NEW
DELHI, July 25:Missile man A P J Abdul Kalam today became the 11th
President of the Republic calling for a national movement
to transform India into a developed country with speed
and making it militarily and economically
self-reliant.............more
Chief Justice of India B N Kirpal administering the oath
of office of President of India to Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
at a swearing-in ceremony in Central Hall of Parliament
in New Delhi on Thursday.
NEW
DELHI, July 25:A P J Abdul Kalam was today sworn in the 11th
President of the Republic in the presence of school
children and a galaxy of dignitaries, including
scientists and political leaders, with the missile man
unveiling his vision of a developed India, telling the
youth "small aim is a crime"...........more
NEW DELHI, July 25:As a
prelude to the coming elections, the
Centre today opened a dialogue with the
Jammu and Kashmir Government on the
Autonomy issue, with the ruling National
Conference (NC) making a strong demand
for granting more political powers
"to restore the political identity
of the State".............more
JAMMU, July 25:Even
the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Lal
Krishan Advani has allowed state
unit of the Bharatiya Janta Party
(BJP) to raise any demand
‘short of trifurcation’
in the forthcoming Assembly
elections, newly appointed party
president Mr M Venkaiah Naidu has
decided to depute former Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr
Rajanth Singh to Jammu on July
27...........more
NEW DELHI, July 25:Jammu and
Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah
today met Deputy Prime Minister L K
Advani and demanded more security forces
for the forthcoming Assembly polls even
as he asked separatist groups including
Hurriyat Conference to prove their
representative character by participating
in the poll process...........more
New Delhi, July 25: Between the battle
of words and battle of swords the battle
of words is one, which affects you to
death. While the battle of swords can
either lead you to death or if fortunate
the sword can only draw some blood but
the battle of words always gets deep down
there, which remains embedded in the
heart............more
JAMMU, July 25:Thronging
of hundreds of Amarnath bound yatris
daily in the City of Temples has further
added to the charm of this tinsel city
which is agog with festivities since the
beginning of month long yatra on July 19.
.........more
SRINAGAR, July 25:Asserting
that his party would contest the
forthcoming Assembly poll in Jammu and
Kashmir, Democratic Liberation Party
chief Hashim Qureshi today said the
ruling National Conference was the main
beneficiary of militancy in the
State...............more
SRINAGAR, July 25: While as six
militants are believed to have got
trapped in a joint operation of Police
and security forces in Galwanpora
(Sebdan) village in Budgam district, one
civilian died and 23 others sustained
injuries in a grenade attack at Batmaloo
in the capital city here
today.............more
NEW DELHI, July 25: The Centre’s
efforts to rope in the Hurriyat
Conference into participating in the
coming polls in Jammu and Kashmir
received a setback after the 26-party
conglomerate today rejected outright the
offer..........more
