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Articles 17621 through 17720 of 27135:
- Pml: Then & Now (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 01, 2006)
The 99th Foundation Day of the Pakistan Muslim League was commemorated on Friday with a meeting at the PML House in Islamabad. PML leaders Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Mushahid Hussain, Shaukat Aziz, Arbab Ghulam Rahim and Eng Amir Muqam addressed the . . .
- A Project That Galileo Would Be Proud Of (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 01, 2006)
Mention the word “Europe” these days and most people’s minds speedily couple it with such words as “row” or “rivalry”. All the more welcome, therefore, that in defiance of those stereotypical images of disharmony, the Europeans — and yes, . . .
- No Short Cuts To Confidence Building (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Jan 01, 2006)
I was invited this week by a Students Union of a university from the (so-called) ‘cow belt’. It was a very different invite from earlier ones I had received from academic institutions.
- Ill-Timed Indian Statement On Balochistan (News International, Dr A R Khan, Jan 01, 2006)
India once again trying to vitiate the peace atmosphere in the region issued unwarranted and provocative statement that too on purely Pakistan’s internal matter.
- India Hankering For A Zero-Sum Game Again? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jan 01, 2006)
B Raman, a former chief of India’s RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) who now works for South Asia Analysis Group, has put out an analysis that seems a major throwback to the pre-Islamabad Declaration period when relations between Pakistan and India were at
- Key North Korea Editorial Gives No Hint On Nuclear Talks (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
North Korea pledged in a New Year message on Sunday to channel its resources into farming but made no mention of slow-moving six-country talks on dismantling its nuclear weapons programmes.
- Iisc Attack: No Arrests Yet (Hindu, Craig Gordon, Jan 01, 2006)
A day after the Bangalore police released a computer-generated portrait of the suspect involved in the attack at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here, the public have been making calls to them providing details of similar-looking persons.
- French Ship Leaves For India (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 01, 2006)
"It contains over 500 tonnes of asbestos"
Once the pride and joy of the French navy, the decommissioned aircraft-carrier, Clemenceau, on Saturday began its final journey to India amid fresh allegations that the ship contains upwards of 500 tonnes . . .
- Call For Peace In Sri Lanka (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Jan 01, 2006)
Colombo, LTTE urged to resume talks
As Sri Lanka entered 2006 with war clouds looming large, peace activists cutting across ethnic divisions on Saturday condemned "the violations of the ceasefire agreement" and called upon the Government and . . .
- Quake Monitor Brings Good Tidings (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Jan 01, 2006)
Roger Belham is the lone scientist who had proposed a study of the tectonics of the island 15 years ago from the “micro-atoll”environment which means a probe into sections of tiny systems around which corals grow.
- Monitors To Verify Iraq Results (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jan 01, 2006)
Findings of global panel could help ease Sunni-Shia tensions
- "French Government Chose Cheaper Proposal For Decontamination Of Ship" (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 01, 2006)
"SDIC wanted only a cover-up, did not intend doing serious job."
- Inclusive Nationalism (Daily Excelsior, C.S. Pandit, Jan 01, 2006)
Nation-states have a logic of their own. So insidiously is this logic purveyed through the state's institutions that it becomes common sense, particularly among the educated. Perspectives that differ from this common sense are then easily seen . . .
- Armed Militants Kill Manipur Igp (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Jan 01, 2006)
Jam, Bihari and Paite were among the security-personnel escorting the IGP, sources said. The militants’ truck fled towards Leimatak Hills immediately after the incident.
- Mr Prime Minister, You Have Wasted This Year (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Dec 31, 2005)
It is the last day of the year, a year of exposed shame, as some newspapers and television channels describe it. Shameful, it sure was, with members of Parliament caught with their hands in the till and, worse, with senior parliamentarians defending . . .
- Welcoming New Year (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 31, 2005)
The sands of time are running out fast and we are at the fag end of a momentous year. Well guarded against the biting cold with layers of quilts, I am snug in my well-sprung bed with a cup of steaming coffee.
- India’S Irresponsible Statement (Pakistan Observer, Dr. A. R. Khan, Dec 31, 2005)
India once again trying to vitiate the peace atmosphere in the region issued unwarranted and provocative statement that too on purely Pakistan’s internal matters. The statement by the spokesman of India’s External Affairs Ministry is not only . . .
- Flaws In Counter-Terror Practices (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 31, 2005)
Home Ministry orders review of procedures in major cities Bangalore police did not once send officials to Jammu and Kashmir to independently develop the inputs on the growing terrorist threat to the city
- Bangalore Attack Sparks A Security Debate (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 31, 2005)
What can research institutes and small companies do?
