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- Cbi Set To File First Chargesheet, Several Will Be Charged With Rape (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Jun 25, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation is set to file its first chargesheet in the Jammu & Kashmir sex abuse scandal.
- Army Captain, 2 Hizb Militants Killed In Pulwama Gunbattle (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jun 25, 2006)
Schoolboy dies in exchange of fire, Baramulla protesters set fire to police station
Probe into killing of schoolboy
Many houses damaged in Mirbagh encounter
- Cbi Files Charge Sheet In Jammu And Kashmir Sex Scam (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jun 25, 2006)
First charge sheet filed against accused
Judicial custody for Sethi
Remand extended for former ministers
- 9 Chargesheeted In Sex Scandal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The CBI today filed its first chargesheet in the high-profile sex racket charging nine persons, including Deputy Inspector General of BSF K.C Pandhi, with rape.
- Cbi Files Sleaze Charge-Sheets (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today filed charges against nine people in the Kashmir sex scandal. The charge-sheet was filed in the court of chief judicial magistrate, Srinagar against the accused, including Border Security Force DIG . . .
- Transparency And Accountability In Public Life (Daily Excelsior, M V Meenakshisundaram, Jun 25, 2006)
The report of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission, coming close on the heels of the historic Right to Information Law, is likely to go a long way in promoting transparency and accountability in public life.
- Oldest Indian Scales Mt Everest (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
He has climbed many a peak, but scaling Mount Everest has been special for BSF officer S.C. Negi as the feat made him the highest-ranking paramilitary official and the oldest Indian to reach the roof of the world.
- Cbi Set To File First Chargesheet, Several Will Be Charged With Rape (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Jun 24, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation is set to file its first chargesheet in the Jammu & Kashmir sex abuse scandal.
- When Boundaries Disappear Between Countries (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Chambilyal mela symbolises common cultural heritage of India and Pakistan
Pakistan rangers reach Indian territory with civilians to collect soil as per tradition
Huge rush at fair a direct consequence of ongoing peace process: Pakistani commandant
- Life On The Border (Frontline, ROMESH BHATTACHARJI, Jun 23, 2006)
Punjab's border villages abound in historical monuments which cry out forconservation. -
- Indo-Pak Devotees Meet At 300 Yr Old Shrine (Daily Excelsior, Gopal Sharma, Jun 23, 2006)
Boundaries drawn between India and Pakistan and three full scale wars fought between the two countries failed to shatter belief of the people on both the sides towards 300-year- old shrine of Hindu deity, Baba Dalip Singh Manhas as thousands . . .
- Narayanan Does Tough Talking On Security (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Concerned at the continued increase of violence in Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre has asked police, paramilitary forces and the Army to get their act together and make concerted efforts to counter militant groups in the State.
- Shameful Scandal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 22, 2006)
By rapidly unravelling the crime of forcing 43 young Kashmiri women, some of them teenaged girls, into prostitution for the perverse pleasure of senior politicians, bureaucrats . . .
- Sleazy Corridors Of Power (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jun 22, 2006)
Congress must introspect as the accused in the sex scandal in Kashmir have links with top party leaders, says Anuradha Dutt
- Indian Border Force Warns Bangladesh Over Firing (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
India’s border guards warned their Bangladeshi counterparts on Wednesday of strong retaliation against what they say is unprovoked cross-border firing that has killed an Indian soldier and forced villagers to flee.
- Cbi Arrests Two Former Ministers In J&k Sex Scam Case (Pioneer, Khursheed Wani, Jun 21, 2006)
The CBI finally laid its hands on politicians allegedly involved in the high-profile sex racket in Kashmir. On Tuesday, two former ministers - Ghulam Ahmad Mir and Raman Mattoo - were arrested for their alleged involvement in the sex abuse scam.
- Musharraf Again Rules Out Foreign Access To Dr Khan (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Jun 21, 2006)
Amid controversies and renewed demands by international community for fresh probe into A.Q Khan issue, President General Pervez Musharraf has once again dismissed such demands saying that Pakistan’s own investigators are competent and far better . . .
- J&k Sex Scam: 2 Ex-Ministers Held (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Two former ministers including a Congress leader were arrested by the CBI in connection with the sex scandal.
- Rot At The Top (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 21, 2006)
Some of Srinagar’s powerful people were involved
- Sex Scandal Cuffs On Ex-Ministers (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
“I am going for a morning walk,” Ghulam Ahmed Mir told the staff at Jammu and Kashmir House as he was led away by CBI officials after his arrest in the sex scandal that has rocked the Valley.
- Cracks In Male Bastion (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 20, 2006)
A reported 400 plus suicides in the Army in just four years is a startling figure.
