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Articles 19221 through 19320 of 27135:
- Kalam Lauds Quake-Hit Kashmiris, Assures Support (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
Hailing the bravery and courage of the people of Kashmir during the recent earthquake, president A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday assured full support to the affected people from the government.
- The Road To Hell (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
Increasing vehicle population and poor traffic-engineering have made Indian roads more dangerous than any conflict zone. Despite alarming number of deaths, road disaster management and safety issues are not being addressed by policy makers, . . .
- Don't Be Cowed Down, Kalam Tells Quake-Hit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
``I laud the courage of the people of Tangdhar in defeating their problems. I suggest you master the problem''
- Lessons In Bihar, For Vanquished And Victors (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Nov 27, 2005)
Despots don’t learn the ways of democracy easily. Laloo Prasad Yadav, whose party’s 15-year misrule turned Bihar into a byword for backwardness and lawlessness,
- Pakistan Rebuilding Terror Network After Quake - Terror Network Intact In Pak Despite Quake: Indian Army (India Daily, Anil Rane, Nov 27, 2005)
Pakistan uses terror as means to fight against India. This is going on since sixties.
- Us Admits It Burned Taliban Bodies (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
The US military admitted on Saturday that its soldiers in Afghanistan had burned the bodies of two dead Taliban guerrillas and taunted insurgents about it, but had not meant it as a desecration.
- Russia To Take Over Uzbek Base Vacated By U.S. (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Nov 27, 2005)
Russia will take over the airbase in Uzbekistan vacated by the United States this week, a Russian defence official has said.
- Indo-French Naval Exercise In Gulf Of Aden (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
After having a brush with an American nuclear submarine, the Indian Navy has got a chance to experience the nuclear sub once again — this time with the French.
- National Highways, The Lifeline Of India (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Nov 27, 2005)
Roads, are the arteries of the country which carry the life blood of economy related to trade and commerce to every nook and corner of the nation and boosting its sustainability and augumention in a bigger way.
- Poland Reveals Warsaw Pact Nuclear Attack Map (Hindu, Nicholas Watt , Nov 27, 2005)
Most of Europe would have been wiped out in a conflagration
- Rain Abates, Relief Work In Full Swing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
84 bodies of bus passengers recovered; search operations continue
- Eu Diplomacy Fails To Dent Iran’S Nuclear Ambition (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
Western analysts slam US-EU UNSC referral threats as non-credibile
* Stress China-nuclear proliferation dynamic not yet addressed
- Bush Urges Americans To Help South Asia Quake Victims (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
US President George W Bush today urged Americans to help the millions of people in India and Pakistan suffering after the devastating October 8 earthquake.
- Corruption Spreading Its Tentacles (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Nov 27, 2005)
No country is completely free of corruption. Generally speaking, the poorer a country the more corrupt it is. A political system which is unrepresentative and unaccountable makes it worse. Regrettably, Pakistan suffers from this double whammy.
- Peace Process Losing Steam (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Nov 26, 2005)
The last two months have witnessed some damaging developments in the Pakistan-India peace process.
- Before It Gets Out Of Hand (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 26, 2005)
Much to the relief of countries on the periphery of Iran, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of governors decided on Thursday not to refer Iran’s case to the UN Security Council at the moment.
- Ending The Stalemate (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 26, 2005)
An unfortunate aspect of the post-earthquake scenario is the discord between the government and the opposition on the modalities of aid utilization.
- Soft Targets (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 26, 2005)
Two-year-old Akshay's vocabulary now includes the word Taliban; his father Maniappan, a driver with the Border Roads Organisation, is the latest victim of the terror group operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- Kalam To Visit Last Loc Village In Kashmir (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
Adding yet another firsts to his cap, President A P J Abdul Kalam would be visiting Urusa, the last village on the Line of Control, in North Kashmir during his two-day visit to the state beginning on Saturday to assess the relief measures . . .
- Award For ‘Operation Green Kargil’ (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Nov 26, 2005)
The Army’s efforts to conserve the flora and fauna on the rocky heights of the Kargil, Dras and Batalik have borne fruit. Not only has the Army made the heights green but also honoured the personnel responsible for it.
- Remembering The ‘Forgotten Soldier’ (Tribune, Maj Gen (retd) Himmat Singh Gill, Nov 26, 2005)
In Battery Park in downtown Manhatten in New York, there stands within a plaza an obelisk with a soldier shaped cutout by artist Mac Adams, honouring the memory of New York’s Korean war veterans.
