NEW
DELHI, Dec 16:Amidst high drama, the Lok Sabha tonight passed a
bill to amend POTA to prevent its misuse after Government
rejected the demand for repeal of the anti-terrorism law
by its key allies DMK and MDMK, who even voted with the
treasury benches.................more
Defence Minister George Fernandes, Army Chief Gen. N C
Vij, Navy Chief Adm Madhavendra Singh and Vice Chief of
the Air Staff Michael McMahon paying homage to martyrs at
Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate in New Delhi on the
occasion of Vijay Diwas on Tuesday.(UNI)
JAMMU,
Dec 16:Parliamentary
Affairs and Law Minister, Muzaffar Hussain Baig today
dared the Opposition, National Conference, (NC) to open
their fist instead of making huge noise in and outside
the House....................more
JAMMU, Dec 16:Chief
Minister Mufti Mohd Sayeed said today in
the Legislative Assembly that the
innocent prisoners would be released from
the jails. He denied that the coalition
Government is being "governed and
dictated" by the Centre, as alleged
by National Conference leader Ali Mohd
Sagar, saying the Government has full
authority of releasing any person (from
the jail)...........more
NEW DELHI, Dec
16:The Lok
Sabha today unanimously passed a
Constitution amendment bill
seeking to debar a defector from
holding any public office as a
minister or any other
remunerative political post for
at least the duration of the
remaining term of the existing
legislature or until fresh
elections..................more
JAMMU, Dec 16:The
300-km-long Jammu-Srinagar National
Highway was opened this afternoon after
two-days of closure following heavy
snowfall and landslides at different
places..............more
JAMMU, Dec 16: Barring the BJP,
Jammu State Morcha and National Panthers
Party, the legislators of all other
political parties including the PDP,
Congress (I), National Conference, CPM
and some independents today strongly came
out against trifurcation of Jammu and
Kashmir and called for protecting
integrity of the State...............more
JAMMU, Dec 16:The
Minister of State (MoS), for Power, Javed
Mustafa Mir today virtually clashed with
the National Conference (NC), Member Ali
Mohammed Sagar when later continued to
raise the supplementaries on a question
pertaining to power tariff raised by his
Party colleague Mir Saifullah............more
NEW DELHI, Dec 16: In a bid to buy
peace with Congress dissidents,
beleaguered Punjab Chief Minister
Amarinder Singh today sent one of his key
advisors on leave but the rebels are
understood to have rejected the overture
and insisted on nothing less than change
of leadership...............more
NEW DELHI, Dec 16: Government has
sanctioned prosecution of nine officers
including four from the railways on the
basis of an advice from the Central
Vigilance Commission (CVC)...........more
GUWAHATI, Dec 16:Intensifying
its crackdown on Indian insurgent groups
operating from its soil, Bhutanese Army
has captured the Central Command
Headquarters of ULFA and destroyed
several camps near the border with Assam
amidst reports of casualties from both
sides as Indian troops kept a strict
vigil to prevent fleeing ultras from
entering the country....................more
