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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1999
 

Resentment, scepticism grows in NC
Ansari's dinner sabotages Farooq's drama of reshuffle

From Ahmed Ali Fayaz

SRINAGAR, Dec 6: Inspite of his throwing indications of a trimming exercise in his 32-member Council of Ministers, Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah seems to have developed cold feet vis-a-vis a major Cabinet reshuffle as the probable dropees have successfully horrified him of nightmares like the 1984 defections.........more

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Students coming out of a college, which was locked by the striking employees. -Excelsior/Ashok
Students coming out of a college, which was locked by the striking employees. -Excelsior/Ashok

Educational institutions locked
Employees strike disrupts work in Govt offices,
Sectt, hospitals

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 6: Working in the various Government Departments including Civil Secretariat and Medical College, remained paralay-sed on the first day of the three days ‘Kam Chhor’ hartal call of the J&K Government Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC) and supported. .......more

Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah addressing a function at Sericulture Complex on Monday. -Excelsior/Ashok
Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah addressing a function at Sericulture Complex on Monday. -Excelsior/Ashok

Farooq declares J&K as bankrupt
Govt to withdraw vehicles from all senior officers
Plan to prune bureaucracy, cut down employees strength

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 6: Declaring Jammu and Kashmir State as ‘bankrupt’, the Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah today announced that his Government was planning to withdraw the official vehicles of senior officers ‘very soon’ to urgently cut down the expenditure...........more

Women’s Bill shows up NDA cracks

From B L Kak

NEW DELHI, Dec 6: The proposed Bill on women’s reservation in legislative bodies and on population control have brought the fissures in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to the fore.......more

Intrusion bid foiled in Poonch; one killed

Excelsior Correspondent

POONCH, Dec 6: Troops of Poonch Brigade today foiled yet another infiltration attempt on the Line of Control (LoC) in Bakergala area of Mandi sector by killing one infiltrator. A consignment of arms and ammunition was recovered from the scene of encounter.....more

Centre to waive off JK loans upto Rs 50,000

NEW DELHI, Dec 6: The Centre has decided to waive all the loans upto Rs 50,000 and interest of borrowers in small scale, tourism and transport industry in Jammu and Kashmir in a bid to resurrect their assets in the militancy-ravaged State, official sources said here today........more

Lok Sabha adjourns without any business
Ayodhya issue rocks Parliament

NEW DELHI, Dec 6: The Ayodhya issue today rocked Parliament on the seventh anniversary of the razing of Babri Masjid with the Lok Sabha adjourning for the day without transaction of any official business as the entire opposition questioned the continuance of Home Minister L K Advani and two other BJP ministers chargesheeted in the demolition case. .......more

Cong trying to whip up communal tension : BJP

NEW DELHI, Dec 6: Minister of State for Food Processing Shah Nawaz Hussain today charged the Congress and so called secular forces of trying to bring the Muslims on the path of confrontation as under the Vajpayee Government there were no communal tensions in the country.......more

Arms, explosives seized in Samba

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 6: The BSF personnel today recovered more arms and explosives from a forward area at the instance of two Pakistani saboteurs arrested yesterday between Mawa and Regal post in Samba sector......more

SHO Jhajjar Kotli attached to Lines

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 6: DIG Jammu-Kathua Range Dr S P Vaid today ordered the attachment of SHO Jhajjar Kotli Inspector Mohammad Akram for molesting two women police constables and trying to kidnap them....more

Kalyan to form new party soon

VARANASI, Dec 6 : Ousted Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh today declared he would form a new party immediately after his expulsion from BJP and it would contest all the 425 Assembly seats in the next elections in the state on the plank of real Hindutva.....more



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