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Articles 7421 through 7520 of 13380:
- Decline In Public Expectations (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Dec 17, 2005)
It requires no expertise or astrological skill to predict that Jehanabad could have occurred any time during the last couple of years. It was bound to happen. The next day, it was Lal Chowk in Srinagar. Are there no similarities and commonalities? ...
- The New Face Of Terror (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 17, 2005)
A string of intelligence-led police operations against the Lashkar-e-Taiba offer glimpses into the terror cells behind the series of high-profile strikes in Jammu and Kashmir and outside it since October.
- Treating Sick Democracies (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 17, 2005)
IN THE course of a lecture in New Delhi the other day, Nobel Laureate Prof Amartya Sen is reported to have said that the cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy.
- 'The Us Is Trying To Destroy The Un' (Times of India, V J Thomas, Dec 17, 2005)
The Peace Research Institute (PRI) in Oslo is the first institute of its kind set up for research and mediation on conflicts. PRI founder and peace activist Johan Galtung, who has worked on conflict resolution in countries ...
- Speed Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
Now that the State High Court is seized of the matter we have a somewhat better idea of the traffic scenario in this city.
- The Shrews Commando (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Dec 17, 2005)
Thank God for having given us, scribes on either side of the Indo-Pak border, a man named Gen Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani military ruler-cum-President
- There Is A Way Out (Greater Kashmir, Syed Ali Safvi, Dec 17, 2005)
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “There’s no way to peace, peace is the way.” Twenty years on and the so-called paradise on earth is still craving for an eternal peace. How many years more!.. Has any body got the answer?
- India's Strategic Periphery (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Dec 17, 2005)
Among the many recent events in our part of the world three have potential for grave consequences in the future - the supply of truckloads of weapons by China to Nepal;
- Corruption In Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
The Transparency International had put the State of Jammu & Kashmir second after Bihar in their listing of the most corrupt States of India.
- J&k Reeling Under Severe Power Crisis (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 17, 2005)
Notwithstanding strenuous efforts by the State Government to get additional release of power from New Delhi, the State still seems to be reeling under a power crisis.
- Kalabagh Dam: Pakistan Or Punjabistan? (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 17, 2005)
The building of the Kalabagh dam has kicked up dust. Three provinces are against it, while Punjab supports it.
- Still In Deep Waters (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Dec 17, 2005)
American diplomats advising India freely suggests that they may be gaining leverage with New Delhi
- World Bank Offers Aid To Jammu And Kashmir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
The World Bank has offered to assist the Jammu and Kashmir Government for rebuilding infrastructure in the Pahari-speaking quake-hit areas.
- Cabinet Green Signal For Bus To Lahore (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
The Union Cabinet has cleared the way for an agreement with Pakistan for starting a bus service between Amritsar and Nankana Sahib and a trial run for the Amritsar-Lahore bus sometime this month
- ‘No Discussion With Pakistan On Changing Status Of Kashmir’ (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 16, 2005)
India has not held any discussions with Pakistan on changing the status of Jammu and Kashmir in any manner, the government told the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) on Thursday.
- Oic Must Explain 'Deviant Ideology' (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 16, 2005)
The recent Summit of Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) at Mecca, where leaders of 57 Muslim countries converged, resolved to fight against 'deviant ideas'. By 'deviant ideas' they did not mean Leftist, secular or Western ideas, . . .
- Can Azad Cut Graft? (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Dec 16, 2005)
For the people of Jammu & Kashmir, who have been reeling under turmoil for long, there are too many things to worry about. Pakistan-sponsored terrorism apart, the common masses have been hit hard by widespread corruption rampant at various rungs . . .
- Bangladesh: A Broken Soul At 35 (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 16, 2005)
On the anniversary of its birth, Bangladesh is gradually returning to its blood-dipped origins, says Udayan Namboodiri
- Aphc Will Present Its Formula To Pakistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has decided to formally submit its own United States of Kashmir proposal to the Pakistani leadership in the next visit to Pakistan by its leaders.
- Woman Among 2 Killed, Pdp Worker Injured (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Two persons, including a woman, were killed and two others, including a PDP activist injured in separate incidents of violence in the Valley since last evening, while as a militant was injured when an explosive went off at Batamaloo today.
- Kashmir Bus Service Resumes (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
A Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus halted by the devastating Oct 8 earthquake resumed on Thursday, Indian officials said.
