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| WAR ON TERROR | | India keeps all options open | | |
AGENCIES
NEW DELHI: In what may add gist to speculation about India mounting a military offensive against Pakistan, foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee has
again warned that New Delhi will consider all options to protect its interest and people if Islamabad fails to keep its promises.
Addressing a seminar on South Asia at Gangtok in Sikkim on Friday, Mukherjee, who has been repeatedly suggesting that India's patience is running out, said that it was time now to fine-tune India's priorities "in the face of the gravest of provocations''.
Mukherjee was scathing in his comments about Pakistan as he emphasized the extent to which terrorists have spread their network as manifested by the Mumbai attacks. "The repeated appeals that we have made to our neighbours over the years to ensure that they do not provide any support to terrorist activities and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure have been ignored, despite assurances given by them. If a country cannot keep the assurances that it has given, then it obliges us to consider the entire range of options that exist, to protec... | |
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| There may be air strike: Report | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Dec 20: Top Indian officials, including External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Defence Minister AK Antony, have repeatedly said that India was not considering any military action against Pakistan in the wake of Mumbai terror attacks. However, a report has claimed that India could well launch air strikes in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as well as other places in the neighbouring country.
Global intelligence service Stratfor said in a report: “Indian military operations against targets in Pakistan have in fact been prepared and await the signal to go forward.”
The report came amid remarks by Pranab Mukherjee that India was obliged to "consider the entire ra... | |
| | | | If only they win! | | Assembly Hall will be most interesting place | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 20: Doubting winning prospects of any of the three former Chief Ministers, presidents of leading political parties or other heavy weights may be seen as contempt by their cadre but forthcoming legislative assembly will have the egos of many a veterans cut to size when they are voted to sit either on opposition benches or the last seat on treasury benches –if all of them win.
There has to be only Chief Minister. The campaign trail and the polling trends suggest he can be either of Farooq Abdullah or Mufti Mohammad Sayeed or Ghulam Nabi Azad or Omar Abdullah or she can be Mehbooba Mufti. One of them occupying the first seat in front row towards right side of t... | |
| | | | Jammu East: ‘Powerhouse’ of winter capital too has problems of power, water, sanitation | | | |
RAMAN SHARMA
Jammu, Dec 20: Jammu East is perhaps one of the most prestigious constituencies going to polls in last phase of elections. May it be politics, culture, religion or bureaucracy, Jammu East is the nerve center. This constituency is home to the hallmarks of power –the Legislative Assembly Complex, the Civil Secretariat, the Raj Bhawan, official residence of the Chief Minister and several Ministers, legislatures’ hostel, residences of top bureaucrats and the symbols of cultural identity of the region like the Raghunath Temple, the Palace and the Mubarak Mandi heritage complex are to name a few.
Expectations, therefore, are high but the problems are common –power, water and s... | |
| | | | Before campaign ends, Jammu brimming with slogans | | Sonia arriving today, Advani seeks ‘decisive’ vote for Jammu | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 20: Just two days have left for the campaign for last phase of ongoing elections to end and the winter capital city of Jammu as also its adjoining areas have become a hub of hot political activity, a landing ground for top leaders and a laboratory for new and innovative slogans.
One after the other top leaders of various political parties are landing in the town as campaigning intensifies in 13 constituencies of Jammu and Samba districts before it ends for the polling on December 24. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate LK Advani today addressed a public meeting here despite incessant raining throughout the day. Tomo... | |
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