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PM concerned
over Dhaka
security, cancels visit
What
is India News Service, Thursday, 3 February 2005, 1400 hrs IST
For the second time in succession, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit, scheduled for February 6 and 7,
was postponed after India announced that the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, could not attend the SAARC meeting due to poor security conditions in Dhaka and recent developments in Nepal. Previously, the summit, scheduled from January 9 to 11, was put off in the wake of the tsunami.
Under the SAARC charter, a summit cannot be held even if one of the seven heads of government/state cannot attend the meeting.
The Foreign Secretary, Shyam Saran, told presspersons that India wanted to work out new dates for the summit.
The decision not to travel to Dhaka was taken by Singh after consultations with Left party leaders on Tuesday, top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on Wednesday and on the assessment of a security team that travelled to Dhaka.
Saran said India was committed to the SAARC process. "It is only in an environment free from political turmoil and violence that a summit would yield the desired outcome."
Pakistan disappointed, calls for new dates: The 13th Saarc summit scheduled to be held in Dhaka on Feb 6-7 was postponed on Wednesday after India announced that it would not be able to attend it due to security concerns and political situation in the
'neighbourhood'.
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Goa govt sacked after political carnival in House: Goa's governor S C Jamir capped a day's political drama in the state legislature by dismissing the Manohar Parrikar government.
Barely had Parrikar's supporters begun to celebrate his questionable victory in a trust vote when news came from Raj Bhavan about his dismissal. Parrikar's trusted political lieutenant-turned-Speaker Vishwas Satarkar disqualified an opposition MLA under an obscure law and declared the government's victory to mark yet another bizarre turn in the state's politics.
Haryana goes to
the polls: Over 1.27 crore voters will decide the fate of 983 candidates, including 60 women, in 90 constituencies of the Haryana Assembly tomorrow.
NC sweeps Srinagar, BJP gets 26 seats in Jammu:
After biting dust in Baramula and Kuprawa civic polls, the National Conference resurfaced today by making a clean sweep of elections to the Srinagar Municipal Corporation. Held after a gap of nearly three decades, the elections were being closely watched.
Voting begins amid naxal violence:
Seven policemen were killed in a landmine blast by Naxalites in Palamu district of Jharkhand as polling began on Thursday for the first phase of Assembly elections. The blast occured just minutes before the start of polling in the state.
Kanchi seer\92s bail plea postponed to Feb 4:
Only a former HC judge can prove the detention of the two accused in the Sankararaman case as illegal and order their release.
Tsunami survivors
found: Police discovered nine persons today in Campbell Bay island after they had spent 38 days wandering across villages flattened by the Asian tsunami, an officer said.
Muslim women form their own personal law board:
The move has invited criticism from the AIMPLB which dubbed it as a \93cheap\94 publicity stunt.
BCCI not a
state: The Supreme Court today held that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was not a "state" within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution and hence could not be held liable for violation of anybody's fundamental
right.
Ruling on
juvenile justice: If arrested after attaining majority, a person would be entitled to the benefits of the Juvenile Justice Act if he was less than 18 years at the time of the commission of the crime, the Supreme Court ruled today ruled.
Godse captor gets recognition at last:
A statue of Raghu Nayak, the unsung hero who had captured Nathuram Godse, was installed in his native village by a German corporate house.
States
Kidnappers release
Kislay, Dipak: Kislay Komal, a school student whose abduction a fortnight ago here had become a major election issue in Bihar, and another kidnapped student in Bhagalpur, Dipak Bharti, were freed and united with their families today, a day before the first phase of state Assembly poll.
Tribune founder remembered:
Employees of The Tribune paid rich tributes to the founder of The Tribune Trust, Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, on the occasion of the 125th Foundation Day. The function was organised by The Tribune Employees Union.
MLA murder: Naidu launches tirade against YSR:
It was a day of moves and counter-moves by TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu and the Andhra Pradesh Congress over the assassination of TDP MLA Paritala
Ravi.
Fire mishap claims
a life at Bangalore
airport: A fire accident at the Bangalore Airport left one person dead, besides delaying the arrival and departure of several flights, on Wednesday morning.
Delhi, the capital of cancer in India:
This is one atlas which no city would want to be on-the Atlas of Cancer.
Kerala sex scandals \91going places\92:
Big names and small towns have been inextricably linked to sex scandals that keep surfacing in God\92s own country.
Neighbours
Balochistan asked to ensure safety of installations:
The centre has asked the Balochistan government to provide foolproof security to power installations to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply to consumers.
Pakistan has 182 Indian prisoners:
They have been languishing in Pak jails on \91unknown charges\92 since 1971, an official report has disclosed.
Pakistan rejects US military
charge: Pakistan on Wednesday rejected a US military claim that its forces were helping American troops in Afghanistan to aim artillery fire at rebels on the Pakistani side of the border.
View from abroad
WB has authority to appoint expert on Baglihar: The World Bank does not need the "consent" of either India or Pakistan to appoint a neutral expert to help resolve the dispute over the Baglihar dam, says a senior bank official.
Gen-X politicians charm diaspora:
The new breed of Indian politicians are extremely articulate, well dressed and very impressive in their
logic.
Overall
Saarc meet was put off: The Indian PM said he wouldn't like to go to
Dhaka in view of the security situation there.
National Conference swept Srinagar: Muncipal election results started
pouring in from Jammu and Kashmir.
Muslim
women formed a personal law board:
But it was dubbed a publicity stunt by an older law board.
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