Saturday, January 10, 2004, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Government doles out more concessions
Jaswant Singh50,000 cr for agro-infrastructure; bonds for senior citizens
New Delhi, January 9
A day after announcing sweeping tax sops, the government today flashed the populist card and announced a slew of measures aimed at addressing “life-time concerns” of citizens.

* FCI to raise funds from market.
* Loans to be liberalised for higher education.
* Fund for small and medium enterprises.
* Rural housing scheme Atal Grameen Griha Yojana to be launched.

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21 hurt in mosque blasts
A doctor tends to an injured man after a grenade blast in Jammu on Friday.Jammu, January 9
Twentyone persons were wounded, three of them seriously, as terrorists exploded two grenades in a mosque in the heart of the town when a large number of people were offering their Friday prayers. The condition of Mr Abdul Rashid Khan, security personnel in the Secretariat, who had gone to offer prayers, was stated to be critical. He has been shifted to the intensive care unit where he has been put on oxygen.

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A doctor tends to an injured man after a grenade blast in Jammu on Friday. Militants lobbed a grenade at a mosque on Friday, wounding more than 20 persons. — Reuters photo

Govt ready to broker Ayodhya settlement
L.K. AdvaniNew Delhi, January 9
Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani today called upon Hindus and Muslims to arrive at an amicable settlement of the Ayodhya issue. The Centre was ready to facilitate a negotiated settlement of the issue, he added.

No invitation yet, says Advani
New Delhi, January 9
Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani today said he had only seen media reports about being invited to Pakistan for discussions on an extradition treaty but nothing formal had been received by India so far. Talking informally to mediapersons at his residence this morning, Mr Advani said he had read about it only in newspapers.

SC’s no to cancel doctors’ bail in kidney racket
New Delhi, January 9
The Supreme Court has rejected the Punjab Government’s plea for cancellation of the bail of two senior doctors from the state, accused of being involved in a kidney racket.


Curbs on foreign investment go
Sops to NRIs, PIOs in Gulf & South-East Asia
New Delhi, January 9
India today threw open the global marketplace for domestic companies by removing the existing restrictions and offered them the freedom of setting up foreign subsidiaries without limiting its size to a government determined investment ceiling.
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Crushing terrorism is crucial for progress
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