Saturday, July 1, 2000, Chandigarh, India

Cabinet to decide on autonomy: PM
 ON BOARD PM’S SPECIAL AIRCRAFT, June 30 — The Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, today said the government would take a decision on the autonomy resolution adopted by the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly after discussing it in the Cabinet and hoped that consensus on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty could be evolved by the year-end.

Bandh paralyses life in Jammu
Protest against autonomy resolution
JAMMU, June 30 — Barring stray incidents of violence in which half a dozen three-wheelers were smashed, the bandh in protest against the adoption of the resolution seeking greater autonomy for the state in Jammu and other towns passed off peacefully today.

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Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is greeted by his Cabinet colleagues on his arrival from Portugal at Palam Airport in New Delhi on Friday. — PTI

Christian leaders to meet VHP
 NEW DELHI, June 30 — In an attempt to bridge the gap between the majority community and Christians, the National Commission of Minorities was today successful in scheduling a meeting on July 11 between the leaders of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, the Bajrang Dal and Christian leaders.

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PATIALA, June 30 — In a bid to make good its huge losses, the Punjab State Electricity Board has decided to hike power tariff for industrial and domestic consumers in the state by 8 to 9 per cent from tomorrow.


EPF interest rates reduced
NEW DELHI, June 30 — Interest rates of the Employees Provident Fund have been brought down to 11 per cent from 12 per cent with effect from April 1, 2000, official sources said today.
TODAY IN WINDOWS

A marvel in the making
Sarup Singh Alag writes on the Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex

Net promises, no results
by Roopinder Singh

THIS ABOVE ALL: Lamenting old age,
by Khushwant Singh


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In our e-governance, one mouse will be with the RSS and the other with the PM!
By Sandeep Joshi

36 govt colleges sans principals
 CHANDIGARH, June 30 — At least 36 prestigious government colleges in Punjab have no regular principals. Only 14 of the 48 government colleges have regular principals. This is the state of affairs of the higher education for which the manifestoes of the Akali Dal and the BJP had expressed special commitment . There are 50 posts of principals and one principal is to function as Director Public Instruction, Colleges.

Minister versus Secretary
“Success” project gets “waterlogged”
 CHANDIGARH: The drainage and anti-waterlogging project in the south-west districts of Punjab is almost complete, funds for which came from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) out of the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF).


Jaswant Singh and Yasser ArafatJaswant meets Arafat
RAMALLAH (West Bank), June 30 — External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh today met Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat here on the first day of his four-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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