- Tragedy Of Lalu Yadav (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, Nov 26, 2005)
The recent rejection by the electors of Bihar of the Rastriya Janata Dal (RJD), as Mr Lalu Yadav’s fiefdom is called, is the culmination of a political tragedy that began in 1996.
- Iran At The Iaea: The Good The Bad And The Ugly (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 26, 2005)
In a development that can only be hailed, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has postponed referring Iran to the UN Security Council.
- Vienna Over, Iran Under Watch (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
The UN nuclear watchdog wrapped up its board meeting in Vienna on Friday with non-aligned countries protesting a call by Britain to hand over key Iranian nuclear documents to the world’s five main atomic powers for analysis, a Western diplomat said.
- Missile Plan (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 26, 2005)
The Agni-3 missile demonstrates the country’s technological maturity.
- Fight But Make It A Just War (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Nov 26, 2005)
I have been a supporter of US intervention in Iraq and I have had good things to say about the leadership of Bush and Blair. I don’t intend to un-say any of my earlier statements, but paradoxically I must point out that I am happy about the emergence. . .
- Is Blair Shrugging Off The Bush Poodle Tag? (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Nov 26, 2005)
A leaked document on a Blair-Bush conversation throws light on the British prime minister’s sound liberal instincts.
- Waiting For A Brain Wave (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
The government’s desire to ‘raise an army of scientists’ to match China and South Korea in developing cutting-edge technologies is obviously welcome.
- Musharraf’S Staying Power (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Nov 26, 2005)
It’s difficult for the Opposition in Pakistan to prevent Musharraf from returning to power in 2007.
- Iran Weighs Timing Of Uranium Restart (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
Iran is weighing when to restart its uranium enrichment programme, in a move that would escalate international fears that it wants to make nuclear arms, according to an intelligence report cited by diplomats on Friday.
- ‘The Last Such Sacrifice’ (Indian Express, R.K.Datta, Nov 26, 2005)
Letters continue to come in to The Indian Express, condemning Manjunath’s murder, commiserating with his bereaved family, and calling for justice
- Salem’S Lawyers Claim He Was Tortured In Lock-Up (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
Abu Salem’s lawyers moved the special TADA court today claiming that he was tortured while in the custody of the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) at the Bhoiwada lock-up yesterday night. The ATS got Salem’s custody the day before in connection with the murder..
- `Soft Power', In Place Of Gun-Toting, Serves Washington Well (Hindu, Nasim Zehra, Nov 26, 2005)
Washington desperately needs friends in Pakistan too. At the public level, its `war on terror' has complicated an already estranged bilateral relationship.
- Chief Minister To Tour Flood-Affected Districts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard join rescue and rehabilitation efforts Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard join rescue efforts
People evacuated, moved to relief centres
Helicopters airdrop food packets
Enough stocks of rice in fair price shops
- Varieties Of Extremism (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Nov 26, 2005)
“Age of extremes” is how Eric Hobsbawm described the 20th century. His own book of that title was less than even-handed in its analysis of the extremist ideologies of the age.
- Monarch Vs Maoists (Statesman, JR MUKHERJEE, Nov 26, 2005)
In 1990 a multi-party democracy with a constitutional monarchy was introduced in Nepal based on the demands of the people. In 1994 when an extremist faction of the Left parties was not allowed to be part of the government, . . .
- 145 Feared Dead As Floods Wash Away 2 Buses (Hindu, G. Srinivasan , Nov 26, 2005)
No let-up in rain in Tamil Nadu
At Perumalkoil, two km from Pattukottai in Thanjavur district, 80 persons in a private bus were swept away
More than 65 persons in a State Corporation bus were killed at Sanaveli near Thiruvadanai in Ramanathapuram distr
- ‘Stol’ Pilots Coming? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 26, 2005)
They would probably be ribbed as pilots of the short take-off and landing (STOL) variety, but in seeking to make its cockpits available to officers holding only short service commissions the Indian Air Force is being both pragmatic and alluring.
- No Respite In Gilgit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
Since we last commented in these columns on the situation in Gilgit, which is part of the State under Pakistan's illegal occupation, there have been a series of developments.
- Kalam On Kashmir Visit From Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will embark upon a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, beginning Saturday.
- 'Us Intelligence Convinced Iran Working To Build Nuke Arms' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
American intelligence agencies are convinced on the basis of a confidential IAEA report that Iran is working to build nuclear weapons secretly, according to a media report.
- India’S Bastille (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Nov 26, 2005)
The storming of Jehanabad jail on the night of November 13 reminded me of the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, which triggered off the French Revolution.
