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Articles 17421 through 17520 of 27135:
- Indian Squad Lands In Lahore Amid Tight Security (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
The Indian cricket squad arrived in Pakistan on Thursday night amidst stringent security and with no noticeable crowds present to welcome them at Allama Iqbal International Airport.
- Playing Politics With Pipelines: Russia‘s Last Claim To Superpowerhood (Indian Express, Anne Applebaum, Jan 06, 2006)
Most Russians celebrate the new year with a few firecrackers, a glass of sweet champagne, perhaps vodka and pickled herring to keep the party going. This year the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, celebrated by switching off the flow of natural gas to Uk
- Will Govt Apathy Kill Good Cinema? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jan 06, 2006)
On the tenth day of the screening of ‘Beru’, the national award-winning Kannada film on corruption, in Shimoga last fortnight, the movie’s director P Seshadri got a call from the theatre: “Sir, there are two people in the audience. What do we do?”
- Ulfa Cool To Gogoi’S ‘Safe Passage’ Offer (Statesman, Bijay Sankar Bora, Jan 06, 2006)
The Ulfa hasn’t reacted too enthusiastically to the 14-day long “safe passage” offered by Assam chief minister Mr Tarun Gogoi to facilitate the outfit’s activists to enjoy Magh Bihu, the Assamese harvest festival, with their families.
- Watergate Of India: Jaya (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK General Secretary J Jayalalitha on Thursday likened the tapping of Samajwadi Party leader and Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh’s telephone to the Watergate scandal in the United States which led to the resignation . . .
- Aid An Adjunct To Occupation (Hindu, Ghada Karmi, Jan 06, 2006)
The Last month has seen a flurry of high-level activity designed to fund the Palestinians under occupation. A private sector investors' conference took place in London to discuss ways of boosting the Palestinian economy.
- In Sri Lanka: Seeding The Clouds Of War (Hindu, R. Hariharan, Jan 06, 2006)
The LTTE is using the same tactics to set the stage for an offensive against the Sri Lankan Army that it employed against the IPKF.
- Madrassas Untouched (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 06, 2006)
The Pakistani government caved in to opposition from fundamentalist forces on the question of madrassas
- Delhi Police On Alert (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Jan 05, 2006)
Police Commissioner given inputs on presence of militants
Army HQ, Golf Course among likely targets
Groups operating from the Kashmir valley considered a real threat
Bangladesh-based militants found more inclined towards "fidayeen" attacks
- Pakistan Holds Key Militant Wanted For Musharraf Bid (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Pakistani security forces have arrested a leading Sunni Muslim militant accused of involvement in two failed assassination attempts on President Pervez Musharraf, a security official said on Wednesday.
- The Saint - Solider (Daily Excelsior, Inder jeet S. Prince, Jan 05, 2006)
Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj's birth anniversary is being celebrated with religious joy and fervour.
- India Is Not For Dumping (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 05, 2006)
France must keep its asbestos to itself
Developing countries have long been the victims of the “not in my backyard” syndrome, and nowhere is this more clear that in the ship-decommissioning business.
- India, Japan One On Dialogue (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
India and Japan would set up a high-level annual dialogue on disarmament and non-proliferation, which could be used to reach a common ground for support for change in guidelines in the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group.
- Iran Trying To Make Nuke Missile: Report (Deccan Herald, Ian Cobain, Jan 05, 2006)
The leak of the intelligence report may signal a growing frustration at Iran’s refusal to bow to western demands that it abandon its programme to produce fuel for a Russian-built nuclear reactor due to come on stream this year.
- Efficiency Has Become The Hallmark Of Our Governance: Ghulam Nabi Azad (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 05, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief MinisterGhulam Nabi Azadcompleted two months in office on January 2 after taking over from Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. In an interview, Mr. Azad spells out his agenda for the next two years — focus on development, and giving a clean,...
- Extraordinary Folly Of U.K.'S New Opium War (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Jan 05, 2006)
In the next few weeks, an army of 3,400 British troops expects to be deployed to Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. This is nearly half the number deployed in Iraq.
- Solving Middle East Crisis - Iv (Greater Kashmir, MUHAMMAD JUNAID, Jan 05, 2006)
The ultimate solution of the Palestine-Israel conflict, as Hamas too has realised, lies in the two-state solution along the 1967 Green Line, with minor transfer of land here and there, comments
MUHAMMAD JUNAID
- Now Sikh History With Pictures (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jan 05, 2006)
Though Khushwant Singh is an atheist, he has perhaps done much more for the community than any present-day Sikh.
