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Articles 24021 through 24120 of 53943:
- Manmohan Singh Says Kashmir Vital To Ties With Pakistan (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday the issue of Kashmir was vital to better relations with nuclear rival Pakistan.
- India Leaves Options Open On Iran Nuclear Issue (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Feb 02, 2006)
India would keep an open mind over a likely vote to send Iran to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday.
- Bush Sets Terms For U.S. To Engage Hamas (Reuters, Steve Holland, Feb 02, 2006)
U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that the United States could support a Hamas-led Palestinian government if it abandoned its goal of destroying Israel and disarmed.
- India Will Not Bend To Any Pressure On Nuke Issue: Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Asserting that India will not bend to any pressure on the civil nuclear deal with the US, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said Parliament will be taken into confidence on the issue even as he sought an end to discrimination against New Delhi . . .
- Moderate Tremors Rock Kashmir Valley (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
A moderate intensity quake measuring five on the Richter scale shook the Kashmir valley on Wednesday evening, an official of the Met said.
- Recast Rashtriya Rifles (Tribune, Lt-Gen (retd) G.S. Sihota, Feb 02, 2006)
Rashtriya Rifles (RR), the Army’s only counter insurgency force, has received accolades from all quarters for its ongoing and sterling contribution towards the goal of stabilising the situation in J&K.
- Thar Express Bookings Begin (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Bookings for Thar Express, which will ply between Pakistan and India, began at the Karachi Cantonment Station on Wednesday evening. Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan performed the opening of the booking process at a special counter.
- J&k: Musharraf's Demilitarisation Formula Ill-Conceived, Says Azad (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's formula of "self-rule and demilitarisation" for Kashmir is "ill-conceived" as Jammu and Kashmir already has self-rule, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said.
- U.N. Watchdog Set To Send Iran To Security Council (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Feb 02, 2006)
An international standoff over Iran's nuclear aims reaches a crossroads on Thursday when U.N. atomic overseers meet to consider reporting Tehran to the U.N. Security Council amid Iranian threats to hit back if they do so.
- Afghan Reconstruction More Than Just Fighting Taliban And Opium, Say Experts (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Afghan reconstruction more than just fighting Taliban and opium, say experts
Stress the need for purging the parliament of warlords and making counter-insurgency operations less aggressive to local population
- The Noose Tightens Around Iran (Asia Times, Ehsan Ahrari, Feb 02, 2006)
With the United Nations Security Council's permanent five - the US, Russia, China, France and Britain - banding together to recommend that Iran be reported to the council, at least for now the clear winner is the US, which has allowed the diplomatic . . .
- Big Powers Close Ranks As Iran Stand-Off Continues (The Age, Michael Richardson, Feb 02, 2006)
The major powers handling the Iran crisis have reached an uneasy diplomatic compromise over suspicions that Iran is developing nuclear weapons.
- Speed Up On Iran (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
The International Atomic Energy Agency's expected decision to refer Iran to the UN Security Council could be a ray of light in an otherwise dark saga whose potentially calamitous conclusion can hardly be exaggerated.
- Tough Talk From Tehran (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
It is another sign of the escalating crisis over Iran's alleged nuclear ambitions that the Islamic republic's foreign minister has warned of swift retaliation if, as expected, it is reported to the United Nations security council. Manouchehr . . . .
- Peace In Afghanistan Fragile, Says Annan: Islamabad Pledges $50m (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday welcomed the joint initiative of the United Kingdom, Afghanistan and the United Nations for the ‘Afghanistan Compact’ development plan at the London Conference as UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan pointed out that recent attacks . . .
- Institutional Excesses, Elite Deadlock (Hindu, Harish Khare , Feb 01, 2006)
A democratic constitutional arrangement is predicated on mutual respect among various institutions. We appear to be entering a phase where the assumption is the elected representatives cannot be trusted with the public interest.
- India To Vote Against Iran (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Feb 01, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh Government on Tuesday positioned itself to vote against Iran in Thursday’s International Atomic Energy Agency meeting as its Left partners softened their opposition in the face of Russia and China closing ranks with the US, . . .
- The Varied Faces Of Political Islam (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 01, 2006)
In the absence of egalitarian secular alternatives, the masses in West Asia are turning to Islamist forces.
- Hyderabad Firms Win Airport Deal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
GMR-Fraport and GVK-South Africa Airports on Tuesday won contracts for modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports, respectively, but the restructuring move immediately resulted in employees striking work at several airports.
