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Articles 721 through 820 of 13380:
- The Healing Touch Of Rahat Ghar (Hindu, Usha Rai, Oct 08, 2006)
For those caught in the crossfire between the Army and the militants, Rahat Ghar in Srinagar offers the promise of a new start in life.
- Valley Of Woe (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
17 Tomatoes, tales from Kashmir; Jaspreet Singh, 2006, pp 151, Rs 225.
- Abvp Protests Against Demand To Commute Terrorist's Death Sentence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
`The demand is part of vote bank politics'
- Be Armed With Facts On J&k: B.G. Verghese (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Oct 08, 2006)
We have to make compromises: author
- Preserving The Lingam Our Major Task, Says Arun Kumar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 08, 2006)
Shri Amarnathji is one of the holiest Hindu pilgrimage centres, located at an altitude of 3,900 meters in South Kashmir. What adds to its mystique is the inaccessible location and legends surrounding the formation of the holy ice lingam every year.
- Playing Along With General's Bluff May Work (Pioneer, Abhay K Upadhyay, Oct 07, 2006)
We have shunned Pakistan before as a rogue state, but that didn't work. The Havana Declaration may be a way to move away from the blame game and see the beginning of a diplomatic process against terror
- Mirwaiz Sees Early Siachen Solution (Asian Age, Anwar Iqbal, Oct 07, 2006)
Pakistan and India may resolve the Siachen dispute during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s expected visit to Islamabad but there could be little progress on the Kashmir issue, says Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.
- Trust But Verify (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Oct 07, 2006)
Those who believe in making the naughtiest boy the class monitor forget that to make it work, you need a headmaster who is sincerely interested in maintaining order. It's all too plain to see that the "headmaster" in charge of the war on terror is . . .
- Earthquake: World Should Do More (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 07, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday called upon the international community to provide $800 million more required for meeting the shortfall in reconstruction efforts in the quake-affected areas.
- Escaping George Bush’S Future (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Oct 07, 2006)
It always comes back to oil. The continuing misguided interventions in the Middle East by the US and UK have their roots deep in the Arabian sand.
- Agreement On Siachen Likely: Mirwaiz (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 07, 2006)
Musharraf met Mirwaiz during his recent U.S. visit
Musharraf believes both sides can make "headway" on Kashmir
- Kargil, Lies And Musharraf (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 07, 2006)
More than the problem of evolving a joint anti-terror mechanism, the real challenge for India's policy-makers and strategists is one of properly understanding and countering President Pervez Musharraf's personalised diplomatic offensive wrapped . . .
- China's Border Management (Daily Excelsior, Srikanth Kondapalli , Oct 07, 2006)
In recent times, China's border management efforts have been intensified. Due to changes in the domestic and external scenario, China has been able to pay relatively more attention to this aspect in the recent period.
- Quake Areas To Get Rs3bn For Housing Subsidy (Dawn, Ahmed Hassan, Oct 07, 2006)
The federal government on Friday decided to provide Rs3 billion for early payment of housing subsidy to the earthquake-affected people of 34 union councils of the NWFP and Azad Kashmir.
- 20 Injured As Protests Continue In Kashmir (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Twenty people were hurt on Friday in fresh clashes in held Kashmir between police and demonstrators demanding clemency for a Muslim man sentenced to death for plotting a 2001 attack on parliament, police said.
- Centre Mulling Long Term Aid Package For Quake Victims (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
The Centre is mulling a long-term package to boost the collective efforts by the State Governments and NGOs to help the people affected by the killer earthquake that rocked Jammu and Kashmir on October eight last year.
- This Is No Way To Fight Terror (Pioneer, Maninderjit Singh Bitta, Oct 07, 2006)
It is very unfortunate that we have not learnt lessons from history. The decade-long festering wound in Punjab was cured with firm commitment, political will and non-interference under the leadership of then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao, then . . .
- Slow And Steady Wins The Race (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 07, 2006)
The Independent Monitoring Commission supervising the Stormont Agreement to end the Northern Ireland dispute has reported that the Irish Republican Army’s violent campaign against British rule “is over”.
- Pakistani Villagers Taught Animal Care In Wake Of Quake (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Sitting on the floor of an earthquake-damaged house, 25 women from Jigal village in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province listen to a veterinarian doctor tell them about animal husbandry.
