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| J&K CM plays quiet role on J&K | | Mufti Sayeed is in PM's Kashmir think-tank | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, OCT. 12: The cat is out of the bag: Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, esprit de corps of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, has undertaken a "crucial" assignment aimed at wooing Kashmiri masses with a new settlement formula. Following his unpublished inclusion in the Prime Minister's think-tank on Jammu and Kashmir, the Mufti's significant achievement is the Union government's "indirect" support to his intensifed talk in favour of self-governance mechanism in his homeland.
Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, has not opposed Mufti Sayeed's new Kashmir settlement formula--that is, self-governance. And the Congress president and c... | |
| | | | 500 barbers, 10,000 Hindu devotees | | Tirumala temple has over 10 lakh Hindus every year | | | SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, OCT. 12: Well over 10 lakh Hindus every year walk the hallowed halls of the Tirumala temple in Tirupati, seeking that all-potent glimpse of Lord Venkateshwara. The temple in Andhra Pradesh is nestled within seven sacred hills.
Devotees have been helping Lord Balaji pay his debt to kuber with their donations for nearly two centuries.
However, being the richest temple in the world-- is not its only claim to fame. What gives the tirumalay devasthanam a unique status of reverence among Hindus is the practice of Kalyana Katta or head shaving.
Kalyana Katta is a symbolic gesture of surrendering one's ego to God. 500 barbers cut hair of 10,000 devote... | |
| | | | Musharraf's political maneuvering will continue | | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI: God is great. Pakistan President, Gen. Parvez Musharraf, is also great. By his God's grace Gen. Musharraf has just completed seven years as his country's ruler. And seven years after he toppled an elected government, Pakistan finds itself hedged to a political system through which the military controls the nation’s destiny and the generals’ superiority over the elected, civilian leadership has been formalised.
The Army Chief is also the head of state, and he, not the Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, heads Pakistan's highest policymaking body — the National Security Council. In theory, of course, there is a democratic system in place — a lower house elected on the... | |
| | | | INDO-PAK Talks:APHC may play important role | | | |
Srinagar,October 12 : The All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) plans to play a mediatory role so that Delhi and Islamabad were able to break the ice that had surfaced after the Mumbai blasts.
An indication to this effect has been given by the APHC Chairman Mlvi Umar Farooq when he said that he planned to visit Islamabad a few days prior to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singhs visit to Pakistan.
The Kashmir Mirwaiz who spent about a fortnight abroad has started harbouring an ambition for bringing India and Pakistan to the neogotiating table so that now the Kashmir centric talks were initiated.
It is in this context he has said that if DrManmohan Singh flew to Islamabad anytime dur... | |
| | | | INDO-PAK Talks:APHC may play important role | | | |
Srinagar,October 12 : The All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) plans to play a mediatory role so that Delhi and Islamabad were able to break the ice that had surfaced after the Mumbai blasts.
An indication to this effect has been given by the APHC Chairman Mlvi Umar Farooq when he said that he planned to visit Islamabad a few days prior to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singhs visit to Pakistan.
The Kashmir Mirwaiz who spent about a fortnight abroad has started harbouring an ambition for bringing India and Pakistan to the neogotiating table so that now the Kashmir centric talks were initiated.
It is in this context he has said that if DrManmohan Singh flew to Islamabad anytime dur... | |
| | | | Islamabad not keen on establishing Indo-Pak joint working group | | | |
Srinagar,October 12 : Islamabad is not keen on establishing India -Pakistan joint working groups for discussing Kashmir and allied issues.
Reports from across the LoC reaching here said that Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf has not yet decided whether the matter pertaining to setting up joint working groups needed to be discussed with Delhi.
These reports said that Pakistan is keen on resumption of the bilateral dialogue which was suspended following serial Mumbai blasts. It is in this context that Islamabad has lent its support to those who were,at present, engaged in track II diplomacy.
In fact the idea of establishing joint working groups had been mooted by the APHC chairm... | |
| | | | Finland supports India in tackling terror | | | |
Helsinki, Oct 12 Finland, the current Chairman of the
European Union (EU), today strongly backed India in its fight
against terrorism and supported its inclusion in an expanded UN
Security Council but stopped short of openly supporting the Indo-US
nuclear deal.
''I would not like Finland to take a position on the nuclear deal
reached between India and the United States because we are part of
the European Union ,'' Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said a
joint press conference with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after
extensive talks between the two leaders on a wide-range of bilateral
issues as well as international developments, including
counter-terrorism... | |
| | | | EU non-commital on Indo-US n-deal | | | |
Helsinki, Oct 12 The European Union (EU) today said it understood India's increasing energy needs, but gave no commitment on supporting the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
The 25-member European Union was, however, making efforts to evolve a common policy on the issue, Finland Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, whose country holds the EU Chair, said here at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after their talks.
The Indo-US nuclear deal, terrorism, UN reforms and trade ties figured prominently in their parleys.
Noting that as EU Chair, he could not spell out Finland's individual position on the deal, Vanhanen said, "we don't yet have EU's position on the US-I... | |
| | | | Musharraf warns Pak will be "no more" if moderates lose power | | | | Islamabad, Oct 12 :Feted abroad for his promises to fight terrorism and flayed at home for failing to curb forces of extremism, President Pervez Musharraf, who completed seven years in power, today warned that Pakistan envisaged by its founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah will be "no more" if extremists rests control over moderates like him.
"The tussle will be between the moderates and the extremists. I am a moderate and strongly believe that the moderates must win. If the extremists win, than Quaid-e-Azam's (Jinnah's) Pakistan will be no more there," he told reporters here last night at an inftar party.
Musharraf came to power in a coup on Oct 12, 1999 posing as "reluctant coupmaker" who had... | |
| | | | BSNL announces reduction in fixed line tariffs | | | |
BSNL has announced a massive reduction in fixed line tariffs by bringing its 1.16 crore fixed line subscribers under one India plan enabling them to make STD calls anywhere in the country at Re 1 per minute and local call at the rate of Re 1 per 3 minutes.
BSNL also reduced monthly rentals from Rs 225 to 180 besides doubling the free calls to 50 calls a month.
The new tariff will come into effect from 1st November, BSNL CMD A K Sinha told reporters.
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| | | | No decision on blacklisting Israeli arms company: Pranab | | | |
New Delhi, Oct 12: The government today said no decision has been taken to blacklist an Israeli armament company that makes the Barak missile, in the sale of which CBI has filed a case against former Defence Minister George Fernandes and his associate Jaya Jaitley for allegedly receiving kickbacks.
A hint in this regard was given by Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee who, on being asked whether the company, Israel aircraft industries, was being blacklisted, said comparisons could not be drawn between it and South African arms major Denel.
"These are totally different situations. The case of Denel and Barak are not comparable," Mukherjee told reporters on the sidelines of a functio... | |
| | | | Sex racket case: 9 accused to go to Srinagar jail for Ramadan | | | |
Chandigarh, Oct 12: A court here on Wednesay granted permission to nine accused in the J-K sex racket case to be shifted to Srinagar central jail from October 14 to November two in view of the holy month of Ramadan, and adjourned the hearing to November three.
On a plea by the nine accused, district and sessions judge B S Mehndiratta allowed them to be taken by police from Burail jail here to Srinagar central jail so that there relatives could meet them during the auspicious days of Shar-e-Kadar and Eid.
However, four of the 13 accused - BSF DIG K C Padhi, sitting MLAs Raman Mattoo and Ghulam Ahmed Mir and former Supreme Court`s judge R P Sethi`s son Anil Sethi preferred to stay ... | |
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