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Articles 21921 through 22020 of 27135:
- Pakistan Keeps Date With Israel While India Hesitates To Expand Ties (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
India's ties with Tel Aviv have just got a little more challenging as the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Israel met in Istanbul today and set the stage for normalisation of bilateral relations.
- Hurriyat To Send 6 Member Delegation For Talks (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
In a 48 hour long gun battle on Line of Control in Nowgam Sector in Kupwara, nine militants, owing allegiance to Lashkar-e-Toiba militant outfit, were gunned down by the troopers of 15 JAT rifles at Kazinag Phad hills, some 32 kilometers from Handwara ...
- Loss Of Wetlands Spelling Disaster (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 02, 2005)
The worst has happened in New Orleans and not everyone is surprised.
- Can Musharraf Deliver? (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Sep 02, 2005)
Reports of terrorists training camps in Pakistan being reopened,
- India, Pakistan To Continue Dialogue (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 02, 2005)
Joint Commission headed by Foreign Ministers to be revived to give a new impetus to bilateral ties
The third round of the composite dialogue to commence in December
Possibility of two additional bus routes discussed
- Pak Devolution Of Power (Tribune, Ash Narain Roy, Sep 02, 2005)
Democracy has been anathema to Pakistani rulers during a large part of the country’s existence.
- India, Pak Agree On Prenotification Of Ballistic Missiles (Tribune, V. Mohan Narayan, Sep 02, 2005)
Taking forward the peace process with Pakistan, India today proposed two additional bus routes between the two countries but firmly ruled out redrawing of boundaries or fixing “artificial deadlines” for resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir issue.
- Parliament's Monsoon Meeting — A Session Not Rained Out (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 02, 2005)
The monsoon session of Parliament has just ended, and happily quite some business was done this time unlike earlier sittings, which were stalled by an acrimonious opposition.
- India, Pakistan To Sign Missile Pact In October (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
India and Pakistan met to review their slow-moving peace process on Thursday and agreed to continue their dialogue, despite a lack of progress in resolving their dispute over Kashmir.
- India Proposes Two More Bus Routes (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Taking forward the peace process with Pakistan, India proposed two additional bus routes between the two countries but firmly ruled out redrawing of boundaries or fixing ‘‘artificial deadlines’’ for resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir issue.
- India Planning Devastating Second Nuke Strike (India Daily, Anil Rane, Sep 02, 2005)
India will never use nukes first. But if attacked its nukes will be protected and second strike will be devastating.
- Ludicrous Comparison (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 02, 2005)
Haunted by all the outrageous fibs fabricated against Iraq — possession of weapons of mass destruction, ability to launch them at 45 minutes' notice,
- Pakistan's Religious Parties Losing Ground? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 02, 2005)
For the first time in decades, Pakistan's religious parties and organisations appear to be seriously threatened by government measures to curtail their influence. This is evident from their increasingly belligerent tone towards President Pervez Musharraf
- The New Vietnam At Sixty (Hindu, Tran Trong Khanh, Sep 02, 2005)
A victim of war, Vietnam looks beyond the past and forward to the future. It has adapted strategically and sensibly to the changing environment. A constructive member of the comity of nations, it is integrating proactively with the world economy.
- India, France Begin Strategic Dialogue Today (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 02, 2005)
Talks will focus on pending defence contracts, bilateral trade, cooperation in civilian nuclear energy
France uncomfortable with India's increasingly closer ties with U.S.
Unhappy that it might lose on defence contracts to U.S.
- Nine Militants Killed In Encounter (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Sep 02, 2005)
Infiltration from across the border; Army operation continuing in Kupwara
- Looters Strike After Nature’S Havoc (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Sep 02, 2005)
In the wake of a hurricane, the US is having to cope with one of the worst disasters in its recent history.
- Google Service Worries S Korea (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
The teaching of the eternal truth bears repetition because it is by knowing it that man can be liberated from bondage. This can be seen in the Bhagavad Gita wherein Lord Krishna told Arjuna that He was repeating what He had taught earlier out of . . .
