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| Better late than never | | Indo-Pak Foreign Secretaries to meet next month | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, OCT. 14: Preparations have begun in connection with the much-awaited meeting between Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan. India's Foreign Secretary, Shiv Shankar Menon, and his Pakistani counterpart have agreed to hold a two-day meting in the second week of November.
The meeting will take place in New Delhi, diplomatic sources told EARLY TIMES. These sources said that dates would be announced shortly but indicated that the meeting would start around Nov 10. Shiv Shankar Menon, who served in Islamabad as India's High Commissioner to Pakistan, took over as the new Foreign Secretary in place of Shyam Saran this October 1.
The Pakistan government last month announced the appointment of Shahid Malik as the country’s new High Commissioner to India. However, it would be the outgoing High Commissioner, Aziz Ahmed Khan, who would attend the crucial meeting.
The meeting will mark the resumption of the composite dialogue process that was stalled after July 11 Mumbai blasts for which India blamed Pakistan. Although Pakistan rejected the charge, Ind... | |
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| An interesting battle in Lahore courts | | Custody row girl's case assumes landmark importance | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, OCT. 14: A 12-year-old Scottish girl of Pakistani origin. Her father, Sajjad Rana. And the "broken bridge" between these two is Louise Ann Farley. All the three have, in recent days, captured the attention of a large number of newspapers, in Pakistan and outside Pakistan. Indeed, newspapers in Pakistan are abuzz with an interesting battle in Lahore courts over the custody of the 12-year old Scottish girl of Pakistani origin, Molly Campbell. Molly, now Misbah Irum, was born in Scotland to a Pakistani father and Scottish mother Louise Campbell.
In 2002, Louise Ann Farley who turned to Islam after marriage with Sajjad Rana, a financial consultant from Lahore, reverte... | |
| | | | IAF in 1999 wanted to target terrorist camps | | "Please don't cross the LoC", pleaded Vajpayee | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, OCT. 14: The controversy over the Kargil operations in 1999 has acquired a new complexion, with India's former High Commissioner to Britain, Kuldip Nayar, claiming that the Indian Air Force (IAF) was not satisfied over the conduct of the military operations in Kargil. Nayar has just come out with a revelation in relation to his meeting with Vinod Putney, head of the Western Air Command and deputy to Air Chief AY Tipnis. Putney ran into Nayar "twice those days".
Kuldip Nayar has, in his write-up, stated that he and Putney had known each other sin ce 1990 when he (Nayar) was the High Commissioner in London and Putney the air attache. "Putney did not say anything whe... | |
| | | | Afzal Guru's fate generating heat | | Farooq Abdullah joins debate | | | SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, OCT. 14: To hang or not to hang? The debate over Parliament attack plotter, Mohammad Afzal Guru's fate is generating a lot of heat. While voices of dissent have emerged from the Kashmir Valley-– Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, even reportedly approached Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, seeking Afzal’s clemency – there have been hot protests in Delhi and elsewhere.
The latest political figure to join in the debate is former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Farooq Abdullah.
Abdullah has warned that the hanging of Mohammed Afzal, convicted for the 2001 attack, would turn him into a "a hero" and provide "a massive weapon to the separatists".
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| | | | Major police reshuffle on cards in Jammu and Kashmir | | | | Jammu,October 14 :-A major reshuffle in the middle rung of the police in Jammu and Kashmir is on the cards after the state Government failed to get 57 officers,who had been promoted to the rank of SPs over a year ago, inducted in the CRPF on deputation.
Official sources told Kashmir Independent Press on Saturday that the Government has now decided to adjust the 57 officers within the state.These officers,despite having been elevated to the rank of SPs,continued to work as DSPs which had caused deep embarrassment to them.
Besides the adjustment of these officers the Government has formulated a list of 20 officers in the rank of SPs and SSPs who are to be shifted from the seats they h... | |
| | | | BJP seeking rejection to clemency plea for Guru | | District units to submit memorandum to President | | | Jammu,October 14:-The state unit of the BJP has decided to initiate fresh moves for countering those who have been seeking clemency for Mohd.Afzal Guru,sentenced to death on charge of his involvement in terrorist strike on Parliament on December 13,2001.
Under the plan all the district units of the BJP will send a memorandum to the President of India requesting him not to grant any clemency to Mohd.Afzal Guru.
According to the party President,Dr Nirmal Singh,the office bearers of each of the districts in the Jammu region will meet within next four days for framing the memorandum.””we shall received the memoranda before October 18 which were to be submitted to the President of Ind... | |
| | | | Look! The convict has taken refuge in books, scriptures | | Nau so chuhe kha ke bilee hajj ko challee | | | New Delhi, Oct 14 Facing death row, Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru has sought refuge in novels and religious scriptures in his cell in Tihar Jail. Observers feel it reminds one of ages-old adage “Nau so chuhe kha ke bilee hajj ko challi”.
Guru, whose mercy petition filed by his family is pending before President A P J Abdul Kalam, has asked the jail library officials for fiction books and a copy of the Holy Quran.
"He had asked for a few Urdu novels and a copy of the Holy Quran, which have been provided to him," jail sources informed.
The former JKLF member has also sought permission to move about in the courtyard and garden near his cell, which has been granted, they said... | |
| | | | EU, India to boost exchange of intelligence | | | |
Helsinki, Oct 14: European Union and Indian leaders agreed on Friday to boost cooperation in fighting terrorism, particularly by focusing on improving the flow of intelligence. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said exchange of information would add to wider international cooperation, such as work for a UN convention against terrorism.
"The recent bombings in Mumbai as well as the earlier bombings in London, Madrid and Srinagar remind us that terrorism remains the most serious threat to democratic, open and pluralistic countries," PM told a news conference after a summit with EU leaders in Finland.
The government has accused Pakistan of involvement in the Mumbai attacks, which kil... | |
| | | | Businessman’s son held for raping domestic servant | | | | Jammu, Oct 14 : Police has registered a case and arrested son of a businessman for allegedly outraging the modesty of his minor domestic servant in Lakhdata Bazar locality of Jammu city, late Thursday evening.
The victim identified as Rani (name changed), a resident of Jarkhand state reportedly lodged a complaint before Peer Mitha Police Station about the incident following which her medical examination was conducted. The medical test has confirmed rape as a result of which the accused was arrested, official sources told News Agency of Kashmir, here today.
Giving details, a senior police officer said, on the condition of anonymity, that Rani was working as a domestic help in the house of ... | |
| | | | Azad meets Union Home, I&B Ministers | | Emphasizes on doubling ex-gratia relief to militancy victims, liberal funding for infrastructure in earthquake hit areas and strengthening Radio, TV transmissions | | | New Delhi, October 14 - Chief Minister Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad called on Union Home Minister Mr. Shivraj Patil and Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mr. Priyaranjan Das Munshi here today.
In the meeting with Union Home Minister Mr. Shivraj Patil, the matter regarding rehabilitation of earthquake affected was discussed in detail. The Home Minister appreciated the pace with which new houses were constructed in shortest possible time in all earthquake hit areas of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Chief Minister emphasized in the meeting that time has come for launching a massive programme for building infrastructure in the earthquake hit areas particularly the construction of schools, hosp... | |
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