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- Pakistan Links Mfn Status To India With Kashmir Solution (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Mar 26, 2006)
A 15-member Indian delegation led by SN Menon, secretary commerce, arrived in Islamabad on Saturday night for participation in the plenary session of second meeting of Pakistan-India Joint Study Group on March 27 and third round of Composite . . .
- Battle Plan For Best Effect (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 25, 2006)
A recent paper of the Department of Administrative Reforms titled "Towards a Citizen-Friendly Government" is further proof that Government officials and public sector executives are still not ready to serve the way they should.
- General Musharraf’S Partiality (Daily Times, General Musharraf, Mar 25, 2006)
The ruling Pakistan Muslim League put up a show on March 23 at Lahore’s Minto Park to celebrate both the Lahore Resolution, now re-christened as the Pakistan Resolution, and the League’s 100th anniversary .
- In Praise Of The Jal Bhagirathi (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Mar 25, 2006)
Last week I visited a village in Rajasthan that Prince Charles is due to visit next week.
- The Perfect Self-Goal (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Mar 25, 2006)
The correct answer is to repeal the law. Bribery takes place in cash, not from these 'offices of profit'.
- Us Lobbies For N-Trade With India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The USA has lobbied for allowing nuclear trade with India but failed to get a key international group to take up the matter, diplomats said.
- Misplaced Defence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 25, 2006)
All this talk of Muslims and the mainstream recalls a Bihar minister who, visiting Telco’s office in Jamshedpur, asked General Shiv Verma, who had a post-retirement job there, how many Biharis he employed. Shooting his immaculate cuffs and with . . .
- Choose Your Number (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Mar 25, 2006)
How much fruit does the average Indian family eat in a day? If the government told you it was half a kilogramme, would you believe it?
- Aventis Pharma: Top Line Pain (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Mar 25, 2006)
Unlike other pharma MNCs, Aventis Pharma has not been able to boost its top line in Dec quarter
- Killing By Afghan Troops (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 25, 2006)
ONE must condemn without reservation the cold-blooded murder of 17 Pakistani civilians by Afghan security forces on Tuesday in Spin Boldak.
- Balochistan Imbroglio (Daily Excelsior, Vazeeruddin, Mar 25, 2006)
Since its creation in August 1947, courtesy the divide and rule policy of the British departing from (undivided) India, Pakistan has been trying to wrest Kashmir from India by launching military attacks against India and extending all manner of . . .
- India Nuclear Deal Meets Wary Congress (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Bush presses for approval of a pact taking a different approach to nonproliferation.
- Traits Of A Devotee (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Philosophical texts claim that the soul is indestructible and immortal and that it undergoes many births in its journey towards the final goal — liberation.
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 25, 2006)
For the last two days some people have been trying to create an atmosphere as if government and Parliament are being used only to favour me.
- India And China Fuel Foreign Intake At Us Colleges (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 25, 2006)
Reversing the declining trend due to post-9/11 visa restrictions, intake of foreign student in the US graduate schools has increased by 11 per cent this year with considerable number of Indian and Chinese students enrolling in the colleges here.
- Outcry Rises Over Afghan Christian Convert (Reuters, SAYED SALAHUDDIN, Mar 25, 2006)
Growing international pressure on Afghanistan to respect the religious freedom of a Christian convert was met in Afghanistan on Friday by calls for the man to be executed for denying Islam.
- Us Fails To Get Nsg’S Ok For Nuclear Deal With India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The United States lobbied on Thursday for allowing nuclear trade with India but failed to get a key international group to take up the matter, diplomats said.
- Pakistan, India Closer To Siachen Pact (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Pakistan and India were heading towards an agreement on troop withdrawal from Siachen, The Indian Express reported on Friday.
- Afghan Judge Balks At Prodding (Washington Times, AMIR SHAH, Mar 25, 2006)
The chief judge trying an Afghan man who faces a death sentence for converting from Islam to Christianity defended the court's autonomy yesterday amid reports the man could be freed.
- Strong Condemnation (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 25, 2006)
There can be no soft words for the present government's increasingly visible inability to provide a necessary checks-and-balances framework under which the market mechanism can operate.
