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Govt. orders tough security for Aug 15 celebrations Sharpshooters equipped with telescopic guns 7/21/2006 7:26:21 PM B L KAK NEW DELHI, JULY 21: The 16th century Red Fort of Delhi will witness unprecedented security measures during the forthcoming Independence Day celebrations. Security agencies responsible for security arrangements at the Red Fort are not willing to take any chances following the Juloy 11 Mumbai blasts. Besides the regular security paraphernalia and drill that is carried out each year, the authorities have decided to install an electronic eye to keep a tab on the fort's surroundings. Delhi Police higher-ups are being guided and assisted by specialists from the RAW, IB and IndoTibetan Border Police (ITBP) in puttin in place a fool-proof mechanism. Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, will unfurl the Indian tricolour and address the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, when India celebrates 59 years of independence from the colonial British rule. A galaxy of visitors, including former Prime Ministers, Presidents, Central Ministers, present and former lawmakers attend the ceremony. EARLY TIMES was officially told that electronic surveillance had become...   READ MORE

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Rahul Gandhi to get out-of-turn promotion 7/21/2006 7:25:54 PM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, JULY 21: Arrangements are being made for Rahul Gandhi's out-of-turn promotion. In plain language, the long wait for his induction as an ofice-bearer of the ruling Congress party will soon be over. Indications available within the party suggest that the stage is set to appoint the young parliamentarian as a general secretary. Party sources said that he has given his nod to the proposal upon his return from abroad. With the monsoon session of Parliament scheduled to begin on Monday, party circles feel that Rahul's mother Sonia Gandhi, who heads the Congress party, will make changes to her secretariat by Sunday, because by the end of session in lat...   READ MORE   Sex sleaze forces Azad to defer again cabinet expansion 7/21/2006 7:25:11 PM Jammu,:- The unfinished agenda of the CBI and the courts in taking the sex scam to its logical conclusion and President,Dr A.P.J.Abdul Kalam’s visit to Srinagar,are said to have motivated Chief Minister,Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad,to postpone the expansion of the 13-member council of ministers. Congress sources said that the Chief Minister had toyed with the idea of expanding the council of ministers a few days before the start of the Assembly session in Srinagar from July 28 but the idea was dropped with the sex scam inquiry keeping on witnessing turns and twists. The Chief Minister became cautious when he came to know that the courts have indicted the CBI and the police for their go slow str...   READ MORE   Jammu legislators to share rooms with their colleagues after they failed to get Govt. accommodation in safe areas in Srinagar 7/21/2006 7:24:42 PM Jammu,: After having failed to get a Government accommodation in a safe area in Srinagar majority of legislators belonging to the Jammu region have preferred to stay put in the winter capital despite the fact that the offices had opened in the summer capital in the first week of May. Between May and June end legislators from Jammu did not visit Srinagar because they had not been allotted rooms in the MLA hostel.The Government could not allot any room in the legislators’ hostel because all the rooms were occupied.Later,as a result of Chief Minister’s intervention the Estates Department allotted houses for some legislators in Srinagar.However, these legislators refused to occupy those hou...   READ MORE   Jammu legislators to share rooms with their colleagues after they failed to get Govt. accommodation in safe areas in Srinagar 7/21/2006 7:24:01 PM Srinagar:-One thing common among politicians in Jammu Kashmir and Pakistan administered Kashmir is when in power for rulers in Kashmir the state’s accession with India is final.and the rulers in "Azad" Kashmir treat its accession with Pakistan irreversible. This was amply displayed when the leaders of the Muslim Conference,which was voted to power in recent Assembly poll in Muzaffarabad,dwelt at length on the benefits of Azad Kashmir’s accession with Pakistan.These leaders,including Sardar Abdul Qayoom Khan,his son,Sardar Atique Mohd.Khan,designated Prime Minister,and Sardar Sikender Hayat Khan,were in the forefront of the celebrations of the state’s accession with Pakistan in Muzaffarabad...   READ MORE   When in power politicians support "Azad" kashmir’s accession with Pakistan 7/21/2006 7:23:20 PM Srinagar:-One thing common among politicians in Jammu Kashmir and Pakistan administered Kashmir is when in power for rulers in Kashmir the state’s accession with India is final.and the rulers in "Azad" Kashmir treat its accession with Pakistan irreversible. This was amply displayed when the leaders of the Muslim Conference,which was voted to power in recent Assembly poll in Muzaffarabad,dwelt at length on the benefits of Azad Kashmir’s accession with Pakistan.These leaders,including Sardar Abdul Qayoom Khan,his son,Sardar Atique Mohd.Khan,designated Prime Minister,and Sardar Sikender Hayat Khan,were in the forefront of the celebrations of the state’s accession with Pakistan in Muzaffarabad...   READ MORE

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