- 'Cruising' Along (Deccan Herald, Ashvani K Sachdev, Sep 02, 2005)
The test of a cruise missile by Pakistan shows that it will not respect the spirit of understanding with India
- Mother Nature Is Unhappy With Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 02, 2005)
Over one thousand Iraqis were crushed to death or drowned and another 500 were injured on Wednesday in a stampede on a Baghdad bridge as vast crowds of pilgrims were sent into panic by rumours of suicide bombers in their midst.
- Sonia’S Ordeal (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 02, 2005)
Over one thousand Iraqis were crushed to death or drowned and another 500 were injured on Wednesday in a stampede on a Baghdad bridge as vast crowds of pilgrims were sent into panic by rumours of suicide bombers in their midst. Another 25 persons died ...
- India, Pakistan To Ink Agreement On Missiles (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
The two sides agreed to meet between Oct 3 and 5 to review the peace process and initiate the third round of composite dialogue.
- State Of Relations With The Us (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Sep 02, 2005)
Much has been written on the significance of Manmohan Singh’s July visit to the US and on the likely impact of the defence agreements signed in the context of Pakistan’s security environment.
- Understanding With India On New Cbms (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Pakistan and India on Thursday agreed to take bilateral ties forward and implement more confidence-building measures such as opening more bus routes between the two countries.
- Unrest In Waziristan (Dawn, Amir Usman, Sep 02, 2005)
Waziristan is once again in the news. Every day there are reports of rocket and missile attacks — 45 in one single night recently — the ambush of army conveys, killings of prominent tribal elders including former senator Malik Faridullah and . . .
- Pok Nationalists Highlight Human Rights Violation (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Sep 01, 2005)
Kashmiri nationalist freedom fighters, who have been forced to flee Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) to sojourn in the West, get a chance every year to tell the world of oppressive,
- In Our Backyard (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
There have been quite a few significant developments that highlight the proximity of our country as a whole and this State in particular with the erstwhile Soviet Union.
- ‘Param Droh’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
THE gallantry awards are instituted to recognise and reward brave and selfless acts in the face of extreme danger,
- Army As Career (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 01, 2005)
Has the Army as a career lost its sheen? This is the question that has been bothering security experts for long. It is generally believed that with growing avenues of better monetary prospects young persons are turning away, to quote a senior official,
- 843 Die In Stampede (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
At least 843 persons were trampled to death or drowned in a stampede in the Iraqi capital today after a deadly mortar attack on a sacred shrine where more than one million Shiite Muslim pilgrims were massed.
- Intellectual Capital (Telegraph, Andre Beteille , Sep 01, 2005)
The author is chancellor, North-eastern Hill University
- Leagues Under The Sea (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Sep 01, 2005)
Notwithstanding what the Americans may have once thought of Indians — treacherous witches and bastards — they are not in the habit of capturing power through coups or other illegal means.
- Fighting Diseases Or Drug Makers? (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Sep 01, 2005)
American drug companies are promoting diseases to fit their drugs instead of promoting drugs to treat diseases
- Restoring A Historical Bond (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 01, 2005)
It was unfortunate that no Indian Prime Minister could visit Afghanistan for the past 29 years although the two countries share a close relationship extending over centuries. From the early 1980s to the mid-1990s the situation in and around Kabul was too
- Iran: George Bush Is The Real Threat (Hindu, Tony Benn, Sep 01, 2005)
Bombing Iran would allow President Bush to regain the political credibility lost in Iraq.
- Mystery Of India's Nuclear Exports (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Sep 01, 2005)
In official figures put out by the U.S. Government, India has a high positive trade balance in the category of nuclear technology products. What could these exports be?
- Activists Demand Probe Into Ulfa Advisor’S Death (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
A human rights organisation alleged that the imprisoned ULFA leaders are being denied medical facilities, although many of them fell ill due to torture by interrogators.
- Cell Phone Ban Comes Into Force (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, Sep 01, 2005)
Taking its penchant for disciplinarian education a step further, Anna University has banned the use of cell phones and prescribed a dress code for students in all engineering colleges across the State from Thursday.
