Govt not directly opposed to news broadcast on FM channels: Dasmunsi

New Delhi, Sept 19 : Asserting that the Centre is not “straightaway opposed” to the broadcast of news and current affairs in the FM Radio, Information and Broadcasting Minister P.R. Dasmunsi today said the government did not allow this as there is no effective system to monitor the FM stations.

UK offers eight-million-dollar aid for Nepal peace process

Kathmandu, Sept 19 : The United Kingdom has pledged an aid of eight million dollars for the peace process in Nepal.

Visiting British International Development Minister Shahid Malik offered the aid to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala today.

During his meeting with Koirala at Baluwatar, Malik described the Maoist decision to quit government as unfortunate, and stressed the need for political consensus.

Koirala’s Foreign Affairs Advisor Dr Suresh Chalise told this to reporters after the meeting.

Govt not directly opposed to news broadcast on FM channels: Dasmunsi

New Delhi, Sept 19 : Asserting that the Centre is not “straightaway opposed” to the broadcast of news and current affairs in the FM Radio, Information and Broadcasting Minister P.R. Dasmunsi today said the government did not allow this as there is no effective system to monitor the FM stations.

Centre is under US pressure on nuclear deal: Left parties

New Delhi, Sept 19 : The Left parties on Wednesday alleged that the United States was pressurising India to go ahead with the bilateral civilian nuclear cooperation deal.

“I feel it is they (the US), who are laying down the timetable for the government, it seems to us. They are pressurising; you know it very well," said CPI leader A B Bardhan.

The Left parties also rejected the government’s response to the concerns expressed by them over the nuclear deal, saying they were not convinced with the Centre’s contention on the issue.

UK offers eight-million-dollar aid for Nepal peace process

Kathmandu, Sept 19 : The United Kingdom has pledged an aid of eight million dollars for the peace process in Nepal.

Visiting British International Development Minister Shahid Malik offered the aid to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala today.

During his meeting with Koirala at Baluwatar, Malik described the Maoist decision to quit government as unfortunate, and stressed the need for political consensus.

Koirala’s Foreign Affairs Advisor Dr Suresh Chalise told this to reporters after the meeting.

Case against Madeline McCann’s parents ‘on verge of collapse’

London, Sept 19 : The case against the parents of Brit toddler Madeleine McCann is likely to be dropped, following new evidence.

Kate and Gerry McCann have admitted that their four year-old daughter’s DNA was found in a car they hired 25 days after she went missing in May this year during a holiday in Portugal.

However, it looks like Madeleine’s DNA was transferred into the car when the McCanns hastily left their apartment in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz.

They were moving into a nearby apartment and did not want to reveal the location.

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