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Articles 7521 through 7620 of 13380:
- Powerful Earthquake Jolts Kashmir Valley (Press Trust of India, 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 of any
- Jaundiced View (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 13, 2005)
How does it feel like living in a State in which there is a bomb blast on almost every third day?
- Massive Quake Jolts Kashmir, Tremors Felt In North India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
It was a sense of déjà vu for those trying to erase the memories of destruction that the October 8 earthquake had left in its trail. A powerful earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale jolted both sides of Kashmir early morning.
- Earthquake Jolts North India (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
An earthquake tremor jolts the north India at around 3:25 AM on Tuesday morning. According to news channels, the tremor was experienced in Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh, New Delhi and the national capital region.
- Geelani Criticises Oic (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 13, 2005)
In a scathing attack on the Organisation of Islamic Conference , hard-line separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday said it had failed to represent the wishes and aspirations of Kashmiris and instead "strengthening Indian claim over Kashmir."
- Pok Quake: Widow Denied Aid (Deccan Herald, Zahoor Malik , Dec 13, 2005)
Forty-year-old Salima Begum is a widow in distress. A victim of the recent earthquake in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, she is yet to get compensation for her husband’s death.
- 11 Mps Shame Democracy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Monday’s exposure is similar to earlier high-profile sting operations that had trapped politicians while accepting bribes – the Tehelka expose that had rocked the ruling NDA in March 2001 and the cash-on-camera expose involving Dilip Singh Judeo, . . .
- India, Pakistan Should Convert Loc Into Soft Border: Kuldeep (News International, Rasheed Khalid, Dec 13, 2005)
Shri Kuldeep Nayyar, former Indian MP and journalist, has said that India and Pakistan should retain only defence, foreign affairs and communication of their respective administered Kashmirs and give rest of all powers to the two governments . . .
- Punjab Bus Service Sans Kashmir (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 13, 2005)
The Lahore-Amritsar trial bus carrying nine officials and technical experts of the relevant departments of Indian Punjab arrived in Lahore on Sunday.
- Flexibility Needed On Kashmir, Says Fo (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Dec 13, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday said the resolution of the Kashmir issue was being discussed and underlined that it required flexibility which it was willing to show.
- Mulberry Bush Of Kashmir (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Dec 13, 2005)
It was the sheer audacity of the suggestion that challenged them: Undo the knot that has vexed their elders for over 50 years. Find a solution to the Jammu & Kashmir problem.
- Will Oic Summit Make A Difference? (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Dec 13, 2005)
The extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) concluded its two-day deliberations in Makkah last week.
- Quake: Thinking Long-Term (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Dec 13, 2005)
I have written before on the subject of the earthquake and its economic impact. But the subject covered in some of the earlier articles dealt with the effect of the disaster over the short term. In today’s article and the one next week . . .
- Pakistan’S ‘No-Borders-Plus’ Kashmir Solution (News International, Nasim Zehra, Dec 13, 2005)
It has been a gradual coming out of the closet. For Pakistan’s ‘no-borders-plus’ solution for Kashmir, it is exposÈ time.
- Land Of Missed Opportunities (Pioneer, Asheesh Shah, Dec 13, 2005)
We cannot progress unless the energies of the people are channelised towards nation building, says Asheesh Shah
- Rights Abuses In Kashmir (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 13, 2005)
That rights abuses in held Kashmir have continued despite the ongoing peace process was highlighted the way Kashmiris in the occupied territory observed International Human Rights Day on Saturday.
- At Odds With The Cross (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Dec 13, 2005)
Two indigenous groups with a lived history of centuries of civilisational amity are supposedly engaged in fratricidal conflict in Assam's Karbi Anglong district. To the bewilderment of the majority of Karbis and Dimasas, gangs of armed and hooded . . .
- India Should Be Flexibile: Fo (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
* No proposal to open visa offices in Lahore and Amritsar
* India and Pakistan will open consulates from January
* Pakistan agrees to buy goods from India
- Exile As Therapy (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 13, 2005)
Parliamentarians have put us all to shame. They continue to misuse this institution at the cost of the Indian people. They behave worse than street lumpens.
- Earthquake Felt In Upper Pakistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Earthquake with 6.7 magnitude was felt in wide area of upper Pakistan including entire Punjab, Islamabad, Ralwalpindi, Peshawar, Muzaffarabad, Mansehra, Balakot and Gilgit early Tuesday at 2.51 am.
