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BERLIN, JUN 8
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today met US President George W Bush on the sidelines of the G-8 Summit in Germany's sea-side resort of Heiligendamm near here.
The two leaders had a brief meeting, officials said.
It was not immediately clear what transpired in the meeting.
The two leaders were expected to touch upon a proposed agreement to operationalise the civil nuclear deal, which has got stuck due to differences on reprocessing issue.
As negotiators of the two sides are looking for a political push at the highest level to break the impasse, the meeting between Singh and Bush was expected to give a signal in this regard.
Officials of the two countries are ho... | |
| | | | Alleged Al-Qaeda CD surfaces in J&K | | | |
SRINAGAR, JUNE 8
A compact disc allegedly circulated by international terror outfit Al-Qaeda has surfaced in Jammu and Kashmir and the top police brass today said its veracity was being verified.
The CD was given to a local news agency here along with a statement purportedly issued by so-called chief of the banned outfit in India Abu Abdul Rehman Al-Ansari.
Director General of J-K Police Gopal Sharma said that his department has taken cognizance of the surfacing of the CD and was in the process of verifying its authenticity.
"We have come to know about the CD and are in the process of verifying its authenticity. It will be premature to make a comment at this moment," he said.
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| | | | 2 Kg heroine, arms, porn CDs seized as police raids house of history sheeter | | | |
Kathua (Jammu) June 8
Police today raided the house of a suspected drug peddler at Sawan Chak Kathua and recovered two Kilogram heroine worth two crore rupees in international market, besides Porno CD's arms and Bhuuki.
The accused was arrested from a basement of the house being used by the accused as hideout, official sources said.
The search of the accused residence was conducted after police secured search warrant from Judicial Magistrate.
Executive Magistrate and Independent witnesses were accompanying the Police team led by Deputy Superintendent of Police ( Dy.SP- HQRS) Khalil Ahmed Poswal.
Official sources told News Agency of Kashmir that Kathua police after getting sear... | |
| | | | Judicial employee arrested for militant links | | | |
Srinagar, May 21
An employee Jammu and Kashmir Judiciary among two persons landed up in police custody for their alleged links with banned Hizbul Mujahideen militants group.
Official sources said that the suspects, allegedly working as over ground workers with HM, were arrested from Budgam area of central Kashmir.
Based on specific information 35 Rashtriya Rifles and Jammu Kashmir police launched a search operation in general area Khan Sahib of Budgam district and arrested the accused persons, a defence spokesman told News Agency of Kashmir.
They were identified as Fayaz Ahmed Ahanger son of Abdul Ahad Ahanger resident of Zugu Khariyan Beerwah and Abdul Qayoom Dar son ... | |
| | | | Sikh organizations Call for Jammu Bandh | | | |
Jammu | May 21
Responding to the bandh call given by Shri Akal Takht, various Sikh organizations including DGPC and SGPC, Akali Dal (B), State Gurudwara Parbandhak Board, distt. Gurudwaa Parbandhak Committee, Sikh Missionary College, Sikh Student Federation and Kashmir Sikh Sangat have called for Jammu bandh on Tuesday. The highest religious body gave its verdict against the ‘sacrilege act and blasphemy’ act by cult leader.
Meanwhile the violent protests were staged in various Sikh dominated localities where protestors raising slogans against the Dera Sacha Souda Punjab demanded early arrest of the said Mahant who figured himself as a 10th Guru Gobind Singh Ji. The protestors demande... | |
| | | | Favoritism by higher ranks snaps job from others for their no fault, guilty go scott free | | Six backdoor entries compel government to quash job getters’ list in Social Welfare Deptt | | |
Jammu May 21
For the six backdoor appointees rest 19 persons lost jobs due to the quashing of the final list when an inquiry committee initiated by the state government confirmed irregularities in appointments in Social Welfare Department last year, sources said. Irony of the matter is that the officers and members of selection committee go Scot-free who played truant with meritorious candidates.
Sources said that six persons were accommodated as the supervisors in Social Welfare Department including a close kin of an MLA during the selection of the supervisors in said department. “When some of the aggrieved pointed out that about six persons who didn’t face the interview had been i... | |
| | | | Dera seeks President, PM's intervention | | | |
SIRSA (HARYANA), MAY 21
The Dera Sacha Sauda today appealed to President A P J Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to mediate to solve their tangle with the Sikhs in the best interests of the country.
Making the appeal through media, Dera's chief spokesman Aditya Insaan also urged the Punjab government to observe "Raj Dharma" in the wake of tomorrow's Punjab bandh called by the Sikh high priests.
The Punjab government should work honestly and protect all sections of the society, he said.
Declaring that the sect would not close Deras in Punjab as directed by the Sikh priests, Insaan said that to close or not to close the Deras in Punjab was the responsibility of the Pun... | |
| | | | Unprecedented event in Delhi's power corridors | | Gangster's widow is now PM's Ministerial colleague | | |
BL KAK
NEW DELHI, May 21
As the coalition "dharma" has often been found to be inimical to good "karma", the UPA government headed by Manmohan Singh has ensured that a dead husband's sins do not visit his widow. In plain language, Delhi's vital North Block, under the compulsions of coalition "dharma", has had to accept Radhika Selvi, widow of a gangster, as Minister of State for Home Affairs.
Radhika Selvi, new face of the DMK has been inducted as Minister of State for Home in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s. The recently widowed Radhika campaigned in Tamil Nadu with a newborn baby under a blazing sun and was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2004 with a big margin.
The 31-year-old poli... | |
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