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Reforms with human face: Yes, Mr PM, says Bengal CM
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee comes out of the Prime Minister's residence in New Delhi on Saturday after a meeting with Dr Manmohan Singh.New Delhi, May 29
In a move to dispel the notion that the Communists in the country are against foreign capital investments, the West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, today said Kolkata had received “maximum” foreign investments in the field of IT and communications.

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee comes out of the Prime Minister's residence in New Delhi on Saturday after a meeting with Dr Manmohan Singh. — PTI photo
 

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M.K. Narayanan appointed Special Adviser in PMO
New Delhi, May 29
Ace intelligence man M.K. Narayanan was today appointed Special Adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with the rank of Minister of State, thus creating the third major power centre in the government after Principal Secretary to PM T.K.A. Nair and National Security Adviser J.N. Dixit.

Fired disabled Punjab employees seek justice from Sonia
Dismissed physically challanged employees of the Punjab Government wait outside the residence of Congress President Sonia Gandhi in the Capital on Saturday. New Delhi, May 29
Manish Kumar’s supposedly permanent job lasted barely nine months. Pyara Singh was more fortunate, it lasted a few years. 


Dismissed physically challanged employees of the Punjab Government wait outside the residence of Congress President Sonia Gandhi in the Capital on Saturday. 
— Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

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Akalis rue move to postpone SGPC poll
Chandigarh, May 29
Both the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee are up in arms against the reported move of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre to postpone the gurdwara elections scheduled to be held on July 11.

Mirwaiz’s cousin shot at
Srinagar, May 29
Militants today attacked the house of former Hurriyat Conference chairman Maulvi Omar Farooq hours after injuring his cousin, a former bureaucrat Maulvi Mushtaq.

Trust to build temple, mosque in Ayodhya
Ayodhya, May 29
The Managing Trustee of Sri Raj Rajeshwar Sitaram Trust Shivendra Sahi today said the Trust would construct a temple devoted to Lord Ram and a mosque on a land situated about 300 metres away from the acquired land here and two former Prime Ministers are expected to take partin foundation- laying ceremony slated for August 7.

Bajrang Dal disrupts fashion show
Kota, Rajasthan, May 29
A fashion show to promote Kota Doria sarees was cancelled here today after Bajrang Dal activists ransacked the venue, the police said.

Peacock succumbs to gunshot wound
Sundernagar, May 29
The peacock, which succumbed to a gunshot wound, at the office of the wildlife range in Sundernagar on Friday.A peacock which was injured by a gunshot died here yesterday while it was being taken to the wildlife office by a resident of Keran village, near here.

The peacock, which succumbed to a gunshot wound, at the office of the wildlife range in Sundernagar on Friday.




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