NEW DELHI, Dec 30: India hopes that in the
new year, there will be a determined effort by
Pakistan to reduce terrorism and take the peace
process forward and if there are any fresh
proposals for the proposed ‘self rule’
in Jammu and Kashmir, these could be discussed
through ‘back channels.’...........more
Outgoing BJP President L K Advani sharing a
moment with his successor Rajnath Singh at the
BJP silver jubilee Adhiveshan in Mumbai on
Friday.(UNI)
MUMBAI, Dec 30: Out of power for the last
18 months, BJP today came out with a declaration
pledging its commitment to Uniform Civil Code,
abrogation of Article 370 and Ram temple as party
chief L K Advani asserted that the recent scams
that hit the party were shortcomings of
individuals and not of the party........more
JAMMU, Dec 30: A Special Police
Officer (SPO) was shot dead and another
seriously injured in an attack by two
militants on Mendhar-Jugaal road in
Poonch district this evening while an
Army jawan was killed and two others
including a Subedar were injured in a
mine blast at Peer Badesar in Rajouri
district.........more
Jammu, Dec
30: Saying that laws
can not transform the character
of an individual but prevent him
from committing foul and bad
acts, Deputy Chief Minister,
Muzaffar Hussain Baig today said
that stringent laws are must to
produce fear in the hearts of
un-scrupulous and dishonest
elements in order to plug the
commission and omission of
criminal deeds...........more
JAMMU, Dec 30: Describing the
Special Session of the J&K
Legislature as a historic one, Chief
Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that
important bills passed during the session
will certainly help in providing good
governance to the people of this State.......more
Srinagar, Dec 30: Taking overall
consideration of the status report with
reference to the directions already made
by the State High Court and their
compliance, Chief Justice Mr Justice BA
Khan and High court judge, Mr Justice
Bashir Ahmed Kirmani in an OWP(PIL) filed
by Kashmir Consumer Welfare Forum and
another V/S Commissioner Transport and
others have observed that further efforts
on the part of concerned officers
required for effective implementation of
the traffic management......more
SRINAGAR, Dec 30: Ghulam Nabi
Azad’ government in the State has
conveyed to all Heads of Departments,
including Chief Engineers and District
Development Commissioners, to be quickly
responsive to the recently established
Chief Minister’s Office in Srinagar
to ensure speedy redressal of public
grievances in the Valley. In the first
two months of his rule, Azad is
understood to have gained knowledge about
two particular diseases of
the...............more
HYDERABAD,
Dec 30: The City Police today held
four persons suspected to be
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) activists. Police
sources said investigation was on to
ascertain whether they were involved in
the sensational terrorist attack on the
Indian Institute of Science (IIS),
Bangalore on December 28............more
JAMMU, Dec 30: Chief Minister
Ghulam Nabi Azad said he was optimistic
that ties between India and Pakistan will
be further cemented in the coming year.
Speaking to a private channel here, he
said even problems of complex nature
could be solved through a
dialogue..............more
NEW DELHI,
Dec 30: Congress
president Sonia Gandhi has ruled
out mid-term elections to the Lok
Sabha, asserting that the
20-month-old UPA Government
headed by Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh would last its full
five-year term................more
CHANDIGARH, Dec
30: Elements averse to
the Indo-Pak peace process and
over whom the Pakistan Government
might not have any control are
imparting cross-border weapons
and explosives training to small
groups, a top police official
said today..........more
NEW DELHI, Dec
30: Rejecting as
"baseless" Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam
Singh Yadav’s charge of
tapping of phones of Samajwadi
Party leaders, including Amar
Singh, the Home Ministry today
conducted an immediate in-house
probe and got registered a case
of criminal conspiracy and
forgery against "unknown
persons" which includes
those of a telecom service
provider. ........more
Srinagar,
Dec 30: While
police claimed to have recovered
a body of an unidentified woman,
security forces in separate
incidents averted two tragedies
by diffusing an IED and a live
grenade at Sopore and Pulwama
respectively.........more
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