Saturday,
February 23,
2008, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Raj remarks
dangerous: SC
Balkanisation of the
country will not be allowed: Justice Katju New Delhi, February 22
The Supreme Court today decried Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)
leader Raj Thackeray for “instigating” workers of his
party to attack North Indians living in the state and termed
the emergence of such tendencies as “dangerous” for the
country.
PPP’s Fahim
may be PM
Makhdoom Amin Fahim, vice chairman of the
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), appeared to have won support
to be the party’s consensus candidate for the Prime
Minister’s post at a meeting of its parliamentary party here
today. The meeting, however, withheld the announcement of the
name and authorised PPP co-chairman Asif Zardari to do that at
an appropriate time.
Asif Ali Zardari (left), widower of slain former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto, former premier Nawaz Sharif (centre) and Sharif’s brother Shahbaz Sharif attend a joint press conference after their meeting at Zardari’s residence in Islamabad where they decided on forming a government, late on Thursday night. — AFP
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Bus travel
costlier, liquor cheaper in HP Dharamsala, February 22
The state Cabinet in its meeting held here today under the
chairmanship of Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has approved
a 25 per cent hike in bus fares, reduced VAT on liquor by 7.5
per cent, awarded three contracts of amounting to Rs. 431.134
crore for upgrading roads and created posts in various
departments.
Hours before Sonia’s
visit, CRPF recovers RDX near venue Bhaderwah, February 22
Hours before the visit of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson
and president of All India Congress Committee (AICC) Sonia Gandhi,
security forces busted a militant hideout and recovered 4 kg of RDX and
large quantity of ammunitions from Bhaderwah area.
ADGP Posts HC grants stay on promotions Chandigarh, February 22
The Punjab government is trying to find a way out of the controversy it
has landed into after IG Rajinder Singh moved the Punjab and Haryana
High Court seeking a stay on the promotion of his batchmates - 1982
batch of the Punjab cadre. The High Court granted stay and sought a
status report.
Malwa lifeline re-runs
today This is for the first time since
Independence that the canal network in Punjab is being revamped Chandigarh, February 22
Tomorrow will be a new enthralling day for farmers of the Malwa region,
especially those living in Patiala, Sangrur and Mansa districts, with
water being released in the reconstructed first Patiala Feeder, a canal
known to be the lifeline of the agricultural economy of the region.
Led by Irrigation Minister, Punjab, Janmeja Singh Sekhon, officials of the Canals Department inspect the reconstructed first Patiala Feeder canal at Dhamot village
in Ludhiana district. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan
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