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Articles 22521 through 22620 of 53943:
- Jklf Accepts Invite (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Feb 16, 2006)
Two-member team to leave for Delhi today
Talks not merely photo session, but move towards resolving issue: Malik
To present 15 lakh signatures of Kashmiris
- Workers Kidnapped By Maoists Safe: Un Office (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Feb 16, 2006)
After India and the International Security Group’s calls to Nepal’s Maoist guerrillas to release the three senior employees of ITC’s subsidiary they had abducted on February 3, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...
- Indian Pm To Hold Dialogue With Kashmiri Leaders (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Assistant Commissioner (City circle) Dr Ehtisham on Wednesday accepted bail applications of 219 people charged with violating Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).
- We Are Keen On Averting Oil Price Hike: Murli Deora (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Feb 16, 2006)
Package includes bonds, tapping funds in oil pool accounts
Consultation on with Finance Ministry
Minister calls for introduction of fuel subsidy
Profitability of oil firms to be maintained
- Mulford Exceeded Brief: Buddhadeb (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
U.S. envoy had objected to Chief Minister's "offensive remarks" against Bush
- More Die In Pakistan Protest (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 16, 2006)
NWFP Chief Minister Durrani blames riots on "troublemakers"
Three more persons were killed in protests, for the second consecutive day, against cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed in different parts of Pakistan on Wednesday.
- Provision Of Data: Army May Have Over-Reacted (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Feb 16, 2006)
Information on religion sought at first stage of recruitment; this may convey the wrong message
Infantrymen recruited according to religious, ethnic identities
Army tries to balance this in the overall criteria
- India, Pakistan To Discuss Pipeline Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Other bilateral issues such as diesel export will also figure in the discussions
- Cbse Students Can Now "Cool Off" Before Exams (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Question papers have been designed to be completed in two-and-a-half hours, says CBSE Chairman
- World Of Difference (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 16, 2006)
India has changed. Its foreign policy has changed. But catch politicians saying that
- This Must End (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 16, 2006)
The current standoff between the legislature and the judiciary over the prerogatives of the legislature does not bring credit to either institution. Whether both institutions are clearly overstepping their proper domain is a debatable matter.
- India A High Taxed Nation ? (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, Feb 16, 2006)
There is a view among some experts that India is an under-taxed economy. Many a time finance ministers believe in this and exhort people to pay their dues.
- How Long Will American Dominace Last ? (Daily Excelsior, I.S. Chadha, Feb 16, 2006)
Our problem is not that we are being Americanised.Our problem is rather that the US empire does not know what it wants to do or can do with its power or its limits.
- Balochistan: A Writing On The Wall (Daily Excelsior, D R Ahuja, Feb 16, 2006)
In Balochistan, another Tiananmen Square is about to happen, on much larger scale. From the raging military-civilian conflict in Balochistan, it is clear that it is a fight-to-finish as far as President Pervez Musharraf is concerned.
- Indian Sailor Killed Over Cartoon: Uae Report; Mea Says No Link (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
An Indian sailor was allegedly beaten to death by his colleagues on board a Norwegian oil tanker in international waters off the coast of Fujairah in the UAE.
- Uranium Enrichment: Iran, Russia Talks On Monday (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Iran and Russia will hold talks on Monday on a Russian offer to conduct uranium enrichment for Iran on Russian territory. ‘‘The Iran side has provided official notification on their arrival...,’’ Interfax reported.
- America’S Irreverent Sense Of Humor: Christian Symbols Aren’T Off-Limits For Parody (Indian Express, NEELY TUCKER, Feb 16, 2006)
“denying the being or providence of God... profane scoffing at the holy scripture” had been an offense since the Greeks, and it was no joke in Colonial America.
- More Funds For Secondary Level, But Can The Govt Spend It Well? (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Feb 16, 2006)
The prime focus of the education policy, the Sarva Shiksha Yojana—meant to provide primary education to every child—is yet to bear noticeable fruit, but the government is already thinking ahead.
- ‘Ltte-Govt Cbms Vital’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Nordic truce monitors, overseeing the shaky truce between the Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam for the past four years, said mutual trust between the two parties is at rock-bottom and that confidence-building measures . . .
- Moving Education’S Goal Posts (Indian Express, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 16, 2006)
In announcing Professor S. Thorat’s appointment as chairman of the University Grants Commission, every newspaper made it a point to announce that he was a dalit. In contrast, nobody inquired what the caste of the earlier chairman was when he was appointed
- Till The State Recognises Us (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Feb 16, 2006)
The Supreme Court’s directive to make the registration of all marriages compulsory will be nothing short of an extraordinary revolution, at least in the history of Indian state formation.
