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Anantnag: Taking a cue from his predecessor Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday chose the Kashmir Valley to announce a “hand of friendship” to Pakistan but insisted that Islamabad needed to crush terrorists on its soil.
Just a month before the first anniversary o [more...]
Posted on:10/29/2009 PM offers fresh talks to Kashmir separatists
ANANTNAG: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday offered to resume peace talks with Kashmiri separatists to end a decades-old insurgency in the Himalayan region.
“I wish to say again today that we are willing to talk to anyone who has any meaningful ideas for promoting peace and developme [more...]
Posted on:10/29/2009 India wants to see China as ‘partner’
BANGALORE: India said yesterday it wanted to see China as a “partner” while the Asian giants stake out a global role, a day after their foreign ministers met to defuse spiralling tensions over a festering border dispute.
But the two sides appeared to sidestep several contentious issues in a bilat [more...]
Posted on:10/29/2009 Minister rules out deploying troops in Iraq, Afghanistan
New Delhi: India yesterday ruled out deploying its troops in Afghanistan and Iraq — either now or in the future.
Talking to reporters, Defence Minister A K Antony said that despite the enhanced military-to-military ties between India and the US, there was no possibility of deploying troops in the [more...]
Posted on:10/29/2009 Fashion designer brings back Bollywood’s lost poster art
NEW DELHI: The dialogue is steamy, the actors pout and smoulder, but this isn’t a typical day at a Bollywood studio — the movie icons are part of a fashion trend that’s got Indians wearing their favourite movies.
Fashion designer Nida Mahmood’s creations include jackets printed with memorable lin [more...]
Posted on:10/29/2009 Rift threatens BJP govt in Karnataka
Bangalore: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s first government in Karnataka and south India was in deep trouble yesterday with two ministers, who are also mining barons, intensifying efforts to make chief minister B S Yeddyurappa toe their line.
The BJP central leadership rushed senior leader Arun Jait [more...]
Posted on:10/29/2009 A crook or good Samaritan?
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court yesterday asked police to clarify if a man who helped a victim of a roadside brawl was a criminal as alleged by police or a good Samaritan.
Taking suo moto cognisance of a report in the Mail Today of Aug 3, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Sha [more...]
Posted on:10/29/2009 Cong-NCP row delays Maharashtra govt
Mumbai: A tussle between the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) over the crucial home ministry is delaying the swearing-in of the new government in Maharashtra, party sources said yesterday.
While the Congress is desperate to have the home ministry in its kitty, the NCP is in no mo [more...]
Posted on:10/29/2009 Hooda wins vote of confidence
Chandigarh: Amid heated exchanges with opposition benches, the four-day-old Congress government in Haryana, led by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, yesterday won the vote of confidence in the state assembly.
The Congress, which has 40 legislators of its own, won the vote of confidence with 4 [more...]
Posted on:10/29/2009 Rajdhani Express hijacked by Maoists arrives in Delhi
New Delhi: After a harrowing time when the Delhi-bound Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express was held hostage by Maoists in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district Tuesday, passengers of the train finally breathed easy as they reached the national capital yesterday.
As the train chugged to a stop at the Ne [more...]
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