Abstracts of reports, editorials and opinion articles published in the press (English and Urdu) from India and Pakistan including Hindu, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Times of India, Pioneer, Tribune, Daily Excelsior, Greater Kashmir, Kashmir Times, Dawn, News, Nation, Daily Times, Statesman and The Frontier Post. UPDATED DAILY http://www.ipcs.org New Delhi, July 3: The growing strength of Naxal groups has emboldened them so much that they are harbouring ambitions of controlling more than a third of India's territories in the next two years, a India_news.jsp?portal=india&reportTitle=DOMESTIC 4 July 2008 NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday clarified that the civil nuclear agreement with the U.S. would not affect India's autonomy of decision making on foreign affairs or strategic programme in any ma India_news.jsp?portal=india&reportTitle=EXTERNAL 4 July 2008 RAWALPINDI: The lawyers across the country on Thursday observed a complete boycott of courts and took out their weekly protest rallies for the restoration of non-functional judges. Hunger strike camps Pak_news.jsp?action=showView&portal=nuclear 4 July 2008 Defying curfew for the second day today, violent protesters went on a rampage, halting trains, setting ablaze police vehicles and fighting pitched battles with the police in fresh violence over the Am Kashmir_news.jsp?action=showView&portal=nuclear 4 July 2008 New Delhi, July 3: India has signed a $210-million deal with Brazil to acquire three Embraer 145 jets and jointly develop an Airborne Early Warning System for the Indian Air Force (IAF). While the rad Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=DEFENCE 3 July 2008 UDHAGAMANDALAM/NEW DELHI: Field Marshal S.H.F.J. Manekshaw was given the final salute in a state funeral with full military honours in the Nilgiris on Friday. He died at the age of 94 early on Friday Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=ARMY 28 June 2008 New Delhi, June 5: After homing into a Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance (LRMR) aircraft, the Navy is all set to fill another crucial gap in its surveillance capabilities by acquiring six new medium- Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=NAVY 6 June 2008 New Delhi, July 3: India has signed a $210-million deal with Brazil to acquire three Embraer 145 jets and jointly develop an Airborne Early Warning System for the Indian Air Force (IAF). While the rad Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=AIRFORCE 3 July 2008 New Delhi, June 28:The SAARC summit to be held in Colombo next month and the LTTE's latest ploy to use trained divers for carrying out underwater suicide missions and blowing up ships are two fresh se Terrorism_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=GENERAL&portal=nuclear 29 June 2008 Operational chief of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) in Kashmir Abu Atif was shot dead after an encounter in Pulwama today. Active in the valley for the past decade, Atif played a key role in the December 2005 Terrorism_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=KASHMIR&portal=nuclear 4 July 2008 New Delhi, July 3: The growing strength of Naxal groups has emboldened them so much that they are harbouring ambitions of controlling more than a third of India's territories in the next two years, a Terrorism_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=NAXAL VIOLENCE&portal=nuclear 4 July 2008 New Delhi, April 29: Even as Maoists have emerged victorious in Nepal, and India has promised all cooperation, one of their frontal organisations continues to be on the list of banned outfits, prepare Terrorism_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=NEPAL&portal=nuclear 30 April 2008 July 3: The Assam government has given crack units of the United Liberation Front of Asom three weeks' time to finalise the modalities for a ceasefire and to deposit their arms and ammunition with the Terrorism_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=NORTH EAST INDIA&portal=nuclear 3 July 2008 PESHAWAR: A 16-member tribal Jirga, after being authorised by the government, on Thursday left for the remote Tirah Valley to negotiate peace with the Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh, as security fo Terrorism_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=PAKISTAN&portal=nuclear 3 July 2008 COLOMBO: A helicopter providing logistic support to Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa's aerial convoy to the eastern region took a 'hit' in Amparai district on Tuesday afternoon. According to reli Terrorism_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=SRILANKA&portal=nuclear 1 July 2008 ISLAMABAD: Ram Prakash, an Indian released on Tuesday on completion of his 10-year jail term on spying charges, was sent back to prison from the Wagah border because he did not have travel documents t India_Pak_news.jsp?action=showView&portal=nuclear 1 July 2008 The government on Wednesday clarified that the civil nuclear agreement with the U.S. would not affect India's autonomy of decision making on foreign affairs or strategic programme in any manner. "Indi Nuclear_news.jsp?action=showView&portal=nuclear 3 July 2008 New Delhi, July 3: After pointing at the 'exponential pace of China's military space programme' last month, Army chief General Deepak Kapoor has drawn attention to the growing military buildup in Tibe China_east_asia_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=CHINA 4 July 2008 The government is running on empty while the Korean economy hurtles toward crisis. An impending Cabinet reshuffle has paralyzed ministries in charge of economic affairs at a time when they need to cur China_east_asia_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=JAPAN 4 July 2008 Some two Kabul-based dailies 'Anis' and 'Eslah' appreciated the Islamic Republic's 350-million-dollar assistance for rebuilding Afghanistan. The dailies also printed the photo of President Mahmoud Ahm SouthAsia_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=AFGHANISTAN 3 July 2008 The Chief Adviser of the military backed interim government in Bangladesh Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed, on Saturday said the Election Commission had already completed major task of holding the coming general e SouthAsia_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=BANGLADESH 29 June 2008 The 'Bhutan Sustainable Hydropower Development Policy, endorsed by the cabinet this week, will allow private sector and foreign investments to develop Bhutan's hydropower resources.Investments will be SouthAsia_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=BHUTAN 29 June 2008 Teachers in Mal' and the atolls will strike for an indefinite period of time starting on July 1 if authorities do not give official confirmation of a pay rise.At an Association for Teachers Link meeti SouthAsia_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=MALDIVES 29 June 2008 CPN (Maoist) has tentatively agreed to include a phrase Madhesh as autonomous region in the draft of the supplementary constitution amendment bill.In a meeting with the top leaders of former arch riva SouthAsia_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=NEPAL 3 July 2008 The United People Freedom Alliance (UPFA) yesterday claimed that victory at the forthcoming PC poll was a foregone conclusion as they possessed candidates who knew the ground situation well, unlike th SouthAsia_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=SRILANKA 3 July 2008 Facing growing dissatisfaction both inside and outside his campaign, Sen. John McCain ordered a shake-up of his team yesterday, reducing the role of campaign manager Rick Davis and vesting political a US_related_news.jsp?action=showView 3 July 2008