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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2004
 

NEWS UPDATE 20.15 IST

11 soldiers killed in Kashmir blast

SRINAGAR Eleven soldiers were killed in a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in South Kashmir last night, official sources said today. ....more

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flanked by Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Commerce Minister Kamal Nath at the Prime Minister's Council on Trade and Industry meeting in New Delhi on Saturday.(UNI)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flanked by Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Commerce Minister Kamal Nath at the Prime Minister's Council on Trade and Industry meeting in New Delhi on Saturday.(UNI)

Govt to regain investors confidence: Manmohan

NEW DELHI, Dec 4: Terming the decline in investment, particularly from private sector as a "distressing feature" of the economy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today committed to recreate policy and political environment to boost investor confidence for increased private investment......................more

Beyond the Line of Control-II
Ideas, formulas, discord and hope

By Pushp Saraf

Both Mirpur and Muzaffara-bad evoke sentimental memories in our part of the State. Apart from the past association, more than 20,000 refugees from the border areas of the Valley who are presently living in migrant camps in Muzaffarabad provide a current link. They have been driven away by shelling and in some cases by the alleged atrocities by the security forces. It appears that their lodging has improved a little compared to what it was what I had seen five years ago with a bitter Abdul Ghani Lone criticising Pakistan for not doing enough. The migrant students have also been given some reservation in professional institutions. This does not mean that they are happy. Being away from home is a trauma they are suffering.......................more

Musharraf thrashing out deal with Bhutto, Sharif

ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan Peoples Party are currently negotiating a "deal" or "formula" for power sharing, a leading Pakistani newspaper said today.................more

Moscow favours veto powers for India: Putin

NEW DELHI, Dec 4: Russian President Vladimir Putin today made it clear that Moscow fully favours veto powers for India as a new member of the UN Security Council, rejecting news reports that conveyed the opposite view. The Indian media reports on his comments made yesterday "does not correspond to the Russian stand", Putin told reporters here................more

Ex-Pak Defence officials in India with peace message

NEW DELHI, Dec 4: They may have fought wars with India in the past, but these retired Pakistani defence officials have come to India with a message of peace, urging for early normalisation of relations between the two nations......................more

IKA conclave extols Maharaja's state subject law
No to violence, division; yes to dialogue, peace

From Ahmed Ali Fayyaz

TORONTO, Dec 4: With different speakers expressing diverse opinions with regard to the resolution of the Kashmir crisis, the second International Kashmir Conference of the International Kashmir Alliance (IKA) dismissed all solutions based on division of the State on communal, linguistic and regional lines. It also rejected all kinds of violence and military solutions to the problem............more

Pak okays Amritsar-Lahore bus

PATIALA, Dec 4: Islamabad has in principle agreed to start a bus service between Amritsar and Lahore and now it is up to New Delhi to make the next move, Pakistan’s Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi has said...............more

Cong for action in fake surrender

NEW DELHI, Dec 4: Congress today demanded stern action against those involved in allegedly luring away 27 innocent persons in Jammu and Kashmir to pose as militants for getting jobs as surrendered militants................more

NHPC engineer released

NEW DELHI, Dec 4: After a fortnight in captivity, NHPC engineer T Mandal was released by his kidnappers last evening and he reached his home here "safe and sound" today.................more

Standoff in Kulgam mosque

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 4: Three militants including a Pakistani and two locals were holed up in a mosque at village Bhan in Kulgam area of Anantnag district following a search operation by security forces..............more

Bush hopes for peaceful solution to problem between India, Pak......



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