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Cabinet approves ''approach'' on talks with Pakistan

New Delhi, Mar 8 (UNI) The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) today approved the approach to be adopted by the government in the Foreign Secretary level talks with Pakistan to be held in Islamabad from March 13-15.

The CCS finalised the approach after considering the report on the discussions that took place in Islamabad yesterday and the day before as part of the joint mechanism to fight terrorism, Finance Minister P Chidambaram told reporters.

The March 13-15 talks will mark the launch of the Fourth Round of the Composite Dialogue Process (CDP) between the two countries.

The last time the two Foreign Secretaries met was in November 2006 when the two countries finalised the text of the Agreement on ''Reducing Risks from Accidents relating to Nuclear Weapons.'' The agreement was signed in January this year after a meeting between External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri.

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Feminisation of working poverty continues: ILO

New Delhi, Mar 8 (UNI) Even though number of women in the workforce has increased, the persistent gap in the status, job security, wages and education between women and men is contributing to 'feminisation of working poverty', according to the International Labour Organisation. This has been highlighted in the ILO's report 'Global Employment trends for Women brief-2007' released worldwide to mark the International Women's Day today. The number of women participating in labour markets--either in work or looking actively for work.....

7 killed, 34 injured in road accident in Uttarakhand

Dehradun, Mar 8 (UNI) At least 7 people including two women, were killed and 34 others injured when a bus plunged into a river yesterday at Satputli in Pauri district of Uttarakhand, official sources said today. According to the Disaster Management Control Room, the bus was on its way to Chargarh from Kotdwar when the driver lost control of the vehicle and it plunged into Nayarnadi river near Satputli. While five people drowned to death, two others succumed to their.....

Fashion designer drowns in a well in Punjab

Ludhiana, Mar 8 (UNI) A local fashion designer died after falling into a 170-foot deep well at her parents home near Sangeet Cinema in the city late last night, police today said. The victim identified as Rajni, was the daughter of the cinema owner and a neice of Dr Manjit Kaur, daughter of former President, Giani Zail Singh. Her dead body was taken out of the well by army divers this morning. The police have sent the body for postmortem and.....
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