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Parliament's budget session begins today Opposition parties ready to attack UPA Govt 2/22/2007 11:33:12 PM BL KAK NEW DELHI, FEB 22 Two Houses of Parliament will witness stormy scenes during the "crucial" budget session commencing Friday, Feb. 23. Opposition parties are on the offensive. They are sharpening their knives as they prepare to attack the Congress-led coalition government at the Centre. The upcoming attack will be on everything from internal security and the price rise to the train blasts and foreign policy decisions. The UPA government is expecting a hectic business-like session with the central budget and the railway budget being presented during the two-month session. The Opposition and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Left allies have vowed to corner the government on its economic and foreign policies. Results of Assembly elections in Manipur, Uttarakhand and Punjab, out on Feb 27, could also be embarrassing for the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government with poll surveys indicating that it could lose Punjab and Uttarakhand. Warned Vijapy Kumar Malhotra, BJP's deputy leader in the Lok Sabha: "Although a major part of the session would be ...   READ MORE

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Defence Minister Antony springs a surprise Congress gives up pro-Central rule plan in UP 2/22/2007 11:32:36 PM BL KAK NEW DELHI, FEB 22 The Congress high command has received a major setback, with the lack of required support from a majority of Congressmen and their allies in the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) to the idea favouring President's rule in Uttar Pradesh. And with the announcement of the poll schedule for UP by the Election Commission, the Congress party led by Sonia Gandhi is reported to have abandoned its move in favour of Central rule in the State. This follows the expression of apprehension by a section of the Congress leaders that the move in support of President's rule could boomerang. A majority of senior Congress leaders were of the view that the move, which...   READ MORE   Police, intelligence teams swoop on three States Noises continue against Samjhouta Express bombing 2/22/2007 11:32:04 PM BL KAK NEW DELHI, FEB 22 Investigations into the bombing of the Samjhouta Express train have entered a new phase, with police and intelligence teams having fanned out to three Indian States to round up people for questioning. The blasts killed as many as 68 passengers on the train to Pakistan. RC Mishra, senior police offical, who heads a special team leading the investigations, said on Thursday: “Already we sent teams to Bikaner (Rajasthan), Uttar Pradesh andDelhi".He added in reply to a question: “Some of the passport holders on the train had passports giving their address in that place". Those passengers boarded the train, but were not on the list of people who reached Pakist...   READ MORE   Revolutionary Roshni scheme has surpassed even historical ‘land to tiller Act’: Azad Peerzada, Taj, Jora, Jugal, Charak, Babu Singh, Romesh, Aijaz, Congress legislators and all Congress district and block Presidents hail Azad’s visionary leadership 2/22/2007 11:30:48 PM JAMMU, FEBRUARY 22 Chief Minister Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad while addressing district and block presidents of Congress party of Jammu province here today said that the revolutionary Roshni Act passed under Congress-led government has far-reaching effects and it has gone beyond the expectations of the people particularly farmers. Mr. Azad said that free ownership rights of 16.60 lakh kanals of state land costing Rs. 20,000 crore are being given to poor farmers with a definite goal to achieve self-sufficiency in agriculture production and remove uncertainty from the minds of farmers for ever. Referring to the role of late Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah being pioneer of land reforms a...   READ MORE   LC elections: Nine nominations accepted 2/22/2007 11:26:14 PM JAMMU, FEBRUARY 22 Nomination papers of 9 candidates have been accepted after the scrutiny of papers held at Assembly Complex here today. This was stated by the Secretary Legislative Assembly Mr. M. Iqbal Ganai who has been designated as Returning Officer for election of 8 Council seats which have fallen vacant. In total 13 candidates had filed their nomination papers which included four members from Congress, two from PDP and three from National Conference while as four independents had also filed their nominations. After scrutiny, the papers of nine candidates have been found in order and nomination papers of four independents were rejected by the Returning Officer for not being ...   READ MORE

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