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Articles 4921 through 5020 of 8510:
- Solving Kashmir-Ii -By Subroto Roy (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Dec 02, 2005)
For India to implement such a proposal would be to provide an opportunity for all those domiciled in Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Ladakh to express freely and privately as individuals their deepest wishes about their own identities, in a confidential manner,
- Cope India 2005 — Lessons For Us (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Dec 02, 2005)
At Cope India 2005, the recently held two-week India-US joint air exercise, Indian pilots flying the Sukhoi-30 MKIs are reported to have outperformed the United States F-16s. Indian pilots not only came out the winners in various visible-range encounters,
- India Tells Pakistani Cultural Group To Go Home (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
A Pakistan-based cultural action group, invited by a prominent women’s NGO to stage plays in India, has been abruptly asked to go back by the very NGO after its first performance here on grounds that it displayed an anti-US stance.
- Visible Threat (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 02, 2005)
It may be hasty to see Bangladesh as another Afghanistan in the making. The geopolitical context that gave birth to the taliban regime in Kabul does not prevail in Dhaka. The two countries also have very different racial and cultural contexts.
- Why Is Bihar A Failed State? (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Dec 02, 2005)
A FEW years ago a senior advocate during a Supreme Court hearing, casually remarked that a particular government should not suffer from the `Bihar Syndrome'. It created a furore with several parties, organisations and people, . . .
- Dan And Now (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 02, 2005)
There is something about politics that encourages amnesia. Surely, the BJP would not like to remember how they helped a Congress government to survive a no-confidence motion in the mid-Nineties.
- Kalam Plea To Cmc On Aids Vaccine (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
"An effective vaccine will be a cost-effective tool for control of infectious diseases"
- Islam’S Pioneering Role (Dawn, Bilal Ahmed Malik, Dec 02, 2005)
Despite efforts to achieve world peace in the wake of two world wars, armed conflicts remain a prominent feature of our human landscape.
- Congress Will Approve India Nuke Deal: Us (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The State Department expressed confidence that Congress would approve a nuclear deal with India and said it would work with lawmakers to make it happen.
- Bihar Devoid Of Good Governance: Buta (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
In an oblique reference to the erstwhile RJD government, Bihar Governor Buta Singh on Thursday admitted that the state had missed "good governance" and reaffirmed the newly installed NDA regime's commitment to ushering in a new era of development with....
- Big Pharma’S Bitter Pills (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Dec 02, 2005)
When my two-year old daughter started bumping into furniture and tripping over her toes, I was puzzled; she had been walking for a year with reasonable co-ordination.
- Free, But Also Secure (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 02, 2005)
Salute to Army chief for promptly taking back RTI-immune order. By the way, we agree with him
- India For Continued Ceasefire In Sri Lanka (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 02, 2005)
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister meets Manmohan "President Rajapakse views the greatest possible degree of openness, transparency and inclusivity in the peace process...
- Manmohan Orders Changes In Information Act (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Dec 02, 2005)
File notings related to identifiable individuals, organisations to be exempted
Department of Personnel and Training is in charge of implementing RTI Act
Asked to make distinction between information that can and cannot be disclosed
- Amman Blasts: Get The Message (Pioneer, B Raman, Dec 02, 2005)
International community must tackle jihadi terror of the Al Qaeda variety by eliminating the source of its violence, says B Raman
- Anti-Terrorism Steps Must Protect Human Rights: Nhrc Chief (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Labelling adversaries as terrorists has become a notorious technique to outdo political opponents, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson A.S. Anand observed today.
- Germany: Angela Merkel Faces Tough Challenges (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 02, 2005)
After cumbersome negotiations over several weeks, Angela Merkel got elected on the November 22, 2005, as the first woman Chancellor in Germany’s history with the votes of the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) as well as . . .
- If You Can't Shoot The Messenger, Lock Him Up (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 01, 2005)
President Bush's alleged threat to bombAl Jazeerashouldn't surprise us. Ever since the NATO attack on Yugoslavia, the U.S. has looked at the media it can't control as the "enemy."
- Freedom Unlimitted, Disaster Indescribable (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 01, 2005)
We can call it a sexual Glasnost. A world where buggery, bestiality, adultery, incest and all such diabolic deeds of a human being have made even devil blush with himself.
