Friday,
June 4, 2004, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Natwar
rings up Kasuri Says if you take two steps to
peace
we will take 2 & a half New Delhi, June 3
External Affairs Minister K Natwar
Singh today sought to put the Indo-Pak detente into top gear when he
telephoned his Pakistani counterpart Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri and told him
“If you take two steps to peace we will take two and a half steps”.
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Should electronic voting machines be used for the SGPC polls?
NDA
leaders knock Kalam’s door Demand removal of “tainted”
Ministers New Delhi, June 3
In a grand show of a united
Opposition, a large number of MPs belonging to the National Democratic
Alliance and Telugu Desam Party today knocked the door of Rashtrapati
Bhavan to press for removal of six tainted Ministers from Manmohan
Singh’s Cabinet.
SAD
presses for Dy Speaker’s post New Delhi, June 3
The Shiromani Akali Dal has
intensified efforts to secure the post of Deputy Speaker, offered by the
Congress-led coalition to the NDA, with its senior leaders meeting NDA
chairman Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani.
Chidambaram
promises Budget in July Mumbai, June 3
Finance Minister Palaniappan
Chidambaram has promised to present the Union Budget for 2004-05 in the
first week of July.
PDP
worker among three killed in J&K Srinagar, June 3
Three persons, including an activist
of the ruling People’s Democratic Party and an Army havaldar, were
killed in two separate incidents, while a major tragedy was averted with
timely detection of an IED in the valley, official sources said today.
PCS
officer seeks nod to contest SGPC poll Chandigarh, June 3
Mr Harkesh Singh Sidhu, Additional
Secretary, Public Health, has sought permission from the Punjab Government
to contest the coming SGPC elections from his home district of Sangrur.
SAD
members stage walkout New Delhi, June 3
Shiromani Akali Dal members, along
with first time BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, today staged a walkout in the
Lok Sabha, as Congress member Sajjan Kumar took oath, alleging that he was
involved in the “killing” of Sikhs.
Somnath
dons Speaker’s mantle today New Delhi, June 3
Backed by the NDA, CPM stalwart
Somnath Chatterjee would be the first Communist leader to be unanimously
elected Speaker of the 14th Lok Sabha.
Pro tem Speaker Somnath Chatterjee shares a light moment with Brinda Karat during a felicitation ceremony of newly-elected Left MPs in New Delhi on Thursday. — PTI
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