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Articles 13521 through 13620 of 27135:
- The India Tilt In Us Policy (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Mar 27, 2006)
The Bush administration now recognises the true importance of India
- Out Of Isolation (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 27, 2006)
The spectre of Maoism is haunting parts of tribal India.
- Pak Terror Infrastructure Alive And Kicking: Book (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
The ‘’Islamic Jihad’’ the civilised world is grappling with today, was born and nurtured in South Asia by the Pakistan-Afghanistan-Bangladesh triumverate, and what is being witnessed in West Asia, particularly after the US-led war in . . .
- Lashkar Militant Gunned Down In J-K (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Army troops shot dead a self-styled Tehsil commander of the banned militant outfit Lashker-e-Toiba in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir and recovered arms and ammunitions from him, official sources said here on Monday.
- Why Iran Oil Cutoff Could Be Suicidal (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Iran's nuclear standoff with the United States, Europe, and other nations has led to considerable speculation of $100-per-barrel oil and $4-per-gallon gasoline in the US. Such high prices might kick off a worldwide energy crisis and recession.
- Eclectic Culture (Hindu, ZERIN ANKLESARIA , Mar 26, 2006)
A comprehensive book on a little known region.
- India Offers To Redesign Baglihar Dam (News International, Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Mar 26, 2006)
India is prepared to review and redesign the controversial Baglihar dam provided Pakistan assures that it will withdraw the case it has submitted to the World Bank against India for violating the Indus Basin Waters Treaty.
- General Musharraf’S Partiality (Daily Times, General Musharraf, Mar 25, 2006)
The ruling Pakistan Muslim League put up a show on March 23 at Lahore’s Minto Park to celebrate both the Lahore Resolution, now re-christened as the Pakistan Resolution, and the League’s 100th anniversary .
- Misplaced Defence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 25, 2006)
All this talk of Muslims and the mainstream recalls a Bihar minister who, visiting Telco’s office in Jamshedpur, asked General Shiv Verma, who had a post-retirement job there, how many Biharis he employed. Shooting his immaculate cuffs and with . . .
- Bond’Ed Warehouse (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 25, 2006)
Old soldiers never die, they merely fade away,” General Douglas MacArthur once quipped.
- Group Of Experts Support Us-India Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 25, 2006)
The US-India nuclear deal has its detractors but it is not without its defenders, as is evident from a statement signed by 27 “experts”, led by Selig Harrison, who seldom has a good word to say about Pakistan.
- India As The New Force For Peace And Stability (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , Mar 25, 2006)
"What is in it for America?" That was how the national security adviser, M.K. Narayanan, reacted after the Bush administration proposed the nuclear deal to the Indians at Blair House, the official guest house of the American president, . . .
- Balochistan Imbroglio (Daily Excelsior, Vazeeruddin, Mar 25, 2006)
Since its creation in August 1947, courtesy the divide and rule policy of the British departing from (undivided) India, Pakistan has been trying to wrest Kashmir from India by launching military attacks against India and extending all manner of . . .
- Pak Soldier Killed In Clashes Near Afghan Border (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Fierce clashes in a volatile Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border killed one soldier and several militants on Friday, a security official said.
- Sc Slams Govt On Tainted Ministers (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
"Can a person facing rape charges be appointed a judge or an election commissioner?" An angry Supreme Court hurled this poser at the Centre on Friday while hearing a PIL challenging the appointment of MPs accused of various crimes as members of the . . .
- India Nuclear Deal Meets Wary Congress (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Bush presses for approval of a pact taking a different approach to nonproliferation.
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 25, 2006)
For the last two days some people have been trying to create an atmosphere as if government and Parliament are being used only to favour me.
- Pakistan, India Launch New Bus Amid Emotional Scenes (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The annual Sikh pilgrimage to Nankana Sahib in Pakistan took on special significance this year with the first bus service linking the birthplace of the religion's founder with Amritsar in India.
- Us Fails To Get Nsg’S Ok For Nuclear Deal With India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The United States lobbied on Thursday for allowing nuclear trade with India but failed to get a key international group to take up the matter, diplomats said.
- Pak Security Forces Kill 18 Pro-Taliban Militants (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Pakistani security forces backed by helicopter gunships pounded militant hideouts in the restive North Waziristan region on Friday, killing 18 pro-Taliban militants after rebels attacked a paramilitary post leaving a soldier dead.
