PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. back issues from April 2005:
Pak's law and order a barrier to trade: United States.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Washington, Apr 1 (PTI) The United States has said Pakistan's law and order problems and its failure to protect intellectual property rights have become a "barrier" to trade with the country. "Businesses operating in Pakistan have repeatedly called for strengthening law and ...
Over 100 kg of explosives seized in J-K Highway.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Srinagar, Apr 1 (PTI) Foiling militants' plan to target the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus, Indian Border Security Force personnel recovered 117 kg of powerful explosives hidden in four scooters on the route, a BSF spokesman said Friday. The explosive-laden four scooters were seized ...
Benazir hopeful of early restoration of democracy.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Jaipur, Apr 1 (PTI) Expressing the hope that democracy would soon be restored in Pakistan after a "fruitful" meeting with President Pervez Musharraf recently, country's former Premier Benazir Bhutto today said Indo-Pak dialogue would be more meaningful if Islamabad was represented by ...
Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 1 (PTI) Malayalam website of the.
Apr 01, 2005 ... State Bank of Tranvancore was launched Thursday at SBT head office here. The website has been developed by centre for imaging technology C-Dit). SBT is the first bank to host a website in Malayalam. ------------------------------ Thiruvananthapuram: Co-operation minister M V ...
Three militants killed in Shopian gunbattle in J-K.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Srinagar, Apr 1 (PTI) Three militants were killed by security forces Friday in Shopian, ending a fierce overnight gunbattle, while one ultra was shot dead in Kokernag area of Anantanag district in northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said here. Troops of Rashtriya Rifles ...
Delhi CM confident of hosting final Indo-Pak one-dayer.
Apr 01, 2005 ... New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) Chief Minister of northern state of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit, Friday asserted that the sixth and final one-day international between India and Pakistan would be held here and all the "co-ordination problems" would be sorted out. Dikshit, who had an hour long ...
EPO upholds revocation of patent on 'neem' tree.
Apr 01, 2005 ... London, Apr 1 (PTI) The European Patent Office (EPO) has upheld the revocation of a patent on the Indian 'neem' tree, dealing a killer blow to biopiracy in Europe and around the world. The EPO originally issued the patent to the US chemicals multinational W R Grace on September ...
Canadian business delegation to visit India.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Toronto, Apr 1 (PTI) A high-level Canadian business delegation will visit India to boost trade, investment and business cooperation between the two countries. During its week-long visit beginning Saturday, the delegation, led by Canadian minister of International Trade Jim ...
Traders bandh enters 3rd day as 20 states switch to VAT.
Apr 01, 2005 ... New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) The trade bandh continued in India for the third day Friday even as a majority of states switched over to pro-reforms Value Added Tax in place of Sales Tax. While the Empowered Committee on VAT stuck to its stand on implementation of VAT in 20 states, the ...
Bhutto wanted a longer stay.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Jaipur, Apr 1 (PTI) Former Pakistan Premier Benazir Bhutto wanted to spend more time in northern Indian state of Rajasthan but said she could not afford it since she has to return Saturday to attend the parents-teachers' meeting at her children's school. "Besides being a ...
India, China working on agreement on agriculture cooperation.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Beijing, Apr 1 (PTI) India and China have started working on a key bilateral agreement to enhance cooperation in the agriculture sector, the mainstay of two of the world's most populous nations, Federal Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said here. Pawar, who concluded his ...
ON FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2005.
Apr 01, 2005 ... ISLAMABAD : PAK-US F-16 (IE, TOI, ST) --DO-- : PAK-GRENADE (ST) --DO-- : PAK-STRIKE (ST) --DO-- : PAK-MISSILE (ST; OWN-HIN) BEIJING : INDO-CHINA TALKS (AA-BL; SHARED WITH OWN-ST; OWN-HIN) UN : UN-CONGO (ST) ...
Inflation down to 5.11 pc in India.
Apr 01, 2005 ... New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) Cheaper primary articles, including food and non-food items, and cooking gas pushed inflation in India further down to 5.11 per cent during the week ended March 19. The point-to-point Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation fell by 0.12 per cent from the ...
