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| 52 terrorist training camps in Pak, PoK | | No compromise on India's sovereignty over J&K:India | | |
POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, AUG. 24: In a significant turn of events, New Delhi has taken a rigid stand against Islamabad's talk of Kashmir continuing to be a disputed territory. The Congress-led coalition government at the Centre on Thursday declared that there can be no compromise on India's sovereignty over the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Neither will there be a compromise on India's unity.
Minister of State for External Affairs, E. Ahamed, told the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour that India had not offered to Pakistan to restore Jammu and Kashmir to pre-1953 status. Ahamed divulged that Islamabad had made several proposals for resolution of the Kashmir issue. One of the proposals favoured joint management of Jammu and Kashmir by India and Pakistan.
E. Ahamed made his government's stand on J&K abundantly clear: "The State of Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India". Replying to a question, he said: "Concepts such as joint control or joint management of Jammu and Kashmir, proposed by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, cannot be the basis of a ... | |
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| Pluto loses its position as a planet | | | |
PRAGUE(Czech Republic): Leading astronomers on Thursday approved historic new guidelines under which distant Pluto is no longer defined as a planet.
After a tumultuous week of clashing over the essence of the cosmos, the International Astronomical Union stripped Pluto of the planetary status it has held since its discovery in 1930.
It is the first time that scientists have had a formal definition of what is - and is not - a planet.
Today's decision by the prestigious international group spells out the basic tests that celestial objects will have to meet before they can be considered for admission to the elite cosmic club.
For now, membership will be restricted to the eight... | |
| | | | Conference on Indian Federalism in Srinagar from tomorrow | | | | Srinagar, Aug 24 A three-day conference on ''Indian Federalism at Work'' will be held here from tomorrow.
It will be jointly organised by the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, University of Kashmir, University of Jammu and the Centre for Federal Studies, Hamdard University, New Delhi.
The conference, to be held at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) here, would bring together experts, academics and practitioners to deliberate on the complexities of India's evolving federalism.
Over 300 delegates from universities and research insitutions from across the country and some international experts are expected to take part in the conference.
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| | | | Private airlines pose threat to IAF | | Armed Forces' pilots have lucrative jobs elsewhere | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, AUG. 24: A piquant situation has arisen for the government of India, with private companies, particularly various airlines, continuing to get hold of a select group from the Armed Forces. Mandarins in the Ministry of Defence do not deny reports that private airlines have posed a threat in the form of having made available highly attractive and lucrative jobs for pilots from the three Services, particularly from the Air Force.
This phenomenon has triggered a good deal of confusion in the country's defence forces. Quite a few instances can be cited to show how this phenomenon has begun to affect the Armed Forces. In other words, at a time when Indian skies have witn... | |
| | | | Spotlights on 'national project' of J&K | | Udhampur-Baramulla rail line faces threat | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, AUG. 24: Minister for Railways, Lalu Prasad Yadav, has had quiet discussions with the Minister for Home Affairs, Shivraj Patil, on the safety of the 'national project' of Jammu and Kashmir. The project is the rail line between Udhampur in Jammu region and Baramulla in Kashmir Valley. And the threat to it persists inview of the existence in the troubled State of 'merchants of terror'.
Lalu Yadav's consultations with Shivraj Patil are, obviously, the outcome of the recomendatiuons from Parliament's standing committee on Railways. In fact, the parliamentary panel hasx highlighted the need for "adquate security cover" to ensure trouble-free construction of the rail ... | |
| | | | Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister in action | | Musharraf forced to have ailing Khan shown on TV | | | SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, AUG. 24: With the growing Pakistani public concern and consternation over the "deteriorating" health conditon of AQ Khan,Pakistan's 'national hero' and 'father of atom bomb',Gen. Parvez Musharraf was left with no choice but to have the ailing personality shown on Pakistan TV. AQ Khan appeared on the state-run station PTV on Thursday, chatting with former Prime Minister, Shujaat Hussain.
All this after more than two-and-a-half years of virtual seclusion for his (Khan's) role in a nuclear proliferation scandal. Hussain visited AQ Khan, who was visibly frail, late Wednesday, after officials had reported a day earlier that he had been diagnosed with adino ... | |
| | | | Terrorist strikes have hit tourist arrivals: Azad | | | |
Srinagar, Aug 24: Jammu and Kashmir's economy was hit after tourism was affected by militant attacks on travellers in this city last month, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said.
The terrorist strikes had hit tourist arrivals, which had been about 7,000 a day in April, May and June, Azad told a media delegation from Bangladesh here last evening.
This is the first time that such a delegation comprising editors of prominent Bangladeshi newspapers is visiting the Kashmir valley.
However, Azad expressed the hope that the people's determination would isolate militants and revive the confidence of tourists wishing to visit Jammu and Kashmir. He also informed the delegation that ... | |
| | | | ‘Self rule’ a conspiracy against J&K people | | | |
Srinagar, Aug 24 Breakaway Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani has rejected the self-rule proposal as ''a conspiracy to snatch the right of self-determination from the people of Jammu and Kashmir''.
Significantly, the Hizbul Mujahideen, the single largest indigenous militant group operating in Jammu and Kashmir, had supported the proposal, saying this could be implemented only after India and Pakistan withdrew troops from the areas of the state under their respective control.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a ruling coalition partner in Jammu and Kashmir, over the past several months had been repeatedly pressing for the implementation of the self-rule proposal on... | |
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