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Articles 6621 through 6720 of 19042:
- Pakistan Blames India (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 05, 2006)
We have had legitimate security concerns, says General Ehsan-ul-Haq
Islamabad "did not introduce nuclear weapons into South Asia"
JCSC did not name India "to maintain sanctity of summit atmosphere"
"Don't build CBMs on top of underlying Kashmir . .
- Day Of The Big Bully (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 05, 2006)
Some things are so obvious that you feel almost embarrassed to repeat them — but if you don’t say them, the propagandists win.
- Tension Across Loc (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 05, 2006)
It’s difficult but life must go on. This old adage has come true in the case of "Azad" Kashmir as the occupied territory across the Line of Control is locally known.
- Pakistan’S Allies~ii (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jun 05, 2006)
The budding US-China détente brokered by Pakistan came into full bloom here. NBC News on 7 January 1980 said “for the first time in history (a senior State Department . . .
- Rumsfeld Brands Iran As Leading Terrorist Nation (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
US Defense Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld branded Iran as the world's leading terrorist nation yet hoped Tehran seriously would consider incentives from the West in exchange for suspending suspect nuclear activities.
- Sharif Asks Pakistanis To Joing Hands For Democracy (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Stepping up efforts to oust Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked people in his country to join hands for establishment of democracy.
- Pray For Peace And Return Of Pandits (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Jun 05, 2006)
It was a psychological, social and communal reunion of the "cultural brotherhood" separated by murky politics.
- Toronto Mosque Vandalised After Arrests (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Vandals smashed windows of a Toronto mosque after a weekend police sweep that netted 17 suspected Al-Qaeda sympathisers accused of plotting bomb attacks.
- Boomtime For Bpos, Institutes » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
From bantawallahs to your friendly neighbourhood grocer, everyone is an admissions expert during this time of the year. There is professional help too.
- 17 Nabbed On Terrorism Charges In Canada (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Seventeen Canadian residents were arrested on terrorism charges. They were inspired by Al Qaeda, had amassed enough explosives to build huge bombs and were planning to blow up targets in densely populated Ontario, police said on Saturday.
- With Tears And Roses, Kashmiri Hindus Pray For Return (Reuters, Sheikh Mushtaq, Jun 05, 2006)
Thousands of Kashmiri Hindus, who fled an Islamic insurgency in the Himalayan state years ago, gathered on Sunday at a holy shrine in the strife-torn region to pray for an early return to their homes.
- 'Nri' Part Of Plot To Blow Up Canadian Parliament (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Jun 05, 2006)
One of the 17 suspects rounded up by Canadian authorities while uncovering the country's first major terrorist bomb plot goes by the name Steven Vikash Chand alias Abdul Shakur.
- Terrorists Planned To Bring Tokyo Terror To London (Pioneer, PTI, Jun 05, 2006)
Islamic terror suspects were planning a chemical attack in London similar to the 1995 outrage on the Tokyo underground, which prompted last week's counter-terrorist operation in east of the British capital in which one person was shot and another . . .
- Mayawati Tells Obcs To Beware Vote Politics (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Predicts fall of UPA Govt before Monsoon Session ---- Terming the move to provide reservation to OBCs in higher educational institutions as "vote politics", BSP supremo Mayawati appealed to the OBCs to beware the plans of Congress and BJP on the issue.
- Now, Pak Ban On The Code (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Pakistan has banned Hollywood blockbuster `The Da Vinci Code' after widespread criticism of the film in the Islamic republic, officials said on Sunday.
- Equality Before Law (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 05, 2006)
It is the third attempt at a model nikahnama. The first, brought out by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board in May last year, turned out to be a damp squib despite being years in preparation.
- Prez Musharraf Doing A Good Job (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
US Defence Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Saturday lavished praise on the Pakistani president’s campaign against terrorism, but side-stepped charges that Islamabad has not done enough to flush out Taliban fighters hiding along the border with Afghanistan
- Talks On Siachen Not Dialogue Of The Deaf: Pak Defence Secy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jun 04, 2006)
Pakistan Defence Secretary Lt-Gen Tariq Waseem Ghazi (retd) visited New Delhi for the tenth round of Defence Secretary-level India-Pakistan talks on Siachen and Sir Creek. He agreed for an interview but could not find time. On his return to Islamabad . .
- Strike Out (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 04, 2006)
The foiled terrorist strike on the RSS headquarters at Nagpur early on Thursday was not unexpected, even though it is to the credit of the security forces that they acted according to drill and gunned down the three attackers.
- Cultivate Creativity (Hindu, MITA KAPUR, Jun 04, 2006)
`Through my art I want to work towards peace,' says theatre actor Salim Shah.
Theatre is not dead yet. Every time oxygen is in short supply, it has been supplied.
- Rumsfeld Warns China On Defence Modernisation (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 04, 2006)
Musharraf "key ally" in war against terror
- Taliban-Ii More Lethal (Pioneer, B Raman, Jun 04, 2006)
Afghanistan continues to boil in the jihadi cauldron while Pakistan stokes the fire below ---- The upsurge in violence - partly conventional strikes, partly acts of terrorism - which one has been seeing in southern and eastern Afghanistan since the . . .
- Queen Rania Launches Jrf In Uk (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Her Majesty Queen Rania attended the launch of the Jordan River Foundation (JRF) in the United Kingdom last week, where channels of collaboration were established between the foundation and several British institutions.
- Successes And Failures (OutLook, B. Raman , Jun 04, 2006)
Every time the State denies a tactical victory to the terrorists, it takes one step forward for achieving a strategic victory over terrorism. That is the way to look at the foiled terrorist attack on RSS headquarters at Nagpur.