- Brutal Us Air Strikes In Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 01, 2005)
At least 56 people were killed in multiple US air strikes in Iraq against suspected Al-Qaeda hide-outs near the Syrian border on Tuesday. A US military spokesman said that eight bombs were dropped in three air strikes around Karabila near Qaim, 450 kilome
- Contradictions In The Devolution Plan (Dawn, Aqil Shah, Sep 01, 2005)
Elections in transitional democracies are typically marred by systematic irregularities and fraud.
- Keeping Check On Inflation (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Sep 01, 2005)
AS Shaukat Aziz completes his first year as prime minister he finds persistent inflation and large scale unemployment among his major problems.
- Home Coming (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 31, 2005)
Subrata Mukherjee’s return to the Congress was a foregone conclusion because he had nowhere else to go and could not under any circumstances sustain the Congress Unnayan Manch he had set up prior to the Kolkata municipal election.
- High - Rise Building (Daily Excelsior, Dr V Subramanyan, Aug 31, 2005)
There has been a sudden spurt in the construction of skyscrapers in Mumbai with a view to giving the city a glamorous skyline as that of Manhattan.
- It’S A Molehill (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
The last hours of the Monsoon Session in Parliament witnessed a bout of political theatre with shades of a burlesque.
- Who Created Pakistan? (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Aug 31, 2005)
On August 11 last, Pakistan test fired its first crude missile named Babur (Haft 7). Though Pakistan has downplayed its Islamic connotations (as much as its Chinese connection) the choices of names for its ballistic missiles like Abdali (Haft 2),
- Nail This Fraud (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Civilisation travels with roads is an old adage. It is also well known that it does so with all its good and bad effects.
- Pluck This Debate From The Air (Indian Express, Ramesh V Phadke, Aug 31, 2005)
The Indian Express and the former air chief, S. Krishnaswamy, deserve to be congratulated for starting a long overdue debate on India’s aviation sector (‘Fly over the divide’, IE, August 19).
- The Dog Ate It, Miss (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Aug 31, 2005)
“Ahmed, where’s your homework?” “The dog ate it, Miss. I had it all done, honest, but then the dog...” “That’s all right, dear. Take another week and give it to me next Monday.”
- Jinnah Remark Fully In Line With Nda Regime Policies: Advani (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 31, 2005)
My viewpoint is in the interest of the people of India and Pakistan
- The Problem With Creating Islamist Phantoms (Hindu, Adam Curtis, Aug 31, 2005)
We dreamed up "Al-Qaeda." Let us not do it again with "evil ideology."
- Jihadism’S Roots In Political Islam (Deccan Herald, Bassam Tibi, Aug 31, 2005)
In order to combat jihadism successfully, it is necessary to seek Muslim cooperation to determine who the jihadists are.
- India's Nuclear Case To Come Up Before United States Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Under Secretary of State to testify on the importance of India-U.S. agreement Both countries had "very delicate procedures that they have to go through with"
- Ongc Bears Brunt Of Aiyar’S Prejudice? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha Chief and Legislator Vatal Nagaraj has planned to stage a dharna in front of Vidhana Soudha on August 31
- Drafting Iraqi Constitution (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Aug 31, 2005)
AT long last the deed has been done. The committee set up to draft a new constitution has presented the document it finalized to the Iraqi parliament, not for approval but for information. In accordance with the specified procedure, this constitution
- Bush’S Apprehensions (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
For once Mr George Bush is right. Speaking to reporters at his ranch in Crawford,
- Parliamentary Farce (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 31, 2005)
The National Assembly's session that opened on Monday and the disgraceful conduct of the treasury benches simply reinforce the view that is gaining ground that neither the government nor the political leaders attach much importance to democratic . . .
- The Preacher And The President (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 31, 2005)
American televangelist Pat Robertson came up with a priceless piece of advice last week.
- These Irresponsible Parliamentarians (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 31, 2005)
Treasury Benches in the National Assembly faced worst humiliation on Monday when the Opposition succeeded in barring a Govt legislation by defeating a motion for presentation of report thereon and then forced it to concede debate on the rigging in the ...
