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| J&K terrorists receive aid from across LoC | | Pakistan hasn't dismantled terrorist training camps: Patil | | |
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NEW DELHI, AUG. 23: Union Minister of Home Affairs, Shivraj Patil, on Wednesday came down heavily on Pakistan for its unwillingness to dismantle the terror infrastructure on its soil. Pakistan's intelligence agency, ISI, Patil claimed, is still providing guidance and logistical support to terrorist outfits like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which have been active on Indian soil.
The Home Minister made it abundantly clear in the Rajya Sabha that information about the existence of terrorist training camps was passed on to Islamabad during the Home Secretary-level talks betwen the two countries. But the government of India had not received any information on dismantling of terrorist training camps, Patgil said in reply to supplementaries during Question Hour. He regretted: "Results have not been satisfactory".
The Home Minister said: "Available inputs indicate Pakistan's ISI continues to remunerate terrorists for attacks on security forces and political leaders. The serial grenade attacks on April 14 and July 11, 2006 in Srinagar city and killing of tourists are ... | |
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| Saniia 'Abdullah' is in the field | | Furious Omar Abdullah not to offer shield | | |
B L KAK
NEW DELHI, AUG. 23: An unknown female has become a problem for the known male. The unknown female is Sania 'Abdullah'. And the known male is Omar Abdullah, sitting member of the Lok Sabha and president of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference.
Omar Abdullah is not impulsive like his father, Farooq Abdullah. However, the reported claim by Saniia 'Abdullah' that she is Omar Abdullah's cousin and Farooq Abdullah's niece has virtually prompted young Abdullah to run fast and furious. "No, we are not related in any way", Omar Abdullah has been quoted as asserting.
The tale, as told by a multi-edition English daily on Wednesday, runs thus: After entering Bollywood ... | |
| | | | PM's income 57 paise per minute | | President Kalam's per minute income is Rs 1.14 | | |
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NEW DELHI, AUG. 23: The Shiv Sena has for a change offered purely non-political, non-communal data in relation to the per minute income of a group of India's celebrities and VIPs. The Shiv Sena supremo, Bal Thackeray, was reported to have gone through the details before they were printed and published by Saamna. This publication from Mumbai needs no introduction, for it is the mouthpiece of the Shiv Sena.
If the figures made available by the Shiv Sena publication were to be believed, India's two highest constitutional personalities-- President, APJ Abdul Kalam, and Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh-- are paupers compared to some of the riches persons in the country. It ... | |
| | | | SIKHS protest JAIPUR incident | | | |
Jammu,August 23 : Several hundred Sikh youths staged demonstration in Jammu on Wednesday in protest against cutting of hair of a Sikh student in a school in Rajasthan.
The protest demonstration was organised by Deshmesh
youth organisation.The protesters set ablaze truck
tyres while giving vent to their anger. The agitating persons were demanding speedy action against those students who had
committed the sacrilege.
The protesters went into a procession shouting
slogans against the Rajasthan Government for not
arresting the "criminals."Hardeep Singh
Khalsa,president of the organisation said "we demand
immediate action against the guilty students."
Gurpreet Singh and Amrit ... | |
| | | | 15 KILLED, 30 INJURED as bus skids off | | | |
Jammu,August 23 : At least fifteen passengers died while 30 others were injured in a road accident when their bus skid off the road and rolled down a deep gorge near Sain Gaji in Darhal in Rajouri district on Wednesday morning
Fourteen injured were airlifted to Jammu medical college while others were undergoing treatment at Rajouri.The condition of atleast four passengers was stated to be critical till the
time of filing the report.
Senior Superintendent of Police Rajouri Farooq Khan
said," fifteen passengers including two women died and atleast 30
others were injured when ill fated bus rolled down near Sain Gaji in Darhal Wednesday morning".
The bus was on its way from Da... | |
| | | | India has furnished terror details to Pak: Patil | | | | New Delhi, August 23
Pakistan has been furnished with details of terrorist activity in India by Islamabad-backed groups, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
"Some information has been given and some information is not complete," Home Minister Shivraj Patil said during question hour in the Rajya Sabha.
At the same time, Patil said India had no information about the dismantling of terror camps in Pakistan -- as Islamabad often claimed it is doing.
His statement came in response to a supplementary from former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on how India was sharing evidence of the activities of the terror group with Pakistan.
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| | | | India rules out extreme action against Pakistan | | | |
New Delhi, Aug 23 India today ruled out any extreme action against Pakistan in the wake of recent spurt in terrorist activities, saying that as a mature democracy, it would rather try to resolve the tension with the neighbour than escalate it.
It, has, however, conveyed to Pakistan in clear terms that good relations with the country were conditional on the stoppage of terrorist acts, Home Minister Shivraj Patil told the Rajya Sabha.
He also said that despite Pakistan's consistent denial of any hand in terrorist activities in India and promise to check its sources on its land if any, there were no results and no signs of dismantling of terrorist camps operating from there.
The Ho... | |
| | | | DSM Anti-Infectives launches ‘Purimox’ in Asia-Pacific | | | |
Toansa (Punjab) | August 23
Global leader DSM Anti-Infectives
today announced the launch of its breakthrough technology in India, in succession to its first production facility in Spain with the introduction
of Purimox an antibiotic with highest purity. Speaking on the occasion of
the introduction of Purimox, Mr. Gerard De Reuver, President, DSM
Anti-Infectives said, "We have a long-term commitment to India. DSM is proud
to be in India, a country that has recognized the value and importance of a
strong biomedical and pharmaceutical industry. We will follow DSM's inherent
commitment to its relentless pursuit of scientific excellence and
innovation. India, over the years has b... | |
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