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Articles 26621 through 26720 of 53943:
- Bjp After Advani’S Exit (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Jan 07, 2006)
Under fire from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and party hawks after he praised Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah during his Pakistan trip, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president L.K. Advani has been forced to quit the top party post.
- Elitist Orientation Of The Economy (Dawn, Ishrat Husain, Jan 07, 2006)
Several observers have asked me to update the latest assessment of my thesis propounded in the book Pakistan: the economy of an elitist state. They are interested in exploring the question whether or not the policies and programmes pursued during . . .
- Pakistan, India And Kashmiris Have To Show Flexibility : Pm (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz on Thursday called for a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute through flexibility, commitment and magnanimity, to achieve a durable peace in South Asia.
- President Hopes India To Respond Positively To Pak Proposals (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf Thursday expressed the hope that India would respond positively to Pakistan’s proposals of demilitarization and self-governance in Kashmir to facilitate a lasting solution to the lingering Jammu and Kashmir dispute.
- Progress On Kashmir Expected, Aphc Told (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Jan 07, 2006)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri told the visiting All-Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) delegation here on Friday that some forward movement was expected on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir during the next round of Indo-Pakistan composite dialogue.
- Khokhrapar, Munabao Train From Feb 1: Accord On Modalities Likely This Month (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Jan 07, 2006)
Pakistan and India on Friday agreed to revive the Khokhrapar-Munabao train service from Feb 1, it was officially announced
- Quest For A Solution (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 07, 2006)
IT BODES well for peace in South Asia that there has been some agreement between two sides on the triangular dialogue on Kashmir.
- Growing Opium Menace (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 07, 2006)
The recent seizure by security forces of 17 kg of heroin in Karachi once again highlights two areas of growing concern regarding the wide prevalence of narcotics.
- Do Genes Score Over Merit In Economic Future? (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 07, 2006)
The belief that education, and not environment, is key to moulding a person may be have to be revised, says D. Murali, quoting from Unequal Chances. In another revelation, Rajesh Jain writes in Chains that Liberate, that there seems to be . . .
- Thar Express To Run From Feb 1 (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Friday agreed to commence Khokhrapar-Munabao train operations from February 1, initially on a weekly basis.
- Hurriyat Leaders Call On Musharraf (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 07, 2006)
Any solution to Kashmir within the framework of the Constitution will not be acceptable: APHC
- Cit To Host Seminar On Environmental Protection (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Conference papers to be available on icstep2006.com
Over 250 delegates from India and abroad will to attend a three-day conference on environmental protection to be organised at Coimbatore Institute of Technology (CIT), from January 7 to 9.
- Tax On Parallel Education That Failed The Test Of Article 14 (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 07, 2006)
The decision of the Kerala High Court in the Malappuram District Parallel College Association case may not have many parallels. Because the verdict, delivered on August 31, 2005, by Justice C. N. Ramachandran Nair, quashed service tax levy . . .
- A Matter Of Civic Responsibility (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 07, 2006)
AS Eid-ul-Azha approaches, it would be appropriate to remind ourselves of the deeper meaning and significance of the occasion.
- Cbr: Taxpayer Friendly Reforms Pay (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 07, 2006)
The Central Board of Revenue has collected Rs 322 billion during the July-December period of the current financial year marking an increase of 22.7 per cent over the revenue collection in the first half of the last year. CBR Chairman M Abdullah Yusuf . ..
- Media Attention On Clemenceau (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 07, 2006)
The Committee's decision generated huge media attention in France. For many ordinary French persons, the Clemenceau has come to symbolise the high handed manner in which developed nations tend to act towards countries of the south.
- A New Ruler For Dubai (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2006)
Dubai and the United Arab Emirates have lost a far-sighted leader with the death of Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum.
- Africa's Only Woman Head Of State (Hindu, Cameron Duodu, Jan 07, 2006)
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf will have an impact well beyond her own country.
- Despite The Obituaries, Newspapers Refuse To Die (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Jan 07, 2006)
Newspapers have shown they can grasp each new technology and bend it to their will.
- Sharon Leaves No Heir (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 07, 2006)
If the massive cerebral haemorrhage suffered by Ariel Sharon marks the end of this remarkable man's political career, then Israeli public life is about to lose the figure who above all others reshaped Israeli politics and diplomacy in the post-Oslo period
- Bush Defends Iraq Policy (Hindu, DAVID E. SANGER, Jan 07, 2006)
Colin L. Powell said nothing — a silence that spoke volumes to many in the White House on Thursday morning. His predecessor, Madeleine K. Albright,
- Japan To Consult U.S. On U.N. Council Seat (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jan 07, 2006)
Japan has indicated its intention to consult the U.S. on the best means to secure permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council.