- Pak Team’S Visit To Palestine (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 31, 2005)
Foreign Office Spokesman Mohammed Naeem has said that an official delegation from Pakistan will visit Gaza and Al-Quds on the invitation of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
- U.S. Lifts Some Curbs On India Nuclear Cooperation (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Aug 31, 2005)
The United States on Tuesday moved to further nuclear cooperation with India by allowing six Indian entities involved in civil nuclear and satellite work to purchase less sensitive U.S.-made items without special licenses.
- Implications Of Karzai-Singh Overtures (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 30, 2005)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have said that the threat of militancy can be defeated only with Pakistan’s help.
- `Ties With Afghanistan Will Improve If Pakistan Grants Transit Rights' (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 30, 2005)
India not in the business of thrusting cooperation on any unwilling country, says Manmohan
- Supporting Iran (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 30, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has announced that Pakistan will not support military action against Iran.
- Will The Draft Iraqi Constitution Succeed? (Hindu, Rory Carroll , Aug 30, 2005)
Noboyd Said drafting Iraq's constitution would be easy. And nobody said Sunday's result was destined to succeed. But it was a result.
- Of Mangal Pandey And The Madras Army (Hindu, V.R. RAGHAVAN, Aug 30, 2005)
The Madras Army did not join the upheaval of 1857, but it had lit a fuse in Vellore.
- The Fallen Angel-Ii (Statesman, SATRUGHNA KANTA ACHARYYA, Aug 30, 2005)
When elections were held under the Government of India Act of 1935, Jinnah was still thinking in terms of cooperation between the Congress and the Muslim League and with coalition governments in the provinces.
- After Gaza, What Next? (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 30, 2005)
No one would be have been happier at Israel’s disengagement from Gaza than Um Hussein al-’Ayidi. This 70-year old woman has fought a lone battle against the Israeli army’s attempts to force her out of her home for the last five years.
- Geography Is Destiny (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Aug 30, 2005)
Geography for Pakistan will prove to be its destiny. It can work both positively and negatively, depending on how policymakers act over the next several years.
- Feature - Alienation Breeds Insurgency In Manipur (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Aug 30, 2005)
Nearly five years ago, human rights activist Irom Sharmila went on a hunger strike in Manipur.
- A Piece Of History (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Simple utensils and equipment which were used in the kitchen have become a part of folk-culture and museum pieces, discovers Michael Patrao.
- Finance Minister Had To Yield In Rajya Sabha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Finance Minister pushed on the back foot on issues of propriety, conflict of interest It took considerable persuasion from the Congress managers before he agreed to make a statement
- Commentary On Yajnavalkya Smriti (Hindu, V. Gopalakrishna, Aug 30, 2005)
VIJNANESHWARA-MITAKSHARA: Srinivasa Siranoorkar; Pub. by Prasaranga, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga. Rs. 50.
- India Reaches Out To Afghanistan (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Aug 30, 2005)
It is the first visit of an Indian head of government to Afghanistan in 29 years.
- Better Late Than Never (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 30, 2005)
It is time ripe enough to take bold steps and to be practical as well, Arshad Dijoo comments on the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza
- Parcel Gives Away Maoist Plans (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Police seize computers, CDs, software and electronic gadgets
CDs contain details on Maoist outfits, sympathisers and extortion
Police are still busy analysing the data available on the CD's
- Control Them (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 30, 2005)
Notwithstanding the assurances of successive governments that gunmen enjoying official patronage shall be taken care of,
- China's Tibet (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 30, 2005)
It is China's Tibet and the original inhabitants of the isolated region have little to do with it.
- Bridge Over Troubled Lands (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 30, 2005)
Afghanistan could play a crucial role in improving India-Pakistan ties and breaking the stalemate over Kashmir, writes Jyoti Malhotra
- Agreement With U.S. Ignores Nation's Security Interests, Says Cpi(m) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
"America's strategic goals in Asia are sought to be met"
The U.S. would like to involve India in its military strategy which will help it to contain China
India should have a "good," "balanced and equitable relationship" with the U.S.
- Paradise Calling (Greater Kashmir, NAILA NEELOFAR, Aug 29, 2005)
What are the roots that clutch out of this ‘Firdous’, writes
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