India
asks Pak to create conditions for
resuming talks
NEW
DELHI, Dec 8: Asserting that
India’s Ramzan ceasefire in Kashmir
was "positive" and
"forward-looking" new idea,
India today asked Pakistan to create
conducive conditions for resumption of
the stalled bilateral dialogue through
cessation of cross-border terrorism and
hostile propaganda against it. ....more
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‘Qualitative
improvement’ on border after
ceasefire
 DEVLALI
(MAHARASHTRA), Dec 8: There is a
‘qualitative improvement’ in
the situation across the border following
declaration of unilateral ceasefire in
Jammu and Kashmir, Army Chief, General S
Padmanabhan today said. ‘Guns
are silent after a long time on the
border and there is minimal firing
now’, Padmanabhan, who attended the
tenth reunion of the regiment of
artillery here, told reporters. Earlier,
tens and thousands rounds were fired in
the Valley but now it has been
considerably reduced following the
month-long Ramzan initiative of the
Centre, the Army chief said. To a query,
he ruled out that Army had become
vulnerable following the unilateral truce
offer. ‘The situation is not as bad
as it appears to be’, Gen
Padmanabhan said. ......more
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VP, Deve
Gowda slam PM for his remarks
on
Ayodhya issue
  NEW
DELHI, Dec 8: Two former Prime
Ministers V P Singh and H D Deve Gowda
today criticised Prime Minister Atal
Behari Vajpayee for his remarks on
construction of temple at Ayodhya and
described it as a "calculated
move" to divert focus from economic
issues and derive political mileage in
Uttar Pradesh elections. Singh told
reporters that Vajpayee made the remarks
as part of "diversionary
tactics" to escape opposition attack
on Government’s economic policies
particularly on the agriculture front as
a number of farmers were facing
starvation and had even committed
suicide. He said the Prime Minister spoke
his heart out by saying that construction
of temple at Ayodhya was an expression of
national sentiment which was yet to be
realised. ......more
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