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Articles 5021 through 5120 of 8510:
- Rajapakse To Pursue New Peace Process (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 26, 2005)
"Bipartisan approach" of the past to be replaced with one in which "all parties involved in the crisis can participate"
- Abu Salem’S Chicago Firm, Us Bank Accounts Under Cbi Scan (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Nov 26, 2005)
Ariyan International Private Limited, a firm registered by Abu Salem in Chicago in 1998, has emerged as his flagship enterprise. A majority of real-estate properties he purchased in the US and bank accounts he opened there and in the UAE
- Time For Salem Becoming Approver Has Not Come: Cbi Chief (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
CBI Director U S Misra today did not rule out the possibility of making underworld don and one of the main accused 1993 Mumbai serial blasts Abu Salem as an approver but said the stage had not come as yet.
- Canada's Disgrace (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 26, 2005)
The report that a former premier of Ontario, Canada, Mr Bob Rae, will lead a new public inquiry into the downing of, Air India's flight No 182, on June 23, 1985, provides no solace to the families of all the 329 persons on board who perished.
- Restoration Of Bihar's Fortunes (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 26, 2005)
The electoral outcome in Bihar has surprised pundits and destroyed many a myth, but it is far from novel in the message the people have sought to communicate.
- The Battered Half (Daily Excelsior, Jagjit Singh, Nov 25, 2005)
''My ex-husband shot me through the head as I slept and left me for dead. I managed to walk downstairs, where my daughter was calling for help. My husband proceeded to stab me with such force that the knife-tip broke off in my intestines.
- Agonising Anxiety (Deccan Herald, U S Iyer, Nov 25, 2005)
I can’t belive how age has caught up on me so cruelly as I am still young at heart.
- In The Name Of Security (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 25, 2005)
The decision by the Council of Europe to open an inquiry into reports suggesting that several European countries provided the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) the use of their airports or prisons to transit or house suspected terrorists held by the US. .
- For Us, India After China (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Nov 25, 2005)
If George W Bush sounded censorious in a Beijing church last Sunday, he undoubtedly enjoyed cycling in the mountains. And, ultimately, it's the cycling that will pedal Sino-American relations away from the "strategic competition" (Bush's term) . . .
- Abu Salem Sent To High-Security Jail (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
One of India's most wanted men, accused of involvement in a series of bombings in Mumbai more than 12 years ago that killed 260 people, was ordered by a judge on Wednesday to a high-security jail for his own safety.
- No Need Of Goodwill Hunting (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Nov 25, 2005)
Bihar finally has a leader who begins his political innings on a clean slate, says Kalyani Shankar
- Alienating The King To Little End (Pioneer, Supriyo Gupta, Nov 25, 2005)
India has had far greater flexibility in securing its interests with the King at the helm than with the political parties, says Supriyo Gupta
- Eu Challenge For New German Chancellor (Hindu, Michael Naumann, Nov 25, 2005)
Angela Merkel's greatest challenge will be to rekindle Europe's spirit.
- Body Of `Soldier Of Peace' Brought To Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Maniappan given military honours of the kind reserved for Kargil martyrs
Government did not act promptly: Kerala MPs
All possible efforts were made: E. Ahmed
Manmohan to make statement in Parliament on Friday
- Portugal Accuses India Of 'Violating' Treaty (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Underworld don Abu Salem's lawyer Ashok Sarawgi claimed on Thursday night that Portugal has issued a notice to India about alleged violations of provisions of the extradition treaty under which the gangster was sent to India to stand trial.
- Report: Us Didn't Want Al Qaeda Members To Testify In Padilla Case (Christian Science Monitor, Tom Regan, Nov 25, 2005)
Evidence linking Padilla to 'dirty bomb' plot may have been obtained under 'harsh questioning.'
- Jehanabad Case: Nhrc Issues Notice To Dgp (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Taking serious note of the Maoist attack on a jail in Jehanabad in Bihar, the NHRC on Thursday issued notice to the state Director General of Police to submit a report on the issue in three weeks.
- Minority Rights Are Indivisible (Tribune, Syed Shahabuddin, Nov 25, 2005)
The August 8, 2005, judgement of a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court in the Bal Patil case (CA 4730 of 1999), written by Mr Justice D. M. Dharmadhikari, has not received the critical attention it deserved.
- ‘Drunken Consent To Sex Is Still Consent’ (Tribune, Genevieve Roberts, Nov 25, 2005)
Women cannot complain of being raped while they are too drunk to remember what happened, a British High Court judge ruled on Wednesday. Judge Roderick Evans said that “drunken consent is still consent” after the rape case of a student was thrown . . .