- Strong Condemnation (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 25, 2006)
There can be no soft words for the present government's increasingly visible inability to provide a necessary checks-and-balances framework under which the market mechanism can operate.
- Warnings And Promises (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 25, 2006)
Speaking at the PML convention on Thursday, General Musharraf warned the foreign militants and their local supporters in tribal areas to quit Pakistan or be eliminated.
- Lame Ducks Can Still Bite Back (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Mar 25, 2006)
Teaching the history of revolutions has been easy at Harvard this semester. As if to illustrate exactly how these strange historical upheavals work, the university has obligingly staged a revolution of its own.
- Moscow Spies Tipped Saddam On U.S. War Plan (Washington Times, Rowan Scarborough, Mar 25, 2006)
Moscow had informants inside U.S. Central Command whose information on the March 2003 invasion of Iraq was relayed to dictator Saddam Hussein days before American troops ousted him from power, according to a Defense Department history released yesterday.
- Way Of Life ! (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Mar 25, 2006)
Wasn't it one of our more distinguished Prime Ministers who told us that corruption was not something unique to India. It was a universal phenomenon.
- Election Fallout: Eu To Impose Sanctions On Belarus President (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
European Union leaders decided on Friday to punish Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko after an election seen as rigged—announcing “restrictions” against the authoritarian leader that would likely include a travel ban from Europe.
- The Game Plan On Iran Is Becoming Clearer (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 25, 2006)
The Anglo-Americans want a Security Council resolution allowing for the eventual use of force. Iran must play its cards very carefully from now onwards.
- Defence Deals (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 25, 2006)
We probably have not heard the last word about kickbacks in the Scorpene submarine purchase, but that a day after the NDA made a huge issue of it something more “explosive” attracted its attention would suggest that the priority was political . . .
- But It’S About Kashmir, Insists Pakistan (News International, Mariana Baabar, Mar 25, 2006)
Pakistan has said that the resolution of contentious issues like the Jammu and Kashmir dispute alone would pave the way for not only improvement in bilateral relations with India but also go a long way in improving lives of peoples in the region.
- Ordinance Route Not The Way, Says Left (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Parliament should debate the issue and adopt legislation
NAC chair cannot be termed an office of profit: CPI (M)
No shortcut method should be taken to settle the controversy: Dasgupta
Adjournment not in interest of democracy: Abani Roy
- Dpf List Of Seats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Announcement made by AIADMK general secretary
- Mission Iraq (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 25, 2006)
Continuing a war against a violent totalitarian ideology is not among the easier things in the world .
- Fuel Truck Destroyed In Blast On Pak-Afghan Border (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
A bomb explosion on Friday destroyed a truck carrying fuel to a US military base soon after it crossed into Afghanistan from Pakistan, officials said.
- R E G I O N: Unsc Presses Afghan Govt To Rein In Taliban (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Council concerned about extremist threat to Afghan peace and stability
- 20 Militants Killed In N Waziristan: Ispr (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The Pakistan Army claimed killing 16 to 20 attackers in retaliatory action in the North Waziristan tribal agency early on Friday.
- Iraqi Girl’S Plight Moved This Peacemaker (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Peacemaker Harmeet Singh Sooden, a Canadian of Indian origin, who has been freed from captivity in Iraq, has revealed himself as a man devoted to human rights and family values.
- Price Of Honour (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Mar 24, 2006)
The suffix MP has been on sale for the past fifty years
- Military Drops Leaflets In Waziristan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Planes dropped leaflets in both South Waziristan and North Waziristan on Thursday on the occasion of Pakistan Day to urge the tribesmen to beware of foreigners and their local supporters who had allied themselves with the . . .
- Us Lobbies For Nuclear Trade With India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
The United States lobbied on Thursday for allowing nuclear trade with India but failed to get a key international group to take up the matter, diplomats said.
- Hostages Rescued In Iraq (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Weeks of intelligence work in lawless west Baghdad and a rapid response by special forces to information extracted from a prisoner led to British troops’ rescue of three Christian peace activists in Baghdad today.
- Apathy Is In The Air (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Mar 24, 2006)
Israel’s voters are apathetic in spite of the fact that the next government is expected to set the final borders of the Jewish state, thereby defining its relations with Palestinians, Arabs and the international community.
