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Articles 3721 through 3820 of 13380:
- Sex, Drugs And Militancy (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Jun 18, 2006)
By an ironic twist of events, Kashmir has been in the news for the last few weeks for reasons other than what it has been traditionally known for and hailed the world over as ‘‘paradise on earth’’.
- Iraq Attacks Kill 43 As Us Seeks Missing Soldiers (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
A series of bombs killed at least 43 people in and near Baghdad on Saturday, police said, in one of the bloodiest days in Iraq since a US military air strike killed Abu Mussab Zarqawi 10 days ago.
- Army Rules Out Foul Play In Death Of Captain Kohli (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Army today ruled out foul play in the death of gallantry award winner Captain Sumit Kohli and said an inquest had found that the officer had committed suicide as he was facing “severe marital problems”.
- 10 Militants Involved In Car Bombings In Valley Arrested (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Police have arrested 10 militants involved in the recent car bombings and grenade attacks, including two on tourists, in the Valley and claimed that three Hizbul Mujahideen militants were linked with the killing of nine non-Kashmiri labourers in . . . .
- Militants Sneak Into Poonch (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Security agencies were put on high alert in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir today following reports that about two dozen militants had entered the region after sneaking across the LoC, days ahead of a visit to the area by Congress president Mrs . . .
- Two Kashmiris Held With Heroin (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Police had information about consignment
- Pak Props Up Muslim League In Pok (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Jun 18, 2006)
The Election Commission of occupied Kashmir has routinely rejected the nomination papers of Kashmiri nationalists for the July 11 elections to the 48-member assembly.
- Militants Hack Off Noses, Tongues In Kashmir (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Suspected Islamist militants killed a villager in Kashmir by slitting his throat and cut off the tongues and noses of four others, accusing them of being police informers, authorities said on Friday.
- Indian Army Sees First Suicide Of Lady Officer (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
The Indian army saw the first suicide of a female officer, who shot herself at her camp in the troubled region of Kashmir, police and army officers said on Friday.
- Inventing God (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 18, 2006)
Indian cricket coach Greg Chappell seldom opens his mouth. Those who have watched him on television are amazed by his emotionless expression almost all through the game.
- Kashmiriyat Can Unite Boundaries: Sinha (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Governor Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha today said that Kashmiriyat is a strong tool to conquer divides and unite the boundaries.
- Huji Terrorist Surrenders In Jammu & Kashmir (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
A terrorist of the Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islamia on Saturday laid down arms before the police in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Death Of An Officer (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Army has its hands full ---- Even as the mortal remains of Lt Sushmita Chakravarty, who allegedly committed suicide at the Udhampur unit, were consigned to flames in Bhopal amid grieving family members who refused to . . .
- Naidu Sees Cracks In Upa (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
The disintegration of the UPA has started, observed the BJP former president and MP M. Venkaiah Naidu. UPA is an alliance formed without any common agenda or an agreement except anti-BJP stand, and after two years of its formation the internal . . .
- Defence No To Naxal Duty (Pioneer, Rahul Datta, Jun 18, 2006)
Army should train State forces instead ---- The demand for deployment of Army to combat the overgrown Naxalite-Maoist menace has been put on hold with the Defence Ministry not favouring any such move.
- Facing Up To The Indian Challenge (Dawn, Anwar Kemal, Jun 18, 2006)
Coping with the challenge of India on several fronts — strategic, economic, cultural, psychological and more recently technological .
- Insurgents Led Away Us Soldiers: Reports (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Iraqi witnesses said that they had seen two U.S. soldiers who survived an attack at a checkpoint near Baghdad being led away by masked insurgents to a pair of cars, a US newspaper reported in its Sunday edition.
- Conflict Resolution Must For Peace: Musharraf (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf Saturday called for addressing root causes of terrorism and underscored the need for resolution of conflicts including Palestine and Kashmir to ensure peace, security and economic development in Asia.
- Ten Militants Behind J&k Attacks Arrested (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
They were involved in the recent car bombings and grenade attacks
- Days Ahead Of Sonia's Visit, 22 Militants Sneak Into J&k (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Security agencies were put on high alert in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday following reports that about two dozen militants had entered the region after sneaking across the LoC, days ahead of a visit to the area by Congress president . .