- Pak Admits Having Helped Militancy In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Pakistan has admitted that it might have helped insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir at "some time" but claimed it is now "trying our best" to prevent infiltration of militants into India.
- Wake-Up Call (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 07, 2006)
The 27-hour gun battle between militants and security forces in the heart of Srinagar is a worrying indication that militants have regrouped again in urban Kashmir.
- Taking Refuge In Nostalgia (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 07, 2006)
I consider executing people for heinous crimes a medieval barbarity which has been abolished in many advanced countries.
- The Man In A Firan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 07, 2006)
Just after Pervez Musharraf’s book launch, I attended a presentation by army officers on the J&K insurgency.
- Singh, Blair To Discuss Trade, Security Next Week (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Trade and security are expected to be on top of the agenda when Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets his British counterpart Tony Blair in London early next week during a three-day visit.
- Siachen “Likely To Be Resolved” During Pm’S Pak Visit (Tribune, Anwar Iqbal, Oct 07, 2006)
Pakistan and India may resolve the Siachen dispute during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s expected visit to Islamabad but there could be little progress on the Kashmir issue, says Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.
- Following Fashion (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 07, 2006)
If “there is no such thing as Gandhism”, as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi claimed in a statement to the Gandhi Seva Sangha in 1936, how can one explain a cult like Gandhigiri? The word’s etymological similarity with Dadagiri and Goondagiri offers an . . .
- Militant Among 2 Killed In J&k (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Two persons, including a militant from PoK, were killed and six others wounded while ultras abducted a contractor in Jammu and Kashmir overnight, a police spokesman said today.
- Nepal-Bound Flights On Red Alert (Times of India, SUBODH GHILDIYAL, Oct 07, 2006)
The drama kicked off by death sentence to Mohammed Afzal is among security concerns behind a heightened airport alert on Nepal-bound flights, with the Centre apprehensive that militants could resort to hostage-taking to secure his release in a bid . . .
- Pakistan Admits 'Helping' J&k Militancy (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Pakistan has admitted that it might have helped insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir at "some time" but claimed it is now "trying our best" to prevent infiltration of militants into India.
- Matter Of Justice (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 06, 2006)
Only last year a criminal case had come to light which was registered in Billawar in Kathua district in 1959 only to be decided in 2005 --- that is after 46 years. In the intervening period the complainant as well as co-complainant had passed away.
- Ircon Engineer Among 7 Killed In Two Mishaps (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Seven persons including an Engineer of JP Associates and Assistant Manager of IRCON were killed in two separate road accidents at Banihal and Ramban on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway today.
- Srinagar Gunbattle Ends As Both Fidayeen Killed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
With 10 fatal casualties---5 J&K Police personnel, 2 CRPF soldiers, 2 militants and one civilian---the overnight gunbattle between militants and security forces has ended in the business hub of Budshah Chowk in this capital city this afternoon.
- Azad Lambasts Pak For Abetting Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Reiterating his Government’s commitment to wipe out terrorism from the State, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today regretted that despite assurances Pakistan has miserably failed to contain activities of terrorists from its land.
- Too Much Publicity Kills (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 06, 2006)
The basics first. Successful marketing of books depends upon collaboration between the writer, the publisher and the media.
- Mirwaiz Raises Issue With U.S. (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Kashmir’s chief Muslim cleric and leader of his faction of the Hurriyat Conference alliance, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has taken up the issue of Mohammad Afzal Guru’s death sentence with senior functionaries of the Bush administration in New York.
- Everyone Is In The Line Of Fire (News International, Rahimullah Yusufzai, Oct 06, 2006)
It is becoming impossible to ignore President General Pervez Musharraf's autobiography, In the Line of Fire.
- Mystery Letter Threatens Blast At Golden Temple (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
A letter claiming to be from Lashkar-e-Taiyyaba which threatens to blow up the Golden Temple has thrown police and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) authorities at the holy shrine into a tizzy.
- Rockets Found Day After Blast (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Hours after a powerful blast near Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s residence, two rockets were today found in the vicinity of Parliament House here, close to a place where the Pakistani President was to address a meeting.
- No Militant Escaped From Lal Chowk Area, Says J&k Dgp (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Ruling out escape of any militant from the scene of a gunbattle outside Dashnami Akhara here, Jammu and Kashmir DGP Gopal Sharma on Thursday said security forces exercised utmost restraint to avoid civilian casualties and damage to their property.
