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Articles 4421 through 4520 of 8510:
- Sir, Are You Listening? (Hindustan Times, Karan Thapar, Jan 01, 2006)
The phone rang horribly late at night but, for reasons I cannot fathom, I responded in an attentive mood. Normally the hour and tone of the conversation would undoubtedly have put me off.
- Annan Presses Nepal To Match Rebel Cease-Fire (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed concern on Friday that fighting between Nepalese forces and Maoist rebels could resume and urged the government to join in a rebel cease-fire.
- Mirwaiz For Consensus On Kashmir Issue (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Seeking a “solid and strong beginning” towards a final settlement of the Kashmir issue, the Hurriyat Conference chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, here today demanded demilitarisation on either side of the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir. He urged the need . . .
- Need For A Policy For The Displaced People (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 01, 2006)
The recent internecine killings, which claimed about 90 lives in Karbi Anglong district of Assam, have led to the displacement of over 44,000 tribal Karbis and Dimasas. Away from the attention of the national media, the displaced Karbis and Dimasas . . .
- Human Rights And Their Protection (Daily Excelsior, Tahir Khurshid Raina, Jan 01, 2006)
Quoting ''Hamlet'' the celebrated literary creation of Shakespeare, the man has been beautifully described as :
- Ill-Timed Indian Statement On Balochistan (News International, Dr A R Khan, Jan 01, 2006)
India once again trying to vitiate the peace atmosphere in the region issued unwarranted and provocative statement that too on purely Pakistan’s internal matter.
- India Hankering For A Zero-Sum Game Again? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jan 01, 2006)
B Raman, a former chief of India’s RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) who now works for South Asia Analysis Group, has put out an analysis that seems a major throwback to the pre-Islamabad Declaration period when relations between Pakistan and India were at
- A New Year Beyond Resolutions (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 01, 2006)
We usher the new year with a nominal one-second adjustment to compensate for the wobbly planet. Unfortunately, a much deeper correction is necessary to compensate for our wobbly policies.
- India’S Irresponsible Statement (Pakistan Observer, Dr. A. R. Khan, Dec 31, 2005)
India once again trying to vitiate the peace atmosphere in the region issued unwarranted and provocative statement that too on purely Pakistan’s internal matters. The statement by the spokesman of India’s External Affairs Ministry is not only . . .
- Rs. 21 Lakhs Allotted Under Farmers Security Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
It was given as Maternity and Medical Termination of Pregnancy Benefit Fund
- India, Sri Lanka Deplore Violations Of Ceasefire By Ltte (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Agree that environmental implications of Sethu project must be studied
Ambitious plan for a number of joint ventures
Enhancing cooperation in the field of education
Setting up an Information and Communication Technology Park
- Hrcp Calls For Ceasefire In Kohlu (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The government should stop killing Balochis in Kohlu under its military operation and ceasefire immediately to resolve the issue politically, said Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) officials on Friday after a visit to Balochistan.
- Two Fc Men Killed In Khuzdar Attack (News International, Muhammad Ejaz Khan, Dec 31, 2005)
At least three persons, including two personnel of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC), were killed in Kalat and Dera Bugti, where security forces and armed tribesmen also exchanged fire on Friday.
- `Enlightened Moderation' In Pakistan, Really? (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 31, 2005)
Local press terming Hindus, Christians and Jews as `enemies of Islam', a general free hand and support to extremist outfits, Shariat courts and blasphemy laws clearly loaded against women and minorities, all make any talk by Gen Pervez Musharraf . . . .
- Year Of India (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 31, 2005)
It was the year of India. George W. Bush confirmed that he would make India a world power. WaterAid, the British charity dedicated to propagating proper (read Western) toilets, countered that India already leads the world in squatters in fields and . . .
- Battered But Unbowed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The Indian Institute of Science campus, home to some of the finest minds in the country, is also not lacking in spirit, discover BHUMIKA K. and ANAND SANKAR in the aftermath of the dastardly act
- Sri Lanka: Towards An Enduring Solution (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2005)
Environmental implications of the Sethusamudram project have to be studied and action taken.
- U.S. Versus Iran In Iraq (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 31, 2005)
Iran's influence over the SCIRI, a key constituent of the Iraqi Government, is setting up a confrontation with the United States.
- Mass Grave In Gujarat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 31, 2005)
HC directs DNA test of skeletal remains
The Gujarat High Court has rightly directed the state government to collect samples of the skeletal remains, unearthed from a mass grave in Lunavada village of Panchmahal district, . . .
