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NPP walks-out after
heated exchanges
Minister,
MLAs clash in DDB meeting
By Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Apr 17: Heated exchanges
between Minister of State for Power Babu
Singh and National Panthers Party (NPP)
MLA and former Minister Harshdev Singh
marked District Development Board,
Udhampur’s review meeting this
morning leading to walk-out by two NPP
MLAs and a Municipality president.....more
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Implement
schemes in shortest
possible time: Azad
Excelsior
Correspondent
Doda,
Apr 17:
Chief Minister Ghulam
Nabi Azad today asked
construction agencies and
officers associated with
infrastructure
development projects to
take fullest advantage of
existing coordination
between the Central and
the State Governments
leading to liberal
funding and implement
schemes in shortest
possible time for benefit
of people in all areas of
the State....more
Buddhists
protest cultural genocide
in Tibet
Massive
anti-China rally in Leh
LEH, Apr
17:
Even as Tibetan refugees
held large scale
demonstrations against
China in New Delhi to
coincide with the Olympic
torch relay, thousands of
people led by Buddhists
took out a massive rally
here today in support of
Tibetans....more
Free
J&K from shackles of
security syndrome:
Mehbooba
Excelsior
Correspondent
Budgam,
Apr 17:
Stressing the importunity
for time-bound
implementation of the
recommendations finalized
by the Working Groups on
Kashmir, People's
Democratic Party (PDP)
president Ms Mehbooba
Mufti has expressed the
hope that much-awaited
process would be set into
motion during the
forthcoming visit of
Prime Minister Dr
Manmohan Singh to the
State.....more
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3 PoK citizens
deported
Excelsior
Correspondent
POONCH, Apr
17: Three citizens of
Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK),
who had illegally been staying in
Mendhar tehsil after crossing
Line of Control (LoC) through
Chakkan-Da-Bagh on February 25,
were today deported to PoK
forcibly after opening
Chakkan-Da-Bagh point
unscheduled......more
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Civilian shot
dead in Doda
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr
17: A civilian has been
shot dead reportedly by militants
at Girkha Dhar under the
jurisdiction of Doda police
station.....more
Accountant held
taking corruption
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr
17: The State
Vigilance Organisation (SVO)
today caught red-handed a Senior
Assistant working as Accountant
in the office of Assistant
Commissioner, Development,
Udhampur while accepting a bribe
of Rs 10,000 from a contractor
for releasing his payment......more
Maqbool Dar
passes away
SRINAGAR,
Apr 17: Former
Union Minister of State for Home
Affairs Mohammad Maqbool Dar
passed away in a local hospital
here last night. He was 65......more
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641 Indians in
Pak jails
NEW DELHI,
Apr 17: A total of
641 Indians, including 436
fishermen, are languishing in
different Pakistani jails, the
Government said today. External
Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee
told Rajya Sabha while replying a
written question that the
Government has consistently taken
up with Islamabad, including at
the highest level, the issue of
Indians in custody in Pakistan....more
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