- Pakistan Official Says Pipeline Project With Iran, India Continuing (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
When Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced two months ago that he was leaving the right-wing Likud Party, which he had embodied for three decades, one thing seemed certain: his new centrist party, Kadima, would be far more about one man — himself . . .
- India's Wealth And Squalor (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Jan 07, 2006)
The international media have covered the upswing of the Indian and Chinese economies. It is suggested that the Chinese economy would overtake Japan's currently the second largest, by 2016 and would be as big as that of the United States of America . . .
- Over To Kadima (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 07, 2006)
When Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced two months ago that he was leaving the right-wing Likud Party, which he had embodied for three decades, one thing seemed certain:
- South Korea, India Adopt Final Framework On Free Trade Talks (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
South Korea and India adopted a final framework Friday [6 January] to begin talks on a free trade agreement, Seoul officials said. The final framework, mapped out by a joint study group, will be submitted to each government and calls for concluding ...
- Indian Supreme Court Panel Says Decommissioned French Warship Not Welcome (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
A decommissioned French warship heading to a shipbreaking yard in India is not welcome in the country's waters and France has violated international agreements in sending it to India, a monitoring panel of India's Supreme Court said Friday.
- Third Decree Treatment (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 07, 2006)
As in real estate, so in minority politics. When in trouble, ordinance
- Sino-Indian Engagement Next Week (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
High-level India-China bilateral engagement this year, declared the “Friendship Year” on January 1 by top leaders of the two countries, will begin with foreign secretary-level talks in Beijing next week.
- Kalam To Honour Fareed Zakaria (Hindustan Times, Arvind Padmanabhan , Jan 07, 2006)
Newsweek International magazine Editor Fareed Zakaria is among 15 members of the Indian diaspora who will be honoured by President APJ Abdul Kalam at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Hyderabad on Monday.
- Manmohan To Inaugurate Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Hindustan Times, Arvind Padmanabhan , Jan 07, 2006)
The three-day Pravasi Bhartiya Divas begins on Saturday in Hyderabad amid tight security.
- Reserved For Merit (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jan 07, 2006)
It is exactly a year since the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) council has been caught up in the wrangle over its status — minority or not. In striking down the AMU Amendment Act of 1981, that granted the university minority status, . . .
- Why Are They Running Scared Of Ideology? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 07, 2006)
Increasingly, ideology is portrayed as something to be despaired of — a hang-up, and a hindrance to progress in a world in search of quick fixes. But pragmatism without a political vision seldom works in the long run.
- Us Endorses India's Nuclear Energy Goals (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
In a strong endorsement of India's quest to acquire technology and equipment to generate atomic power, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that it will have to have civilian nuclear energy and not be dependent on countries posing concerns.
- Iran's No-Show At Iaea Fuels Tension In Atomic Row (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Jan 07, 2006)
Iran's no-show for a meeting with the U.N. nuclear watchdog to explain its move to resume atomic fuel research has hardened sentiment that diplomacy may have to give way to action to rein in Tehran, diplomats say.
- Sri Lanka Seeks International Pressure On Rebels (Reuters, Paul Eckert, Jan 07, 2006)
Sri Lanka is seeking international pressure on the Tamil Tigers but will stick to diplomacy despite violence that has killed more than 50 people in recent weeks, the country's foreign minister said on Friday.
- India, Pakistan's Second Rail Link To Start Feb 1 (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
India and Pakistan agreed on Friday to start a second cross-border train service next month as the nuclear-armed neighbours nudge a slow-moving peace process forward.
- Musharraf Pushes Kashmir Plan Before Talks (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf told Kashmiri independence leaders that he hoped India would respond positively to Pakistan's proposal to demilitarise the disputed Himalayan region and grant it self-governance.
- Making A ‘Menace’ Of Migrants (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 07, 2006)
Do you know how many illegal Bangladeshi immigrants there are in India? Are there 30 million of them? What about 20 million? Or is the figure as low as 10 million?
- Nuclear Powers Aiming To Put Fresh Pressure On Iran (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jan 07, 2006)
The five major nuclear powers are working on a joint warning statement that aims to show unusual unified resolve and put fresh pressure on Iran not to resume nuclear fuel research, U.S. officials and diplomats said on Friday.
- Suspected Rebels Attack S.Lanka Navy, 13 Missing (Reuters, Ranga Sirilal, Jan 07, 2006)
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels attacked and sank a small naval boat off Sri Lanka's east coast early on Saturday and 13 of the 15 crew were missing, the navy said, amid growing fears of a return to civil war.
