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Articles 22221 through 22320 of 53943:
- Olive Green Carries The United Colours Of India (Indian Express, N.N. Vohra, Feb 20, 2006)
Let the destinies of the men and women of the armed forces, of whatever creed, remain the responsibility of the chiefs of staff, says N.N. VOHRA
- ‘Retired’ Atal In Seat Watch (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee may have announced his “retirement” but signals from the BJP suggest the party veteran has not really called it quits.
- Danish Envoy Leaves Pak (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Police fired teargas and rubber bullets to break up a banned protest against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in Islamabad today and Denmark said its ambassador to Pakistan had returned home for security reasons.
- The Dalmia Saga: Nailed By The Net (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Feb 20, 2006)
For a man who manipulated infotech companies, it is only fitting that Dinesh Dalmia’s activities were trailed by employees and associates that kept popping out of cyberspace and linked journalists across the world.
- Who Is The Better Singer? It All Depends On Where You Come From (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Feb 20, 2006)
Vinit and Debojit, Lucknow and the entire Northeast, not to mention viewers, will be happy when Final Friday (24 February) comes and goes.
- In The Middle East, The Third Way Is Still A Myth: Look At Hamas (Indian Express, SHIBLEY TELHANI, Feb 20, 2006)
The reality shown by Hamas’ victory in the Palestinian elections is this: if fully free elections were held today in the rest of the Arab world, Islamist parties would win in most states.
- Heading For Trouble? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 20, 2006)
If a minister who incites murder gets away with it, things could get quickly worse
- Bird Flu: Maharashtra Culls 50,000 Chickens (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
The Maharashtra government on Sunday culled 50,000 chickens following confirmation of India's first avian flu case in the state even as officials remained on high alert to prevent the spread of the disease.
- Aid To Iran . . . (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Feb 20, 2006)
Is it a sing of increased wisdom -- or is it a sign of increased desperation? If the Bush administration had announced its intention to spend $75 million on promoting democracy, student exchanges and independent media in Iran several years ago, . . . .
- . . . And Cuts For Russia (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Feb 20, 2006)
As we've said above, it is good news that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is planning to spend $75 million on aid to Iranian democrats and Farsi-language broadcasters.
- Thar Express Brings India, Pakistan Closer (Hindu, Mohammed Iqbal , Feb 19, 2006)
Forty-one years after the disruption of the rail link between India and Pakistan on the western border, the much-awaited Thar Express from Pakistan steamed across the desert sands to arrive here on Saturday to a tumultuous welcome by people of India.
- Monsieur President, Vous Etes Bienvenue (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Feb 19, 2006)
The President of the French Republic touches base in Delhi today. I thought a welcome letter was therefore in order...
- The Elusive Goal Of Energy Security (Indian Express, N K Singh, Feb 19, 2006)
Energy issues are in sharp focus. The State of the Union address by President George Bush, preceded by former US president Bill Clinton’s remarks in Davos are being interpreted as America’s growing unease with both the economics and . . .
- Thar Express Returns Karachi After First Journey To India (News International, Afzal Nadeem, Feb 19, 2006)
Thar Express retuned Karachi Sunday morning completing its first journey to India through Khokhrapar-Monabao route.
- Telling Right From Left (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Feb 19, 2006)
As someone who believes that Indian communists always act against the interests of India I pay close attention to what they say.
- 'Karunanidhi Is Chief Of Dpa. He Will Be Chief Minister When We Win Elections’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
‘Karunanidhi is chief of DPA. He will be chief minister when we win elections’
- Joshi Veers Off Bjp Line, Slams Pm For Iran Vote, N-Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
His party may fully back India’s IAEA vote against Iran but, in a letter to the Prime Minister, BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi has sharply criticised the implications of India’s position on Iran and has also attacked the proposed India-US nuclear deal.
- No Peace With Israel, Says Hamas After Swearing-In (Indian Express, WAFA AMR, Feb 19, 2006)
Islamist group Hamas took over as the dominant party in the Palestinian parliament on Saturday and rejected President Mahmoud Abbas’s call to pursue peacemaking efforts with Israel.
- Mr Cm, End Graft, Strengthen Panchayats (Deccan Herald, Benjamin Fernandez, Feb 19, 2006)
What should be the new Chief Minister priorities? This was our question to readers last week and we were flooded with responses. We published a few letters last week. This week we publish those, mostly from outside Bangalore, on the government’s . . .