- India’S Iran Stand Neither Here Nor There (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 16, 2006)
Whatever the outcome of talks on the India-America nuclear deal, New Delhi should at least take up Iran’s case with the US
- Before India Voyage, Chirac Orders Asbestos Ship Home (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
President Jacques Chirac today ordered a decommissioned aircraft carrier laden with toxic materials to return to France after the country’s top administrative court suspended its transfer to India for disposal.
- Multilateralism Key To Growth (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Feb 16, 2006)
It’s only through multilateralism that India and other developing countries can reach the MDGs
- Who Is To Blame? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 16, 2006)
There is no point in blaming the markets for the abysmal quality of public services available for the poor
- Pertinent Issues (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 16, 2006)
The institution should address the issues the students raised
- Three Dead, Dozens Injured In Cartoon Protests In Pakistan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Three persons were killed and dozens injured in Pakistan today, officials said, bringing the country’s death toll from protests against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to five.
- Influence Of Company (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
The spiritual tradition stresses the importance of cultivating the company of good people because even the mind of a virtuous person can be corrupted by constant indoctrination.
- Metro: Confusion On Track (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Even as new Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy is yet to make up his mind on which of the two — Metro Rail or Monorail — would be the “best solution” for the traffic woes of the state capital, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) Managing Director . . .
- ‘N-Deal Will Only Serve Proliferation’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
A landmark new US-India nuclear agreement would enable New Delhi to expand atomic weapons production and encourage Pakistan and China to do likewise, according to critics of the controversial deal......
- Nuclear Diplomacy Picks Up Momentum (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 16, 2006)
Iran and Russia to hold talks on Moscow's proposal on Monday
Iran and Russia will hold talks on February 20 to find ways to end the crisis revolving around the Iranian nuclear programme, ahead of the crucial board meeting of the IAEA on March 6.
- Register The Knot (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 16, 2006)
The SC order will protect the rights of married women
The Supreme Court order making registration of marriages mandatory will go a long way in protecting the rights of married women.
- No Consensus On State Funding Of Polls (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
An all-party meeting convened by the Election Commission on State funding of polls today failed to arrive at a consensus with the major parties differing on the very concept.
- A Progressive Direction (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 16, 2006)
The Supreme Court's direction on Tuesday to the Centre and the States to enact legislation to make the registration of marriages compulsory irrespective of religion is a breakthrough.
- Jakarta Meet Urges Respect For Faiths (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Feb 16, 2006)
A two-day international conference in Jakarta has unanimously called upon the adherents of each religion to "respect the sensibilities of other faiths." Akhtar-ul-Wasey, Director, Zakir Hussain Institute of Islamic Studies, . . .
- Congress `Mum' On Antony's Invitation To Karunakaran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Now that a feeler has been sent to the former Chief Minister K. Karunakaran to return to the party by his "bete noire" A.K. Antony, the Congress on Wednesday kept its cards close to its chest refusing to disclose whether the invitation had the sanction of
- Self Governance Doesn't Mean Absolute Power In Few Hands: Mani Shanker Aiyar (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
In an apparent reference to the much hyped slogans of ‘self rule’ and ‘greater autonomy’ in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Minister for Panchayati Raj, Youth Affairs and Sports, Mani Shanker Aiyar today said that self governance does not mean handing . . .
- France Recalls Toxic Clemenceau (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
President Jacques Chirac ordered a decommissioned aircraft carrier laden with toxic materials to return to France on Wednesday, after
the country's top administrative court suspended its transfer to India for disposal.
- Govt Notifies Norms For Fdi In Retail, Other Sectors (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
The Centre has issued guidelines for Foreign Direct Investment in retail that permit multinational companies to offer multiple products under a single brand with prior government approval.
- Losing Perspective (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 16, 2006)
Was Tuesday’s mayhem in Lahore preventable? From all accounts, the Punjab authorities failed to anticipate the trouble that could take place and were caught unprepared when it broke out.
- Criteria For Oic Membership (Dawn, Athar Osama, Feb 16, 2006)
SAUDI King Abdullah’s reported remarks pertaining to observer status for India at the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) appear to have stunned Pakistan’s foreign policy establishment.