- Changing Profile Of Al Qaeda (Daily Excelsior, P Bhattacharya, Jan 07, 2006)
On 5 February, 2003, the then US Secretary of State, Gen Colin Powel had said at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that, ''Iraq today harbors a deadly terrorist network, headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an associate and collaborator . . .
- Iisc: Madrasa Chief Arrested (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The Bangalore police team have detained a madrasa incharge from a village in Bijapur district in connection with the December 28 IISc attack...
- Water Scarcity? Blame It On Population Explosion (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Water is not getting scarce. It is the demographic growth that is skewing the scenario. From a 1.6 billion in 1900 to 6 billion in 2000, the population growth has resulted in a doubling of the rate of water withdrawal.
- Doggone Jobs (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 07, 2006)
How many times have we moaned that it’s a dog’s life? No, we’re not commenting on supermodel Naomi Campbell’s New Year resolution to pamper her three dogs (to inevitable obesity and fashion fatigue).
- Brazil, Germany, India Submit Unsc Expansion Resolution (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Brazil, Germany and India submitted a resolution Thursday to the U.N. Secretariat calling for an expansion of the U.N. Security Council this time without Japan.
- Pakistan Sees India Hand In Balochistan Violence (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
As heavy fighting continued between nationalist rebels and security forces in Balochistan, Pakistan has accused India of supporting violence in the troubled southwestern province.
- Lanka In Diplomatic Push As Attacks Stoke War Fears (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
One person was killed and six were wounded in sporadic attacks in Sri Lanka’s...
- In Nepal It Is A Three-Horse Race Once Again (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jan 07, 2006)
As the Maoist ceasefire ends, Yubaraj Ghimire argues that the king cannot delay reaching out to pro-democracy forces much longer
- Shanghai Surprise: The Last Merchant-Ivory Film Has Glamour But No Guts (Indian Express, DAVID ANSEN, Jan 07, 2006)
It would be nice to report that the final collaboration between James Ivory and his late producing partner, Ismail Merchant, ranked with their best work, such as the luminous Howards End and A Room With a View. Though The White Countess, from an original
- Those Blessed With Gene-Sharkmen, Matters, Memories (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jan 07, 2006)
A news item I read in one of the Delhi papers the other day describes how a little striped fish had helped scientists to solve one of the biggest mysteries in biology- which genes were responsible for differences in human skin, eye and hair colour.
- Container Half Full (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 07, 2006)
Laloo Prasad Yadav is one politician guaranteed to get satirical press on reforms. Yet the fact is he has treated the railways rather better than he has treated Bihar.
- South Korean Arrested In Iraq Oil-For-Food Scandal (Reuters, Daniel Trotta, Jan 07, 2006)
U.S. authorities arrested a South Korean lobbyist accused of secretly scheming with top U.N. and Iraqi officials to create the oil-for-food program that turned into a multibillion-dollar scandal.
- In The Name Of The Buffalo (Indian Express, J.P. YADAV, Jan 07, 2006)
A popular saying goes ‘jiski lathi uski bhains’. Roughly put, it means that the one with the strongest stick owns the buffalo. Although this holds true across civilisations, one of its crudest manifestations can be found in Bihari society.
- Govt Showing Restraint Despite Ltte Provocation: Samaraweera (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jan 07, 2006)
The Sri Lankan government is showing great restraint and patience in spite of all the provocations of the Tamil Tiger rebels, visiting Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has said.
- Russia Against Enlargement Of G-8 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Russia, the present president of the G-8, is against the expansion of the body and the induction of countries like India and China as they could introduce an "element of conflict", a senior Duma official has said.
- Musharraf For Positive Indian Response On Demilitarisation (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has expressed the hope that India would "respond positively" to Pakistan’s proposals for demilitarisation and self-governance in Jammu and Kashmir to facilitate a lasting solution to the vexed issue.
- Rail Service From Feb 1 (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 07, 2006)
In a major boost to confidence building measures, India and Pakistan today decided to resume from February 1 the century-old Munabao-Khokrapar rail link which was snapped after the 1965 war.
- Desperate Steps Push Edge Of Medical Knowledge (Indian Express, LAWRENCE K ALTMAN, Jan 07, 2006)
In an attempt to save the life of PM Ariel Sharon of Israel, doctors in Jerusalem operated twice on his brain for a total of nine hours on Thursday, then put him into an anesthesia-induced coma and connected him to a mechanical respirator.
