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- Vhp Blasts Sonia For Dole To Minorities (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Friday blasted the Congress-led UPA government’s decision to reserve for the minorities 15 per cent of all funds disbursed by the Centre under various welfare schemes.
- Muslim World Stuck In Backwardness (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Jun 24, 2006)
Anti-americanism is today a universal phenomenon reflecting the general reaction to US might and power, to its self-righteousness, and . . .
- Bill Opens The Gate Of Social Responsibility (Tribune, Roopinder Singh, Jun 24, 2006)
When the richest man says he is stepping aside, the world takes notice, as it did when Bill Gates announced recently that he has left the day-to-day running of Microsoft to his executives and is going to devote himself wholeheartedly to his . . .
- Don’T Delay N-Deal, Cheney Tells Congress (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jun 24, 2006)
Vice president Dick Cheney on Thursday described the civilian nuclear deal with India as “one of the most important strategic foreign policy initiatives of our government,” and urged the U.S. Congress to enact legislation soon to make this deal possible.
- 'Pakistan Still Exporting Terror To J&k' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Accusing Pakistan of backing militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, India on Friday said the export of terrorism from that country was continuing and terror infrastructure there had not been dismantled despite assurances by President Pervez Musharraf.
- Pak Exporting Terror: Duggal (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 24, 2006)
India today decried the continuing export of terrorism by Pakistan and the presence of terrorist training camps on its territory while reaffirming New Delhi’s resolve to continue dialogue with Islamabad within the composite dialogue framework ...
- Peace Process At Critical Stage (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Jun 24, 2006)
JUST when India and Pakistan are most in need of a leadership that can find a way out of the cul-de-sac in which the peace process appears to have entered, the heads of government in both countries seem to have been greatly weakened . . .
- Cash Underpins Continuing Carnage In Kashmir (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 24, 2006)
Killing of Hizb commander casts new insight into terror group's extortion operations
Contractors, dependent on migrant labour, turn to Hizb for help
Junior commanders seek share in extortion earnings
- Don’T Delay Deal, Cheney To Congress (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Pitching for the Indo-US nuclear accord, American Vice-President Dick Cheney has warned Congress that any delay in its approval would risk wasting critical opportunity to clinch the “strategically important” deal.
- Killer Highway (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 24, 2006)
How does one describe a highway on which more than 30 persons are deprived of their lives in less than a week?
- 25 Injured In Series Of Grenade Blasts In J&k (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
At least 25 persons, including 10 security men, were injured in a series of grenade blasts in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Creation Of More States (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Jun 24, 2006)
There is a dormant demand for creation of a separate state of Vidarbha by bifurcating Maharashtra.
- Why Is It So? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 24, 2006)
Why have the establishments in "Azad" Kashmir and Pakistan reacted in low key to the reopening of the Poonch-Rawalakot road?
- 'Earthquake Has Brought The Two Kashmirs Closer' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 24, 2006)
John McDonald, a former ambas-sador, is chairman, Institute of Multi-track Diplomacy, and an active participant in peace building between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue. A consultant on conflict resolution and negotiation, he stresses the . . .
- Probe Into J&k Case Being Hindered (Times of India, M Saleem Pandit, Jun 24, 2006)
CBI on Friday told a Division Bench of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court that its investigations into the sensational sex scandal were being hindered by politicians, bureaucrats and policemen trying to shield their colleagues accused in the case.
- Cheney Urges Congress To Ok U.S.-India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jun 24, 2006)
Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday urged senior lawmakers to help win congressional support for a controversial U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement as opponents launched a grass-roots campaign to scuttle the deal.
- Cbi Set To File First Chargesheet, Several Will Be Charged With Rape (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Jun 24, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation is set to file its first chargesheet in the Jammu & Kashmir sex abuse scandal.
- Rs. 200 Crore For Roads In Jammu And Kashmir (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jun 23, 2006)
Union Rural Development Minister promises drinking water for 640 villages in the State
1,820 villages with a population of more than 500 to be connected
Houses to be provided to 60,000 homeless families
- Model Village Opened Near Loc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Dedication of village, culmination of massive reconstruction drive by Army
- Kashmiri Dervish Escapes Bid On Life (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jun 23, 2006)
Two killed, 14 injured in militant attack
First such attack on a dervish in the State
"Against our tradition:" Mufti
No outfit claims responsibility
- India, Pak Begin Talks On Water Dispute (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Pakistan and Indian officials began a two-day talks on Thursday to resolve water disputes over a barrage that India is constructing on river Jhelum in Kashmir.
