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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1998
   

Cabinet expansion today
Jagmohan, Jaswant Singh, Pramod being inducted
PM calls on Presidemt

NEW DELHI, Dec 4: The 40-member Union Council of Ministers will be expanded tomorrow with the likely induction of at least Jaswant Singh, Pramod Mahajan and Jagmohan as Ministers of Cabinet rank. ..........more

Escapes embarassment in LS
Govt manages to prevent vote

NEW DELHI, Dec 4:Government avoided a major embarassment in Lok Sabha today by managing to prevent a vote on extension of time to a joint committee on essential commodities bill after the entire opposition sought to corner the treasury benches. . ......more

Opposition walkout on removal of AMU VC

NEW DELHI, Dec 4: Members belonging to the Congress, the Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal,the Janata Dal and the Muslim League today staged a walk out in the Lok Sabha protesting against the Government not acceding their demand for removing the Aligarh Muslim University Vice Chancellor. .....more

Black-marketing of tickets
Rlys staff, police, travel agents nexus unearthed

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 4: Crime and Railways Police has established a nexus among Railways staff, police and travel agents in black-marketing of railway tickets of different stations especially New Delhi and Mumbai and initiated steps to stem the rot. .......more

PM to visit JK tomorrow

SRINAGAR, Dec 4 : Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee would pay a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, State Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said today. .....more

School teacher among 2 killed in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, Dec 4 : A Government school teacher was among two persons killed in the Kashmir valley since last evening.

An official spokesman said unidentified gunmen shot dead a school teacher Mubarak Ahmad Bhat at Kulgam in south Kashmir early this morning. ...more

SSB office damaged in Rajouri blast
Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Dec 4: Office of SSB was damaged in a powerful explosion at Manjakote last evening while security forces foiled an infiltration attempt on the LoC.......more

Cong prepared for fresh general election: Sonia

CHANDIGARH, Dec 4: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said her party was prepared for a fresh general election if such a situation arose as she was not sure how long the Vajpayee Government would last. .......more

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Benazir, Wali Khan agree on grand alliance

ISLAMABAD, Dec 4:In a move to give a major push to her ‘remove Nawaz Sharif’ campaign, former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto has tied up with grand old man of Pukhtoon community Khan Abdul Wali Khan to launch a grand alliance. . ....more

Army directed to be more Vigilant to tackle ISI designs
From B L Kak

NEW DELHI, Dec 4 : With Pakistani agencies, particularly the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), continuing to aid and abet terrorists and subversive elements in India, including Jammu and Kashmir and the southern States, all formation headquarters of the Indian Army and Military Intelligence (MT) have been directed to be extra vigilant to enable various agencies to take timely action to ''tackle the ISI problem''.....more

BJP, NC Govts have failed on all fronts'
Mufti asks PM to convene all party meet on J&K

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 4: Former Union Home Minister and Congress (I) leader Mufti Mohd Sayeed today charged BJP led coalition Government at Centre and National Conference Government in State for all round failure and reiterated his demand for an unconditional dialogue with Kashmiri leaders including militant outfits.. more

Sunil, Saini, Farooq among 14 SPs promoted as SSPs
Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 4: The State Government today ordered promotions of 14 Superintendents of Police (SPs) as Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs). Postings of the promoted officers were expected to be made within the next few days......more

ISI smuggling fake currency to promote
terrorist activities: FM

NEW DELHI, Dec 4: Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha today said the Government was aware that Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) is patronising smugglers operating in the border areas to smuggle fake currency in order to promote terrorist activities in India.



Editor and Publisher: S.D. Rohmetra,
published at Excelsior Printers Pvt. Ltd., Janipura, Jammu-180 007 (JAMMU & KASHMIR), (INDIA) on behalf of owner S.D. Rohmetra.
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