- Tevanigans (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 30, 2005)
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is a tight-lipped company, rarely accessible to the media, at least in India. Recently, at the inauguration of its R&D facility in Greater Noida, the hacks finally got to interrogate Teva officials.
- Reclaiming The Earth For All (Daily Excelsior, Deepti Priya Mehrotra, Dec 30, 2005)
Three decades after 1975 - the UN International Year of Women - women are still demanding equality and freedom, both goals having proved elusive! But they are asserting something else as well, even more passionately - the right to save humanity from destr
- This Happens Only In India (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col (Retd) Mukund Singh Jamwal, Dec 30, 2005)
Welcome to India, that is Bharat, the land of eternal contradictions. Blessed are the souls of this country who have the good fortune of living with contradictions from morn till eve with a majority of them even making a virtue out of this.
- Nation On High Alert (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Vital scientific and defence installations across the country were on Thursday put under heavy security in the wake of the suspected terrorist attack at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore in which a scientist was killed and four others injured.
- Nepal Rebels Assure Un Over Poll Threat (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Nepal's Maoist rebels have assured the UN that their threat to disrupt municipal elections due in February did not mean they would abduct or kill candidates.
- Killing Daughters For ‘Honour’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Nazir Ahmed appears calm and unrepentant as he recounts how he slit the throats of his three young daughters and their 25-year old stepsister to salvage his family’s “honour” - a crime that shocked Pakistan.
- Govt Urged To Halt Operation In Kohlu, Dera Bugti (News International, Muhammad Ejaz Khan, Dec 30, 2005)
Leaders of the alliance of four Baloch nationalist groups, PONM and ARD have demanded of the government to halt the alleged military operation in Kohlu and Dera Bugti, give up the plan to construct the Kalabagh Dam and stop merging levies force . . .
- Munich Is A Prayer For Peace. It Also Captures The Sociology Of Terrorism (Indian Express, James P. Pinkerton, Dec 30, 2005)
Steven Spielberg, America’s most influential filmmaker, doesn’t just make movies. He makes statements — and takes risks, as with his latest movie, Munich.
- Is India Safe At The Hands Of Old Media? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Dec 30, 2005)
Besides the speed with which the guillotine came down on them, a standout feature of the expulsion of 11 Members of Parliament on charges of misconduct and corruption in the cash-for-query scam is the certificate of legitimacy it has given to the . . .
- Three Naxalites Killed In Exchange Of Fire In A.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Encounter brings big relief to business community
Three naxalites belonging to the CPI-ML Prathigatana group were killed in an exchange of fire with the police on the outskirts of Vilasagar village of Jammikunta mandal in the early hours of Thursday.
- In Brief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
An Italian national has alleged that a driver belonging to the police department had raped her at her residence in Vijayanagar III Stage in Mysore on December 23....
- Three Naxalites Killed In Encounter (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Exchange of fire with the police in Karimnagar district
- Maoist Leader 'Arrested' In Chhattisgarh (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 30, 2005)
Safeguard human rights of arrested person, says PUCL
Following the "disappearance" from Raipur on Wednesday night of a senior leader of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), civil liberties organisations in Chhattisgarh and Delhi fear that he . . .
- Naxalite Violence, Tribal Movement Dominate Events In Chhattisgarh (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Amid Chhattisgarh’s continued struggle to raise the new state’s visibility even in the fifth year after its formation , spurt in Naxalite violence, tribal uprising against left wing extremism, paddy and rice scams and expulsion of a BJP . . .
- Mass Grave: Nhrc Seeks Report From Gujarat, Cbi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
DNA testing of the skeletal remains sought
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from the Gujarat Government and the Central Bureau of India on media reports on the unearthing of a mass grave at Lunawada in Panchmahals district
- India's Unsolicited Concern (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The Foreign Office on Tuesday dismissed the comment by the spokesman of India's External Affairs Ministry on Balochistan the same day as "unwarranted and baseless."
- Israel Strikes Palestinian Militant Base In Lebanon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Three Britons kidnapped in Gaza; guerillas occupy election offices
Israeli jets blasted a Palestinian militant group's base in Lebanon early on Wednesday, lightly wounding two guerrillas, hours after rockets hit a northern Israeli border town.
- The Swelling `Register Of Deaths' (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Dec 29, 2005)
In Dorli village in Wardha, farmers simply put up signs announcing their whole village was for sale. It worked, with the local MP giving them Rs.10 lakh. Eslewhere, despair only deepens. Farm suicides have begun in rich Western Maharashtra, too.