- Palestinian Vote Has Given West First Opportunity To Legitimise Hamas (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 19, 2006)
The electoral verdict of the Palestinian people has given the West its first and probably only opportunity to legitimise Hamas and simultaneously inhibit it with political respectability.
- Kalam Expresses Grief To Manila (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Saturday conveyed his condolences to Philippines President Gloria Arroyo over the loss of lives in a landslip in that country.
- Vhp Not To Support Any Single Party (Hindu, PRAFULLA DAS, Feb 19, 2006)
No plans to launch a party, says Singhal
- Whither Postal Services In India? (Hindu, S. RAMESH, Feb 19, 2006)
The vast reach of the postal service is unmatched. It will be unwise to allow such a service to die a slow death
- Nuclear Deal Prejudicial To National Interests: Joshi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Seeks full debate during Parliament session
Onerous restrictions on India'
`Attempts to make country sign NPT'
Pakistan connection alleged in Iran issue
- Karzai Gave Taliban Dossiers To Pakistan (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 19, 2006)
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan handed over extensive intelligence dossiers to President Pervez Musharraf, containing details of how suicide bombers who attack targets in Afghanistan are being recruited, trained and equipped in Pakistan.
- The Mantra Is That There Isn’T Any... (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, Feb 19, 2006)
Is there any ‘mantra’ to make a successful film? Especially in Bollywood, or the Hindi film industry, where the only definition of success has always got to do with money.
- Nuclear Energy Tops Musharraf Agenda (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Feb 19, 2006)
Five-day China visit from Sunday
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf arrives in Beijing on Sunday for a five-day visit to China, with nuclear energy on top of his agenda.
- Us And India: Time To Think (Tribune, M.V. Kamath, Feb 19, 2006)
By now it is a cliché to say that the United States is the only super power in the world and everybody knows it. But it is behaving like one with India in a manner that can only be described as crude. If India does not bare its teeth now, . . .
- Hamas Dominated Parliament Sworn In (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 19, 2006)
Islamic group rejects Abbas' call, reiterates commitment to resistance
- Chirac Optimistic Over Civilian Nuclear Energy For India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac said Sunday he was optimistic that France could compete with the United States in supplying nuclear power capability to India once
New Delhi reaches an accord with the international community on its civilian nuclear. . .
- Aphc For Kashmir Talks Beyond Indian Constitution (Pakistan Observer, Hameed Shaheen, Feb 19, 2006)
The APHC, AJK/Pakistan chapter, in its emergency meeting at its central office here on Saturday reiterated its stand for the settlement of Kashmir dispute through negotiations but made it clear that the process of negotiations must be outside the . . .
- It Is Not A Measured Step! (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Pakstan has recalled its Ambassador from Copenhagen and the Danish Embassy in Islamabad has suspended its functioning, as protest against the publication of blasphemous cartoons continue unabated across the country.
- Iran Believes Russian N-Proposal ‘Useful’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Iranian legislator hopes Russia will not act like America
- Google Ranks Censorship As Trade Issue (Tribune, Stephen Foley, Feb 19, 2006)
Google pledged to reconsider its controversial decision to launch a self-censored web search business in China, if it looked as if the internet was failing to improve freedom of expression in the People’s Republic.
- Bush Visit Will Give A Boost To Indo-Us Ties: Inderfurth (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Feb 19, 2006)
The Indo-US relations have been marked by reciprocal visits to New Delhi and Washington by the leaders of both nations. President George W. Bush will visit India in March.
- Bush Backs Nuke Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Seeking to clear the air on the Indo-US nuclear deal which has hit roadblocks, President Mr George W Bush has defended the pact and said he would talk about the “development” of a civilian nuclear power industry during his visit to New Delhi next month.
- George Bush Defends India-U.S. Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
To discuss development of civilian nuclear industry during his visit
- 27,000 Poultry Birds Died In Last 15 Days (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
India has two months' stock of vaccine imported from Europe
Poultry farms where the deaths took place are all located in a single taluka
Ring vaccine to be administered to farms within three to 10 km radius
- Importance Of Guru (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 19, 2006)
It is a commentary on our times that the meaning and connotation of as pious a word as Guru has undergone a change. It is interpreted to mean as if one is clever and adept at unscrupulous ways of the world.
- Bird Flu Strikes India, Eight Hospitalised (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Avian influenza has struck India. After the Maharashtra government on Saturday confirmed that the recent deaths of chickens in Nandurbar and Dhule districts of North Maharashtra were caused by bird flu, eight people were reportedly admitted . . .
