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SK Lambah to be special envoy to Pak 

     New Delhi: India could soon have two dedicated envoys for Pakistan and China. In a move recommended by the Ministry of External Affairs to the Prime Minister's Office, former ambassador S K Lambah will be appointed special envoy to Pakistan. Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran will continue the dialogue with China. Both these processes had earlier been handled by former National Security Advisor J N Dixit, who passed away earlier this month. M K Narayanan is likely to stay on as National Security Advisor.

Javed Akhtar's birthday bash this!

     Mumbai: Javed Akhtar's publicist was working overtime the last few days, approaching newspapers to interview the celebrated lyricist for his 60th birthday. As a result, Javed Saab has been all over the press talking about his life and career these days. While a private party was held to bring in his birthday at son Farhan's house, the next night saw a bigger bash for industry folk at a popular suburban hotel.

Kalam orders nurse's reinstatement (Go To Top)

     New Delhi: President APJ Abdul Kalam on Wednesday turned saviour when he asked authorities in Uttar Pradesh to re- employed a sacked nurse who had lost her job for breaching the presidential security in Lucknow. Archana Saxena, 18, had broken the security cordon of the President during his visit to Rudahi village on the outskirts of Lucknow on Friday to petition the First Citizen of the country to save her father, who she believed faced a threat to his life. Kalam was distributing cheques to meritorious students at Rudahi in Bakshi-ka-talab area when Saxena broke the security cordon. Kalam asked Lucknow District Magistrate Aradhna Shukla to ensure that the nurse, who was employed with a private hospital, was not harassed and should be reinstated. ''The President's office spoke to the Lucknow DM over phone twice since the incident and the latter has deputed a Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) to look into the matter and report back,'' a Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesman said.