Tuesday,
July 13, 2004, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Punjab annuls all water pacts
Cong, Akalis join hands on issue Chandigarh, July 12
A special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha today unanimously passed the Punjab Termination of Agreements Bill, 2004, thereby “knocking down” the very basis on which the Supreme Court had passed its order on construction of SYL — Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal on June 4, last.
The Punjab Governor, Justice O. P. Verma
(retd), greets SAD President Parkash Singh Badal who accompanied Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to Raj Bhavan to submit a Bill for his assent passed by the Vidhan Sabha in Chandigarh on Monday. — Tribune
photo by Manoj Mahajan
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Should the government increase its subsidy
on fertilizers?
It
will lead to constitutional crisis, warns Chautala Chandigarh, July 12
Haryana leaders have reacted sharply to the Punjab Termination of
Agreements Bill, 2004, passed by the Punjab Vidhan Sabha at its special
session here today.
Darbari
Lal is Deputy Speaker Chandigarh,
July 12
Professor Darbari Lal was today unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the
Punjab Vidhan Sabha. He steps in the place of Mr Bir Devinder Singh, whose
resignation was earlier accepted by the Speaker, Dr Kewal Krishan.
“Kalpana Chawla Way”
New York, July 12
A street in Jackson Heights, a
New York suburb with predominantly Indian shops, has been formally
named “Kalpana Chawla Way” in honour of the India-born
astronaut, who was killed alongwith six other astronauts when the
space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in the mid-air.
— PTI
A view of
74th
Street in Jackson Heights, which has been formally named “Kalpana
Chawla Way”.
— PTI photo
SP
won’t contest RS post
Mulayam seeks package for Uttar
Pradesh New Delhi, July 12
While Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today met the
Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, seeking a special package for the
state, he gave clear indications that the Samajwadi Party was not in the
race for the post of the Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha. In
video (28k, 56k)
Central team to visit flood-hit areas New Delhi, July 12
Army has been pressed into service to evacuate people in the flood-affected regions of Bihar and Assam and to undertake relief measures on war footing.
Patil,
Vohra discuss Kashmir
New Delhi, July 12
Amid reports that the third round of talks between the Centre and the
Hurriyat might get delayed, Home Minister Shivraj Patil today held a
crucial meeting with Centre’s interlocutor on Kashmir N N Vohra and
discussed on the latest situation in the Valley.
Major tax reforms in next Budget
FM ready to relook at transaction tax rate New Delhi, July 12
Amidst mounting pressure from the stock-broking community, Finance Minister P.Chidambaram today promised to have a ‘‘relook’’ at the transaction tax rate of 0.15 per cent.
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