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Articles 2221 through 2320 of 13380:
- Withering ‘Kali’ Of Kashmir? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 08, 2006)
Sometimes certain songs have lyrics that turn out to be nearly prophetic. Superhit "Junglee" readily comes to mind in this behalf. Saira Bano playing a Kashmiri belle had moved the millions while portraying Lata . . .
- Hostage Drama Ends As 2 Militants Killed, 3 Rescued (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Even as militants gunned down two soldiers, looted their weapons and escaped in Kulgam-Qazigund belt of south Kashmir today, two militants and a soldier got killed and three persons were rescued in a fierce gunbattle at Shirpora in the same . . .
- Time To Look Back Without Anger (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 08, 2006)
The tit-for-tat expulsion of an Indian and Pakistani diplomat each over the weekend clearly signifies a new low in the bilateral relationship. What is worse is the media spin being put on the story, which, in fact, makes out the situation to be . . .
- Anti-India Terror Groups Exist In Pak, Admits Us (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The US on Monday agreed with India that there were anti-India terrorist elements in Pakistan, but at the same time reiterated the stand that Pakistan had turned its back on terrorism.
- Three Soldiers, 4 Ultras Killed In Kashmir Ambush (Pioneer, Khursheed Wani, Aug 08, 2006)
Three soldiers and four militants died in separate clashes in south Kashmir on Monday while militants made an abortive attempt on the life of Deputy Inspector General Police when he was returning from one of the sites.
- Thousands Of Workers In Saddam's Regime Re-Employed (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
About 10,000 workers in Saddam Hussein's former regime have been re-employed as part of national reconciliation, reversing their purge after the March 2003 US-led invasion, an official said.
- Pakistan Army Uses Fundamentalists, But Scorns Them, Says Cohen (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
“The fundamentalists are not really that strong in Pakistan; the army has contempt for them, but uses them.
- Loc Tense Again, Says Sultan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry, former prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and convener of People’s Muslim League, said on Monday that troops’ build-up along the Line of Control (LoC) had begun again, and the Indian army was committing . . .
- Kashmir, Terrorism Not Linked: Boucher (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Aug 08, 2006)
US Under Secretary of State Richard Boucher said on Monday that Kashmir and terrorism are not linked.
- Harsh Home-Truths (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 07, 2006)
For far too long have far too many politicians in Jammu and Kashmir secured their popularity by playing the “army card”. Mehbooba Mufti made a fine art of it.
- Army Evacuates 500 From Flood-Hit Ladakh (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
With flood situation in Ladakh turning grim, the army has stepped up rescue efforts evacuating over 500 people from several submerged areas of Leh and Kargil district.
- India: Human Trafficking Fuelling Hiv (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 07, 2006)
Images of guns, drugs and rebels have long defined India’s troubled northeast. Now, a study across eight states in this resource-rich, infrastructure-poor, conflict-scarred region seeks to highlight a new worry:
- Appalling Civic Failures (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 07, 2006)
Torrental downpours claimed another 25 lives in Punjab on Friday, pushing the rain-related death toll in the province to well over 50 in less than two weeks.
- Double Invasion (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 07, 2006)
It continues to be a sad commentary on our times that serious occurrences in remote areas don’t get timely notice. This is true of not only the administrative apparatus but of all spheres of society.
- Is Terror In India Becoming Home Grown? (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Aug 07, 2006)
Till the Mumbai blasts took place on 11/7, one would have perhaps rejected out of hand, the view that terror in India is home grown. That is because New Delhi has sufficient reason to believe that Pakistan is behind our terror trouble.
- Too Good? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 07, 2006)
It sounds too good but one should take the official word for it. A number of schemes are afoot to invest holy shrines and tourist places with their due status in the State including in the Jammu region during 2006-07.
- Hc Quashes Detention Of 7 Under Psa (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court quashed the detention of seven persons under the Public Safety Act (PSA).
- Don’T Make Kargil’S Feat Controversial (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 07, 2006)
PML (N) has circulated a White Paper on the Kargil operation entitled ‘Kargil adventure — another huge defeat after Dhaka Fall, who is responsible?’ to focus on its negative bearing on the nation as a whole.
- Kargil: Sharif's Party Puts Out White Paper (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 07, 2006)
PML wants Musharraf to "admit his blunders"
It asked him to "present himself for a court martial"'
- Tit For Tat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2006)
Expulsions and counter-expulsions of diplomats, which were a routine in India-Pakistan relations until a few years ago, have become a reality again. It was Pakistan which started the process by . . .
