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Grant Jammu B-1 status: NMC 1/5/2007 12:45:46 AM JAMMU, JAN 4 National Mazdoor Conference (NMC) organisation today demanded that the city be declared a B-1 city as its population had "crossed" 10 lakh, making it eligible. "The population of Jammu is now more than 12 lakh. Despite having a population of over 10 lakhs and being eligible for B-1 status, the city comes under the B-2 category," NMC president Subash Shastri told reporters here. "There is no justification that Jammu should be deprived of its right of being a B-1 city," he said. He said with the grant of B-1 status, government employees in the city would get added benefits and the state would also get enhanced grants for development. Shastri demanded the government raise the minimum wages and added that under Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, Jammu and Kashmir will be the "first" state in the entire country to implement the recommendations of the Sixth pay commission simultaneously with the Centre....   READ MORE

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J&K's crucial budget session begins Jan 8 Undefined number two in State Ministry raises questions 1/5/2007 12:45:06 AM BL KAK NEW DELHI, JAN 4 Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Ghulam Nabi Azad, is understood to have planned to introduce a few new changes in the conduct and operational mechanism of the two Houses of the State Legislature. Azad, who has had sufficient experience and expertise as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in New Delhi, seems keen on making available for the legislators and mediapersons some additional facilities. A source close to Ghulam Nabi Azad told EARLY TIMES that the J&K Chief Minister "is eager to make the State's parliamentiary affairs department more professional and vibrant than before". The Chief Minister will, in the near future, unfold his new scheme to...   READ MORE   Will CM plays Sunni Muslim card UP polls anytime before May 14 1/5/2007 12:44:05 AM BL KAK NEW DELHI JAN 4 Muslims in Uttar Pradesh are a force to reckon with. No wonder, in an apparent atempt to appease and woo the Muslim voters, especially the vocal Sunni community, the ruling Samajwadi Party led by the Chief Minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav, observed a Black Day on Wednesday to protest the hanging of former Iraq President, Saddam Hussein. The Samajwadi Party has been worried about the Muslim voters gradually deserting it showing preference for strong contender for power, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and a resurgent Congress party. Chief Minister, Mulayam Yadav, is scheduled to follow up the programme by addressing a series of rallies in different parts of the Sta...   READ MORE

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