- Export Of Orphans (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 13, 2005)
More than five hundred orphans from the Valley shall be sent to Maharastra for education. An organization shall adapt them and take care of their needs.
- Peace With Pakistan (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 12, 2005)
I am veering round to the viewpoint that Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee might have pushed the India-Pakistan dialogue faster and farther than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done.
- Voice Of Pakistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 12, 2005)
The support extended by the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) to the “inalienable right” of the people of Jammu and Kashmir for “self-determination” in accordance with the UN resolutions is nothing but a replay of the tape-recording . . .
- Charity Begins As A Brainwave (Indian Express, Sukhmani Singh, Dec 12, 2005)
Unsung Good Samaritans continue to be innovative about getting in the moolah
- The Holy Quota (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 12, 2005)
The decision to introduce a constitutional amendment to enable states to re-impose reservations in unaided private colleges is deeply disappointing.
- View From The Right (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 12, 2005)
The ‘development special’ issue of the latest Organiser (December 18) is in a glossy, magazine format and almost entirely devoted to Rajasthan — with fulsome praise over several pages for Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.
- Let It Not Stink (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 12, 2005)
Often in these columns we have highlighted the threat posed to the health of ordinary citizens by scattered garbage in streets especially in the old city. Except for one or two lanes where vigilant residents have kept a collective watch . . .
- New Indo-Pak Bus On Trial (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
A 45-seater luxury Volvo coach with four officials and five crew members Sunday commenced its 30-km trial run from Amritsar city to Lahore in Pakistan.
- Possible Options On Kashmir: Pakistan More Flexible Than India (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 12, 2005)
Kuldeep Nayar; a leading journalist, peace activist and former member of the Rajya Sabha proposed maximum autonomy for the Indian and Pakistani sides of Kashmir except for foreign, defence and communication affairs.
- Reinventing The Oic (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 12, 2005)
In the year-long run-up to its extraordinary summit in Makkah on December 7-8, the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), which had emerged in 1969 as a collective response to an arson attack on Masjid-i-Aqsa, has had a bad press.
- A Bad Deal For Public Health (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Dec 12, 2005)
The moves to formalise curbs on export of cheap generic medicines will hit developing countries.
- Corrugated Sheets Sans "Made In India" Marking For Pok (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 12, 2005)
United Nations to place orders with India soon
- Big Seizure Of Arms In J&k; Two Killed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Militants explode IED in Baramulla district as a convoy of security forces passes by
Security forces kill a militant in encounter
Joint operation in forest area in Kupwara
- Kashmir: The Question Of Self-Governance (News International, Ershad Mahmud, Dec 12, 2005)
The idea of self-governance for all regions of the formerly united state of Jammu and Kashmir has stirred enthusiasm as well as heated debate. Interestingly, the entire Kashmiri discourse has focused on its dynamics, raising hopes that it may play . . .
- For Speedier Justice (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 12, 2005)
Off and on the crucial issue of vacancies of judges in thupreme Court, High Courts and subordinate courts keeps cropping up in concerned quarters. It is generally believed that the delay in their appointments is one major cause of a large number . . .
- 'Ji Rejects United Kashmir' (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The JI has rejected the idea of United Kashmir or its division into five zones however supported demilitarisation in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
- End Of Regional Parties ? (Daily Excelsior, T. Sreedhar, Dec 12, 2005)
The verdict of recent Bihar elections and the infighting in Shiva Sena made many to sit up and note the steady diminishing trend by the regional parties. In 2004, when the regional parties like Telugu Desam in Andhra Pradesh and Akali Dal in Punjab . . .
- Return Is Possible (Greater Kashmir, Aatif Ahmed Mehjoor, Dec 12, 2005)
Aatif Ahmed Mehjoor comments on Pandit migration and an unspoken possibility of their coming back
It is now more than fifteen years since the volatile months of early 1990 when Kashmir’s Pandit community fled en masse from the valley.
- Protests, Clashes Mark Rights Day In Jk (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Protest demonstrations and hunger strike by pro-independence leaders marked the International Human Rights Day here on Saturday.
- Sufi Saints Of India (Daily Excelsior, K K Khullar, Dec 11, 2005)
Asked what was his view of the highest form of devotion of God, Shaikh Moinuddin Chisthti, popularly known as 'Garib Nawaz' replied: "Redressing the misery of the miserable, fulfilling the needs of the needy, feeding the hungry, . . .