- Mrs Gandhi's Course (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 25, 2006)
There is a lot to be appreciated in the way Mrs Sonia Gandhi practices politics.
- Shunning India-Centric Policies (Dawn, Masood H.Kizilbash, Mar 25, 2006)
Pakistan has assiduously pursued the policy of confrontation and competition with India since 1947. The advice of president Musharraf in his press conference on March 5 to his countrymen was to shun India-centricity and, instead, concentrate on . . .
- Little Progress On Tb (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 25, 2006)
World Tuberculosis Day, Pakistan had little to show for its efforts to combat the infectious disease that afflicts 350,000 people in the country each year and kills about 60,000. Despite extending the DOTS (directly observed treatment, short . . .
- Bsnl Gets 2.5 Lakh Users (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Operators upbeat, say more tariff rebates, value-added services likely
- Moscow Spies Tipped Saddam On U.S. War Plan (Washington Times, Rowan Scarborough, Mar 25, 2006)
Moscow had informants inside U.S. Central Command whose information on the March 2003 invasion of Iraq was relayed to dictator Saddam Hussein days before American troops ousted him from power, according to a Defense Department history released yesterday.
- Eta Gets Better (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 25, 2006)
It is too soon to say if the first permanent ceasefire called by Spain’s Basque separatist group, Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (Basque Homeland and Freedom) a.k.a. Eta, is actually a historic opportunity for peace or just another false alarm.
- Amend The Law (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 25, 2006)
An all-party consensus needed to enact it
- Pm Flags Off Peace Offer (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 25, 2006)
THE Amritsar-Nankana Sahib bus service flagged off by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday has come as an answer to a long-held yearning of the Punjabis.
- Is Godfather A Pill To Success? (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Are you a member of the protected class, the select few who get plum assignments, get to go on junkets abroad, a core team that can generally get away even with murder?
- Unreal Estate (Tribune, Jayanti Roy, Mar 25, 2006)
The city is obsessed with real estate. It was there all along but an incident highlighted it more glaringly.
- The Vanishing Tiger (Tribune, Lt Gen Baljit Singh, Mar 25, 2006)
The recorded history of faunal extinctions in India began in the latter half of the 19th century.
- Invisible Forces In Kashmir (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Mar 25, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir is once again caught in currents, cross-currents and under-currents of varied thinking processes on the future of the State.
- Mind Your Words (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 25, 2006)
Decades ago there was tension in the State Assembly then in session in Srinagar.
- Ministers, Legislators To Get Significant Pay Hike (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The Legislative Assembly today passed Appropriation (Finance) Bill as Deputy Chief Minister, Incharge Finance Muzaffar Hussain Baig announced that salary, allowances and pension of the Ministers and legislators will be hiked substantially before . . .
- Pm Offers "Treaty Of Peace, Security, Friendship" To Pak (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Taking another important step to normalise ties, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today offered a "Treaty of Peace, Security and Friendship" to Pakistan as a culmination of the ongoing peace process.
- Prime Minister Offers Pak Peace Treaty & Its Roadmap (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Mar 25, 2006)
Taking a break from the political storm in New Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh kept his date with Amritsar today, flagged off the landmark bus to Nankana Sahib and used that occasion to launch a bold initiative to revive the stalled Indo-Pak . . .
- Bigger Wings And Wider Skies (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 25, 2006)
What is the proposed merger between Indian Airlines and Air India, and why now?
- Scope Of Pil Widened On ‘Tainted’ Ministers (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The Supreme Court in a significant move today broadened the scope of a writ petition on inclusion of chargesheeted MPs in the Union Ministry by brining state ministries in its ambit and referred the matter to a five-judge Constitution Bench to lay . . .
- Election Fallout: Eu To Impose Sanctions On Belarus President (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
European Union leaders decided on Friday to punish Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko after an election seen as rigged—announcing “restrictions” against the authoritarian leader that would likely include a travel ban from Europe.
