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US refuses to stop
sale
of F-16s to Pakistan
What is India News Service,
Thursday, 17 March 2005, 1400 hrs IST
India and the United States broke
new ground on Wednesday in bilateral cooperation as Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice told the Indian leadership that an institutionalised mechanism
of an \91energy dialogue\92 would be in place soon, though a dampener came in
the form of her refusal to stop sale of F-16 fighter aircraft to Pakistan.
A concrete outcome of the Rice visit was that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
would be travelling to the US in the coming months, most probably in July, for
preparing a framework of a broad strategic partnership with the US and External
Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh would be visiting Washington next month.
On India\92s claim for the United Nations Security Council permanent
membership, Washington\92s attitude was much more mellowed down than its
hitherto stand of willingness to back Japan only for this claim.
An area of major differences between New Delhi and Washington was Iran. Ms
Rice cautioned India against pursuing the pipeline project with Iran but the
Indian leadership stood its ground.
No
one should browbeat judiciary, says Bharadwaj: The Union Law and Justice
Minister, H.R. Bharadwaj, said today that the Government would welcome a
judicial inquiry into the incident of a Supreme Court judge being approached for
the transfer of a Patna trial court judge.
Yesterday's headline:
SC
resents being \91approached\92 in fodder scam case:
HC
ties Centre's hand on deporting B'deshis: The Centre's attempt to
circumvent the Delhi High Court's direction on deportation of the Bangladeshi
migrants appears to have backfired.
Jharkhand
NCP merges with BJP: The Jharkhand unit of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
today merged with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, in a clear defiance of the
whip issued twice by the party high command to its lone MLA, Kamlesh Kumar
Singh.
Spotlight
Kanishka bombing verdict
Both Malik, Bagri acquitted:
Two Sikh activists were cleared
today of involvement in the 1985 bombing of Air-India Flight 182 that
killed 329 persons. A Canadian judge said Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib
Singh Bagri were not guilty of murder and conspiracy charges.
Kin express outrage at AI bombing verdict:
Relatives of Kanishka victims say they now have two crimes to contend with
- the murder of 329 people and the 20-year futile wait for justice.
Tears,
anger greet Kanishka verdict: Rattan Kalsi emerged from the Air India
courtroom with a look of shock on his face. The men accused of killing his
daughter and 328 other people on Air India Flight 182 had been acquitted.
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Judge\92s disclosure to be probed: Opposition
led by the BJP today walked out of both Houses of Parliament over Supreme Court
Justice S.N. Variava\92s revelations that attempts had been made to replace the
trial judge in the fodder scam case against Railway Minister Laloo Prasad.
Manmohan
calls on Somnath: The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, today called on the
Lok Sabha Speaker, Somnath Chatterjee, and conveyed to him that the Government
was with him on the issues he had raised recently.
Patents
Bill: Kamalnath fails to get Opp's nod:
Union Commerce Minister Kamalnath on Wednesday met with little
success in trying to get the Opposition to agree to the ratification of the
Ordinance on the Patents Bill.
Musharraf
coming for Delhi one-dayer: The Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, will
be in New Delhi to witness the sixth and last One-Day International between the
India and Pakistan teams on April 17, it was officially announced.
Home
Min suppressing Nanawati report: BJP:
The BJP on Wednesday charged Home Minister Shivraj Patil with
"suppressing" the Nanawati Commission report on the 1984 anti-Sikh
riots to "gain electoral advantage and protect senior Congress
leaders". The party demanded its immediate tabling in Parliament.
States
Centre
to widen Ambala-Shimla highway: The
Union Government has given a go-ahead to widen the much-awaited 168 km
Ambala-Kalka-Shimla national highway to four lanes under the National Highway
Development Programme (NHDP-III).
Babu,
Maoists vent ire at Sonia's Andhra visit: Congress party president
and chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Sonia Gandhi on
Wednesday laid the foundation stone of the first Greenfield airport project near
Hyderabad. The airport, a public private partnership project is expected to be
ready by early 2008.
President's
Rule makes clean sweep of Patna streets: Ever since the imposition of
President's Rule in Bihar, the State capital has assumed a different look. Gone
are the swanky SUVs, omnipresent katta-wielding criminals, insouciant policemen
and garbage heaps at every step. In short, the city looks less dangerous and
decadent.
What's
in a name, Madras or Chennai?:
Should the HC in the State continue to be called the High Court of Madras or
should it be called Chennai High Court?.
Shakti
saga ripple effect: TV star fears similar expos\E9:
Four days after the Shakti Kapoor clips stung Bollywood, India TV has now got a
TV star, Aman Verma, running for cover.
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Neighbours
Musharraf
seeks US support for Kashmir process:
President General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday urged the United States to
support efforts aimed at resolving the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in keeping with
the aspirations of the Kashmiri people. During a meeting with the visiting US
Secretary of State Dr Condoleezza Rice, he underscored that normalization in the
region would not be possible without the settlement of the core dispute between
Pakistan and India.
Nepal
backs China\92s Taiwan policy: The Nepal government has expressed full
support to the anti-secession legislation endorsed recently by the Chinese
National People\92s Congress vis-\E0-vis Taiwan.
Buses to Nankana Sahib this Baisakhi:
While Indian Punjab Chief Minister
Amarinder Singh and Pakistan Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi laid the
foundation stone of Baba Guru Nanak dual carriageway, the first lot of 10 buses
carrying Sikh devotees from Amritsar to the historic town will ply on April 13,
the Baisakhi.
Pak denies
shopping for nuke equipment: Pakistan rejected reports that it was trying to
purchase nuclear equipment from the black market.
Envoys
meet Deuba: The American and Indian envoys to Nepal JF Moriarty and Shiva
Shankar Mukherjee recently met ousted prime minister and president of the Nepali
Congress party.
View from abroad
KFC in cancerous red dye scare
:
Cancer-causing food colouring has been found in KFC's chicken wing and chicken
hamburger sauce.
Overall
Rice said US would sell planes to Pakistan:
She did not budge on the US position on sale
of F-16s, and India responded by saying it would go ahead with the Iran gas
pipeline.
Air India bombing accused were acquitted: A Canada court acquitted two
Sikh activists accused of masterminding the downing of a passenger plane and
killing hundreds on board.
Patna looked cleaner: Now that Lalu is out of power and the governor is
administering it, Bihar's capital can boast clean roads.
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