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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- Hurriyat Has Reneged On Its Promise: Manmohan (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 19, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is hopeful of talking to political groups to address the Jammu and Kashmir peace process.
- Stop The Mischief (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2007)
The peace and tranquility at Bababudangiri – the abode of a Sufi saint, revered by both the Hindus and Muslims for centuries – is once again sought to be disturbed by the Sangh parivar with the so-called Datta mala abhiyan some time next week.
- Basmati For Pak, Chilgozas For India: Delhi, Islamabad Draw Up Loc Trade List (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, Oct 19, 2007)
As India and Pakistan began expert level talks on conventional and nuclear confidence building measures (CBMs) on Thursday, the two countries are actively moving forward on another CBM — trade across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Other End Of The Deal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 19, 2007)
So imagine you wanted to make a business deal so badly that you handed the other guy a blank cheque, and then after you’d given up so much, the other guy said ‘no thanks."
- Azad Urges Media To Highlight Development (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad here today sought media’s cooperation in reaching out to people across the country and lamented that news about the negative aspects of society overshadowed developmental issues.
- Govt Interest In Peace Process Waning: Mufti (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed expressed dismay over the "waning interest" of the state government in the peace and confidence-building process and urged it to revitalise and push forward the "sagging peace process".
- On Guard In Kashmir (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Oct 18, 2007)
Much has been written and said about demilitarisation in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Sensex Records Biggest Intra-Day Drop; Claws Back (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
It was a crazy day, the kind that gives investors heart attacks and sharp traders their year’s bonus in a fraction of a second.
- Four Die As Kashmiris End Truce (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Three militants and a policeman were killed in separate incidents in occupied Kashmir after militants ended a brief unilateral truce, police said on Wednesday.
- Aarti Dhar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said the State was heading for achieving ‘zero tolerance’ in human rights violations as there had been cases of custodial disappearances this year so far.
- India Blames Isi For Blasts On The Eve Of Cbm Talks (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Oct 18, 2007)
As a Pakistani delegation arrived here to resume the dialogue with India on nuclear and conventional confidence building measures (CBMs) and a flagging anti-terror mechanism, New Delhi blamed Islamabad for a string of apparently unconnected but . . . .
- Pakistan Inciting Sikh Radicals, Alleges India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
India’s top national security official has accused Pakistan of trying to stir up Sikh militancy in Punjab, striking a sour note ahead of direct talks this week between the South Asian rivals.
- Indian’S Blogsite Creates Waves In Pakistan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
It took Mayank Austen Soofi just two visits to Pakistan to fall in love with the country and its people.
- Attempts In Pakistan To Build Radical Sikh Environment: Nsa (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
Concerned over the wave of terror attacks, National Security Advisor M K Narayanan today said that the Government was planning to convene a meeting of Chief Ministers soon to share perspectives, information and discuss the way ahead to combat terror.
- After Ludhiana (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
The bombing of a cinema hall in Ludhiana is more than a statistical intrusion upon Punjab's decade-long terror-free record.
- Economic Intelligence Vital In Tackling Organised Crime: Ib (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
Organised crime networks like the D-Company of Dawood Ibrahim (designated by the US as global terrorist) have made inroads into the economic framework of the country by entering into diverse activities such as infotainment sector . . . . . .
- Sleeping On The Job (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Oct 17, 2007)
India is the only country whose establishment officially defines 'national interest' as a 'vague' concept. As a result, the pursuit of a vague foreign policy leads to one fiasco after another. Burma is the latest example
- Battle For Mosques And Minds (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
The attack on Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti’s Dargah in Ajmer, one of the oldest Sufi shrines in South Asia, is a new twist to an old terrorist tale, in which fundamentalists are triggering off cultural phobia along with fatal tiffin-box bombs.
- Continue Reforms For 10 Pc Growth: Lehman (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
Continued structural reforms process would help India to grow at 10 per cent in the coming decade and the Indian stock markets hold the potential to outperform developed and emerging markets over the next five years, global investment . . . . . .
- Suppressed Turns Oppressor (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Oct 17, 2007)
A shocked group of young cricket fans watches Bangladesh defeat India in the 2007 World Cup in South Africa.
- Flag-Waving Is Dangerous For Health (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
For all the waving around, it is often forgotten how powerful and contentious a symbol flags are.