- Unrecognized Schools (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 01, 2005)
At last the government has risen to the occasion. By ordering closure of unrecognized private schools, the government has done a favour to the gullible parents whose purse is strained day in and day out in the name of education by these money making machi
- Separate Civil, Nuclear Facilities, Says Burton (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
"U.S. Congress can make any changes in domestic law only after this is done"
- Us Delegation Satisfied With Indo-Pak Dialogue On Kashmir (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 01, 2005)
A visiting US Congressional delegation said on Wednesday that it was satisfied that Pakistan and India were seriously addressing the Kashmir issue.
- Musharraf, Mirwaiz To Meet In Makkah (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Dec 01, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf will meet All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in Makkah next week when they are likely to exchange notes on their talks with India as well as with a high-level delegation of US Congressmen. . . .
- Keeping Drugs Affordable (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 01, 2005)
The Government Plan to peg prices of drugs supplied to the hospitals sector at 50 per cent of the MRP (maximum retail price) may not be the best, but is certainly the closest the Centre has got to addressing the issue of affordability of medicines.
- ‘Us Needs Proof Of India’S N-Separation’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
A delegation from the United States led by Senator Dan Burton today sounded optimistic about the US Congress passing a legislation to enable implementation of the Indo-US nuclear deal once New Delhi has provided ‘‘clear evidence’’ in the form . . .
- Kashmiris Must Have A Say In Peace Talks: Burton (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Dec 01, 2005)
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf have committed themselves to working together to find a lasting solution to the Kashmir dispute, the Kashmiri people on either side of the Line of Control should have a say in it,
- Cheney "May Be Guilty Of War Crime" (Hindu, Julian Borger , Dec 01, 2005)
Vice-President's burden on the Bush administration grows heavier
Cheney singled out over prisoner abuse
Cheney dubbed "Vice-President for torture"
Interrogation methods kept secret
- Beneath The Glitter Of Democracy (Dawn, Jonathan Freedland, Dec 01, 2005)
Think of it as the Sinatra test. On Sunday, assorted liberal, democratic and opposition groups will take on the might of Vladimir Putin in elections for the Moscow city parliament.
- Hunt On For Peace Activists In Iraq (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Dec 01, 2005)
As combined US and British special forces hunt for four Christian peace activists kidnapped by militants in Baghdad, British relatives of the oldest member of the group describe him as a pacifist and promoter of human rights.
- Ltte Ultimatum (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 01, 2005)
The world community should ensure that LTTE gives the President time to settle down
- After The Cop Out, Let’S Find Some Cops (Indian Express, ABHINAV KUMAR, Dec 01, 2005)
K C Surendrababu was a dyed-in-the-wool Telugu bidda. When I first met him during training at Hyderabad, he spoke Hindi haltingly with a lyrical style in tune with the rest of his endearing personality.
- Pakistan Backs Presence Of Int'l Forces In Afghanistan For Security (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Stating that insecurity remains a major challenge to Afghanistan's stability, Pakistan told the UN General Assembly Tuesday that it supports the presence of international forces in the war-torn country until peace is fully restored.
- Gender Dimension Of Aids (Daily Excelsior, Jagjit Singh, Dec 01, 2005)
In 2003, 17 million women and 18.7 million men between the age of 15 and 49 were living with HIV/AIDS.
- Forward, But In Which Direction? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 30, 2005)
Two weeks ago, on the day that the Israeli government, under pressure from its American ally in the person of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, offered the Gaza Strip’s Palestinian residents a small but significant concession in terms. . . .
- Kashmir Policy In Line With Un Resolutions: Fo (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf would pay official visits to Kuwait and Yemen from 3rd to 6th and attend 3rd extraordinary OIC summit at Makkah Mukarramah on 7th and 8th of next month
- A Matter Of Right Response (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Nov 30, 2005)
I sincerely and genuinely believe that the challenge of this earthquake can be converted into an opportunity of a lifetime which was never available to India and Pakistan to improve relations....
- How Enforceable Is Portugal's Condition? (Hindu, Syed Saif Mahmood, Nov 30, 2005)
In the Abu Salem extradition matter, Indian courts ought to insist upon the observance of the solemn commitment to Portugal and its judiciary, institutions that diligently met their international commitments to India.
- E.U. Member Nations Warned On Cia Jails (Hindu, Luke Harding , Nov 30, 2005)
Germany fears it was hub for "rendition" flights
- 'Only Two Cops Can Grill Salem' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
In an order that has left the Mumbai police fuming, TADA judge P V Bavkar on Tuesday told the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) that it should deploy not more than two officers at a time to grill extradited gangster Abu Salem.
