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Thursday, January 24, 2008

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Both houses adjourn over forest scam

JAMMU: Both the houses of the Jammu and Kashmir legislature were adjourned today following a furore over the findings of an official probe which alleged the involvement of two ministers in the forest scam......more

PM chairs high level meet
Relief package for KPs, militants’ kin finalised
*Blue print for a new future in J&K

NEW DELHI, Jan 23: A relief package for Kashmiri Pandits and support for dependents of militants killed in police encounters were among a slew of measures finalised at a meeting convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today to evolve a "blue print for a new future" in Jammu and Kashmir....more

NC MLAs protesting in Well of the House (left) and marching in Secretariat premises (right) demanding resignation of two Ministers. Excelsior/Ashok
NC MLAs protesting in Well of the House (left) and marching in Secretariat premises (right) demanding resignation of two Ministers. Excelsior/Ashok

NC stalls entire business, FM’s budget reply;
seek resignations of Qarra, Afzal
A day full of uproar in Assembly
*NPP, BJP, JSM MLAs troop into Well, call for Governor’s rule, fresh polls

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Jan 23: Opposition National Conference today stalled proceedings in Legislative Assembly almost for entire day leading to two adjournments and blocked reply of Finance Minister Tariq Hamid Qarra on budget debate demanding resignations of Mr Qarra and Forest Minister Qazi Mohd Afzal for their indictment in Kundal Committee report.....more

 

Exfiltration bid near Sunderbani
Two soldiers, militant killed; Major among 4 jawans injured

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 23: Two Army jawans and a militant were killed and four soldiers including a Major were injured in a fierce exchange of gunbattle along Ikhni nullah near Munawar Tawi between Sunderbani and Akhnoor sector this morning.....more

NC members storm Upper House,
protest in Well; marshaled out

By Gopal Sharma

JAMMU, Jan 23: Opposition National Conference legislators today rocked the Upper House, held massive protest demonstration in the ‘Well’ of the House, seeking ouster of two PDP ministers from the State Cabinet whose names have figured in the Kundal Committee report.....more

 

No trace of Norwegian skier, soldiers

SRINAGAR, Jan 23: There was still no trace of Norwegian woman skier, soldiers and porters, who went missing on January 8 in north Kashmir after the entire Valley experienced heavy snowfall......more

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3 Armymen killed in J&K to get Ashok Chakras

NEW DELHI, Jan 23: ‘Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country’. Perhaps, these words of late US President John F Kennedy can best describe the spirit behind the sacrifice by three men, Col Vasanth V, Captain Harshan R and Naib Subedar Chuni, who will be awarded this year’s "Ashok Chakra" posthumously.....more

Two Lecturers, SA chargesheeted

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Jan 23: Crime Branch, Kashmir has presented chargesheet against two Lecturers and a Senior Assistant of Education Department in the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption Srinagar for launching prosecution against them......more

Noorani arrested by Vigilance

SRINAGAR, Jan 23: Vigilance Organisation (VO) today arrested the driver of former Education Minister and Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed who resigned from the ministry after a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) alleged that the minister took bribe from him......more

Life sentence for 5 ultras

LUCKNOW, Jan 23: Five Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants, arrested for their connections with the 2006 Varanasi blasts accused Waliullah, were today awarded life imprisonment by a court here......more

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