- Winding Course Of Peace Process (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 16, 2005)
Ever since former Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee visited Islamabad in January 2004 to attend the Saarc summit, government officials have been making optimistic predictions of an early breakthrough in dialogue with India on Kashmir.
- As Bangladesh Works Out Its Destiny (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Dec 16, 2005)
Time, they say, is the best of healers. This certainly seems to be the case between Pakistan and Bangladesh as the two countries have, to a large extent, moved on from the bitter memories of the civil war of 1971. Celebrated as Victory Day . . .
- India Must Respond Now To Pakistan On Kashmir (Daily Times, Jonathan Power, Dec 16, 2005)
The stakes are worth every sinew of action — the avoidance of a nuclear war and the chance of receiving the large amounts of foreign investment that China now receives, which will secure both countries’ rapid economic advance and . . .
- Peace Bus Resumes Service (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service, suspended following the October 8 earthquake, was resumed on Thursday with seven passengers on board.
- Hurriyat Faction For Removal Of Troops From J&k (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference on Thursday demanded the complete withdrawal of troops from Jammu and Kashmir and PoK.
- India Has Not Discussed Change Of Status Of J-K: Govt (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
There have been no discussions with Pakistan on changing, in any form whatsoever, the status of Jammu and Kashmir, Government told the Rajya Sabha today.
- A Further Fillip To The Peace Process (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 16, 2005)
With the proposed re-opening of the Karachi Consulate and revival of the rail route linking Sindh with Rajasthan in the next three to four weeks, the India-Pakistan peace process is set for a qualitative leap.
- Rehabilitate Orphans? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 16, 2005)
The Holy Qur’an and the most revered Prophet (SAW) have repeatedly urged the Muslims to take care of orphans.
- Give Indo-Pak Friendship A Chance (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
As the small seismic movement of forty millimeter in the Himalayan region created huge
collision of the earthen plates causing vast damages to lives and property on either side
of the man made border-dividing Kashmir, . . .
- Matter Of Surprise (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 16, 2005)
If an on-the-spot report in a newspaper is to be believed the progress of construction of the road between Bhaderwah and Basohli on the one side and between Bhaderwah and Chamba on the other is painfully slow. This is indeed a matter of surprise.
- And We Move From Light To Darkness (Greater Kashmir, K. Asif, Dec 16, 2005)
Without electricity winter gets harsher and harsher, life unbearable and things don’t go the way we want, comments K.Asif
- Unrest In Northern Areas (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Dec 16, 2005)
It has taken the world more than 58 years to wake up to the atrocities the people of Gilgit and Baltistan, popularly known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan, have been suffering. But, as they say, better late than never.
- Spurious Culture (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 16, 2005)
There has come a stage when nothing in the State seems to surprise us. Off and on we come across fake State subject certificates which bestow special and exclusive privileges on the possessors.
- Peace Bus Reunites Kashmir After Quake (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
A bus linking Indian and Pakistani Kashmir halted by the devastating Oct. 8 South Asia earthquake resumed on Thursday, Indian officials said.
- Indian Maoists Threaten Foreign Companies - Report (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 16, 2005)
India's increasingly active Maoist guerrillas said they would attack multinational and large Indian companies, accusing them of colluding with governments to oppress the poor, The Hindustan Times reported on Thursday.
- India, Pakistan Resume Kashmir Bus Service (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service between India and Pakistan, suspended following the 8 October devastating earthquake, was resumed on Thursday [15 December] with seven passengers on board.
- India, China Agree To Speed Up Border Dispute Talks (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
India and China have agreed to speed up the process of resolving their long-standing border dispute.
- The Makkah Declaration: Rhetoric And Reality (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Dec 15, 2005)
The Makkah conclave produced a declaration that is strong on sentiment and exhortation, and less so on specifics.
- Towards An Upheaval In Jammu & Kashmir? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 15, 2005)
Unnoticed, the pressures on the troubled State's political system are building. A seismic reordering of its structures seems inevitable in the not-too-distant future.
- Seeds Of Terrorism: A Pakistani Perspective (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Seeds do not germinate or sprout by themselves. They need a congenial soil to grow.
- Hurriyat Flays Govt For Delay On Pok Visit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The moderate Hurriyat Conference today criticised the Government for its "delaying tactics" in clearing the amalgam delegation’s visit to quake-ravaged Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) with relief material.
