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India keen on Asia, Africa
building new bridges
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What is India News Service,
Friday, 22 April 2005, 1700 hrs IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the
New Asian African Stratetic Partnership Declaration to be signed at the
Asian-African Summit in Jakarta would be a
"forward-looking framework" intended to build a bridge of
understanding and support among countries of the two continents.
"We would sign a Declaration on a New Asian African Strategic
Partnership renewing and reaffirming our commitment to the values enshrined
in the original Bandung Conference", he said before leaving for
Indonesia on a three-day trip to attend the Summit that began today.
He said leaders of 106 Asian and African nations were expected to
participate in the Summit which was intended to reinvigorate spirit of
Bandung as enshrined in the Final Communique of the Asian-African Conference
held there in 1955.
Gun deal ammo for Govt to dodge affidavit controversy:
An ironic situation has cropped up in the South
African gun deal, with the Opposition clearly voicing its willingness to get
the matter investigated by any agency, including the CBI, and members of the
ruling UPA using it as a potent strategy to deflect from the issue of second
affidavit against former defence minister George Fernandes.
Russian
aircraft carrying arms seized: The government on Thursday asked the
Mumbai Air Traffic Control for a report on the impounding of a Russian-made
aircraft carrying ammunition and ammunition vehicles.
Sonal
asks what song & dance is all about: Sangeet Natak Akademi
chairperson Sonal Mansingh has said much is being made out of "a simple
exchange of ideas" on the nomenclature of the institution. In an exclusive
interview to The Pioneer, she said: "There was a casual discussion on
whether, keeping in mind the meaning of sangeet in Bharat's Natyashastra, one
could make a few changes. That was it."
Centre plans to bring in legislation to stop stem cell
wastage: Union Health and Family Minister A Ramadoss said the government was planning to bring in a legislation to preserve human stem cells.
Uma
wants to be Arjun: Declaring that she would not renounce politics or
the party, former chief minister Uma Bharati on Thursday swore that she would
play the role of Arjun in her "fight for principles even if it meant taking
on Bheeshmapitamah."
States
Dissidents
press for ouster, Sheila camp unyielding: Even as the Chief
Minister's camp remained intransigent, the dissidents upped ante on Thursday
demanding for the first-time the ouster of Ms Sheila Dikshit. Delhi Congress
chief Rambabu Sharma met AICC general secretary Ashok Gehlot on Thursday evening
and conveyed the "desire of the party workers" at the same time
seeking audience with Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
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Lalu
pelted after train mishap kills 17:
Even as the Sabarmati Express accident was attributed to human error, the
site turned into a political battlefield with both Railway Minister Lalu Prasad
Yadav and angry Bajrang Dal and VHP activists greeting each other with
invectives and violence.
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Lalu
blames
Modi: The railway minister blamed the attack on the Narendra Modi Government
and demanded its dismissal.
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Home
Ministry to probe attack on Lalu Prasad: The Governor may seek the Gujarat
Government's version of the incident.
One
more case against Kanchi seer filed in HC:
The Divya Desa Paarambariya Paadhukappu Peravai
in Srirangam has moved the Madras High Court for a direction to the
authorities concerned to register a complaint against Kanchi acharya
Jayendra Saraswathi and four others for destroying the Sivan Sannidhi in
Azhagiya Nambirayar Temple in Thirukurungudi in Nanguneri taluk in
Tirunelveli district and to hold investigation into it.
Constable
arrested for raping 16-yr-old inside police station:
A police constable was arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old inside a
police chowky even as angry residents stoned and ransacked the chowky to
protest.
Neighbours
Five
more killed in LTTE-Karuna clashes in Batticaloa: Nearly 250 cadres
of both the LTTE and the Karuna group had been killed over the past one year
which is making it difficult to take the peace process forward.
View from abroad
NRIs
arrested for drug trafficking in US: A major Internet drug ring allegedly
headed by two Indian nationals has been broken up and 20 people arrested in the
US and four other countries, the DEA said.
Overall
PM arrived in Jakarta:
Manmohan Singh is
attending a summit in Indonesia and is among 105 world leaders to participate.
Russian plane was seized: It was carrying ammunition and was checked by
the Delhi authorities.
Rebel clashes continued in Lanka: Two LTTE factions have been at war, and
five more were killed in Batticaloa.
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