- Fuel Crisis Looms In Kashmir (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 11, 2005)
Jammu and Kashmir was headed towards its biggest-ever fuel crisis as a strike by the region’s oil tanker operators entered its fifth day on Saturday.
- Kashmiris Protest Hr Violations (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Separatists in occupied-Kashmir accused India’s army of violating human rights and appealed for UN intervention as they staged protest marches on Saturday to mark International Human Rights Day. Police broke up a small march by activists of the . . .
- Economy Alone Won’T Do (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Dec 11, 2005)
A brief comment on Gen Musharraf’s six years in power with which most people would tend to agree is: economically a success, administratively a failure and politically an unmitigated disaster.
- In Search Of A Book (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
It all began with an inborn curiosity of the eye
The author will be speaking at G.D. Birla Sabhagar on December 12 at 7 pm as a guest of The Telegraph
- B'desh- Beware Of 1971 Traitors (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Dec 11, 2005)
A few days after Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia appealed to Opposition Awami League’s (AL’s) leader Sheikh Hasina to join hands to fight the rising jehadi terror in the country,
- Army To Implement Right To Information Act (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Though infiltration along the Indo-Pak border has come down, it may be occurring through other borders like Nepal and Bangladesh, Army Chief Gen J J Singh today said.
"Due to snowing on the mountains
- Begin J&k Corruption Eradication From Top ! (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Dec 11, 2005)
It is like the proverbial chicken-egg story accompanied with the ever unanswered question ''Who came first ?'' The Government officials blame the businessmen, traders, suppliers and contractors for relentlessly chasing them with bribes to secure . . .
- Indian Way? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 11, 2005)
Throwing good money after bad
Image makeovers work best when they are accompanied by qualitative changes in the goods or services offered by the entity attempting the makeover.
- Sonia Pledges Her Support To Rehabilitation Of Kashmir Quake Victims (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 11, 2005)
Becomes first high-ranking leader to visit Teetwal close to PoK "I have come to share your pain and grief. You have faced the worst days but with great courage"
- Sonia Flies In And Out, Leaves Angry People In Her Wake (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
She came, she saw, spent a total of eight minutes and cocooned herself in the high security army zone to spend the night.
- Infiltration On Through Nepal, Bangla Borders? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
With terrorist attacks on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir, Army chief Gen J J Singh on Saturday said that infiltration routes through Nepal and Bangladesh borders might have become operational.
- J&k: Sonia Sends 500 Quake-Hit Kids To Pune (Rediff on the Net, MUKHTAR AHMAD, Dec 11, 2005)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi late Saturday afternoon flagged off 500 children of quake hit areas of north Kashmir for their new home in Pune in Maharasthra where a Non Government Organisation has decided to adopt them.
- Manmohan Calls On Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called on President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Friday. Describing the meeting as a regular interaction between the President and the Prime Minister, a Rashtrapati Bhavan press release said it lasted 35 minutes.
- Too Precious To Lose (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 10, 2005)
There are two reasons why the focus is again on the depressing phenomenon of infant mortality in the country.
- Omar To Teach Afghan Mps (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
National Conference president Omar Abdullah is flying to Kabul tomorrow to participate in an orientation programme for newly elected Parliamentarians in Afghanistan, a first Kashmiri leader to visit that country after the US-led coalition overthrew . . .
- Forgetting Sheikh Abdullah At 100 ! (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Dec 10, 2005)
''It happens only in India'' That's the refrain of a song picturised some years ago on the late Amrish Puri.
- Good Bye Teacher (Greater Kashmir, Dr Bashir Ahmad Khan, Dec 10, 2005)
It’s good you bid them a farewell and remember the contributions of those who have taught you, Dr Bashir Ahmad Khan writes
- Art Lovers Would Love To Be Here. Are You One? - I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 10, 2005)
Javaid Iqbal Bhat sums up his experience at the Indian National Achieves Complex, where are housed some rare pieces of art and literature
- Terror Suspect Draws Government Pay (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 10, 2005)
Jan's case, among others, being scrutinised by Chief Minister's staff "Whoever is responsible for this is mocking the martyrdom of men in uniform," says widow of Army Major
- United States Of Kashmir’ Only Part Of The Picture: Qayyum (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Former president and prime minister of Azad Kashmir, Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan, said on Friday that a proposal to create a state called the United States of Kashmir was not the ultimate solution to the longstanding dispute between the nuclear-armed. . . .
