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Musharaff strikes
conciliatory
note on Kashmir dispute
What is India News Service, Wednesday, September 22, 2004, 2200 hrs IST
In sharp contrast to the stinging attack he launched against India in his annual address at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) session last year, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf
on Wednesday struck a conciliatory note on the issue of Kashmir.
Having discarded his army uniform for a cream achkan, General Musharraf spoke the language of peace in his UNGA speech today, saying he was convinced that Pakistan and India can resolve all their differences, including Jammu and Kashmir, through a sincere dialogue.
He also had a special message for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, whom he is slated to meet on Thursday: \93This is the moment for peace. We must not allow it to slip away\94.
India intensifies bid for UN Security Council seat:
The G-4 argues that the UN body must include, on a permanent basis, countries that have the will and the capacity to take on major responsibilities.
Stage set for PM's speech at UN:
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set the stage for his speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. In his address, the Prime Minister is likely to make a strong pitch for India's place as a permanent member in the Security Council.
Grenades explode as Mufti files papers:
Five pedestrians were injured, three of them seriously, in four rifle grenade explosions in Anantnag town this afternoon when the Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was filing his nomination papers for the Pahalgam Assembly seats.
Ordinance empowers banning of associations promoting
hatred: The ordinance promulgated by the President Abdul Kalam on Tuesday night to amend the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 empowers the Union Government to ban any association that indulges
in promoting enmity.
Sikh students can wear
patka, says French envoy: The French government has decided to allow Sikh boys enrolled in schools to wear
'discreet' patkas.
Godhra panel in dark about appointment of
railway advocate: The two-member inquiry commission, probing the Godhra train carnage of February 27, 2002 and the communal riots in its aftermath, is yet to receive any official intimation from the Railway Ministry regarding the appointment of an advocate to represent Railways before the Commission.
Fresh charges against 16 in Best Bakery case: Fresh charges were framed against 16 accused in the Best Bakery case in which 14 people, including two children, were killed on March 1, 2002, subsequent to the Godhra train coach burning incident.
India,
Israel to hold first joint military exercise: The first ever joint military exercise between India and Israel is likely to take place in India next year with helicopter squadrons of both the countries performing offensive and defensive
manoeuvers.by early 2007.
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SC refuses to stay
Badals\92 trial: The Supreme Court today declined to stay the trial proceedings in the disproportionate assets (DA) case against former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Singh before the Special Court at
Ropar.
Minister, two MLAs killed in copter crash:
Ten persons, including a Meghalaya Minister and two sitting MLAs, were killed when the Pawan Hans helicopter in which they were travelling crashed at Kyrdemkulai, a remote village near Borapani, about 45 km from Shillong.
Policy to deal with natural disasters soon:
The Centre is in the process of chalking out a policy and legal framework for disaster management in which the main thrust will be on precautionary and preventive
measures.
States
Ex-minister
gets sentence for sexual abuse: Former Kerala minister A Neelalohitadas Nadar was sentenced to one year simple imprisonment in a sexual harassment case by a court here on Thursday.
A magistrate convicted him in a case filed by the then Nilambur divisional forest officer, Pragati Srivastav.
High Court fiat gives relief to MBBS students:
Medical colleges in Karnataka had threatened to cancel the students\92 admissions if they did not pay an additional fee of Rs 2.1
lakh.
Former minister re-inducted into Orissa cabinet:
The senior BJD lady legislator had tendered her resignation from the state cabinet last month after a five-year-old non-bailable warrant issued against her surfaced.
Jagir Kaur elected SGPC president:
Bibi Jagir Kaur was elected president of the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee today. Her name was proposed by former Punjab chief minister Prakash Singh
Badal.
Cong may keep Aiyar away from Maharashtra:
Apparently exasperated over the Savarkar controversy and the Vidarbha issue, the
Congress-NCP Alliance is unlikely to invite Union Ministers Mani Shanker Aiyar and
K Chandrasekhar Rao for campaigning in Maharashtra.
Fake certificates racket unearthed in Bengal:
Some officials in the state Police Department have allegedly been in service after producing fake certificates.
Terrorist Babla lands in police net:
An alleged Khalistan Commando Force terrorist, Gursewak Singh, alias Babla, was nabbed by
police near Ludhiana.
Neighbours
No anti-India activities will be
allowed, says Dhaka: Responding to India's acute concern over existence of ISI-run training camps for North-East ultras in Bangladesh, Dhaka has sought to assure New Delhi that its territory will not be allowed to be misused by any anti-Indian forces.
LTTE kills Karuna's brother:
Reggie, also number two in the rebel Karuna faction was ambushed and killed by an LTTE strike
force.
View from abroad
3 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan:
Three US soldiers were killed and 14 wounded in a series of hit-and-run attacks by Taliban militants in one of the worst days for US forces since they arrived here in
2001.
Padma Lakshmi and her new roles:
Padma Lakshmi, actress, model and wife of the writer Salman Rushdie, plans to make a documentary film on women in India in her new role as the ambassador for the United Nations Development Fund for Women
(UNIFEM).
Pakistan assured US backing: Cooperation in the war against terror dominated a meeting between President George W. Bush and President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday with a brief reference to the need for a sustainable democracy in Pakistan.
It\92s going to shock both Indians and Americans\92:
Gurinder Chadha says that in her film she decided to convert the class debate into a much more modern debate with an underlying political text.
Overall:
Musharaff sounded positive: In
the US, he struck a conciliatory note on Kashmir.
India,
Israel will hold military operations: The Pakistani president said he was a vital ally in the fight against terror.
LTTE killed
Karuna's brother: The number two in the rebel faction was murdered.
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