- Plea For Narco-Analysis On Mahajan Withdrawn (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
But police will press for brain mapping tests
- Palestine: Threat Of Civil War (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Jun 23, 2006)
The referendum called by President Mahmoud Abbas is a recipe for civil war given that Hamas and the Fatah are on either side of the debate.
- Poonch Peace Bus (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 23, 2006)
Emotion is so characteristic of Kashmir that it is not surprising that hyperbole and superlative ran strong at the launch of the Poonch-Rawalkot bus service, the second across the LoC.
- Two Killed In Kashmir Grenade Blast (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
In continued violence in Kashmir,two persons were killed and 16 others injured when militants lobbed a grenade at the house of a darvaish (holy man) in Sopore town in north Kashmir this afternoon.
- Cheney Urges Congress To Ok U.S.-India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jun 23, 2006)
Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday urged senior lawmakers to help win congressional support for a controversial U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement as opponents launched a grass-roots campaign to scuttle the deal.
- New Route (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 23, 2006)
Each time the barrier lifts, next door seems to move even closer. This sense of nearness surged up afresh when the Poonch-Rawalkot bus rolled across the line of control to carry people over the border, bringing Kashmiris in Pakistan and India one . . .
- Into The Heart Of Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 23, 2006)
In this book, Edna Fernandes argues that development is impossible without education and opportunities for employment in a pluralistic state like India.
- India, Pakistan And The Shanghai (Daily Times, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Jun 23, 2006)
The SCO embodies many of the principles that India invoked in writing resounding declarations with Moscow. But now that the SCO is poised to go far beyond the pieties of anti-terrorism and anti-separatism and demarcate a part of the globe that . . .
- Bar Tells Lawyers Not To Defend Accused (Times of India, M Saleem Pandit, Jun 23, 2006)
The Kashmir Bar Association has asked its members not to defend the people accused in the high-profile sex scandal in Jammu and Kashmir. However, Jammu-based lawyers have decided to defend the accused, especially their colleague Anil Sethi, who . . .
- Centre To Spend Rs 1,560 Cr On Health Education (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
In a bid to improve India’s health infrastructure and provide quality medical education, the government has decided to upgrade 13 institutions in the country at a cost of Rs 1,560 crore.
- Yeh Hai Mumbai, Dr Singh (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Jun 23, 2006)
Bas! Ab aur nahin saha jaata. Enough! We cannot tolerate this any more.
- No Room For Mistakes In A Nuclear Navy (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jun 23, 2006)
With only two years to go before the Indian Navy is to transform itself to a blue water Navy—an elite club comprising mostly of the P5 countries—a string of incidents give clue to how unprepared the force is for it.Consider the following:
- India, Pakistan Begin Talks On Wullar Barrage (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 23, 2006)
Eleventh round of talks held in "cordial atmosphere"
Water Secretaries hold discussions
Both sides unhopeful of major progress
- Usa To Conduct Missile Defence Test Off Hawaii (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 23, 2006)
A test of a sea-based missile defence system was postponed for a day after a sailboat entered a hazard zone off Hawaii, a defence spokesman said.
- Dastardly Attempt (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 23, 2006)
Photographs of a batch of Amarnath pilgrims shakily looking out of the shattered window panes of their bus have disturbed many.
- India, Pak Hold Talks On Wullar (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
India and Pakistan today held "fruitful" talks here to resolve a longstanding dispute over New Delhi’s plan to construct a barrage over the Wullar lake in Jammu and Kashmir and decided to continue with the parleys tomorrow.
- Indo-Pak Devotees Meet At 300 Yr Old Shrine (Daily Excelsior, Gopal Sharma, Jun 23, 2006)
Boundaries drawn between India and Pakistan and three full scale wars fought between the two countries failed to shatter belief of the people on both the sides towards 300-year- old shrine of Hindu deity, Baba Dalip Singh Manhas as thousands . . .
- Narayanan Does Tough Talking On Security (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Concerned at the continued increase of violence in Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre has asked police, paramilitary forces and the Army to get their act together and make concerted efforts to counter militant groups in the State.
- Pangs Of Rebirth (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 23, 2006)
It is easier said than to rebuild a region ravaged by a natural calamity. This is evident from the example of "Azad" Kashmir as the occupied territory across the Line of Control is locally known.
- Army Finds Huge Weapons Caches Near Loc (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
The Army has busted three huge arms caches near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir from which terrorists picked up weapons after sneaking into the state, officials said in New Delhi on Thursday.