- Surging Indian Air Traffic Weighs On Security (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Dec 10, 2005)
India's airports are leading targets for militant attacks and a surge in air traffic spurred by new, low-cost airlines has added enormous pressure on security forces guarding them, a senior official said on Friday.
- The Year That Was... (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Dec 10, 2005)
It was the coldest winter I can recall: late winter monsoon added dampness to the chill to usher in morning mists.
- Win Win Ties (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 10, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s recent visit to Moscow has further strengthened India’s bilateral relations with Russia, especially in defence technology co-operation and energy security.
- Lotus Stemmed (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Dec 10, 2005)
Three chief ministers in less than three years. This is what has happened in Madhya Pradesh, where the BJP, after a landslide win during the last assembly polls in 2003, is now facing a revolt from within.
- Prime Minister Meets President (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today met President A P J Abdul Kalam and briefed him about his just concluded visit to Russia and the upcoming trip to Kuala Lumpur for the India-ASEAN and East-Asia Summits.
- A Forgotten Kashmiri Leader (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 10, 2005)
Sheikh Abdullah, whose birth centenary is being celebrated this month, has not been given his due in India, much less in Kashmir from where he hailed.
- Makkah Declaration (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 10, 2005)
Unlike the declarations issued in the past by Islamic summit conferences, the joint communique released by the summit at Makkah on Thursday is focussed on a reform of the Muslim world.
- Musharraf Backs New Initiatives, Claims Mirwaiz (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Dec 10, 2005)
All Parties’ Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Friday that President Gen Pervez Mushrraf had assured him of Islamabad’s support for the idea of ‘united states of Kashmir’ as part of efforts to resolve the dispute with India.
- Oic: Road-Map For Ummah (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 10, 2005)
The OIC Extraordinary Summit has adopted Makkah Declaration and Ten-Year Programme of Action envisaging road-map for Ummah to face the challenges of 21st century.
- Gujar Khan People Rally Against Ajk Cops (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
A demonstration was staged by college girls, their mothers and dozens of other residents of Gujar Khan in front of the Parliament House here on Friday against AJK police for detaining a family of their city for 26 days in Mirpur police station.
- Oic Backs Pak’S Stance On Kashmir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Toeing Pakistan’s line, the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) has “extended” its support to the “inalienable right” of the people of Jammu and Kashmir for “self-determination” in accordance with the UN resolutions.
- Realising Fundamental Home Truths (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Dec 10, 2005)
Across regions of violence in India, a peculiar mindset has taken root: A constant harping on grievances - some real, but many imagined, or at least imagined to be uniquely afflicting a specific people or community - combined with a beggar's mentality . .
- Inside Al-Qaeda (Mid East Web, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Al-Qaeda (or Al Qaida) means "the base." It has been described as many different things, and it includes a "federation" of different Islamic groups, all dedicated to mayhem against the West, Christians, Jews and Muslim regimes that do not conform . . .
- Neglect Of Forests (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 10, 2005)
A front-page report in The Tribune on Friday revealed that Punjab forest officials had carried out fake plantations in Dhar subdivision of Gurdaspur district under a Japan bank-aided scheme and the accompanying photograph showed dumped saplings, . . .
- Killer Earthquake (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Dec 10, 2005)
Lessons of the earthquake in Kashmir, worst in over a century, are both positive and negative. The shock of that intensity was perhaps needed to make Kashmiri speaking people of the state really conscious of the existence and plight of socially and . . .
- The Other Face Of The Evil That Is Lashkar (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 09, 2005)
Ejaz Butt's extraordinary story illuminates the lives of the foot soldiers of the organisation'sjihadin Jammu and Kashmir.
- A Case Of Peace Talks Through The Press? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 09, 2005)
Pakistan has time and again gone public with new proposals for a resolution of the dispute over Kashmir even as negotiations were going on with India.
- Protection For Osama - 15 Top Pakistani Leaders Have Links With Osama (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Dec 09, 2005)
Is Osama Bin Laden in charge of Pakistan after all? It may be. According to media reports, at least 15 members in the senate, national and state assemblies of Pakistan have not only met Osama bin Laden, but had a close relationship with him.
- India Turns Down Iranian Envoy's Request To Tour Kashmir (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Iran ambassador to India S. Zargar-Ya''gubi's request to visit Jammu and Kashmir was turned down by the ministry of external affairs, which said that he could go only if he agreed to meet leaders of the government's choice.
- Nato Denies It Is Acquiring Land In Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has denied reports that it is acquiring land in Kashmir.
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