- Kashmir Situation "Grave": Nc (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Describing the prevailing political situation in Jammu and Kashmir as "grave", opposition National Conference today said the prosperity and development of India and Pakistan depend on the resolution of Kashmir issue.
- New Ajk Cabinet Sworn In (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The new cabinet of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) was sworn in Monday here at Kashmir House.
- Landslides And Deforestation (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 07, 2006)
Over 110 people have died in the earthquake-hit areas of NWFP and Kashmir since heavy monsoon rains hit the region in recent days.
- Both Expel Each Other’S Diplomat (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The Indo-Pak peace process today suffered yet another blow as they expelled each other’s diplomat after Islamabad’s "outrageous" action of handcuffing, blindfolding and detaining a senior Indian High Commission official.
- 6 Bsf Jawans Hurt In Grenade Attack (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Six BSF jawans and two civilians were injured when militants hurled two grenades on a security force picket in the Sopore area of Baramula district today.
- Jains To Be Given Minority Status Soon: Antulay (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Union Minister for Minority Affairs A R Antulay on Sunday said that the Jain religion would be given minority status only after attaining consensus between both the sects within the religion.
- Pak Must Destroy Terror Infrastructure: Doval (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 06, 2006)
A quintessential “operations” man and the Bhishma Pitamah of the Indian intelligence brass, Ajit Kumar Doval (IPS 1968 batch, Kerala cadre), is viewed as a national asset.
- Mountain In The Molehill (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 06, 2006)
Did you notice that in the entire commotion over the Jaswant Singh mole revelation nobody talked about the one aspect which, if any at all, should have mattered today? And it is not so much as to who the mole was, but whether or not a leakage did . . .
- Pathak & Action Taken Reports Tomorrow (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 06, 2006)
In a bid to derail the Opposition campaign against the UPA government on the Pathak Authority report, the Centre has decided to table its findings in Parliament on Monday along with its Action Taken Report (ATR).
- Politics Of The Right Of Self-Determination (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 06, 2006)
The Pakistan Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, in an interview with Outlook correspondent Saba Naqvi Bhaumik, said that though Indo-Pakistan relations are moving in the right direction, but the "core issue" of Kashmir has to be settled first. When asked . . .
- Army Recruits 248 In Kashmir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
It was a proud moment for the 248 recruits, including 82 from the Kashmir valley, to join the Indian Army family after they took the oath of allegiance at the passing-out parade today.
- Muslims Must Isolate Fundos (Pioneer, Khwaja Ekram, Aug 06, 2006)
The collaboration of local Muslims with global jihadi outfits enlarges the scope of the fight against terrorism. This poses threat not only to the country's stability and integrity, but also the innocent Muslim community ----- When Mumbai, the . . .
- A’Hlan Wa Sahlan! (New Indian Express, Jemima Raman, Aug 06, 2006)
As I stepped off the aircraft — and before I could breathe or stretch my travel weary limbs — the words came tumbling from nowhere in particular:
- Setback To Indo-Pak Ties As Both Expel Each Other's Diplomat (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The Indo-Pak peace process on Saturday suffered yet another blow as they expelled each other's diplomat after Islamabad's "outrageous" action of handcuffing, blindfolding and detaining a senior Indian High Commission official.
- Ajk Opposition Plans Protest Campaign (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Aug 06, 2006)
The ruling party in Azad Kashmir seem to be in for hard times so soon after winning a second successive term in an election that all its rivals say was rigged.
- Pretexts, Provocations And Consequences (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 06, 2006)
When a series of bomb blasts ripped through seven commuter trains, causing mayhem in Mumbai nine days ago, it was hardly surprising that suspicion immediately fell on Islamist militants, with Lashkar-i-Taiba becoming the main focus of attention on . . .
- Attack On The Idea Of India (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Aug 06, 2006)
How ironic that Tony Blair should be the first major political leader to point out that the nature of our Kashmir problem has changed.
- A Stranger In My Land (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Aug 06, 2006)
The colour of my skin has become a problem in the country I live in. No, I am not living in a Black ghetto in the US, nor am I a non-white in France. I don’t have anything to do with South Africa, the country wanting to forget its racial past.