Ganguly and his men have a point to prove.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Kochi, April 1 (PTI) India will be looking to buck a mini losing streak against arch rivals Pakistan when they attempt to bounce back from the Bangalore Test debacle in the first of six cricket one-day cricket internationals to be held here Saturday. Sourav Ganguly and his men ...
At least 300 people taken ill in WB.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Canning, Apr 1 (PTI) At least 300 people, mostly children, were admitted to hospital after taking food during a feast at Maharajganj in eastern Indian state of West Bengal. The victims complained of stomach pain ...
HR groups form assistance committee to trace missing Kashmiris.
Apr 01, 2005 ... London, Apr 1 (PTI) Three Kashmiri non-government organisations have formed a committee to help divided families on either side of the Line of Control to trace their missing family members after the Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus service begins on April 7. Jammu and Kashmir Council ...
Pak boy arrested at Indo-Pak border in J-K.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Jammu, Apr 1 (PTI) A Pakistani boy was arrested by Border Security Force troops after he strayed into Indian territory near Suchetgarh border outpost on the International Border, 35 kms from here, official sources said. The 15-year-old boy, identified as Azrar, had mistakenly ...
China completes world's largest botanical record.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Beijing, Apr 1 (PTI) China has published the world's largest botanical record, which describes more than 30,000 plants, scientists said here. The 126-volume book, 'Flora of China' describes the 31,142 fascicular plants that have been found in China, with more than 9,000 ...
India rejects UNSC permanent membership sans veto power.
Apr 01, 2005 ... United Nations, Apr 1 (PTI) India has firmly ruled out accepting membership of the expanded UN Security Council without veto power, saying sans veto new members would not be able to fulfil the mandate of the General Assembly efficiently. Responding to suggestions at a meeting ...
Inflation falls to 5.11 pc.
Apr 01, 2005 ... New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) In line with the Indian Government's expectation of a benign price level, inflation fell further to 5.11 per cent in the penultimate week of 2004-05 fiscal, but was higher than 4.53 per cent a year-ago. The widely-tracked Wholesale Price Index (WPI) ...
IHF bans Gagan Ajit Singh, Daljit Singh Dhillon.
Apr 01, 2005 ... New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) The Indian Hockey Federation Friday banned star forward Gagan Ajit Singh and Daljit Singh Dhillon for assaulting Indian Oil Corporation player Bikramjit Singh during the recent National Hockey Championships in Hyderabad. The three-month ban for Gagan and ...
Richard Branson travels in local train; meets dabbawallahs.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Mumbai, Apr 1 (PTI) As part of experiencing the flavour of western Indian Mumbai city and its locals, Virgin Atlantic Airways founder-Chairman Richard Branson Friday took time off from aviation and travelled in a local train along with the famous 'dabbawallahs' of the city. ...
Bangladesh yet to decide on inking MoU on gas pipeline project.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Dhaka, Apr 1 (PTI) Bangladesh was yet to decide on signing a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding on a gas pipeline project as it has not received confirmation from India on meeting its conditions. Bangladesh was not ready to sign the MOU as India was yet to "address or ...
WB likely to give 450 mn dlr for tsunami reconstruction.
Apr 01, 2005 ... New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) World Bank is likely to extend 450 million dollars for tsunami reconstruction in India, estimated to cost a total 1.2 billion dollars. ADB may chip in with 200 million dollars while the remaining 550 million dollars will come from the Federal Government, ...
UN condemns recent AIDS campaign "wrong and misleading".
Apr 01, 2005 ... New York, Apr 1 (PTI) The United Nations termed "wrong and misleading" a recent AIDS advertising campaign that used the world body's name to claim that vitamins and nutrition therapy alone can prevent death from AIDS. In a joint statement, the World Health Organization, the UN ...
United Nations, Apr 1 (PTI) The United Nations has asked.