- Callous About Security (The Economic Times, P R RAMESH, Oct 17, 2007)
A senseless government and political seat-warmers at its helm are ensuring that 2007 turns out to be a good year for blood-thirsty jehadis.
- Winter Balm (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 17, 2007)
As time moves towards dusk these days, the sky looks benevolent and forgiving, almost melancholic.
- New Arrivals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Effective Environmental Management — Principles and Case Studies: Rory Sullivan, Hugh Wyndham; Allen & Unwin, Australia. Rs. 395. All Men Are Brothers — Autobiographical Reflections – Mahatma Gandhi: Compiled and edited by Krishna Kripalani. . .
- The Alarm Punjab Didn’T Hear (Telegraph, BHAVNA VIJ-AURORA, Oct 16, 2007)
The Union home ministry had warned Punjab less than a month ago that Ludhiana, one of the richest industrial towns in the state, could be a prime target for terror strikes.
- Ajmer Blast: Toll Rises To 3 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
The toll in the bomb blast at the Dargah of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti on October 11 has increased to three with one more person succumbing to his injuries in SMS Hospital in Jaipur last night.
- New Face Of Terror (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 16, 2007)
Moderate Muslims should stand up against terror.
- Al-Qaeda Reaching Out With Flashy Websites (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Over 100 English internet sites, packed with flashy videos of car bombings and other terror strikes, are helping spread the message of the so called jihad by al-Qaeda and other extremist groups among Muslims in the US and Europe . . . .
- Sikh Outfits, Jihadis Behind Blast (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Involvement of Sikh separatists in collaboration with Islamic jihadi groups is being suspected behind the blast that killed seven people and injured 32 at the Ludhiana multiplex last night.
- Jammu Farm Dept Staff Sans Salary For 2 Months (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Employees of the state Agriculture Department in Jammu region have alleged that they had not been paid salary for the past two months.
- Azad To Soon Review Rehabilitation Of Tangdhar Quake-Hit (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said much of rehabilitation work and restoration of facilities had been completed in the quake-hit area of Karnah in north Kashmir in two years and it would be reviewed soon.
- Man Selling Kidney For Son’S Treatment (Tribune, M.L. Kak, Oct 16, 2007)
Forty-year-old Sumeer Khajuria,belonging to the Talab Tillo area of Jammu,has announced to sell his kidney for raising Rs 3 lakh to be utilised for the treatment of his five-month-old child Vansh,suffering from major heart ailment.
- Police Clueless; 25 Questioned (Tribune, Jupinderjit Singh, Oct 16, 2007)
Twenty hours after the Shingar blast, the police remains clueless about the accused, the kind of explosives and the mode of triggering the blast even as the top brass of the Punjab Police and intelligence agencies are camping here, trying. . .
- Shifting Of Jail From Bhaderwah Fort Opposed (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2007)
The decision of the state government to shift the jail from the Bhaderwah Fort has been snowballing into another political issue in the home town of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
- Benazir For Common Market From Kabul To Bay Of Bengal (Indian Express, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 15, 2007)
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who plans to return home on Thursday despite being asked by General Musharraf to delay it by a few days, says she envisages building “common markets” in South Asia from the “mountain peaks . . . .
- Death Toll In Ajmer Blast Rises To Three (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The death toll in Ajmer shrine blast has risen to three after one the injured succumbed to his injuries in Jaipur.
- Lakhs Offer Prayers At Idgah After 20 Yrs (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Id was today celebrated across Jammu and Kashmir with religious fervour with over one lakh people offering Id prayers at the famous Idgah after a gap of about 20 years.
- Ajmer Sharif Is About Unity (Indian Express, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Oct 15, 2007)
No adequate history of Islam can be written without recording the activity and influence of Sufi saints, and Hazrat Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti Rehmatullah Alaih happens to be the most revered Sufi saint in the world.
- India To Raise Ajmer Blast With Pakistan (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The Ajmer dargah blast along with some other recent terror attacks, including the one in Hyderabad, is likely to figure high on the agenda of anti-terror talks between India and Pakistan here next week.
- Call Of The Falls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Karnataka is famous for its falls and the twin falls of Shivasamudram attract tourists in plenty. After a season of good rains the falls are in fine form.
