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| Army was 'reluctant' to tell govt about Kargil: Tipnis | | | |
New Delhi, Oct 7 The army was "reluctant" to inform the government about the presence of Pakistan-backed intruders in Kargil in early 1999 and did little initially to jointly plan and carry out operations to evict them, Air Chief Marshal (retired) A Y Tipnis has said.
The army top brass kept saying they could handle the situation but insisted the Indian Air Force should provide helicopter gunships to support ground troops -- a request Tipnis turned down several times as he felt helicopters would be vulnerable to missile attacks and the use of air power would lead to an escalation.
"I observed that the ground situation was grave. Army required air force help to evict the intruders.... | |
| | | | PM to raise Mum blasts evidence with EU leaders | | | |
New Delhi, Oct 7 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will raise with the leadership of Britain and the European Union (EU) next week India's concerns over cross-border terrorism in the backdrop of recent evidence that Pakistan's ISI and terror outfits based there were behind the July 11 Mumbai serial blasts.
"We will certainly raise it (issue of terrorism). We will be discussing all issues, which include our recent experiences as victim of terrorism," Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told reporters here.
He was replying to a question whether the evidence unveiled in the Mumbai blasts would be discussed when Singh meets British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Finnish Prime Minister Matti... | |
| | | | Criticism shouldn't be for the sake of critcism | | Kashmir's Umar Farooq salutes Pak ruler | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, OCT. 7: Maulvi Umar Farooq, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir All-Party Huriyat Conference (APHC), has once again demonstrated his skills to speak one language in New Delhi and another beyond the borders of India. The Maulvi went all the way from his home town, Srinagar, to Washington to voice frustration, in the open, with what he termed as the "lack of movement on Kashhmir" in New Delhi as compared with the "flexibility" shown by Pakistani President, Gen. Parvez Musharaf.
It was Maulvi Umar Farooq's calculated move as he referred to his meeting with Gen. Musharraf in New York during the latter's recent stay in the city. And the Maulvi reiterated that he found... | |
| | | | India needs 15K bn for infrastructure by 2012: PM | | | |
New Delhi, Oct 7 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India needs a massive Rs 14,500 billion by 2012 to overcome infrastructure 'deficit,' a feat that requires substantial private sector participation for which he promised an independent/transparent policy and regulatory mechanism.
"In the coming weeks and months, we will be finalising the remaining elements of the policy, regulator and institutional framework for PPPs in infrastructure," he said inaugurating a conference on 'Building Infrastructure' here.
Dubbing as a 'matter of concern' the deficit in infrastructure, Singh said "our growth potential will be realised only if we can ensure that our infrastructure does not be... | |
| | | | Advani, Rajnath to meet Kalam tomorrow over Afzal | | | |
New Delhi, Oct 7 Opposed to clemency for Mohammad Afzal, facing execution in the 2001 Parliament attack, the BJP has sought an appointment with President A P J Abdul Kalam for tomorrow to request that the punishment should not be commuted to life imprisonment.
"He (Afzal) should be punished in accordance with the court orders. We have sought an appointment with the President for tomorrow. When we meet the President, we will tell him that any decision in this regard should lie in national interest," BJP chief Rajnath Singh said today.
A BJP delegation, including Singh and senior party leader L K Advani, will also submit a memorandum to the President.
Singh, who maintained that no ... | |
| | | | Air-service to Kargil- Azad taking up matter with centre | | | |
Kargil, October 07 - Interacting with representatives of Imam Khumini Memorial Trust and Islamia School Kargil, Chief Minister Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad said that every effort would be made for initiating air-service between Srinagar and Kargil during winter months and added that the matter would be taken up with concerned authorities and also with Union Civil Aviation Minister.
Responding to the demands put forth by the duo organizations, Mr. Azad said that due consideration would be given to the demands and steps taken to fulfill the feasible ones.
Chief Minister after offering Friday prayers at Kargil Eidgah, also interacted with Masjid committee and heard their development... | |
| | | | Cultural diversity growing freely makes J&K unique in world: Azad | | ‘Development of Zanskar like areas on top of agenda’ | | |
PADUM (ZANSKAR), OCTOBER 07 - Beauty of Jammu and Kashmir is the cultural diversity and rich heritage making it a miniature India, said Chief Minister Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad while addressing a huge public gathering here Saturday. Nurturing in one atmosphere and receiving the nutrition from the same soil diversities in cultural ethos make Jammu and Kashmir all the more unique and admirable globally, he maintained.
Chief Minister said that the land of sufis and saints, Jammu and Kashmir has always extended hospitality and comfortable environment to every culture to flourish in amity with other presenting a beautiful mosaic of colourful traditions living together.
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