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IAEA safeguards grant India nuclear weapons status: Pakistan
May move amendments to draft in Board meeting
Source : hindu.com | 24-Jul-2008 19:22

LoC skirmish claims soldier?s life
NEW DELHI: Pakistan-based jihadists launched fresh assaults on Indian forward positions along the Line of Control over the weekend, leading to skirmishes which have claimed the life of at least one soldier. BSF head constable Bhanwar ...
Source : hindu.com | 24-Jul-2008 19:07

India dismisses Pak talk of arms race due to N-deal
India dismissed a warning by Pakistan that the nuke deal will accelerate an atomic arms race in the sub-continent declaring there was no scope for any "nuclear weaponisation."
Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 24-Jul-2008 19:03

Interim report on wage boards submitted
NEW DELHI: Justice K. Narayana Kurup on Tuesday submitted an interim report of the two wage boards for working journalists and non-journalists in newspapers and news agencies recommending an interim relief of 30 per cent of the basic salary ...
Source : hindu.com | 24-Jul-2008 18:52

Govt to respond to SC call on Ram setu next week
The government would respond next week to the SC's suggestion for an alternative alignment off the Ram Setu for the Setusamudram project, the court was informed.
Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 24-Jul-2008 18:48

BSF jawan killed in exchange of fire
KOLKATA: A Border Security Force jawan was killed and a villager injured in intermittent exchange of fire that lasted nearly two hours between the BSF and personnel of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) across the border in West Bengal?s Malda ...
Source : hindu.com | 24-Jul-2008 18:37

No bitterness towards Left parties: Pranab
Mukherjee, however, said he did not want to be a political astrologer and comment on whether the Congress will do business with the Left parties again in the future.
Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 24-Jul-2008 18:33

23 MPs defied whip
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party suffered the maximum number of casualties during Tuesday?s trust vote, with eight of its members defying the whip. A close runner-up was the Samajwadi Party, which had six rebels. ...
Source : hindu.com | 24-Jul-2008 18:22

India, Bangladesh border forces discuss joint mechanism
Top officers from BSF and Bangladesh Riffles (BDR) held a four-day joint coordination conference in Kolkata to improve the joint border mechanism.
Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 24-Jul-2008 18:18

India begins lobbying
New Delhi: With the nuclear deal back on track, India has deployed a number of special envoys to lobby for its next two stages with countries that are members of the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors or the Nuclear ...
Source : hindu.com | 24-Jul-2008 18:07

Shiv Sena activists enter Taj, pray inside
A group of Shiv Sena activists sneaked into the Taj Mahal and performed puja within the precincts on Thursday. They were taken into custody and later released.
Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 24-Jul-2008 18:03