Thursday, January 8, 2004, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)


Unorganised sector gets
social security

Cabinet approves pension, insurance, health cover
New Delhi, January 7
Ahead of the General Election, the government today offered sops to the unorganised sector as it approved a social security scheme to be implemented as a pilot project as a prelude to a Central legislation. It also finalised the guidelines for wage negotiations in public-sector undertakings on the condition that there would be no budgetary support.

Norms for wage revision of PSUs

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Union Law, Commerce and Industry Minister Arun Jaitley and others come out of the Prime Minister’s office after attending a Cabinet meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday. Business page: Centre, states differ on agri-marketing
Cabinet clears Bill on economic zones



Union Law, Commerce and Industry Minister Arun Jaitley and others come out of the Prime Minister’s office after attending a Cabinet meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday.
— PTI photo


PM briefs Cabinet on Pak visit
New Delhi, January 7
Atal Bihari VajpayeeThe rush of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Pakistan visit over, it was time for the government today to take stock of the peace moves taken so far and the decisions to be taken in near future even as world leaders called up External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha to congratulate Mr Vajpayee’s initiative.

Modalities for talks in day or two,
says Jamali
Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali
New Delhi, January 7
Pakistan Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said the modalities to resume the composite dialogue with India will be decided in a ‘’day or two.’’

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Case against Bhattal to stay, says CM
Mohali, January 7
Captain Amarinder SinghThe Punjab Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh, today said that the corruption case against Mrs Rajinder Kaur Bhattal would not be taken back nor would she be given any additional portfolio following her appointment as Deputy Chief Minister of the state.

“Receipts” to go to Vigilance
Expansion despite law on Cabinet strength?
Cabinet meeting on Jan 13
Punjab page: Bhattal fails to appear in court

Sonia GandhiSonia to talk to Pawar, Manmohan to DMK chief
New Delhi, January 7
The Congress has accepted the BJP challenge and gone into election mode.
In video: Congress party mulls strategy for polls. (28k, 56k)

Pakistan was warmer than expected
New Delhi, January 7
Pakistan railway staff renovate the coaches of the Samjhauta Express on Wednesday at Lahore railway station.
India found a marked change in Pakistan for turning round the prevailing cold bilateral environment even though Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had gone to Islamabad with the sole intent of only pursuing multilateral agenda of the SAARC grouping.

Pakistan railway staff renovate the coaches of the Samjhauta Express on Wednesday at Lahore railway station. The rail service between India and Pakistan, which has been suspended for the past two years, is expected to resume from January 15. — Reuters photo




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