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New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): The Union Government on Wednesday said that 74 missing defence personnel languishing in Pakistani jail.

Replying to questions in the Lok Sabha, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said: “According to available information, 74 missing defence personnel are believed to be in Pakistani jails.”

He also informed that these 74 also included 54 personnel who were missing since the 1971 Indo- Pak War.

“Government has repeatedly taken up the matter with the Government of Pakistan through diplomatic channels and during high-level contacts for their release,” Krishna asserted.

However, Pakistan does not acknowledge the presence of any missing defence personnel in its custody, he added.

He informed that House that in January 2007, during the then External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to Pakistan, the Government of Pakistan was persuaded to receive a delegation of relatives of missing defence personnel to permit them to visit prisons in Pakistan, where they are believed to be incarcerated.

“A delegation of relatives, accordingly, visited 10 jails in Pakistan from June 1-14, 2007. The delegation could not conclusively confirm the physical presence of the 74 missing defence personnel,” Krishna said.

Pursuant to the visit of the delegation of the relatives of missing defence personnel, a Tri-Service Committee for monitoring matters on the subject has been formed in the Defence Ministry, Krishna said.

Under the Simla Agreement, the Government is committed to resolving all issues with Pakistan through peaceful negotiations and bilateral dialogue.

Dharamsala, Mar. 10 (ANI): Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama offered prayers in Dharamsala on Wednesday to mark the 51st anniversary of Tibetans’ aborted uprising against the Chinese rulers.

Dressed in his traditional maroon and yellow robes, the Dalai Lama prayed for the souls of those who had died fighting for the Tibetan cause and praised those [...]

Sydney, Mar. 10 (ANI): Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has reportedly told Cricket Australia officials that he doesn”t want vice-captain Michael Clarke back in his side until the troubled star has sorted out his off-field issues with model fiancee Lara Bingle.

Clarke quit the current one-day series in New Zealand on Monday to return to Sydney [...]

Oghi (Manshera, Pakistan), Mar.10 (ANI): At least five people were killed here after suspected Islamist militants attacked the office of a U.S.-based Christian aid agency on Wednesday.

Media reports said the gunmen burst into the office of the World Vision agency in Mansehra district, 65 km north of Islamabad, at about 9 a.m. local time.
The town [...]

New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): To reduce the gap between past and current ex-servicemen pensioners, the Central Government has accepted all the recommendations of the committee under the Cabinet Secretary to look into the issue of disparity in pensions and other related matters.

The Government had already accepted five of the seven recommendations that the committee [...]

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Washington: Healthy men need more frequent sex than women! According to a new study, healthy men prefer more frequent sex. Though, age is not a matter in it.

The findings were conducted by the researchers of University of Chicago. The study was published in the British Medical Journal.
Dr. Stacy Tessler Lindau, an associate professor of [...]

New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): Union Government on Wednesday revealed that the Vigilance Commission filed corruption related cases against 54 officers in 2009.

Replying a question in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Prithviraj Chavan tabled the number of vigilance cases initiated against All India Service Officers (AIS) during [...]

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Washington: Another wave of H1N1 to hit the horizon: The United States health officials stated that very soon another wave of the pandemic H1N1 virus may hit the horizon of the United States and Maryland.

Despite negligible news of swine flu cases and swine flu fatalities in recent times, on 25th February, WHO declared that [...]

Lucknow, Mar 10 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Wednesday expressed her grief over the Pratapgarh incident and criticised the Central Government for playing politics in the name of providing funds.

“There was no help from the Centre. There was politics in the name of providing funds,” said Mayawati.
“The State Government helped to the fullest [...]

New Delhi, Mar.10 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will hold a southern region review meeting on mental health on March 12 at the Y.W.C.A. in Chennai.

It is being organized in collaboration with Institute of Mental Health (IMH).
NHRC Member P.C. Sharma will inaugurate the meeting.
The States/UTs to be covered in this review meeting [...]