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Sunday,
June
8,
2008, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Info
on funds to NGOs to be made public
New Delhi, June 7
Government funds granted
to NGOs and other outside agencies will now be brought under
the public scanner. This follows a direction from none other
than the Prime Minister’s Office, which has instructed all
social sector ministries to compulsorily place in the public
domain all information on grants provided to NGOs.
Gujjar Stir
Deadlock
over venue for talks
Jaipur/Bayana,
June 7
A sliver of hope for a
quick end to the fortnight-long stalemate between the
agitating Gujjars and the Rajasthan government was dashed
today with the two sides deadlocked over the choice of venue
for the crucial talks.
Oil
hits all-time high at $139
New York, June 7
Oil prices have shot up
more than $11 to a new record above $139 after Morgan Stanley
predicted prices would hit $150 by July 4. Oil's meteoric
surge, which pushed prices more than 8 per cent higher in a
single day, added to a huge increase on Thursday to cap oil's
biggest two-day gain in the history of the New York Mercantile
Exchange.
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President
Pervez Musharraf has ruled out resignation “under present
circumstances” adding that he is not thinking of going abroad in
exile. “I will take a decision if at any time I felt that I cannot
contribute anything of value to the country,” Musharraf told a select
group of senior journalists in his first interaction with media since
February 18 elections. He said he was an elected President and could be
removed only through constitutional means by two-third majority of
Parliament. He would accept whatever Parliament decided within the
parametres of the constitution.