JAMMU,
Dec 5:
Appreciating Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad for
adopting ‘cooperative approach’ to
deliver good governance to the people of this
violence plagued State, former Chief Minister Dr
Farooq Abdullah today said that his party will
fully cooperate the new regime led by Congress
party..............more
SRINAGAR, Dec 5: National Conference (NC)
president Omar Abdullah today claimed that Gen
Pervez Musharraf’s proposal of
self-governance as solution to the Kashmir
problem was nothing different from the concept of
greater autonomy envisioned by his grandfather
Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah in 1950s. He said that
"thousands of Kashmiris killed in the last
16 years" have given sacrifices to convince
everybody from Musharraf to Mufti Sayeed that
self-governance or greater autonomy was the only
solution to the Kashmir turmoil.........more
NEW DELHI,
Dec 5:A
reinvigorated opposition, determined not
to allow the Volcker report tremors to
die down, stalled proceedings in both
Houses of Parliament today demanding
ouster of both UPA chairperson Sonia
Gandhi and Minister without portfolio
Natwar Singh. ........more
Srinagar,
Dec 5: Two
militants were killed in separate
encounters at north Kashmir
Handwara and Bijbehara in south
Kashmir today, while as militants
opened fire during search
operations in a village near Baba
Reshi, killing a civilian and
injuring an Army Major.............more
CHAKAN-DA-BAGH
(LoC), Dec 5: Three civilians
from Mendhar and Poonch, who had crossed
over to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK)
on November 21 from this point in Poonch
district, returned today after completing
15 days stay in PoK while four others
stayed back as their stay was extended by
Pakistan’s External Affairs
Ministry........more
NEW DELHI,
Dec 5: Cracking the whip, BJP today
expelled one of its mass leaders Uma
Bharti for "anti-party
activities" after she made a
scathing attack on the top brass in her
response to a show cause notice to her......more
RAISEN
(MP), Dec 5: Hitting back at
BJP leadership after she was expelled,
firebrand leader Uma Bharti today
demanded expulsion of party president L K
Advani accusing him of committing
"gross indiscipline" by
"saluting" Pakistan founder
Mohd Ali Jinnah. ..............more
MOSCOW, Dec
5: In a clear indication that
terrorism will be high on the agenda
during his summit meeting with President
Vladimir Putin at Kremlin tomorrow, Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh today called for
joint efforts by India and Russia to
fight the menace, saying both countries
have suffered grievously due to it........more
SRINAGAR, Dec 5:India’s first
low-cost airline Air Deccan will start
operations between Delhi and Srinagar
from tomorrow. According to the airline
company, Srinagar has been added in the
list of new sectors from where Air Deccan
will start operations. It said the
passengers will be offered lowest fares
as compared to other airlines. ........more
SRINAGAR,
Dec 5:The entire
Kashmir valley is reeling under
severe cold conditions with the
minimum temperature dipping to
minus 3.8 degree c. Early morning
dense fog, coupled with icy cold
winds and frequent power cuts,
disrupted normal life and forced
people to remain indoors. ........more
NEW DELHI,
Dec 5:India has
been unanimously elected member
of the executive council of World
Tourism Organisation (WTO), an
apex body having more than 200
countries as its members. In the
recently concluded wto meeting at
Senegal, India was elected to the
council to represent south Asia
in view of its emerging status in
world tourism, an official
release said today. ........more
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