- Indian Army Kills Six Militants In Kashmir Battle (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 15, 2005)
Indian soldiers shot dead six suspected Muslim militants in a gunbattle in Kashmir on Wednesday, the army said, the highest toll in a single clash in the disputed Himalayan region in weeks.
- Modes Of Protest (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Dec 15, 2005)
Violence can be of various dimensions and non-violence demands us to strive higher
- Pok Woman Gets Jail For Crossing Border (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
A Kashmiri court awarded six months’ imprisonment to a PoK woman and slapped a fine of Rs 200 on her for illegally crossing the border.
- Risky Business Of Politics (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Dec 14, 2005)
If the health of a nation is to be measured by what its media presents, then India is ill, says Claude Arpi
- Nato Not Chasing Al Qaeda In Pakistan: Official (Dawn, Iftikhar A. Khan, Dec 14, 2005)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces are not in Pakistan to chase Al Qaeda, a Nato commander said on Tuesday. “Chasing Al Qaeda is neither our agenda nor our mandate,” Commander of the Nato Forces in Pakistan Air Commodore Andrew George Walton ...
- Fresh Tremors Rock Kashmir (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Even before memories of the monster earthquake in October could die down, Jammu and Kashmir was rattled by powerful fresh tremors in the wee hours of Tuesday damaging a number of houses.
- Cash For Question (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 14, 2005)
The urgency which presiding officers of the two Houses of Parliament and every concerned political party have shown in dealing with the cash-for-question scandal is the only silver lining in an utterly shameful affair.
- Woman Rescued Two Months After Quake (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 14, 2005)
A 45-year-old woman was brought to a charity field hospital in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), on Monday after she was rescued from rubble on Sunday, 63 days after the devastating October 8 earthquake.
- Woman Rescued 2 Months After Pak Quake (Deccan Herald, PTI, Dec 14, 2005)
In a miracle of sorts, a woman has been found alive under the debris of her home near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir 64 days after the October 8 earthquake.
- Does It Pay More To Fly Empty Than Full? (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 14, 2005)
If, On reading about Kingfisher's plans to buy Air Deccan's ASKMs or available seat kilometres, you're asking for a quick grounding in airline jargon, rest assured that you aren't alone.
- Something To Ponder (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 14, 2005)
On the face of it there is something to cheer for us. The latest official list of states affected by communal violence which has been tabled by the Union Home Ministry in Parliament does not include the name of Jammu and Kashmir
- Upa’S Shining India (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Dec 14, 2005)
India needs to improvise on its taxation to curb the tide of excessive consumerism that a certain class engages in
- Election Commission In Command (Daily Excelsior, M V Meenakshisundaram, Dec 14, 2005)
The successful conduct of the Bihar assembly polls has brought to the fore an unlikely hero — The Election Commission.
- Designed In India, Made For The World (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Dec 14, 2005)
The `D' word may no longer be dirty in the lexicon of Indian corporates. With an increasing number of business houses in the country beginning to acknowledge that any product, before it gets off the factory line does interface with this particular . . .
- Volcker Disclosures (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Dec 14, 2005)
Decades ago, much before he became Prime Minister, some news reporters interacted with Mr Chandrashekhar.
- Export Of Democracy (Daily Excelsior, N. B. Menon, Dec 14, 2005)
A group of senators in the US Congress have moved a resolution named "Advancing democratic values world over". Specifically, this draft contains a proposal to establish a special "Democratic movements department" within the State Department, . . .
- One Wonders Can This Be A Family Entertainment? (Greater Kashmir, Sheikh Asif, Dec 14, 2005)
If yes, then we don’t consider ourselves as a member of what they call Star Parivar, comments Sheikh Asif
- Pakistan’S Yet Another Appeal To India (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 14, 2005)
Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam has urged India to show flexibility to address the Kashmir issue. In her weekly Press briefing in Islamabad on Monday, she, however, said that progress in the composite dialogue cannot be measured in months and ....
- Crocker’S Ill-Conceived Advice (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 14, 2005)
US Ambassador Ryan C Crocker has expressed concern over the open involvement of groups under the US watch list like Jamaatud Daawa in the earthquake relief work in Azad Kashmir.
- Kashmir Solution A Must For Lasting Peace: Shaukat (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday that sustained peace in South Asia would be possible with the resolution of the Kashmir dispute according to the wishes of Kashmiris.
