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Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers at New Delhi Rather hopeful for targeted revenue growth of 20% in the current fiscal

Oil slips below $81 on renewed demand fears

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SRINAGAR, 19: According to power Controller Kashmir division, in order to carry out shifting work to facilitate construction at Udyog bhwan 33KV Bemina-Karannagar line and carry out branch cutting and inprovent/stabizalation work of 33KV Bemina-BarbarShah and Bemina-Fateh Kadal line. The power ...See Power on pg 7

Agencies | August 19: New Delhi:Terming people to people contacts between India and Pakistan as the single-most important confidence building measure(CBM), Parliamentarians from the two countries Friday favoured opening of new transit routes across the Line of Control (LoC) and additional flights. A joint statement issued at the end of the second round of India-Pakistan Parliamentarians Dialogue here, listed issues which can be solved at the level of Parliaments of both the nations. "People to people contacts were recognized as the single most important CBM. Recommendations were made to implement the agreement for opening new transit routes across LoC in Kashmir and Khokhrapar-Munabao, along with commencing additional flights,"

the statement said. The two-day long conference which began on Thursday, was jointly chaired by Member of Parliament Yashwant Sinha and Pakistani Senator Jan Muhammad Khan Jamali. The first round of the discussions were held in January this year in Islamabad. "This was informal getting together of the MPs. On both sides, Parliaments have now decided to have MPs constitute a friendship group. In future I am hoping that group in both the Parliaments will be able to carry forward the work that we have done," Yashwant Sinha said. On whether issues like terrorism and Kashmir were discussed, Sinha said, "They were raised, but the most important thing that everyone felt was the need to try and garner those things which are achievable and doable."

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Agencies | August 19: New Delhi: The three member dialogue panel constitued on Kashmir in the aftermath of last years summer unrest Friday met Union Home Minister P Chidambaram and discussed the report the team is expected to in the US for receiving funds from ISI to organise conferences on Kashmir. Padgaonkar was one of the invitees in one such conference held in early 2000. His views had led to strong reaction from Kumar who had shot off a letter to Chidambaram

Magisterial probe ordered in undertrials death in Jammu

KH News Network Srinagar Aug 19: The government Friday ordered a magisterial probe into the death of an undertrial in the Joint Interrogation Centre in Jammu and suspended two policemen in this connection. We have ordered a magisterial probe into the suicide of undertrial in the JIC, Jammu District Development Commissioner Sanjeev Verma said on Friday. Assistant Commissioner Revenue A Singh will conduct the probe into the case and will submit the report to the government, he said. Police has also suspended two policemen - Kuldeep Singh and Qadir Hussain in connection with the case. Surfu Ram, an alleged smuggler, who was brought to JIC for interrogation in connection with a case of unlawful activity on August 12, allegedly hanged himself from a window of a lockup at JIC at Miran Sahib area of Jammu district yesterday, Superintendent of Police (SP), CID, CI, Joginder Singh said. He was immediately rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. After post mortem, the body was handed over ...See Jammu on pg 7

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Kupwara drivers murder mystery solved, 2 arrested: Police

Shopian and Sonu, son of Mukhtar Singh of Nargil Jalander, Punjab were arrested by police during the course of investigations into the disappearance of a cab driver Fayaz Ahmad Lone, son of Ghulam Nabi of Tangwari Gulgam, Kupwara early this month. The police also claimed to have recovered Lones cab which was used by the accused for smuggling fuki.

Srinagar Aug 19: Two narcotic smugglers, including a non local have been arrested by police for the alleged murder of a driver in Tarantaran city of north Indias Punjab state, a police spokesman told Kashmir Horizon Friday. The spokesman said that Arif, son of Bashir Ahmad Ganie of Wachi
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Giving details of the case, the spokesman said Arif and Sonu; both narcotic dealers had hatched a criminal conspiracy to intoxicate a cab driver and steal his vehicle which would later be used for trading Fuki. On 20th of July, the spokesman said, the duo finalized their plan. They went to the Jammu Taxi stand and hired ...See Police on pg 7

submit by end of next month. The meeting, in which all the three interlocutors Dileep Padgaonkar, Radha Kumar and M M Ansari were present, discussed the progress of their mission and it lasted for well over an hour. The meeting comes after Padgaonkar and Kumar had come under severe criticism from Ansari, for attending the conferences abroad which were organised by Pakistan's ISI-run groups and individuals including Ghulam Nabi Fai. Ansari's views came after the arrest of Fai

McCain's remark: Cosmetic peace let continues to plan regional attacks from within Pak: us weatHer in 'police state', says Mirwaiz
iftaar : 07:15 PM seHri : 04:28 aM Agencies | August 19: KH News Network Srinagar Aug 19: Rejecting the US senator John McCains claims about normalcy in Kashmir, chairman of his faction of Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday said there was cosmetic peace in the virtual police state. Recently, US presidential candidate (John McCain) visited Kashmir and made a statement. While we welcome the part of his account that resolution of Kashmir was imperative for reducing the animosity between India and Pakistan, we reject second part of his speech about normalcy in

terming this as a "smear campaign".However, no one spoke about the differences and said the idea of the meeting was to focus on finalising the report. "We were tying up the loose ends and finalizing our visit to Jammu and Kashmir before we submit our final report possibly by September-end," Padgaonkar said. Ansari also said the meeting was called to finalise the forthcoming visit to the Valley after holy month of Ramzan. Asked about the differences, Ansari said ...See Dilauge on pg 7

Assembly session to begin from Sept 26

Srinagar, Aug 19 : The Government Friday approved to convene the summer session of both Houses of the state Assembly from September 26.The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here, an official spokesperson said.The cabinet also approved smart card-based attendance monitoring system in the civil secretariat, he said, adding that a sum of Rs 24 lakh was granted for the project.It also decided to lift reservation on the reserved category posts under the Prime Minister's package, the spokesman added.As many as 24 posts of court managers were approved for creation across the state, he said.