- Five Pilgrims Wounded In Kashmir Attack (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Five pilgrims were wounded in Kashmir on Wednesday when suspected militants lobbed a grenade at their bus, police and witnesses said.
- J&k Sex Scandal: Top Advocate Surrenders (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
On the run for about a month, with CBI sleuths nipping at his heels and a reward of Rs 2 lakhs for his capture, former Jammu-Kashmir additional advocate general Anil Sethi, an accused in the sex racket, on Wednesday surrendered in a Jammu court.
- Slow And Steady (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 22, 2006)
The launch of a second bus service between Poonch and Rawalkot by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday is a good indication that the India-Pakistan peace process is on track.
- Axe To Fall On 76 Principals, 82 Headmasters (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Axe will soon fall on 76 Principals and 82 Headmasters of different Government educational institutions in Jammu Division for the poor pass percentage in the recently declared examination results of class 12th and Matric from their respective schools.
- Mumbai Needs Better Governance, Says Pm (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Jun 22, 2006)
The Vilasrao Deshmukh-led government came in for criticism from the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today for the poor state of Maharashtra’s cities, particularly the country’s financial capital — Mumbai.
- Courting Peace (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 22, 2006)
How can a brother aid a terrorist to kill another brother on this side of the Line of Control?"
- Get Them All (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 22, 2006)
This was the kind of crime that just should not have taken place in a civilised society.
- J&k Ex-Advocate-Gen Surrenders (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
After dodging the CBI for about two weeks in connection with the Srinagar sex scandal, Anil Sethi, a former Advocate-General of Jammu and Kashmir, surrendered in a court here today.
- Indo-Pak Talks On Wullar Barrage Today (Tribune, K.J.M. Varma, Jun 22, 2006)
Senior Indian and Pakistani officials are holding talks here tomorrow on resolving the dispute over India’s plans to construct a barrage over the Wullar lake in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Pm Flags Off Mumbai’S Metro Rail To The Future (Indian Express, Rakshit Sonawane, Jun 22, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today flagged off the Metro Rail dream of Mumbai—the city with the widest infrastructure deficit among global giants: a network spanning 146 km, costing Rs 19,525 crore, to be completed by 2021.
- ‘If I Don’T Discharge My Duties, Who Will?’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
Pointing out that the Governor has been made the chairman of the Amarnath Shrine Board by the state, Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha says it is his job now to facilitate the yatra. The controversy was an unnecessary one, created by politicians, but it is . . .
- Hizb "Distt Commdr", Civilian Killed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Five Amarnathji pilgrims from Rajasthan sustained splinter injuries when militants lobbed a grenade on their carriage at Ganderbal, on Srinagar-Leh Highway today. Meanwhile, Police and security forces have killed a "District Commander" of Hizbul . . .
- This Pilgrimage Knows No Regress (Indian Express, Jagmohan , Jun 22, 2006)
A fierce controversy is raging at present over the formation of the Ice Shivalingam in the Holy Cave of Amarnath in the Himalayas.
- Training Swayamsevaks (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
No membership rolls are kept by the RSS and insiders often complain of dwindling attendance at the “shakhas”.
- Central Asia - A Cockpit Of Conflict (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , Jun 22, 2006)
The three day meeting of the heads of the states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) beginning June 15 is significant as the member countries - China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajiskistan and Uzbekistan - try to hammer out a . . .
- Will The General Retreat? (Pioneer, Wilson John, Jun 22, 2006)
With Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif making common cause in opposing Pervez Musharraf, democracy is back in reckoning in Pakistan------- Will democracy return to Pakistan?
- Shameful Scandal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 22, 2006)
By rapidly unravelling the crime of forcing 43 young Kashmiri women, some of them teenaged girls, into prostitution for the perverse pleasure of senior politicians, bureaucrats . . .
- Review Policy Against Terror (Pioneer, Hari Om, Jun 22, 2006)
Despite the seditious preachings of Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq - and his ilk - he roams about freely.
- Bus To Rawalkot (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 22, 2006)
With the inauguration of the Poonch-Rawalkot bus service by Congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday, people on both sides of the divide can now travel by road to meet their relatives and acquaintances in the shortest possible time.