- Dancers, Flowers Greet Pakistani Bus In India (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 14, 2005)
PTDC MD suggests daily service, easier visas
- Turf War In The Valley (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 14, 2005)
Though a large part of Srinagar town resembles a fortified camp with continued frisking and checking of people and vehicles, on October 18 Education Minister Ghulam Nabhi Lone was assassinated by terrorists in this high security zone.
- Powerful Earthquake Rocks J&k, Woman Dies (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 14, 2005)
A woman died of heart attack and another person was wounded following a massive earthquake of 6.8 magnitude that rattled Jammu and Kashmir early this morning, triggering panic among survivors of the October 8 killer temblor.
- J-K: Govt To Continue Crackdown On Corrupt Officials (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Jammu and Kashmir government will continue its "war against corruption" to bring greater accountability and transparency in the administration at all levels, Chief Minister Gulam Nabi Azad said here.
- Third Round Of Indo-Pak Dialogue Likely Next Month (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 14, 2005)
Pakistan and India hope to start third round of the composite dialogue at the foreign secretary level in the third week of next month in New Delhi.
- Settle Siachen Before Addressing Kashmir: Wisner (Daily Times, Umer Farooq, Dec 14, 2005)
The Former US Ambassador to New Delhi, Frank G Wisner, has said that Pakistan and India should first focus on negotiating a settlement of issues like Siachen and Sir Creek to give confidence to the negotiators before taking up bigger issues such as Kashmi
- Pakistan Quake Aid Focus Comes Down The Mountains (Reuters, Robert Birsel, Dec 14, 2005)
The focus of earthquake relief in Pakistan's mountains is shifting to nearly two million people below the snowline now that most at higher altitudes have been looked after, a U.N. official said on Tuesday.
- Tremor Rocks Kashmir, Pakistan (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 14, 2005)
Two months after the devastating October 8 earthquake, a strong tremor at dead of night jolted Kashmiris out of their sleep and sent them scurrying on the streets
- The Indian Scheme Of Things (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Dec 14, 2005)
It has been apparent for some time now that since the dialogue process recommenced between Pakistan and India, the latter has adopted a devious and indirect approach — the line of least resistance on the part of Pakistan, as Liddell Hart would have put it
- Dancers, Flowers Greet Pakistani Bus In India (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Drummers and dancers greeted a Pakistani bus as it crossed into India on Tuesday in the latest step in a slow-moving peace process to establish stronger transport links between the nuclear rivals.
- Dialogue With Hurriyat Will Resume Soon: Azad (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 14, 2005)
"Ready for mid-term elections if separatists take part"
While there would be no compromise on violence, "local sensitivities" have to be kept in mind
Talks between the Hurriyat and Manmohan will take place "soon"
- Quake Hits Afghan Hindu Kush, Residents Flee Homes (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Dec 13, 2005)
A strong earthquake struck the sparsely populated Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan early on Tuesday, close to a region in northern Pakistan and Kashmir devastated by a quake two months ago.
- Massive Earthquake Rocks Jammu And Kashmir (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted both sides of Kashmir triggering panic among survivors of October's devastating earthquake who came out from their makeshift shelters in freezing temperatures but there were no reports . . .
- Spread Literacy (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
It can only be a matter of regret that Jammu and Kashmir continues to be in the company of States with poor literacy rates. With only 54.46 per cent of its total population described as literate (65.75 per cent men and 41.82 per cent women) the State . .
- New Challenges In Kashmir (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2005)
The great earthquake that devastated large parts of undivided Kashmir in October has had seismic consequences not just for its victims but also for political processes on both sides of the Line of Control. Jihadist groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba . . .
- Point, Counterpoint (Hindu, Sampurna Chattarji, Dec 13, 2005)
This reader is shaped around the theme of the letter of the law stripped of annotative, interpretative gloss
- 3rd Oic Summit Approved 10-Year Plan Of Action: Fo (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
The third extraordinary OIC summit held in Makkah remained successful as it adopted comprehensive document of 10-Year Programme of Action which deals with the political, development, socio-economic and scientific issues relating to Muslim Ummah.
- Convert J&k Into A Federation (Daily Excelsior, M Y TARIGAMI, Dec 13, 2005)
Natural calamities do not recognize the artificial lines drawn upon the earth. Yet the human sufferings, wherever caused, are identical and the feelings of pain similar.
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