Raghunath temple siege ends, death toll 12
Srinagar: A daring siege of two temples ended in Jammu past Sunday midnight after security forces killed two heavily armed Lashkar-e-Toiba militants who stormed the historic Raghunath temple packed with devotees that left at least 12 people including four women and two security men dead and injuring about 50 others, some of them seriously.
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India, South Africa to sign free trade agreement
New Delhi: India and South Africa will soon be signing a free trade agreement, said South African high commissioner MR Nloane Mashabane at a meeting with members of a delegation and industry from Punjab organised by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Ludhiana.
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Delhi goes 8-digit from today
New Delhi: Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd’s new eight digit numbering plan for basic telephone replacing the existing seven digit numbering comes into effect in a phased manner across Delhi from Monday.
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Concessions key to liberalisation, says Mexican FM
New Delhi: Mexican finance secretary Francisco Gil Diaz was in India in connection with the just-concluded meeting of the Group of 20 countries. At the end of this conference, it was decided that Mexico would assume the chairmanship of the G-20 in 2003.
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Textile exports unlikely to meet $15 billion target
New Delhi: Government has admitted that it was ’unlikely’ to achieve the ambitious $ 15 billion export target for textiles this fiscal due to slowdown in major importing countries like the United States and increased competition from neighbours like China.
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Inflation increased to 3.27 per cent
Mumbai: A steep increase in the price of vegetables and fruits pushed the inflation up for the fourth consecutive week to 3.27 per cent for the week ended November 9, 2002.
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