More cross border CBMs are on the cards, No breakthrough on Siachen yet
After day long marathon meetings between the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan, and Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjees meetings with Nawaz Sharif, Asif Ali Zardari and Asfayandar Wali Khan, both countries reportedly are very close to signing an agreement on cross border trade, which may include the opening of the road between Kargil and Skardu, increasing the frequency of buses plying between the two Kashmirs, the launch of a bilateral postal service and also the launch of an ambitious helicopter service between Muzaffarabad and Srinagar. ANI
Sanctity of LoC ceasefire will be respected, say India, Pak Foreign Secretaries
Foreign Secretaries Salman Bashir (Pakistan) and Shiv Shankar Menon (India) and their respective delegations today discussed the recent cease-fire violations along the Line of Control (LoC), and reiterated that both countries respected the sanctity of the cease-fire reached on November 25, 2003. ANI
India, Pak Foreign Secretaries discuss LoC truce violations
Foreign Secretaries Salman Bashir (Pakistan) and Shiv Shankar Menon (India) and their respective delegations today discussed the recent cease-fire violations along the Line of Control (LoC), and reiterated that both countries respected the sanctity of the cease-fire reached on November 25, 2003. ANI
Pakistan offers to share nuke technology with Bangladesh
Pakistan has offered to help Bangladesh with the latters proposed first nuclear power reactor. ANI
PPP sends draft constitutional package to Presidency
The Pakistan Peoples Party Tuesday dispatched a draft of the Constitutional package to the Aiwan-e-Sadr, the official residence of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, for his review and approval. ANI
Pak armed forces to remain in tribal areas: Malik
The Pakistan Prime Ministers Advisor on Interior Affairs, Rehman Malik, on Tuesday said that the countrys armed forces would not be withdrawn from the volatile tribal areas until peace is fully restored there. ANI
China earthquake toll surpasses 40,000
The death toll from last weeks earthquake in south-west China has climbed to 40,075, according to sources. ANI
Nepal Maoist leader to meet Naxal groups in Kolkata
Nepal Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai is planning to visit Kolkata in June to meet Naxal groups. ANI
`India, Pakistan need to fight terror collectively, says Mukherjee
Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that terrorism could only be countered if all affected parties confronted it collectively. ANI
Resolving sacked judiciary issue is the key to ending impasse in Pak: Sharif
Pakistan Muslim League-N chief and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif believes that reinstating the judges who were sacked by President General Pervez Musharraf on November 3, 2007, would ensure the resolution of the countrys other problems. ANI
Roadside bomb wounds 10 in Kohat
At least ten people were wounded by a roadside bomb blast in the garrison town of Kohat in Pakistans North West Frontier Province on Tuesday. ANI
Conflicting signals in Pak over future of composite dialogue
Conflicting signals are quite visible here over the future of the bilateral composite dialogue between India and Pakistan. ANI
Mukherjee arrives in Pakistan for talks
Indias External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has arrived in the Pakistan capital for talks with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday. ANI
Musharraf must not be equated with Pak, nor Pak with him: Nawaz
Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said that the PPP-led coalition government must emerge out from the shadow of Pakistan President Musharraf, who, according to him, had dominated Pakistan and its relationship with the US for too long. ANI
Worlds first pregnant man is desperate for some man-ternity clothes!
He is happy and content with being the worlds first pregnant man but when it comes to man-ternity clothes things get a bit dicey for Thomas Beatie, who is just over six weeks away from giving birth. ANI
Plans to turn The Sound of Music home into hotel raises a stink
Plans to make a hotel out of a former home of the von Trapp family immortalized in the 1960s film The Sound of Music have fuelled fierce resistance from neighbours, who fear that the move will see the area flooded by tourists. ANI
Cherie feels disappointed by criticism over her autobiography
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blairs wife Cherie Blair has expressed disappointment over the storm of criticism stemming from the publication of excerpts of her autobiography Speaking For Myself. ANI
Pet owner turns dead cat into black diamond ring!
A British woman left distressed over the death of her pet cat has turned him into a one-third-of-a-carat black diamond with the help of a U.S. firm. ANI
Hungry man in a hurry rams Merc into curry house!
