http://www.rediff.com/news/ India's largest news and entertainment service online. en-us Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:57:00 GMT Copyright: (C) 2008 Rediff.com India Limited. All Rights Reserved. http://www.rediff.com/uim/red_log.gif http://www.rediff.com/ 144 28 Visit rediff.com http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/aug/08ndeal4.htm Facing a 'tight timetable', the United States on Friday pushed a reluctant Japan and other members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group to agree to a waiver for India "expeditiously" for enabling the Indo-US nuclear deal, saying the accord will be a practical way of engaging New Delhi on non-proliferation. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/aug/08uspak.htm The United States on Friday dismissed concerns that its nuclear deal with India may open up an opportunity for Pakistan and others to seek a similar agreement. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/aug/08look1.htm Pakistan's ruling Pakitan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, accompanied by his sisters Bakhtawar and Asifa, met United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her children Rahul and Priyanka at the Marriott Hotel in Beijing. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/aug/08pak2.htm Former Prime minister Nawaz Sharif-led PML-N said four of its leaders --- Ahsan Iqbal, Sardar Mahtab Abbasi, Rana Tanveer Hussain and Khawaja Saad Rafique -- would rejoin the PPP-led cabinet. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/aug/08bidwai.htm The people of Pakistan are in a dark, foreboding mood.According to an International Republican Institute opinion poll, as many as 86 percent of Pakistanis believe their country is headed in the wrong direction. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/aug/08sc.htm "In this country you need huntering (flogging) to make you work," the Supreme Court said on Friday while venting its anger on bureaucrats and top police officials for their failure to respond on an issue related to punishing errant cops who refuse to register FIRs on public complaints."Is this Ramrajya in this country...So this is swaraj. This is the concept of swaraj," said a bench of Justices B N Agrawal and G S Singhvi, while lamenting the attitude of the top bureaucrats. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/aug/08bjp.htm The Bharatiya Janata Party is all set to take up the Amarnath land issue, the Centre's 'soft' handling of terror and the 'appeasement policy' of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government in Saturday's youth rally in New Delhi, which will be addressed by party leader L K Advani.Announcing the youth rally at Ramlila Grounds in New Delhi, Thaker said, "The people of the country are agitated over the working of the government." http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/aug/08chiru.htm Telugu actor Chiranjeevi, who is all set to make his political debut within the next couple of weeks, is planning to throw a party for his colleagues from the Telugu film industry on Sunday, where he will reveal his political plans.The event will be a sort of farewell party for Chiranjeevi, whose acting career may take a backseat once he enters politics.Every prominent actor, actress and film personality from the industry has been invited to the party. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/aug/08amar1.htm The Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti (SASS) on Friday decided to extend its agitation till August 14, a day before an all-party delegation from New Delhi is to arrive in an effort to resolve the dispute over transfer of forest land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB). http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/aug/08look.htm 08.08.08 may be a red-letter day for China, but for Myanmar 8-8-88 is a day they would like to forget. The day China begins its Olympics journey with a bang, Myanmar quietly remembers its perished victims 20 years ago on the same day.