Horticulture Department, Ministry being run by class 4th official
How police, CID, Vigilance, SHRC failed
before a blue eyed boy

From Ahmed Ali Fayyaz

SRINAGAR, Nov 25: Believe it or not: A class 4th employee, who used to run the Directorate of Horticulture in Jammu & Kashmir in the National Conference government, is now running the Ministry of Agriculture and Horticulture in the PDP-led coalition regime. His merits and qualifications: Brief tryst with militancy before surrender and backdoor entry in Government service; unlimited capability to gain access to high corridors of power with extortion money and flesh trafficking; and, more significantly, skills to deflate Thana Police, CID, State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) and the born toothless State Human Rights Commission (SHRC)...................more

Counterfeit ops have links with terror groups: CBI

NEW DELHI, Nov 25: Voicing concern over counterfeit operations having direct links with terrorist groups and drug mafias, CBI Director P C Sharma today said a common platform was needed to tackle the problem which is affecting the country’s economy and threatening its unity and integrity..................more

Powell rings up Sinha

NEW DELHI, Nov. 25 : U S Secretary of State Collin Powell tonight telephoned External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha and had a discussion in the context of the "positive" developments including Eid ceasefire taking place between India and Pakistan.....................more

Gupta gets charge of Economic Affairs

NEW DELHI, Nov 25: In a reshuffle of Economic portfolios, Finance Secretary D C Gupta has been given the key portfolio of Economic Affairs in the Ministry which deals with the policy issues including that of the Union budget...................more

Hurriyat welcomes ceasefire

SRINAGAR, Nov 25: The Hurriyat Conference chairman Moulvi Mohammad Abbass Ansari today hailed the announcement of ceasefire along the borders in Jammu and Kashmir and expressed the hope that it is not restricted to the borders and a conducive atmosphere is created for a dialogue on Kashmir.........................more

CBI: paper was leaked from press

NEW DELHI, Nov 25: CBI today gave a clean chit to the faculty members of the Indian Institutes of Management on the issue of recent leakage of CAT question paper but claimed it had some evidence hinting that the leak could have been from the press which printed it.......................more

China satisfied with positive momentum in ties with India

BEIJING, Nov 25: China today said it was "satisfied with the good momentum" in bilateral relations with India and expressed keenness to forge a long-term constructive partnership with New Delhi on the basis of `panchsheel’...............more

Grenade triggers alarm in high security area......