- Cosmetic Concern (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Mar 25, 2006)
Farmers need help in taking entrepreneurial risk more than off-season jobs and cheaper credit
- Govt Drops Proposal To Amend Universities Act (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The State government on Friday announced that it has dropped its earlier proposal of amending the Universities Act to nominate members of its choice to the university syndicates .
- Round Table Thumping (Indian Express, Hari Om, Mar 25, 2006)
The article, ‘Round table hopping in Kashmir’ (IE, March 18), by Neerja Chowdhury, is one side of the story about the “significant” round table conference held at 7, Race Course, on February 25.
- Assembly Adjourned Sine Die (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Awards for Commonwealth Games winners announced
- The Game Plan On Iran Is Becoming Clearer (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 25, 2006)
The Anglo-Americans want a Security Council resolution allowing for the eventual use of force. Iran must play its cards very carefully from now onwards.
- Maoists Storm Jail In Orissa, Free 40 Prisoners (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Three officials taken hostage from police station
Morning raid by extremists, supporters lasts over two hours
Simultaneous attack on police camp, jail, treasury and tehsil office
Second major Maoist attack in southern Orissa in recent years
- Charge-Sheeted Ministers: Issue For Statute Bench (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Supreme Court notice to Centre
- Manmohan: Wrong To Link Normalisation With Kashmir (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Mar 25, 2006)
Accord can be reached on Siachen, Sir Creek and Baglihar issues
"Time has come to leave behind animosities, misgivings of the past"
Two of Sikhism's holiest shrines linked
- Discussions With Pakistan Should Lead To Peace Treaty: Manmohan (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Mar 25, 2006)
"Time has come to leave behind animosities, misgivings of the past"
- From India Now, `Out Of The Box' Ideas On Kashmir (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 25, 2006)
Manmohan Singh speaks of two internal and two bilateral tracks for peace.
- Russia Plays China Energy Card (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Mar 25, 2006)
The Kremlin is sending a strong signal to both Europe and Japan that they will have to compete with China.
- Development With Dignity (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Mar 25, 2006)
In the monograph,Development with Dignity: A Case for Full Employment,Amit Bhaduri forces us to acknowledge the centrality of employment in our politics and economics.
- Tb Arrested, But Hiv Bails It Out (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Mar 25, 2006)
Speedier detection of tuberculosis and a stringent regime to administer doses is yielding results. The prevalence rate of the disease is down and the Health Ministry hopes that the number of TB cases will be reduced to half by 2015.
- U.S. Revokes Visa Of Pakistani Senator (Washington Post, SHANKAR VEDANTAM, Mar 25, 2006)
The Bush administration has withdrawn an invitation to a Pakistani lawmaker and a prominent critic of President Pervez Musharraf who was to arrive in the United States today as a guest of the State Department, setting off charges that the action came . .
- Singh Offers Peace Treaty To Pakistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Indian PM rejects linking normalisation of ties to Kashmir solution; hints at agreement on Siachen, Sir Creek, Baglihar; APHC lukewarm to new initiative
- But It’S About Kashmir, Insists Pakistan (News International, Mariana Baabar, Mar 25, 2006)
Pakistan has said that the resolution of contentious issues like the Jammu and Kashmir dispute alone would pave the way for not only improvement in bilateral relations with India but also go a long way in improving lives of peoples in the region.
- No New Taxes In Rs. 1,870-Cr. Bmp Budget; Ban Imposed On Hoardings (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Focus on infrastructure; property tax rates for commercial buildings up
Highlights
14 new flyovers/grade separators planned
Ban imposed on hoardings
`Complete Blacktop' (asphalting) project to continue
Rs. 4 crores set aside for filling potholes
- Indo-Pak Overtures: Many Re-Runs, Few Results (Statesman, Devirupa Mitra, Mar 25, 2006)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh’s offer for a “treaty of peace, security and friendship”, in the absence of any details of its possible contents, could be described with a well-known cliché, tweaked a little — old wine in a relatively new bottle.
- Healing Touch (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 25, 2006)
With the kind of health care infrastructure and facilities the country’s government-run hospitals have to offer, it comes as no surprise that more than half the population in both the urban and rural areas of the country looks to privately-run . . .
