Militants gun down 15 policemen in J-K
Just a day after militants ambushed an Army convoy in Anantnag killing a colonel and two soldiers in Anantnag, they struck again, this time in the border district of Rajouri, killing 15 policemen and their two civilian assistants.



Deshmukh asks Centre to free
Maharashtra asked the Centre to handle the controversial Dabhol Power Project, promoted by the U S energy major Enron, following the invocation of counter-guarantee by project authorities due to payment default by the state after prolonged wrangling over the cost of power.



Hike power farm tariff to revive SEBs, PM to states
Centre today proposed a one-time settlemt of Rs 26,000 crore outstandings of state electricity boards to psus if states undertook to carry power sector reforms even as Prime Minister asked chief ministers to increase electricity tariff for farm sector to improve sebs financial health.



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