- Hrcp Unable To Access Kohlu (Daily Times, Azizullah Khan, Dec 29, 2005)
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) tried to visit Kohlu but was only able to reach the border of Kahan, where aerial attacks have been reported in the past ten days, said HRCP Chairperson Asma Jahangir on Wednesday
- Govt Goes Tough With Balochistan Miscreants (News International, Tariq Butt, Dec 29, 2005)
The federal government has decided to go ahead with its plan to deal with troublemakers head on in Balochistan and is not apparently pushed to revive the dialogue process.
- Hrcp Calls For Talks To Settle Balochistan Issues (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has underlined the need to solve the issues of Balochistan through dialogue instead of using power.
- Clearance To Uranium Project In Nalgonda District Shocks Environmentalists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Centre acts in utter disregard to public opinion and human rights'
Movement Against the Uranium Project writes to the Union Ministry
- Salem Subjected To Polygraph Test (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Dec 29, 2005)
Extradited Mumbai gangster Abu Salem was today put through 65 questions over a two-hour period during his polygraph (lie detector) test—the first of the three forensic psychology tests he will be subjected to in the Pradeep Jain murder case, . . .
- Third Time Rebellious In Baluchistan (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 29, 2005)
This week India surprised by expressing concern over the crackdown in Pakistan’s largest province. C. Raja Mohan explains what is at stake.
- Mass Grave: Centre, Nhrc Seek Report (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Taking suo-motu notice of media reports about unearthing of a mass grave in Lunawada village of Panchmahal district of Gujarat, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday asked the state government and the CBI to file their comments . . .
- Hand In Glove (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Ulhasnagar shows how Congress rules Maharashtra. What lies in store for India?
- Pakistanis Sue Greek, Uk Agents Over Torture (Indian Express, KAROLOS GROHMANN, Dec 29, 2005)
Greek and British intelligence agents may be called to appear before a Greek court to answer a lawsuit alleging 28 Pakistanis were kidnapped and tortured in Greece after the July bombings in London.
- Enlightened Moderation? (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 29, 2005)
Ever since it was established that the terrorist bombings in New York and Washington were engineered from Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Gen Pervez Musharraf has constantly proclaimed his goal of making Pakistan a “moderate Islamic country” based on . . .
- India’S Extremely Provocative Outburst (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 29, 2005)
Pakistan has rejected the Indian Foreign Office spokesman’s statement about Balochistan and termed it as ‘unwarranted and baseless’.
- Govt Seeks Report On Mass Grave (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The Centre on Wednesday asked Gujarat government to submit a report on the finding of skeletal remains at a mass grave at Lunavada village of Panchamahals district, one of the worst hit post-Godhra communal riots.
- Unwise, Unwarranted (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 29, 2005)
ISLAMABAD has done well to reject New Delhi’s charges concerning the situation in Balochistan and called Indian comments “unwarranted and baseless”.
- Improving Access To Justice (Dawn, Naeem Sadiq, Dec 29, 2005)
Our obsession with beggary has taught us the skills needed to put forward compelling reasons, dressed in nebulous grammar, in order to procure a few hundred million dollars from international institutions.
- `Need For Early Implementation Of Stem Cell Research Guidelines' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Time to translate ICMR draft guidelines into regulation: CSIR DG
Two-day symposium inaugurated
Role for INSA in policy formulation favoured
Call to allow therapeutic cloning
- System Failure (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 28, 2005)
Train journeys in India can be nightmarish for a variety of reasons. But what some security personnel did on board a train in Assam was simply horrific.
- We Have Lost An Alternative Voice Of History (Greater Kashmir, Nonica Datta, Dec 28, 2005)
Amrita Pritam’s idea of cultural community and identity testifies to a social history of Punjab’s shared cultural symbols, motifs and landscapes, writes
NONICA DATTA
- Oic Bleeds For Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 28, 2005)
For a body that has existed for nearly 40 years the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) has earned a name for being long on rhetoric and short on substance.
- Pakistan Rejects Indian Allegation (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Pakistan Tuesday rejected Indian statement regarding law and order situation in Balochistan and said that the Indian comments in this regard were “unwarranted and baseless”. Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam, reacting to the Indian Ministry . . .
- Pakistan Rejects Statement (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Pakistan on Tuesday rejected an Indian statement about the law and order situation in Balochistan and said the Indian comments in this regard were “unwarranted and baseless.” Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam, reacting to the Indian Ministry ...
- Prisoners Of Indifference (Indian Express, Himmat Singh Gill, Dec 28, 2005)
This is the sorry tale of 54 Indian PoWs of the 1971 war who continue to be locked up in Pakistani jails. The Indian government seems to have forsaken them, even though the fact and authenticity of their custody has been confirmed in Parliament.
