Nepal
army chief accorded reception
New
Delhi: Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) chief General Pyar
Jung Thapa was today accorded a ceremonial reception amidst
fears of a spill over of the continuing Maoist violence
in the Himalayan kingdom. Thapa, who was the chief guest
at the passing out parade of prestigious National Defence
Academy, held in Pune yesterday, is on a three-day official
visit to the country. He is expected to chalk out a joint
plan between RNA and Indian Army to fight the growing Maoist
violence in the Himalayan kingdom, though there is no official
confirmation about it.
Pak
election chief calls on Indian CEC (Go
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New
Delhi: Pakistan election chief Irshad Khan today met
his Indian counterpart, Chief Election Commissioner TS Krishnamurthy
in New Delhi. Khan, a former chief justice of Pakistan,
presented a report on Pakistan's 2002 general elections
to Krishnamurthy. Opposition parties in Pakistan have often
alleged that there was high level rigging during the last
elections at the behest of the military rulers, and the
polls were merely an eyewash.
Tibetans
appeal to China to stop Delek's execution (Go
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Dharamsala:
With just two days left for the execution of Tibetan
activist Tenzin Delek in China, Tibetans-in- exile have
launched agitation of various hues to save him. A Chinese
court in 2002 had sentenced Delek and another monk, Lobsang
Dhondup, to death on charges of detonating bombs in the
south-west of the country, for illegally possessing arms
and for promoting Tibetan independence. While Dhondup was
hanged in January 2003, Delek's death sentence was suspended
for two years. He is to be executed on December 2. Born
in November 1950, Delek is considered to be the incarnation
of a former Lama. He is hugely revered and respected by
the Tibetans. The Tibetans-in-exile staying in Dharamsala
said the Chinese government had not given a fair trial to
Delek. Hundreds of them under the aegis of Tibetan Youth
Congress organised a music concert in Dharamsala to voice
their protest against the execution. Hundreds of Tibetan
artists from various Tibetan organisations and schools sang
and played instrumental music for the early release of Delek.
Tenzin Tsendue, an activist, said the concert aimed to bring
all the voices together. "The effort in holding this music
concert is to bring as many voices, as many support together.
Today we have more than 2000 people coming together for
one evening and coming together to raise their voice to
support Tenzin Delek," said Tsendue.
Army
destroys militant hideouts in Manipur (Go
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by Gaurav Srivastava
Imphal:
Indian troops have destroyed a large number of rebel
camps in Manipur, as part of a four-week operation to flush
out underground militants from the mountainous region. The
operations were concentrated in the districts of Jiribam,
Chandel, Churachandpur and Bishanpur districts, forcing
rebel militants to run one place to another in search of
hideout. The army also seized a training ground and firing
range during the the operation.
India
does a Pak, testfires Akash (Go
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Chandipur
on Sea (Orissa): A day after Pakistan testfired its
third surface-to-surface Ghazanvi missile, India testfired
'Akash', its indigenously built surface-to-air-missile.
DRDO sources said that the multi-target missile was fired
from a mobile launcher at about 11.57 a.m. from the integrated
test range (ITR) at Chandipur-On-Sea. The missile was test-fired
for the second time in four days, the last firing taking
place on November 26.
Lalu
launches Rs.4,500 'Village on Wheels' (Go
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Patna:
Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday
launched a new special train that will take passengers to
ten different pilgrim centres across the country for just
Rs 4,500. The Railways would not only make the passengers
criss-cross the country for Rs 4,500, but also arrange for
their food and accommodation. "We are happy about the train.
But we will get to know about the facilities provided by
the Railways only after we return from the trip," said a
pilgrim. Though the Railways are planning to start seven
such special trains from different locations, the first
Bharat Darshan special was flagged off by the Rail Minister
from Patna.
