Saturday, February 28, 2004, Chandigarh, India
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Mufti Sayeed escapes grenade attack
Srinagar, February 27
Militants made an attempt on the life of the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, when they fired two rifle grenades followed by firing towards his public meeting at Beerwah in Budgam district of central Kashmir this afternoon.

Bandipura remains tense
J&K page: To be soft or tough is Mufti’s dilemma

A relative cries over the killing of Samreena Jan (18) after an attack on Kashmir's Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in Beerwah, 40 km west of Srinagar A relative cries over the killing of Samreena Jan (18) after an attack on Kashmir's Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in Beerwah, 40 km west of Srinagar on Friday. The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir escaped unhurt. 
— Reuters photo

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Political advts on TV, radio banned
New Delhi, February 27
The Election Commission has banned political advertisements on television channels and FM radio stations, even as the government expressed its inability to monitor such violations.

SC okays government order on IIMs' fee cut
New Delhi, February 27
The Supreme Court today brought down the curtain on Centre’s controversial decision reducing the fee in six business schools of the prestigious IIM, holding that the Government had clarified that the move was not aimed at interfering in the autonomy of these institutes.

CAS suspended indefinitely
New Delhi, February 27
The government today issued a notification keeping the implementation of the Conditional Access System in abeyance indefinitely, accepting broadcast regulator TRAI’s recommendations in the matter.

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Government cuts duties on  steel products
New Delhi, February 27
To provide respite to economy from spiralling steel prices, the government today decided on major cuts in excise and custom duties and export incentives even as major producers including SAIL and Essar are understood to have agreed on slashing prices on some steel products by up to Rs 2000 a tonne.

Recruitment ban on in Punjab
Chandigarh, February 27
In less than a month after the state of Punjab issued statements regarding lifting of ban on new recruitments, the government today informed a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court that final decision was yet to be taken by the council of ministers.

Salwan likely to be PTU Vice-Chancellor
Prof S.K. SalwanChandigarh, February 27
Prof S.K. Salwan is likely to be new Vice-Chancellor of Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar. A Senior Adviser at the PTU, he succeeds Prof Y.S. Rajan, who had quit over politico-bureaucratic “pressures and disturbances’’ in the academics.

Japan’s cult ex-guru sentenced to death
Tokyo, February 27
Former leader of the Aum shinrikyo cult Shoko Asahara is seen shortly after being arrested in Kamikuishiki town in this file photo.
Former doomsday cult guru Shoko Asahara was convicted and sentenced to death for masterminding the deadly 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway and a string of other crimes that killed 27 people.

Former leader of the Aum shinrikyo cult Shoko Asahara is seen shortly after being arrested in Kamikuishiki town in this file photo. 
— Reuters photo


 

Mystery shrouds landing of hot air balloon in Pak
Amritsar, February 27
Mystery shrouds the landing of a hot air balloon on the Pakistan side, a few metres away from the international border. A sentry of the Fatehpur border post under Majitha police district spotted the flying balloon around sun-set yesterday. The BSF authorities immediately informed the Punjab Police.


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