- India Has Made Its Mark As A Dynamic Emerging Economy: Nath (Press Trust of India, H S RAO, Feb 01, 2006)
Making a strong pitch to business leaders from Commonwealth, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath has said India is rapidly ascending from being a base for low-end processes and operations to high-end Research and Development in sectors like pharmaceuticals . . .
- Iran Issue For Security Council (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Feb 01, 2006)
`Quartet' provides time till March
Iran suggests amendments to Russian proposal
Further talks to be held in Moscow
Russia, China against confrontation
- Another Bid To Revive Chamravattom Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
State to seek Central aid for revised project
The State Government has decided to make another attempt to revive the Chamravattom project in Malappuram district which has been in the making for the last 21 years.
- Brajesh Mishra Trashes India, U.S. Nuclear Agreement (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Says deal could compromise New Delhi's strategic interests
- Information Act To Cover Defence Purchases: Pranab Mukherjee (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Feb 01, 2006)
But files will be made public after a contract is concluded, not during the process
- Workers Of India Unite! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2006)
We will then have nothing to lose but the notion that trying to make things better is unfair
- The Forgotten Side Of The War On Terrorism (Daily Times, Fidel Ramos, Feb 01, 2006)
The global alliance to defeat terrorism must address all aspects of human security, including well-being of people, and safety in their homes, neighbourhoods, and workplaces. It must win people’s allegiance not only by isolating terrorists and extremists,
- Arcelor Chief Attacks Mittal (Business Standard, Peter Marsh, Feb 01, 2006)
European steel giant may team up with another firm to thwart takeover.
- Iran Issue: India's Stand Is Crucial (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 01, 2006)
Now that it is clear that the Iran nuclear issue will be referred to the UN Security Council, India's stance at the IAEA Board meeting on Thursday assumes importance. If, as seems likely, India toes the US line and sticks to the anti-Iran stand . . .
- The Reality Beyond Davos (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 01, 2006)
As the curtains fell on the World Economic Forum at Davos, the Indian contingent consisting of prominent ministers, bureaucrats and industrialists must have felt a deep glow of satisfaction at the warm accolades that came India's way in the Swiss resort.
- Iaea To Report Iran To Unsc Tomorrow (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
* No action will be taken until March
* Iran says its referral will be ‘illegal’
* IAEA confirms Iran preparing for nuclear enrichment
- Below The Line (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 01, 2006)
It doesn’t always pay to boast of economic growth, as West Bengal’s chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee discovered.
- Teheran Threatens To Bar U.N. Inspections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Iran's nuclear negotiator says country will resume nuclear activities if referred to Security Council
- Persian Puzzle: What Happens Next (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 01, 2006)
What have the P-5 agreed to do?
The Foreign Ministers of Britain, China, France, Russia, and the U.S., as well as Germany, have agreed that this week's IAEA Board of Governors meeting "should report to the UN Security Council its decision . . .
- A Messy Compromise On Iran (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Feb 01, 2006)
Reporting Teheran to the Security Council but deferring action till March will neither still Washington's appetite for confrontation nor make a diplomatic solution more likely.
- Iaf Chief Meets Rajapakse (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Feb 01, 2006)
Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi on Tuesday met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse and senior defence officials as part of his three-day official visit to the island-nation.
- Kumaraswamy To Meet Advani, Vajpayee, Rajnath Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Dharam Singh to brief Prime Minister, Sonia Gandhi on political developments
- Pru Icici Launches Fusion Fund (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
The closed-end fund comes with a five-year maturity and quarterly repurchase option.
- Musharraf Bugbear Of American Media (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 01, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf's latest mini-tirade against India comes against a backdrop of the worst US media criticism he has encountered since his military coup overthrew the elected government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
- Indian Information Communication Technology Firms In U.K. Growing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Workshop will bring together a technical advisory group to identify key areas of focus
- Rooting Out Leprosy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 01, 2006)
There must be sustained effort to eradicate the disease in all states
India’s battle against leprosy has reached an important milestone with the successful elimination of the disease.
- Respect For Others’ Laws Is Necessary (Deccan Herald, Felix G Rohatyn, Feb 01, 2006)
The US cannot afford to disregard Europe’s views on capital punishment
- Troublesome Luggage (Deccan Herald, MAYA JAYAPAL, Feb 01, 2006)
Carrying things for dear ones during train journeys can be embarrassing at times
On train journeys there isn’t any limit on the luggage one carries. This invariably brings requests to carry excess luggage. And the packages arrive in different avatars.
