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Panchayat election in J'khand after SC's decision: Koda

Ranchi, Dec 26 (UNI) Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda today asserted that panchayat elections would be held in the state as soon as the Supreme Court asks it to.

Municipal elections would also be held soon.

Talking to reporters here after completing 100 days in office, Mr Koda said the government had initiated steps to formulate a separate policy adding, an act had also been formed for conducting the election.

On the issue of ongoing agitation by the engineers, Mr Koda cited the example of neighbouring state and said agitations were also staged in Bihar but no result came out of it.

He said negotiation was the only way to find a solution to any problem.

Engineers in the state were agitating over the alleged use of filthy language by the water resources secretary while taking to the department's engineers.

Meanwhile, Water Resources Minister Kamlesh Singh had urged the agitating engineers to rejoin work.

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Karnataka shot out for 111

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JERUSALEM, Dec 26 (Reuters) Israelis are puzzling over the prospect of peace with Syria after their two foreign intelligence agencies gave dramatically different assessments of recent diplomatic overtures from Damascus. While the Mossad spy service said Syrian President Bashar Assad had no genuine interest in peace talks, Israel's Military Intelligence said it believed Assad was ready to negotiate if this leads to the return of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Assad has repeatedly signalled an interest.....

Pakistan to fence, lay mines on Afghan border

ISLAMABAD, Dec 26 (Reuters) Pakistan plans to build a fence and lay landmines along parts of its border with Afghanistan in an effort to stop militants crossing into Afghanistan to battle NATO forces, a Pakistani official said today. Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have deteriorated sharply this year over Afghan complaints Taliban fighters operate from sanctuaries on the Pakistani side of the largely unmarked, open frontier. Pakistan has suggested building a fence but Afghanistan, which.....
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