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New India PM meets with rival leader of Pakistan

May 31, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Muneeza Naqvi Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) – New Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the leader of rival Pakistan on May 27 and asked that his country “abide by its commitment” to prevent its territory from being used in terrorism against India and speed up investigations into the 2008 attack in Mumbai.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2014, Abdullah Ghaznavi, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Arun Jaitley, Associated Press, BJP, Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh, Jen Psaki, Maldives, Mumbai, Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, State Department, Sushma Swaraj, United States, Vol 33 No 23 | May 31 - June 6

Indian women may hold a third of legislature seats

March 10, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s government will present a bill to lawmakers on March 8 aimed at empowering the nation’s often-marginalized women by reserving one-third of legislative seats for them, a governing party spokesman said.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Bharatiya Janata Party, Communist Party, India, Indira Gandhi, International Women, Italian-born Sonia Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister Singh, South Asian, Sushma Swaraj, Vol 29 No 11 | March 13 - March 19, poverty

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