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Saturday,
April 22,
2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated
at 3:00 am (IST)
King
to hand over power to people
 A
betrayal, says Koirala
Kathmandu, April 21
Beleaguered King
Gyanendra today offered to give up executive power and asked
the seven-party alliance spearheading the pro-democracy
movement to name a Prime Minister, but the parties were not
enthused by his offer.
In video (28k, 56k)
New
Delhi welcomes move
New Delhi, April 21
India today welcomed
King Gyanendra's move to transfer executive power to a
government constituted by the seven-party alliance which has
been at the vanguard of the pro-democracy movement in the
Himalayan Kingdom.
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Time
for reorientation of civil services: Manmohan Singh
New Delhi,
April 21
Asserting that the
civil services has to reorient itself and be trained to
deliver better services to the people, Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh today put several posers before the
country’s civil servants, including whether the present
method of recruitment was appropriate for inducting the
right persons into government.
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Sleeping bureaucracy! — Secrateries taking a nap during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s speech during the Civil Service Day function at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on Friday. |
— Tribune
photo by Mukesh Aggarwal
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Annoyed
with red tape, martyr’s kin turns ‘whistle-blower’
Chandigarh,
April 21
Assistant Sub-inspector
Nanak Chand’s family was not very hopeful till this
morning about the nation recognising his sacrifice in the
attack on Parliament on December 13, 2001. Fighting red tape
for the past five year, when the Union Government promised
to give the martyr’s family a petrol pump that it said
would be up and running in four months, the family out of
frustration today approached the All India Anti Terrorist
Front (AIATF).
Rs 50 hike in MSP of wheat
Chandigarh, April 21
In a major relief for farmers of the region, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, tonight ordered a hike of Rs 50 in the minimum support price of wheat. Wheat will now be procured at Rs 700 per quintal.
Amarinder
meets PM
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To make the government more efficient, we need a new public service orientation in the thinking of civil servants. You cannot view yourself as mere administrators. You are also managers. You have to manage change and manage efficient delivery of public services.
— Manmohan Singh
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Mega
projects: 6 Cong MLAs for 70 pc job reservation for Punjabis
Chandigarh,
April 21
Six MLAs of the ruling Congress today urged the Punjab Government to
reserve 70 per cent jobs for people of the state in the mega projects
cleared by the government. (Details
on Punjab page)
Missing
papers on Partition to be made available
Islamabad,
April 21
Historical papers providing vital information about the efforts of
Mohammad Ali Jinnah and his associates for the creation of Pakistan will
now be available at the National Documentation Centre that has acquired
the “missing documents” from a Karachi-based family.
(Details on World
page)
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India
to station MiG-29 fighter-bombers at Tajikistan base
New Delhi,
April 21
India’s first
overseas military facility in Tajikistan is expected to
become operational by the year-end as part of New
Delhi’s thrust into oil-rich Central Asia to meet its
growing energy needs. The Indian Air Force (IAF) is to
deploy a fleet of MiG-29 fighter-bombers at the airbase
at Aini, 15 km from the Tajikistan capital Dushanbe.
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Karan Singh returns with hope
April 21, 2006
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Curfew
in Kathmandu
April 20, 2006
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Manu,
6 others get bail in Jessica case
April 19, 2006
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SC refuses to halt work
April 18, 2006
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No
decision to stop work on dam: PMO
April 17, 2006
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Narmada talks hit roadblock
April 16, 2006
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5 dead, 33 hurt in Srinagar
April 15, 2006
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CBI raids houses
of top IAS, IFS officers
April 14, 2006
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Iran enriches uranium
April 13, 2006
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Meerut seethes with anger
April 12, 2006
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