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Dawood Ibrahim faces new threat Interpol in motion to prevent his 'disappearance' 8/30/2006 9:24:47 PM B L KAK NEW DELHI, AUG. 30: Islamabad's repeated denials notwithstanding, Pakistan continues to look after Dawood Ibrahim, the infamous underworld don. The government of India, according to official information, has obtained fresh evidence in this regard. It is official: New Delhi has not abandoned its efforts to get back Dawood Ibrahim, from his protectors across the country's borders. A new hope has been generated by the Interpol, with the decision to re-issue its seventh notice. The decision follows two important developments. In the first place India's premier investigating agency, the CBI, held fresh round of negotiations with Interpol on the 'safe' handing over to this side of the border of Dawood, listed in Indian official records as one among the 'most wanted' criminals. Second development flowed from the move by the United Nations to make Interpol act against the don, who has already been put on the UN's Al Qaeda/Taliban committee list. Significance is attached to Interpol's move-that is, to re-issue the seventh notice. If the Red Corner Notice is for the arr...   READ MORE

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Will Musharaf succeed in seminaries' registration? NEWS ANALYSIS 8/30/2006 9:24:26 PM B L KAK NEW DELHI: Noises in Pakistan have become louder even after the reported understanding between Islamabad and managements of madrassas. If the soldier-President, Gen. Musharraf, set the tone for registration of all seminaries, the economist-Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, worked overtime to bring about the understanding. However, Pakistan's political as well as official circles are reported to have adopted a cautious approach. Why so? One is not sure what will happen in the coming days and weeks. In fact, it remains to be seen whether the understanding reached between the government and madrassa managements will work and last. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz sounded quite hopeful aft...   READ MORE   Azhar’s release harbinger of terror in the world: Sadhotra 8/30/2006 9:19:39 PM Jammu, Aug 30 : National Conference as a party has always stood for principled politics based on strong political ideology and ethics, Provincial president for Jammu Ajay Sadhotra today said that there would be no compromise on it and national conference will never do so in the future also. Addressing a press conference Sadhotra told reporters that release of Masood Azhar the harbinger of terror in the world today by the weak kneed BJP Government on 31st December 1999 despite resistance by Dr. Farooq Abdullah the then Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister was an irreparable, what he called ‘Himalayan Blunder’ for which the entire world has to pay a price. While castigating the local BJP leadersh...   READ MORE   Differences on distribution of portfolios deepens crisis in Coalition 8/30/2006 9:18:58 PM Srinagar, August 30 Difference on distribution of portfolios has deepened crisis in Congress led Coalition Government headed by Chief Minister Gh Nabi Azad. According to proposed distribution of portfolios, Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Beig has to surrender Finance, planning and Law portfolios and the same would be gifted to Tariq Hameed Qarrah, while as Muzaffar Hussain Beig is being offered the portfolios of Housing and Urban Development and Tourism. However Beig is understood to have declined to accept the new arrangement. Meanwhile Mohd Dilawar Mir is being offered the portfolios of Agriculture and Cooperatives, while as Agriculture Minister is offered an alternative portfoli...   READ MORE   Cabinet expansion opens Pandora’s box 8/30/2006 7:11:11 PM Jammu, August 30:-Much awaited cabinet expansion carried out by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday seems to have opened a lid of Pandora’s Box. A large number of Congress legislators who were left out during the expansion are annoyed as they feel they have been neglected by the party. Significantly, Dr Manohar Lal, an MLA from Billawar and an associate member of the Congress had already disassociated himself from the Congress and withdrew his support to the party in protest. Likewise Panthers party, Peoples democratic forum are also rethinking over the issue of extending their support to the coalition government as they feel that smaller parties were given raw deal by the Chief...   READ MORE

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