The Third Round of the Pakistan-India Interior/ Home Secretary talks on Terrorism and Drugs Trafficking under the Composite Dialogue was held in Islamabad on 30-31 May 2006. The Pakistan delegation was led by Syed Kamal Shah, Secretary Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan, and the Indian delegation was headed by Mr. V. K. Duggal, Home Secretary, Government of India.

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The Defence Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan on the Siachen issue in the framework of the Composite Dialogue were held in New Delhi on May 23-24, 2006. The Indian delegation was led by Shri Shekhar Dutt, Defence Secretary, and the Pakistan delegation by Lt Gen (Retd) Tariq Waseem Ghazi, Defence Secretary. The Defence Secretary of Pakistan called on Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Defence Minister of India and Shri MK Narayanan, National Security Advisor.

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India has decided to release all 59 Pakistani fishermen in its custody on 27 May 2006 as a goodwill gesture. These fishermen will be sent back to Pakistan from Munabao (Rajasthan) by Thar express. They were taken into custody while fishing in Indian waters between September 2005 and February 2006. The Pakistani fishermen are being released unilaterally on humanitarian grounds.

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In his first stint as a minister in the Union government, Anand Sharma made a blistering start, starting off the blocks with a trip to Brazil just 48 hours after taking his oath of office as minister of state for external affairs. Before his ministerial debut, Mr Sharma had been senior AICC spokesman for many years and was recognised as an important Congress face. Even during his long involvement in party organisational affairs, Mr Sharma’s forte was known to be foreign affairs.

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Hewlett-Packard's system technology and software division (STSD) in Bangalore, has set up a high-tech advanced technology centre (ATC) in the city.

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India scored a major success yesterday at the United Nations when it was elected to the first United Nations Human Rights Council securing the highest number of votes among the contested seats by polling 173 votes out of 190 votes.

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Visiting Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mr. Mangala Samaraweera called on Mr. Anand Sharma, MOS, MEA, this afternoon. The two Ministers took stock of the excellent economic and political bilateral relations between India and Sri Lanka.

BIMSTEC Member States to enhance cooperation to combat terrorism and transnational crime

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