Washington, Oct 18 : Taking a strong exception to the recent US Army chief General W Casey’s visit to the base camp at the Siachen Glacier in Kashmir, Pakistan has said that Washington had always maintained that Kashmir is a “disputed area”, and that this visit “negated the traditional stand of US over Kashmir”.
Pakistan ambassador to US Hussain Haqqani said this while taking a serious notice of the Casey’s visit to Siachen.
Haqqani also a letter to the Pakistan Foreign Affairs office and Pentagon expression his country’s disappointment.
Ipoh (Malaysia), Oct. 18 (ANI): Deepavali celebrations in the “Little India” area of the Malaysian city of Ipoh have been launched with cultural performances and dances.
The ten-day-long festivities began on Thursday night, reports The Star.
The launch was marked by a touch of politics as a nationwide call was made for lifting the ban on the HINDRAF movement.
DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang, who launched the celebrations, condemned the ban.
“Deepavali is supposed to be a time of great hope and jubilation, but this year, it will be a somber one,” he said in his speech.
During the global WiMax Exposition-cum-conference in New Delhi, the laptops installed with WiMax were unveiled, which come with Intel chips from computer manufacturers like Lenovo and Asus. The new WiMax embedded laptops are expected to increase the growth of wireless broadband in India at a really fast pace.
After the Department of Telecom announced the Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum auction policy, the first Indian WiMax Expo-cum-conference was held.
A convict serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case has sought the help of Supreme Court seeking his premature release on the ground that he has already served a jail term of 14 years. The Court on Friday issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu govt. on a petition filed by V Ravichandran, the convict.
Court issued the notice after counsel for Ravichandran submitted that the convict's plea be considered by the Advisory Board along with three others Nalini, S.Jeyakumar and Robert Payas whose application is already pending with the State Government.
New Delhi, Oct 17 : Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon today summoned Sri Lankan High Commissioner C R Jayasinghe to convey India''s concerns over Sri Lankan army’s offensive against ethnic Tamils in the island nation.
According to reports, Menon told Jayasinghe that Sri Lanka should take steps to address India''s concerns over humanitarian situation there and stop killing and harassment of Indian fishermen.
Washington, Oct 18 : Taking a strong exception to the recent US Army chief General W Casey’s visit to the base camp at the Siachen Glacier in Kashmir, Pakistan has said that Washington had always maintained that Kashmir is a “disputed area”, and that this visit “negated the traditional stand of US over Kashmir”.
Ipoh (Malaysia), Oct. 18 (ANI): Deepavali celebrations in the “Little India” area of the Malaysian city of Ipoh have been launched with cultural performances and dances.
During the global WiMax Exposition-cum-conference in New Delhi, the laptops installed with WiMax were unveiled, which come with Intel chips from computer manufacturers like Lenovo and Asus. The new WiMax embedded laptops are expected to increase the growth of wireless broadband in India at a really fast pace. 
New Delhi, Oct 17 : Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon today summoned Sri Lankan High Commissioner C R Jayasinghe to convey India''s concerns over Sri Lankan army’s offensive against ethnic Tamils in the island nation.
