Saturday,
June 12, 2004, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Govt
may review stand on troops for Iraq
Natwar Singh meets Powell
External
Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh said on Thursday that while New Delhi had
not been asked to send troops to Iraq, such a request would “have to be
discussed by the government and the Cabinet Committee on
Security.” In video (28k,
56k)
Foreign Minister Natwar Singh
shakes hands with US Secretary of State Colin Powell at the State
Department in Washington on Thursday. — AP/PTI photo
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CPM
seeks clarification on Natwar’s remarks New Delhi, June 11
The CPM today asked the Manmohan
Singh government to clarify Foreign Minister Natwar Singh’s ambiguous
remarks about the change in situation in Iraq.
BJP
‘Cabinet’ stalks Natwar on troops to Iraq New Delhi, June 11
Immediately after deciding to have
a shadow Cabinet, the BJP today directed former External Affairs
Minister Yashwant Sinha to take on External Affairs Minister of the
United Progressive Alliance government on the issue of sending Indian
troops to Iraq. In
video (28k, 56k)
Editor’s
Column Criminals in the House The danger is collective, so is the
solution
by H.K. Dua
The
Fourteenth Lok Sabha, which was elected with much hope, has done disservice to
the country in the first session itself, disappointing the people of India who
voted for it.
Ambika is
Cong RS candidate from Punjab New Delhi, June 11
AICC General Secretary Ambika Soni was a
surprise inclusion in the list of five names finalised by the Congress for the
coming Rajya Sabha elections.
474 gastro
cases in Health Minister’s home district Hoshiarpur, June 11
As many as 474 gastroenteritis cases have
been reported from this home district of the Punjab Health Minister, Mr Ramesh
Chander Dogra.
ASI held in
custodial death case Near-total bandh in Khalra Khalra (Amritsar), June 11
Residents of the town observed a near-total
badh today even as an Assistant Sub-Inspector, Surjit Singh, was arrested in
connection with the alleged custodial death of Jaspal Singh, a farmer of Dhunna
village.
Undertrials
enjoy 5-star facilities in Amritsar jail Amritsar, June 11
In a surprise raid, the District Magistrate
and district police chief today claimed to have foiled an attempt of another
jailbreak in the high-security Amritsar Central Jail where many foreigners,
including Pakistani nationals, are lodged. Electronic gadgets, fake currency and sharp-edged instruments recovered from Amritsar Central Jail during a surprise check conducted by the District Magistrate on Friday. — Tribune
photo by Rajiv Sharma
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