Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will flag off the first train connecting central Kashmir with Srinagar during his two-day long visit to Jammu and Kashmir.
Official sources said the Prime Minister will flag off the first train from Budgam to Nowgam (the station for Srinagar) on Saturday (October 11).
Though the distance between the two stations is less, it will be for the first time that Kashmiris will see a train running in the valley.
The commercial use of the train will take some time to start, the sources said.
The Srinagar railway station is a stunning three-storeyed building which has beautifully carved wooden panelling and chandeliers and is surrounded by landscaped gardens.
During the function, the Prime Minister will be addressing people and was also likely to make some announcements regarding the Indo-Pak ties.
His visit coincides with the visit of a business delegation from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The Prime Minister, who arrived at Udhampur...
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The Prime Minister paid a visit to “Work Directions” in London today, a flagship Pathway-to-work venture providing employment support and advice to those on incapacity benefit or income support.
Accompanied by Work & Pensions Secretary of State James Purnell, the PM met staff councillors and members of the public taking part in the centre’s different programmes.
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Kyodo News reports that the Japanese government considered using GSDF destroyer to escort luxury cruise ships as they passed the pirate-infested waters near Somalia:
The sources said the Japanese cruise ships were the Asuka II of NYK Cruises Co. and the Nippon Maru of Mitsui O.S.K. Passenger Line Ltd. with some 1,600 people in total on board. Both were on an around-the- world tour and planned to pass the high seas off Somalia in late April.
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The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi reiterated yesterday that he would concentrate on five initiatives he wanted to see through in his final five months in office, viz: to table three bills in Parliament to strengthen:
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(ii) the anti-corruption enforcement;
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NEW DELHI: Friendship is my agenda, said National Security Advisor Mahmud Ali Durrani when he arrived here this evening on a five-day visit to India. Talking to media-persons he said, I have an open agenda. Friendship is my agenda.
It is a pleasure being in Delhi. I am coming here after a number of years. I look forward to my meetings in Delhi with some old friends, he said.
Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik and senior officials of the High Commission were present at the ai... more
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“I am confident that the Maldives will attain even [...]... more
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday said he will write a letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the water issue. The President said he will remind the Indian Prime Minister of the promise made by him to resolve the issue of reduced inflow of water in River Chenab at Marrala Headworks in accordance with the provisions of the Indus Water Treaty 1960.
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Condemning the multiple blasts in the Indian capital, the US Saturday rallied behind India and underlined that it “stands shoulder to shoulder” with New Delhi in the fight against terrorism.
“There is no justification for the vicious murder of innocent people. The US stands shoulder to shoulder with India in the fight against terrorism,” US ambassador to India David Mulford said in a statement here.
“The US condemns horrific acts of terrorism in New Delhi on behalf of the people a... more
HAGUE: A decision on an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is likely to come later than the widely-expected date of mid-October, the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor said on Friday.
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London - Four parliamentarians with Britain’s Labour party have challenged Prime Minister Gordon Brown for the party’s leadership, calling for internal party leadership elections a week before the annual Labour party conference.
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