Sharif agrees to pull out forces
Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif has promised US President Bill Clinton to withdraw Pakistan-backed forces from the Indian side of the LoC in Kargil even as Washington called for speedy resumption of India-Pakistan talks for resolving all issues, including Kashmir.

Bank credit growth points towards economic revival
The economic revival is here. The latest hard financial data pointing to the recovery has been provided by the Reserve Bank of India. The figures show that bank credit has gone up sharply, when compared to the corresponding period of last year.

Data show economy in recovery mode after three-year slowdown
India's economy has been hearing some good news lately -- and not just from Kashmir where Indian troops are recapturing one strategic height after another from infiltrators dug in on icy ridges.

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