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Nation & States
India,
Pakistan discuss ways
to strengthen cultural ties
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India News Service, August 3, 2004, 1700 hrs IST
Taking the peace process further, India and Pakistan on Tuesday
began official-level talks on promotion of
cultural exchanges, which is one of the eight points on the composite dialogue
agenda.
While the eight-member Pakistani side is being led by Syed Jalil Abbas, Secretary for Tourism, Culture, Religious Minority and Youth Affairs, Union Culture Secretary Neena Ranjan led the Indian delegation at the parleys.
The Pakistani delegation included senior officials in the ministries of foreign affairs, interior, religious affairs and information while the Indian side also comprised officials from the ministries of culture, home, information technology among others, sources said.
The two-day meeting will focus on enhancing people-to-people contact
in education, science and technology, youth affairs and sports.
Fresh
efforts to end hostage crisis: After narrowly failing to secure
the release of seven persons including three Indian truck drivers
who have been taken hostage in Iraq, a fresh effort was mounted
today to end the 12-day-old crisis.
Hostage talks at delicate stage:
Talks to free three Indian citizens kidnapped in Iraq were at a delicate stage and releasing details of negotiations could jeopardise the situation, India said yesterday.
Saran
takes over from Shashank:
His tenure will coincide with the innumerable global
challenges the Ministry of External Affairs is currently faced with.
On Monday, 57-year-old Shyam Saran, India's former Ambassador to
Nepal, assumed the Foreign Secretary's office.
Shibu Soren surrenders:
A court here today rejected the minister's bail plea and sent him to 14 days\92 judicial custody after he surrendered in compliance with a high court directive.
Meanwhile a Giridih court rejected his revision petition against a non-bailable arrest warrant.
'10
conclusions' to strengthen BJP: The four-day `chintan baithak'
(brainstorming session) of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which
concluded in Panaji on Monday, has come out with "10-point
conclusions" outlining the future course of action.
CPM
to play an 'independent' role:
The CPI(M) will not confine itself to the
Common Minimum Programme of the UPA Government but will play an
"independent" role in advocating alternative policies.
Addressing a press conference after the party's central committee meeting, senior party leader Prakash Karat said:
"The CPI(M) will advocate alternative policies based on its own
programme and take up people's issues."
SC
issues notices on SYL row:
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday
issued notices to Punjab, Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Delhi on the
Punjab Termination of Agreement Act, 2004. Chief Justice R C Lahoti
headed the constitution bench.
Former
navy chief bags Magsaysay award:
Former Indian Navy chief Admiral (retd) L Ramdas is among the winners of the Ramon Magsaysay award, it was announced on Tuesday.
The 70-year-old Ramdas bags the award for peace and international understanding. He is the chairperson of the India chapter of Pakistan-India People Forum. Sharing the award with Ramdas is I A Rehman, a Pakistani journalist and human rights advocate.
Magsaysay award is Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
Indian
physicist vindicated in black hole controversy: Abhas
Mitra of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre had the guts to challenge
Stephen Hawking by questioning black holes' existence.
'10
conclusions' to strengthen BJP: The four-day `chintan baithak'
(brainstorming session) of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which
concluded here on Monday, has come out with "10-point
conclusions" outlining the future course of action, including
the
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CIEFL
waits for vice-chancellor for 27 months:
Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages has been
operating for the last 27 months without a regular vice-chancellor.
States
Pawar
downplays Bhujbal's absence:
A day after his challenge to potential defectors in
the Nationalist Congress Party, Sharad Pawar downplayed the absence
of Chhagan Bhujbal at a party meeting in Mumbai on Sunday. He said
the former Deputy Chief Minister had just a week ago given
indications of contesting Assembly elections on the NCP ticket.
Landslides
at Tehri dam project; 11 killed, 10 injured:
Eleven workers were buried alive and ten others injured when heavy
landslides hit an underground tunnel of Tehri hydel project.
Ministries
to work on water conservation:
Two ministries will work on optimising water use. The
neighbours may clamour over Sutlej waters, but most of
Haryana is irrigated. Punjab, too, has more area under rice
cultivation than last year. What they need is a method to stop water
wastage.
Police
action: Thirty persons defying prohibitory orders in Imphal were
injured in police action.
Rain brings relief, happiness:
Though late by a month, the south-west monsoon is finally in Punjab, in full vigour, to the great relief of not only farmers and powermen but also small scale industrialists.
Neighbours
Rice
thanks Pakistan: The US
has thanked Pakistan for giving information which formed the basis
of an 'extraordinary' terror alert issued by Homeland Security.
No
troops for Iraq in 'present' situation:
Pakistan said on Monday
it had not sent any troops to Iraq and reaffirmed that under
'present circumstances' it would not send forces to that "volatile and
unstable" region.
No
accord with US to share info on N-fissile material:
No agreement
exists between Islamabad and Washington on sharing information about
production of any new fissile material by Pakistan, Foreign Office
spokesman Masood Khan said at a press briefing here on Monday.
Anthrax
scare hits foreign bank:
Two envelopes containing some powder were sent to the offices of a
multinational bank on Saturday, setting off an anthrax scare, it was
learnt on Monday.
Taliban
attack Afghan border post:
Taliban fighters raided a
military post in southeastern Afghanistan along its border with
Pakistan early on Monday, officials said.
Teachers
warn of fresh protests: The
Tribhuvan University Part-Time Teachers Association (TUPTA), saying
that the university has failed to address their demands, issued a
five-day ultimatum to the university to fulfil their demands.
Maoists
murder former mayor:
Rebels brutally killed Rajendra Shribastav, former mayor of Guleriya
Municipality in Nepal Monday night. Shribastav was captured while he
was attending a funeral of his relative.
View from
abroad
Bush vows to revamp intelligence oversight:
President Bush announced Monday that he would establish the post of national intelligence director.
Arrest in Pakistan led to orange alert:
Information seized from a suspected al Qaeda computer expert was largely responsible for the increased threat level for three East Coast financial districts, U.S. and Pakistani officials said Monday.
Intelligence 'alarmingly specific':
Federal authorities had prominent financial institutions in New York, Washington and Newark, New Jersey, under heavy scrutiny yesterday after unusually detailed information on a purported Al Qaida plot prompted them to raise the government's terror alert.
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A US 'proconsul' in Afghanistan:
Since taking command of US forces here, Lt. Gen. David Barno has focused US forces on nation building.
Mom in Delhi needs a hand? E-mail yourmaninindia.com:
Many young expatriate Indians are deciding to stay abroad permanently, adding complications to family relationships.
Warning
to patients on cancer therapies:
Alternative 'cures' on internet put thousands at risk, says
scientist.
Overall:
India,
Pakistan talked culture: They began a two-day meeting to
strengthen cultural and educational exchanges.
Landslides killed 11: Heavy landslides hit a tunnel at the
Tehri hydel project site.
Computer helped avert attacks: An al-Qaeda computer had
specific information that police say helped avert a major
disaster.
Pakistan said it wouldn't send troops to Iraq: The
Pakistani establishment said the present situation wasn't conducive
to sending troops to Iraq.
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