It was certainly a thrust of hunger, when a man drove his car right into a curry house smashing it through the front entrance of a restaurant. ANI
Musharrafs nod can assure 2/3rd Parliamentary majority to Zardari sans Nawaz
The PPP-led coalition government in Islamabad sans the PML-N, which walked out last Monday, will be able to sail through and get the constitutional package as the 18th Amendment passed in the Parliament, only with the crucial support of the erstwhile ruling party the PML-Q, having its affiliation to President Pervez Musharraf. ANI
Archaeologists find 238-yr-old Spanish shipwreck in Chile
A private archaeological excavation firm has discovered the remains of a 238-year-old shipwrecked Spanish galleon on the coast near the Chilean town of Curepto, located in Chiles Region VII. ANI
Maoists distribute seized land to squatters in Nepal
The Maoist cadres in Nepal have started distributing the land which they seized during insurgency to the families of freed kamaiya (bonded laborer) and landless squatters in Kailali District. ANI
Two million Britons emigrate in 10 years
Two million British citizens have left the UK in the last decade, and new figures suggest that this is the greatest exodus from the country in almost a century. ANI
400 Indian delegates to attend 3-day peace moot in Pak from Sat
At least 400 Indian delegates are likely to pass through the Wagah Border on Friday to participate in the Eighth Joint Convention of Indo-Pak Peoples Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD), in Peshawar from May 24 to 27. ANI
Huge phone, e-mail database may see UK turn into a `Big Brother state
The British Home Office is reported to have sounded out telecommunication firms and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) about creating a huge database on every phone call, e-mail and time spent on the internet by the public. ANI
Pak military searching for key Taliban trainers killing evidence
security forces. ANI
Anti-Neo-Nazi hotline created in Germany
Germany has created a neo-Nazi hotline and website for parents who are worried about their children getting attracted to far-right extremists. ANI
Dungeon dad cries himself to sleep
Austrian incest beast Josef Fritzl cries himself to sleep in prison, it has emerged. ANI
Elisabeth Fritzl to speak about cellar hell in TV interview
Austrian incest victim Elisabeth Fritzl held captive and sexually abused by her father for 24 years, is set to give her first televised interview revealing details of her cellar nightmare. ANI
Gangajal fallout sees Karachites taking law into their own hands
With the recent increase in the incidents of people setting robbers afire publicly or beating them to death, it is believed that Bollywood film Gangajal has cast a long lasting impression on the Pakistani populace. ANI
Obama tells Republicans to lay off his wife
Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama has warned Republicans not to hit on his wife Michelle, and to lay off her. ANI
Pak PM says no pressure from Presidency to restore sacked judges
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that there was no pressure from the Presidency to restore the sacked judges, and that the constitutional experts were working towards chalking out a formula for reinstating the sacked judges. ANI
Political parties still at odds over power-sharing in Nepal
Major political parties have not made any progress toward power-sharing in the formation of new government in Nepal. ANI
Paparazzo injures guard at dungeon familys hospital
The Austrian hospital, where the family of incest fiend Josef Fritzl is being treated, will be guarded by security officers in teams of two and a police dog. Such a move has been made after a guard was severely injured by a paparazzo photographer and had to be treated in hospital. ANI
Indian-born woman to get Asian Woman Achievement Award
An Indian-born woman is among the chosen few to be selected for the 2008 Asian Women of Achievement award. ANI
Resolution for reinstating pro-Musharraf judges being drafted
Top officials in the Pakistan Prime Minister Office are said to be preparing a draft resolution for the reinstatement of the deposed judges acceptable to President Pervez Musharraf. ANI
Rocket attacks on Peshawar govt officials residences, no damage
Two rockets were fired at the residences of an intelligence official and a WADPA (Water and Power Development Authority) official last evening, though no loss of life and property was reported. ANI
Sikh doc tops child heath diploma exam in Pak
Dr Mimpal Singh has become the first Pakistani Sikh not only to successfully pass the examination of Diploma in Child Health (DCH), but also topped the examination conducted by the Services Institute of Medical Sciences. ANI
Ex-Army pals plan sit-in dharna to force Musharraf to vacate Army House
Former top Pakistani army generals who were once close pals of President Pervez Musharraf, have reportedly planned a protest march and a sit-in dharna outside the Army House in Rawalpindi to force Musharraf vacate it for the new Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. ANI
Indo-Pakistan Foreign Secretaries meet today
Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and his Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir will meet here today ahead of talks between Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday. ANI
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