SRINAGAR, Expressing satisfaction
over the rehabilitation work going on in
quake-ravaged villages, the United Progressive
Alliance (UPA) chairperson and Congress president
Sonia Gandhi said much more is needed to be done
to help the victims to overcome the challenge
posed by the October 8 natural disaster........more
SRINAGAR,
Dec 8:
Taking a serious note of the cumulative pendency
or outright rejection of the Public Safety Act
(PSA) dossiers submitted by the District
Superintendents of Police, Congress-led PDP
Government has decided to remove at least three
Deputy Commissioners from their present places of
posting in near future. Two of these DCs have
been heading the civil administration in two
districts in Kashmir valley. Meanwhile, Police
have arrested 22 militants and seized a video
film of the fidayeen who had planned an
attack on the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh’s public meeting in Srinagar in
November 2004............more
Jammu, Dec 8: Continuing with his war
against corruption and close on the heels of
raids by the State Vigilance Organization (SVO)
on the premises of several officials on
Wednesday, Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad today
sanctioned prosecution of eight Government
officials against whom the organization has prima
facie established the cases for accepting illegal
gratification and misuse of office........more
JAMMU, Dec 8: On second day of
raids, which concluded this afternoon,
the Vigilance Organisation today
unearthed huge investments of five
officers and found that they had a number
of bank accounts and lockers. While one
officer had 23 bank accounts and two
attachees full of bonds, Fixed Deposit
Receipts (FDRs) and investments, another
officer had shifted many costlier items
to the house of his friends, relatives
and neighbours as a word had already gone
around that the Government was going to
be very harsh on the corrupt officers.........more
SRINAGAR,
Dec 8:
Chairperson of the UPA Government
at the Centre and President of
All India Congress Committee, Mrs
Sonia Gandhi, who is reaching on
an extensive tour of Jammu and
Kashmir on Friday, will spend two
days and a night with the victims
of the October 8th earthquake in
Poonch, Uri, Tangdhar and
Srinagar............more
JAMMU, Dec 8: Four militants and
a Special Police Officer (SPO) were
killed in three separate encounters
across Poonch and Doda districts today.
Slain militants included two
‘commanders’ of Lashkar-e-Toiba
(LeT) outfit.......more
NEW DELHI,
Dec 8 : Police today secured 13
more days time for the interrogation of
Lashkar-e-Toiba militant Tariq Ahmed Dar,
accused in the October 29 serial blasts,
claiming before a Delhi Court that
"many new facts" had come on
record after the arrest of his
accomplices recently......more
SRINAGAR, Dec 8: State
Accountability Commission today rejected
a plea by Haj and Auqaf Minister Peerzada
Mohammad Sayeed, seeking the deferment of
proceedings against him in a case related
to Panchayat Ghar electrification
scam.............more
WANA,
PAKISTAN, Dec 8: At least 12 people
were killed and dozens wounded when a
bomb exploded today in a market in
Pakistan’s troubled tribal region
near the Afghan border, officials said........more
SRINAGAR,
Dec 8: Sales Tax Department has
intensified its recovery drive and
attached as well as sealed the business
premises of some transport companies
here. .......more
SRINAGAR, Dec 8: Moderate
Hurriyat Conference chairman
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today met
Pakistan President Pervez
Musharraf on the sidelines of an
extraordinary two-day summit of
the Organisation of Islamic
Conference (OIC) at the holy city
of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, which
began yesterday........more
BANGALORE,
Dec 8: Flying
Officer Anjali Gupta today became
the first woman in the country to
face dismissal after a military
court found her guilty of five
charges, including
insubordination. .......more
SRINAGAR,
Dec 8: National
Conference (NC) president Omar
Abdullah has called a meeting of
the party legislators on December
20 to chalk out the line of
strategy to be adopted during the
forthcoming special session of
the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly
beginning on December 22. .......more
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