- Gowda Cracks The Whip (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Janata Dal (Secular) national President H D Deve Gowda on Saturday finally initiated action against rebel party MLAs of Karnataka by suspending 40 of them including his son and State Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy for “acting against . . .
- Karachi Emerges As City Of Peace (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Contrary to Lahore and Peshawar, where violence and arson overtook the anti-blasphemous cartoon demonstrations, Karachi has certainly set an enviable example of staging a massive but peaceful and orderly protest despite the charged atmosphere.
- Goan Story Retold (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
The book takes one back to when the Portuguese ruled Goa and reveals among other things the customs of yore, some of which continue till today.
- Bird Flu Alert Sounded In J&k, 10 Days Ban (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
In the first outbreak of bird flu in India, eight people were today admitted to a hospital with suspected deadly Avian virus after 50,000 birds had died in Nandurbar and Dhule district of Maharashtra.
- ‘Vhp To Create Hindu Vote Bank’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
The Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP) would create a 15-crore “Hindu vote bank” in the country which would play a key role in the coming elections, its international president Ashok Singhal said here on Saturday.
- A Walk In The Snowy Mountains... (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
SGL Tours & Travels, recognised by Department of Tourism, Government of India, is introducing a Holy Kailash Manasarovar yatra for the coming summer.
- Bird Flu Has Landed (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Feb 19, 2006)
8 samples from maharashtra farm test positive • 8 lakh birds to be culled today • no human cases, samples of 3 kids, one woman being tested • no national alert yet
- Bird Flu Hits India (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Feb 19, 2006)
Specialists rushed to Maharashtra
H5N2 vaccine for birds and `tamiflu' tablets for humans kept ready
No case of human infection so far
- ‘What’ Of The Knot (Deccan Herald, Geetha Srinivasan, Feb 19, 2006)
This book explains the ritual part of Hindu marriage to enable the participants to fully understand the significance of the sacrament.
- Getting Curiouser (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Feb 19, 2006)
Helios & Matheson’s (H&M) $19 million cash deal to acquire vMoksha, which had sent its share price soaring past Rs 225 last year, is getting curiouser.
- H’Bad Am-Bushes B’Lore (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Feb 19, 2006)
Bangalore has again lost the opportunity to play host to a visiting American President.
- Hurriyat Constituents Don't Favour (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Feb 19, 2006)
Two constituents of the Executive Council of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's Hurriyat Conference have decided against participating in Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's all-parties roundtable conference on Jammu and Kashmir.
- Delhi Demolition: What Is At Stake (Daily Excelsior, Jagmohan , Feb 19, 2006)
How true was Mahatma Gandhi when he observed: "Politics bereft of principles are the death traps; they kill the soul of a nation." What we, of late, have been witnessing in Delhi is not only a spate of illegal constructions or their demolition but . . .
- Falling In Line (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Feb 19, 2006)
The BJP’s foreign policy has traditionally tilted towards America and the viewpoint of the Islamic world gets short shrift.
- The Communist Connection (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, Feb 18, 2006)
The newspapers bristled with headlines like “Left”tells PM and Sonia its patience is wearing thin; slipping on secularism? “Left” tells the UPA it will have to do better against the BJP or as the Hindi daily Hindustan put it, . . .
- India Will March Ahead In A ‘Flat’ World: Friedman (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Countries like India will march ahead without regard to geography or distance in the web-enabled global playfield, says award-winning author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.
- ‘I’D Have Been A Communist’ (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 18, 2006)
“I WOULD have been in the Communist Party if there had been no partition,” says Atal Behari Vajpayee, former prime minister, who led the BJP coalition for six years at the centre.
- Passport-Less Durand Line (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 18, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has proposed that there should not be any passports between Pakistan and Afghanistan on the pattern of European Union, as this would allow more trade and prosperity for the two countries.
- Protection Of Foreign Investment (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 18, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has held out a categorical assurance for full protection to foreign investment, saying Pakistan’s rapidly growing economy and friendly economic regime offers profitable business prospects in a host of fields.
- The Rage And Fury Over Cartoons (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 18, 2006)
After weeks of violence and much fraught soul-searching, European Union governments are hoping that Muslim outrage over the publication of the caricatures of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) will soon die down. Muslims have now vented their fury over the insult,
- Saving Moenjodaro (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 18, 2006)
Thefederal government’s approval of a master plan for conservation work at Moenjodaro has come not a moment too soon given the deplorable state of one of the country’s most important archaeological sites that also figures on Unesco’s world heritage list.
