NECHIAN, TANGDHAR, Dec 10: UPA chairperson and
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi today expressed
satisfaction over the ongoing relief and
rehabilitation work in the quake-affected areas
of Jammu and Kashmir, but said a lot still needs
to be done............more
JAMMU, Dec 10: The Central Bureau of
Investigations (CBI) have arrested three persons
including two officers of Food Corporation of
India (FCI) red-handed while accepting corruption
from Kashmir bound truckers at Tamatar Morh near
Kud on Jammu-Srinagar national highway........more
JAMMU, Dec 10: The State
Government has categorically ruled out
extension of Sales Tax amnesty scheme,
which comes to an end on December 31 this
year.........more
CHANDIGARH, Dec
10: Free Legal Aid and
Lok Adalat programmes launched by
Jammu and Kashmir High Court
Chief Justice B A Khan for
settlement of claims of victims
of the devastating earthquake in
the State came in for praise from
President A P J Abdul Kalam here
today............more
JAMMU, Dec 10: Four Vaishno Devi
pilgrims were killed and 26 others
received injuries, five of them
critically, when a bus carrying them
rolled down at Mori Morh under the
jurisdiction of Katra Police Station this
afternoon.......more
DEHRADUN, Dec 10: Though
infiltration along the Indo-Pak border
has come down, it may be occurring
through other borders like Nepal and
Bangladesh, Army Chief Gen J J Singh
today said..............more
BEIJING,
Dec 10: Miss Iceland Unnur Birna
Vilhjalmsdottir was today declared winner
of the Miss World 2005 beauty pageant in
Sanya, the tropical beach resort in
Southern China........more
NEW DELHI,
Dec 10: Mr Vijay Shankar Tiwari has
been appointed director of the Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI), officials
here said today. The orders to appoint Mr
Tiwari were signed late last night.........more
JAMMU, Dec
10: After getting
assurances from Chief Minister
Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Jammu and
Kashmir Petrol Tankers
Owner Association today called
off four day long strike and
decided to resume normal work
from Sunday morning.........more
Srinagar,
Dec10:In
an ongoing fierce encounter
between militants and forces at a
remote hamlet in Kulgam in south
Kashmir today, two militants have
been killed so far while as
police claimed recovery of two AK
assault rifles from a passenger
bus in downtown area of Srinagar.........more
JAMMU, Dec
10: Sales Tax
Departments Recovery Wing
today sealed two defaulting
companies in Kashmir and realised
lakhs of rupees from several
other companies.........more
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