmir dispute, feels President Pervez Musharraf clearly backtracking on his comments in his autobiography “In the Line of Fire”. The General had written that Dr Manmaohan Singh’s sincerity and flexibility were ebbing over Kashmir issue. “Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has a sincere desire to resolve all outstanding issues including Kashmir,” the Daily Times quoted Musharraf as saying in his address to the annual Pehla Qadam gala organised here by the National Commission for Human Development. He further went on say that the Havana joint statement contained “seeds for...

World knows who was winner in Kargil: Gen. Kapoor

9/27/2006 8:02:08 PM

Panic grips commuters as live shell found on J&K highway

9/27/2006 7:37:16 PM

Jammu, September 27: A live mortar shell, used in 1971 Indo-Pak war, was found by some labourers on the Jammu-Pathankote National Highway in Kathua district, disrupting traffic for over an hour, official sources said. Labourers engaged in digging work on the highway found the shell in Jatwal area of the district early today, they said. The Army personnel later defused it after they informed by police, sources said....

A freedom fighter is different from a terrorist: Musharraf

9/27/2006 7:37:00 PM

New Delhi | September 27 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has spoken out against the "broad-brush treatment" of "equating freedom struggle in Indian-held Kashmir with terrorism" in his memoirs, even as the two countries go about establishing a joint mechanism to fight terrorism. "The West rejects militant struggles for freedom too badly. The US and Europe too often equate all militancy with terrorism; in particular they equate the struggle for freedom in Indian-held Kashmir with terrorism," writes Musharraf in his recently published memoirs. Musharraf's "In the Line of Fire: A Memoir," launched Monday night in the US, has climbed up the bestseller lists and hit Indian bookstores W...

'In The Line of Fire'

Musharraf's spin on some events can be challenged

9/27/2006 5:51:57 PM

B L KAK NEW DELHI: Gen. Parvez Musharraf has created waves since this September 25, when his book 'In The Line of Fire' was launched in New York. He and his book will definitely come in the line of fire. In terms of barrack-room achievement, he has said some remarkable things. But his spin on some events of the recent past can be challenged easily. In a country like Pakistan where politicians often bring state security to the brink with their vendettas of polarisation, having swashbuckling generals like Pervez Musharraf as army chiefs can be risky. By his own account, he was not afraid of dying and felt that providence had saved him for something great. But no army officer should ...

Canadian newspaper spills the beans

Lahore's Muridke is training ground for Lashkar jihadis

9/27/2006 5:51:32 PM

B L KAK NEW DELHI, SEPT. 27: Muridke near Lahore in Pakistan has emerged as a highly important spot in view of the uninterupted activities of the dreaded terrorist organisation, Lashkar-e-Toiba. Acccording to a four-part series in the Canadian daily newspaper, National Post, the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), which has been involved in terrorist activities in Kashmir, is now overtaking Al Qaeda in the danger it poses. Stewart Bell, who is considered as an 'expert' on security issues, has made a pointed reference to his recent visit to Muridke, Lashkar-e-Toiba's training camp, where he found out from local people how Pakistani jihadis were trained and sent out to engage in ...

Despite commitment to help apple growers Mir’s tiff with Congress ministers may not trigger major conflict in coalition

9/27/2006 5:49:44 PM

Srinagar, September 27 :-The PDP leaders are hopeful that the Chief Minister,Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad,would accept their party’s recommendation for increase of Re. One per kg of culled “C” grade apple in the interest of the apple growers in the state. The Minister for Horticulture,Mr Dilawar Mir,who had exchanged hot words with a couple of ministerial colleagues belonging to the congress on Tuesday told Kashmir Independent Press on Wednesday “I have taken the stand for increasing the price structure for culled “C grade” apple under the Market Investment Scheme in the interest of growers.” He said that a raise of Re.one will provide encouragement to the growers for producing quality...

NO SIGNS OF AL-QAEDA ACTIVITY IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR: ARMY COMMANDER

9/27/2006 5:49:18 PM

Jammu, September 27 The General Officer Commanding in Chief (GOC-in-Chief) Northern Command Lt-Gen. Deepak Kapoor has said that “we have not seen major signs of Al Qaeda activity in Jammu and Kashmir.” Addressing media persons on Tuesday evening at Udhampur Gen Kapoor said that “we have also read newspaper reports about Al Qaeda presence in Jammu and Kashmir. It does not worry us but till date we have not seen any signs of Al Qaeda activities in the state.” Gen. Kapoor said “the Army is well prepared to account for any terrorist, including those belonging to Al Qaeda,who are inimical to the interests of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union of India.” “As long as they cre...