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Nation
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India
ready to make LoC
in Kashmir 'softer'
What is India News
Service, September 2, 2004, 1800 hrs IST
Ahead of the crucial foreign ministers meeting in Delhi, India on Thursday said it is prepared to make the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir
'softer' to enhance people-to-people
contact.
"We are prepared to make LoC a softer line," official sources said adding New Delhi looked forward to 'realistic progress' in the composite dialogue process when External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh meets his Pakistani counterpart Khurshid M Kasuri on September 5-6.
Centre to set up panel to probe Godhra: The Centre government on Thursday decided to set up a high-level committee to probe the fire in the Sabarmati Express in Godhra in 2002 that was followed by communal violence in Gujarat.
Top Army post for woman:
Puneeta Arora, the first woman in the three services to reach the second highest rank in the armed forces, today took over as the new Commandant of the Armed Forces Medical College here.
3 Indian hostages set to return home:
The three Indian hostages who were freed in Iraq this week after a six-week ordeal will return to India early Friday to a huge welcome, a foreign ministry official said on Thursday.
Ransom was
paid, says KGL: Three Indian hostages held captive by Iraqi militants for 42 days arrived in Kuwait on Wednesday after their sudden release, amid statements by their employer, Kuwait Gulf Link transport, that it had paid ransom in several instalments to the abductors.
Manipur
students agitate: Students demanding the immediate withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act from Manipur today destroyed text books in front of the Raj Bhavan after they were denied permission by the police to meet the Governor, S. S.
Court
direction on MBBS admissions: The Supreme Court today ordered the Directorate-General of Health Services to complete by September 8 counselling for the 161 seats fallen vacant under the 15 per cent all-India quota in Government medical and dental
colleges.
Army chief on Manipur mission:
Army chief Gen. N.C. Vij will visit Manipur and some formations in the Northeast over two days from tomorrow, but it is unlikely that he will be accessible to any delegation.
Order on Uma cases deferred:
L K Advani was arrested and released on the first day of the BJP\92s \91satyagraha\92 that was launched in the City on Wednesday.
States
PM\92s package for
Amritsar: Dr Manmohan Singh repaid his debt to his city by announcing a large package for its growth and development. The package includes the release of Rs 70-crore grant to beautify the surroundings of the Golden Temple.
Devotees crowded out:
At the end of the day it was an out and out sarkari show. The wranglings between the religious sarkar of the SGPC and the political sarkar of Punjab never stopped, the cavalcades kept rushing past and the official seminars and orations were untiring.
Andhra
lays out red carpet for Chinese team: Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy on Wednesday urged a Chinese business delegation to invest in the State.
Instability is Karunanidhi's agenda, says
Jayalalithaa:
The Chief Minister today accused the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president, M. Karunanidhi, of having set for himself an agenda of creating instability in Tamil
Nadu.
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Left
takes out march: Calcutta was taken hostage for hours on Wednesday afternoon as the ruling Left Front marched against the war in Iraq.
Neighbours
PM talks to
Deuba, expresses grief over killings: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday night to express grief over the killing of 12 nationals of that country by their abductors in Iraq.
Nepal offices, diplomatic missions remain
closed: As the country mourns the death of 12 Nepalis killed in Iraq Thursday,
government offices, academic institutions and diplomatic missions abroad remain closed.
Special
arrangements for tourists: Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has made special transportation arrangements for air passengers and tourists to and from Tribhuvan International Airport
(TIA) during the curfew period.
Pakistan arrests
two foreigners for Al Qaeda links: Law-enforcement agencies have arrested an Egyptian and a Saudi national for their alleged links with Al
Qaeda.
View from
abroad
Menaced by holy monkeys, Indian villagers call in the contract killers:
The strange case of 60 monkeys whose carcasses were found dumped and with their throats slashed has exposed a growing conflict between man and nature in India.
Republicans for strong ties with Pakistan:
The ruling Republican Party's manifesto for President George W. Bush's second term mentions America's long-standing relationship with Pakistan but fails to list India among America's allies.
Overall:
India said it could make
Loc softer: It took another step forward by saying it would
encourage people divided by the Kashmir border to interact.
Woman rose to top army post: Puneet Arora took over as
chief of the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune.
Republicans
favoured friendship with Pakistan: George Bush's party did not
list India among its allies.
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