- Torture By Cops In Jail Haunts Underworld Don Abu Salem (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
Main dar raha hoon. Mujhe dar hain ki crime branch ya jo bhi mera taba lega, mujhe torture karega" (I'm scared. I fear I may be tortured by the crime branch or by whoever's custody I'm put in).
- Salem To Be Kept In High Security Prison (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
Perusing case diaries and remand papers of extradited gangster Abu Salem, a designated TADA court on Wednesday ordered that he may be kept in a high security cell in central prison at Arthur road at a distance of about 15 feet from others.
- Deepen The Faith By Opening Up To God (The Economic Times, John Powell, Nov 24, 2005)
Modern psychology, in a massive effort to release men from destructive, subconsciously repressed emotions is trying through all sorts of therapeutic methods of sensitivity to put men in touch with their true feelings.
- Talabani Extends Hand To Insurgents (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
Insurgent attacks took their toll on coalition forces Sunday, with a roadside bomb killing a British trooper in southern Iraq and a US soldier slain by gunfire northwest of Baghdad. A US Marine also died of wounds, the US command said
- People Important Than Pak Army's Budget ? (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Nov 24, 2005)
On the Eid day on November 4 General Pervez Musharraf went to Muzaffarabad in occupied Kashmir and made a statement that sounded like an Eidi (Eid gift) for the quake-smitten Kashmiris.
- Angel From Across The Wall (Indian Express, Doreen Beierlein, Nov 24, 2005)
Will Merkel turn out an Iron Lady of German politics, leading the country out of economic and social crises to a better future?
- Abu Salem Sent To High-Security Jail (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
One of India's most wanted men, accused of involvement in a series of bombings in Mumbai more than 12 years ago that killed 260 people, was ordered by a judge on Wednesday to a high-security jail for his own safety.
- Forget Differences, Let’S Have A Joint Cause (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 24, 2005)
Arif Haleem talks to a veteran human rights activist R P Saraf about the recent earthquake and the measures taken to rehabilitate victims
Tragedy has struck the valley twice during the past one year.
- Senate Condemns Ajk Police (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
Angry senators of both the ruling and opposition parties on Wednesday joined hands to condemn the Azad Jammu and Kashmir police for illegally entering the Punjab to "kidnap" three young college-going girls, their mother, . . .
- Three Crpf Jawans Killed In Fidayeen Attack In Srinagar (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Nov 24, 2005)
Two militants tried to sneak into the camp and both were killed
- Singh Wants Check On Rights Abuse In Kashmir (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Nov 24, 2005)
The US ambassador to Pakistan has called for the inclusion of the Kashmiris in the resolution of the Kashmir dispute.
- The Evil That Is ‘Vani’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 23, 2005)
THE news that desperate parents of five daughters from Mianwali appealed to the president and the Supreme Court
- Iran-India: Critical Times? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Nov 23, 2005)
IS IRAN, as the Western media would have us believe, really mired in religious fanaticism and intolerance?
- Parliament Faces A Winter Of Discord (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Nov 23, 2005)
At least 50 legislative measures are scheduled for introduction or consideration in the winter session of Parliament, opening today. But this appears a tall order, given the confrontationist mood of the Opposition.
- India Rejects Pak Proposal Of Self-Governance In Kashmir (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Nov 23, 2005)
India Monday virtually rejected Pakistan’s idea of “self-governance” in Jammu and Kashmir claiming people of the state already enjoyed autonomy and popular democratic rights which residents of the state’s parts under Pakistan’s occupation were deprived of
- Salem Seeks Overseas Legal Help (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Nov 23, 2005)
A British Pakistani law firm based in the English city of Birmingham has been asked to come on board by Abu Salem's Indian legal team in a bid to mount a many-pronged, multi-national defence that could involve dragging India before the European Court of H
- When Us Bars Its Door To Foreign Scholars (Christian Science Monitor, Alexandra Marks, Nov 23, 2005)
Concern is mounting that the US government is using antiterror laws - namely, the Patriot Act - to revive a now-discredited practice common during the cold war:
- An Irrelevant Loc Is Not The Real Issue (News International, Humera Niazi, Nov 23, 2005)
The recent effort to make the LoC irrelevant is acceptable but far from a logical solution to the Kashmir problem.
- Scourge Of Child Abuse (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Nov 23, 2005)
ONE of the most painful and soul-searing problems facing society in Pakistan is that of sexual abuse of children.