- The Road Not Taken (Deccan Herald, Manohar Shetty, Oct 15, 2007)
An undercurrent of passion and honest emotion pulls the narrative through over some implausible moments in this book which deals with religious faith and worldly lures.
- Qaeda Is Working On Soft Targets, Says Israeli Scholar (Indian Express, ANUBHUTI VISHNOI, Oct 15, 2007)
leading researcher on radical Islamic movements and former adviser to Israeli Prime Ministers Shimon Peres and Ariel Sharon has said that given the current scenario, India is quite likely to become a target for al-Qaeda-type radical movements.
- Wings Of Glory (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
It is in the fitness of things that even as the Indian Air Force is celebrating its 75th Anniversary and at sixty, India is going through the euphoria of ‘Chak de’, celebrating achievements in a variety of fields, S Sapru has . . . . . .
- 'It's Possible For Us To Have Military History Written Without Carrying Sensitive Material' (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 15, 2007)
Let me tell you the story of two young officers commissioned in the army of two neighbouring countries in 1964. They both should have retired.
- Eid Peaceful In Kashmir (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Amid a militant sponsored cease fire, Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated peacefully in Kashmir on Sunday.
- Sinister Design (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, undoubtedly, is the most revered Sufi saint of not only India but the whole of South Asia.
- Blast Rips Through Ludhiana Movie Hall: 7 Killed, 40 Injured (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Barely three days after a blast at the Ajmer Sharif dargah, a powerful explosion rocked a cinema hall in Ludhiana on Sunday night —- after peaceful Id festivities throughout the country —- killing at least seven persons and injuring about 40.
- Away Into The Void (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Booker Prize winning Yann Martel reveals the origins of his audacious novel Life of Pi.
- Andhra Cops Give Clean Chit To Blast Victim Who Had Become A Suspect (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Oct 15, 2007)
The police in Andhra Pradesh have rejected the internal security establishment’s theory that former Hyderabad resident Syed Salim, one of the two killed in the Ajmer Sharif blast, could be one of the terror suspects.
- India To Raise Concerns With Pak On Latest Terror Attacks (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The Ajmer dargah blast along with some other recent terror attacks, including the one in Hyderabad, is likely to figure high on the agenda of anti-terror talks between India and Pakistan here next week.
- India To Raise Concerns With Pak On Latest Terror Attacks (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 14, 2007)
The Ajmer dargah blast along with some other recent terror attacks, including the one in Hyderabad, is likely to figure high on the agenda of anti-terror talks between India and Pakistan in New Delhi next week.
- Prayers Resume At Ajmer Shrine, 6 Held (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Thousands prayed at the highly revered Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti here on Friday, a day after a bomb blast killed two people and shook the town. Police detained six suspects including two Bangladeshi nationals.
- Scepticism, Fire And Visionary Power (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2007)
Doris Lessing, the prolific and path-finding novelist whose writing has for almost six decades captured the inner turmoil and social transformations of a world in flux, has won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature.
- Blast At Famed Indian Sufi Shrine (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
At least two people have been killed in an explosion in one of India's most popular Muslim shrines west of the capital, Delhi, officials say.
- 2 Fidayeen Killed, 3 Soldiers Hurt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Two fidayeen, who had stormed a CRPF camp near the Dal Lake last evening, have been killed by security personnel.
- Us House Hopeful Of Agreement (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 13, 2007)
While the Hyde Act and 123 Agreement may have some “inconsistencies”, members of Congress will be able to find “common ground” and approve the legislation that allows civil nuclear trade between the United States and India, according. . .
- Kashmir Ceasefire: Remembering Failure (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 13, 2007)
Former Hizb commander ponders lessons of collapsed 2000-2001 peace effort
Sees no point in harbouring resentments against the dead
“It’s never too late to talk peace. We all have no choice”
- What Ajmer Teaches (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2007)
THE merchants of death have struck again. This time at the heart of the Sufi tradition and humanism.
- Navratra Festival Begins Amid Tight Security (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Amidst unprecedented security, the annual Navratra festival commenced here today in this holy town, which is the base camp of the holy shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi.
- 1 Killed In Road Accident (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
A motorcyclist was knocked down by a speeding vehicle near here on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway.
- Targeting Brotherhood (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 13, 2007)
Security should be beefed up in all religious places.
