Kasuri keen on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service ahead of talks
NEW DELHI, JAN. 7. The Pakistan Foreign Minister, Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, today hoped that the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service, proposed by India, would begin before the commencement of the composite dialogue in February. In a telephonic ...
Pakistan ready to discuss MFN status
ISLAMABAD, JAN. 7.In the first major policy shift after what is seen as a landmark meeting between the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, Islamabad announced today that it was ready to discuss the ...
Musharraf's decision led to `breakthrough'
NEW DELHI, JAN. 7.It was the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf's critical decision to accommodate the Indian position on "terrorism" that made possible the Islamabad "breakthrough," according to Indian sources deeply involved in the ...
The making of the `joint statement'
NEW DELHI, JAN. 7. It took six meetings between the Prime Minister's Principal Secretary and National Security Adviser, Brajesh Mishra, and the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf's principal aide, Tariq Aziz, before the Islamabad "joint ...
NDA meet today to discuss early polls
NEW DELHI, JAN. 7. A formal discussion on holding early elections to the Lok Sabha will take place tomorrow evening when the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has called a meeting of the leaders of the National Democratic Alliance at his ...
`Bhishma' handed over to Army
CHENNAI, JAN. 7.The Minister of State for Defence Production, O. Rajagopal, today handed over the first indigenously assembled T-90 S main battle tank, Bhishma, to the Chief of Army Staff, N.C. Vij. "Today is a great day in the history of the ...
Manmohan deputed for talks with DMK chief
NEW DELHI, JAN. 7. The Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, today deputed senior leader, Manmohan Singh, to initiate talks with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president, M. Karunanidhi, a move aimed at taking forward the initiative to form a pre-poll ...
PAN cards
NEW DELHI, JAN. 7. The Income Tax Department will soon appoint more agencies for issuing Permanent Account Number (PAN) cards, in addition to the services of UTI-ISL that is issuing the cards. ``Apart from the UTI, charted accountants, tax ...
Eliminate poverty: Kalam
NEW DELHI, JAN. 7. The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, today asked industry to encourage entrepreneurship to achieve a growth rate of 10 per cent to help eliminate poverty. — PTI ...