- The War Has Began – Indian Americans Fight Back Indian And American Oligarchs Trying To Exploit Indian And American People (India Daily, Babu Ghanta, Nov 23, 2005)
Outsourcing is bad for American workers. It is also bad in the long run for Indian workers as they get exploited. It is really the worst for Indian Americans in America who are first displaced to send jobs to India.
- We Are What We Don't Eat (Hindu, ANAND SANKAR, Nov 23, 2005)
Scientists have no right to irrevocably change the genetic makeup of a species, says veteran biologist Arpad Pusztai, who has bravely campaigned against GM foods for decades
- Jayalalithaa Seeks Repatriation Of 39 Tamil Youth From Uae (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 23, 2005)
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to arrange for "smooth repatriation" of 39 distressed Tamil youth working as low-wage employees in the United Arab Emirates.
- Bihar Pins Hope On Nitish Kumar (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Nov 23, 2005)
It is the dawn of a new era in Bihar. An era of hope and resurgence, an era whose foundation will be laid on the ruins of caste and communal politics, an era ushered in by a verdict whose impact will send tremors in the corridors of power in New Delhi
- Tom And Jerry (Deccan Herald, BINA SHAJI KURUP, Nov 23, 2005)
After ten days of living with a mouse in the house, I empathise with Tom fully.
- In The End, His Joke Was Tired And On Him (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Nov 23, 2005)
Mandal's architect V P Singh called the rise of Laloo Prasad Yadav in Bihar his “lab experiment in social justice
- Poised To Create History (Hindu, Jonathan Franklin, Nov 23, 2005)
MICHELLE BACHELET was a 23-year-old medical student in Chile when a gang of military men broke into her house and kidnapped both her and her mother, Angela Jeria.
- Nda Blows Out Rjd Lantern (Deccan Herald, DH news, Nov 23, 2005)
Terming the remarkable win “people’s victory”, JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar said the electorate of Bihar had given a befitting reply to the injustice done to the state by the “illegal” dissolution of the previous Assembly.
- People's Caravan Campaign Against Wto Agreements (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Nov 23, 2005)
The People's Caravan, or the Citizens for Justice, Dignity and Food Sovereignty, is busy consolidating popular opinion against attempts to make developing countries sign agreements on agriculture, services and intellectual property rights by the World Tra
- Pakistan Regrets `Evasive Response' Of India (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 23, 2005)
"Repetition of reference to Gilgit and Baltistan is uncalled for"
- India Asked To Respond To Pak Ideas On Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2005)
Pakistan on Tuesday asked India to respond with an open mind to the ideas of demilitarisation and self-governance to help find a solution to the Kashmir dispute and for durable peace in the region.
- Terminal Hospitals For Terminally Ill (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 23, 2005)
Sir, — Your editorial “Criminal neglect” (18-19 November) is a piece of constructive journalism on the state of affairs in government hospitals.
- To Recover Lost Ground (Telegraph, Nishit Dholabhai, Nov 23, 2005)
Before the Nagaland ceasefire comes up for rene- wal, the Centre should try to regain the trust of both the people and the rebels, says Nishit Dholabhai
- Things To Learn From India (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Nov 22, 2005)
While I was in India last month I came across an American friend who had also travelled to Delhi to pursue some interest in development economics.
- Iraqi Peace Talks Rescued After Near Collapse (Reuters, Mohammed Abbas and Waleed Ibrahim, Nov 22, 2005)
Iraqi politicians put aside some differences and agreed a closing statement at a reconciliation conference on Monday, despite last minute objections to the mention of Iraqi federalism and the definition of resistance.
- Syria Under Siege (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Nov 22, 2005)
Henry Kissinger once remarked that “there cannot be a war in the Middle East without Egypt and peace without Syria”. The importance of this observation has never been more evident than now. Countries hostile to Israel or perceived to be an impediment. . .
- Rebels Held During Bush’S China Visit (Tribune, Peter Wallsten, Nov 22, 2005)
After a two-day visit to China billed as an opportunity to advance his second-term goal of spreading freedom, President Bush left the country on Monday amid questions over how aggressively he pressed the matter.
- President Bush In China (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 22, 2005)
With an average annual growth of 9.5 per cent for almost three decades, China has not only managed to lift a large section of its population out of poverty.
- Naxal Killing Buoys Police Morale (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
The killing of two top naxalites in successive encounters in as many days has buoyed the morale of policemen in the district.