- Mulford Mania (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2006)
Come on, Comrades, India may not be a banana republic but neither is it a thought police state
- Russia, China Too Want Iran Reported, Upa Tells Left We Need To Go With All (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
With Russia and China last night joining the other permanent members of the UN Security Council—the United States, Britain and France—to report Iran to the Security Council over its nuclear programme, the UPA government today told the Left parties . . .
- Bumblebees Can Fly (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Feb 01, 2006)
Airport reform wasn’t perfect. But good enough to ignore labour leaders and capitalists
- India Keeps Options Open (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
The Indian government on Tuesday said it was keeping its options open on referring Iran's nuclear programme to the UN Security Council even as its Leftist allies renewed their demand for New Delhi to abstain from a vote at a crucial meeting on Thursday.
- Stand On Iran Will Be Based On Draft For Iaea Meet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan briefs Left parties on the issue
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday told the Left parties that his Government would firm up its stand on the Iran nuclear issue based on the draft resolution for the February 2 meeting . . .
- Kalam In Singapore With Science In Mind (Indian Express, Vipin Pubby, Feb 01, 2006)
President and scientist, APJ Abdul Kalam, clearly had science at the top of his agenda as he landed here this evening as part of the three-nation tour of Singapore, the Philippines and South Korea.
- Nepal Set For Anniversary Protests, Rebels Hit Army (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Feb 01, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels launched an attack on army barracks ahead of anti-king protests on Wednesday called by political parties to mark the first anniversary of the monarch's assumption of absolute power.
- Pakistan, India To Restore Desert Train Service (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Pakistan and India on Tuesday decided to resume a train service across the Thar desert next month, 40 years after it was suspended following the second of the three wars between the two South Asian rivals.
- Watch Out, Fence-Sitters (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 01, 2006)
With ALl the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council agreeing to refer the Iran nuclear issue to the UNSC, one message has been driven home: there's not much left in the moral relativist's argument that Teheran could be . . .
- Decision On Iran Issue On The Basis Of Iaea Draft Resolution:pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
With the Left parties breathing down the government's neck on Iran's controversial nuclear programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight said a decision on India's position at Thursday's IAEA meeting would be taken on the basis of the . . .
- President Apj Kalam Kicks Off Three-Day Visit To Singapore (Press Trust of India, Pallab Bhattacharya, Feb 01, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today kicked off his three-day official visit to Singapore holding wide-ranging talks with the city state President S R Nathan during which bilateral and international issues were understood to have figured.
- Hamas Victory Stirs Palestinian Humour (Indian Express, WAFA AMR, Feb 01, 2006)
Call it humour with a fundamentalist twist. Jokes poking fun at Hamas and looking ahead to life under the Islamic militant group have been making the rounds via cellphone text messages Palestinians have been sending each other since it crushed . . .
- India Will Decide On Iran As A Sovereign Country: Us (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Observing that India will take a decision "as a sovereign country" on how it votes on the issue of referring Iran to the UN Security Council, the US has said it was closely engaged with New Delhi about shared concerns regarding Tehran's nuclear programme.
- Sharif Says Pakistan Is A Failed Democracy (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Describing Pakistan under President Pervez Musharraf as a “failed democracy”, ousted Prime Minister Mr Nawaz Sharif has accused him of degrading the country’s name in the world.
- Iran-Eu Talks Deadlocked (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Talks between Iran and European nations today made little progress in ending the diplomatic standoff over the county’s nuclear program, a British official said.
- Don’T Cut Aid: Hamas (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
A top Hamas leader promised today that foreign aid would go only toward helping ordinary Palestinians — not to attacks on Israel — and said a Hamas government was ready to have its spending monitored.
- India Announces $50 Million Additional Aid For Afghanistan (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
India today pledged an additional assistance worth 50 million dollars (Rs 220 crore approximately) to Afghanistan, raising the total amount of aid provided to the war-ravaged country to 600 million dollars (about Rs 2,640 crore).
- India, Usa Have Entered New Era: Mulford (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
US Ambassador David C. Mulford, who is at the centre of a controversy over his remarks on the nuclear deal with India, today said Washington and New Delhi had “entered a new era” and defence cooperation between them would help improve regional and . . .
- Over 100 Women Activists Arrested In Nepal (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Feb 01, 2006)
More than 100 women activists of an opposition alliance were arrested today as they prepared to hold a rally to call on people to boycott upcoming municipal polls even as Nepal's royal government shifted many election candidates to police . . .
