JAMMU,
Mar 25:Pandemonium prevailed in the Legislative
Assembly for more than 20 minutes during the
Question Hour today forcing Speaker Tara Chand to
adjourn the House for about 45 minutes as the
National Conference MLAs protested against the
Government decision to dissolve the Panchayats
before completion of their term and hold fresh
elections.................more
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issue of your newspaper on Sunday the 27th of March,
2005.
JAMMU,
Mar 25:The
Legislative Assembly today passed Appropriation Bill
after a heated debate as Speaker Tara Chand turned down
leader of Opposition Abdul Rahim Rather’s request
for fixing a day for discussion on the
bill................more
SRINAGAR, Mar 25:After the
killing of a youth last night by
unidentified gunmen whom people alleged
to be Army personnel, villagers in Tral
area of Pulwama today took to streets and
protested the killing. Meanwhile, a
defence spokesman said that a militant of
the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) was killed in
an encounter with Army troops in Pahalgam
area of Anantnag district today, the
claim refuted by locals saying the
militant was killed in fake
encounter.........more
JAMMU, Mar 25:The
Government faced an embarrassing
situation today when members of
the coalition parties once again
clashed with each other on the
issue of additionalities being
granted for the development of
some areas............more
JAMMU, Mar 25:Director
General of Police Gopal Sharma today
ordered adjustments of 15 Inspectors from
the date of their promotion and transfers
of 64 others. Three Inspectors have also
been detached and repatriated to the
Armed Zone..............more
NEW DELHI, Mar 25:Observing
that Islamabad’s support to
"Kashmiris’ movement" had
diluted lately, sulking pro-Pakistan
separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani
today was non-committal about his meeting
with President Pervez Musharraf when he
visits India next month.................more
JAMMU, Mar 25:The
functioning of Housing and Urban
Development Department (HUDD) has come to
severe criticism in the Comptroller and
Auditor General of India’s report
for 2004 which was tabled in State
Assembly...........more
JAMMU, Mar 25: Former Minister and
Congress leader Ajatshatru Singh is
contemplating to file a defamation suit
against NC MLA Moulvi Iftikhar Hussain
Ansari for his allegations against him
and his father, former Sadar-e-Riyasat Dr
Karan Singh...............more
SRINAGAR, Mar 25: Welcoming the
reopening of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad
road, the moderate faction of Hurriyat
Conference today demanded the same for
all air, road and communication links
between the two parts of Kashmir that
existed at the time of partition of India
in 1947..........more
NEW DELHI, Mar 25: US President
George W Bush today telephoned Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh to convey the
administration’s decision to supply
F-16 warplanes to Pakistan, which Singh
said was a "great
disappointment" for India and could
have "negative consequences"
for its security environment..........more