- The Racist Cartoons (Dawn, Eric S. Margolis, Feb 16, 2006)
The disgraceful racist cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed originally published by a sensation-seeking Danish newspaper have produced an international firestorm of hysteria and racism.
- Union Cabinet Decides To Give Voting Rights To Nris (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
In a landmark decision meant to give non-resident Indians (NRIs) "a sense of belonging", the Indian government on Wednesday decided to grant them voting rights by amending the country's electoral law.
- People Of India Lifting Their Nation: Us (Hindustan Times, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Feb 16, 2006)
The US is transforming its relationship with India as part of forming partnerships to face global threats like terrorism and nuclear proliferation,
- Clemenceau Ordered To Return (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
President Jacques Chirac on Wednesday ordered decommissioned aircraft carrier Clemenceau to return to France, after the country’s top administrative court suspended its transfer to India for disposal.
- Individualism Is In The Air (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 16, 2006)
We indians are not from Mars. So, like the rest of humanity elsewhere, the way we conduct our lives — moored as it is in what we call traditions and mores — is in a slow but constant state of flux.
- Experts Write To Congress Against Us-India Civil Nuclear Deal (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Feb 16, 2006)
Some non-proliferation experts have expressed strong reservations on the civilian nuclear energy cooperation "deal" between the United States and India and urged members of US Congress to reject the deal as it stands.
- Us Caucus Introduces Resolution Condemning Kashmir Violence (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
The Kashmir Task Force of the US Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans has introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives condemning the human rights violations of Kashmiri Pandits and urged New Delhi to work with . . .
- Kalam First Indian President To Visit Myanmar Next Month (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Signalling India's interest in developing long-term economic ties with Myanmar, President A P J Abdul Kalam will undertake a state visit to the country from March 8, first such trip by an Indian head of state.
- The Plot Thickens Around The Palace (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Feb 16, 2006)
The options before King Gyanendra are getting limited, but the constitutional political forces are yet to earn the faith of the people. Will the Maoists emerge as the only alternative? asks Sumanta Sen
- 562 Afghan Prisoners Freed (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Pakistan released on Wednesday 562 Afghan nationals, including children, who had been kept in jail for up to a year after violating immigration laws, officials said.
- Musharraf, Karzai To Boost Efforts Against Terror (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf and his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, on Wednesday reaffirmed the resolve to strengthen bilateral economic ties and intensify counter-terrorism efforts.
- Bso Plans Rallies From 21st (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
The Baloch Students Organization said on Wednesday it would hold a series of rallies in the province from Feb 21 to create awareness among the Baloch people about ‘excesses of the state’
- Bush Visit An Opportunity To Focus On Kashmir Issue: Karamat (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Ambassador Jehangir Karamat on Wednesday said the forthcoming visit of President George W Bush to the region "provides a unique opportunity" to focus on the resolution of the Kashmir issue "to allow Kashmiris to exercise their right to choose . . .
- India's Taiwan Policy: An Economic Engagement (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
The Indo-Taiwan relations received a major boost with the Taiwan-India Cooperation Council (TICC) which was founded here in the Capital.
- The Guantanamo Shame (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 16, 2006)
One would hardly be surprised by a UN report that terms the American techniques of interrogation and forced feeding of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay as torture.
- Chirac Red-Flags Scrap Warship (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
President Jacques Chirac today ordered a French warship bound for a scrapyard in Gujarat to return to French territorial waters pending a final decision on how to dispose of the asbestos-laden vessel.
- Few Takers For Poll Fund Plan (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Parties sang different tunes at a meeting convened by the Election Commission today to discuss the Centre’s proposal on state funding of polls.
- Tata Plays Loyalty Card In Plastic Plunge (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
The Tata group today teamed up with SBI Card and MasterCard International to launch a credit cum coalition loyalty card — The Tata Credit Card.
- Oil Prices Hurting Growth (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Feb 16, 2006)
While meeting in freezing Moscow last week the G-8 finance ministers said the soaring oil prices posed a threat to the prospects of higher economic growth in 2006.
- India, Italy Sign New Aviation Pact (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
India and Italy signed a new air services agreement here on Wednesday that modifies the existing pact to allow airlines of both countries to operate at least seven more flights a week in each direction.
- Pak-Bd Understanding (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 16, 2006)
As a result of intensive interaction between leadership of Pakistan and Bangladesh during the just concluded visit of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, the two countries have arrived at an understanding to fortify the existing excellent ties.
