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Pant set to begin 'mission Kashmir-II' soon
With indications that talks with separatists and representatives of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly may begin soon, the government is likely to announce appointment of Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission K C Pant as its interlocutor.
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NATIONAL
Dubai snubs ISI, sends warning to underworld
New Delhi: In what could be a rude shock to underworld criminals who considered Dubai as a safe haven, the port city played a pivotal role in not "deporting" the main accused in the Ghatkopar bomb blast Imran Rehman Khan to Pakistan on instructions from ISI.
Mysore sex scam: Panel gives judges a clean chit
New Delhi: A high-level judicial inquiry committee on February 2 gave a clean chit to three Karnataka High Court judges in the Mysore sex scandal saying it found "no evidence" against them after a thorough probe.
India asked to lead all future WTO negotiations
New Delhi: Emboldened by India's tough posturing at the just concluded Geneva
parleys on agriculture at World Trade Organisation (WTO), several African countries have asked New Delhi to spearhead the drive to protect the interests of developing nations, mainly on the issue of food security.
Budget: FM may mix populism with harsh reforms
New Delhi: Finance Minister Jaswant Singh would have to resort to a tight-rope walk of blending populism with harsh tax reforms in the forthcoming budget, following stiff opposition from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to many of the proposals suggested by the Kelkar panel.
SC rejects ACMMs' plea for district judge cadre
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has rejected the plea of six Mumbai additional chief metropolitan magistrates (ACMMs) seeking elevation of the cadre of ACMMs to that of district judge instead of the present civil judge (senior division).
India to raise 4 more Special Forces battalions
New Delhi: With Islamabad showing no signs of relenting on infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir, the government has given a go ahead to raising of four more battalions of Special Forces, who would be trained in Israel for specialised counter insurgency strikes.
SC sentences JuM militants life term Wanchoo killing
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has convicted and sentenced to life three Jamait-ul-Mujahidin (JuM) militants, including Ashiq Hussain Faktoo, who were acquitted by a Jammu TADA court of charges of killing human rights activist H N Wanchoo in 1992.
Kalam expresses deep pain on Columbia disaster
New Delhi: President A P J Abdul Kalam on February 1 night wrote to US President
George W Bush expressing "deep pain" over "the great loss of the Columbia space
shuttle and the brave crew members – seven astronauts".
Pak, N Korea excluded from anti-terrorism meet
New Delhi: In a fresh rebuff to Pakistan, the government has asked Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) youth wing not to invite Islamabad to an international youth conference on terrorism beginning here on February 10, which aims to focus on exposing the neighbouring country's "double standards" on the issue.
Vajpayee writes to Bush, mourns loss of Columbia
New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on February 2 wrote to US President George W Bush conveying his condolences over the killing of Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla and six others in the Colombia space shuttle disaster.
KASHMIR
National highway opened for traffic after clean-up
Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only road link between Kashmir
valley and the rest of the country, was thrown open for vehicular traffic after
Border Road Organisation (BRO) cleared it of snow and mud, a top BRO official said.
NORTH
BJP MLAs seek withdrawal of support to Maya
Lucknow: Hardening their stand against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, who has refused to revoke POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act) charges against jailed up Legislator Raja Bhaiya and his father Uday Pratap, many of the party MLAs have demanded withdrawal of support to the government if she does not drop the charges against the said Legislators.
SOUTH
Columbia break-up won't affect India's space mission
Bangalore: India shared NASA's (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) grief, and there is a lesson for every space faring nation from the disintegration of the space shuttle Columbia, chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Dr K Kasturirangan said on February 2.
Insat-3A to be launched in four weeks: ISRO
Bangalore: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)-built Insat-3A is planned to be launched anytime during the week beginning February 28, giving a boost to
communication and meteorological services, a top ISRO official said.
EAST
Lyngdoh flays BJP's style of electioneering in Guj
Kolkata: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) J M Lyngdoh on February 1 attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for its style of electioneering in the recent Assembly elections in Gujarat saying it came out with "new tricks" to campaign on communal lines despite a tight vigil by the poll body.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
Absolved Mahanta to return with renewed vigour
Guwahati: Harried by bigamy charges, which forced him to go to a virtual political exile for more than a year, the former Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta on February 1 announced a comeback after being cleared of the allegations by the Press Council of India (PCI).
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