- Iran’S Nuclear Zealot (Daily Times, Kenneth R Timmerman, Jan 05, 2006)
As the world prepares to confront an Iranian regime that continues to defy the International Atomic Energy Agency on its nuclear programmes, we must listen to what Iran’s leaders say as we watch what they do. A religious zealot with nuclear weapons . . .
- Riverside Drama -Sudip Returns To The Stage (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 05, 2006)
It is encouraging that a former member of Parliament has revived a concern for the banks of the Hooghly in Kolkata, which are in distressing shape even when there is evidence of beautification in some pockets.
- Iran Trying To Assemble Nuclear Missile: Report (Hindu, Ian Cobain, Jan 05, 2006)
Syria, Pakistan also buying rocket technology
The Iranian government has been successfully scouring Europe for the sophisticated equipment needed to develop a nuclear bomb, according to the latest western intelligence assessment of the country's . . .
- Only A Political Solution Will Work (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 05, 2006)
The president’s briefing on Balochistan to the 94th corps commanders’ conference is of great significance, though it is disturbing too. He has said that the government’s writ will be protected when challenged.
- India, Japan Agree On Annual N-Dialogue (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
In trying to build a greater understanding on nuclear issues, India and Japan agreed today to start an annual dialogue on nuclear matters under the framework of disarmament and non-proliferation.
- Lanka Orders Probe Into ‘Execution-Style’ Deaths (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Sri Lanka on Wednesday ordered a probe into the deaths of five youths the military said were killed when a grenade they were carrying exploded, after truce monitors found they had been shot in the head execution-style.
- Oil, Gas & Imperialism (Dawn, Daniel Litvin, Jan 05, 2006)
You may have thought the age of empires was over, that in today’s globalizing world relations between states were governed by economics, market forces and free trade, rather than battles for political influence between the great powers.
- India, Japan To Hold Annual Talks On Nuclear Issue (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
India and Japan Wednesday [4 January] decided to launch high-level annual talks on nuclear issue,
- Committee On Right To Education Bill Meets (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The Committee on the Right to Education Bill, in its first meeting on Thursday, began deliberations on the ambitious legislation likely to be moved in the Budget Session of Parliament. The new legislation, costing between Rs 49,000 crore and . . .
- 650 Posts For Tsunami-Hit In A&n Islands: Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Promising to wipe tears of tsunami survivors of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced recruitment to 650 posts and proposed a legislative framework to help the victims get compensation.
- Economic Prospects In 2006 (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jan 05, 2006)
The government in Pakistan faces the new year with a plate full of problems and overflowing. A few of the problems are of its own making or mismanaged by it, and some being the result of external developments like the domestic impact of high world . . .
- Us Warns As Report Adds Fuel To Iran’S N-Fire (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Iran has been scouring Europe for the sophisticated equipment needed to develop a nuclear bomb, according to a western intelligence assessment of the country’s weapons programme, a report in British newspaper The Guardian says.
- Indo-Russian Ties (Tribune, Ash Narain Roy, Jan 05, 2006)
Till the closing years of the 20th century, neither strategic thinkers nor astrologers of power had any inkling about the rise of Asia, “Chindia” in particular, as a global economic powerhouse.
- Recipe For Disaster (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 05, 2006)
The decision of the Nepalese Maoists to call off the four-month-long ceasefire is unfortunate.
- Karzai Makes Landmark Visit To Turkey (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Afghan rebuilding to top discussions between Karzai and Turkish dignitaries
- Torkhum Road Blocked At Two Sites (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Peshawar-Torkhum road, leading to Afghanistan, was blocked at two sites on Wednesday by protesting transporters Authorities had to call out paramilitary forces after an armed clash between transporters belonging to the Zakhakhel tribe and the Khasadar ...
- Anna University To Undertake 3d Radar Terrain Mapping Of Coastline (Indian Express, V AYYAPPAN, Jan 05, 2006)
Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS) of Anna University will carry out Airbourne Radar Terrain Mapping along the coastline stretching from Nagapattinam to Nellore to facilitate disaster mitigation.
- Us Special Envoy To Korean Nuclear Talks Quits (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The US special envoy to multilateral talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons drive has quit, the State Department has said amid reported divisions within the administration over the nuclear issue.
- In 2006, Watch This Space... (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 05, 2006)
The year 2006 is likely to see a radical change in India’s foreign policy posture and status.
- Pak Terms India's Concerns Over Balochistan As "Interference" (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Asserting that it would not "entertain outsiders' views" on military operation in Balochistan, Pakistan has asked India not to worry about the provincial situation and instead "settle its own conflicts."
