|
|
|
|
|
|
Articles 19421 through 19520 of 27135:
- Counting For 243 Bihar Assembly Seats Begins (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Counting of votes for the 243-member Bihar assembly began this morning under heavy security.
- Relief Aid Increased To Rs 80b (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Nov 22, 2005)
Each family to get Rs 175,000 to rebuild house
* Quake database to be available online
* National Voluntary Movement Programme being launched
* Opp should join govt in rehabilitation of quake victims: Musharraf
- Congress Tries To Bounce Back After Adhir’S Arrest (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Nov 22, 2005)
The arrest of controversial Congress MP, Adhir Choudhury, and his subsequent remand to judicial custody has compelled the West Bengal Congress unit led by Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee .....
- Indian Army Chief Offers Militants Peace (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Militants who give up violence in Jammu and Kashmir will be given government assistance to restart their lives, the Indian Army chief said on Monday.
- The Bihar Laloo Lost (The Financial Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 22, 2005)
In Bihar’s most celebrated festival, Chhat, the participating men, and mostly women, must break their fast in the evening with kheer.
- Poaching Effect: Iaf To Increase Intake (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Faced with an acute poaching problem following boom time in the civil aviation sector, the IAF will increase its manpower intake in a big way, including raising the strength of....
- Syria Under Siege (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Nov 22, 2005)
Henry Kissinger once remarked that “there cannot be a war in the Middle East without Egypt and peace without Syria”. The importance of this observation has never been more evident than now. Countries hostile to Israel or perceived to be an impediment. . .
- Nine More Kashmiris Cross Loc (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Nine more people on Monday walked across the heavily militarized border in disputed Kashmir in a further sign of easing tensions.
- Parliament Approves Bill To Block Un Nuclear Agency Inspections (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Raising the stakes before a possible showdown at the UN nuclear agency, Iran's parliament on Sunday approved a bill requiring the government to block in-depth inspections of its nuclear facilities if the nation is referred to the Security Council for poss
- Pakistan Fine By Un Resolutions On (News International, Mariana Baabar, Nov 22, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday said it still abided by the UN resolutions on Kashmir but needs an out-of-the-box solution.
- Why Us Hates France (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Nov 22, 2005)
Weeks of rioting by France’s underclass in poorer neighbourhoods have opened up another front: a new cross-Atlantic war of words, with American commentators, many of them in the neoconservative ranks, . . . .
- Left-Upa Tradeoff (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
In a move to buy peace ahead of a stormy Winter Session of Parliament, the UPA government today agreed with the Left parties on the IAEA-Iran issue being resolved within the atomic agency’s purview, while securing a green signal from red flag bearers for
- Das Munshi's Role (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 22, 2005)
Is Bengal being Bihar-ised? In the first place Adhir Chowdhury, a Congress MP from Berhampore district, refused to surrender when a non-bailable warrant was issued against him on the charge of murdering a restaurant owner and his assistant.
- Counting Begins In Bihar, Nda Establishes Early Lead (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
The opposition NDA was leading in eight of the nine assembly seats, trends for which were available soon after counting of votes began amidst tight security.
- Second Meeting Point Opened (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Nine persons including seven hailing from Poonch and two from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) today crossed Line of Control (LoC) and walked into PoK as India and Pakistan opened the second meeting point at this post in Poonch district today.
- Tackle The Taliban (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 22, 2005)
Saturday's kidnapping of an Indian driver along with three Afghan nationals should not be treated as an isolated incident.
- President Bush In China (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 22, 2005)
With an average annual growth of 9.5 per cent for almost three decades, China has not only managed to lift a large section of its population out of poverty.
- India Won't Refer Iran N-Project To Un (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
In a bid to buy peace from its Left allies ahead of what could be a stormy Parliament session, UPA on Monday said it was against referring Iran's nuclear programme to the UN.
- The Patriotic Sense (Hindu, S. SRINIVAS, Nov 22, 2005)
There have been times when our Municipal Councillors have been far more patriotic than national political leaders themselves
- Pakistan A Security Challenge Not An Enemy, Says Tyagi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi on Monday said Pakistan is a security challenge and not an enemy
- Ultras Tighten Grip On Pok (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Nov 22, 2005)
It was not the Pakistani army but the jihadis who rushed to the aid of the quake-hit first.
- Growing Up Is Hard To Do (Indian Express, PIYUSH MATHUR, Nov 22, 2005)
Grasping the tragedy of a youth icon such as Sania requires deconstructing the hierarchical relationship between the young and the old in India.