A positive fall out of the tragic gunning down of an academic in Bangalore earlier this week has been the initiation of a debate on the security environment.
- Not Apprised Of Threat Perception: Iisc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
"Security does not mean more policing or personnel alone — that will affect the free atmosphere of the institute"
- War Signal In Lanka (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 31, 2005)
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels today shot and injured five policemen in Sri Lanka’s restive east, the military said, as a Norwegian peace envoy prepared to visit the island amid rising fears of a return to civil war.
- Reduce Terrorism In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
India hopes that in the new year, there will be a determined effort by Pakistan to reduce terrorism and take the peace process forward and if there are any fresh proposals for the proposed ‘self rule’ in Jammu and Kashmir, . . .
- Pak ‘Taliban’ Gain Sway In Lawless Tribal Region (Indian Express, Raja Asghar, Dec 31, 2005)
Pakistani followers of Afghanistan’s Taliban have gained sway in a sensitive border area where they have been killing their opponents with impunity despite the heavy presence of government forces.
- Bangalore Cops Release Suspect Profile (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
It was a breakthrough of sorts for the city police when they released a sketch of the suspected terrorist who had raided the Indian Institute of Sciences here on Wednesday, killing an IIT professor and injuring four academicians.
- Hey Ram: Bjp Experiments With Laxman, Hanuman & Vanar Sena (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Former Prime Minister Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee’s remark while announcing his retirement from electoral politics yesterday hailing Mr LK Advani and Pramod Mahajan as the BJP’s “Ram and Laxman” has set the organisation aflutter.
- Army Feels Bangalore Is Particularly Vulnerable (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
State needs better response system, says official
Major General B. Shivashankar, General Officer Commanding, Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala Area, said here on Friday that the recent terrorist attack on innocent persons and . . .
- India Shedding Crocodile Tears Over Balochistan: Pervez (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf has said the recent Indian concern over the situation in Balochistan has revealed the channel providing funds for hiring mercenaries and supplying arms for carrying out subversive activities in the province.
- Hrcp Calls For Ceasefire In Kohlu (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The government should stop killing Balochis in Kohlu under its military operation and ceasefire immediately to resolve the issue politically, said Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) officials on Friday after a visit to Balochistan.
- Two Fc Men Killed In Khuzdar Attack (News International, Muhammad Ejaz Khan, Dec 31, 2005)
At least three persons, including two personnel of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC), were killed in Kalat and Dera Bugti, where security forces and armed tribesmen also exchanged fire on Friday.
- Hunt On For Terror Suspects (Hindu, K.V. Subramanya , Dec 31, 2005)
No breakthrough yet in attack on IISc; security tightened for New Year's Eve
- 2 Indian Soldiers Killed In Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Two Indian soldiers were killed Friday when they stepped on a land mine near the heavily fortified frontier that divides Kashmir between long time rivals India and Pakistan, an army officer said.
- Musharraf’S Resolve To Build Kbd (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 31, 2005)
D his wide-ranging interaction with the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), President Pervez Musharraf, while pleading the case of water reservoirs, went to the extent of saying that turning back on the issue of building big dams amounted t
- India Concluding Separation Of Civilian, Military N-Installations (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 31, 2005)
India is moving to conclude the separation of its civilian and military nuclear installations before the visit of US President George W Bush.
- ‘Taliban’ Gain Sway In Tribal Region (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Pakistani followers of Afghanistan’s Taliban have gained sway in a sensitive border area where they have been killing their opponents with impunity despite the heavy presence of government forces.
- `Enlightened Moderation' In Pakistan, Really? (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 31, 2005)
Local press terming Hindus, Christians and Jews as `enemies of Islam', a general free hand and support to extremist outfits, Shariat courts and blasphemy laws clearly loaded against women and minorities, all make any talk by Gen Pervez Musharraf . . . .
- Water-Rich, Yet Over-Stretched (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 31, 2005)
Water may seem too common a topic to write about, especially after floods have receded and the tsunami anniversary vigil has passed off peacefully. Yet, it is hot news all over the world.
- Year Of India (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 31, 2005)
It was the year of India. George W. Bush confirmed that he would make India a world power. WaterAid, the British charity dedicated to propagating proper (read Western) toilets, countered that India already leads the world in squatters in fields and . . .
- Nato Norms: Inability To Adopt Hits Defence Exports (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Dec 31, 2005)
Even after 16 years of organised defence export, the Indian arms and ammunition market outside the country has not picked up because of the Ordnance Factory Board’s (OFB) inability to implement the NATO technical specifications, . . .
