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IKA to focus on Rights denial in PoK, Pak
Days before the crucial visit of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to Jammu and Kashmir, several moderate and secular Kashmiri leaders of Pakistani origin launched a global umbrella body for a political campaign to focus on "denial" of rights in Pak-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and the Northern Areas.
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PARLIAMENT
'Govt failed to project Pak's terror antecedents'
New Delhi: Charging the government with failure to project Pakistan's terror antecedents internationally, the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha on April 22 said post-Iraq war, India's perception of cross-border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir does not match with that of the international community.
NATIONAL
Centre to convene meeting of states to tackle SARS
New Delhi: With scattered cases of patients with symptoms of the deadly respiratory disease being reported in the country, the Centre is convening a meeting of states on April 24 to chalk out an action plan to deal with the problem and was even considering declaring SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) a notifiable disease.
Govt remains tough on truckers' 3 main demands
New Delhi: In the face of a split among the striking truckers, government on April 22 remained tough on the three main demands of the strikers but appealed to them to call of their nine-day-old strike.
Karunakaran holds 'satisfactory' talks with Sonia
New Delhi: Crisis in Congress in Kerala appears to have blown over with K Karunakaran, who led the revolt in the Rajya Sabha polls, on April 22 night holding a "satisfactory" meeting with party president Sonia Gandhi, clarifying that the move was not aimed at "challenging" the party high command.
Government employees to strike work on May 21
New Delhi: Employees of the Central and state governments will strike work on May 21 to protest the economic policies of privatisation and liberalisation of the Union government.
Don't air views on VAT publicly: PM to party MPs
New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on April 22 asked party Members of Parliament (MPs) not to air their views publicly on the value added tax (VAT), though the issue has been agitating them.
Gurudwara in Iraq damaged, Amarinder writes to US
New Delhi: The 60-year old Guru Nanak's gurudwara in Baghdad has been damaged in the recent military hostilities in Iraq, according to information reaching New Delhi.
KASHMIR
14 Pakis among 18 militants killed in encounter
Jammu: Eighteen militants, including 14 Pakistanis, were shot dead on April 22 in two separate encounters in the border sensitive areas of Poonch and Rajouri in stepped up anti-militancy drive by the Army in Jammu and Kashmir.
LeT militant, jawan killed in encounters in J&K
Srinagar: A Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant and a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan were killed and an officer injured in separate shootouts in Anantnag district of South Kashmir since April 21 night, official sources said.
Vohra begins mission Kashmir; holds talks with CPI
Srinagar: The Centre's interlocutor on the Kashmir issue N N Vohra on April 22 began his mission by holding talks with Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Abdul Rehman Trakroo, even as there was no indication whether he would be meeting separatist leaders in the state.
J&K BJP opposes Vohra talking to separatist groups
Jammu: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Jammu and Kashmir has strongly opposed the Centre's interlocutor N N Vohra talking to separatist groups, which do not abide by Indian Constitution and wage war against the country.
5 killed, 3 injured in Pulwama land mine blast
Srinagar: At least five persons were killed and three others injured in a land mine explosion in Pulwama district of South Kashmir on April 22 morning, police said.
NORTH
Housing Scam: CBI charge sheet against Shiela Kaul
New Delhi: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on April 22 filed a charge sheet against former Union Urban Minister Shiela Kaul and two of her personal staff in connection with the housing scam that had rocked the country in 1990's.
SP workers go berserk, set 9 govt buses ablaze
Gorakhpur: Hundreds of villagers, mostly supporters of Samajwadi party (SP) went on the rampage on April 22 torching nine government buses and blocking traffic demanding arrest of the killers of a party leader-cum-businessman who was shot on April 21.
VHP leader Praveen Togadia released from jail
Ajmer: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia was on April 22 released from central jail, a day after he was granted bail by a local court.
Suspected SARS patient hospitalised in Jaipur
Jaipur: A patient with suspected symptoms of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
(SARS) has been admitted to a hospital in Jaipur.
Over 1 lakh Bihar truckers join nationwide strike
Patna: Over one-lakh truckers from Bihar joined the nation-wide strike from midnight on April 22 to demand stable fuel prices and fewer levies.
SOUTH
PM must take initiative to end truckers' stir: Jaya
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on April 22 said Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee should meet the representatives of truckers to end the lorry strike.
Intel Corp to invest $ 41 mn in B'lore: Deshpande
Bangalore: Global chip maker Intel Corporation plans to set up a development centre in Bangalore with a capacity to house 3,000 software and electronics professionals with an investment of $ 41 million (Rs 196.8 crore), a senior Karnataka government Minister said on April 22.
K'taka snubs college managements on seat-sharing
Bangalore: Locking horns with private unaided college managements, Karnataka government on April 22 announced a seat sharing formula and new fee structure for medical, dental and engineering courses.
Police arrest another ISI agent in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The city police have arrested another suspected ISI agent in old city area in Hyderabad on April 22, taking the total number of arrests since last week to seven including, five assassins of former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya.
EAST
Maoist ultras attack village in Jharkhand
Ranchi: MCC (Maoist Communist Centre) extremists raided Karampatha village in
Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district late on April 20 and set on fire to railway
sleepers in the nearby railway station and couple of houses.
WEST
Trishul distribution will continue, says Togadia
Ajmer: Soon after his release from prison on bail on condition that he would not defy the ban on trident distribution in Rajasthan, an unrelenting Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Pravin Togadia on April 22 announced the programme would continue in the state.
12 hurt as truckers' strike turns violent in Guj
Ahmedabad: One person was injured in police firing and at least 12 others in stone throwing at Gandhidham in Gujarat, when the ongoing truckers' strike turned violent on April 21 night following clash between two factions of the striking truckers over continuing the strike, police said.
Condition of Pune SARS patients fast improving
Pune: The condition of the three patients who were infected with Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is fast improving and they would soon be shifted to
Sassoon general hospital, said the health officer of Pune Municipal Corporation
(PMC) Dr Anil Rawethkar on April 22.
SENSEX opens lower, dips further at early stages
Mumbai: The SENSEX opened marginally lower and later dipped further in line with a negative reaction in Information technology (IT) stocks and the top heavyweight Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) at early stages of the session on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on April 22 due to fresh selling pressure.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
Lapang-Gogoi for joint efforts against militancy
Shillong: The Meghalaya Chief Minister D D Lapang would meet his Assam counterpart, Tarun Gogoi, on April 22 to discuss a joint operation between the two states to curb militancy and issues belated to boundary disputes.
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