JAMMU,
Dec 29: Chief
Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that
corruption and political interference were the
major diseases, affecting the administrative and
the justice delivery system and creating hurdles
in providing good governance to the people in the
State. ...........more
RAMBAN, Dec 29: Seven persons were killed
and 11 others injured, five of them critically,
after a mini-bus rolled down into 200 feet deep
gorge after colliding with a bus, near Batote
this morning........more
JAMMU, Dec 29: A bill to amend
Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) giving
powers to the State Vigilance
Organisation (SVO) to seize or attach
properties of corrupt officers was
unanimously passed in the Legislative
Assembly today in amended form with
Deputy Chief Minister, Incharge Finance,
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Muzaffar
Hussain Baig declaring that there will be
no politicking in drive against
corruption. He announced that he would
resign from the Ministry the day
Opposition leaders would allege with
their conscience that Mr Baig is corrupt.........more
JAMMU, Dec 29:
Reiterating his stand that there
is no immediate ready-made
solution to vexed Kashmir
problem, former Chief Minister
Mufti Mohammed Sayeed today
opined that all options mooted by
different groups should
thoroughly be discussed before
arriving at a consensus...........more
NEW DELHI, Dec 29: A package
comprising enhanced ex-gratia and relief
and rehabilitation assistance to the
victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots,
amounting to about Rs 715 crore, was
announced by the Government today.......more
JAMMU, Dec 29: Deputy Chief
Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig today said
it was unfortunate that complaints of
corruption and confidential probes with
the State Accountability Commission (SAC)
are being published in the media......more
JAMMU, Dec 29: The Legislative
Assembly today approved a Constitutional
amendment bill unanimously with more than
two-third majority curbing defections
from a political party and restricting
strength of the Ministry to 20 per cent
of total strength of both Houses of
Legislature...............more
MUMBAI, Dec 29: Former Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee tonight
virtually announced his retirement from
active politics saying henceforth he
would not contest elections and refrain
from power politics. ...........more
SRINAGAR, Dec 29: Four
persons today travelled to
Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir on the
Srinagar-Muzaffarabad peace caravan,
which brought back 12 passengers on the
second trip since resumption of the bus
service after the October 8
quake.............more
SRINAGAR, Dec 29:Lakes
And Waterways Development
Authority (LAWDA), prompted by
the recent orders of the State
High Court, has re-initiated its
campaign against the illegal
construction within Dal lake and
has razed at least 32 illegal
structures, in an endeavor to
save the most historic and
important landmark of the
Valley...............more
Srinagar, Dec 29:
One militant was
killed in an encounter with the
Army at Chandigam, Lolab while as
an auto rickshaw driver suffered
injuries in a grenade attack at
Nalabal, Nowshera in Srinagar
last night.........more
ISLAMABAD, Dec
29:President
Pervez Musharraf today claimed
that India and Pakistan were
currently discussing through back
channel diplomacy
s"ideas" like
self-governance and
demilitarisation to resolve the
Kashmir issue and they would be
brought to the front channel if
concrete progress was made.........more
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