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Putting all speculations to rest on the dates of the impending general elections, Chief Election Commissioner M. S. Gill dismissed any chances of postponing the elections because of the Kargil issue. As the Indian Army continues to push back Pakistani intruders in the Kargil sector which seems evident. With the apparent failure of the Lahore declaration and the worsening of ties with Pakistan Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee carry forward the bus diplomacy to Bangladesh. The new bus route proposed in Kolkata and Dhaka is to forge closer ties between the people of the two country. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broa