Pokharan, Feb 28 : Operation Vayu Shakti 2010 showcased the tremendous firepower demonstration of the Indian Air Force on Sunday in three parts-during the day, at dusk and at night, which is essential for the IAF’s success in any battle. President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, Defence Minister A.K. Antony and the three service chiefs, besides senior officers of the armed forces witnessed the firepower demonstration of the Air Force.
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Riyadh (ANI), Feb.28 : Expressing concern over growing dangerous trends in Pakistan, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal on Sunday said that its political leadership should unite to fight the menace of terrorism. “Pakistan is a friend of Saudi Arabia and therefore anytime when one does see dangerous trends in a friendly country, one is not only sorry but worried. And, it is indeed the duty of all political leaders in Pakistan to unite together to see that extremism does not find its way to achieve its aim in the country and this can only happen with united political leadership in Pakistan.
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New Delhi, Feb 28 – With a team of relative greenhorns, defending champions Germany begin their campaign against Asian powerhouse South Korea while three-time winners the Netherlands take on Argentina in group A games of the Hockey World Cup here Monday. New Zealand face Canada in the third match of day two at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium. With a stupendous record of two consecutive World Cup titles and an equal number of Olympic gold medals (besides one as West Germany in 1972), the Germans are a force to reckon with in modern hockey for their disciplined approach and precision.
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New Delhi, Feb 28 – Spain defeated South Africa 4-2 in the inaugural match of the Hockey World Cup at the Major Dhyan Chand National stadium here Sunday. The two teams were locked 2-2 at half time in the pool B match. Scorers: Spain: Roc Oliva (19th) David Alegre (21st), Rodrigo Garza (46th), Pau Quemada (60th).
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New Delhi, Feb 28 – With some allies of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) ranged against any hike in fuel prices, the opposition is ganging up in Parliament against the government on the issue of inflation. Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Basudeb Acharia said a meeting of Left parties, Samajwadi Party (SP), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and some other ‘secular parties’ has been convened March 3, when parliament meets after a four-day break, to decide the course of action against price rise and budget decisions of the government. ‘We will launch a countrywide agitation,’ Acharia told IANS.
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New Delhi/Riyadh, Feb 28 – The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday made it clear that there was no scope for a third party in India-Pakistan bilateral ties. Commenting on Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor’s remarks on Saudi Arabia’s potential as an interlocutor in India’s relations with Pakistan, a source close to Congress president Sonia Gandhi said: ‘India’s position on ‘no’ to third-party mediation in India-Pakistan issues is unchanged. There is no change in the Congress position.’ BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar reiterated India’s known stand that no third party can intervene in issues between India and Pakistan.
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Shimla, Feb 28 – Three pilgrims from Punjab were killed and one was seriously injured Sunday when the car in which there were travelling skidded off the road and fell into a ditch in Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur district, police said. ‘Three people were killed when their car fell into a 60-foot ditch near the Naina Devi shrine around 2 p.m. Sunday.
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London, Feb 28 – Actress Gemma Arterton says she’s completely in awe of actress Rachel Weisz for effectively balancing working commitments with family life. The 24-year-old Bond girl says she would love to be able to balance a film career and family life like her, reports contactmusic.com. ‘I’d really like the type of career Rachel Weisz has.
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Panaji, Feb 28 – Russian tourists in Morjim, a beach village in north Goa, move around naked on the beach or are scantily clad, Congress MP Shantaram Naik said Sunday after touring the area popular with Russians. Naik, who went to the village Saturday with state law commission chairman Ramakant Khalap and Congress leaders, said that such bohemianism ‘besides corrupting minds of locals left a horrifying impression on children’. ‘The state government has consciously taken a decision not to prescribe any dress code but during my Morjim tour I was told that some Russians move totally naked,’ Naik has said in a statement.
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