- Sleazy Corridors Of Power (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jun 22, 2006)
Congress must introspect as the accused in the sex scandal in Kashmir have links with top party leaders, says Anuradha Dutt
- Death Of A Soldier (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 22, 2006)
Sir, ~ Lieutenant Sushmita Chakraborty’s suicide reveals that even 60 years after independence, all is not well in the army ~ not even for women. Brigadier KK Chopra of the Northern Command is reported to have told a press conference that “she had . . .
- Focus On Urban Renewal: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Municipal administration should be freed from the cancer of corruption, land mafia
- Apex Court Orders Fresh Medical Counselling (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Jun 22, 2006)
CBSE granted permission to cancel merit list and submit a revised one to DGHS
DGHS ordered to conduct counselling from June 26
Exams conducted for admission to 15 p.c. of total seats
- Tulbul Talks On June 22, 23 (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 22, 2006)
India and Pakistan will hold two-day talks here starting June 22 on the contentious Tulbul navigation project in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Wasting Kalam's Time (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 21, 2006)
On Monday, June 19, the Left-liberal rent-a-cause mafia outdid itself by marching into Rasthrapati Bhawan and demanding of the President of India that film-maker Mahesh Bhatt be made a protected monument.
- Infantile Protest (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 21, 2006)
We have rued ad infinitum the historic incapacity of Indians to deal with the enemy within - to speak nothing of invaders. But what we are witnessing in the instance of the organised misrepresentation of the Salwa Judum movement is truly unbelievable.
- Missing Us Soldiers Found Dead In Iraq (Pioneer, Reuters, Jun 21, 2006)
Two US soldiers who went missing after an attack on their checkpoint have been found dead and were tortured before being killed, an Iraqi Defence official said on Tuesday.
- Kashmir Solution Still A Long Way Off, Says Us Crisis Group (Tribune, Priscilla Huff, Jun 21, 2006)
The Washington-based International Crisis Group (ICG) feels that a full and final solution to the decades-long dispute over Kashmir between India and Pakistan is a long way off, but suggests that small progress has been made with the introduction . . .
- Peace Is Elusive In Jammu & Kashmir (Pioneer, Ghazanfar Butt, Jun 21, 2006)
Pakistan must not talk about the rights of Kashmiris till it gives those in its control in PoK basic human dignity, says Ghazanfur Butt.
- Sonia Flags Off Bus To Rawalkot (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The UPA Chairperson, Ms Sonia Gandhi, today urged the separatists to take part in the roundtable discussions initiated by the Congress- led government at the Centre that was committed to solve the Kashmir issue with “an open mind”.
- 2nd Kashmir Bus Service Is Launched Across Loc (Asian Age, Yusuf Jameel and Shafqat Ali, Jun 21, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Tuesday started a new trans-Kashmir bus service between Poonch, in Jammu and Kashmir, and Rawalkot in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
- Kashmir Sex Racket: Lawyers Refuse To Plead Case (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Two former ministers, including Congress MLA Ghulam Ahmed Mir, were arrested by the CBI here today for their alleged involvement in the Jammu and Kashmir sex scandal.
- Second Wall Between India, Pak Is Broken: Sonia (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Addressing a rally at Poonch, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi said, "The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service was the first wall between India and Pakistan that we broke.
- 2 Former Ministers Arrested (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Two former ministers, including Congress MLA Ghulam Ahmed Mir, were arrested by the CBI here today for their alleged involvement in the Jammu and Kashmir sex scandal.
- Govt Allocates Rs 37 Cr For Itis In J&k (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The Union Labour Ministry has allocated Rs 37 crore during the Tenth Plan to set up new Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) and upgrade the existing ones in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Sc Comes To Amorous Colonel's Rescue (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Jun 21, 2006)
...says love letter does not amount to sexual harassment ---- Sending love letters is romantic.
- Cbi Arrests Two Former Ministers In J&k Sex Scam Case (Pioneer, Khursheed Wani, Jun 21, 2006)
The CBI finally laid its hands on politicians allegedly involved in the high-profile sex racket in Kashmir. On Tuesday, two former ministers - Ghulam Ahmad Mir and Raman Mattoo - were arrested for their alleged involvement in the sex abuse scam.
- Naxal Tit For Islamic Tat: Sena (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Marking the 40th anniversary of Shiv Sena, its chief Mr Bal Thackeray last night said he was ready to seek cooperation of Naxalites to fight Islamic terrorism in the country.
- Legislators & Their Double Standards (Business Standard, A K Bhattacharya, Jun 21, 2006)
A few years ago, Indian parliamentarians passed a legislative Bill in record time. The Bill sought to increase their salaries and perquisites.
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