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Pritam Rohila <asiapeace@comcast.net> Jan 14 08:07PM -0800 ^
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January 15, 2010: Peace & Harmony News from S. Asia
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IN THIS ISSUE
*No aggressive designs on Pakistan: India, Indo Asian News, January
15, 2010
*Cross-LOC trade: FCIK, CCI want more routes open, KT News, January
15, 2010
*Pak: NA adopts legal aid bill for poor DAWN | January 14, 2010
*India, BD to establish power link THE HINDU | January 14, 2010
*Nepal Home Minister to visit India KANTIPUR | January 14, 2010
*India: Kendriya Vidyalayas set weight limits on schoolbags, TNN, 15
January 2010
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*No aggressive designs on Pakistan: India, Indo Asian News, January
15, 2010
http://www.greaterkashmir.com/today/full_story.asp?Date=15_1_2010&ItemID=70&cat=1
New Delhi, Jan 14: Ruling out any Indian threat to Pakistan, Foreign
Secretary Nirupama Rao Thursday (said)…"We have reiterated a number of
times that we harbour no aggressive designs on Pakistan," she added.
"Pakistan's concerns of the perceived threat in the east and on Indian
activities in Afghanistan need to be unequivocally rebutted," Rao said
at the launch of the India Initiative of the Centre for a New American
Security and the ASPEN Institute India…
*Cross-LOC trade: FCIK, CCI want more routes open, KT News, January
15, 2010
http://www.kashmirtimes.com/
JAMMU, Jan 13: Probably for the first time after the Amarnath land
row, trade bodies of Jammu and Kashmir regions today jointly urged
Jammu and Kashmir government for opening traditional trading routes of
Nowshera-Mirpur and Pallanwala–Bhimber for strengthening trade ties
across line of control with Pakistan administered Kashmir (PAK)…
*Pak: NA adopts legal aid bill for poor DAWN | January 14, 2010
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=631580&category=Frontend&Country=PAKISTAN
ISLAMABAD: The government snatched time from a tense National Assembly
on Wednesday to rush through it a highly desirable bill to provide for
free legal aid to indigent people, after some divisive opposition
fireworks blocked a debate on Karachi violence for another day. As the
house passed the first bill of the new year with a majority vote,
after rejecting several opposition amendments, the government promised
to bring another public interest legislation within this or the next
week to check the so-called "land mafia"…
*India, BD to establish power link THE HINDU | January 14, 2010
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=631526&category=frontend&Country=main&pro=0
NEW DELHI: India and Bangladesh have given a final shape to the
agreement for setting up a 130-km power transmission link to be
established at a cost of Rs. 882 crore further strengthening
cooperation between the two nations in the power sector…Power Grid
Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) would invest Rs. 178 crore while
the balance would be borne by Bangladesh...
*Nepal Home Minister to visit India KANTIPUR | January 14, 2010
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=631598&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
KATHMANDU: Minister Bhim Rawal is embarking on a four-day official
visit to India starting January 18. Speaking at the meeting of
Legislature-Parliament in Kathmandu today, Minister Rawal said that he
would take up issues regarding security in Tarai region, cross-border
movement of criminals, among others, during his upcoming India visit…
*India: Kendriya Vidyalayas set weight limits on schoolbags, TNN, 15
January 2010
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kendriya-Vidyalayas-set-weight-limits-on-schoolbags/articleshow/5446807.cms
NEW DELHI: Finally, students can hope to have some load taken off
their backs. In a move could well set a trend, the Kendriya Vidyalaya
Sangathan (KVS) has come up with a graded formula that prescribes
weight limits on schoolbags of its students...
EXPLANATION/DISCLIMER: The above is a selection of news stories
pertaining to South Asian governments, civil society organizations and
individuals working together on projects of mutual benefit including
peace and communal harmony, and those relating to attempts to improve
the condition of South Asian peoples, especially women and children.
ACHA does not approve of or subscribe to any "disharmonizing
language" (including terms such as POK or IOK) used in these items
selected from various publications. Readers may exercise their
linguistic judgment and ignore any biased language.
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