East Bengal will open their campaign with a home match against Muktijoddha of Bangladesh on March 9.
'We would like to ensure there is no foreign intervention in Afghanistan,' says NSAB convener Satinder \n\nLambah.
Pakistan's former interior minister Major General Naseerullah Babar denies a rediff.com column.
The India under-19 team frittered away a first half lead and lost their opening match in the AFC Youth Football Championship.
'We are ready to allow transit facilities and also foolproof security but India will have to deal with Kashmir issue in an equitable and peaceful manner,' the Pakistani president said.
Uzbekistan upset three-time champions Saudi Arabia 1-0 on Thursday to become the first team to reach the Asian Cup quarter-finals.
Turkmenistan snatched a dramatic 2-2 draw against three-times champions Saudi Arabia, while Iraq were beaten 1-0 by Uzbekistan at the Asian Cup.
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The academy will be inaugurated by 'Flying Sikh' Milkha Singh on May 29.
India have been drawn in along with Japan, Oman and Singapore in the Asian qualifying group for the 2006 World Cup football finals.\n\n
Hungarian boys tallied an impressive 29.5 point out of a possible 40 and won the championship.
The plan for laying a pipeline for the transportation of gas from the Central Asian countries is not dependent on an approval from India, a senior Pakistani official has said.
Central bank governors of the eight-nation Asian Clearing Union ended a two-day annual meeting on Monday, aiming for more members and a technological platform, which would ease exchange deals to help regional trade.\n\n\n\n
"I hope that now when the talks are set to begin with India, so the project would be definitely be on agenda," Petroleum Minister Naurez Shakoor told reporters in Islamabad.
World Cup winners Brazil maintained their top position with 843 points, 59 points clear of second place holders France and Spain, according to a FIFA statement.
In an important policy shift, Pakistan has said it was willing to discuss trade issues with India and would give up its insistence to discuss the Kashmir issue first.\n\n\n\n
"India has always said it wanted to talk trade and we have insisted that Kashmir should be discussed first...now we accept India's argument," Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Khursheed\n\nMehmood Kasuri said.
But the hosts failed to qualify for the next round of the under-23 football tournament in the Olympics.
The India 'A' team won the silver medal in the men's section.
India lose to Turkmenistan in pre-Olympic qualifier
Turkmenistan coach Rovshan Muhadov is confident of winning the 'away' tie of the pre-Olympic football match in Goa on Sunday.
Except for a rank bad performance, it is certain of bagging the gold medal.
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkmenistan signed a joint letter formally inviting India to join a 1,600-km natural gas pipeline project, the Asian Development Bank said on Wednesday.
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