- Salem `Confession' Submitted To Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Statement likely to be read today
- Institutions Told To Take Up Brain Research Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
President takes part in the 10th convocation of NIMHANS
- Stand Firm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Diplomacy should be used to release the hostages taken by the Taliban.
- India’S Response Awaited: Fo: Kashmir Demilitarization, Self-Governance (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Nov 22, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday declared that India had taken note of its proposal on demilitarization and self-governance in Kashmir, indicating that there could be a forward movement on both proposals if New Delhi responded positively.
- The Northeast Exception (Hindu, Sarmila Bose, Nov 22, 2005)
Argues for a policy reorientation towards the Northeast and linking it to a new `Look East' policy
- Will Naxal Surrender Package Work? (Deccan Herald, P V RAMANA, Nov 22, 2005)
Past experience shows that Naxal surrender packages cause law and order problems.
- When Officers Are Not Gentlemen (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 22, 2005)
I do not know what I can do about the thinking countrymen. They are all there for a cricket commentary or some boorish confrontation among politicians.
- Burnt Out Case (Telegraph, Jay Bhattacharjee, Nov 22, 2005)
The roots of the recent violence in Paris can be traced to the functioning of the French establishment and the elite, writes Jay Bhattacharjee
- Society Should Take Cases Of Torture Against Women Seriously' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Women behind many cases of torture, says panel member
- Security At What Cost? (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
The conviction of six policemen in the ‘disappearance’ and murder of Punjab human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra brings to a satisfactory end a trial with huge implications for civil liberties in the country.
- No Mercy For Rapists (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
THE Supreme Court ruling awarding the maximum possible sentence of life imprisonment to a father for sexually exploiting his own 12-year-old daughter at the servant quarters of Himachal Pradesh Raj Bhavan in Shimla is a landmark judgement.
- Bihar's Most Wanted: Ajay, In 40s, Trigger-Happy And Fond Of Good Life (Telegraph, Uttam Sengupta, Nov 21, 2005)
“We should have killed him three years ago,” says an otherwise suave police officer, regretting the ease with which the erstwhile commander of the “People’s Red Army”, Ajay Sao alias Ajay Kanu alias Ravi Kanu, was rescued by Maoists last Sunday . . .
- Iraqi Politicians Get Tentative Deal At Cairo Talks (Reuters, Mohammed Abbas and Waleed Ibrahim, Nov 21, 2005)
Iraqi politicians from across the spectrum reached tentative agreement at a conference in Cairo on Sunday that violence should stop, detainees go free and U.S. forces gradually withdraw.
- Mirwaiz’S Ideas (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 21, 2005)
Those seeking a solution of the Kashmir issue need to take note of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s speech in New Delhi on Wednesday.
- Loc Should Be Demilitarized: Strategic Assets Not Damaged: Aziz (Dawn, Iftikhar A. Khan, Nov 21, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday called for demilitarization of the Line of Control (LoC) and reiterated that settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute was essential for durable peace in the region.
- Tv’S Witch Hunt -Time To Reflect, To Introspect (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
If Dr Arvind Khare did all he is alleged to have done — allegations that were reported on television and in the Delhi edition of this newspaper on Friday
- Killer Cops (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 21, 2005)
After seven years, the ghost of the Khalra case has caught up with six diabolical policemen.
- Increasing Pressure To Withdraw (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 21, 2005)
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's assessment that foreign troops could start withdrawing by the middle of 2006 might appear plausible at the surface.
- Iraqis' Right To Rule Themselves (Hindu, Haifa Zangana, Nov 21, 2005)
The photograph of an elderly Iraqi carrying the burned body of a child at Fallujah, widely shown during the chemical weapons controversy of recent days,
- Kalam Way To Robust Karnataka (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
In his special address to the joint session of the Karnataka legislature to mark the Suvarna Karnataka celebrations, the president focussed on transforming the State into an economic powerhouse by the turn of the decade.
- Singh’S Concern Over Cross-Border Terrorism Conveyed To Aziz (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Nov 21, 2005)
Indian Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed said on Sunday that he had conveyed Indian Premier Manmohan Singh’s concerns regarding “cross-border terrorism” to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
- Iraqi Civilians Drilled To Death (Statesman, Raymond Whitaker and Kim Sengupta, Nov 21, 2005)
British-trained police operating in Basra have tortured at least two civilians to death with electric drills.
Mr John Reid, the secretary of state for defence, admits that he knows of “alleged deaths in custody” and other “serious prisoner abuse”. . .
- Full Text Of President's Speech (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam addressed the members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in Bangalore on Sunday. What follows is the complete text of the speech.
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