- Scant Us Respect For Un (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 18, 2006)
The United Nations on Thursday called upon the United States to shut down its detention center at Guantanamo Bay ‘without further delay’ but in a prompt reaction, the US rejected the demand insisting that the inmates of torture camp were dangerous . . .
- Moving Ahead With Safta (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Paksitana's Recent Ratification of the South Asian Free Trade Area agreement constitutes a big leap forward for the SAARC exercise.
- The Guantanamo Disgrace (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 18, 2006)
IT is time to close the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay. The detainees there, numbering about 500, should be tried in court or released. It is inhumane to hold them indefinitely in a place where torture is not uncommon and due process is absent.
- A Friend & A Global Player (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Feb 18, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf is scheduled to pay an official visit to China in the next few days.
- India Supports Iran Pipeline: Delhi To Join Turkmenistan Plan: Jadoon (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Feb 18, 2006)
Petroleum ministers of Pakistan and India gave their unequivocal support on Friday to the proposed gas pipeline from Iran, saying neither fears about trouble in Balochistan nor the raising of international finances for the project were an issue.
- Kabul, Islamabad To Share Information On Taliban (Daily Times, Umer Farooq, Feb 18, 2006)
* Abdullah says Al Qaeda has no base in Afghanistan
* ‘Our relations with India are very important’
- Bilateral Barometer (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 18, 2006)
Seafarers have always kept an eye on the “glass” to check if the weather was closing in. In recent years the fate of fisherfolk seeking a livelihood off the Gujarat coastline has become an accurate index of the health of Indo-Pak relations.
- Let Founder Under House-Arrest (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Pakistan government today put under house-arrest founder leader of banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toeba (LeT) and detained over 150 others for violating a ban on rallies as fresh protests broke out against publication of Prophet Mohammad’s cartoons ...
- India And France Close To Civilian N-Deal: Chirac (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
India and France are close to reaching a deal that would allow India access to civilian nuclear technology, said French President Jacques Chirac in an interview with India Today released on Friday.
- On A Trip Of Friendship (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 18, 2006)
President Hamid Karzai’s three-day visit to Pakistan was the latest in a series of exchanges at the top government level the two countries have had in the post-9/11 period.
- The Elusive Goal Of Energy Security (The Economic Times, NK SINGH, Feb 18, 2006)
Energy issues are in sharp focus. The ‘State of the Union’ address by President Bush, preceded by former president Clinton’s remarks in Davos, are being interpreted as America’s growing unease with both the economics and politics of energy management.
- Ceos Are Being Held Hostages Of Time (The Economic Times, SWAMI PARTHASARATHY, Feb 18, 2006)
What exactly does time management mean? The day cannot stretch beyond 24 hours. Nor the year beyond 365 days. None can manage time. In effect, the question reduces to managing a piece of work in a given time. Hence time management is work management.
- On The Magic Of Being Work Sisters (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 18, 2006)
What began in 1972 as a lone mission to bring women together is today a 7-lakh-strong movement. Determined to organise women workers so that they could enjoy the same benefits that organised labour received, Ela R. Bhatt founded the Self-Employed Women's
- India Fears For Its Security If Iran Row Escalates (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
India is deeply concerned at the growing rhetoric and possibility of a confrontation over Iran's controversial nuclear programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday.
- The Silence Of Liberal Muslims (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Feb 18, 2006)
I am sorry if you feel you have had enough of the latest religion vs freedom of expression controversy: the fuss over the Danish cartoons that featured the Prophet Mohammed.
- Free, But Not Fair (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Feb 18, 2006)
Islam is by no means the only religion which gives its founder greater respect than God. It is equally true of other religions as well.
- ‘Poaching: Do Away With Ifs And Buts’ (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, Feb 18, 2006)
Barbara Maas, chief executive of Care for the Wild International: Every Indian citizen must decide that they want tigers to survive.
- Bush Defends Indo-Us Nuclear Arrangement (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
US President George W Bush has defended the civilian nuclear energy arrangement with India.
- Luring Intellectual Capital (Deccan Herald, Evelyn Iritani, Feb 18, 2006)
President Bush’s recent call for more visas for skilled foreign workers increases the likelihood that relief is on the way for US technology firms that say they are struggling to fill key positions....
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