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PM addresses joint sitting of congress in US

With Pakistan obviously in mind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said terrorism is being “incubated in India’s neighbourhood” and pressed for action without making any distinction against groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba, Taliban and ISIS who share the “same philosophy of hate, murder and killings”.


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In his address to the joint sitting of US Congress here, he said terrorism has to be fought with “one voice” as he commended the American Parliament for sending out a clear message by refusing to “reward” those who preach and practice terrorism for political gains, an apparent reference to the blocking of sale of 8 F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. In the course of his 45-minute speech, he covered all major aspects of the growing relationship between India and the US, particularly strategic ties and civil nuclear 
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Bid to stump special GCA meeting

Life Members, former cricketers and club representatives of the Goa Cricket Association, who had forwarded a joint memorandum to Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar last week, on Wednesday threatened to stall a hurriedly-called Special Annual General Meeting (AGM) by the GCA on June 12.

The Goan Network
Published Jun 9, 2016, 5:24 AM IST
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the goan I networkPANAJIAddressing the media here, Vilas Dessai, former treasurer of the GCA who led the delegation to the chief minister last week, said that the present GCA panel headed by Chetan Desai has “no constitutional rights” to convene a Special AGM without holding a managing committee meeting in the first place to seek the opinion of the members.“With an FIR already being registered by the Economic Offences Cell of Goa Police against Chetan Desai (president),…

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