- Du Students Visit Srinagar Orphanages (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jun 18, 2006)
Ever since the series of earthquake jolted some areas of the Kashmir valley, activist Shabnam Hashmi has taken batches of Delhi University (DU) students to live and work in the affected villages.
- Sonia To See Off 1st Batch Poonch-Rawalkot Bus (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi is likely to be present at the inaugural bus service between Poonch and Rawalakot at Chakan-da-Bagh in Poonch district of Jammu region on June 20.
- Probe Ordered In Army Officer Suicide (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
An inquiry has been ordered into the alleged suicide by a woman army officer, Lieutenant Sushmita Chakraborty in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in Kolkata on Saturday.
- Woman Army Officer Commits Suicide (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 17, 2006)
The Army today dismissed allegations that the young woman Army officer, who shot herself to death at the Northern Command headquarters in Udhampur last night, wanted to leave the Army as she was unhappy with the job “but had no money to repay the . . .
- Muslim Forum Opposes Ban On Women At Ajmer Dargah (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Taking exception to the ban on Muslim women offering prayers at the "dargah" of Sufi Saint Kwaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer Rajasthan, the Bharatiya Muslim Ekta Manch today sought strict action against those who issued the edict.
- J&k To Have 1360 New Panchayats (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir will have around 1360 new Panchayats as the Shahwaz Commission for Delimitation of Panchayats has submitted final report to the Government for its approval.
- 4 Militants Among 8 Killed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Four militants and four civilians have died in different militancy-related incidents across Kashmir valley even as a Dy SP had a narrow escape in an ambush at Bandipore and a fierce gunbattle took place at Sagipora in Sopore-Handwara belt.
- Top Ultra Tipu Held With Two Grenades In Narwal (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Police parties from Jammu and Rajouri in wee hours of this morning arrested a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Tipu, who was reported to be involved in June 12 morning’s three grenade attacks at General Bus Stand in which one civilian was killed and 29 . .
- Sonia, Pranab To Flag Off Poonch-Rawalakot Bus (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, Jun 17, 2006)
UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee will flag off Poonch-Rawalakot bus service in Poonch on June 20.
- Militants Cut Off Villagers’ Noses And Tongues In Held Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Suspected Islamist militants killed a villager in Indian-held Kashmir by slitting his throat and cut off the tongues and noses of four others, accusing them of being police informers, authorities said on Friday.
- India, Pak Truck Service Likely To Start Next Month (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Parleys between India and Pakistan to start a truck service from Jammu and Kashmir are on right track and the service is likely to start next month, Union Home Secretary VK Duggal said on Friday.
- Army To Protect Nation’S Wildlife (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Jun 17, 2006)
Besides protecting the country’s borders, the Army is now being armed with legal powers to guard the nation’s rich flora and fauna as well.
- Bereft Of Sincerity (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 17, 2006)
If ever an award is instituted for making announcements without conviction it ought to go to the leadership of "Azad" Kashmir as the occupied territory is locally known.
- Militants Hack Off Noses, Tongues In Kashmir (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Suspected Islamist militants killed a villager in Kashmir by slitting his throat and cut off the tongues
- Militant Attack Leaves Them Disabled For Life (Hindu, Luv Puri , Jun 17, 2006)
Five-hour torture for family
- Indo-Pak Sufi Fest Enthralls Valley (Times of India, Nikhat Kazmi, Jun 17, 2006)
The litmus test seems to be over for Kashmir. It's time to bring back music, song and dance to the violence-scarred Valley.
- Search On For Missing Two U.S. Troops In Iraq (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
A quick reaction team was searching for the missing US soldiers early Saturday morning when they were unaccounted for and one US soldier was killed after they came under attack at a traffic checkpoint in Yusufiya, about 20 miles southwest of Baghdad.
- Central Asia Rediscovers Islamic Roots (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 17, 2006)
Turkestan, Kazakhstan: In Soviet days, people walked past the Khoja Ahmed Yasawi mausoleum, a holy Muslim site in the steppe of southern Kazakhstan, and pretended it wasn’t there.