- Islamabad Asks Delhi To Mind Its Own Business (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 28, 2005)
Pakistan on Tuesday accused India of vitiating the atmosphere of improved relations by issuing provocative statements directed against Islamabad’s internal matters and asked New Delhi to refrain from interfering in the country’s internal affairs.
- Pakistan Rejects Indian Comment On Balochistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
The Foreign Office on Tuesday rejected an Indian statement about events in Balochistan as “unwarranted and baseless”, APP reports.
- Mass Grave Of Gujarat Victims Uncovered (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Villagers uncovered what appeared to be a mass grave for Muslim victims of religious riots in north-western India, a police official said on Tuesday.
- Pakistan Asks India To Mind Own Business (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Pakistan Tuesday accused India of vitiating the atmosphere of improved relations by issuing provocative statements directed against Islamabad's internal matters and asked New Delhi to refrain from interfering in the country's internal affairs.
- Changing Scenario In Far-East (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 27, 2005)
Japan has decided to develop, in collaboration with the United States, next generation missile shield arguing that it will help the country secure a capability to deal with the future threat of ballistic missiles in the current global environment.
- India Hands Over Eight Pakistani Prisoners (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
India on Monday handed over eight prisoners, including a girl, to Pakistan at Wagah border crossing.
- History In The Making (Hindu, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 27, 2005)
A titan of the world of journalism and an indomitable fighter of worthwhile causes
- Intelligence Abuse Deja Vu (Dawn, Gary Hart, Dec 27, 2005)
Three weeks after I took the oath of office in the Senate in 1975, the then majority leader Mike Mansfield appointed me to a newly created committee — the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations With Respect to Intelligence Activities, . . .
- Reasons For Hope (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Don Bosco Yuvakara Grama in Magadi has been rescuing and rehabilitating street children. The boys are provided a home, good food, education and later with a job, writes Pamela Antic
- Budhadeb Mark Ii (Tribune, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Dec 27, 2005)
The West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr Budhadeb Bhattacharya, seems to have emerged as an anti-Marxist leader and yet manages to remain in the CPM. The latest expression of his anti-Marxist ideas could be noticed at a seminar conducted by the CPM . . .
- North By North-West (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 27, 2005)
Shyam Saran’s ‘frank’ talk with the Nepal’s King Gyanendra may constitute a turning point in Indo-Nepal relations, writes Jyoti Malhotra
- Military Justice System Needs Overhaul (Tribune, Col (Dr) P.K. Vasudeva (retd), Dec 27, 2005)
The cases of moral turpitude and corruption are at their highest levels in the armed forces. There have been more than 6000 cases of court-martial since 2000 and more than 10,000 complaints on being superseded in various ranks.
- Combating Communal Violence (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Dec 27, 2005)
Any law specifically to deal with situations of communal violence must be followed up by reforming the police and the criminal justice system.
- Towards Universal Guidelines On Water Use (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Dec 27, 2005)
There is a need for fundamental and holistic re-thinking about water at the international level and the adoption of a basic Water Declaration or Convention.
- Afghanistan Begins Trial Of Former Intelligence Chief (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Government task force on war crimes to present proposal by end of 2007
Two top officials sacked for spying for foreign countries
- Bugti, Marri Tribesmen Protest Military Operation (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
A large number of Bugti and Marri tribesmen living in Sindh staged a protest demonstration here on Monday against the "ongoing military operation" in Balochistan, especially in Kohlu and Dera Bugti areas.
- Invading America (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 26, 2005)
Imperial overreach, or perhaps hubris, is tripping US President George W. Bush. While America’s travails in Iraq are too many to recount, his tribulations in the US are now becoming apparent.
- Top Al-Badr Leader Shot Dead In Srinagar (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 26, 2005)
He was responsible for the brutal executions of many civilians in the Harwan mountains
- Not A Revenge Play (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Dec 26, 2005)
Instead of raising a people’s army, the government should concentrate on developing Chhattisgarh to tackle the Maoists,
- Peace, South Asia And The Kashmir Dispute (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 26, 2005)
No, is the instant answer. Some historic facts, some political complicacies, some national interests and more.
- Tsunami Relief And U.S. Strategic Moves (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Dec 26, 2005)
Has Indonesia's cooperation with the U.S. over "disaster relief" acquired potential strategic overtones?
- Democracy, Modernity, And The Indian Child (Hindu, Krishna Kumar, Dec 26, 2005)
At present, our schools act like factories, forcing children into a fixed, preconceived mould. They stifle natural curiosity and creativity. The fruits of democracy and modernity will remain elusive if education is not structurally adjusted . . .
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