- Bjp Is Willing (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 16, 2006)
Iran issue brooks no politics
The initial indications were that the BJP would not go along with the UPA government’s stand on Iran. But quite the opposite has happened and it has all but endorsed the official line.
- Behind The Iran Vote (Times of India, T.P. Sreenivasan, Feb 16, 2006)
India voted for the IAEA resolution on February 4, 2006 with a clean conscience not just because it had support of Russia and China, but also because the US and EU-3 had made significant compromises compared to their position on September 24, 2005.
- Rethinking Mao (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 16, 2006)
Peace in Kathmandu is impossible unless Nepal's Maoists gain a stake in it. In a rare interview to an Indian newspaper, Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal, popularly known as Prachanda, has outlined what it would take to end the ongoing bloody . . .
- Limits Of Free Speech (Times of India, Rajeev Dhavan , Feb 16, 2006)
The controversy over cartoons portraying the Prophet as a terrorist confronts the issue of permissibility of hate speech in a liberal society.
- Consumer Price Index For Telecom Services — Monitoring Access To Connectivity (Business Line, M. R. Narayana, Feb 16, 2006)
A telecom price index is a measure of the changes in access and usage prices and, hence, affordability of telecom services. To date, such an index has not been constructed in India, and it is needed now more than ever.
- Baglihar Row: India Seeks More Time (News International, Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Feb 16, 2006)
India has sought another two months from the World Bank to submit its final report regarding construction of the disputed Baglihar dam.
- 3 Killed In Violent Peshawar Protests (Pakistan Observer, Tariq Saeed, Feb 16, 2006)
At least 3 people were killed and more than sixty injured most of them seriously when more than 70,000 of infuriated people taking to streets to resent the publication of sacrilegious sketches of the Holy Prophet (SAW), clashed with the law . . .
- Naxalite Menace In Bihar (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Feb 16, 2006)
With the new dispensation in Bihar completing three months in office on February 23, it has finally worked out a roadmap to contain the growing Naxalite menace in the state.
- Political Conflicts In South Asia (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 16, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that South Asia must overcome its political conflicts to attain progress and prosperity.
- Senseless Violence & Destruction Of Property (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 16, 2006)
Anti-blasphemy protesters in Islamabad and Lahore turned violent causing widespread damage to public and private property on Tuesday. Two persons were killed, scores of buildings including that of the Punjab Assembly were torched and Banks were . . .
- Malik Gets Go-Ahead From Jklf (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 16, 2006)
A meeting of Kashmiri political workers in New York has expressed confidence in the leadership of JKLF leader Yasin Malik and expressed confidence in his ability and mandate to represent the Kashmiri viewpoint in his forthcoming meeting with the . . .
- India-Us N-Deal Could Start Arms Race (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
A landmark new US-India nuclear agreement would enable New Delhi to expand its production of atomic weapons and encourage Pakistan and China to do the same, according to critics of the controversial deal.
- Nepal: Maoists Kill 3 Security Men, Abduct 5 Govt Employees (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Maoists attacked a security patrol killing at least three soldiers and injuring two others in Nepal where the rebels also abducted nine people, including five government employees, officials said today.
- Pakistan Ratifies Safta Unconditionally (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Feb 16, 2006)
Islamabad on Wednesday ratified the much-trumpeted South Asia Free Trade Agreement (Safta), but the trade between India and Pakistan will not be initiated under the regional agreement, instead it will continue under the existing import regime . . .
- The $20 Million Rumour (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 16, 2006)
There are rumours in the newspaper every day about who will replace Bob Schieffer — who replaced Dan Rather who replaced Walter Cronkite — as anchor for the “CBS Evening News.” One rumour is that CBS boss, Les Moonves, has offered Katie Couric, . . .
- Wto’S Shifting Paradigms (Dawn, Fateh M. Chaudhri, Feb 16, 2006)
Eversince the multilateral trade negotiation were first conducted under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the process has been variously described as a “roller-coaster”, “muddling-through” or “limping forward”.
- Chirac Orders "Toxic" Warship Back To France (Reuters, Helene Fontanaud, Feb 16, 2006)
President Jacques Chirac on Wednesday ordered home an asbestos-laden warship after Indian authorities blocked its journey to an Indian scrapyard, days before a visit to New Delhi overshadowed by the legal wrangle.
- U.S. Deal Said To Let India Expand Nuclear Arms (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Feb 16, 2006)
A landmark new U.S.-India nuclear agreement would enable New Delhi to expand atomic weapons production and encourage Pakistan and China to do likewise, according to critics of the controversial deal.
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