- Cbi Announces Rs 2 Lakh Cash Reward On Sethi (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
CBI today announced a cash reward of Rs two lakh for information leading to the arrest of former Additional Advocate General of J&K Anil Sethi wanted in connection with the sex racket.
- 23 Killed, 23 Injured As Bus Plunges Into Gorge (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
In a tragic road accident, 23 persons, mostly labourers from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Nepal were killed and 23 others received injuries, 13 of them critically, when a bus carrying them skidded off the road and plunged into deep gorge near Kela . . .
- Delhi, Dhaka To Sign Extradition Treaty (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Jun 19, 2006)
Bangladesh reportedly giving final touches to the draft handed over by India
Dhaka has handed a long list of `wanted criminals'
Anup Chetia's extradition denied by Dhaka
- More Punch For Para-Military (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Jun 19, 2006)
Resources must be improved for better intelligence gathering
- 4 Militants Among 8 Killed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Four militants and four civilians have died in different militancy-related incidents across Kashmir valley even as a Dy SP had a narrow escape in an ambush at Bandipore and a fierce gunbattle took place at Sagipora in Sopore-Handwara belt.
- Bangladesh Rejects Indian Accusations As Baseless (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Bangladesh on Friday dismissed as ‘baseless’ allegations that its forces launched an unprovoked attack on an Indian boat patrol killing a border guard.
- J&k Sex Scandal: Bsf Dig Suspended (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
BSF Deputy Inspector General K S Padhi, arrested by the CBI for his alleged involvement in a sex racket in Srinagar, has been placed under suspension.
- Bsf On High Alert Along Tripura Border (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The Border Security Force (BSF) has increased its strength in Tripura and put the entire border on high alert following the killing of 10 National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) militants in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh recently.
- Labourers’ Killer Among 6 Militants Killed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Six militants including a killer of nine labourers were killed in separate encounters at Pampore, Handwara and Uri today while as militants shot at and injured a BSF trooper in Sopore.
- Bsf Jawan Killed In Bdr Firing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was killed when personnel of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) fired on a BSF patrol pursuing cattle smugglers at Ghojadanga in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Monday night.
- India’S Problem, Kashmir’S Problem (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 13, 2006)
The sex scandal that opened up a can of worms in Jammu and Kashmir more than a month ago continues to elicit outraged protests in the state.
- India, Bangladesh Troops Exchange Border Fire (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
gladesh accuses India of unprovoked attack
*India shot a Bangladeshi smuggler
- Why Commando Force? (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Jun 11, 2006)
The world today is awash with long-drawn-out conflicts. It takes a special breed of men to fight this kind of war.
- Security Tightened For Amarnath Yatra (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Jun 09, 2006)
With the holy Amarnath yatra, set to begin from June 11, the security forces are in no mood to take chances with the safety and security of the pilgrims.
- Office-Of-Profit: Sword Hangs Over Four Congress Mlas In J-K (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jun 09, 2006)
Four Congress legislators in J-K ruling coalition are facing disqualification for holding office-of-profit and receiving salary, accommodation, transport and other facilities as Chairman and Vice-Chairman of various government corporations and boards.
- Dig Bsf, Jammu Advocate To Appear (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
K S Padhe, a Deputy Inspector General of Border Security Force, and Anil Sethi, a lawyer from Jammu whose services as additional Advocate General have been terminated by the State Government earlier, will be subjected to an identification parade . . .
- Cbi Chief Assures Hc: Probe Will Be Fair And Speedy (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Jun 07, 2006)
CBI Director Vijay Shankar today assured the J&K High Court that a “fair, speedy and effective investigation” was being conducted into the Srinagar sex abuse scandal. He said the agency would not spare the guilty nor give in to any kind of pressure.
- Ex-Minister's Kin Among 6 Hizb Militants Held (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jun 06, 2006)
In a major achievement, Police and Army have jointly busted a major militant network with the arrest of six militants of Hizbul Mujahideen, including the nephew of senior PDP leader and former Minister of State for Health Abdul Gaffar Sofi, in south . . .
- Cbi Hunts For Top Bsf Officer (Times of India, M Saleem Pandit, Jun 05, 2006)
CBI sources said the agency is trying to locate a DIG-level officer of BSF, who is reportedly posted in Delhi now, in connection with J&K's high-profile sex racket.
- Tourist Succumbs, Others Flown (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
One of the tourists from West Bengal, injured in Wednesday’s grenade blast at Dalgate, died early this morning, official sources said.
- Bsf Jawan Injured (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
A bsf jawan was injured in an IED blast in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir today, official sources said.
