Thursday, May 8, 2003, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Menon’s name as envoy sent
Pak suggests timeframe for talks
Islamabad, May 7
Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Muhammad Kasuri today suggested a two-month timeframe for the two countries to hold officials’ meetings followed by Foreign Minister-level talks to resolve all outstanding issues.

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 The Deputy Chief of Army staff expresses his optimism over the recent peace initiatives with Pakistan. (28k, 56k)
 Following Pakistan Prime Minister Jamali's announcement on restoration of travel links with India, people are excited. (28k, 56k)

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Mr Brajesh Mishra, National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister, arrives in New York Mr Brajesh Mishra, National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister, arrives in New York on a three-day hurricane tour. Mishra is escorted to his hotel in Manhattan by the Consul-General of India, Mr Pramathesh Rath (right). 
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Armitage in Islamabad
Jamali allays fears of Hurriyat leaders
Islamabad, May 7
US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage arrived here today for talks with Pakistani leaders on regional security and a thaw in ties between Islamabad and New Delhi, officials said.

Pakistan nukes not safe
May fall into Al-Qaida hands: book
Paris, May 7
A renowned French thinker and writer has challenged Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s claims of being in total control of his country’s nuclear arsenal, saying that there is a real risk that such weapons may find their way to terrorist organisations like the Al-Qaida.
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20 dead in J&K despite peace moves
Srinagar, May 7
Even though India and Pakistan have announced peace initiatives, stepped-up violence has claimed 20 lives in Jammu and Kashmir during the past 24 hours.

SC denies bail to Ravi Sidhu
New Delhi, May 7
Ravinder Pal Singh SidhuThe Supreme Court today denied bail to former Punjab Public Service Commission Chairman Ravinder Pal Singh Sidhu in one of the several corruption cases registered against him in connection with the job-for-money scam.

24 massacred in Tripura
Agartala, May 7
Twentyfour persons were killed and nine injured in a spate of violence in Tripura since last night and 19 of them died in a single attack, the police said.

Panel on children welfare soon
New Delhi, May 7
A National Commission for Children will be shortly set up and the Cabinet has already given its approval to it, Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi announced in the Rajya Sabha today.

Punjab page: MLA shines shoes to fund road repair
Punjab BJP chief Brij Lal Rinwa, gets his shoes shined Punjab BJP chief Brij Lal Rinwa, gets his shoes shined by his party MLA Avinash Rai Khanna, raising funds from donations for the repair of the Garhshankar- Hoshiarpur road in Garhshankar on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo Karam Singh

50,000 Pak nationals ‘missing’ in India
Had travelled by Samjhauta Express
Amritsar, May 7
Thousands of Pakistani nationals who entered India by the Samjhauta Express in the last decade have been missing posing a security risk. In 2000 alone more than 8,000 Pakistanis did not go back to their country creating a problem for intelligence and security agencies.


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