- Breathing Space For All: Vienna May Not Report Iran To Un (Indian Express, LOUIS CHARBONNEAU, Nov 22, 2005)
EU powers and Washington will not refer Iran to the UN Security Council this week so that Russia can pursue an initiative to ease a crisis over Tehran’s suspected nuclear arms plans, diplomats said today.
- Sri Lanka Gets New Pm (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake has been hardliner who once asked majority Sinhalese to have more babies and produce more fighters against Tamil Tiger rebels.
- Taliban Threaten To Behead Abducted Indian (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
The Afghan authorities were pursuing “certain leads” to trace the Indian who was reportedly kidnapped by the Taliban, India’s Afghan envoy said.
- The Northeast Exception (Hindu, Sarmila Bose, Nov 22, 2005)
Argues for a policy reorientation towards the Northeast and linking it to a new `Look East' policy
- Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Appointed Sri Lankan Premier (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 22, 2005)
New leader holds Sinhala hardline position and hawkish views on the ethnic problem
- Aziz To Attend Chogm Meet (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 22, 2005)
Pakistan would take part in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) scheduled at Malta from November 25 to 27 after a gap of six years following its re-admission to the Commonwealth in 2004. Pakistan was suspended from the.....
- The Bihar Laloo Lost (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 22, 2005)
In Bihar’s most celebrated festival, Chhat, the participating men, and mostly women, must break their fast in the evening with kheer. But there is an attached ritual injunction: if the believer should come upon any gravel in the dish,
- Narayana Murthy, Mp? (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Nov 22, 2005)
Singapore leader Lee Kuan Yew recently exhorted Infosys chief N.R. Narayana Murthy to enter politics and refashion it just as he had shaped his company to become an IT leader. Even though Lee’s experience of an island state — . . .
- Iranian Parliament Passes Law To Curtail U.N. Inspections (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 22, 2005)
Vote comes days ahead of IAEA meet on Teheran's nuclear programme
- Ec Is The Winner (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 22, 2005)
By and large, the four-phase election to the Bihar Assembly was orderly and peaceful, signifying the triumph of democracy. There was less violence and no booth capturing this time.
- Kidnappers Threaten To Kill Indian Hostage (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Taliban have threatened to kill an Indian engineer they are holding hostage unless his company stops work in Afghanistan by Tuesday.
- Iran And Our Foreign Policy (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
The latest International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran has brought out clearly why it was necessary to threaten Iran with a referral to the UN Security Council on the subject of its nuclear cheating.
- Just Kiss! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 21, 2005)
Any hope that we will soon have a sensible, forward-looking foreign direct investment (FDI) policy has been buried, following Friday’s Cabinet decision to refer it to a group of ministers (GoM).
- Bihar Poll Challenging; Cec Defends Rao (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Maintaining that holding assembly elections in Bihar was "challenging", Chief Election Commissioner B B Tandon today came out in strong defence of EC Adviser K J Rao who has been under attack from Congress and RJD in the wake of his tough handling of . .
- Bihar's Most Wanted: Ajay, In 40s, Trigger-Happy And Fond Of Good Life (Telegraph, Uttam Sengupta, Nov 21, 2005)
“We should have killed him three years ago,” says an otherwise suave police officer, regretting the ease with which the erstwhile commander of the “People’s Red Army”, Ajay Sao alias Ajay Kanu alias Ravi Kanu, was rescued by Maoists last Sunday . . .
- Kashmiris Credit Quake With Bridging Border Divide (Reuters, Sheikh Mushtaq, Nov 21, 2005)
Last month's earthquake killed tens of thousands in Kashmir but, for divided families in the disputed region, it also opened up new routes to reunite with long-lost relatives across the frontier.
- Mirwaiz’S Ideas (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 21, 2005)
Those seeking a solution of the Kashmir issue need to take note of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s speech in New Delhi on Wednesday.
- Give Peace A Few More Chances (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Set a schedule for achieving the aid to gross national income ratio of 0.7 per cent by 2015: Donors should set budget commitments at a minimum level of 0.5 per cent for 2010.
- Pak’S Nuke Facilities Damaged (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Pakistani nuclear facilities and storage sites in the Northern Areas have suffered "15 to 20 percent damage" in the recent mega quake and the local populace faces the risk of contamination, a report said.
