WikiLeaks releases 2.5 lakh classified US documents
Washington, November 28
Some 250,000 classified US documents procured by WikiLeaks detail a wide variety of secret diplomatic episodes and incidences of backroom bargaining like a standoff with Pakistan over nuclear fuel and the hacking of Google systems by the Chinese government, the New York Times reported today.
MAN OF THE MOMENT: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
3,038 cables from New Delhi
Of the quarter million top secret US documents released by the whistleblower website Wikileaks, as many as 3,038 classified cables are from the US Embassy in New Delhi. The details of these cables related to India were not immediately available mainly because of inaccessibility to the WikiLeaks website, which was experiencing heavy traffic.
Punjab & Haryana HC has 11 ‘uncle judges’
Chandigarh, November 28
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has at least 11 judges with their kith and kin practising in the same court. Their list was forwarded to the Union Ministry of Law and Justice long before the Supreme Court came down heavily on the Allahabad High Court on this issue.
Punjab wakes up to people’s needs
Chandigarh, November 28
The next Cabinet meeting of the Punjab government is expected to formalise a slew of measures aimed at improving governance and making the ‘system’ more responsive to people’s needs.
After PAN, now din
New Delhi, November 28
Taxpayers will now be issued a ‘new number’ for filing returns and making any communication with the Income Tax department.
The unique document identification number (DIN), on the lines of numbers
like PAN and TAN, will be quoted on ‘every’ income tax-related
communication, including returns to be filed next year for this fiscal.
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