|
Nation
& States
Manmohan
to meet Bush, Musharaff, press for bigger Indian role in UN
What is India News
Service, August 30, 2004, 2000 hrs IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will have a breakfast meeting with US President George W Bush on September 21 in New York and is likely to meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf the next day on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session.
A hectic schedule awaits Singh who leaves on the eight-day trip on September 19 with a stopover at London where he will meet British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Singh will deliver his maiden address to the UN General Assembly session on September 23. He is
expected to urge a permanent seat for India in the UN Genaral
Assembly, and is slated to return home on September 26.
Pakistan says no to extradition treaty:
Pakistan has shot down an Indian proposal for an extradition treaty between the two countries, saying the time has not arrived for such a step. India had mooted the proposal during the Home Secretary-level talks in Islamabad earlier this month, sources said.
Islamabad calls for strategic restraint:
Pakistan said on Sunday that it was against an open-ended arms race in South Asia. Reacting to reports of a surface-to-surface missile test by India earlier in the day, Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan said a strategic restraint was in the interest of both India and Pakistan.
Bush claims credit for Indo-Pak dialogue:
The White House posted a record of achievements by President George W Bush on its website on Saturday. Of the 19 chapters the record contains, one titled \91averting conflicts\92 claims that \93in 2002, US diplomatic intervention helped defuse a possible nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan\94.
Guild condemns attack on Editor:
The Editors Guild of India has condemned the violent attack on Mr Nikhil Wagle, Chief Editor of Marathi evening daily, Mahanagar, Mumbai, and two other journalists in Malvan on August 28.
Spotlight
A K
Anthony resigns as Kerala CM
A K Antony resigned as Chief Minister of Kerala, owning moral responsibility for the Congress's Lok Sabha election debacle in the state.
AICC observers begin meeting MLAs: Ahead of the crucial Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meet to elect the new Chief Minister of Kerala in place of A K Antony, AICC observers began a one-to-one meeting with party MLAs here today.
'Mr Clean' now as Union Minister?:
The Congress leadership was looking for an opportune moment to remove Antony as Chief Minister ever since the party drew a blank in Kerala at the May, 2004 general election. Sonia Gandhi, who had backed Mr Antony in his worst crisis when veteran Congress leader K Karunakaran was gunning for him, was, however, convinced after the electoral rout that only a change of leadership could stem the rot in the state.
Analysis in Rediff
Good
guy who finished last
In Kerala everyone loves A K Antony because he is simple, honest and straightforward.
But most people heaved a sigh of relief on Sunday when he quit as chief minister.
People like Antony the human being, not Antony the CM.
|
|
India tests Agni II missile: India tested its Agni II surface to surface missile on Sunday in overcast
conditions. It said the missile has a range of 2000 to 2500
km.
New Indo-Pak border row after demarcation pillars go missing:
In addition to the disagreements on Sir Creek and Siachen, another border dispute along the Working Boundary (WB) in Jammu sector is set to snowball into a major controversy between India and Pakistan.
DNA test of Assam Rifles men ordered:
The Defence Ministry today decided to have DNA test conducted on the Assam Rifles personnel accused of raping and killing Manorama Devi in
Manipur.
7 get death penalty for murder:
A court here today sentenced five persons, including a Sub-Inspector of Uttar Pradesh police, to death and 10 to life imprisonment in a five-year-old case of murder of four persons.
RJD minister raises private army to tackle criminals:
A Rashtriya Janata Dal minister has raised a private army to tackle criminals in his assembly constituency in Bihar's West Champaran district.
Rajesh Singh's army, christened 'Fighter Group', has 40 members armed to the teeth.
Sachin, Amitabh find place in dictionary: The names of Sachin
Tendulkar, Amitabh Bachchan, Arundhati Roy, besides that of the Rajdhani Express have entered Orient Longman's
"WordMaster.
Khajuraho shake-up is airborne:
Aircraft vibrations may soon sound the death knell of the famed Khajuraho temples, the millennium-old beacon for those seeking the holy grail of sexual pleasure.
States
7,000 cops deployed in Amritsar:
Stung by criticism of high-handedness, senior police officers, in charge of the security arrangements, have urged the police personnel on duty to guide devotees with a helpful attitude and a human face so that no one feels harassed.
Sex, crime & videotape:
Pushkin Chandra, the USAID official, was murdered by two of his gay friends Rajesh (24) and Moti (23) who were angry with his blackmailing.
Rain Gods bowl a doosra:
Do you know why Delhi got soaked as late as August this year? Well, much as the Met office may have us believe that it is "delayed monsoon," it is actually the doosra sawan (second monsoon) which not just astrologers but also a bulk of the farmers went by.
CMO, Kanda squabble over Pushkaram transfers:
The Pushkaram stampede in Vijayawada has resulted in a rift between Chief Secretary Mohan Kanda and senior officials in the CMO. Official sources said the CMO was opposed to shifting out district Collector Prabhakar Reddy
100 women storm top cop\92s office:
Over 100 Muslim women, protesting against the arrest of eight Muslim youths allegedly having links with the militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba, today forced their way into the high-security office of the City Police Commissioner here and were taken into custody.
Turbulent one year for Mulayam:
The Uttar Pradesh Government completed one year in office on an ominous note as five members of a family in Lucknow's Sarojini Nagar area were brutally murdered on Sunday. And as he listed his Government's achievements on the occasion, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav admitted that the law and order situation in the state was not
satisfactory.
Neighbours
Two soldiers killed in rocket attack:
Militants attacked security forces in the South and North Waziristan tribal region on Sunday, killing two soldiers and wounding 12 others, sources said. Officials said that a soldier of the Northern Areas Regiment was killed and 10 were.
17 killed in Afghan blasts:
At least 17 people including children died in two explosions within 24 hours in Kabul on Sunday and overnight at a madressah in a south-eastern province of Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday.
View from
abroad
India is marginal
polluter, says study: Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry have detected that there is a substantial rise in the levels of pollution in the Indian Ocean during periods between summer or winter monsoons. Using a combination of satellite observations and computer modelling, researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry have studied nitrogen oxides pollution over the Indian Ocean.
Bahamas
seeks info on Bofors case: Bahamas has sought information from the Indian authorities about the bank account of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattorocchi, linking him to kickbacks he allegedly received in the Bofors payoff case.
Frenchmen
kidnapped: Iraqi militants have kidnapped two Frenchmen to protest the French Government's ban on Muslim students wearing head coverings in public schools, according to a tape aired by
Al-Jazeera TV.
Overall:
Manmohan Singh will meet
Bush, Musharaff: September holds crucial engagements for the
Indian prime minister.
India test-fired Agni II: The surface-to-surface missile
has a range of about 2,500 km.
Bahamas rekindled Bofors: India has been asked to
provide details on the gun purchase scandal.
|
|
![]()
|