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the region, Mirwaiz told a Friday gathering at historic Jamia Masjid here. We believe that situation continues to be bad even today. Those who come from outside and stay for day or two here and move through government machinery and then talk about normalcy, we want to tell them that for god sake talk a common people to gauge his moaning their feelings. There is cosmetic peace in the region held through stick and gun as Jammu and Kashmir has been virtually turned into police state, he said. If normalcy has returned, what is the need for lakhs of paramilitary

and other forces? Why not retrieve draconian laws? There is no space for political activities and opposition is kept behinds bars, under house arrest, he said, adding, They see normalcy today probably no Kashmiri is wielding gun or carrying stone in his hand. Do they want Kashmiri to carry gun and stone all the time and only then they say Kashmir needs to be resolved. When we resort to agitation, they call us to fight peacefully. Terming resolution of Kashmir issue imperative for peace in the south Asia, Mirwaiz said Jammu and Kashmir is considered as an important issue at the global level due to its geographical ...See Mirwaiz on pg 7

WASHINGTON : The United States has said that the Lashkar-e-Taiba, responsible for the Mumbai attacks, is continuing to plot attacks in the region from within Pakistan. Expressing concern over continued presence of terrorist safe havens inside Pakistan, the US State Department in its annual report on terrorism asked Pakistan to take action against the group and its other frontal organisation. Despite international condemnation for its November 2008 attacks in Mumbai, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LT) continued to plan regional operations from within Pakistan. While the Government of Pakistan has banned LeT, the United States continued to urge further action against this group and its front organizations, the State Department said. The potential for WMD trafficking and

proliferation remained of concern in Pakistan due to the porous borders and the difficult security situation. Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance (EXBS) has enabled Pakistani officials to gain expertise in properly classifying items of proliferation concern and learn about export licensing best practices, it said. Despite efforts by Pakistani security forces, al-Qaeda operatives, Afghan militants, foreign insurgents, and Pakistani militants continued to find safe haven in portions of Pakistans Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Khyber Paktunkhwa (KPK), and Baluchistan, the report said. AQ and other groups such as the Haqqani Network used Pakistani safe havens to launch attacks in Afghanistan, plan operations worldwide, train, recruit, and disseminate propaganda, ...See Attacks on pg 7

PdP condemns 'custodial killing' world peace not possible unless peoples Govts probe as eye-wash living conditions are improved: PM
KH News Network Srinagar Aug 19:Strongly condemning custodial killing of an undertrial, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today said that killing innocent people has become a policy of the coalition regime. Party demanded a high level inquiry from an impartial agency to fix responsibility on those who were responsible for fake encounters and custodial killings in the state. We dont have any faith on the state government because all inquiries and probes ordered by the present dispensation headed by National Conference earlier in such gruesome killings have proved merely eye-wash, PDP leaders stated in a joint statement issued here today. No action has been taken so far in other inquiries ordered by the state government, they said and emphasized on engaging an impartial agency to conduct inquiries of such killings. They regretted that the Government has failed to safeguard life and dignity of the people of this State. They observed that the National Conference led coalition regime was looking helpless in protecting lives of people as killing of innocent citizens has been going unabated since formation of this regime in the State. Killing of one Sarfu Ram, a resident of Camp Khour, who had been arrested few days back, in Miran Sahib Police Station speaks about failure of the state government to protect lives of common citizens, they said and said that killing in an arrested person in the police station reflects prevailing lawlessness in the State. Terming inquiry ordered by the state government to investigation death ...See Killing on pg 7 Agencies | August 19: New Delhi:Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that terrorism and extremism cannot be eradicated comprehensively unless peoples living conditions are improved. In a message on the World Humanitarian Day, the Prime Minister said the world cannot enjoy enduring peace if some parts of it are afflicted with famine, poverty and natural calamities. He called for collaborative efforts and complementary approaches by taking a leaf from the book of the aid workers and volunteers. He said the celebration of World Humanitarian Day on Aug 19 represents the acknowledgement and appreciation of valuable contributions of aid workers around the Let us, on this day, vow to make our contributions in this regard and make this world a better place to live for our posterity, he said. Gilani said, We are living in a highly complex world, which is beset by a variety of challenges and conflicts. A mix of armed conflicts, natural calamities, impending food crisis, world financial and energy crises has made people further vulnerable to a dangerous extent, he said. Gilani said from Asia to Africa, the humanitys condition would have been far worse, had people belonging to different parts of the world not come out to support them in times of great hardships. He said the indiscriminate and ex- C cellent work of aid workers M ...See PM on pg 7 Y K

globe to improve the lot of humanity through their dedicated and selfless services. He said the essential message of the holy month of Ramadan is to work for the well-being and uplift of the downtrodden sections of society and share their grief and sorrows and spread happiness and hope.