- North Korea Urged To Return To N-Talks Without Conditions (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Washington rejects Pyongyang’s demand to lift sanctions
The US ambassador to Seoul on Wednesday urged North Korea to return unconditionally to six-nation disarmament talks and to get out of the “nuclear business” in 2006.
- A Beautiful Man (Indian Express, BASUDHA BANERJI, Jan 05, 2006)
It is the second day of my first official tour from AIR. Our two-member coverage team is at an army establishment in Pachmarhi. “Have you called home today?” the boss is very concerned. Home, read husband, is not unduly so.
- Alang Awaits Its Hazardous Diet (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jan 05, 2006)
India must take a lead in cleaning up its ship-breaking industry, says Sonu Jain
- Clash Of Two Nuclear Pacts (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 05, 2006)
Beijing and Islamabad could be muddying the unfolding debate on Indo-US nuclear cooperation, argues C. Raja Mohan
- Fear-Stricken Policy (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jan 05, 2006)
India will have to hold out a vision of a Lanka that recognises cultural and ethnic diversities
- Govt Writ To Be Restored In Balochistan: Musharraf (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The writ of the government would be restored where challenged, declared President Gen Pervez Musharraf, while addressing the 94th Corps Commanders Conference here Tuesday.
- Us Warns Iran Against Resuming Nuke Research (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The United States on Tuesday warned Iran against resuming atomic fuel research and development which it said would further Tehran's efforts to build nuclear bombs.
- Pakistan Reacts Rather Late (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 04, 2006)
FOREIGN Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam has said that Pakistan has proof of foreign interference in Balochistan. Commenting on the Indian official’s latest outburst about Balochistan, she asked India to mind its own business and refrain from . . .
- Pakistan In Talks With China For Eight Nuclear Reactors (Indian Express, Reuters, Jan 04, 2006)
Pakistan is in talks to buy up to eight nuclear power reactors from China for between $7 billion and $10 billion, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
- Sri Lankan War Fears Take Shine Off Economic Hopes (Daily Times, Peter Apps, Jan 04, 2006)
Dollar aid after Asia’s tsunami boosted both the local rupee and the stock exchange - but the bourse has fallen sharply after the string of attacks on the military last month
- Maoists Announce End To Unilateral Ceasefire (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Jan 04, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels today announced they have ended the unilateral ceasefire and vowed to "go on the offensive" against the Royal Army, dousing the hopes of peace despite pleas from political parties and the international community.
- Sri Lanka Rebels Say Lose Senior Cadre To Army Attack (Reuters, Peter Apps, Jan 04, 2006)
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers accused the army of infiltrating their areas and killing a senior rebel on Tuesday in what they said was the most serious attack since a 2002 truce, and warned time was running out to avert war.
- Baluchistan On The Boil (Tribune, Gen V.P. Malik (retd), Jan 04, 2006)
Pakistan’s largest province, Baluchistan, is again on the boil. Two rocket firing incidents took place in early December, 2005.
- Four ‘Tainted’ Mps Move Courts Over House Expulsion (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The Lok Sabha’s power to throw out its members is being put to the legal test, with four MPs—among the 11 indicted for having accepted money to ask questions in Parliament—challenging their expulsion from the House in the courts. . . .
- Pakistan To Buy 6 Nuke Reactors From China (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Pakistan is negotiating the purchase of six to eight nuclear reactors from China during the next decade, a media report said on Tuesday
- Sri Lankan Troops Kill Five Tamil Students: Tigers (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka today accused the government troops of killing five Tamil students in the restive port town of Trincomalee.
- Gas-Powered Games (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 04, 2006)
The New Year has gotten off to a bad start for the world, and it isn’t just terrorism or the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that’s keeping countries on edge.
- Low Tax Collections In Jammu & Kashmir (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 04, 2006)
Income-tax collections in the Kashmir valley are about a quarter of what they should be, at Rs 78 crore instead of Rs 300 crore. Political agencies of various hues in the Valley say that India has no business collecting taxes after creating the political
- End Of A Ceasefire (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 04, 2006)
With the Maoists in Nepal deciding not to extend their four-month ceasefire,
- Bjp's Manifest Mirages (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Jan 04, 2006)
In many ways, the root of the problem lies in an authority crisis within the BJP.
- Security Concerns Ignored (Tribune, Maj Gen (retd) Rajendra Nath, Jan 04, 2006)
Recently Chandigarh hosted a seminar regarding the country’s foreign policy and its effects on national security. Mr Jaswant Singh, former Foreign Minister, made interesting observations and often referred to the fact that he was an Army . . .