- Shiny On The Outside (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 13, 2007)
Among the many puzzles of China, what strikes a visitor from India is, where are all the people in the world’s most populous country?! In India, you throw a stone in any direction and a group will surface from nowhere.
- Ajmer Probe Throws Up Hyderabad Links (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 13, 2007)
Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami cell may have executed bombing
Explosive devices used at Ajmer shrine closely resemble those placed in Mecca Masjid
In both places, bombs were designed to be triggered by mobile phone’s alarm clock
- The Truth-Sayer (Indian Express, Atul Chaturvedi, Oct 13, 2007)
“That’s what learning is. You suddenly understand something you understood all your life, but in a new way.”
- Ladakh's Lofty Passes (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Located in northwest India’s Jammu and Kashmir state, the remote Ladakh astounds first-time visitors with its surreal landscape – craggy peaks, barren deserts, plunging gorges, turquoise-green rivers and a backdrop of ancient gompas . . . .
- Terrorism In J&k (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 13, 2007)
The mysterious blast inside an Army camp in north Kashmir on Thursday, for which Hizbul Mujahideen has claimed credit, indicates that the situation in Jammu & Kashmir with regard to terrorism remains unchanged.
- Muslim Suspects Questioned In Indian Shrine Bombing (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
A Bangladeshi national was among several men being questioned on Friday in connection with the bombing of one of India’s holiest Islamic shrines that left two dead, police said.
- Holy Terror (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 13, 2007)
Thursday’s attack on the Ajmer Sharif dargah conforms to a recent trend. Terrorists increasingly single out places of worship as targets of attack.
- Huji May Be Behind Blast (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami (HuJI), a militant outfit of Bangladesh, was suspected to be behind the blast at the sufi shrine of Khwaja Mohiuddin Chisti at Ajmer in which militants used a mixture Tri-Nitro Toluene (TNT) as the explosive material, sources said.
- Call Of The Falls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Karnataka is famous for its falls and the twin falls of Shivasamudram attract tourists in plenty. After a season of good rains the falls are in fine form.
- Shab-E-Qader: Devotees Throng Shrines, Mosques For Prayers (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Devotees visited shrines and mosques for night-long prayers on the occasion of Shab-e-Qader on Tuesday night, on 26th day of holy month of Ramzan.
- Jammu-Based Employees Blame Cong For Unfair Treatment (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Claims of the ruling coalition on equal treatment to all three regions of the state notwithstanding, government employees of Jammu region have charged the Congress-led government with giving them unfair treatment.
- Ajmer Dargah Blast Kills 2 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
At least two pilgrims were killed and nine others, including a child, injured in a terror attack when a crude bomb went off at the sufi shrine of Khawaja Moinuddhin Chishti where thousands of devotees gathered to break the day-long Ramzan fast today.
- Stand By The Leader (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 12, 2007)
When the Congress shows its inherent weakness and intellectual confusion by backtracking on the first confident assertion made by its president in recent months, it leaves one amazed.
- Iaea Boss Fights To Save Nuke Deal (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 12, 2007)
IAEA director-general Mohammed ElBaradei has possibly done more to promote the nuclear deal in the last couple of days than anybody in the government, with the exception of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has in the last couple of years.
- Blast At Dargah Ajmer Sharif (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
At least two people were killed and over a dozen injured when a powerful bomb rocked the world famous Dargah of Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer on Thursday evening. An Iftar was on after the roza (fast) by Muslim devotees when the blast took place.
- Terror Blast Hits Ajmer Shrine, 2 Die (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Two pilgrims were killed and at least 14 others, inclu-ding a child, were injured in a terrorist attack when a low-intensity crude bomb went off at the renowned Sufi shrine of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer on Thursday evening.
- One Killed In Suicide Attack On Crpf Camp In Srinagar (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Militants on Thursday carried out a suicide attack on the CRPF battalion headquarters housed in a hotel along the banks of the famous Dal Lake on Thursday evening in which one of the bombers was killed after a fierce gun-battle.
- Ajmer Blast: B'desh Suspected (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Rajasthan police is interrogating some suspects, including pilgrims of Bangladeshi origin, in connection with the blast at the revered Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti here where Friday prayers will go ahead as scheduled.
- Kashmir Attack Ends, 2 Militants Killed (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Two suicide bombers were killed and three paramilitary troopers were wounded in a terrorist attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp near the Dal Lake here, police officials said on Friday.
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