- 35 Bengalis Injured As Terrorism Takes On Tourism (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jun 01, 2006)
About three dozen tourists from West Bengal sustained injuries when unidentified terrorists carried out grenade attacks on two tourist buses in Dalgate area in this capital city today.
- J&k Terrorist Groups Finding New Recruits (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 01, 2006)
Maharashtra, Gujarat residents training with Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
Resident of Maharashtra village killed in encounter in J&K
Was most likely being trained on behalf of Lashkar-e-Taiba
Hizb may be seeking to enhance its own pan-India capabilities
- High Court Directs Cbi To Speed Up J&k Sex Scandal Investigation (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , May 30, 2006)
Media restrained from highlighting unverified names and facts
It also directed the CBI to complete the identification of all persons named by the victim by the next hearing.
The next hearing has been fixed for June 2
- Insurgency And Friendship Cannot Go Together (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, May 29, 2006)
Certain issues bordering on civil-military relations have been rattling the military mind for quite sometime.
- Sex Racket In Srinagar (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 28, 2006)
Despite saturation coverage of the protests against a commercial sex racket in Srinagar, their political content has passed unexamined.
- Hitch In Sending Back Pakistani Fishermen By Rail (Hindu, Sunny Sebastian, May 27, 2006)
They will be sent by road from Jodhpur to Attari border for deportation.
Infrastructure on Pakistan side not ready yet
Fishermen lodged overnight in Jodhpur
- Gill Crafts Ultimate Battle Plan In Chhattisgarh: Hit Maoists Hard, Hit Them Sure (Pioneer, Pramod K Singh, May 27, 2006)
Supercop KPS Gill, now the security adviser to Chhattisgarh Government, has outlined his plan of action to stamp out Maoists from the State. Gill, credited with winning the war on terrorism in Punjab, has already submitted his blueprint to the . . .
- Naxalite Backlash In Chhattisgarh (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, May 27, 2006)
Salwa Judum's mobilisation of people against naxalites triggers large-scale violence and exodus of people in Chhattisgarh.
- Iaf Likely To Purchase Us Transport Aircraft (Deccan Herald, N Madhuprasad, May 25, 2006)
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has proposed to procure specialised American C-130 J transport aircraft, according to sources in the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
- Car Bomb Attack In Srinagar (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , May 24, 2006)
Despite tight security on the eve of the round table here on Jammu and Kashmir, a suicide bomber on Tuesday rammed an explosive-laden car into a bus carrying Border Security Force personnel. The bomber was killed and 25 BSF men were injured, four . . .
- Troops On Alert For Pm's Kashmir Conclave (Reuters, Palash Kumar, May 24, 2006)
Hundreds of troops sealed off Srinagar on Wednesday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived for a peace meeting which Islamist militants have threatened to disrupt.
- No Comprendo (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 22, 2006)
The American Senate seems to be somewhat confused about what it would like to do with the English language.
- Cbi Gets Sketch Expert To Identify 56 Men (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2006)
Division Bench of Jammu & Kashmir High Court, hearing a PIL of High Court Bar Association on the infamous ‘immoral trafficking scandal’, has modified its Friday order and directed CBI to complete the identification parade of 56 men by Tuesday next.
- Bush Requests $1.9b To Bolster Borders (US News & World Report, SUZANNE GAMBOA, May 19, 2006)
President Bush sent Congress a $1.9 billion request Thursday to increase border security as supporters of sweeping immigration legislation reasserted control in Senate debate.
- Bush Backs 370-Mile Fence Along Border (Washington Times, Stephen Dinan, May 19, 2006)
The Bush administration announced yesterday it supported the Senate amendment calling for 370 miles of fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, marking the first time it is has endorsed a specific amount of fencing.
- Assam Rifles Bill Will Give More Strength To Force (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
The new law to govern the functioning of the Assam Rifles will enhance the ability of the country's oldest paramilitary force to guard the Indo-Myanmar border and to act against erring personnel, its Director General Lt Gen Bhopinder Singh has said.
- India To Release 4 Pakistani Children Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Four Pakistani children who were arrested by the Indian border force will be released today (Wednesday), Indian authorities said on Tuesday.
- Righteousness, Religion, And Right-Wing Politics (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 15, 2006)
The protests seen in Srinagar after the uncovering of a prostitution ring illustrate complex cultural anxieties — not just anger over a single crime.
- Charge Sheet Filed Against Army Officials In Pathribal Killings (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, May 12, 2006)
Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) today stole the show of high profile policing in Kashmir as it took over the investigation of the explosive 'sex scandal' and filed charge sheet against five Army officials, including an officer of the rank of . . .