- What’S The Real Idea? (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 04, 2006)
One critic called it “the common agricultural policy of the sky”, a reference to the European Union’s expensive and wasteful farm support programme, but the Galileo Project has been launched at last. On December 28, 2005 a Russian rocket boosted . . .
- We Have A Dream (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 04, 2006)
Amid all hopelessness, there is a ray of hope. Kashmir is a subject to be studied not in isolation, but in a comprehensive politico-historical context.
- Create Disaster Management Cell (Daily Excelsior, Rajesh Khajuria, Jan 04, 2006)
One year after the Tsunami, it is difficult to say whether the world has learnt its lessons. The Tsunami of Dec 26 last year was one of the worst disasters in recorded history and killed - official figures - 223,492 people, besides rendering nearly . . .
- Trincomalee Tense Over Youths' Death (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Jan 04, 2006)
Army, LTTE trade charges
Tension prevailed in Trincomalee after five Tamil youths were killed and two others were injured on Monday.
- Blowing Hot... (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 04, 2006)
Ulfa must select its own team
The recent utterances of Ulfa chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa give the impression of definite rancour.
- Next Time In Tehran, Catch A Game Of Women’S Polo (Indian Express, NAHID SIAMDOUST, Jan 04, 2006)
It has been called the king of sports and the sport of kings, but there was nothing regal about the rundown stadium outside Tehran where one of the first women’s polo matches in many generations was held.
- Mistrust Between India And Pakistan High, Says Analyst (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Need to arrive at practical solutions stressed
"Fifty eight years of not knowing each other" is the "main problem" between India and Pakistan, said Pakistani scholar and defence analyst Ayesha Siddiqa.
- Intelligence Failure: What And Why? (Deccan Herald, Prem Mahadevan, Jan 04, 2006)
Intelligence alone is not the answer, owing to its limitations that need to be accepted
- Security In It Destinations — No Cause For Panic (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Jan 04, 2006)
Soon after the Bangalore attack, the Tamil Nadu Police beefed up security in various parts of the State, including armed police pickets at TIDEL Park, Indian Institute of Technology, Anna University, and the Central Leather Research Institute, among . . .
- Pm Satisfied With Work At Andamans (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over the “good relief and rehabilitation” work being done here for the victims of the tsunami tidal disaster.
- Tigers May Target Top Lankan Leaders (Hindustan Times, PK Balachandran, Jan 04, 2006)
Sri Lankan police say that 62 LTTE cadres may be lurking in Colombo to assassinate top Sri Lankan political leaders including President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
- Protests Against French Ship’S Journey To India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
As the Clemenceau, the decommisioned French military ship, starts its journey from France to India for dismantling at Alang in Gujarat, Greenpeace activists demonstrated outside the French Embassy here today before being detained by the police.
- Orissa Firing Draws Tribal Protests (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
At one entry point, the tribals blocked the road with the bodies of four tribals killed in the police firing. One of the bodies was that of Bumia Goto, a minor tribal boy, a student in a local high school.
- Bjp Seeks White Paper On Security Situation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The BJP on Monday demanded that the Government publish a white paper on the extremist activities and the security situation in the State.
- Everything On The House (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 04, 2006)
Public accounts committees of the National Assembly and the four provincial assemblies do good work by keeping an eye on government expenditure. But the trouble is that when they sit down for the purpose, the cases that come up to them are nearly . . .
- Central Probe Into Phone Tapping A Cover-Up: Mulayam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Get any non-Congress Chief Minister to look into the issue, says Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Accuses Sonia Gandhi of being involved
Warns Left of Congress' "designs"
"An indication of a grave threat to security"
- Kashmir Proposals In ‘Embryonic Stage’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The separatist leader, who is here to visit the quake-battered Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to express solidarity with the survivors, said: “Kashmir is no longer a political dispute.”
- Russia Agrees To Supply Fuel For India’S N-Plant (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Russia has agreed to release low-enriched uranium for the Tarapur nuclear plant of India in the first half of this year with last minute negotiations still on to ink the deal.
- Mirwaiz For Easing Curbs On Travel Across Loc (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Tuesday Kashmir is more a human than a political issue and the world is realising this truth.
- Senate Re-Shuffle (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 04, 2006)
For the second time in recent history, a draw has been held to decide who among the senators will complete their six-year term and who will retire after three years.
- Haneef Ramay (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 04, 2006)
Haneef Ramay will primarily be remembered as a decent politician in search of a political role for himself. He seemed to gravitate naturally towards the People’s Party in the stirring ‘70s, but he was a little too earnest in his socialist beliefs and ....
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