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Pakistan
violates ceasefire,
opens fire from across LoC
What
is India News Service, Wednesday, 19 January 2005, 2000 hrs IST
In the first major violation of the ceasefire agreement in force since November 2003, the Pakistan Army
on Tuesday fired a dozen mortar rounds across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir tonight.
The 81-mm mortars were targeted near the border town of Poonch between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. in retaliation to the killing of five infiltrating militants in the same area, claimed Army sources.
With both the countries not wanting the situation to escalate, the two Directors-General of Military Operations (DGMOs) will try to thrash out the issue at their weekly telephonic conversation due on Wednesday.
Army officers here linked the firing to the killing of the militants on Monday night. They see the move as one to dissuade their men from entering the mined area where the bodies of the five militants were lying. While the Army has recovered the bodies and identified the militant organisation which had sent them in, the Pakistani mortar firing has dissuaded the Army scouts from combing the area more thoroughly to pick up the clues to the modus operandi.
DGMO speaks to Pak counterpart on firing; Pak to investigate:
Terming the firing from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir as "violation of ceasefire", India today took up the issue with Pakistani authorities who said they would investigate the matter.
High Court summons Advani in Babri case:
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court today reissued notices to seven parties, including former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani and former Union Minister Murli Manohar Joshi, in the Ayodhya demolition case on the revision petition filed by the CBI.
EC warns against misuse of Godhra report:
Warning of strict action against those exploiting religion to influence the electorate, Chief Election Commissioner TS Krishnamurthy said here today that it would be "unfortunate" if parties rake the Justice UC Banerjee report on Godhra incident during the election campaign.
Junior seer gets police remand:
The junior pontiff of the Kanchi Mutt was today remanded in police custody for day by the Kancheepuram Judicial Magistrate, Mr G.
Uttamaraja.
'We are innocents, truth will come out':
The junior pontiff said there was not even one per cent truth in the charge of involvement of Jayendra Saraswathi and himself in the murder of a temple official.
Pappu Yadav's bail cancelled:
The Supreme Court today cancelled the bail granted by the Patna High Court to the Rashtriya Janata Dal member of Parliament, Pappu Yadav, accused in the Ajit Sarkar murder case.
Rao leaves PCs, papers, and some questions:
Lying locked in a room in a house at 9, Motilal Nehru Marg, in the capital are two personal computers, several floppy disks and CDs, a collection of books and what are considered ?sensitive? papers. These are what former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao left behind and are now at the centre of a controversy over what to do with them
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Supreme Court rejects Jayalalithaa's plea:
A five-member Bench of the Supreme Court today dismissed the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa's ``curative petition'' seeking a direction to recall the earlier orders shifting the two wealth cases against her
to Karnataka.
States
Illegal colony poses threat to national security:
For slums no area seems to be prohibited. This is true in case of a huge slum dwelling that is located right in front of the gate of the BSF? Intelligence Office here.
Stalemate over
Naxal talks persists: Uncertainty prevailed over the prospects of resumption of talks with naxalites with neither side taking any worthwhile initiative to break the deadlock.
Expressing concern at the turn of events, 12 members of the Ceasefire Monitoring Committee held a three-hour-long meeting with
Andhra Home Minister K. Jana Reddy to explore the possibility of breaking the impasse.
14-yr-old wins Sanjay Chopra Award:
The prestigious Sanjay Chopra Award for 2004 will be given to 14-year-old Harry Chaudhury of Delhi who hit the headlines in July last year because of his valiant but futile attempts to save his sister, Ritika, from a knife-wielding assailant.
Neighbours
Two CISF men killed in Indian Embassy firing:
Two Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) guards posted at the Indian Embassy here were killed and one injured when a colleague opened fire following an ?ltercation? in their living quarters in the mission premises.
Pakistan goes to World Bank:
Conceding that it was not a "good omen" for the Indo-Pakistan peace process, Pakistan
on Tuesday petitioned the World Bank seeking its arbitration in the dispute over the Baglihar hydropower
project.
View from abroad
25 British Indians jailed in fake marriages scam:
Twenty-five British Indians, including 14 women, have been jailed for running a "lucrative'' racket in fake marriages to facilitate the entry of illegal immigrants into Britain.
UN report asks rich nations to hike aid:
An international team of experts sponsored by the United Nations on Monday proposed a detailed, ambitious plan it says could halve extreme poverty and save the lives of millions of children and hundreds of thousands of mothers each year by 2015.
Overall
Pakistan fired from across Line of Control: This is the first major
violation of the ceasefire in force since November 2003.
Police got custody of junior seer: Sri Vijayendra Saraswati said
there wasn't an iota of truth in the allegations against him and his senior.
UN report asked rich nations to open purse strings: An international
team proposed an ambitious plan to halve world poverty.
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