SRINAGAR,
Dec 7: Chief
Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad has reiterated the
resolve of the present coalition Government to
free this State from social evils like corruption
and bring about revolution in the work culture in
the administration, which would help in
developing Khushal Kashmir............more
JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Dec 7: Intensifying drive against
corruption, the Vigilance Organisation today
carried out simultaneous raids in 20 premises of
six Government officers—three each in Jammu
and Kashmir provinces—and detected movable
and immovable assets worth several crores of
rupees........more
NEW DELHI, Dec
7:Though denying Pakistan "a clean
chit", Home Minister Shivraj Patil
today conceded that "the changed
attitude of the neighbouring
country" had contributed
significantly to the reduction of cases
of violence in Jammu and Kashmir. ........more
On Board The
Prime Minister’s Aircraft,
Dec 7:The long-
awaited expansion of the
18-month-old Manmohan Cabinet
will be undertaken immediately
after the conclusion of the
winter session of Parliament on
December 23. ...........more
Jammu, Dec, 7 : Division Bench of
the State High Court comprising Chief
Justice Bashir Ahmed Khan and Justice YP
Nargotra today again took up the cases
relating to grant of permission,
affiliation and NOC regarding
new/existing B.Ed Colleges and directed
State to make the relevant record
available in respect of the aims and
objects behind the new legislature made
in 2002. ......more
NEW DELHI, Dec 7:Decks were
cleared today for setting up the
first-ever National Tax Tribunal in the
country to deal with recovery of over Rs
100,000 crore entangled in tax disputes
with Parliament approving the relevant
bill without opposition. .....more
NEW DELHI, Dec 7:Buoyed by
Union Minister Natwar Singh's decision to
resign on the Volcker controversy, an
aggressive BJP-led opposition today
targeted Sonia Gandhi in Parliament
demanding her resignation as chairperson
of the National Advisory Council, saying
"double standards" would not be
accepted............more
NEW DELHI, Dec 7:President A
P J Abdul Kalam tonight accepted the
resignation of K Natwar Singh from the
Union Cabinet after Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh forwarded it on his return
from a four-day official visit to Russia.
.......more
NEW DELHI, Dec 7: Congress president
Sonia Gandhi has decided not to celebrate
her birthday on December 9 because of the
catastrophic earthquake in Jammu and
Kashmir. .......more
NEW DELHI, Dec 7:The
interest rate on the Employees
Provident Fund (EPF) for 2005-06
was today fixed at 8.5 per cent,
one per cent less than the
previous year. .......more
DUBAI, Dec 7:
Al-Qaeda’s leader Osama bin
Laden is still alive and leading
a holy war against the west, the
group’s deputy leader
Ayman-al-Zawahri said in an
internet video today. .......more
BALASORE, Dec 7: For the
second time in five days,
India’s surface-to-air
missile ‘Akash’ was
today test fired from the
Integrated Test Range at
Chandipur, 15 km from here,
Defence sources said........more
Srinagar, Dec 7:
Two troopers were
killed in an encounter at Kulgam
and one person was abducted in
separate militancy related
incidents in the Valley since
Tuesday evening, while as people
continued their protest
demonstrations in Sopore over
yesterday's incident of Masjid
desecration..............more
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