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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1999
 

A deserted Govt office in view of employees' strike. -Excelsior/Ashok
A deserted Govt office in view of employees' strike. -Excelsior/Ashok

Work remains paralysed in Govt offices, Sectt
Patients desert GMC, other hospitals

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 21: Work in all State Government offices, Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and Civil Secretariat, seat of the Government, remained paralysed for second consecutive day today in response to four-day ‘Kam Chor’ hartal call given by the Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC) in support of employees’ demands......more

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Kargil relief package to cost Rs 35 crores
No civilian evacuation from LOC in J&K: Advani

From B L Kak

Mr LK AdvaniNEW DELHI, Dec 21: The Minister for Home Affairs, Mr LK Advani, informed the Lok Sabha on Monday that none among the civilians residing in villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir was evacuated in the wake of heavy shelling by Pakistani forces during the last six months. Mr Advani, however, admitted that about 3574 families from Kargil, 540 families from Leh and 20,000 families from Jammu got displaced due to cross-border shelling and firing during the Indo-Pakistan conflict in the Kargil sector..........more

Financial position of many states in doldrums
Centre will introduce fiscal discipline: PM

Prime Minister Atal Bihari VajpayeeNEW DELHI, Dec 21: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today cautioned the people to be prepared to "face hard decisions and fiscal and financial discipline" in the coming days. Delivering the valedictory address of the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting here, Mr Vajpayee said as the financial position of many states was in doldrums, the Centre will introduce fiscal discipline during the budget session of Parliament. He however, added that even while taking.......more

Ready to face anything
Sharif rules out talks with army rulers

ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: Ruling out talks with the military Government that has harmed the democratic process in the country, deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that he is not afraid and ready......more

80-year-old NC activist critically injured
Woman, militant, 2 BSF soliders killed

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 21: While as security forces have eliminated a Hizbul Mujahideen militant in an encounter at Bandipore, unidentified gunmen have shot dead a women at Safapora and also left an 80-year old National Conference (NC) activist critically injured in a daytime shoot-out at Bagat-e-Barzulla in the capital city today. In a different incident, a BSF soldier in inebriated condition has reportedly shot dead two his colleagues in Lolab valley of Kupwara district........more

Houses, shops, temple damaged
Devastating mid-night blaze in Poonch town

Excelsior Correspondent

POONCH, Dec 21: A devastating fire broke out in City Chowk area of the town in the wee hours of this morning causing loss to property worth several lakhs of rupees but there was no casualty. Reasons behind the fire still remained mysterious.......more

Kashmiri kids off to Kanyakumari

NEW DELHI, Dec 21: A group of 40 children from Jammu and Kashmir are on a mission sponsored by Army and Indian Oil Corporation to discover their country in all its diversity.........more

BJP pursuing its agenda : Sonia

NEW DELHI, Dec 21: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today alleged that Ayodhya remained at the very heart of the BJP’s agenda and said Government’s introduction of the Women’s Reservation Bill on the last day of current Parliament session is a ruse to buy time to cover up widening cracks in the ruling coalition.........more

Accept Kashmir as disputed: Pak

ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: Pakistan has rejected India’s assertion that Islamabad should take confidence building measures first before stalled bilateral talks could be resumed and said New Delhi has to accept the Kashmir dispute as a reality.............more

Singh calls for discipline in BJP

VARANASI, Dec 21: The newly appointed president of the Uttar Pradesh unit of BJP Om Prakash Singh today said his priority was to instil discipline in the party in the state and strengthen it at grassroots level which suffered an erosion due to infighting in the past one year.........more

Arms seized in Mendhar

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 20: A large cache of ammunition and explosives was recovered by a seek and destroy patrol of 5/4 Gorkha Rifles in Sarhoti forest in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch district late in the evening today.......more



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