- No Progress On The Ground (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jun 17, 2006)
New Delhi and Islamabad have to change their mindsets towards each other for promotion of peaceful relations
- From 'India Shining' To 'India Snorting' (News International, Praful Bidwai, Jun 17, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- No Concrete Solution In Sight (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Jun 17, 2006)
Prime Minister's wavering over an Islamabad visit is intended to send a message to Pakistan that its policy of simultaneously pursuing the 'peace process' and promoting cross-border terror is unacceptable to New Delhi ----
- Back To No Talks (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jun 17, 2006)
National Security Adviser MK Narayanan is right in suggesting to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the futility of going to Pakistan, which has no intention of ending terror as an additionality to its diplomacy.
- Now, Call A Spade A Spade (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 17, 2006)
Manmohan Singh would do well to reconsider his fetish for peace with Pakistan -----
- Army May Pitch In For Wildlife (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Faced with the increasing menace of poaching and inadequate surveillance, the Centre may offer a pro-active role to the armed forces for keeping an eye on the smuggling of wildlife products and curb illegal killing of animals in reserve forests.
- Swarajists At The Savoy (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 17, 2006)
In Paris, during the students’ riots of the late Sixties, a pretty young Indian girl, now high in the Communist hierarchy, smoked foul-smelling French Gauloise cigarettes because they reminded her of Char Minars.
- Jessica Case: Hc Rejects Another Bail Plea (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
For the second time in as many days, the Delhi High Court on Friday declined to grant anticipatory bail to Chandigarh-based medical practitioner J S Bedi charged with issuing false medical certificates to Vikas Gill one of the accused in the Jessica Lal..
- Indian Army Sees First Suicide Of Lady Officer (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
The Indian army saw the first suicide of a female officer, who shot herself at her camp in the troubled region of Kashmir, police and army officers said on Friday.
- "Heroin Being Manufactured In The Valley" (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Jun 17, 2006)
Delhi police are probing if the case has a narco-terrorism angle to it
"Poppy cultivation has become a lucrative business in and around Pulwama"
"Initial examination reveal that heroin's quality does not match with the one smuggled in from Afghanistan
- Ramadoss’S Aiims (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jun 17, 2006)
My country has been kind to me and has asked me to do many things, but the job I loved the most was being vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.
- No Secrecy, Please (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 16, 2006)
The Second Administrative Reforms Commission, headed by Mr M. Veerappa Moily, has rightly recommended the repeal of the Official Secrets Act (OSA), 1923.
- Drama In Real Life (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 16, 2006)
How genuine was the terrorist attack on the RSS Head Quarters in Nagpur?
- Politics Above Law (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jun 16, 2006)
Recent goings-on in the country remind me of a saying in the United States, popular during the prohibition era there, “The administration’s folly makes you feel like crying into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into”.
- Art 370 Root Cause Of All Problems: Joshi (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Terming the Special Constitutional position a root cause of present crisis in Jammu and Kashmir State, the senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union HRD Minister, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi today said that this was the reason that his . . .
- Rahul Bajaj Elected To Rajya Sabha (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Riding on the support of the NCP, BJP and Shiv Sena, industrialist Rahul Bajaj was today elected to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra securing 195 ballots while Congress leader Choudhary Mohammad Aslam bagged the seat in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Militant's Kin Among 3 Killed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Unidentified gunmen, believed to be militants, have killed three civilians in Kashmir valley since last evening.
- J&k Figures In Upa-Left Meet (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Rising prices of essential goods and the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, including the dialogues initiated by the Government, figured prominently at a meeting of the UPA and the Left Coordination Committee here today.
- A Silver Lining? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 16, 2006)
It is a commentary on our times that the mere act of members of the Muslim majority organising and attending the funeral of a Kashmiri Pandit is enough to make news.
- Cong Bags Lone Rajya Sabha Seat From J&k (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Senior Congress leader Choudhary Mohammad Aslam was on Thursday elected to the Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir defeating his rival National Conference candidate by a margin of 33 votes, officials said.
- Blood Of The Innocent (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 16, 2006)
The shock and awe over what was reckoned as the first-ever attack on tourists in Kashmir has given way to an unseemly shadow-boxing between tour operators.
- Ncc To Introduce Special Package For J&k, N-E (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The National Cadet Corps would soon introduce a special package to attract students in Jammu and Kashmir and the seven Northeastern states and wean them away from the extremist groups.
