The Hindu : Friday, August 16, 2002

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Speeches expose Indo-Pak. rift
NEW DELHI, AUG. 15. The deep chasm between the stated positions of India and Pakistan on the Jammu and Kashmir issue has been exposed in the respective Independence Day speeches by the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, and the Pakistan ...

Social security scheme soon
NEW DELHI, AUG. 15.On the 55th anniversary of Independence Day, the Government today announced as many as 15 new socio-economic initiatives — including a scheme to be shortly announced which will take care of the "life-time concerns of the ...

PM calls for consensus on economic issues
NEW DELHI, AUG. 15.The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, today repeatedly called for a national consensus on issues of social and economic development in keeping with the principle of `Nation First'. Addressing the nation from the ramparts ...

Candles lit for peace at Wagah
WAGAH, AUG. 15. The India-Pakistan military stand-off notwithstanding, Indians extended a hand of friendship and peace to people on the other side through a midnight candle light vigil outside this joint border check post. At the stroke of ...

Children given the pride of place
NEW DELHI, AUG. 15. Children occupied pride of place in the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's schedule for his first Independence Day in office. Not only did some children make it to the guest list of the `At Home' hosted at Rashtrapati Bhavan here ...