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Articles 25221 through 25320 of 53943:
- Pakistan Won’T Endorse N-Iran: Pm (News International, Salim Bokhari, Jan 22, 2006)
Vows to raise Bajaur bombing in tripartite commission meeting;
calls for moving beyond CBMs to settle Kashmir issue
- 11 Farari Camps Dismantled In Balochistan (News International, Muhammad Ejaz Khan, Jan 22, 2006)
Commandant Frontier Corps (FC) Lt-Col Naeem has said that the law and order situation is gradually improving in the Kohlu district.
- Cost Of Political Expediencies (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Jan 22, 2006)
Be it the provision of relief for the victims of the earthquake or punishing defiant Baloch tribes, the only institution the president can call upon to help is the army. That amounts to terming a new political and administrative system, . . .
- Khokhrapar-Munabao Train To Run On Feb 4 (News International, Muhammad Khalid, Jan 22, 2006)
Rejecting Indian concerns regarding construction of an overhead shelter at the Zero Point railway station, the director-general of Pakistan Rangers, Maj-Gen Jawed Zia, has said that it is not a violation of the Border Ground Rule, 1962.
- Climate Change: Early Effects (Dawn, David Ignatius, Jan 22, 2006)
One of the puzzles if you’re in the news business is figuring out what’s “news.” The fate of your local football team certainly fits the definition. So does a plane crash or a brutal murder. But how about changes in the migratory patterns of butterflies?
- Wmds-Free Middle East (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 22, 2006)
Iran and Syria have called for a WMDs-free Middle East. President Bashar Al-Assad of Syria and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmedinejad told a joint Press conference after their talks that if the issue of WMDs is the West’s pretext for its . . .
- There Is No Cal But Cal! (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 22, 2006)
I went to Bangalore for the first time last month, around the new year.
- Call To Involve Tribes In Biodiversity Schemes (Hindu, R. Madhavan Nair, Jan 22, 2006)
NBA Chairman lauds State's response
"The success of biodiversity conservation measures envisaged under the Biological Diversity Act would depend a great deal on the extent to which tribes and local people are allowed to participate in these programmes,"
- Panel Urges Centre To Set Up Ito To Protect Farmers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Proposed body will protect farmers from unfair trade practices
- `Global Education Meet A Conspiracy' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
The Adhinivesha Prathirodha Samiti has warned the State Government against turning the education sector into a trade fair where international investors can establish their monopoly through bargains.
- Attracting Foreign Investment (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
One of the aims of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s current visit to the US is to seek American investment in Pakistan.
- Living On The Edge (Hindu, VENU MADHAV GOVINDU, Jan 22, 2006)
The devastating earthquake that hit Gujarat five years ago showed one the many dimensions of our innate, if imperfect, humanity.
- Militancy And Economy (Daily Excelsior, H C Katoch, Jan 22, 2006)
The State of Jammu & Kashmir has been in turmoil for over last one and half decades. The economic climate was disturbed at the start of this terrorist made catastrophe that led to large-scale migration causing a great vacuum in the infrastructure . . .
- Kashmir Issue Needs 'Substantive Dispute Resolution': Aziz (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Jan 22, 2006)
Stressing that New Delhi and Islamabad must move beyond simple confidence-building measures to "substantive dispute resolution," Pakistan has asserted that the Kashmir issue must be settled for South Asia to achieve "sustainable peace."
- Gas As Russia’S Political Tool (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Recent freezing weather conditions in Russia are sending shivers down the spines of many European policymakers as governments across the continent become increasingly aware of Europe’s dependency on Russian gas supplies.
- Hard Road To Reconciliation (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jan 22, 2006)
In the domain of public policy several of the major avenues are in disrepair and appear to be closed. More disconcerting is the probability that the policy makers do not know what it will take to fix them. We will focus today on an aspect of national . .
- A Leader And His Weight (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 22, 2006)
Everything was said that could be said about Ariel Sharon last week as he lay in a coma except the one thing that crossed the mind of every viewer watching newsreel footage of the prime minister, which was, “How much does that man weigh?
- India Must Concentrate On Pure Research: Scientist (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Universities have to create a situation to nourish researchers
To take up issue of collaboration with India with Fermilab director
Joint research activities on de-zero experiment on
MIPP experiment being done with participation of two Indians
- Iran's Nuclear Ambition Threatens Peace (Daily Excelsior, M.A. Ansari, Jan 22, 2006)
The governing board of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will meet on February 2 to consider the Iranian nuclear tangle. But it is unlikely to refer the issue to the Security Council for action especially as Russia and China . . .