- Pakistan Proposes Outline Of Counter-Terrori (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Pakistan has proposed an outline for a comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy that includes short-, medium- and long-term measures to be taken by UN member states to combat the scourge.
- Security For Incident-Free Season In J&k (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Central team reviews situation
- Militants On The Rampage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba militants on Thursday killed a man and injured 13 others, chopping off the noses and ears of two of them, during an attack on a village in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
- Is State Hostage To Three Taluks? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jun 16, 2006)
As the bmic brouhaha leaves a trail of hazy dust in its wake, a point to ponder for those unaffected by the project---which would be 95 per cent of Karnataka’s population---is whether a State of 27 districts is not being held hostage by three . . .
- A Government And A Party In Combat Mode (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jun 16, 2006)
Two years after Sonia Gandhi famously declined the crown, the man to whom she handed power remains the outsider in a party congenitally attached to the first family and unable and unwilling to accept the work division between a non-Gandhi Prime . . .
- Kashmiris Should Be Involved In Talks: Icg (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
India and Pakistan can earn Kashmiris goodwill if they involve them in talks because their participation would make the peace process meaningful, particularly in Confidence Building Measures (CBMs).
- Late News: Differing Perceptions Stymie India-Pakistan Talks (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jun 16, 2006)
There is an asymmetry of perceptions and expectations between India and Pakistan, which could become the stumbling block in their bilateral dialogue, according to a new report.
- Joshi Opposes Talks With Pak Till Terrorist Camps Are Closed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Former Union Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi has stressed that no talks be held with Pakistan till it does not close all the terrorist camps on its soil as well as Pak occupied Kashmir (PoK).
- Care For Health (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 15, 2006)
The report of more than 100 people falling sick after consuming ice-cream at the outskirts of this city must have turned many stomachs upside down.
- Love Or Revolt? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 15, 2006)
The youth rebellion is famous. So it seems is the youth love. In fact in our traditional society we will find that the love is considered almost a revolt --- a statement of anger against the caring but misunderstood parents and elderly relatives.
- A Dissection Of A Flawed Society (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jun 15, 2006)
The huge sales of Frenchman Francois de Closets'Plus Encore!, a sequel to his 1981 bestseller, might serve as a call to revolt to the have-nots.
- Over 4000 Pilgrims Leave Pahalgam (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Pilgrimage to holy shrine of Baba Amarnath resumed today from Pahalgam route after three days of suspension with over 4000 pilgrims leaving Nunwan base camp for the cave. Yatra from shorter Baltal route, however, remained suspended for fourth day today.
- Musharraf Wants Ipi Gas Line Extended To China (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Says Sino-Pak agreement on free trade will be finalised this year
- Left Plans To Go On Offensive At Today's Upa Coordination Meet (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Jun 15, 2006)
The Left-UPA coordination committee will meet on Thursday to discuss a range of issues, including oil price hike and internal security.
- Protest Farce (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 15, 2006)
The editorial in the latest issue of Organiser on the fuel price hike has already made headlines. Entitled “Protest, but honestly” it slams the UPA government’s decision to hike petrol and diesel prices for the seventh time in two years.
- President Calls For Strong Un System (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday called for a strong UN system, resolution of existing conflicts like Palestine and Kashmir and sustained efforts against terrorism and extremism to ensure a peaceful and prosperous world.
- A Tale Of Two Polls (Dawn, S. M. Naseem, Jun 15, 2006)
The gloom that has been hanging over the nation for the past five years is showing some signs of being dispelled.
- Amarnath Yatra Off For 2 More Days (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The Amarnath Yatra was again suspended on Tuesday for two more days following fresh snowfall along the pilgrimage route to the holy cave shrine in the Kashmir Himalayas, even as two pilgrims died.
- Pilgrims’ Progress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 14, 2006)
Terrorists, who have no respect for anybody’s religious sentiments, tried to disrupt the annual Amarnath and Vaishnodevi yatra on Monday as they did earlier too.
- I-T Dept Turns Defensive, Denies Harassing Big B (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Reacting to the controversy over the issuance of I-T notice to cinestar Amitabh Bachchan, Income Tax Commissioner, Mumbai, H Tulsiyan on Tuesday said the department was not targeting any individual and the "aggrieved party was entitled to move any . . .
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