Apr 01, 2005 ... the head of its watchdog agency to respond within a week to allegations by an independent panel of violating staff regulation in the now defunct Iraqi oil-for-food programme. The world body had communicated Thursday to Dileep Nair, a Singaporean and head of the Office of ...
Plan Panel for overhauling laws for contract farming.
Apr 01, 2005 ... New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) The Indian Planning Commission Friday sought agricultural laws to facilitate contract farming on commercial basis as also higher resources for infrastructure to correct the slow down in the sectoral growth. It attributed the deceleration of agriculture ...
Younis Khan ruled out of first ODI.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Kochi, Apr 1 (PTI) Pakistan's hopes of maintaining their recent winning streak in one-day internationals against India were dented when the in-form Younis Khan was ruled out with a fever for the first limited overs tie starting here Saturday. Vice-captain Younis Khan was in ...
G-4 plans resolution for Security Council expansion.
Apr 01, 2005 ... United Nations, Apr 1 (PTI) The Group of Four (G-4) comprising India, Germany, Japan and Brazil plans to bring a framework resolution in the UN General Assembly this summer which would seek general approval for expansion of the Security Council but would mention no names. It ...
PM assures Mauritius of assistance in facing globalisation.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Port Louis, Apr 1 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said his country and Mauritius have a "vital stake" in ensuring that in the world of tomorrow pluralistic societies live in harmonious interdependence and assured the Indian Ocean nation all help to meet the challenges of ...
PM visits 'Apravasi Ghat' of Indian memories in Mauritius.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Port Louis, Apr 1 (PTI) Taking time off his busy schedule, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday visited the 'Apravasi Ghat', the place where indentured labourers from India set foot on Mauritian soil between 1830s and 1920s. Escorted by Mauritian Minister of Arts and Culture L D ...
India grouped with Sri Lanka at 2007 World Cup.
Apr 01, 2005 ... London, Mar 1 (PTI) India have continental rivals Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, besides a qualifier, in their pool in the 2007 World Cup after the International Cricket Council Friday confirmed the seedings for the mega event. India, who have been given the eighth seeding according ...
Anand wins all sections of Amber chess title.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Monaco, Apr 1 (PTI) India's Viswanathan Anand completed the formalities of winning his fourth Amber chess title after two easy and quick draws with Israeli Grandmaster Boris Gelfand in the 11th and final round here. History repeated itself in the 14th edition of the traditional ...
IT "excellent platform" for enhancing economic cooperation: PM.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Port Louis, Apr 1 (PTI) Noting that the field of IT formed an "excellent platform" for enhancing bilateral economic cooperation, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said India could help Mauritius develop its Information Technology sector. "We in India are working relentlessly to ...
IOA confident of bagging 2014 Asiad.
Apr 01, 2005 ... New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) After the government gave its support to bid for the Asian Games, the Indian Olympic Association officials Friday expressed confidence in bringing the 2014 Asiad to New Delhi. The cabinet recently gave the clearance to bid for the Games, which if allotted ...
India already a 'big country': China; but elusive on UNSC.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Beijing, Apr 1 (PTI) While remaining elusive on backing India's bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, China Friday expressed dismay over the US government's plans to elevate the stature of world's second most populous nation, that India is, as a 'big country.' ...
'Kashmir bus passengers to be provided with full security'.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Jammu, Apr 1 (PTI) Playing down the threats to the passengers of the Srinagar-Muzaffarbad bus service by militant outfits, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Friday assured that people travelling on the bus would be provided full security. The service to ...
Pak clears 29 passengers for travelling on Kashmir bus.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Jammu, April 1 (PTI) Pakistan has cleared the names of 29 people for travelling on the inaugural Srinagar-Muzaffarbad bus out of a list of 40 forwarded to it, north India's Jammu and Kashmir state Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed Friday said. "Hectic preparations for ...
Muslims staying in India after 1947 should love their country.
Apr 01, 2005 ... New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) Former Pakistan Prime Minister Chaudhury Shujaat Hussain Friday said Muslims who had chosen to stay in India after the partition should love their country and not have any doubts about their decision. The visiting Pakistan Muslim League (PML) leader, who ...