- Sonia Gandhi Unveils Pylon In Memory Of Freedom Fighters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Location assumes significance as AICC session was held at Nanal Nagar crossroads in 1953 after liberation of Hyderabad from Nizam's rule
- ‘Dosti’ Returns Sans Indian Passengers (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Jan 22, 2006)
The Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) luxury inaugural coach, Dosti, today returned to Lahore without any Indian passengers on board as common passengers stayed away from the Amritsar-Lahore bus, thanks to irritating security concerns ...
- Ulfa Kills Trader, Blows Up Gas Pipeline (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jan 22, 2006)
Offshore oil security committee reviews security measures
Suspected ULFA militants blew up a gas pipeline late on Friday night and shot dead a grocery shop owner on Saturday in two places under Sonari police station of upper Assam's Sivasagar district.
- Fdi And The Future Of Farmers (Hindu, N. Bala Ganesan, Jan 22, 2006)
The farm sector, taken as a whole, has no sustainable, long-term prospect of increasing its revenue
- A Slow Iran Squeeze (TIME, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
As Iran shows no signs of giving in to global calls to cease its nuclear-research activities, Western nations have been mapping out a careful, incremental plan to stop Tehran.
- We Should Strike Iran, But Not With Bombs (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jan 22, 2006)
Iran's decision to resume nuclear enrichment activities -- a key step in the process of making nuclear weapons -- is a direct challenge to the United States, Europe and the rest of the world. For more than two years now, Europe -- with Washington's . . .
- Acquisitions And Alliances In The Air (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Jet Airways' deal to acquire Air Sahara for about $ 500 million (or Rs. 2300 crore) has ended months of speculation on the future of Air Sahara, which was up for grabs for some time now. More than in the capital or asset value,
- Ensuring Equitable Development Through Reforms (Hindu, S. Mahendra Dev , Jan 21, 2006)
There is a lot of talk on growth and equity but there is no operational plan. What we need is an immediate plan for achieving equitable development.
- Why Economic Reforms Are Unpopular (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 21, 2006)
It may be time to evolve a national consensus on the contours of a reform agenda with a human face, involving a clear targeting of subsidies and concessions.
- A Grand Revolution In The Andes (Hindu, Richard Gott, Jan 21, 2006)
Fidel Castro's prophecy has at last been fulfilled as Bolivia joins Latin America's `axis of good.'
- China, India Stay The Dialogue Course (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jan 21, 2006)
It will be "simplistic" to expect the two neighbours to "collide" as in conventional power politics.
- A Lesson Learnt The Hard Way (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Jan 21, 2006)
The Islamic Party of Malaysia has just learnt that issues of development matter as much as faith when it comes to winning votes.
- Bihar-Born Girl Is Us Attorney (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
If Sabita Singh is walking tall, she has reasons to do so. Appointed as the US Attorney by the Department of Justice, she is one of the few Bihar-born girls who has brought laurels to her state.
- China And India: Bidding Partners, At Least On Paper (International Herald Tribune, Saritha Rai, Jan 21, 2006)
Bangalore, India China and India, the world's two fastest growing major economies and most populous countries, have become colossal competitors, battling from Latin America to West Africa and Central Asia in recent years for the oil they need to . . .
- Karnataka Mlas Moved Out (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jan 21, 2006)
Kumaraswamy won't relent; Congress sends emissary to Gowda
- Safeguards For Breeder Reactors A Key Obstacle (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 21, 2006)
U.S. unwilling to accept Indian stand
As India and the United States concluded their third round of technical talks on the planned separation and safeguarding of Indian civilian nuclear facilities this week, the status of the country's fast . . .
- Regulate Bt Crops Strictly (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 21, 2006)
It may not exactly be a revolution in the strict sense of the term, but 10 years of commercial cultivation of genetically-modified crops has, without doubt, brought about notable changes in agriculture worldwide. Rising output, . . .
- Iims On A Leash (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 21, 2006)
The Union Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister, Mr Arjun Singh, has called a meeting of Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) in New Delhi, on February 1, "to discuss issues of autonomy and measures needed to further strengthen them".
- A Second Earth Needed To Sustain India And China (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 21, 2006)
Do you know that India and China have as much population as that of "the next 20 largest countries combined"? Or that "some 80 per cent of the companies in Wal-Mart's database of suppliers are now Chinese"? China and India are the focus of State . . .