- Family Rallies Behind ‘Innocent’ Monica (Telegraph, GAJINDER SINGH, Nov 21, 2005)
The Bedi family in Norway will do all it can to provide the best of legal defence to save their daughter Monica.
- Of Us And Roman Empire (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Nov 21, 2005)
Natwar Singh has not only been hit hard-fairly or otherwise is a different matter—by Paul Volcker, former head of the US Federal Reserve (bank), but also humbled in the most imperial way by this ‘distinguished’ American.
- Oppression By Bigger Powers Makes Peace An Impossibility (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 21, 2005)
Bloodshed is abhorable. But those who want to rule by force are responsible for it. Everywhere in the world, Muslims are being persecuted.
- Increasing Pressure To Withdraw (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 21, 2005)
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's assessment that foreign troops could start withdrawing by the middle of 2006 might appear plausible at the surface.
- Iraqis' Right To Rule Themselves (Hindu, Haifa Zangana, Nov 21, 2005)
The photograph of an elderly Iraqi carrying the burned body of a child at Fallujah, widely shown during the chemical weapons controversy of recent days,
- Kalam Way To Robust Karnataka (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
In his special address to the joint session of the Karnataka legislature to mark the Suvarna Karnataka celebrations, the president focussed on transforming the State into an economic powerhouse by the turn of the decade.
- Iraqi Civilians Drilled To Death (Statesman, Raymond Whitaker and Kim Sengupta, Nov 21, 2005)
British-trained police operating in Basra have tortured at least two civilians to death with electric drills.
Mr John Reid, the secretary of state for defence, admits that he knows of “alleged deaths in custody” and other “serious prisoner abuse”. . .
- Full Text Of President's Speech (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam addressed the members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in Bangalore on Sunday. What follows is the complete text of the speech.
- Prospects Of Peace (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Peace process between India and Pakistan and their resolve to settle the Kashmir issue through dialogue has some how sustained many up hills during the past two years.
- China’S Super Moves (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Nov 21, 2005)
The strategic silence of China and the US on key issues shows that they are working towards a rapprochement
- Iran Adopts Bill Against Iaea Inspections (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Iran’s parliament approved a bill on Sunday that requires the government to block inspections of the country’s facilities if the International Atomic Energy Agency refers the Iranian programme to the UN Security Council
- India Not Averse To Pakistani Observers At War Games (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
India is not averse to inviting Pakistan to witness its military exercises, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Sunday.
- Indian Petition Calls For Reversal On Anti-Iran Vote (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Over 1,200 people from the Chennai city have impressed upon the centre to return to the path of non-alignment and adopt a policy in line with the nation’s ‘proud traditions in international affairs’ on the Iran Nuclear energy issue.
- Fractured Island (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandaran, Nov 21, 2005)
The emergence of Mr Mahinda Rajapakse at the helm of the state and government in Sri Lanka marks a clear break with the tradition where a dynasty or a dominant family held the highest political office.
- When Bullying Is Not Enough, Try Disinformation (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nov 21, 2005)
India was among those countries taken for a ride by dodgy U.S. intelligence in the run-up to the last IAEA meeting in September.
- Volcker Probe: The Big Picture (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 21, 2005)
At the grassroots level, it can be argued that the seeds of corruption which ultimately affected the operation of the oil-for-food programme were sowed by the rules and guidelines drawn up to implement the programme.
- How Politicians Can Make Monkeys Of The Media (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 21, 2005)
Institutional failure is no big news for us. Rightly so, if you search for the phrase, with `India' added, Google returns `nil' news, and suggests trying `fewer keywords'.
- Domestic Container Traffic In A Jam (Business Line, Santanu Sanyal, Nov 21, 2005)
INDIA'S international trade in containers, both imports and exports, posted an impressive and steady growth in the past few years to touch 4.2 million TEUs in 2004-05.
- U.S.-Iraqi Patrol Ambushed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
An ambush on a joint U.S.-Iraqi patrol northwest of Baghdad left 15 civilians, eight militants and a U.S. Marine dead from a road side bomb and the fire fight that followed, a U.S. military statement said on Sunday.
- Pontifical Bush... -... Gets A Cold Shoulder From China (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 21, 2005)
It was a devastating snub that President George W Bush had never quite anticipated.
- Rumsfeld Says Torture Ban Under Discussion (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
The White House and senators are discussing the implications of a Senate-passed ban on the torture of suspected terrorists in U.S. custody and what part, if any, of the proposal the administration might find acceptable, the Pentagon chief said Sunday.