- Corruption In Quake Victims’ Rehabilitation (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
ONE must be horrified by Oxfam’s report that corruption is holding up the rehabilitation of the survivors of last year’s devastating earthquake in Azad Kashmir and the NWFP.
- Guru Fate Hangs In Imbalance (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 06, 2006)
The issue of clemency for Parliament terror attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru has sharply divided the Congress Party, which is now speaking in different voices on this issue.
- Holed-Up Militants Shot (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
With the killing of two unidentified militants of the Al-Mansoorian outfit, the 24-hour encounter in the central Budshah Chowk area ended here today.
- Death Stared Them In The Face (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Employees of the State Bank of India branch in Dashnami Akhara building here can't believe they are still alive.
- Let Fixes New Rates For J&k 'Motivators' (Times of India, M Saleem Pandit, Oct 06, 2006)
Having failed to attract fresh Kashmiri recruits, Lashkar-e-Taiba has launched a recruitment drive in north Kashmir. Motivators who used to earn Rs 5,000 per new recruit now receive Rs 10,000.
- Self-Purification Exercise (Dawn, S.G. Jilanee, Oct 06, 2006)
To describe fasting in Ramazan as ‘difficult’ would be an understatement. Rigorous would be a more appropriate expression. Hunger is comparatively easier to control. But thirst? That is more difficult.
- Crisis Continuing (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Almost one year on, the situation remains grim for the survivors of the Oct. 9 earthquake in Azad Kashmir and NWFP.
- Musharraf Looking For An Additional “Nine Lives” (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has been living dangerously ever since his October 12, 1999 bloodless military coup, and has escaped death several times. But has he used up all the proverbial nine lives of a cat?
- Cross-Border Terrorism Exploiting Emotions (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 06, 2006)
No man can take another man’s life. But the arguments of leaders to save Afzal are a sort of blackmail.
- India Not Reciprocating, Says Mirwaiz (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Moderate Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq has accused New Delhi of not ``reciprocating'' the gestures by Islamabad for finding an amicable solution to the Kashmir problem.
- Musharraf's Turn To Face The Flak (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 06, 2006)
The criticism against the General's book is perhaps a lesson for the next controversial leader who wants to write his or her autobiography, especially while still in office.
- Pakistan Watching Afzal Case (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 06, 2006)
"The sentence on Afzal will set a bad precedent"
- Muslim Rulers~i (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 05, 2006)
The Muslim world today encompasses a motley collection of 55 countries that stretch across the globe from Indonesia to Morocco.
- Indian, Nepalese Airports Beef Up Security Over Hijack Fears (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
Security has been stepped up at a string of major Indian airports after warnings that a flight to or from Nepal could be hijacked, a security official said on Wednesday.
- Cabinet Satisfied Over Stability In Prices (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Oct 05, 2006)
Federal Cabinet Wednesday noted with satisfaction that the government was vigilantly monitoring the prices in the market and the essential commodities were being sold at the controlled prices, said Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad . . .
- Cpm On Pr Drive For China Firm, Says Bjp (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
BJP has condemned the CPI(M) for using its support to the UPA government at the Centre to govern the nation and its political arithmetic to garner support of for a business house.
- India Reviews Pakistan's Military Capabilities (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
The strategic environment in the Indian sub-continent and the military capabilities of neighbours like Pakistan were reviewed here on Wednesday by a panel headed by Cabinet Secretary BK Chaturvedi.
- Senator To Kabul: Include Taliban (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 05, 2006)
Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf can claim his first victory after his eventful visit to the United States, with US Senate majority leader Bill Frist recommending, for the first time since 9/11, the need to bring the Taliban into the Afghan . . .
- Hinglish Gets Going (Pioneer, RADHAKRISHNA RAO, Oct 05, 2006)
Polyglot India has always been an innovator in enriching languages in a style that is both inimitable and distinct.
- Let's Not Waver (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 05, 2006)
A t a time when countries around the world that abolished capital punishment to flaunt post-War liberal values are desperately seeking ways and means to mete out deterrent punishment to terrorists, it is amazing that we should be witnessing a . . .
- Three Killed, 12 Hurt In Militant Attack In Srinagar (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
Three policemen were killed and eight wounded when Islamist militants attacked a security camp in the heart of Srinagar, police and witnesses said.
