I didn’t want to hurt President Zardari’s feelings with my terrorism remark: India PM

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September 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Chaudhry Nisar Ahmed, leader of opposition in Pakistan's National Assembly, Tuesday slammed President Asif Ali Zardari for his comment that the former president and military dictator Pervez Musharraf had resigned as "part of a deal". If Pervez Musharraf's exit was part of an international deal, Zardari too became president with the help of international powers and thus should be answerable to the nation, Chaudhry Nisar Ahmed was quoted as saying by Geo News.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - National Security Advisor (NSA) M.K.Narayanan Wednesday ruled out a Maoist strike on the helicopter carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, saying they did not have the capability to do so.

August 24th, 2009 ABOHAR - The Punjabi Durbar programme of Radio Pakistan has chosen to hurt the feelings of Hindus in border areas by calling the Goddess Kali as "bloodthirsty". In its recent broadcast, Radio Pakistan said that Hindus sacrifice innocent lives to their Gods and Goddesses and described Kali, who fights evils in the world, as bloodthirsty.

July 11th, 2009 ON BOARD FROM ITALY - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh revealed on Saturday that representatives of the two countries including the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief had been involved in discussions recently. Ahead of the meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in Egypt next week, Dr.Singh said that since his meet with Pak President Asif Ali Zardari in Russia last month "there have been discussions between the High Commissioners and with the ISI chief and the Foreign Office." Though Dr.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's ruling Congress party Thursday welcomed Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's admission that terrorism was created and nurtured" by Islamabad "as a policy to achieve some short-term tactical objectives". The party demanded the terror camps in that country should be destroyed with the same honesty.

July 6th, 2009 LONDON - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari says targeting the Taliban rather than India does not rankle his army because the two nuclear armed countries no longer pose threats to each others territories. "It rankles the small mind," he told the Daily Telegraph in an interview published Monday.

June 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan leadership seems to lack consensus when it comes to talking about the country's relations with India, with the Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira saying that President Asif Ali Zardari's statement that India was no more a threat for Pakistan, was blown out of context. Addressing a joint press conference with the ISPR spokesman, Major General Athar Abbas here, Kaira asserted that Zardari's statement was reported out of context, and what he really meant was that there was 'no immediate threat of war'.

June 29th, 2009 Obama reassures gay rights activistsWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is reiterating his support for gay rights causes, telling activists that he's a friend who will fight for them and with them while in the White House. The president and first lady Michelle Obama are holding an East Room reception Monday afternoon to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the birth of the modern gay rights movement.

June 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said he does not like to gloat over the internal strife in the Bharatiya Janata Party.

June 17th, 2009 ON BOARD AIR INDIA ONE - Putting months of bitterness in the run up to elections behind, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said he and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani had apologised to each other over "hurtful" remarks.

April 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday announced a cash reward of Rs. 2,00,000 to Delhi journalist Jarnail Singh for hurling a shoe at Union Home Minister P.

March 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Sunday night held Varun Gandhi, a Bharartiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee for Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh, guilty of breaching the model code of conduct and asked the party not to field him as candidate. 'The two speeches (by Varun Gandhi) contained highly derogatory references and seriously provocative language of a wholly unacceptable nature against a certain community,' the Election Commission order said.

March 21st, 2009 LAHORE - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official website has been rated better than that of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari. After comparing various South Asian leaders' websites on the basis of layout, design and user friendliness, BBC News has given Indian prime Minister a score of six points out ten, while Zardari's constantly "under construction" site got just four points.

January 7th, 2009 CHENNAI - Activists of a Tamil nationalist group and a Hindu organisation Thursday organised separate demonstrations in this city, where the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (PBD) is underway, to draw attention to their cause. Organisers of both the protests said they were using the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas occasion 'to voice their hurt feelings and attract international attention'.