- Battered But Unbowed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The Indian Institute of Science campus, home to some of the finest minds in the country, is also not lacking in spirit, discover BHUMIKA K. and ANAND SANKAR in the aftermath of the dastardly act
- World Is More Terrorised Now (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Dec 31, 2005)
The world is entering the year 2006 more terrorised than it was on October 7, 2001, when the Untied States-led forces started bombing Afghanistan with a view to eliminate global terrorism. But the menace of terrorism has become at least four times . . .
- High Security For Isc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The shadow of the Bangalore terror attack looms large on the 93rd Indian Science Congress that is to be held here from January 3 to 5.
- U.S. Versus Iran In Iraq (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 31, 2005)
Iran's influence over the SCIRI, a key constituent of the Iraqi Government, is setting up a confrontation with the United States.
- Towards Greater Enlightenment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
On the threshold of a new year, India emerges as a curious amalgam of the modern and the regressive. In his book, The Argumentative Indian, Amartya Sen draws from Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, Muslim, agnostic, and atheistic strands of Indian thought to . . .
- Enhancing Institutional Security (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2005)
Winter is the season when countless scientific conferences and meetings are held in cities across India, and many of these attract delegates from abroad.
- Decks Cleared For French Ship's Departure For India (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Dec 31, 2005)
Asbestos-laden ship could leave for Gujarat as early as Sunday
- No Progress On Kashmir (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Dec 31, 2005)
For far too long, the progress on talks between the Government of India and Kashmiri leaders is in limbo. Though Indo-Pak talks are taking place on Sir Creek and Siachen glacier, they do not seem to have made any progress.
- The Unintelligible American (Deccan Herald, M N Batra, Dec 31, 2005)
Accent can cause confusion, especially if people from different countries have a meeting.
- Army ‘Boards Out’ 100 Aids Patients In 2 Yrs (Indian Express, BHAVNA VIJ-AURORA, Dec 31, 2005)
The Army has removed from service nearly 100 of its personnel, infected with AIDS, in the past two years. Though government norms prevent any discrimination against those infected by the disease, the Army says it has no place for them.
- French Court Allows Transfer Of Old Warship To India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The Paris Administrative Court today rejected petitions by environmentalist group Greenpeace and three anti-asbestos groups seeking to block the transfer of a decommissioned warship insulated with asbestos to India.
- What Next For The Bjp? (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Two leaders have dominated India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during its chequered history - former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and party president Lal Krishna Advani.
- India's Year Of Shame (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 30, 2005)
As the first anniversary of the tsunami trauma reminds us, the year now mercifully drawing to a close had begun with a monumentally destructive disaster. Others followed, most notably the earthquake, far more catastrophic in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir ....
- Plug The Loopholes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 30, 2005)
West Bengal must heed EC’s directives
Reports of large-scale irregularities in the distribution of voters’ photo identity cards in West Bengal are cause for serious concern. One cannot question the authenticity of these charges because these . . .
- Terror In Bangalore (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 30, 2005)
The terrorist attack at Bangalore on Wednesday indicates that the symbols of India’s economic growth remain high on the target list of the enemies of the nation. Bangalore, the IT capital of India, where some sensitive defence establishments . . .
- India, Pak Nukes A Serious Threat (Tribune, Simranjit Singh Mann, Dec 30, 2005)
THE Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) is against the nuclearisation of India and Pakistan and their arsenals of weapons of mass destruction. Our party opposes the policies of some Western democracies in giving nuclear technology to India for civilian purpose
- Science Wakes Up To A Stifling New World (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Dec 30, 2005)
Despite enhanced vigilance, it will not be easy to protect India’s science establishments from terrorist strikes because of their culture of unfettered interaction and openness, scientists and policy-makers said today.
- New Impetus On Trade (Deccan Herald, Arun Mohanty, Dec 30, 2005)
India, Russia and China are keen on trilateral co-operation on a host of economic and political issues.
- Terror Can’T Scar Bangalore: Cm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
The Karnataka chief minister, Mr Dharam Singh, today described yesterday’s attack on the Indian Institute of Sciences campus that had killed an IIT don as an act of terrorism.
- Nation On High Alert (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Vital scientific and defence installations across the country were on Thursday put under heavy security in the wake of the suspected terrorist attack at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore in which a scientist was killed and four others injured.
- Brave Men (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 30, 2005)
It is not always easy for the ordinary citizens to come forward and put up armed resistance against those blatantly indulging in loot, plunder and killings.
- Taliban Commander Gets Life Term In Absentia (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
A pakistani court has sentenced the Taliban’s military chief to life imprisonment in absentia for trying to kill a member of parliament, a court official said on Thursday.
- India-Iran Gas Pipeline Work May Begin By 2007: Pak (Indian Express, K J M Varma, Dec 30, 2005)
Pakistan’s Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, Amanullah Khan Jadoon, informed the Senate on Thursday that the multi-billion-dollar Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project could take off from 2007 despite political and . . .
