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Troops consolidate gains in Dras
Major advances in Mushkoh
NEW DELHI, July 10 — The Indian Air Force Mirages, MiG-23s and MiG-27s pounded the enemy positions close to the Line of Control in the Dras sector last night and through the day today even as the Indian troops continued to consolidate the gains made in Batalik and Dras. 		Major S. K. Joshi shows an anti-aircraft gun and ammunition captured from Pakistani army regulars.
Major S. K. Joshi shows an anti-aircraft gun and ammunition captured from Pakistani army regulars.
—Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan
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Victory is near, says PM
NEW DELHI, July 10 — The Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, today declared that Operation Vijay launched by the Indian defence forces to push back Pakistani intruders from the Kargil sector had reached a turning point and that the aggression had been decisively turned back.

11 Pak soldiers among 43 killed across LoC
JAMMU, July 10 — Indian troops today achieved yet another major success in destroying several newly created "launching pads’’ of militants and bunkers, besides killing 37 Pakistani soldiers and militants and wounding 63 others in retaliatory action across the Line of Control in Jammu division, a defence spokesman said here.

Militants reject Sharif's appeal
ISLAMABAD, July 10 — Major militant groups today rejected Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif’s appeal to them to withdraw from Kargil, with the powerful Lashkar-e-Toiba accusing the government of "planting stories" in leading newspapers that they had agreed to pull out.
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LoC sanctity to be restored soon
KARGIL, July 10 — The Indian Army is well on its way to restore the sanctity of the Line of Control in the Kargil, Dras and Batalik sectors, thanks to its spate of successes with the capture of the prestigious Tiger Hill and Gun Hill early this month.
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 3 martyrs to be cremated today
JALANDHAR, July 10 — Lance Naik Krishan Mohan and Rifleman Parveen Kumar of 13 J and K Rifles, who were martyred in Kargil, would be cremated with full military honours at their respective villages in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh tomorrow.

More aid pours in for martyrs

Saga of soldiers’ bravery
KARGIL: "It was around 8.30 on a moonlit night that I led my company of two officers, four Junior Commissioned Officers and 70 Other Ranks for a final assault on Point 4770 and Saddle.

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Ground reality belies HVP claim
CHANDIGARH, July 10 — "Satta main aane ke do maas baad 24 ghante bijli uplapdh karwaenge (24-hour electricity supply would be made available after two months of coming to power)".

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