Musharraf ready for unconditional talks with India: Almaty conference begins today
ALMATY, June 3: President Pervez Musharraf said here on Monday that he was ready for “unconditional” dialogue with Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee with a view to defusing border tensions....
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Delhi sees no chance of N-weapons use
NEW DELHI, June 3: India said on Monday that it was confident that neither New Delhi nor Islamabad would use nuclear weapons to attack each other even as China’s official news...
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Senators slam US for ignoring Kashmir
NEW YORK, June 3: As the US envoys get ready to fly to India and Pakistan in a bid to prevent a war over Kashmir, the American lawmakers said on Sunday...
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Pakistan to pay $1.8m to India: Provision of water data
ISLAMABAD, June 3: Pakistan will pay to India an amount of $1.8 million as “data transmission charges” during the upcoming season for advance flood forecast and daily information supply on river...
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Israel starts new settlement
TEL AVIV, June 3: Israel began work on a new Jewish settlement in occupied Al Quds on Monday....
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Indian official says attack plan ready: Defence ministry plays down report
NEW DELHI, June 3: The India military categorically ruled out on Monday the use of nuclear weapons in case of war with Pakistan....
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Honour killings unjustified: SC
ISLAMABAD, June 3: The Supreme Court has held that honour killings could not be justified on any ground, especially the killing of those family members of the accused who have no...
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Internet service restored
SRINAGAR, June 3: Indian authorities have restored Internet services in occupied Kashmir five months after they were withdrawn to stop Mujahideen from communicating with each other....
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US envoy calls for cooler heads
SOFIA, June 3: The US ambassador to the United Nations, John Negroponte, called on Monday for “cooler heads” to take a lead in calming the crisis between Pakistan and India....
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Lone’s son inducted into APHC body
NEW DELHI, June 3: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) on Monday formally inducted Bilal Lone, son of assassinated Hurriyat leader Abdul Ghani Lone, into the group’s seven-member executive council. Bilal is...
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Nine more die in border shelling
SIALKOT, June 3: Three more villagers died in heavy Indian artillery and mortar shelling on the villages along the Working Boundary, and air-raid sirens were sounded and a blackout was observed...
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Armitage leaves for S. Asian visit today
WASHINGTON, June 3: United States Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage, who is due to leave Washington on Tuesday for a hurriedly-arranged visit to Pakistan and India, on Monday described the situation in...
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