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Terror funding: Noose tightens around Bhat
Amidst raging controversy over alleged funding of separatist movement in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan High Commission through Hurriyat leaders, the 25-party amalgam would be meeting soon to discuss the issue, which has raised several eye-brows in the Valley.
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NATIONAL
Every Law must have sunset provision: Shourie
New Delhi: Union Minister for Disinvestment, Information Technology (IT) and Communications Arun Shourie on February 16 called for a change in the country's law-making system to incorporate "sunset" provisions for every Law and making legal system agile to incorporate technological changes rapidly.
Govt is communalising atmosphere: Left parties
New Delhi: The Left parties on February 16 accused the government of attempting to "communalise the atmosphere" ahead of the Assembly polls in four states by "surreptitiously" moving the Supreme Court to help the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) – Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) begin temple construction in Ayodhya.
PM discusses Ayodhya issue with Chandrababu Naidu
New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on February 16 discussed the Ayodhya issue with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, whose party TDP (Telugu Desam Party) extends crucial outside support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government, in the backdrop of the Centre's moving the Supreme Court on the subject.
Govt prepares robust plan to face nuke attack
New Delhi: Seeking to acquire quick reaction capabilities in the event of a nuclear, chemical or biological weapon attack on the country, government has almost concluded an exercise to give shape to a Disaster Management Authority (DMA) and plans to provide specialised training to at least 4,000 hand-picked security personnel.
Oil firms defer revising petrol, diesel prices
New Delhi: State-run oil firms On February 16 deferred the fortnightly revision of petrol and diesel prices in view of excessive volatility in international oil markets.
India, Poland to sign extradition treaty tomorrow
New Delhi: Giving a new impetus to bilateral ties, India and Poland will sign an extradition treaty during Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller's state visit on February 17.
Illegal immigrants have to be deported: Advani
New Delhi: Adopting a tough stand on the issue of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, India on February 16 said these "foreigners" had to be deported "firmly but lawfully".
Ayodhya row may cast its shadow on Budget session
New Delhi: With the Ayodhya dispute hotting up and a host of other issues cropping up, the Budget session of Parliament beginning on February 17 is likely to be tumultuous amid moves by Opposition to get its act together for taking on the Vajpayee government that has been upbeat after the Gujarat victory.
KASHMIR
JK public schools to give free seats to poor: Mufti
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on February 16 said the government is formulating an education policy to make provision for reserving seats to children below poverty line families in public schools in the state.
Three militants, Army jawan killed in J&K
Srinagar: Three militants and an Army jawan were among four persons killed in Jammu and Kashmir, where security forces arrested a ultra of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit and smashed a militant hideout since February 15 evening, an official spokesman said in Srinagar on February 16.
NORTH
'Sex racket' desperate act of BJP: Punjab CM
Jalandhar: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on February 16 described the "naming" of two his Cabinet colleagues and another person in the "sex racket" said to have been unearthed by Gujarat police as "politically motivated" and a "desperate" act of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) keeping in view coming Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh (HP).
Police busts cricket betting racket in Delhi
New Delhi: Delhi police on February 15 busted a racket involved in betting over the World Cup cricket and arrested four persons in this connection.
SOUTH
Congress seeks arrest of VHP leaders under POTA
Bangalore: The Congress on February 16 demanded invocation of prevention of
Terrorism Act (POTA) against Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leaders including its
international secretary Praveen Togadia for their "continued outbursts against
minorities and dalits".
Poojary moots action plan to spur K'taka Cong
Bangalore: Congress in Karnataka would soon frame an action plan to galvanise the party at all levels and gear it up for the Assembly polls, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president B Janardhana Poojary said on February 16.
Four naxalites shot dead in Andhra encounter
Guntur: Four naxalites, including two hardcore People's War Group (PWG) men, were killed in two separate encounters even as the ultras shot dead an ex-sarpanch and attempted to blow up a telephone exchange in Andhra Pradesh in the wee hours of February 16.
EAST
Tax the legislators, cut Defence spending: AITUC
Kolkata: AITUC (All India Trade Union Congress) on February 16 demanded curtailing of Defence expenditure, security budget for VIPs and increased taxation of legislators by the Centre to raise funds for public investment and welfare measures for the unemployed.
MLA's kin among seven killed in Bihar gangwar
Nawada (Bihar): In the continuing feud between two criminal gangs over sand mining contracts, seven people, including the father of a Bihar MLA and a relative of Jharkhand minister, were shot dead near Kochgaon in Nawada district late February 15 night.
I cannot be cowed down by anti-socials: Laloo
Valmikinagar (Bihar): RJD (Rashtriya Janata Dal) president Laloo Prasad Yadav has said that extremists threatened to kill him if he dared to enter this West
Champanagar district town.
BSF foils yet another Bangla infiltration bid
Karimpur (West Bengal): About 200-250 Bangladeshi nationals again tried to cross over into Indian territory by crossing the narrow Mathabhanga river which divides India and Bangladesh in West Bengal's Nadia district on February 15 evening, police said.
WEST
2 Punjab Ministers, MLA involved in 'sex racket'
Ahmedabad: Two Punjab ministers and a senior Congress MLA who visited Gujarat for election campaigning for the December 12 Assembly polls have been named in "the sex racket" busted by the city crime branch, according to Gujarat Minister of State for Home Amit Shah on February 16.
Probe ordered into Mumbai pipeline fire incident
Mumbai: The Centre has ordered an inquiry into the Mahanagar Gas Ltd (MGL) pipeline fire incident three days ago at Andheri in North Mumbai and has decided to penalise those responsible for such an act.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
Assam meeting decides to seal Indo-Bangla border
Guwahati: Recognising the influx problem in Assam as a national one, the tripartite talks in Guwahati on implementation of the Assam Accord resolved to adopt measures for sealing the Indo-Bangladesh border to prevent further infiltration of Bangladeshis, official sources on February 15 said.
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