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Haryana Act or we quit, Congress ultimatum to Chautala CHANDIGARH, JULY 20. The Haryana unit of the Congress today delivered an ultimatum to the Chautala Government to move Supreme Court against the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act within 72 hours. Failure to do so would result in all 19 Congress ... VAT touches a new high CHANDIGARH, JULY 20.Haryana, the only State to introduce the Value Added Tax (VAT) system from April 1, 2003, has recorded 32 per cent growth in its tax collections during the first quarter of the current financial year as against the collections ... Jammu & Kashmir Summer adventure at Gulmarg SRINAGAR, JULY 20. Encouraged by the rush of tourists, the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to boost adventure tourism in Gulmarg. With the inauguration of several assets at picturesque Gulmarg, summer adventure activities for tourists ... Madhya Pradesh Bhopal victims demand potable water BHOPAL, JULY 20. Hundreds of residents living close to the now abandoned Union Carbide factory today demonstrated in front of the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Uma Bharti's residence to demand the immediate implementation of the May 7 order of ... All daily wagers to be reinducted, says Shejwar BHOPAL, JULY 20. Madhya Pradesh General Administration Minister Gaurishankar Shejwar today assured implementation of Chief Minister Uma Bharti's decision to reinstate all daily wage-earning employees and added that the much-publicised `Pancha-J' ... Pondicherry Concrete buildings for anganwadis soon: Chandirakasu PONDICHERRY, JULY 20. Concrete buildings would be constructed to house 100 anganwadi centres now functioning in thatched sheds in the Union Territory, the Welfare and Industries Minister, M. Chandirakasu told the Assembly today. Replying to ... Anbalagan stages walkout PONDICHERRY, JULY 20. The AIADMK member, A. Anbalagan, today stopped his speech abruptly during a debate in the Assembly today as a protest against lack of opportunity to speak in the Assembly on the points he had come prepared with, and walked ... Other Stories
Punjab Akalis to tone down anti-Amarinder pitch CHANDIGARH, JULY 20.The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has decided to "firmly'' support the Punjab Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh, in his "fight'' to protect the State's rights over its river waters as per the internationally accepted norms and the ... Arms and ammunition seized Rajasthan Strengthen Freedom of Information Act, Sonia told JAIPUR, JULY 20.Magsaysay Award winner Aruna Roy and economist Jean Dreze, both members of the National Advisory Council of the United Progressive Alliance, have asked its Chairperson, Sonia Gandhi, for a speedy enactment of the Freedom of ... Workers demand Employment Guarantee Act JAIPUR, JULY 20.Workers of the unorganised sector, under the banner of the Rajasthan Nirman Mazdoor Sangathan, demonstrated in front of the Rajasthan Assembly today demanding enactment of the Employment Guarantee Act. A delegation later met the ... Union Territories AICC reshuffle a signal to Haryana dissidents CHANDIGARH, JULY 20.The Congress high command seems to have given "due weightage" to the Northern region, including Chandigarh and Haryana while effecting a reshuffle in the All-India Congress Committee. Congress circles here say that the ... Uttar Pradesh Centre prejudiced against U.P., says Kalyan LUCKNOW, JULY 20.The Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Kalyan Singh, today alleged that the Union Government was acting with prejudice in rejecting the Uttar Pradesh Government's demand for a special economic package for the State. Talking to ... U.P. admits failure in achieving basic education target LUCKNOW, JULY 20.Even as the Uttar Pradesh government today admitted that it had failed to register the targetted 40 lakh children for basic education last year, the Chief Minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav, called for an improvement in the literacy ... U.P. to recruit 3,000 Urdu teachers LUCKNOW, JULY 20. The Uttar Pradesh Government would recruit 3,000 Urdu teachers for the primary schools in the state. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet held here today, Chief Secretary V K Mittal told ... Uttaranchal Tiwari presents deficit Budget DEHRA DUN, JULY 20. The Uttaranchal Chief Minister, Narayan Dutt Tiwari, presented a Rs. 772.47-crore deficit budget in the Assembly today. The budget, envisaging an expenditure of Rs 7865.39 crores against an income of Rs 7092.92 crores, has ... Rawat breaks fast DEHRA DUN, JULY 20. The Uttaranchal Vidhan Sabha today witnessed an emotional outburst by former Revenue Minister Harak Singh Rawat who accused the government and party colleagues as well as the Opposition for having made him suffer for over an ... West Bengal Salamanders facing extinction KOLKATA, JULY 20. Think twice before buying a Himalayan Salamander as a souvenir of the hills for your loved ones in the plains. You are actually adding to the extinction threats facing the rarest of amphibians which had not undergone any ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Metro Plus | Opportunities | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
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