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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1999
 

8 new agencies, 60 extension counters opened
Naik dedicates LPG bottling plant to J&K

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 11: Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Mr Ram Naik today dedicated to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, a modern LPG bottling plant, capable of bottling 4,500 LPG cylinders in a single shift, at an impressive function at Pampore today. The plant constructed by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) in a record time of 12 months at a cost of Rs 10.50 crores is equipped with latest fire fighting and security gadgets....more

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Members call for urgent action
CWC reviews Antony Comm report

NEW DELHI, Dec 11: Congress Working Committee today held a marathon session to discuss the Antony Committee report on the party’s electoral debacle with members vigorously pleading for urgent action on its wide-ranging recommendations to make the party a stronger machine......more

8 CISF jawans among injured
22 hurt in lathicharge on Dul Hasti workers

Excelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, Dec 11: Atleast 22 persons were injured when Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) resorted to lathicharge and tear-gassing to disperse stone-throwing workers of JP Associate Company at Dul Hasti project in Kishtwar tehsil of Doda district this morning.....more

Shrine Board and Pawan Hans officials signing agreement for copter service to Vaishnodevi in presence of Union MoS Civil Aviation Prof Chaman Lal Gupta. Excelsior/Ashok
Shrine Board and Pawan Hans officials signing agreement for copter service to Vaishnodevi in presence of Union MoS Civil Aviation Prof Chaman Lal Gupta. Excelsior/Ashok

Pawan Hans service for holy shrine by ending Dec
Helicopter services for far-flung areas of Jammu very soon: Gupta

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 11: Helicopter services for the backward areas of Jammu region would be started very soon. This was disclosed by Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Prof Chaman Lal Gupta. ....more

Vigilance books erring officials
Scam worth several lakhs unearthed in F&S Deptt

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 11: The Vigilance Organisation has unearthed a scam running into several lakhs of rupees in the Food and Supplies Department in district Udhampur. The involvement of some Jammu-based officers of the Department was also suspected in the scam. ..more

IED detected in time, defused
Militants bid to blast NV school foiled

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Dec 11: Army personnel averted a major tragedy when they detected and defused a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) outside the Navodaya Vidyalaya in Surankote tehsil of Poonch district this morning. ....more

Militants attack SOG Budgam hqs
2 militants, 4 counter insurgents killed

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec. 11: While as security forces today eliminated two militants in an encounter in Bandipore area, militants launched yet another attack on Humhama headquarters of Special Operations Group (SOG) Budgam and eliminated four counter-insurgent sources of security forces in Baramulla and Pulwama districts. Meanwhile, SOG Srinagar demolished a major communication centre of Al-Badr outfit and SOG Pulwama apprehended some grenade-throwers in south Kashmir. .....more

NDA would transform the nation into Su-raj: Advani

TIRUNELVELI, Dec 11: Union Home Minister L K Advani today expressed the optimism that the NDA Government led by the BJP would transform the ‘Swaraj’ (independent) India into a ‘Su-raj’ (good country to live in) in the coming century. ....more

Kalyan chapter closed: Thakre

LUCKNOW, Dec 11: BJP today dismissed expelled former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh’s outbursts against the party as "irrelevant" and said the chapter now stood closed....more

CDs worth Rs 4 crore seized

NEW DELHI, Dec 11: The economic offences wing of Delhi Police has seized software and music CDs worth more than Rs 4 crore in the pirated market from a shop in Nehru Place in South Delhi. ..more

International fake currency racket busted

NEW DELHI, Dec 11: Police today claimed to have unearthed an inter-nation fake currency racket with the arrest of a woman and her accomplice who were allegedly working for a Pakistan-based gang of fake currency notes suppliers. ..more



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