Over 12,000 police personnel drawn out from different wings of Andhra Pradesh police have been pressed into service
Seventeen others were injured in the car bomb explosion.
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Terrorism anywhere threatens democracy everywhere, Dr Singh pointed out.
'Both sides welcomed the successful completion of discussions on India's separation plan and looked forward to\nthe full implementation of the commitment in the July 18, 2005, joint statement on nuclear cooperation.'
The one-to-one talks begin in Hyderabad House in thepital.
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Asked if there was a 90 per cent chance of hope of an agreement, Singh replied, "I certainly hope that," adding that an agreement would be a "great contribution" of Bush "to ending India's isolation from the world nuclear order."
The landmark visit, which might see a historic civilian nuclear deal inked between India and the US, has already triggered protests from Muslims, human rights activists and the Left parties.
Both sides have said that there still are differences to be ironed out.
The latest flap over Mehta comes at a time when things are improving in the context of visa rejections for foreign academics in the aftermath of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.
"He will not want to leave it unresolved for his successor," the sources were quoted as saying to The Times.
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The aid money was made available by waiving restrictions leveled against Pakistan after President General Pervez Musharraf seized power in 1999 in a military coup.
Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan said he would demonstrate against President George W Bush during his upcoming visit to Pakistan.
Bush and Danish Premier Rassmusen reiterated the importance of tolerance and freedom of expression.
The Bush administration has said that it considers Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf as an "absolutely essential ally" in the war on terror and it would continue to work with him.
Although Washington has concerns about political continuity in a post-Musharraf Pakistan, it needs to push ahead with the war on terrorism -- and is not interested in rocking the boat at this time.
The Indo-Pak peace process and the war against terror will be high on the talks agenda, said officials.
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