- India Plans Nuke Road Map Before Bush Visit Next Year (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
India is likely to prepare a road map for separating its civilian and strategic nuclear facilities on its own before the visit of US President George Bush early next year.
- Britain Claims Proof Against Iran (Hindu, Ian Traynor, Nov 26, 2005)
Documents recently found point to Teheran's pursuit of nuclear weapons, says U.K. envoy
- No Plan Given To India: U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
The United States on Friday said it had not given India any plan on how to go about separating its civilian and military nuclear facilities to help implement the landmark bilateral nuclear deal.
- Conspiring To Silence Unconventional Voices (Hindu, N. Ravi, Nov 26, 2005)
Intolerant, violent groups could pose as much of a threat to free speech as state action, and the silence of democratic opinion and the unwillingness of the state to provide protection to dissenters only serve to silence unconventional voices.
- Us Certain Iran Working To Build Nuclear Arms (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
US intelligence agencies are convinced on the basis of a confidential IAEA report that Iran is working to build nuclear weapons secretly The Washington Times has reported.
- Pak To Get P-3c Orion Ahead Of Schedule (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
The US has delivered the first of eight P-3C Orion aircraft to the Pakistan navy, ahead of its scheduled 2006 delivery date, as part of a $1.3 billion dollar defence deal, officials said.
- German Convicted In Pak N-Tech Supply Case (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
A German businessman was sentenced on Thursday to seven years and three months in prison for illegally supplying Pakistan with equipment to build nuclear weapons.
- Canada's Disgrace (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 26, 2005)
The report that a former premier of Ontario, Canada, Mr Bob Rae, will lead a new public inquiry into the downing of, Air India's flight No 182, on June 23, 1985, provides no solace to the families of all the 329 persons on board who perished.
- Us Denies Giving Plan To Separate Nuclear Facilities (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
The US on Friday said it has not given India any plan on how to go about separating its civilian and military nuclear facilities to help implement the landmark bilateral nuclear . . .
- Dar In Court, Admits Pak Hand In Delhi Blasts (Pioneer, Praveen Kumar, Nov 26, 2005)
The admissions made by Tariq Ahmed Dar before a city court on Friday firmly points the finger of suspicion towards Pakistan's involvement in the October 29 blasts in the Capital.
- What Makes Tamils Angry? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 26, 2005)
A volatile section of Tamil society is finding its traditional culture in a classic confrontation with the onrush of modernity, says K Venkataramanan
- Nuclear Heat On Iran Cools (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
The UN nuclear watchdog’s governors broadly agree it is better to explore a Russian compromise over Iran’s nuclear activities than to report Tehran to the Security Council, western board members said today.
- News: Shape Of Things To Come (Daily Excelsior, Vijay Satokar, Nov 25, 2005)
Wires reaching the news to media establishments and even individual on wireless gadgets, newspaper going paperless using the cyber space and offering interactive games, puzzles in addition to news and, television channels on your mobile phones
- Fall Of Mirpur (Daily Excelsior, C P Gupta, Nov 25, 2005)
Mirpur, the erstwhile District Headquarter and Commercial Hub Center of Jammu and Kashmir State, now a part of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), fell to the cruel hands of raiders on 25th November 1947.
- No Forex For Pakistan (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 25, 2005)
Pakistan does not need a single dollar, pound, yen or euro in foreign exchange to cope with its earthquake.
- Kalam Arriving On Nov 26 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam will arrive here on a two-day visit to quake-hit areas of Uri and Tangdhar in Jammu and Kashmir on November 26, official sources said today.
- Blair Govt Wants To Keep Secret A Hot Leak (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Nov 25, 2005)
The Labour government of the world’s oldest democracy is looking distinctly uneasy this week after threatening to prosecute any British newspaper that publishes a document proving President George Bush planned to bomb the studios of TV station Al-Jazeera.
- Kalam Arriving On Saturday (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam will arrive here on a two-day visit to quake-hit areas of Uri and Tangdhar on November 26, official sources said today.
President Kalam was earlier scheduled to visit the earthquake affected areas in the state on November 10
- India, Us To Further Strengthen Defence Co-Operation (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
India and the United States agreed to further strengthen bilateral defence cooperation and emphasised the importance of service-to- service ties at the meeting of the Defence Policy Group (DPG) which concluded here today.