- The House They All Built (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 06, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party would not be itself if it stopped playing politics with history. As the real intentions of the BJP in raking up a controversy about an American “mole” in P.V. Narasimha Rao’s PMO become clear, Sonia Gandhi and Prime . . .
- New Face Of Jihadi Terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 06, 2006)
Let's not blind ourselves to the new scourge: Home-grown Islamist terror ----- Investigations into the Mumbai bombings and several other blasts over the past few months (Varanasi, Bangalore, Delhi and Ayodhya) have confirmed that Pakistan has . . .
- Regional Arc Of Instability (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Aug 06, 2006)
Today, the entire Balochistan is in flames because the military leaders of Pakistan are busy exploiting natural resources of the region without giving anything in return.
- Story Of An Unlikely Heroine (Hindu, ANJANA RAJAN, Aug 06, 2006)
How did Noor Inayat Khan end up as a British spy during World War II?
- Besieged Valley (Pioneer, Khursheed Wani, Aug 06, 2006)
According to official records, a constant number of 1,500-2,000 terrorists is active in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Azad Rules Out Talks With Militants (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Aug 06, 2006)
Ruling out the possibility of holding Nagaland-style talks with militants in Kashmir, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday evening told the Assembly that it was a completely different situation here as non-State actors were involved.
- Opposition Boycotts Ajk Council Election (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The opposition in the AJK Legislative Assembly on Saturday boycotted the election for a vacant seat of the AJK Council which was won by the Muslim Conference candidate Mallick Pervez Akhtar.
- Rain Troubles Pak Quake Survivors (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Heavy monsoon rain lashed northern Pakistan today, triggering landslides that blocked two key roads in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, adding to the misery of thousands of displaced survivors of last year’s massive earthquake, officials said.
- New Face Of Jihadi Terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 05, 2006)
Let's not blind ourselves to the new scourge: Home-grown Islamist terror ----- Investigations into the Mumbai bombings and several other blasts over the past few months (Varanasi, Bangalore, Delhi and Ayodhya) have confirmed that Pakistan has devised . .
- Regional Arc Of Instability (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
Today, the entire Balochistan is in flames because the military leaders of Pakistan are busy exploiting natural resources of the region without giving anything in return.
- Nature’S Solution For Water Needs (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
The most important event of the year in our national calendar is the advent of the summer monsoon. It takes place sometime between the last week of May and the first week of June.
- American Claims And Questions Of Fact (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 05, 2006)
Are the United States' claims that Pakistan is serious about fighting jihadi terrorism directed at India plausible?
- Mumbai Blasts: Man Held In J&k (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
A Surankote resident of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district has been arrested for his possible involvement in the July 11 Mumbai blasts, which left 200 people dead and over 700 injured.
- Pathak Report Leak Rocks Parliament (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The leakage of the report of the Justice R S Pathak Inquiry Authority into the oil-for-food scam submitted to the Prime Minister last evening pulverised the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha today with the Opposition accusing the Congress-led UPA . . .
- Kashmir Just An Excuse (News International, BASHIR MANZAR, Aug 05, 2006)
Right from 1947, India and Pakistan have not only fought full fledged and proxy wars but have also made umpteen attempts to broker peace.
- Nehru's Legacy In Foreign Affairs (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Aug 05, 2006)
The volume contains material that throws light on the culture of prevarication that has marked the handling of foreign affairs.
- Intelligence Warns More Terror Strikes (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
With intelligence agencies warning of fresh terrorist strikes in the country, especially in Maharashtra, the Centre has summoned Chief Secretary of Maharashtra D Shankaran, Director General of Police PS Pasricha and the chief of . . .
- A Disastrous Model (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Aug 05, 2006)
Those advocating armed attacks on Pakistan in response to the Mumbai bombings wish to emulate Israel's aggression. That is the worst model India could follow.
- Govt Committed To Peace, But Hurriyat Not Interested: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Aug 05, 2006)
Claiming that peace process initiated by the Centre with India and Pakistan was on, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today claimed that there was an "overall" improvement in security scenario of the State and situation has vastly improved than what . . .
- Rains Wreak Havoc, 41 Die (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 05, 2006)
Forty-one people were died in rain related incidents in different parts of the country on Friday. At least 27 persons including five children and women died in different rain related incidents as flood water submerged low laying areas of the city on . . .
- Besieged Valley (Pioneer, Khursheed Wani, Aug 05, 2006)
According to official records, a constant number of 1,500-2,000 terrorists is active in Jammu and Kashmir. Every year, 400 terrorists are killed. Yet, the total number remains unaltered.
