Monthly Archives: April 2010

India, Pakistan conduct drills within shouting distance

April 11, 2010
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Indian and Pakistani militaries are conducting major war games this month virtually within shouting distance from each other. Both exercises, involving thousands of troops, aim to test offensive strategies in the event of an armed conflict with the other side and will have active participation of their respective air forces. The Indian Army will...

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China documents HR disaster in Obama’s America

April 11, 2010
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Responding to the US State Department’s Country Report on HR Practices for 2009, China has come up with its own ‘Country Reports’. It has gone unnoticed in the American mass media. Published by Information Office of the State Council, the 14-page Chinese Report delivered the US government a well-deserved dose of its own medicine. ...

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Godless Religions : Soulless Secularism

April 9, 2010
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Godless Religions : Soulless Secularism

Prof Surinder  Bhatnagar All ills, social or individual, stem from our ignorance of the purpose of our own existence. They stem also from our insistence that every body should think as I think- feel as I feel and act as I act. In short we all wish to create the world of our own...

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India-U.S. Financial and Economic Partnership Launched

April 7, 2010
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India and the United States launched the “India-U.S. Financial and Economic Partnership,” in New Delhi on Tuesday to help ease the entry of foreign capital into both countries. The initiative is aimed at encouraging more trade, investment and job creation by improving macroeconomic policy, financial sector reforms and infrastructure financing. Specific details of the...

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TTP may turn to ‘soft’ targets after the ‘successful’ Peshawar strike

April 6, 2010
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TTP may turn to ‘soft’ targets after the ‘successful’ Peshawar strike

The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) which has claimed responsibility for the April 5 attack on Peshawar’s American Consulate used two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) according to Stratfor. The militants targeted the main vehicle checkpoint leading into the consular compound. A total of nine people, including the attackers, died in the attack. No Americans were...

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Pak allows forign missions to have own security

April 6, 2010
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Responding to concerns expressed by Western diplomats about their security, the Pakistan government has quietly allowed them to employ their own nationals for their security, the Dawn reported April 6. A number of foreign missions have also been permitted to bring in advanced security gadgets. Hitherto diplomats protection was undertaken by Police who have...

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Pakistan Army plans largest exercise since ’98

April 6, 2010
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Islamabad:  The Pakistan Army will conduct a major field exercise from Saturday. Code-named Azm-i-Nau 3, it will be the largest since the Zarb-i-Momin war-games conducted in 1989. The ongoing PAF’s exercise High Mark 2010 will be fully integrated with the army field exercise which will continue till May 13. Director General of Military Training...

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US, EU differ over Pak role in Afghanistan but agree on LeT threat

April 5, 2010
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US, EU differ over Pak role in Afghanistan but agree on LeT threat

The United States and its European allies have developed differences over Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan particularly in the wake of arrest of Mullah Baradar and some other Taliban leaders in Karachi but there is agreement that the Lashkar-e-Taiba is emerging as the terror outfit No. 1. US coordinator for counter terrorism Daniel Benjamin has...

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India is counting heads

April 5, 2010
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New Delhi, April 5: Though it was kick-started on the April Fools Day just under week, there is no fooling around the head count that is underway across India’s   630,000 plus villages and 5,000 towns and cities from tin shanties to skyscrapers. Nearly 25 lakh enumerators, mostly drawn from local government agencies and school...

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