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Revised pay package for armed forces to
be finalised tomorrow.

NEW DELHI : A revised pay package for the armed forces personnel including enhanced military service pay for those below officer rank would be finalised at a crucial meeting to be chaired by the Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrashekar tomorrow. ....more

Women’s reservation bill likely to be
introduced tomorrow

NEW DELHI : A bill, providing for reservation for women in Lok Sabha and Assemblies, is likely to be introduced in Parliament tomorrow.....more

Militants waiting to enter country: BSF

CHANDIGARH : BSF today said that militants across the border are waiting to enter the country once mountain passes in Jammu and Kashmir open with the melting of snow.. ....more

Metlife unveils "loan assure" for J&K bank customers

SRINAGAR : Metlife India Insurance Company, one of the country’s fastest growing Life Insurance firms, today introduced here a ‘loan assure’ scheme that would provide life cover to J&K bank’s loan customers. ....more

Offices reopen amid tight security

SRINAGAR : The offices of the Chief Minister, his Cabinet Colleagues and other darbar move departments reopened here this morning amid unprecedented security arrangements. ....more

As weather improved in Jammu on Sunday evening,
people thronged Bagh-e-Bahu park. Excelsior/Ashok

It’s transitional relief: IMD
Western disturbances bring some
respite from heat wave

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, May 4: After several days of scorching and intolerable heat, a sudden improvement was witnessed in the weather conditions across the State in the afternoon providing some relief from rising temperature.....more

Pilgrims to get on spot registration
SASB rushes team to Amarnath

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, May 4: Pilgrims, who have missed registration and were intending to visit holy shrine of Baba Amarnath ji will be allowed on spot registration at three places—Jammu, Pahalgam and Baltal—by Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) for two month long annual yatra beginning .....more

‘PM's package a major initiative in 6 decades’
Azad cautions refugees against vested interests

Excelsior Correspondent

Jammu, May 4: Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today asserted that package announced by the Prime Minister for refugees of West Pakistan and displaced persons from PoK is a major initiative taken by the Government during last 60 years to address their problems and cautioned them not to fall prey to vested interests who were trying to find fault with every good work done "with an eye on votes."....more

Para military forces cry foul on ‘lateral entry’ concept

NEW DELHI, May 4: The Paramilitary Forces, which are already seeking allowances on par with Army, are gearing up to fight another recommendation of the Sixth Pay Commission which favoured "lateral entry" of Army personnel into their ranks. .....more

We will take people's wishes into account: Farooq
*NC patron hits out at PDP

Excelsior Correspondent

AISHMUQAM (PAHALGAM), May 4: Former Chief Minister and National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah today declared that any solution to Kashmir problem will be reached only after taking into account wishes and aspirations of the people.......more

Re-instatement of judges to drag

LAHORE, May 4: The issue of reinstatement of Judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf is likely to drag beyond the May 12 deadline announced by former premier Nawaz Sharif with much fanfare as there is still no consensus on how to go about it. .....more

Army goes pro-active on corruption

CHANDIGARH, May 4: The CBI, in a joint operation with Military Intelligence on Saturday, took into custody, A K Sondhi, a civilian employee in the Ordnance Branch of the Chandimandir based Headquarter Western Command from his Panchkula residence, while allegedly accepting a large amount of money from a prospective candidate for recruitment in an Army Ordnance establishment.......more

BJP for action plan on terror

BANGALORE, May 4: Accusing the UPA Government of adopting "a casual approach while dealing with terror", BJP today demanded the Centre to chalk out a comprehensive and integrated action plan against the menace after taking all major political parties into confidence.......more

J&K gets Rs 28 cr for police modernisation

NEW DELHI, May 4: Assam and Jammu and Kashmir received the highest allocation of additional funds for Police modernisation during the last fiscal....more