- Rich And Poor In India, China (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Mar 24, 2006)
Opposite approaches of two countries
- Bush Admn Briefs Nsg (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Mar 24, 2006)
Even as two Bush Administration officials today briefed members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) in Vienna on the details of the US-India civilian nuclear agreement, a senior US official admitted that many members of the group will wait to see . . .
- Karzai Urges Anti-Terrorism Cooperation On International Level (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday called for greater international cooperation against terrorism and again condemned irreverent cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) published in the European press.
- Foreign Miscreants Must Leave Or Face Action: Musharraf (News International, Ziaullah Niazi, Mar 24, 2006)
Shaukat says PML needs to revive spirit of early 1940s; Shujaat says president will become party member
- A Terrorist Organisation Rises Again (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 24, 2006)
The Harkat-ul-Mujahideen's revival makes it clear that Pakistan's Islamist armies have no intention of joining in adétentewith India that promises them only their obliteration.
- Persisting Myths About Russia-U.S. Ties (Hindu, Boris Makarenko, Mar 24, 2006)
The aggravation of the Iranian nuclear problem alongside the active preparations for the G8 summit makes one think about the long road covered by Russia-U.S.
- Scorpene Noise Leaves Navy Worried (Times of India, RAJAT PANDIT, Mar 24, 2006)
The brouhaha over the Scorpene submarine deal has the Navy running scared. It’s keeping its fingers crossed that the already much-delayed project is not torpedoed since its ageing submarine fleet will be drastically depleted by the next decade.
- Ec Order May Land Several Mps In Trouble (Tribune, S. S. Negi, Mar 24, 2006)
The test laid down by the Election Commission (EC) for determining the “office of profit” in the Jaya Bachchan case, might pose serious problems to several other MPs whose cases have been referred to it by President A P J Abdul Kalam.
- New American Moves In Asia (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Mar 24, 2006)
The partners in the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue — the U.S., Australia, and Japan — seek to checkmate China and also woo India at the same time.
- A Rancid Relationship (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 24, 2006)
Britain's close alliance with the U.S. has become one-way traffic.
- Quietly, India And Pak Closing Deal On Siachen (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Mar 24, 2006)
Pak in-principle OK to acknowledging Indian troop positions on the glacier India and Pakistan are inching closer to an understanding on withdrawal of troops from Siachen with Islamabad inclined “in-principle” to acknowledge current Indian troop . . .
- In The Eyes Of Storm (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 24, 2006)
The Supreme Court of Pakistan completed 50 years of its existence on March 23. The apex court is the final arbiter of law and the Constitution, and is invested with the responsibility to maintain harmony between the legislature, executive and judiciary.
- Hundred Years Of Kala Pani (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, Mar 24, 2006)
Once infamous as Kala Pani , this historical monument at Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, marked its centenary on 10th March this year.
- 'Amend Atomic Energy Act To Formalise Indo-Us Nuke Deal' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
A Republican Congressman has mooted a proposal to amend the US Atomic Energy Act, 1954 so that it could formalise the civilian nuclear deal reached between India and the United States early this month.
- ‘China And Russia In Accord On Iran’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Beijing supports Moscow’s efforts to resolve nuclear issue
- British-Led Forces Rescue Western Hostages In Iraq (Reuters, Ross Colvin, Mar 24, 2006)
British-led forces rescued three Christian peace activists from captivity on Thursday after finding them tied up in a house in western Baghdad, two weeks after their American colleague was tortured and killed.
- Bush Feels The Heat In Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 24, 2006)
The announcement of American President that his troops are there to stay in Iraq for years is, in fact, reflective of the fact that all is not well in that country and Bush has started feeling the heat of the fire he himself initiated. Rejecting . . .
- Defenceless Defence Of Indo-Us N-Deal (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 24, 2006)
Us ambassador in Pakistan Ryan C Crocker has said that Indo-US nuclear deal will enhance security and stability in South Asia. Talking to a selected group of journalists in Islamabad on Wednesday, he asserted that the agreement will not in any way . . .
- Ties Strengthened, Made More Meaningful (Dawn, Anwar Kemal, Mar 24, 2006)
Rarely if ever has such a major visit to Pakistan as that of President Bush taken place against a background so laden with negative overtones and a sense of foreboding.