- Havana's Flawed Mechanism (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 05, 2006)
Ever since the "historic" Havana meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, spin doctors in the Prime . . .
- Attack On J&k Assembly: Trial Of Suspects Yet To Begin (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 05, 2006)
Case may go to counter-terrorism mechanism
Suspects held under Public Safety Act for four years
Charge sheet under legal scrutiny.
- The Taliban Must Not Return (Indian Express, Gurmeet Kanwal, Oct 05, 2006)
Continuing civil unrest and militancy in Afghanistan do not augur well for strategic stability in Southern Asia. C. Raja Mohan’s reminder that India is not doing enough to safeguard its interests in Afghanistan (‘No Control on Durand Line’, IE, . . .
- Making Borders Irrelevant (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Oct 05, 2006)
EVER since the “historic” Havana meeting between Dr Manmohan Singh and Gen Pervez Musharraf, spin doctors in the Prime Minister’s Office have been averring that the General assured Dr Manmohan Singh that Pakistan was not involved in the 7/11 bomb . . .
- 21 Militants Surrender (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
Two top militants of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, including its self-styled chief operation commander, were killed in a gunbattle with the police in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir today, an official spokesman said here.
- Mush’S Cheap Shot: General 1, Pakistan 0 (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Oct 05, 2006)
There is a reason why heads of state and government avoid writing tell all memoirs until after they are out of office.
- 22-Hr Srinagar Gunbattle Ends, Two Terrorists Killed (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
The two terrorists holed up inside a Srinagar hotel were killed by security forces, including one on early Thursday, bringing to an end the fierce gunbattle that lasted 22 hours and left two policemen dead and injured seven others.
- Will Pak Walk The Talk On Terror! (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, Oct 05, 2006)
It was indeed "Mohabbat Zindabad". After hitting a road block in the aftermath of the serial blasts in Mumbai in July, the chill in the India-Pakistan peace process seems to have thawed.
- Dengue Strikes (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 05, 2006)
Dengue fever is one of the oldest arthropod-born viral diseases known in the country.
- 4 Cops, Civilian Killed In Srinagar Fidayeen (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
Four J&K Police personnel and at least one civilian got killed when militants launched a suicide attack near a paramilitary encampment in the business hub of Budshah Chowk in the heart of this capital city today.
- The Quality Of Mercy (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 05, 2006)
We are not against the death penalty. We think that it does play a role in deterring certain types of crime. But we also agree with the Supreme Court’s 1983 dictum that capital punishment must be reserved for the “rarest of rare cases”.
- Court Martial (Tribune, Brig Harwant Singh, Oct 05, 2006)
I was posted as Brigade Major (BM), of an artillery brigade at Kaluchak near Jammu in 1974 and was to be “Officer Commanding” of all Other Ranks of the Brigade Headquarters.
- Cross-Border Terror — The Uncomfortable Questions (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 05, 2006)
One has little hope that Pakistan will carry out a sincere investigation after obtaining the evidence. But more worrying is that plots hatched across the border involve Indian accomplices.
- A Year Later, These Women Soldier On (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Oct 05, 2006)
Many women in Sultan Daki village of Uri district in Jammu and Kashmir were devastated by the October 2005 earthquake. They lost their homes. They lost their husbands.
- Demand To Commute Afzal's Sentence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
Arundhati Roy says Parliament attack case is full of fabricated stories and evidence
Execution will widen the rift between communities: Medha
No direct evidence to link him to the incident: Yasin Malik.
- On The Horns Of A Dilemma (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Oct 05, 2006)
Having to ‘judge’ the cases involving those who allegedly snuffed out many innocent lives and committed gruesome rapes, including those of minors, the President is faced with a very difficult choice.
- Investigating Kargil (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 05, 2006)
President Musharraf's book seems to have opened up a veritable Pandora's box on many controversial matters.
- Katrina's Fairer Than Fair Feet: And The Lankeshwar's Laptop (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 05, 2006)
Our hallowed traditions have, over the past one week, been under concerted attack.
- Fidayeen Attack Crpf Headquarters In Srinagar (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Oct 05, 2006)
Three policemen killed; two militants take refuge in nearby hotel
- Mufti Heads Non-Official Team To Unga (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Oct 03, 2006)
Former J&K CM Mufti Mohammed Sayeed will lead the non-official delegation from India to the UN General Assembly this year. The delegation includes Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who is already in the US.
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