- On Corruption, Party Not With Advani (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 30, 2005)
Virtually snubbing outgoing chief L.K. Advani’s defence of corruption inside the party, the BJP today ‘‘unreservedly’’ expressed ‘‘regret’’ at the involvement of party MPs in the cash-for-questions scandal and Sushma Swaraj said their act ‘‘has made us ha
- Ship Carrying Explosives Probed In July’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
While Navy divers reported tracing the containers of the 100 tonnes of Afghanistan-bound industrial explosives lost at sea, investigations showed that the ship involved in the incident, MV Eugenia, has a history behind it.
- Musharraf Sees India's Involvement In Balochistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Says turning back on dams treason; people fed up with tribal chiefs;
to uproot subversion forever
President Pervez Musharraf has said the recent Indian concern over the situation in Balochistan has revealed the channel providing funds . . .
- Explosions Rock Balochistan (Daily Times, Azizullah Khan, Dec 30, 2005)
Two explosions jolted Nushki late on Thursday while explosions were also reported in Sibi and Hub.
- Govt Urged To Halt Operation In Kohlu, Dera Bugti (News International, Muhammad Ejaz Khan, Dec 30, 2005)
Leaders of the alliance of four Baloch nationalist groups, PONM and ARD have demanded of the government to halt the alleged military operation in Kohlu and Dera Bugti, give up the plan to construct the Kalabagh Dam and stop merging levies force . . .
- Musharraf Sees Foreign Hand In Balochistan (News International, Mayed Ali, Dec 30, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that the recent Indian concern over the situation in Balochistan has revealed the channel providing funds for hiring mercenaries and supplying arms for carrying out subversive activities in the province.
- Terror Strike (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 30, 2005)
The IISc attack has put the city on the terrorist map
- Munich Is A Prayer For Peace. It Also Captures The Sociology Of Terrorism (Indian Express, James P. Pinkerton, Dec 30, 2005)
Steven Spielberg, America’s most influential filmmaker, doesn’t just make movies. He makes statements — and takes risks, as with his latest movie, Munich.
- Iisc: A Wake Up Call For The City (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
The terrorist attack in Bangalore on Wednesday has shaken the City that has never faced such problems before and retired officials who were involved with national security management express their views on the matter.
- Is India Safe At The Hands Of Old Media? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Dec 30, 2005)
Besides the speed with which the guillotine came down on them, a standout feature of the expulsion of 11 Members of Parliament on charges of misconduct and corruption in the cash-for-query scam is the certificate of legitimacy it has given to the . . .
- A Tangled Web Called The Bharatiya Janata Party (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Dec 30, 2005)
The BJP's Rajat Jayanti year finds the party bruised and bereft, and the Parivar at war with its own professed values.
- Chance To Lobby Putin (Hindu, David Clark, Dec 30, 2005)
International Diplomacy's game of musical chairs plays again at midnight on Saturday when Britain's G8 presidency comes to an end and leadership of the world's most exclusive political club passes for the first time to Russia.
- Of Holocausts, Past And Future (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Dec 30, 2005)
Despite its horrors, the Holocaust was not a singularity and was preceded by others of lesser or greater dimensions.
- Centre Urged Not To Extend Military Aid To Sri Lanka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
"The Rajapakse Government has unleashed repression in Tamil areas"
Eelam Tamils Protection Meeting addressed by MDMK, PMK, DK
Colombo trying to make the New Delhi assume a leading role in the peace process
- Wise King Jigme Wangchuk (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 30, 2005)
It rarely happens that the ruler of a country decides to give up office when no constituency of importance demands this. But King Jigme Singye Wangchuk of Bhutan has repeatedly shown he is no ordinary ruler.
- More Security Cover For Defence Scientists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Defence installations to be protected
The country's top defence and nuclear scientists and major defence installations were on Thursday given heightened security cover in . . .
- Lashkar-Linked Magazine Calls For Attacks (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 30, 2005)
Demands `retaliation and requital' for fall of Dacca
The December issue of the Voice of Islam, a Pakistan-based journal closely affiliated to the Lashkar-e-Taiba, has called for "retaliation and requital" of the fall of Dacca to Indian forces on . . .
- Taliban Commander Says Mulla Omar Alive And Well (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
A Taliban commander fighting US troops in Afghanistan appeared on US television, claiming that his troops had killed three US Navy seals and downed a Chinook helicopter.
- A Band For Defence (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 30, 2005)
Creating an exclusive spectrum band for Defence telecommunication, as suggested by the Parliamentary Standing Committee to the Government to enhance availability of spectrum for mobile service providers,
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