- West Asian Crisis (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Aug 05, 2006)
The visual images of distraught Indians being evacuated from Beirut following Israeli air raids on suspected positions of militants groups Hizbullah and Hamas has once again brought to the fore India's political and economic stakes in West Asia.
- Twin Evils (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 05, 2006)
As often stated in these columns Naxalism and terrorism have emerged twin threats to the country. Our State has been a major victim of militant activities. It is only too well known that perpetrators of violence invariably come from the other side . . .
- Care For Them (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 05, 2006)
How does one describe the fact that 34.5 per cent of children below three years of age are underweight in Jammu and Kashmir? By no yardstick can it be called a happy position.
- Primacy Of Democracy In Pakistan (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Aug 05, 2006)
“man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they. How did this change come about? I do not know. What makes it legitimate? That question I think I can answer.
- Bill To Set Up Finance Commission Passed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The Legislative Assembly today passed State Finance Commission bill providing for equitable development of all three regions of the State by equal distribution of resources available for development.
- Bar Calls For Jammu Bandh On August 11 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Bar Association Jammu, supported by 35 other organizations, has called for a Jammu Bandh on August 11, 2006.
- Muslims Must Isolate Fundos (Pioneer, Khwaja Ekram, Aug 05, 2006)
The collaboration of local Muslims with global jihadi outfits enlarges the scope of the fight against terrorism. This poses threat not only to the country's stability and integrity, but also the innocent Muslim community ----- When Mumbai, the . . .
- Centre Working Towards Peace In J&k: Azad (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The Centre has taken all necessary steps to restore peace in Jammu and Kashmir, including a dialogue process with Pakistan and Hurriyat Conference, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Friday.
- ‘This Is A War About Global Values’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 04, 2006)
In a speech to the World Affairs Council in Los Angeles on Tuesday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair stresses the need to “Think ahead.” And “Think China... Russia...India” because “all of these great emerging powers want a benign relationship . . .
- Quiet Fortitude (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 04, 2006)
There has been a resurgence of interest in the role of women in World War II. One area where women did contribute in significant numbers . . .
- Why We Need To Be On Our Toes (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 04, 2006)
On an average the terrorists inflict two heart-rending tragedies in the country every month.
- J&k Sex Racket: Court Defers Hearing (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
A court in Srinagar on Thursday deferred the hearing on bail applications of four persons arrested in connection with the sex racket case as the defence counsel could not reach the court in time.
- Let Ultra Nabbed For Serial Train Blasts (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, Aug 04, 2006)
Mumbai Police and CID (Counter Intelligence) sleuths tonight arrested a suspected militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) from Surankote tehsil in Poonch district, who was allegedly involved in serial blasts in trains at Mumbai in which over 200 persons . . .
- Mist Lifts But Hurdles Remain For India-Pak Peace (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Aug 04, 2006)
It was one of the briefest winters in the traditionally tumultuous relations between India and Pakistan.
- Kashmir Police Offers Bounty For Grenade Throwers (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Police in Indian Kashmir on Thursday offered 100,000 rupees in cash and a government job as reward to help catch militants behind a spate of grenade attacks in the revolt-torn region.
- Silent Partitions (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 04, 2006)
The divisions caused by decades of communal strife are partly responsible for the terror in Mumbai.
- Harnessing Hate (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 04, 2006)
Lashkar terrorist Syed Abdul Karim `Tunda' has vanished after the Mumbai explosions, but his legacy refuses to disappear.
- Safta Trade Dispute (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
India's criticism of Pakistan that the latter is trying to scuttle the recently launched South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement by not reducing duties on imports from India has been . . .
- It's War Against Islamism (Pioneer, Tony Blair, Aug 04, 2006)
From Gaza to Kashmir, Islamist extremism's whole strategy is based on a presumed sense of grievance
- Tony's Wisdom (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 04, 2006)
A perceptive view of global Islamism ---- In the years since September 11, 2001, and particularly after the renewed conflict in West Asia, it has been speculated that historians sitting down to write, say 20 years down the line, will look upon . . .
- Combat Fatigues To Corporate Warriors (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Generals in the armed forces, including vice-chief of army staff Lieutenant General S. Pattabhiraman, are enrolling themselves in management schools for corporate jobs after a new law that paves the way for them to don business suits after years . . .
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