- Surrendered Militants Need Rehabilitation (Daily Excelsior, Sanchet Barua, May 12, 2006)
On some occasions, disgruntled cadres even give up arms of their own accord, because life in the jungle is no longer tenable, or a leadership crisis sparks an exodus. Over the last one year 105 militants sneaked into India form Bangladesh's . . .
- B Raman: Should We Believe General Malik? (Rediff on the Net, B Raman, May 11, 2006)
The perennial debate over the functioning of the intelligence agencies between the Indian Army and the agencies has once again been revived following the publication by General Ved Prakash Malik, the Chief of the Army Staff at the time of the . . .
- Ballot Battle Rendering Border Vulnerable: Bsf (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
The recent polls have taken their toll on the state’s Border Security Forces, as personnel were withdrawn from the south Bengal frontier to maintain control during the elections in Assam and West Bengal.
- India Briefs (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
The body of Shakrullah Ansari, an Indian hanged in Kuwait, will be buried in that country in keeping with the decision of his family here as it was unable to bear the cost of bringing the body back home. PTI
- Threats Won’T Work (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 05, 2006)
We report facts. Those who fear the truth in the Srinagar sex abuse case must know this
- Curfew Relaxed In Vadodara (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, May 05, 2006)
Clash in Navapura before Army moved in
Army stages flag march in affected areas
"Handling of situation by police raises a lot of questions"
- Striking The Right Balance In Iraq (Boston Globe, Editorial, Boston Globe, May 04, 2006)
THREE YEARS ago this week, President Bush declared the end of major hostilities in Iraq in front of a ''mission accomplished" banner on the USS Abraham Lincoln.
- Dargah Demolition Sparks Violence (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, May 02, 2006)
Striking at two places targetting minorities, the militants gunned down 28 civilians—19 in Kulhand area of Doda district and nine at Lolan Galla in Basantgarh area of Udhampur district since last night. Ten others were injured in Kulhand shoot-out.
- India Prefers Russian To Us Cargo Aircrafts (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 02, 2006)
A representative of the US aerospace major Lockheed-Martin is here to sell US aircrafts to Indian Air Force (IAF). Indian officials have shown interest in buying the Hercules C-130J heavy-lift
- Celebration Of Democracy (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Apr 29, 2006)
The vote in Kolkata on Thursday — in the third phase of polling for the West Bengal Assembly elections — is set to go down in the State's election annals as one of the most keenly watched battles of the ballot.
- 12 School Going Children Among 32 Injured In Grenade Attacks (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
A day ahead of peaceful polls, at least 32 persons, including twelve school going children, were injured in separate grenade incidents in Tral and Kupwara today, while as a trooper injured in Batmaloo blast on Monday night succumbed today in a hospital.
- Justice Kohli Transferred To Jharkhand (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
A day ahead of peaceful polls, at least 32 persons, including twelve school going children, were injured in separate grenade incidents in Tral and Kupwara today, while as a trooper injured in Batmaloo blast on Monday night succumbed today in a hospital.
- X-En, Supplier Held By Svo (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
day ahead of peaceful polls, at least 32 persons, including twelve school going children, were injured in separate grenade incidents in Tral and Kupwara today, while as a trooper injured in Batmaloo blast on Monday night succumbed today in a hospital.
- Bush Pushes Immigration Proposal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
He plans to call that the United States cannot allow people to break the law, but also cannot send the nation's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants back
- 74 Per Cent Turnout In Second Phase Of West Bengal Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2006)
Polling peaceful; clean sweep for Left Front, says exit poll
Long queues seen outside booths after voting time
BSF jawan on poll duty shoots himself dead with service rifle
- Second Phase Of Polling In West Bengal Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
Sixty-six constituencies spread across four districts of West Bengal will go to the polls in the second of the five-phase Assembly elections in the State on Saturday. In all, 348 candidates, including 28 women, are in the fray.
- Ignoring Implications (News International, Editorial, The News International, Apr 21, 2006)
The Tripartite Commission, comprising senior military commanders and diplomatic representatives of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the US-led Coalition Forces in Afghanistan, gave NATO-ISAF full member status of the Commission at its meeting in Rawalpindi . .
- Restructuring Intelligence Apparatus (Daily Excelsior, Surendra Sharma, Apr 21, 2006)
The government of Indiais in the process of setting up a high-powered coordination committee to monitor functioning of intelligence agencies. We have half-a-dozen intelligence agencies to keep the government informed about the external and . . .
- Myanmar Deserves Attention (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Apr 20, 2006)
India’s determination to follow an independent policy on issues of national security was amply demonstrated by the visit of President Abdul Kalam to Myanmar within a week of the visit of President George Bush to India.
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