- Only 2 Officers Should Interrogate Salem: Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Special TADA judge speaks to accused
Salem's brother moves SHRC
Officers should not frighten Salem: judge
- Us May Play Visible Role In Kashmir (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Nov 30, 2005)
The United States may play a more visible role in bringing India and Pakistan towards a settlement on Kashmir issue, sources close to the visit of a high-level delegation of US Congressmen said on Tuesday.
- Mirwaiz To Meet Musharraf In Mecca (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is likely to meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of an extraordinary summit of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia . . .
- Dawood Linked To Al Qaeda (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Dawood Ibrahim, one of the most wanted men in India, is working closely with groups like Al Qaeda and Lashkar-i-Taiba, says the US News and and World Report magazine in its latest issue. Dawood runs a mafia stretching into 14 countries and is now the targ
- Terror's Stealth Weapon: Women (Los Angeles Times, Mia Bloom, Nov 29, 2005)
An increasing number of female suicide bombers are a disturbing, confusing new element in the battle against extremists
- Pakistan Wants Long-Term Loc Opening (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Pakistan said on Monday that it wanted the opening of points along the Line of Control (LoC) as a long-term arrangement
- Grace Under Fire (Pioneer, Vinod Deepak, Nov 29, 2005)
When Vinod Deepak attended his dear friend's birthday, he was reminded that every sad story holds a lesson to be learnt
- Rajapakse Invites Tigers For Truce Talks (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Sri Lankan President Mr Mahinda Rajapakse today invited the LTTE to enter peace talks, a day after the rebels issued a deadline to the new government to come up with a “reasonable” political settlement or risk establishment of a separate Tamil State.
- Tribal People And Preserving Prime Forests (Hindu, Vikram Soni, Nov 29, 2005)
The proposed Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Land Rights) Bill 2005 could sound the death-knell for prime forests. This could also result in the end of the tribal people's identity, which derives from the forests.
- Stuck In The Middle (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 29, 2005)
E.T. The extraterrestrial, in Spielberg’s flick about a faecal-looking-but-cute alien stranded on Earth, regularly used its finger as a phallus symbol.
- Pakistan Wants Long-Term Loc Opening (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Pakistan said on Monday that it wanted the opening of points along the Line of Control (LoC) as a long-term arrangement.
- Rajapakse Invites Tigers For Talks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Pledges to make the peace process more open and inclusive
- All Proposals Backed By Kashmiris: Fo: Hr Violations By Israel, India Deplored (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Nov 29, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday declared that all proposals and ideas floated by it for the final settlement of the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, including demilitarization and self-governance, have the backing of Kashmiri leadership on both sides of the Line of Control
- Angelic Deed (Deccan Herald, Olivia Sequeira, Nov 29, 2005)
Human kindness shown when one needs it most, is the best healer and comforter
- Govt Invites Ltte For Talks (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Nov 29, 2005)
Sri Lanka’s newly elected President Mahinda Rajapakse on Monday reiterated his invitation to the LTTE chief, Velupillai Prabhakaran, for the immediate commencement of peace talks, after welcoming the elusive rebel leader’s remarks in reference . . .
- Doing Away With Jirga System (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 29, 2005)
The three-day conference on honour killings organized by the British Council has called for the elimination of the parallel system of justice in Pakistan which, to a great extent, is responsible for ordering honour killings. This is not a new demand.
- Rajapakse Invites Tigers For Talks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse today invited the LTTE to enter peace talks, a day after the rebels issued a deadline to the new government to come up with a “reasonable” political settlement or risk establishment of a separate Tamil state.
- Stop Vandalism In The Name Of Sanctity Of Quran! (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 28, 2005)
The Punjab chief minister, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, has visited Sangla Hill to see the evidence of the vandalism committed against churches there and ordered a high-level judicial inquiry to get at the root of what really transpired on November 12 after an
- Caste Panchayats (Daily Excelsior, Abha Chauhan, Nov 28, 2005)
It was reported in the media a few days back that the divorced parents of a little girl in a village of Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) refused to accept the girl.