- Munabao Rail Service From Feb 18 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
India and Pakistan today decided to resume rail link that will connect Khokharapar with Munabao, from February 18.
- Sc Seeks Suggestions On Pok Migrants (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
The Supreme Court today asked a National Panthers Party activist to file within two weeks an affidavit giving details of the facilities being provided to migrants from PoK, who came to be settled in Jammu region in 1947-48, and suggest measures . . .
- Going Up, Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 01, 2006)
In his short stint in the Congress Prof Saifuddin Soz has come a long way. After his inclusion in the party's highest decision-making body, Working Committee, many observers had ruled out his induction in the powerful Union Cabinet.
- The Trouble With Tough Love (Tribune, Maia Szalavitz, Feb 01, 2006)
It is the ultimate parental nightmare: Your affectionate child is transformed, seemingly overnight, into an out-of-control, drug-addicted, hostile teenager. Many parents blame themselves. “Where did we go wrong?’’ they ask.
- Change Mindset To Change Body (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Feb 01, 2006)
A recent ad shows various people fantasising about foods. Desperately, they mouth the mantras of their favourite food fixes — alu-puri-alu-puri; samose-samose; butter-chicken-butter-chicken — even as they crunch their abs or lift their butts; . . .
- Kasuri Links Peace In South Asia To Kashmir Resolution (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri said on Monday there could be no peace and stability in South Asia unless the Kashmir dispute is resolved in line with wishes of the Kashmiri people.
- N.As Students Body Rejects Bhasha Dam (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
The Gilgit-Baltistan Students Forum has rejected the construction of Bhasha dam terming it a violation of basic rights of the local people.
- London Moot Pledges Support To Afghanistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Afghanistan set out a plan on Tuesday to tackle problems from opium production to corruption and terrorism, as envoys from more than 60 nations pledged they would help the shattered nation along the road to peace and self-sufficiency.
- Diplomatic Wisdom (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 01, 2006)
Indian diplomacy has, almost accidentally, shown some wisdom. The King of Saudi Arabia should have been long ago invited to be Chief Guest on Republic Day.
- Govt Awards Bids For Delhi, Mumbai Airports (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Feb 01, 2006)
Even as employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) decided to go on strike from tomorrow in a bid to paralyse the airports, the government today went ahead with the modernisation programme awarding the contract for the Delhi and Mumbai . . .
- Lawyers Not Above The Law (Tribune, P.P. Rao, Feb 01, 2006)
All democratic institutions in our country, be they constitutional, statutory or voluntary, are facing the same problem — quality of leadership.
- Protecting The Shores (Tribune, Premvir Das, Feb 01, 2006)
In the nearly six decades that India has been an independent country, the focus of its security concerns has centred on safeguarding the sanctity of its land frontiers from external threats as well as from terrorist movements, aided and abetted . . .
- Iran Issue To Be Referred To Security Council (Tribune, H S RAO, Feb 01, 2006)
Two days ahead of the crucial IAEA meeting to discuss Iran's controversial nuclear programme, key powers in a surprise move have agreed to refer the issue to the UN Security Council but decided to put off any action by the world body until March . . .
- The Black Hole (Tribune, Girish Bhandari, Feb 01, 2006)
As I was edging towards the road from the street I live in, I saw it. A circular hole in the main road, which had appeared overnight.
- Kashmiri Pandits Not To Meet Hurriyat Chief (Tribune, M.L. Kak, Feb 01, 2006)
While many Kashmiri Pandits have favoured an interaction with the All-Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Chairman, Maulvi Umar Farooq,who would be visiting Jammu for a couple of days from February 3,those belonging to established organisations of the migran
- Thar Express To Run From 18th (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Pakistan and India on Tuesday agreed to establish a second rail link providing quicker access to people living in the southern regions of the two countries, beginning from February 18.
- King Abdullah Arrives Today: Envoy Says Ties With India Not At Pakistan’S Expense (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Feb 01, 2006)
Saudi ambassador says Pakistan, Saudi Arabia to sign 5 agreements
- Cadaver Donation Law (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 01, 2006)
The Senate chairman, Mohammadmian Soomro, told the National Institute of Child Health symposium the other day that the cadaveric organ donation bill that had been before the Upper House since 1992 is being reviewed.
- Post-Poll Prospects In Palestine (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 01, 2006)
Earthquake: that was the commonest metaphor deployed by an evidently shaken international media in describing last week’s Hamas landslide in the occupied as well as the unilaterally abandoned Palestinian territories.
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