JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2004
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
briefs media persons about decisions of Cabinet for
providing succour to employees community at Jammu on
Thursday.
Jammu,
Dec 16:The
State Government today decided to merge the 50% Dearness
Allowance (DA) of its employees into their basic pay.
Decision to this effect was taken at a Cabinet meeting
held today with Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in
chair..........more
NEW
DELHI, Dec 16:Terming
Doordarshan’s Direct-to-Home (DTH) platform as a
powerful tool for the empowerment of the people and their
emotional integration, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
today formally launched DD Direct Plus, the
country’s only free-to-air Direct-to-Home (DTH)
service, with 33 television and twelve radio
channels.........more
NEW DELHI, Dec 16:Moderate
Hurriyat leaders are awaiting the
issuance of passports from the Centre for
their proposed visit to Pakistan and
Pakistan occupied Kashmir.......more
DUBAI, Dec 16:An
audio tape purportedly by Osama
bin Laden praises gunmen who
attacked a US Consulate in Saudi
Arabia on December 6 and warns
Saudi rulers they could be
toppled like the Shah of
Iran.........more
JAMMU, Dec 16:Justice VK
Jhanji of the State High Court has
directed Deputy Commissioner Kathua to
forthwith take action in regard to the
shutting down of a petrol pump run
illegally at Phinter, Billawar under the
name and style of MV Filling
Station......more
ATHENS, Dec 16:A Greek bus
hostage siege ended peacefully today when
all 23 passengers were freed and police
revealed the two armed Albanian hijackers
had been bluffing when they threatened to
blow up the bus.......more
SRINAGAR, Dec 16:While as
security forces today claimed to have
killed a militant in Pulwama, militants
left six Police and CRPF personnel
injured in a grenade attack at Khanyar
Police Station in the capital
city........more
NEW DELHI, Dec 16 :Sushma
Choudhary, a senior IAS officer of Jammu
and Kashmir cadre and Principal Advisor
in Planning Commission was today made
chief of the Inter-Ministerial team
formed to prepare plan for rehabilitation
of Kashmiri migrants........more
Jammu, Dec 16: Financial
Commissioner, Principal Secretary to
Chief Minister Vijay Bakaya shall hold
the charge of the Chief Secretary in
absence of Dr. Sudhir S Bloeria, Chief
Secretary during his leave period till
December 26, 2004.....more
SRINAGAR, Dec 16: Jammu and Kashmir
Pradesh Congress Committee chief and the
Minister for Rural Development Peerzada
Mohammad Sayeed’s fugitive
brother-in-law, Nazir Ahmed Bhat,
surrendered before Police at
Chrar-e-Sharif Police Station today. His
associate Congress activist Mohammad
Maqbool Malla of Sogam, Chadoura, also
surrendered before Police.....more