- All Parties Are To Blame (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 07, 2006)
Action against terrorists should not have led to torture and killing of innocents, and humiliation of all Kashmiris
- The Net And Nostalgia (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jan 07, 2006)
My conscious memories of Bangalore/Bengaluru go back to the year 1962. For the next thirty years I visited the place once a year, sometimes twice, staying for a few weeks or a few months each time.
- Remembering Shah-I-Hamadan (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 07, 2006)
The great saint is not only remembered for his saintliness but there is much more than is being read and heard about him.The great saint is not only remembered for his saintliness but there is much more than is being read and heard about him.
- Powerless Pdd (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 07, 2006)
Last month when the power development department (PDD) conducted raids to recover heaters and boilers from the people, one was forced to believe that the PDD meant business this time.
- Keep Eyes Open (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 07, 2006)
After the drizzle there is deluge. How else can one explain the arrest of 76 Bangladeshi nationals from two matadors in the Hiranagar sector of this region early this week?
- The Dream Team: A Critique-Ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 07, 2006)
What would convertibility entail? For a decade now, India has had limited ease of availability of foreign exchange for importers, businessmen, students and tourists.
- Query On Inquiry (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jan 07, 2006)
Some years ago Justice R.S. Sarkaria was approached for his reaction to the delay in the implementation of his voluminous report on the Centre-State relations.
- No Regrets On Remark On Jinnah: Advani (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Former BJP President L. K. Advani has “no regrets” for his statement on Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Pakistan and feels that his party missed a golden opportunity.
- Decision On French Ship’S Entry After January 20 (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Jan 07, 2006)
The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee (SCMC) on Hazardous Waste, which met in Mumbai today, restrained the French warship Clemenceau from entering within the 200-km exclusive economic zone of India till January 20 after the company assigned . . .
- No Quota For Amu (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 07, 2006)
Thursday’s Allahabad High Court ruling upholding the judgement of its earlier single-Judge order which had termed the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University and 50 per cent reservation to Muslims in the institution as “unconstitutional” is a setback
- Jobs And Sops (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 07, 2006)
Basu becomes source of embarrassment
How Jyoti Basu could use a rally organised by the coordination committee of state government employees to announce a “cabinet decision’’ to recruit 40,000 people in various departments of the government and . . .
- Get Ship Breaking Shipshape, Though (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 07, 2006)
The French government has sent its decommissioned aircraft carrier Clemenceau to the ship-breaking yards of Alang, Gujarat, and that has kicked up a controversy.
- Indian Navy Commissions Asia’S First Unmanned Craft Squadron (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Jan 07, 2006)
The Navy’s long-term vision for a coastline dotted with squadrons of unmanned spy planes kicked off today, with the commissioning of its first unit-INAS 342-in Kochi, thus becoming the first Navy in Asia to raise an exclusive squadron for unmanned aerial.
- Hurriyat For International Guarantee On Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said that ''international mediation'' and ''guarantee'' are imperative for achieving a solution of the Kashmir issue.
- Alleged Tapping Of Telephone: Jayalalithaa Comes Out In Support Of Amar Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Says "shocking act" infringes constitutional rights; wants UPA Government to take responsibility
Chief Minister says nation reminded of Watergate scandal
"Incident has shaken basic structure of our great democracy"
- Nuclear Plan Presented To Washington (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 06, 2006)
India awaits U.S. response on separation of facilities
Fast-breeder reactor programme not included in civilian facilities
India has no problem if Washington shares the separation plans with U.S. Congress
- President Meets Aphc Delegation: Aphc Supports Musharraf’S Stand On Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Thursday that the Jammu and Kashmir leadership fully supports President Pervez Musharraf’s proposals for demilitarisation and self-governance, and sees “solid momentum” building
- The Dream Team: A Critique-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 06, 2006)
Dr Manmohan Singh has spoken of how pleasantly surprised he was to be made Finance Minister in July 1991 by P V Narasimha Rao.
- Let's Aim High (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 06, 2006)
That the Dal Lake, the fabled showpiece of the Summer Capital, has partially frozen at this juncture should not come as a surprise. Many among us have seen jeeps being driven around on the ice-covered water body during winter in the past.
- Politics Rarely Takes A Vacation (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Jan 06, 2006)
The New Year is upon us and politics rarely takes a vacation. Last six months I have written consistently about the Third Front and this is more than a reality and by the middle of 2006 we will see two large groups emerging to change the current . . .
- Uma May Comeback (Daily Excelsior, Yashpal Singh Tomar, Jan 06, 2006)
The new BJP president, Rajnath Singh, is expected to re-induct the expelled Dalit face of the BJP sadhvi Uma Bharati into the party. She is on her way to Ayodhya with a slogan Ram-roti, and has been drawing gullible crowd at every stop.
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