- The East Beckons (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 25, 2006)
New Delhi’s efforts to improve ties with Bangladesh during Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s visit are in sync with the sub-regional dynamics, especially with China’s growing presence in what could be an important hub in South Asia’s links with south-east.
- Sonia Resigns, Now Will Congress Reinvent Itself? (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Mar 25, 2006)
She has done it yet again. She is the leader of those few individuals who are symbols of probity, integrity and decency in the political space.
- Become Financial Malls, Banks Told (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, on Friday, said, that the committee on inclusion, set up to look into why people are not able to easily access institutional credit and financial products, would submit its report shortly
- From Road To Road Map (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 25, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's latest remarks on the peace process with Pakistan and his suggestions on the practical steps needed to move towards a resolution of the Kashmir dispute represent a major new political and diplomatic initiative by New Delhi.
- Neighbourly Realities (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 25, 2006)
With Dhaka still suspicious of New Delhi's intentions, cooperation in various sectors has been disrupted, harming Bangladesh's interests more than India's.
- The Inner Voice (Statesman, RAVINDRA KUMAR, Mar 25, 2006)
Do not be surprised if Sonia Gandhi soon acquires an honorific that may not make much sense to her Italian relatives.
- All's Well That Ends Well (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 25, 2006)
Following the decision of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) to let the Leader of the Opposition in Kerala, V.S. Achuthanandan, contest the Assembly election, the Left Democratic Front will have an undisputed, if not . . .
- Government Gives Nod For Eight It, Bt Special Economic Zones (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Mega projects with Rs. 27,000 crores investment cleared Mega projects worth Rs. 27,000 crores cleared by the State Government
Six of the special economic zones will come up in Bangalore and two in Mysore
Wipro has been allotted 100 acres of land in My
- R E G I O N: Unsc Presses Afghan Govt To Rein In Taliban (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Council concerned about extremist threat to Afghan peace and stability
- 20 Militants Killed In N Waziristan: Ispr (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The Pakistan Army claimed killing 16 to 20 attackers in retaliatory action in the North Waziristan tribal agency early on Friday.
- Pakistan Sees "Positive Sentiments" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 25, 2006)
Pakistan on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech at Amritsar, saying it reflected "many positive sentiments," but declined to comment on the offer of a "treaty of peace, security and friendship."
- Rail Link From Chaman To Kandhar (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Railway (PR) has completed the feasibility study for first phase to provide rail link from Chaman to Kandhar and sent to the government of Afghanistan for acceptance.
- Spanta Has Been Critical Of Pakistan’S Role In His Country (News International, Rahimullah Yusufzai, Mar 25, 2006)
Afghanistan’s new foreign minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta belongs to a former Maoist group that gravitated to the pro-West nationalist camp in the aftermath of the changes in the international political situation.
- Chief Minister Locks Horns With L-G (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Mar 25, 2006)
B.L. Joshi takes strong note of complaints over criteria of selecting MLAs for `foreign junkets'
- Mutual Faith (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 24, 2006)
Mutual trust between countries is not simply a matter of bargains.
- Airlines’ Merger (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 24, 2006)
Big is better for business
- Pm To Flag Off Bus To Nankana Sahib Today (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Mar 24, 2006)
The unprecedented security umbrella on the eve of the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to his hometown here tomorrow has converted the holy city into a police . . .
- Sonia Gandhi Quits Lok Sabha (Tribune, T R Ramachandran, Mar 24, 2006)
Also resigns as NAC chief
To contest again from Rae Bareli
- Price Of Honour (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Mar 24, 2006)
The suffix MP has been on sale for the past fifty years
- Military Drops Leaflets In Waziristan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Planes dropped leaflets in both South Waziristan and North Waziristan on Thursday on the occasion of Pakistan Day to urge the tribesmen to beware of foreigners and their local supporters who had allied themselves with the . . .
- Canadian, British Aid Workers Freed In Iraq (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Three Western peace activists were freed on Thursday in an operation mounted by US-led forces in Iraq, a British embassy spokeswoman said.
- For Example (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 24, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi’s resignation from Parliament is an example of how political events sometimes get caught up in the law of unintended consequences.
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