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Sunday, December 11, 2005
 

UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi inter-acting with earthquake survivors at Tangdhar on Saturday.
UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi inter-acting with earthquake survivors at Tangdhar on Saturday.

Cong chief satisfied with relief, rehabilitation measures
Still lot to be done in quake-hit areas: Sonia

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

CBI nabs 2 FCI officers red-handed taking graft

Excelsior Special Correspondent

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

Govt rules out extension of ST amnesty scheme

By Neeraj Rohmetra

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

President praises role of Lok Adalats in J&K

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

4 pilgrims killed, 26 hurt in mishap

Excelsior Special Correspondent

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

72 employees suspended in Valley

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 10: Seventy two employees were placed under suspension in Kashmir valley for remaining absent from duty......more

 

Army to implement Right to Information Act
Infiltration through Nepal, Bangladesh: JJ Singh

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

 

Miss Iceland is Miss World

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

Tiwari is new CBI chief

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

Petrol tanker owners call off strike

Excelsior Special Correspondent

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

2 militants killed in Valley

Excelsior Special Correspondent/Agencies

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

ST seals 2 companies in Valley

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 10: Sales Tax Department’s Recovery Wing today sealed two defaulting companies in Kashmir and realised lakhs of rupees from several other companies.........more

 
 
 



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