Thursday, February 19, 2004, Chandigarh, India
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Indo-Pak roadmap for peace
Kashmir on 8-point agenda for May-June talks
Islamabad, February 18
India and Pakistan today chalked out a timetable for the resumption of a composite dialogue at various levels in May-June next immediately after the Lok Sabha elections. The Jammu and Kashmir issue would be taken up at the level of Foreign Secretaries. A wide range of issues and confidence-building measures will be covered by the dialogue, whose progress will be reviewed by the Foreign Ministers of the two countries in August.
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Pakistan Foreign Secretary Riaz Khokhar (right) shares a light moment with his Indian counterpart, Shashank, after their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad on Wednesday. Pakistan Foreign Secretary Riaz Khokhar (right) shares a light moment with his Indian counterpart, Shashank, after their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad on Wednesday.
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Leave country or surrender, Pervez
tells militants
Pervez Musharraf
Islamabad, February 18
Stepping up pressure on foreign militants, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today asked them to leave the country or surrender and pledged not to allow them to carry out their activities against any other country.

BJP climbdown on Article 370
Venkaiah for broad consensus
M. Venkaiah Naidu
Jammu, February 18
In a climbdown from its earlier stand on abrogation of Article 370 that provides a special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Mr M. Venkaiah Naidu, BJP President, said today that it was possible only with a broad consensus.

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Field Ambika from Hoshiarpur, says
Punjab Cong
New Delhi, February 18
Ambika Soni
The Punjab Election Committee is learnt to have recommended to the Central party leadership that AICC General Secretary Ambika Soni and former minister Balram Jakhar be fielded from Hoshiarpur and Ferozepore, respectively, for the coming Lok Sabha elections.

Illegal strike is unauthorised absence: SC
New Delhi, February 18
In an important order on a labour issue, the Supreme Court has differentiated between legal and illegal strikes, saying those resorting to the latter could be punished for unauthorised absence.


Feel good? Join my party, quips Bhatti
Comedy actor Jaspal Bhatti during the launch of Feel Good Party with the famous pop singer Jassi at a press conference in the Capital on Wednesday.New Delhi, February 18
The feel-good factor of the BJP-led NDA government was reduced to the butt of ridicule today, with noted satirist Jaspal Bhatti launching the “Feel Good Party” here in the full glare of the national media.
Comedy actor Jaspal Bhatti during the launch of “Feel Good Party” with the famous pop singer Jassi at a press conference in the Capital on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal


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