Wednesday,
June 23, 2004, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Return
to basics, BJP chief tells party cadre
No question of being apologetic about
Hindutva Mumbai, June 22
It is back to basics for the BJP with
its president, Mr M Venkaiah Naidu, today calling upon the cadres to
rededicate themselves to the party “ideology and idealism” and charged
the Congress-led UPA Government of indulging in “competitive
pseudo-secularism” which is dangerous for national security. In video (28k,
56k)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee lights the lamp to begin the proceedings of the three-day BJP National Executive in Mumbai on Tuesday. Also seen are Mr L.K. Advani, Mr Gopinath Munde and Mr Venkaiah Naidu.
— Tribune photo by Mohan Bane
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Asian nations adopt 13-point programme on cooperation New Delhi, June 22
The 22-member Asia cooperation
dialogue today decided to intensify cooperation among themselves in a
big way to take Asia’s economic integration to the next level, make
travel into and within Asia easier and bridge the divide within Asia and
between Asia and the world.
Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh (right) chats with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao before the opening ceremony of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
in the port city of Qingdao, in east China’s Shandong province on Tuesday.
— AP/ PTI photo
Managing
OK report no problem Taking samples to check
adulteration Chandigarh, June 22
Revealing an astonishing case,
Punjab Health Minister, Romesh Chander Dogra stated in the Punjab
Assembly today that a raiding party took a sample of “petrol” to
check adulteration.
MDMK
will not join UPA govt, says Vaiko
Chennai, June 22
Marumalarchi DMK General Secretary
Vaiko today ruled out his party joining the Congress-led United
Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre. In video (28k,
56k)
Pistol
in parcel sent to Kalam New Delhi, June 22
Officials in Rashtrapati Bhavan
went into a tizzy this morning after a parcel which was addressed to
President APJ Abdul Kalam was found containing a pistol, a cartridge and
suspected explosive.
RAF
to train IAF pilots in Wales New Delhi, June 22
Come July and the Indian Air Force
will embark on a path-breaking experiment to shape its trainee pilots in
a foreign land for the coming four years. As a part of the £ 795
million contract for Advanced Jet Trainers, signed with the British
Government and the BAE Systems, manufacturers of Hawks, IAF trainee
pilots will be sent to the Royal Air Force Valley from July to be a part
of rigours and challenge which UK pilots have been facing for years.
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