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Nation & States
'India's
foreign affairs policy
good, but delivery weak'
What is India News Service,
Wednesday, September 15, 2004, 1200 hrs IST
The "delivery system" must match the "weapon." Foreign Secretary Shyam
Saran said that while India's foreign policy (which he compared to a weapon) was good, implementation of that "policy" was "often very, very weak."
He released The 21st Century Ambassador, a book by India's former Ambassador to
Germany Kishan S. Rana, and said India needed to increase its capacity to "deliver effectively."
Diplomacy is no longer about keeping secrets. Authority today is the power to disseminate information.
A change in mindset is difficult to bring about, he said. Public diplomacy is becoming more
important with the "cloak and dagger bit" receding in importance.
Sonia unhappy with UP law & order
: UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi once again expressed concern over the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh. "From what I gather, there is a problem," she said.
We are not bound to build
canal, says Punjab: The Punjab Government defended its termination of all water-sharing agreements,
and told the Supreme Court that it was under no obligation to build the Sutlej Yamuna Link canal despite court orders.
Manmohan plans
'policy blitzkrieg':
Before he leaves on a week-long foreign trip, the Prime Minister has called a Cabinet meeting on Friday where he proposes to unveil a "policy blitzkrieg," all intended to operationalise the commitments
his government has made.
Chennai police
release Vaiko after 7-hour detention: MDMK chief Vaiko was released after
seven hours' detention from a Chennai police station. He was arrested in the wee hours of Wednesday
on the city's outskirts for defying a ban.
French assurance to Ashwani Kumar on turban issue:
Rajya Sabha MP Ashwani Kumar has made a forceful plea to France to address sympathetically the issue of Sikh children wearing turbans in French schools. Mr Kumar while addressing a visiting Indo-French parliamentary friendship group, said the issue was sensitive.
Muslim clerics shoot down Kalbe's small family call:
An overwhelming majority of Muslim clerics and leaders have come out against vice-president of the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) Maulana Kalbe Sadiq, terming his advocacy of family planning as anti-Islamic and a gross violation of the Shariat.
Naga youth shot dead:
A Naga youth was shot dead and another injured by security forces at Merapani along the Assam-Nagaland border in Assam's Golaghat district on Monday, official sources said today. A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) patrol ...
Spotlight
Lalu Prasad Yadav's style
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad has restored
the recruitment of Group D' employees to the post of General Managers of Zonal Railways.
He scrapped a contrary order issued by his predecessor, Nitish Kumar.
Did PM try to stop Lalu's cow-running?:
It looks like Lalu is defying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
by lifting the ban on transporting cows by train.
Bollywood
calls: Lalu will co-star with Suneil Shetty in a Mumbai blockbuster.
BJP
scores a self-goal: BJP efforts to ''nail'' Lalu Prasad's ''lies'' boomeranged on Tuesday.
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Bangladeshis arrested on Indo-Pak border:
Seventeen Bangladeshi nationals were arrested when they were trying to cross over to Pakistan along
the international border in Jammu and Kashmir.
States
Fiat to Congressmen on Telangana:
The Congress today directed the party members in Andhra Pradesh to refrain from making statements
on Telangana.
Indicted SGPC member presents
memento to Badal:
Mr Baldev Singh, an SGPC member indicted for molesting the wife of a raagi, publicly honoured
Akali Dal leader Parkash Singh Badal.
JD(S) mounts pressure on CM to expand ministry:
Some legislators even suggest that the JD(S) should not hesitate to sever ties with the Congress and team up with the BJP.
Woman kills 3-yr-old son to join
rebels: A home maker, who was planning to join the People's War Group, allegedly killed her three-year-old son as she perceived him to be an
obstacle in her plans to join the Naxalite group.
Soldier gets hero's welcome:
A wave of joy gripped the village when Lance Naik Jagsir Singh, who spent five years in Pakistani
jails, reached his house in Punjab.
Neighbours
Pakistan may get F-16s: Pakistan may expect some F-16s from the US.
Two of six C-130s will arrive in December.
Seven Maoists killed, police officer shot dead:
Seven Maoists were killed in separate encounters with security forces in Solukhumbu and Siraha districts on Tuesday.
Aziz plan to realise ECO goal:
Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz presented a five-point strategy to realise the Economic Cooperation Organisation\92s (ECO) goal for cooperation between member states.
Maoist attack
on missionary school: The attacks on St. Joseph's School -- a popular school known for
quality, affordable education -- has left people clueless.
Opposition
blasts \91Musharraf in uniform\92: The opposition reiterated that President Musharraf
should quit as Chief of Army Staff (COAS) after December 31, 2004, but Law Minister Wasi Zafar said there was no constitutional bar on
his continuing as both COAS and President.
Pakistan passes bill to tighten N-controls:
The government on Tuesday rushed through the National Assembly a bill designed to curb nuclear proliferation amid objections by the opposition.
Amnesty offer to militants renewed: The government has renewed its amnesty offer to all foreign terror suspects hiding in South Waziristan.
Monsoon deluge in Dhaka: Life in the Bangladeshi capital came to a halt on Tuesday amid floods caused by the heaviest rains in half a century. At least 18 people have died since Saturday in three days of monsoon downpours across the country's central and southern regions. ...
View from abroad
'Equating Islam with terror unfair':
Pakistan on Monday decried attempts to identify terrorism with Islam as "unfair and
counter-productive". Its representative told the UN that such attempts
"unwittingly... accord terrorists an ideological respectability they do not deserve."
Pakistanis nabbed in Spain for \91Islamic terror\92: Spanish police arrested at least 10 people, most of them Pakistanis, suspected of involvement in Islamic extremism during an operation in the north eastern region of Catalonia on Wednesday, judicial sources said.
India, Pak will become
friends, Kalam tells Cape Town: President APJ Abdul Kalam began his visit to South Africa expressing hope that India and Pakistan "will become friends."
Overall:
Sonia took swipe at Mulayam:
She said law and order wasn't good in Uttar Pradesh.
Dhaka
was deluged: The monsoon is giving sleepless
nights to the Bangladesh capital.
Pakistan passed laws for stricter N-control:
Its national assembly is also debating whether Musharaff should give up his
army post.
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