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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2001
 

Jaya quits SP presidentship
Fernandes resigns, Mamata pulls out of NDA Govt
*Two ministers' resignations rejected

Defence Minister George FernandesRailway Minister Mamta BanerjeeNEW DELHI, Mar 15: Defence Minister George Fernandes, Railway Minister Mamta Banerjee as well as her Trinamool colleague Ajit Panja tonight resigned from the Vajpayee Government rocked by allegations of corruption in defence deals, plunging the ruling NDA coalition into a crisis. ...............more


Women College students demonstrating in favour of their demands. -Excelsior/Ashok
Women College students demonstrating in favour of their demands. -Excelsior/Ashok

Classes boycotted, demonstrations held
Women colleges strike join

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 15: Both the women colleges in Jammu city today actively joined the ongoing students’ struggle for open choice in the forthcoming annual examinations as female students of GCW Parade and GCW Gandhi Nagar boycotted their classes for the first time in favour of the demand.........more

SSSRB truncated; Supreme Court orders disregarded
Rules are for fools in Govt recruitment

From Ahmed Ali Fayaz

SRINAGAR, Mar 15: National Conference (NC) government’s decision to restructure the State Subordinate Services Recruitment Board (SSSRB) with the expulsion of all the 18 members in 1998 was widely appreciated in the State. Quite a large number of the members, who were retired Government officials with nothing at stake, had crossed limits of corrupt practices. When the Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah himself was convinced that some SSRB members had received bribe.......more

Speaker rejects adjournment motions
Uproar again in Assembly; Cong MLAs marshaled out
* NC, BJP members clash

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 15: Uproar over alleged defence deal scam continued in the Legislative Assembly for second day today after Speaker Abdul Ahad Vakil rejected two adjournment motions on the subject, which had been moved yesterday by Panthers Party member Harshdev Singh and Congress (I) MLA Ashok Sharma.......more

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Annan calls for early resumption of stalled
Indo-Pak dialogue

UN Secretary General Kofi AnnanNEW DELHI, Mar 15: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan today pushed for an early resumption of the stalled dialogue between India and Pakistan saying it is time to heal the wounds of and offered his "good offices" if the two countries wished to do so under UN auspices. "This is the right time for India and Pakistan to resume the dialogue. Pakistan’s leader General Pervez Musharraf assured me in Islamabad that he is ready to do so at any time....I stand ready to support the dialogue in any way that I can," Annan told reporters at Delhi Airport soon after his arrival on a three-day visit........more

SP Bhatti heads CBI team
Meenakshi reiterates gang rape allegations before Court

Excelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, Mar 15: Meena-kshi Bhutyal, whose sudden disappearance from Udhampur last month witnessed large-scale violence in the town, has deposed before the Mobile Magistrate Udhampur that she was gang-raped by the three accused —Aftab, Anoop and Vikram at gun point at Katra on February 8... ..more

3 arrested, 100 documents seized
Fake certificates racket busted

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 15: Police today busted a racket engaged in selling fictitious diplomas and marks-sheets of J&K State Board of School Education for Matriculation and Higher Secondary Part-II classes. Three racketeers including their kingpin have been arrested by police while a hunt was on to nab their associates....more

4 ultras, civilian, JCO killed in Mahore, Darhal

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 15: Army gunned down four foreign mercenaries of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit in a fierce gun-battle in Deolmarg forest area of Mahore tehsil in Udhampur district today........more

NC MLA’s motion admitted
No new laws extended : CM

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 15: Speaker Abdul Ahad Vakil today admitted an adjournment motion of National Conference MLA Abdul Gani Naseem in the Assembly in a modified form only to the extent of a statement by acting Chief Minister Gulam Mohi-ud-Din Shah.......more

PM meets President

NEW DELHI, Mar 15: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today held a 45-minute meeting with President K R Narayanan at Rashtrapati Bhavan to apprise him of the latest developments arising out of the expose of corruption in fictitious defence deals..........more Missing
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Trinamool breaks tie-up with BJP....

Indo-Pak talks must for peace: Farooq....



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