JAMMU
(JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2004
Governor Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha administering
the oath of office and secrecy to the newly
inducted Ministers at Raj Bhawan on Thursday. --
Excelsior/Ashok
JAMMU,
Jan 12:The 29-member coalition Ministry, headed by
Mufti Mohd Sayeed, was expanded for the second
time in 15 months today with the induction of 10
new Ministers—one with a Cabinet rank and
nine Ministers of State. The expansion also saw a
first woman entering the Council of
Ministry......................more
JAMMU,
Feb 12:Twelve
people were killed and 53 others injured, six of them
critically, when their bus rolled down and fell into deep
gorge at Dodoj in Rajouri district this
morning.....................more
JAMMU, Feb 12:Slamming
the coalition Government for
‘unwarranted’ Cabinet
expansion, state secretary of CPI(M)
Mohammad Yousaf Tarigami has said that
the step was out of tune with the
country-wide consensus of reducing the
size of Union as well as State
Ministries.................more
RAMBAN, Feb 12:People
today took to streets in Doda
town holding a massive
demonstration in protest against
the killing of an Imam by a team
of Special Police Officers (SPOs)
at village Chapri in Gath area of
Doda district this
morning..............more
SRINAGAR, Feb 12: In a significant
development in the Valley’s
separatist camp, Peoples Conference (PC)
chairman, Sajjad Gani Lone, has taken
strong exception to the Awami Action
Committee (AAC) chairman Mirwaiz Umar
Farooq’s act of attending the
funeral of the slain Al-Umar Mujahideen
commander Rafeeq Lidri. He has not only
called the Mirwaiz "hypocrite"
but also attributed motives to his act of
getting late Abdul Gani Lone from United
States of America for participation in a
rally that ended the senior Hurriyat
leader’s life on May 21,
2002..............more
LONDON, Feb 12: Terrorist
mastermind Osama bin Laden, is allegedly
in possession of 15 ships laden with
lethal chemical and ‘dirty
bomb’ containing depleted uranium
waiting to strike the British Parliament
and other sensitive targets, media report
said today.............more
JAMMU, Feb 12: Chief Minister
Mufti Mohd Sayeed has allotted the
portfolios to the newly inducted Cabinet
Minister and nine Ministers of State and
in a minor reshuffle, allotted new
portfolio to Minister of State for
Education, Mr AR Veeri..................more
PUTTAPARTHI (AP),
Feb 12: Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee had a one-hour long audience
with spiritual leader Sai Baba, the
second during his two-day visit to this
spiritual town, before emplaning for
Delhi this
morning........................more
PATNA, Feb 12: In view of low
inflation and consolidation of growth in
GDP, India was poised to contribute
significantly to the world output, RBI
Governor Y V Reddy said
today......................more
