JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR)
INDIA
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2004
Congress presisdent and Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh paying homage to the departed former Prime
Minister Narasimha Rao, in New Delhi on Thursday.
(UNI)
NEW
DELHI, Dec 23:Former Prime Minister P V
Narasimha Rao, who set India irreversibly on the
path of economic reforms during an eventful
tenure from 1991 to 1996, died at the All India
Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here
today..................more
JAMMU,
Dec 23:In
a landmark judgment, Justice YP Nargotra of the State
High Court today quashed the much controversial selection
of 594 Assistant Surgeons selected by Public Service
Commission (PSC) and directed the Commission to conduct
fresh interviews..................more
JAMMU, Dec 23 : Coming down
heavily on State Crime Branch for failing
to probe properly former Miss Jammu Anara
Gupta —porno CD case, the State High
Court today directed it to a file full
CD-report after the winter vacations on
the interrogation of all those who
figured in the case.............more
JAMMU, Dec 23:Four
militants were today gunned down
by Army in two separate
encounters in Mahore and Gool
areas of Reasi and Ramban police
districts respectively while
security forces destroyed a
hideout of the militants at
Sabjian in
Poonch.................more
JAMMU, Dec 23:Chief
Minister, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed today
candidly admitted that coalition regime
led by Peoples’ Democratic Party
(PDP) has, so far, failed to contain
corruption in the administration. He,
however, said that without active support
of the people it was not possible to
eradicate this menace.............more
SINGAPORE, Dec 23:The Asian
Development Bank (ADB) today approved a
loan of 250 million dollars for a
multisector project for infrastructure
rehabilitation in Jammu and
Kashmir..............more
SRINAGAR, Dec 23: Three soldiers and
a civilian working with Army got killed
while as four soldiers sustained critical
injuries when a vehicle, carrying troops,
plunged in a nullah in Uri sector of
Baramulla today.............more
NEW DELHI, Dec 23:Parliament
today witnessed uproarious scenes over a
letter from the Prime Minister’s
office on the Babri Masjid demolition
case with the opposition BJP charging the
ruling UPA with "grossly"
interfering with the working of CBI and
the Government stoutly denying the
allegation......................more
NEW DELHI, Dec 23:The winter
session of Parliament came to an abrupt
end this afternoon immediately after the
news of former Prime Minister P V
Narasimha Rao passing away reached the
presiding officers of both the
houses...........more
NEW DELHI, Dec 23: The Pakistani
establishment has started distancing
itself from the hard-core Hurriyat
faction of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, which
once it promoted, after finding its
ideology contrary to ‘enlightened
and moderate Islam.’.........more
