NEW DELHI, Dec 16: A terse e-mail purportedly
by a Osama bin Laden supporter warning of bomb
explosions in Parliament today led to evacuation
of the highly fortified building, bringing back
grim memories of the terror attack four years
ago............more
NEW DELHI, Dec 16: The Union Cabinet has
approved the signing of the agreement between
India and Pakistan for regulation of the bus
service between Amritsar and Lahore and Amritsar
and Nankana Sahib to expand economic cooperation
and facilitate people-to-people contact between
the two countries........more
JAMMU, Dec 16: Notwithstanding
strenuous efforts by the State Government
to get additional release of power from
New Delhi, the State still seems to be
reeling under a power crisis.........more
JAMMU, Dec
16: The Government
today ordered termination of 90
liquor licenses, granted for the
first time through a computerised
lucky draw on August 9 this year.
It has also black-listed a firm
which had been assigned the task
of holding the electronic draw............more
JAMMU, Dec 16: Two militants and
an Army jawan were killed in an encounter
at Gurnuwali dhok in Darhal area of
Rajouri district last night. There were
reports that one of the slain ultra could
be the most wanted militant of
Rajouri-Poonch, Sangar Pathan, involved
in more than 25 killings.......more
NEW DELHI,
Dec 16: Jammu and Kashmir High
Court Additional Judge Hakim Imtiyaz
Hussain has been appointed judge of the
court by President A P J Abdul Kalam, it
was announced today......more
JAMMU, Dec 16: The congestion
problem at strategically important Jammu
Airport will soon be over as State
Government is in the final stage of
acquiring about 3.5 acre of land to pave
the way for expansion of existing
infrastructure.................more
SRINAGAR, Dec 16
:
Five persons were killed while security
forces averted a major tragedy after they
defused five Improvised Explosive Devices
(IEDs) in Kashmir overnight, an official
spokesman said........more
NEW DELHI,
Dec 16: With an estimated wealth of
around 20 billion dollars, steel tycoon
Lakshmi Mittal has been named the richest
Indian by the Forbes Asia’s second
annual list of the 40 richest Indians.........more
NEW DELHI,
Dec 16: India
today rejected all references to
Jammu and Kashmir made at the
December 7-8 summit of the
57-member Organisation of Islamic
Conference (OIC) at Mecca and
said the organisation had no
locus standi to comment on
matters concerning India’s
internal affairs.........more
MIRPURKHAS,
PAKISTAN’s SINDH, Dec 16: India and
Pakistan will formally sign an
agreement for restoration of the
Khokhrapar-Munabao train link
during a ministerial level
meeting in New Delhi on December
22, a media report today said........more
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