Jammu
:Three
Indian civilians today returned from
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir via Chakan-da-Bagh on
the Line of Control in Poonch district, officials
said here.........more
Onboard Special Aircraft, Dec 4: The Union Cabinet is
likely to be expanded after the ongoing Winter
session of Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh said today............more
Security forces checking the luggage of a
civilian after a grenade attack in Batmaloo,
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SRINAGAR, Dec 4: One militant and one SOG
personnel have died and over a dozen civilians
have sustained injuries in different incidents of
violence in Kashmir valley since last evening........more
JAMMU, Dec 4: Chakan-Da-Bagh on
Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district
will be opened for civilians’
crossing for second time tomorrow in less
than a fortnight.........more
ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: An
Indo-Pak Joint Working Group will
start technical negotiations this
month on the USD 7.2 billion gas
pipeline from Iran to India via
Pakistan for which a Tripartite
Framework Agreement is likely to
be finalised in January, a senior
Pakistani official said here............more
SRINAGAR,
Dec 4: Opposition National
Conference today called for speeding up
of Indo-Pak dialogue aimed at resolving
the Kashmir issue and demanded
involvement of Kashmiris in the process
saying their involvement in talks was
imperative.......more
JAMMU, Dec 4: Power Development
Department (PDD) has exhausted all its
electronic meters and it will turn to be
a blessing in disguise for those
localities, atleast this winter, where
these meters have not so far been
installed......more
NEW DELHI,
Dec 4: Suspended BJP leader Uma
Bharti is expected to be expelled from
the party tomorrow. Though Bharti claimed
she had sent a reply to the show cause
notice served on her, party leaders said
they were yet to receive the same.
Denying that the party had received her
reply, BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar
said a decision on her would be taken in
the next couple of days..............more
NEW DELHI,
Dec 4: Intensifying the Volcker
storm and armed with new ammunition from
return of ex-envoy Aneil Matherani, the
opposition NDA will continue to stall
Parliament tomorrow seeking removal of Mr
Natwar Singh from the Cabinet and
resignation of Congress president Sonia
Gandhi as chairperson of the National
Advisory Council........more
NEW DELHI,
Dec 4: Aniel Matherani,
India’s Ambassador to Croatia, today
said his "off-the record"
conversation with a news magazine
regarding Iraqi oil payoff scam vis-a-vis
Union Minister K Natwar Singh was
"completely misrepresented" and
published in a "totally out of
context." ........more
AMRITSAR,
Dec 4: A visiting
business delegation from Pakistan
says it is overwhelmed by the
"love and affection" of
the people of India and averred
that this has deepened their
belief that expansion of economic
exchanges brooks no further
delay, not to speak of the
advantages of transacting
business with a large economy
having a diversified and
sophisticated industrial base........more
JAMMU, Dec
4: Speaker Tara Chand
today directed for attachment of
Executive Engineer, Irrigation
Department, Poonch in the office
of Deputy Commissioner, Poonch
for showing laxity in performing
his duties. He called for posting
a dedicated officer in his place
immediately........more
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