March 08, 2012: Peace & Harmony News from S. Asia
Pritam Rohila
ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNAL HARMONY IN ASIA (ACHA)
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March 08, 2012: Peace & Harmony News from S. Asia
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IN THIS ISSUE
HAPPY HOLI & INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY!
*India to ratify Mujib-Indira treaty (with BD), SAMN, March 6, 2012
*India to ratify Mujib-Indira treaty (with BD), SAMN, March 6, 2012
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*Floodlit cricket match in Kashmir to light up aficianados' faces, Hindustan TimesMarch 05, 2012
Come March 18 and a new light will dawn on Kashmir - otherwise darkened by two decades of violence - courtesy the much-loved game of cricket. If all goes well, a floodlit Twenty20 cricket tournament would be played next month for the first time in the history of sports in the state, 60 years after lights were used for playing day-and-night cricket matches in England…
*India to ratify Mujib-Indira treaty (with BD), SAMN, March 6, 2012
http://southasianmedia.net/Test21/DetailPage.aspx?StoryID=64897
India is going to ratify a treaty 38 years after its former prime minister Indira Gandhi signed it with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1974 to settle border disputes, the home minister has said, reports bdnews24.com. Shahara Khatun in a report at Monday's cabinet meeting said New Delhi also assured Dhaka of handing over Mujib murder convicts captain Majed and Risalder Moslehuddin, now hiding in that country, to serve their sentences…
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EXPLANATION/DISCLIMER: The above is a selection of news stories pertaining to South Asian governments, civil society organizations and individuals working together on projects of mutual benefit including peace and communal harmony, and those relating to attempts to improve the condition of South Asian peoples, especially women and children. ACHA does not approve of or subscribe to any "disharmonizing language" (including terms such as POK or IOK) used in these items selected from various publications. Readers may exercise their linguistic judgment and ignore any biased language.