EXPRESSINDIA.COM The Indian Express Group _________________________________________________________________ The Indian Express daily newsletter Edition of Friday, August 27, 2004 _________________________________________________________________ INDIAN EXPRESS ********************* TODAY'S TOP STORIES ******************* New hostage �tape� plays positive The hostage crisis was back on the radar tonight when for the first time since they abducted seven truckers over a month ago, including three Indians, the Iraqi kidnappers said they were ready to ��release�� the hostages if their employer halted operations in Iraq. The employer, KGL was expected to react later tonight but company sources said this was a demand that has ��already been agreed upon�� when talks broke last. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=53937 _______________________________________________________________ �I kept asking...now I know where my husband�s body was� Nothing will bring back her dead husband but for 28-year-old Ruksana Salimbhai Sheikh, hope has been born. She�s one of the seven who survived the Ambica Society massacre, in which 13 Muslims were killed near Gujarat�s Kalol town�11 burnt alive and two stabbed�by a rioting mob as they were fleeing in a van on March 1, 2002. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=53938 _______________________________________________________________ Session is washed out, Bill sails A voice vote was enough to complete the three-stage Budgetary exercise�and clear over Rs 500,000 crore worth of finances. With the NDA keeping away, Parliament today passed the Finance Bill without debate, clearing all the government�s tax proposals and 55 Amendments. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=53941 _______________________________________________________________ Vajpayee and Manmohan stand firm but both agree we need to climb down Expressing deep ��anguish�� over the bitter political controversy swirling around him, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today that he hopes ��processes�� will be put in place�before the next session�to ensure that Parliament isn�t paralysed by bitter partisan politics. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=53945 _______________________________________________________________ �I have personal regard but he�s not aware of unwritten PM conduct code� Ratcheting up their campaign against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh�s alleged ��unbecoming conduct�� by several notches, the BJP-led NDA boycotted the last day of the Budget Session of Parliament today and fielded its premier leader Atal Behari Vajpayee to target the Prime Minister. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=53947 _______________________________________________________________ Provident Fund chief sacked for bold idea: take PF out of my Ministry After reporting to the Labour Ministry for nearly five years, the Central Provident Fund Commissioner has been shown the door for proposing radical reforms in PF management, reforms that effectively call for taking PF out of the Labour Ministry and insulating it from politics and red tape. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=53948 _______________________________________________________________ �I just want to talk to my son, see him once� Hers is not the typical Kashmiri story of missing children, but it�s a tragedy still. Abused, abandoned, divorced through post and then deprived of her son by her husband, Tehseen Kouser is now on a lonely and frustrating mission in India to reclaim her seven-year-old child. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=53949 _______________________________________________________________ /------------------------ advertisement ------------------------ No 1 Indian Matrimonials - 550,000+ members, 150,000+ photo profiles, 16,000+ successful matches! 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