- Indian Air Force, In War Games, Gives Us A Run (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Nov 28, 2005)
Making a marked shift in its engine procurement for the first time in 15 years, state-owned Indian Airlines (IA) has replaced its engine supplier International Aero Engines (IAE) with CFM International for the delivery of CFM56 engines for its new fleet o
- The Taliban Turns Its Attention On India (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Nov 28, 2005)
It is entirely possible that the Taliban has decided that India is once again taking sides in Afghanistan's internal affairs.
- Health Of Women Seriously Affected By The Physical And Sexual Violence By Husbands And Partners: World Health Organization (India Daily, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
Medical researchers have found one of the main reasons for deteriorating woman’s health all around the world.
- The Price Of Cowardice (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Nov 28, 2005)
An inspector who is honest signed his own death warrant by daring to expose the underbelly of the oil mafia
- Security Stepped Up At Embassies In Bangladesh (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Dozens of people suffering from hypothermia and respiratory illnesses were taken to hospitals Monday as rain and snow lashed Pakistan's quake-stricken part of Kashmir, blocking roads and grounding helicopters used to ferry aid to remote areas.
- Will Congress Do It Again? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 28, 2005)
An all important question that will be answered out in the due course of time, Dr. Sheikh Showkat Hussain comments
- Probe Disappearances (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 28, 2005)
The pain of the parents of disappeared persons has at last been felt in New Delhi.
- Scars That Don’T Heal (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 28, 2005)
DIscussions on the occasion of the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
- Indian Air Force, In War Games, Gives Us A Run (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Nov 28, 2005)
Foreign fighter jets performed well against F-16s in recent exercises
- U.S. Firms Up Military Ties With Indonesia (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Nov 27, 2005)
Focus on counter-terrorism and maritime security in Asia
- Lonesome Song (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 27, 2005)
UNLF practises insurgent diplomacy
In what must qualify as insurgent diplomacy the Manipur-based United National Liberation Front has taken the lead by offering to work with the NSCN(IM) to shape a future.
- Highway To Hell (Telegraph, Ruchir Joshi, Nov 27, 2005)
Using his column in a Delhi broadsheet, Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member from Bengal, recently made some cogent points about the ominous spreading of American cultural hegemony across the world.
- Election Commission Proposes A Series Of Measures (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
Buoyed by the kudos over conduct of assembly polls in Bihar, the Election Commission has again proposed a series of measures, including curbing criminalisation of politics and favouring restrictions on opinion and exit polls during the election process.
- A Racy Entertainer (Deccan Herald, C V Aravind, Nov 27, 2005)
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- Peace Process Losing Steam (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Nov 26, 2005)
The last two months have witnessed some damaging developments in the Pakistan-India peace process.
- Fight But Make It A Just War (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Nov 26, 2005)
I have been a supporter of US intervention in Iraq and I have had good things to say about the leadership of Bush and Blair. I don’t intend to un-say any of my earlier statements, but paradoxically I must point out that I am happy about the emergence. . .
- Rajapakse Calls For Fresh Truce (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Nov 26, 2005)
Spelling out the policy statement of his new government, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse said in his ceremonial address to parliament on Friday that he wanted to start a fresh peace process with the Tamil Tiger rebels to find a lasting and . . .
- Igp Radha (Indian Express, Rakesh Shukla, Nov 26, 2005)
Mira had to drink the chalice of poison because of her love for Krishna. As the popular bhajan records, ‘Log kahen Mira bawri’ (people say Mira has gone mad). Gone are the feudal Ranas of Mewar, the country has gained independence —we have democracy. . .
- ‘The Last Such Sacrifice’ (Indian Express, R.K.Datta, Nov 26, 2005)
Letters continue to come in to The Indian Express, condemning Manjunath’s murder, commiserating with his bereaved family, and calling for justice
- Salem’S Lawyers Claim He Was Tortured In Lock-Up (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
Abu Salem’s lawyers moved the special TADA court today claiming that he was tortured while in the custody of the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) at the Bhoiwada lock-up yesterday night. The ATS got Salem’s custody the day before in connection with the murder..
- Deathly Quiet (Telegraph, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 26, 2005)
There are some secrets that everybody knows. And everybody connives at pretending ignorance.
- Monarch Vs Maoists (Statesman, JR MUKHERJEE, Nov 26, 2005)
In 1990 a multi-party democracy with a constitutional monarchy was introduced in Nepal based on the demands of the people. In 1994 when an extremist faction of the Left parties was not allowed to be part of the government, . . .
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