- Reform Textiles (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The government should convert all specific duties in textiles to ad valorem rates in the forthcoming budget, and peg them at low levels. This is of the essence to enable India’s garments sector to realise its potential on the world stage.
- Energy-Efficient Vehicles "Will Reduce Pollution" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Students have to be hard working: Vice-Chancellor
Pollution does not recognise international boundaries, and the solution to reduce pollution and save the earth is through construction of energy-efficient buildings and vehicles and use of renewable ...
- Couple Of Indian Origin Burnt To Death In South Africa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
A young couple of Indian origin was burnt to death in a fire in their shop at Eshow, a town in KwaZulu-Natal province.
- Travel And Tourism Fair Begins In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The fair has over 100 participants from India, Egypt, Nepal
- Change Education System To Protect Literature: Bhyrappa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
'Awards or accolades do not matter to writers'
Literature is a perennial achievement and is a pursuit of truth. To protect art, literature, culture, tradition and language, it is essential to change the education system, writer S.L. Bhyrappa said . . .
- Greenpeace Activists Meet French Officials (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 21, 2006)
Presidential advisers were "utterly amateurish, knew nothing"; Government "not interested"
- One Party, Two Visions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 21, 2006)
The Advani era, pundits proclaimed, had ended with the advent of Rajnath Singh as the Bharatiya Janata Party's new helmsman. But Lal Krishna Advani, 78, is in no mood to walk into the sunset.
- Glued To The Coalition (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Jan 21, 2006)
The AICC session to be held in Hyderabad later in the week assumes added significance since for the first time the party, since coming to power and under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi,
- Decision On French Ship Eludes Sc Panel (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jan 21, 2006)
The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Waste (SCMC) met a second time to decide the fate of Clemenceau but could not arrive at any conclusion on the amount of asbestos on the ship even after day-long depositions.
- Bin Laden And The Threat Of Peace (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 21, 2006)
For all its drama, Osama bin Laden’s latest message masks the Al Qaeda’s still potent reach, finds Ajai Sahni
- World Must Unite Against Iran's N-Programme: Italy (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Iran's nuclear programme is testing the resolve of the international community and the world needs a unified approach to the escalating diplomatic standoff, Italy's foreign minister said.
- Annan Welcomes Iraq Election Results (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
UN chief Kofi Annan on Friday welcomed the official provisional results of last month's Iraqi general elections and pledged continued support for a democratic and united Iraq.
- Jayalalithaa Lifts Ban On Recruitment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Announces concessions worth Rs. 1,648 crore for Government staff, teachers, farmers
50 per cent of DA to be merged with basic pay
Three-fold increase in compensation for crop loss
One-light scheme extended
Uzhavar Padhukappu Thittam to be extended
- Stop Processions (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Jan 21, 2006)
As usual, Sikhs of Delhi took out a procession on Guru Gobind Singh’s birthday. It was undoubtedly as great a spectacle as those in the years past: a mile-long file of men and women walking ten to twenty abreast.
- The Slippery Slope Of Stings (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jan 21, 2006)
After the success of the Aaj Tak–Cobrapost sting, nearly everybody in the media has got used to the concept of the sting operation-for-hire.
- Beyond Sensationalism (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Jan 21, 2006)
Feminism is not content with women serving liquor in hotels. It strives for realisation of their full potential
- Demand For Rahul’S Induction Grows (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, Jan 21, 2006)
With a formal announcement that Ms Priyanka Gandhi would not attend the AICC Plenary Session that would see the formal ratification of her mother Ms Sonia Gandhi’s re-election as the Congress president last May, the demand for Mr Rahul Gandhi’s induction
- Jayalalitha Woos Voters With Sops (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
With elections to the Tamil Nadu Assembly just four months away, Chief Minister J Jayalalitha on Friday announced reliefs and concessions for nearly Rs 1,600 crore, covering government employees, farmers and rain-affected people.
- Burns Sees Roadblocks Ahead Of Nuclear Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
India and the United States still face difficulties before a landmark nuclear deal giving the South Asian giant access to previously forbidden technology can be sealed, a senior US official said on Friday.
- Lahore-Amritsar Bus Service Begins With Song And Dance (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Jan 21, 2006)
Transcending various apprehensions, the first Lahore-Amritsar bus service began on Friday when a Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation bus carrying 26 passengers from Lahore crossed the zero line at the Wagah-Attari Joint Check Post along . . .
- Gowda Mum On Son (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Three days after H D Kumaraswamy created a political coup by shaking hands with the BJP, there is no action or reaction from his father and JD (S) national president H D Deve Gowda...