Former Pak PM favours greater people-to-people contact.
Apr 01, 2005 ... New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) Overwhelmed by hospitality he received in India, former Pakistan Prime Minister Shujaat Hussain Friday favoured greater people-to-people contact between two countries saying this would play a key role in improving bilateral ties. "The whole thing is about ...
China believes India will deal with Tibet issue with caution.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Beijing, Apr 1 (PTI) Appreciating India's stand of not allowing "anti-China political activities" by Tibetan spiritual Dalai Lama from its soil, Beijing Friday said it believes New Delhi would continue to deal with the issue with "caution". The Indian government "recognises that ...
Indo-Mauritian JSG identifies key investment sectors.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Port Louis, Apr 1 (PTI) The India-Mauritius Joint Study Group set up to work out modalities for comprehensive economic cooperation has identified health and education facilities, IT and communication, BPO, tourism, infrastructure and sea food processing as key sectors for investment. ...
EPO upholds revocation of patent on neem tree.
Apr 01, 2005 ... London, Apr 1 (PTI) Ending an 11-year old dispute, the European Patent Office (EPO) has upheld the revocation of a patent given to US Department of Agriculture and a multinational on the fungicidal properties of the neem tree which grows commonly in India. EPO rejected ...
'Restoration of democracy in Pak would help Indo-Pak ties'.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Jaipur, April 1 (PTI) Appreciating improvement in Indo-Pak ties, former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Friday said it would be more meaningful if democracy is restored to her country and elected leaders represent it in the dialogue process between the two countries. Accompanied by ...
Inquiry launched into leakage of names of passengers.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Srinagar, Mar 31 (PTI) With serious concerns being raised over leakage of names and addresses of the passengers travelling to Muzaffarabad by the first bus from Srinagar on April seven, an inquiry has been launched into the development even as the army assured all possible steps to ensure ...
Benazir to visit India Friday.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Islamabad, Mar 31 (PTI) Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto will arrive in India Friday on a two-day private visit along with husband Asif Ali Zardari, a spokesman of her party said here Thursday. Both Bhutto and Zardari would arrive in India Friday on a private visit to offer ...
Police expect vital info from tests on Dawood aide.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Ahmedabad, Apr 1 (PTI) Police expect to retrieve vital information from the lie detector and other forensic tests being conducted on Umarmiyan Bukhari, aide of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, here. The officials at Directorate of Forensic Sciences (DFS) where Bukhari is being ...
Colourised Mughal-E-Azam released in US, UK.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Mumbai, Apr 1 (PTI) Bollywood classic `Mughal-E-Azam' was Friday released in US and UK in its new colourised format. The black and white film, restored at the cost of more than USD one million in two years using Indian colourisation technology, is being distributed overseas by ...
Chatterjee to lead Indian delegation at IPU meet in Manila.
Apr 01, 2005 ... New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) Speaker Somnath Chatterjee will lead the Indian delegation at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meet to be held in Manila from Sunday. The six-day 112th Assembly will deliberate on the role of Parliaments in ...
In-principal decision taken to send centrifuges to IAEA: FM.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Islamabad, Apr 1 (PTI) Pakistan has taken an 'in-principle' decision to send centrifuges used in nuclear facilities for inspection by the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) to help the probe relating to Iran's nuclear programme, Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid M Kasuri said ...
Pak turns down India's request for allowing politicians to go.
Apr 01, 2005 ... with Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) Pakistan has turned down the Indian request for allowing politicians from Jammu and Kashmir to travel along with the inaugural run of the bus from Srinagar to Muzaffarabad on April seven. Highly-placed sources said ...
India, Mauritius set up team to work in a year CCPA.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Port Louis, April 1 (PTI) India and Mauritius have agreed to set up a team to negotiate within a year a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement to boost bilateral trade in goods and services, promote investment flows and facilitate joint initiatives in third countries ....
India should play a bigger role at UN: Chinese envoy.
