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'Agreement on
Joint Mechanism
single biggest achievement'
K J M Varma
Islamabad : Terming setting up
of the joint anti-terror mechanism as the
"single biggest achievement" of
the Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary-level
talks, Pakistan today said the two sides
could pre-empt terror incidents through
intelligence sharing......more
Snowfall
in upper reaches of Kashmir valley
SRINAGAR,: Upper reaches of
the Kashmir valley, including the resort
town of Gulmarg, received fresh spell of
snow while incessant rains lashed the
plains as winter tightened its grip over
the state......more
Barriers
to free-market be removed in J&K:
Sayeed
NEW YORK, Nov 16: Barriers to
globalisation and free market should be
removed in Kashmir, easy movement of
people and goods allowed across the
dividing line and liberty to go along
traditional routes restored,.....more

Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon
addressing a press conference after a
brief meeting with his Pakistani
counterpart Riaz Mohammad Khan in New
Delhi on Wednesday. (UNI)
India, Pakistan
agree to set up joint anti-terror
mechanism
NEW DELHI, Nov
15:
Resuming the derailed dialogue process,
India and Pakistan today agreed to set up
a joint anti-terror mechanism but made
little headway on Siachen......more
Decisions
at a glance
Following
are the decisions taken at the two-day
Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary level talks
that ended today:
1) They
agreed to set up a 3-member anti-terror
mechanism to be headed by Additional
Secretary (international organisations)
from the Ministry of External Affairs of
India and the Additional Secretary
(UN&EC) from Pakistans Ministry
of Foreign Affairs. Its mandate would be
to consider counter terrorism measures,
inculding through the regular and timely
sharing of information. .........more
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