- Deal Unlikely During Bush Visit, Says Nicholas Burns (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 21, 2006)
"Civilian nuclear agreement will have to be detailed, substantial"
First time both were going into substantive aspects: Saran
India "very supportive" of European initiative
Two sides have their work cut out for next several weeks: Burns
- Railway To Set Up Packaged Drinking Water Plant (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited will soon be launching `Rail Neer', its brand of packaged drinking water from Tamil Nadu, meant for sale in southern States.
- Maoists Attack Kills 4 Cops (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Maoist rebels attacked a security checkpoint in west Nepal today, killing four policemen and injuring four others, Radio Nepal said.
- Himalayan Tyranny (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
As King Gyanendra runs amuck, India holds the key to bringing Nepal back to democracy.
- Mood Upbeat On Eve Of Congress Plenary (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Jan 21, 2006)
Karnataka developments have not dampened the spirit of partymen
- Lahore-Amritsar Bus Service Begins (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Jan 21, 2006)
Termed "twin cities" before Partition, they are finally connected after five decades
- Us Diplomat Sees ‘Complexity’ In India-Us N-Talks (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The United States and India face difficult negotiations on a landmark civilian nuclear pact, but officials said they remain hopeful of reaching an agreement on the deal that leaders of both countries have hailed as a centrepiece of their emerging alliance
- Pakistan And India Launch New Peace Bus (Reuters, Mohsin Raza, Jan 21, 2006)
Pakistan and India launched a third cross-border bus service on Friday, the latest new transport link aimed at building confidence to spur their slow-moving peace process.
- Annan Asks Iran Not To Go Ahead With Nuclear Fuel Research (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Jan 21, 2006)
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has urged Iran not to press ahead with its nuclear fuel research to avoid escalating the situation and work towards creating an environment that allows negotiations to take place.
- Clemenceau Stirs The Environment (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The workers at Gujarat's Alang ship-breaking yard are waiting with bated breath for the Supreme Court verdict on whether the decommissioned French warship Clemenceau would be allowed into Indian waters.
- Old Enemy, Older Friend (Daily Excelsior, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jan 21, 2006)
In a lifetime as a cricket fan, my most depressing experience was watching the World Cup quarter-final played between India and Pakistan in Bangalore in March 1996.
- Punjab Units Turn Into Marriage Palaces (Tribune, Varinder Singh, Jan 21, 2006)
The small-scale industry in Punjab is all set to hit a rough patch because of government apathy on the one hand and stiff competition on the other.
- Talks Augur Well For Indo-Us N-Pact (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The USA today expressed hope that the civil nuclear cooperation agreement with India would be implemented as New Delhi readied to roll out the red carpet to welcome US President George W Bush in the first week of March.
- Mail From The Past (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Jan 21, 2006)
A letter from home is the least you expect when trying to make sense of things in another part of the world.
- Us Praises India’S N-Programme (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jan 21, 2006)
The US today showered praise on India for its non-proliferation record and rubbished Iran’s imputation of putting the Iranian and Indian nuclear programme in the same basket.
- Amritsar-Lahore Bus (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Road is still not smooth enough
It is not enough to just utter sweet nothings on the need for warming up India-Pakistan relations or roll out a ceremonial red carpet when the bus from Lahore arrives in Amritsar.
- Bus Joins Two Punjabs Six Decades After Partition (Daily Excelsior, GAJINDER SINGH, Jan 21, 2006)
Six decades after trains and buses ferried piles of dead bodies across the new line partitioning India and Pakistan, the border witnessed scenes of joy today as the first Lahore-Amritsar bus, “Dosti”, rolled in at Wagah.
- Winning Formula (Statesman, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 21, 2006)
The CPI-M government of West Bengal is making a strident pitch for the development of the Information Technology (IT) sector in the state.
- Congress Too Slow For Coalition Test (Daily Excelsior, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 21, 2006)
There is little doubt the Congress state leadership in Bangalore overplayed its hand in taking on its partner the Janata Dal (Secular) over the last few months.
- For Speed Healing, Quit Squabbling (Tribune, January W. Payne, Jan 21, 2006)
You may need to do more than keep a clean bandage on that cut you got a few days ago. In order to heal quickly, you may need to get some exercise and keep things happy on the home front.
- Nepal Worries The World (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
As King Gyanendra’s government imposed a day-long curfew in Kathmandu Valley today and arrested nearly 600 people to prevent a protest rally by opposition parties, global concern began mounting, with UN secretary-general Mr Kofi Annan, the European Union,
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