- Execution Of An Indian (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 25, 2005)
The Taliban reportedly executed an Indian national kidnapped in Nimroz Province in southwestern Afghanistan last week. Maniappan R Kutty was working as driver with an Indian firm currently building the 213 kilometres Zaranj-Delaram road . . .
- Indian Cos In Afghan Not To Scale Down Operations (Business Line, Anil Sasi, Nov 25, 2005)
Domestic firms involved in the reconstruction of Afghanistan, including Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL),
- An Integrated Disaster Management Plan (Dawn, Naeem Sadiq, Nov 25, 2005)
If Karachi were to be hit by an earthquake similar to the one experienced on October 8 in Kashmir and parts of the NWFP, it could result in the death of three to five million people and the city being pushed back on the time-line by some 100 odd years.
- Maoists Kill Two In Prakasam District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Same team shoots dead another person for running liquor shop
Palavanka dalam claims responsibility
Two tractors torched
Two persons injured
- A Bionic Eye From The Armed Forces (Hindu, Dennis Marcus Mathew, Nov 25, 2005)
The armed forces are not merely into protecting the nation. Its medical services wing is pioneering medical technologies.
- He Shot Their Teacher, They Chased, Caught Ulfa Man (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Nov 25, 2005)
Eighteen months ago, on May 10, 2004, when two militants gunned down their favourite teacher just in front of their school, Ratul Rabha (15) and Rituparna Boro (16) didn’t think twice.
- Iaea Puts Off Referring Iran To Unsc (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
US warns referral will happen if Tehran does not meet NPT obligations
- For Us, India After China (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Nov 25, 2005)
If George W Bush sounded censorious in a Beijing church last Sunday, he undoubtedly enjoyed cycling in the mountains. And, ultimately, it's the cycling that will pedal Sino-American relations away from the "strategic competition" (Bush's term) . . .
- Defy Taliban (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 25, 2005)
The savage murder of Ramankutty Maniappan provides yet another proof that the Taliban are no more than an army of warped, bloodthirsty killers who would stop at nothing. It also reminds the civilised world that it has a responsibility to eradicate ....
- Us, Moscow Eye Buyer India (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Nov 25, 2005)
India is being aggressively wooed both by Washington and Moscow as a buyer for a multirole fighter, with the US even willing to offer top-of-the-line F-16s made for Israel while Russia is ready to sign an MoU for joint production of a fifth-generation...
- Iran Gets More Time, But On Notice (Pioneer, Michael Adler, Nov 25, 2005)
The European Union has agreed to give Iran more time to negotiate on its nuclear programme in a move that postpones taking Tehran to the UN Security Council for violating non-proliferation safeguards, a British envoy said on Thursday.
- Iran Preparing To Start Nuclear Enrichment - Diplomats (Reuters, Louis Charbonneau and Mark Heinrich, Nov 25, 2005)
Iran is pushing ahead with plans to enrich uranium in defiance of international pressure to give up sensitive nuclear technology to ease fears it is seeking a nuclear bomb, diplomats and intelligence sources say.
- U.S. Gave `Blueprint' On Nuclear Facilities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Shyam Saran denies receiving any such document; allegations of DAE being sidelined in the discussions
- It Is Time To Take A Tough Stance On Kashmir, Aksai Chin And Northeast – India Must Get All Its Territory Back (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Nov 25, 2005)
India is progressing in many fronts.
- What Made Him Talk Like That? (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Nov 25, 2005)
Sudarshan's views on population control may be criticised, but what about the facts disclosed by the CPS study, asks S Gurumurthy
- Alienating The King To Little End (Pioneer, Supriyo Gupta, Nov 25, 2005)
India has had far greater flexibility in securing its interests with the King at the helm than with the political parties, says Supriyo Gupta
- Seminar Syndrome (Pioneer, Abhijit C Chandra, Nov 25, 2005)
I cannot conceive of a more colossal waste of taxpayers' money," was the unlikely comment unleashed by a disguised bureaucrat when invited to make closing remarks at the end of a Government seminar that had gobbled up at least a couple of days.
- Salem Told Me His Father Was In Navy’ (Indian Express, SMITA NAIR, Nov 25, 2005)
Sanjay Ansari, is what Abu Salem had told his name was to Monica’s father Prem Bedi in Lisbon. Bedi had gone visiting his daughter in Portugal three years ago.
- Rail, Road Links To Tiruchi, Madurai Cut Off (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Southern districts lashed, many tanks breach or surplus
Traffic on Chennai-Dindigul National Highway snapped
Another 36 hours needed to set a timeframe for the restoration of traffic
At least 14 persons have died in the past 24 hours
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