- First Crossing Over By Indians To Pok From Poonch Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Nine persons from this side of the Line of Control — two of them Pakistanis — will cross over to Pak occupied Kashmir at Chakkan-da-Bagh crossing point in Poonch to meet their quake-affected relatives on Monday.
- Careful With Syria (Dawn, David Ignatius, Nov 21, 2005)
In the United Nations’ looming confrontation with Syria, it’s hard to define the best strategy but easy to identify the worst one: the imposition of general economic sanctions that would hurt the Syrian people while allowing the ruling elite to grow . . .
- Helping Victims Of Violence (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Nov 21, 2005)
In the days when Ayub Khan ruled the roost, and the 22 families set up their baronetcies, draconian press laws were introduced to keep at bay journalists who had not yet recovered from the long hangover of the Tamizuddin Khan years.
- Iran Votes To Block Nuclear Inspections (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
The Irani parliament approved a bill on Sunday requiring the government to block international inspections of its atomic facilities if the UN nuclear monitoring agency refers Iran to the Security Council for possible sanctions.
- New Bearings Of Sco (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Nov 21, 2005)
BEFORE turning to Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as promised last week, I need to clarify a point. Mr Zia Rizvi, a consulting engineer in far-off Toronto read the online version of my article Politics of pipelines (Dawn, November 14) and ....
- Iran Mps Vote To End Atomic Checks If Referred To Un (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Iranian lawmakers voted on Sunday to resume uranium enrichment and end snap UN checks of its nuclear sites if Tehran is referred to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.
- The Aid Pledge (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 20, 2005)
PAKISTAN has received an encouraging pledge of $5.8 billion in assistance for the relief and rehabilitation of the survivors of the Oct 8 earthquake.
- Pakistan, India Agree To Improve Joint Patrolling On Border (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
Pakistan and India have agreed to improve joint patrolling at border areas.
- Wall Comes Tumbling As 24 Cross Over To Pok (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Nov 20, 2005)
When the Line of Control (LoC) was today opened for the divided families of quake-hit villages, 24 villagers — 16 men and 8 women — walked across the rope bridge built recently on Neelam river to connect the two parts of Kashmir. But there was no one to c
- Ongc Bids For $1 Bln Nigeria Offshore Field - Sources (Reuters, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp. is bidding for a stake in a Nigerian offshore field with an estimated value of $1 billion as it aims to boost its overseas energy reserves, three sources familiar with the situation said on Friday.
- If America Can Pardon Pakistan Over Selling Nukes Know How To Iran, Why Should India Take Any Side On This Issue? (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Nov 20, 2005)
You do not have to be rocket scientists to figure out where Iran got its nuke know how.
- Iran Rejects Un Censure Of Its Human Rights Record (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
Iran has rejected UN censure of its human rights record, saying it will not give in to such pressure, state television reported on Saturday
- Anxious Kashmiris Walk Across India-Pakistan Border (Reuters, Sheikh Mushtaq, Nov 20, 2005)
Pakistan and India allowed Kashmiris to walk across their heavily militarised frontier for the first time in nearly 60 years on Saturday to learn the fate of relatives after last month's quake and mourn the dead.
- J&k: Two Let Ultras, Army Personnel Killed In Encounter In Doda (Press Trust of India, PTI, Nov 20, 2005)
Two militants of Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Toiba outfit and an army man were killed in an encounter in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir today, a police spokesman said
- 24 Indian Civilians Cross Loc At Teetwal (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Nov 20, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Saturday opened the first of five points along the Line of Control for civilian movement. This is the first time civilians crossed the LoC after the launch of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service on April 7 this year.
- First Batch Of Civilians From Ihk Crosses Loc (News International, Editorial, The News International, Nov 20, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Saturday opened their Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, allowing people to cross over on foot for the first time in 58 years to meet separated relatives.
- Accountability In Relief And Rehabilitation (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Nov 20, 2005)
ADVERSITY, it is said, is a great teacher. The devastating earthquake of October 8, is the biggest natural disaster to strike Pakistan.
- Cause And Consequence (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 20, 2005)
When armed people capture a town, storm a jail and bail out the inmates, as they did in Jehanabad in Bihar on Sunday night, several questions will be asked.
Previous 100 Defense Issues Articles | Next 100 Defense Issues Articles
Home
Page
|
|
