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Nation & States
Suicide
squad raids camp, kills
nine paramilitary soldiers
What is
India News Service, August 6, 2004, 1700 hrs IST
An Assistant Commandant of the CRPF and
eight
soldiers were killed while seven others were injured when
militants made a suicide attack on their camp in the Rajbagh area in
Srinagar on Thursday.
The night-long operation which began at 8.45 p.m.
also led to the death of a suicide militant in the retaliatory
action. His accomplice escaped. It also caused heavy damage to the
two-storeyed building housing security personnel.
This is the second suicide attack on CRPF
personnel in the past one week. Five CRPF personnel and two suicide
militants were killed in the last attack on a camp of the 65
Battalion of the CRPF at Leeward Hotel in the Dal Lake in Srinagar
on July 27.
The phased replacement of the BSF from
counter-insurgency operations by the CRPF in Kashmir, which started
with the shifting of eight BSF Battalions last year, has been
temporarily stalled. The replacement of five more battalions is
being made soon, according to top security official sources.
The Al-Mansoorian outfit, which had claimed
responsibility for the last attack, has also owned up for the attack
on the 69 Battalion of the CRPF camp at Rajbagh.
Siachen
issue may remain buried at frozen heights:
The long awaited talks between the
Defence Secretaries of India and Pakistan got underway here today to
discuss the demilitarisation of Siachen Glacier, but the indications
available at the end of day one pointed to the matter remaining
unresolved and buried at the frozen heights of the world\92s highest
battlefield.
'Caring'
is PM's byword in I-Day speech: When he addresses the nation
from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh will pitch for a \91\91caring economic policy\92\92
and a \91\91caring government\92\92 which can create a \91\91caring
nation.\92\92 He spent a couple of hours yesterday going through the
speech, idea by idea and line by line. Singh, is dissatisfied with
the phrase \91\91reforms with a human face.\92\92
Congress to nip KCR move:
The Andhra Pradesh unit of the Congress will make official its demand for a second States reorganisation commission at a meeting on August 10. The Congress deems this necessary in the face of claims by TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao that Telangana is a reality bar the shouting.
Sonia
okays pact with NCP: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on
Thursday gave the green signal for an alliance with the Nationalist
Congress Party in Maharashtra for the Assembly elections later this
year. This was announced by Congress general-secretary Margaret Alva
and state PCC president Prabha Rao after a meeting with Gandhi in
the presence of Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde.
Crime tag off doctor bungle:
The Supreme Court today handed a lifeline to doctors, ruling that they would not face criminal liability unless found guilty of \93gross negligence\94.
US
visa-seekers will have to clear obstacle course:
The consular office in the US Embassy, and the American Centre,
will reopen Friday. But, from now on, visitors to these offices
would have to go through unprecedented security checks. That's
because the US mission wants a complete revamp of security around
its various installations in the Capital following threats of
suicide attacks by the al-Qaeda.
States
Modi bash finds no sponsors:
Times have changed and the Gujarat chief minister is feeling the
pinch as he looks around for sponsors for a bash.
Rebels
baying for Lalji's blood: Though the BJP high command has
suspended five legislators for anti-party activities, dissident
activities are unlikely to die down in the party as the legislators
are baying for senior leader Lalji Tandon's blood.
No probe into corridor project:
Karnataka chief minister Dharam Singh said that the travel time between Mysore and Bangalore would be just 15 minutes once the project
was completed.
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Rivers
in spate, dams getting filled:
The heavy rain lashing Karnataka claimed its first victim in Shimoga
district on Thursday with the death of a four-and-half-year-old girl
child, Shaina.
Battle
over a Calcutta memorial: In the twilight zone of Viren
J. Shah\92s stay at Raj Bhavan, a memorable battle on the Victoria
Memorial grounds is brewing between Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee\92s
government and the governor. The friction point: the governor\92s
move to construct an annexe to the 91-year-old Victoria Memorial
Hall, housing an art gallery, exhibition centre and auditorium.
Neighbours
Pakistan
helps thwart Heathrow attack: Pakistan
provided information leading to the arrest of 12 terrorism suspects
in Britain and may have thwarted a plot to attack London's Heathrow
airport, said sources in Islamabad
Navy
hopeful of getting US maritime aircraft:
Pakistan
Navy is hopeful of getting P-3C Orions long-range maritime
surveillance aircraft and spares for other units from the US, said
Naval chief Admiral Shahid Karimullah on return from his visit to
the States.
Dozens
of Nepalese rebels killed:
Officials say more than a dozen rebels have been killed and at least
one dozen others were injured during a clash at Toribari, at the
border of Sarlahi and Sindhuli districts in central Nepal.
International
flights to Kathmandu disrupted:
A number of domestic and international flights at the Tribhuvan
International Airport (TIA) were disrupted Thursday after an RNAC
Twin Otter plane created furrows on the runway during its landing,
reports said.
Peace
setback for Kumaratunga:
Sri Lanka's main opposition party has withdrawn
its offer of unconditional support for the president's peace
efforts.
Buddhist
organisations deny
suppression charge: Lankan
organisations, responding to observations on legislation made by the
Catholic Bishops Conference and the National Christian Council,
denied the allegation charge religious minorities in the country
were being illtreated.
Gunmen kill Afghan relief workers:
An Afghan aid worker and his driver, working for a German relief agency, have been killed by gunmen in the south-east of the country.
The Malteser relief agency said it was shocked by the killings and had suspended its operations in the region.
Violence has increased in Afghanistan in the run-up to presidential elections due to be held on 9 October.
View from
abroad
Two held for plotting to kill ambassador: US authorities arrested two men in a mosque in Albany (New York) who were allegedly plotting to buy a shoulder-fired missile to assassinate the Pakistani ambassador, according to court papers filed on Thursday.
Landslide
deaths: Police in Indian-administered Kashmir say that 11 construction workers were killed by a huge landslide.
Talent
retention a problem for India's BPO sector: Ambitious
youngsters, out to make a fast buck, hop skip and jump across
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies, making staff turnover
the single largest issue for business leaders and boardrooms.
Overall:
Suicide
attack left soliders dead: Srinagar witnessed yet another attack
on paramilitary troops stationed near a posh colony.
New state row continued: The Congress in Andhra Pradesh is
trying to counter the view that a new state will be carved out of
its territory in the near future.
US police arrested two men: They said the men were trying to
kill the Pakistani ambassador.
Lanka internal peace talks suffered a setback: The opposition
said it was withdrawing its unconditional support.
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