JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR)
INDIA
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2004
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran shaking hands with
his Pakistani counterpart Riaz Khokhar before
going into their two-day talks in Islamabad on
Monday.(UNI)
ISLAMABAD,
Dec 27:Taking the peace process forward, India today
unilaterally announced relaxation of the visa
regime for Pakistani nationals above 65 years and
below 12 years and extended free medical
treatment to another batch of Pakistani children
with serious heart ailments..................more
NEW
DELHI, Dec 27:Nothwithstanding
strong opposition from the Left, India becomes
trips-compliant in its patent laws from January One, 2005
with the UPA Government coming out with an ordinance
amending the Patent Act,1970 and dismissing the fears
that the new patent regime would result in increase in
drug prices..................more
JAMMU, Dec 27:Normal life
was badly affected today as public
transport remained off the roads in
response to a call given by the All
J&K Transporters Joint Action
Committee..............more
SRINAGAR, Dec 27:While
Army has recovered a huge dump of
arms and ammunition in Pattan
area of Baramulla district, yet
another civilian injured in the
Friday last blast at Pakharpora,
in Budgam district, has breathed
his last at a hospital.........more
JAMMU, Dec 27:In a major
success, troops of 4 Rashtriya Rifles and
Bhaderwah police today arrested one of
the few most wanted Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)
militant from outskirts of Bhaderwah and
recovered a large quantity of arms and
ammunition from his
possession.............more
JAMMU, Dec 27:The
pilgrimage of holy shrine of Shri Mata
Vaishno Devi surpassed all previous
records and reached a historic high of
six million today. The previous best was
the figure for 2003 when 54 lakh devotees
had darshans of the holy
Goddess..........more
CHENNAI, Dec 27:The count
of the dead in the killer Tsunami tidal
waves rose by leaps and bounds to over
24,000 in South and South-East Asia,
including more than 7,000 in India alone,
as the horrific scale of death and
destruction unfolded today, 24 hours
after the disaster struck............more
NEW DELHI, Dec 27: National
Conference chief and former Minister of
State for External Affairs Omar Abdullah
and his family are safe in Thailand which
was struck by the killer Asian Tsunami
yesterday......................more
SRINAGAR, Dec 27: Army today
dismissed a jawan from service and
sentenced him to one year imprisonment
after he was found guilty of misbehaving
with an elderly woman at Salar-Shiekhpura
in Pahalgam area in Jammu and Kashmir
last week, a defence spokesman said
here............more
MUMBAI, Dec 27: Reiterating its
"full faith and confidence" in
the leadership of Reliance Industries
Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh
Ambani, the RIL Board today virtually
approved the CMD’s contention that
"ownership issues" had been
settled during the life-time of
company’s founder Dhirubhai Ambani,
saying "the present organically
integrated structure of the company
envisioned and created by
founder-chairman should not be altered in
any manner"...........more