- Cii’S Eminently Sensible Proposals (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 24, 2006)
The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has come up with some significant observations. It says that acts of terrorism cannot be dubbed as jihad; all camps training militants or terrorists should be shut down immediately; the government should . . .
- Witness Protection (Statesman, AMIYA K SAMANTA, Mar 24, 2006)
Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform Desirable
- Leave Pakistan Or Die, Musharraf Warns Militants (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Foreign militants hiding in Pakistan should either leave or face annihilation, President Pervez Musharraf said in a strongly worded speech on Thursday marking a national holiday.
- Centre For Sun (Hindu, ROHINI RAMAKRISHNAN, Mar 24, 2006)
Archaeologists announced recently that they have discovered an ancient sun temple containing large statues of the pharaoh Ramses II under an outdoor marketplace in Cairo, Egypt.
- Targeting Schools (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 24, 2006)
Terrorists must be thwarted
- Karunanidhi Commends Sonia's Action (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Thursday came out in defence of the Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who resigned her parliamentary seat and chairpersonship of the National Advisory Council over the office of profit controversy.
- Cpi(m) Alleges Us Bid To Sell Nuke Reactors To India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Move to set up uranium projects come in for criticism
State Government asked to convene an all-party meet on uranium projects
Make cost-benefit analysis and environmental reports public
Pooh-poohs Government officials' assurances on providing . . .
- President Kalam Decorates 62 Armed Forces Personnel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Two CRPF officers figured on the military role of honours for the first time
- Back To The War Front (Telegraph, Kaushik Roy, Mar 24, 2006)
The institute for Defence Studies and Analyses is a premier institution in south Asia for strategic studies. It brings out two journals: Strategic Analysis (called IDSA Journal before 1987) and Strategic Digest.
- U.S. Urges Suppliers To Back India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Francois Murphy, Mar 24, 2006)
Washington on Thursday lobbied the world's top suppliers of nuclear technology to back a U.S.-India civilian nuclear energy deal that critics say threatens the global arms control regime, diplomats said.
- Punjab Has Come A Long Way Since The Years Of Turmoil (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Mar 24, 2006)
It's a sign of absolute normality. As a young reporter, this correspondent had gotten used to the ubiquitous AK-47s and self-loading rifles (SLRs) in the hands of the Punjab Police during the years of turmoil in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
- Musharraf Sends Stern Warning To Terrorists (Daily Times, Mohammed Rizwan, Mar 24, 2006)
Asks people of NWFP to support army
Says Baloch sardars’ days are numbered
- Staying On In Iraq (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 24, 2006)
President George Bush’s declaration that American troops will stay in Iraq till 2008 coincides with the availability of some Iraqi audio tapes which quote former president Saddam Hussain as saying that his country had nothing to hide by way of . . .
- Afghanistan Killed Civilians: Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 24, 2006)
They were Taliban militants, says Kabul
- Indian Defence Ministry Lowers Pakistan’S Threat Level (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
The latest annual report of the Ministry of Defence has tempered its criticism of Pakistan as a security concern and instead focussed on the need to keep an eye on “unsavoury aspects” abroad such as the instability in Iraq, nuclear stalemate on the . . .
- Sc Reopens J&k Samba Spy Case (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
The High Court had exonerated the nine officers, holding that no material evidence of their involvement in spying for Pakistan was brought on record and asked the ministry to give them all the monetary benefits they would otherwise be due.
- ‘India Will Not Accept Any Amendments To Nuclear Deal’ (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 24, 2006)
Indian ambassador Ronen Sen has declared in an interview published here that there is absolutely no chance of India accepting any amendment or condition to the US-India nuclear agreement, as negotiated.
- Iran And Us: A Replay Of Iraq Unlikely (Arab News, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Let me begin by saying that I belong to the group of people who reject the use of weapons of mass destruction.
- Khamenei Reaches Out, Ready To Talk Iraq With Us (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Iran pushed ahead on its nuclear programme on Tuesday as the country’s most powerful figure reaffirmed its willingness to hold face-to-face talks with the US on Iraq — sending a somewhat mixed message to the international community. Talks . . .
- Delhi Hc Asked To Examine Samba Spy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
The Supreme Court today directed the Delhi High Court to examine the three-decade-old infamous Samba spy case afresh to find out if the General Court Martial (GCM) proceedings against a large number of army officers and some JCOs were based on . . .
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