Mayawati not averse to
doing business with BJP
NEW DELHI, Feb 2: BSP
president Mayawati today dismissed as
"baseless" reports that her
party has entered into an alliance with
Congress and gave clear hints that
neither was she averse to doing business
with BJP if the Prime Minister publicly
realised that "step-motherly
treatment" was meted out to her in
the last few months...............more
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House
destroyed in Surankote encounter
3 Pak militants,
jawan, girl killed
Excelsior
Special Correspondent
POONCH, Feb 2: Five
persons including three Pakistan
militants, an Army jawan and a
young girl were killed while
another jawan was injured in a
fierce gun battle at Bafliaz in
Surankote tehsil of this district
today morning. A house, where the
militants had taken shelter, was
destroyed in the
firing............more
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Idd-ul-Zuha celebrated
with religious fervour in Jammu
Excelsior
Special Correspondent
Jammu, Feb 2: ‘Like
other parts of the State, Idd-ul-Zuha was
celebrated with gaiety and religious
fervor at winter capital, Jammu today.
Big congregations were held at central
Idd-gah and in Talab Khatikan, B.C. Road,
Ustad Mohalla, Chhani Himmat and other
mosques of the city.............more
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Budget may provide more
sops, push up IT limit
NEW DELHI, Feb 2: Finance
Minister Jaswant Singh presents an
interim budget tomorrow amidst mounting
pressure from the BJP to hike income tax
exemption limit to Rs one lakh and merge
50 per cent of dearness allowance to
Government employees keeping an eye on
the forthcoming Lok Sabha
polls..............more
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LS dissolution advice
unconstitutional: Jethmalani
NEW DELHI, Feb 2 : Former Law
Minister Ram Jethmalani, who is making
efforts to cobble up an anti-NDA Front
before the elections, has termed Union
Cabinet’s recommendation for
dissolution of the Lok Sabha as
"unconstitutional" and
suggested to the President to reject
it...........more
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