Apr 01, 2005 ... New Delhi, April 1 (PTI) Ahead of Premier Wen Jiabao's visit, China Friday said it wants the border with India to become a bridge for friendship and like to see New Delhi play a "bigger role" at the UN and its Security Council. It, however, remained non-committal on backing India's bid ...
'Consensus' likely on guiding principles of boundary issue.
Apr 01, 2005 ... Beijing, Apr 1 (PTI) Though the final settlement of the Sino-Indian boundary dispute will take time due to "very big differences", Beijing and New Delhi are close to reaching 'consensus' on the political guiding principles to resolve the vexed issue during the upcoming state visit of ...
Apr 1 (PTI).
Apr 01, 2005 ... Singh said the expanding scope of cooperation in the field of technology has upgraded the level of bilateral contacts to frontier areas of science and technology and made the two countries "partners in the digital sphere". While the establishment of facilities for IT and ...
Houston, Apr 2 (PTI) Houstonians in Texas can enjoy.
Apr 02, 2005 ... dazzling Indian art, dance performances, exhibits and a fiesta of tasty treats soon as the 2005 Houston International Festival turns its spotlight on India on April 23-24 and April 30-May 1. The festival, the city's largest outdoor festival, spotlights a different country each ...
Pentagon blamed for lack of post-war planning in Iraq.
Apr 02, 2005 ... Washington, Apr 2 (PTI) A study of US military operations by a major American think-tank has sharply criticised the Pentagon for lack of post-war planning in Iraq after the toppling of Saddam Hussein. The study by RAND Corporation for Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld alleged ...
FCC urged to reject Tyco Bid to sell fibre-network to VSNL.
Apr 02, 2005 ... Houston, Apr 2 (PTI) Citing security concerns, an American telecom company has asked the Federal Communications Commission to reject another company's application for selling global fibre network to India's Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited. Crest Communications Corp opposed the sale ...
Pak a "good partner" in war on terror: US.
Apr 02, 2005 ... Washington, Apr 2 (PTI) The United States has said Pakistan has been a "good partner" in the war on terror and in addressing nuclear proliferation concerns. "Pakistan has been a good partner in the global war on terrorism, and they've been a good partner in working with ...
Dept. of Homeland Security begins US-VISIT exit choices.
Apr 02, 2005 ... Seema Hakhu Kachru Houston, Apr 2 (PTI) The US Department of Homeland Security will choose in the next 60 days among three procedures it will use to track international visitors leaving the United States, department officials said Saturday. A report evaluating the ...
US should seek non-proliferation commitment from Pak: report.
Apr 02, 2005 ... Washington, Apr 2 (PTI) Terming US and Pakistani goals as "incompatible," an advisory body to the US Congress has urged the country to seek from Pakistan, an absolute commitment on non-proliferation besides restraint on its "nuclear and missile competition with India". ...
India elect to bat in first ODI.
Apr 02, 2005 ... Kochi, Apr 2 (PTI) Indian captain Sourav Ganguly won the toss and elected to bat in the first of six cricket one-day internationals against Pakistan at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium here Saturday. India left out Irfan Pathan while opting for a three-pronged pace attack with ...
ONGC leads 30 Indian companies in Forbes' top corporates list.
Apr 02, 2005 ... New York, Apr 2 (PTI) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation leads 30 Indian companies which have found place on Forbes magazine's coveted list of top 2000 corporate titans across the world. The Indian companies in oil and gas and banking sectors dominate the list which includes ...
Relief operation by US NGOs going on in tsunami-hit countries.
Apr 02, 2005 ... Washington, Apr 2 (PTI) The relief and rehabilitation operation by US nongovernmental organisations in tsunami-hit areas of various countries, including India, is proceeding smoothly with the exception of Somalia where, due to the political situation, relief workers are being unable to ...
Indian scientists find new genes in X-chromosome.
Apr 02, 2005 ... New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) In a major contribution to science, researchers at the Institute of Bioinformatics in southern Indian metropolis of Bangalore have helped to decipher the human X-chromosome leading to identification of dozens of genes. The results of the path breaking ...