MUMBAI,
Nov 15:Stating
that troop reduction in Jammu and Kashmir was a lead
taken by the country to resolve the issue, Union Defence
Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the move however
"did not mean that we have lowered our guard or we
are off the guard"................more
Models display creations at a fashion show in Chennai on
Monday. (UNI)
NEW
DELHI, Nov 15:The atmosphere is conducive for talks between India
and Pakistan and New Delhi is giving it the "best
shot" but a "miracle" should not be
expected during the coming visit of Pakistan Prime
Minister Shaukat Aziz to the country, External Affairs
Minister K Natwar Singh said here today...............more
LONDON, Nov 15:After
having cold shouldered Home Minister
Shivraj Patil during his Kashmir visit,
the Hurriyat Conference now says it is
ready to talk to Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh during his visit to Jammu and
Kashmir this week................more
NEW DELHI, Nov
15:Communal
harmony and bonhomie marked
Eid-ul-Fitr across the country
today as Muslims offered prayers
at the end of month-long Ramzan
and greeted their Hindu brethren
who joined the
celebrations...........more
JAMMU, Nov 15:Two
civilians were gunned down and a Special
Police Officer (SPO) was seriously
injured in firing by the militants at
village Tund in Patnazi area of Kishtwar
tehsil in Doda district this evening
while a complete shutdown was observed in
Surankote town in Poonch district in
protest against alleged threats by the
Army to the
civilians.....................more
NEW DELHI, Nov 15:Striking a
delicate balance in the wake of
BJP’s stridency on Hindutva, NDA
today said it preferred a negotiated
settlement of the vexed Ayodhya issue and
declared its commitment to the
"constitutional ideal" of
secularism.............more
JAMMU, Nov 15:Dr Narendra
Kumar Bansal, former head of the Centre
for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of
Technology, New Delhi has been appointed
as new Vice-Chancellor of Shri Mata
Vaishno Devi University
(SMVD).............more
NEW DELHI, Nov 15: The National
Democratic Alliance today expressed
serious concern over the
Government’s decision to consider
Pakistan President Pervez
Musharraf’s suggestions on Jammu and
Kashmir and said the Parliament
resolution must not be
violated......................more
CHENNAI, Nov 15: Senior BJP leader
and former Human Resources Development
Minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi has been
granted permission by Tamil Nadu
Government to meet Kanchi Sankaracharya
Jayendra Saraswati, who is in central
prison at Vellore, tomorrow............more
WASHINGTON, Nov 15:In the
second major change in the run-up to US
President George W Bush’s new team,
US Secretary of State Colin Powell, a
moderate who steered the American foreign
policy during the tumultous four years
and the Iraq war, and three of his
cabinet colleagues have resigned........more