- Pakistan, India Dialogue Process In A State Of Impasse: Shujaat (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Pakistan Muslim League (PML) president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that the composite dialogue process between Pakistan and India has gone into a state of impasse, Geo television reported.
- Karamat Opposes Long Involvement Of Army (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Jun 04, 2006)
Pakistan’s outgoing Ambassador to Unites States, Gen Jehangir Karamat, has advised the government not to involve the army ‘for too long’ in Waziristan and Balochistan because it can be ‘counterproductive’ to do so.
- The (Vicious) Cycle Of Progress (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 04, 2006)
Chandni Chowk sees a turf battle between minister and MP, Centre and State, over a move to replace rickshaws with CNG buses
- Office Of Perplexity & Pandemonium (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Jun 04, 2006)
The attack on RSS headquarters in Nagpur shows that the Islamic militants are targeting a particular community.”
- Infectious Suicide Bombing Menace In Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 04, 2006)
Four soldiers were killed and eight others wounded in a suicide car bombing in Bakkakhel area of Bannu Frontier Region on Friday.
- Ban On Liquor ? (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Jun 04, 2006)
Nearly 30 years ago, when the Late M. G Ramachandran assumed power for the first time as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, one of the first decisions he announced was to impose total prohibition in the State.
- 35 Die In Afghan Unrest As District Retaken (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Nearly 35 Taliban rebels were killed in the latest strikes in Afghanistan as Afghan and coalition troops took back a district that had been in rebel hands for days, officials said.
- Pakistan Not In Arms Race: Pm (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Pakistan is a peaceful country and its defence doctrine is based on minimum credible deterrence for maintaining peace in the region, according to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
- What About Women’S Reservations? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 04, 2006)
Good things done with wrong intentions by politicians who are otherwise perfectly wise, are bound to have adverse repercussions. Every politician weighs benefits in terms of caste votes and then makes aggressive or guarded statements accordingly.
- In A New Light (Hindu, A.J. THOMAS, Jun 04, 2006)
"I would not be surprised if this novel turns out to be his magnum opus eventually."
- London Police Search For Evidence Of Terrorist Plot (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
British police were frantically searching Sunday for evidence of what security sources fear is a plot to unleash sarin nerve gas or another deadly agent.
- Us Warns Iran N-Talks Won’T Be Open For Long (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
The United States warned Iran it will not have much time to respond once offered an international package of rewards designed to encourage Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment, suggesting that the window could close and be replaced by penalties . . .
- Pakistan’S Allies~i (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jun 04, 2006)
From the 1846 Treaty of Amritsar creating the State of Jammu & Kashmir until the collapse of the USSR in 1991, Britain and later the USA becoming increasingly interested in the subcontinent’s Northwest.
- Disquiet On The Western Front (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Jun 04, 2006)
The biggest problem for the Hamid Karzai regime is that it does not have any control over regions bordering Pakistan, the hotbed of terrorism. Worse, Musharraf would rather aggravate insurgency ---- President Pervez Musharraf said after talks with . . .
- Payback Time (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jun 04, 2006)
Hamid Karzai gave the Taliban all the latitude it needed for regrouping. India made the mistake of listening to him instead of trusting its own instincts back in 2002. Now, Karzai himself speaks out against Pakistan for sponsoring Taliban-II.
- Ignoring The Silent Invasion (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Jun 04, 2006)
The illegal immigration of non-Western peoples, I predict, will become an all-consuming issue in every Western country.
- Walking A Tightrope (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
While the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad has said Teheran will not abandon its right to nuclear technology under Western pressure, efforts are on to resolve the standoff as the EU foreign policy head Javier Solana will visit Iran in the next . . .
- Us Imposes Sanctions On Dawood (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Nearly three years after designating him as a global terrorist, the Bush administration on Friday imposed sanctions on India’s most wanted criminal Dawood Ibrahim and his organisation, denying him access to the US financial system.
- Siachen Is Strategically Important (Daily Excelsior, J N Raina, Jun 03, 2006)
India will be deluding itself if it feels sanguine that Siachen conflict will be negotiated with Pakistan amicably.
- Nagpur: Ib Detected Terrorists (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 03, 2006)
Communications operation enabled it to monitor the squad's movement
Did not have enough details to make pre-emptive arrests
Police have confirmed that the three killed were Pakistan nationals
- Ignoring The Silent Invasion (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Jun 03, 2006)
The illegal immigration of non-Western peoples, I predict, will become an all-consuming issue in every Western country.
- Demerits Of Demilitarisation (Deccan Herald, Sushant Sareen, Jun 03, 2006)
If Pak violates the agreement it implies an end to peace process, not affordable diplomatically or militarily
- Us Warns Iran N-Talks Won’T Be Open For Long (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The United States warned Iran it will not have much time to respond once offered an international package of rewards designed to encourage Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment, suggesting that the window could close and be replaced by penalties if . . .
- What About Women’S Reservations? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 03, 2006)
Good things done with wrong intentions by politicians who are otherwise perfectly wise, are bound to have adverse repercussions.
- Strike Out (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 03, 2006)
The foiled terrorist strike on the RSS headquarters at Nagpur early on Thursday was not unexpected, even though it is to the credit of the security forces that they acted according to drill and gunned down the three attackers.
- Ultras Killed In Nagpur Were Pakistanis (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The three heavily-armed terrorists killed while attempting to attack the RSS headquarters here, have been identified as Pakistanis, CID sources said here today.
- Picturing Pakistan (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 03, 2006)
A book explains why Pakistan goes back and forth between democracy and military dictatorship.
- Dr Ghamdi Is Right, Mr Aziz Is Wrong (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
On Wednesday, at the National Education Conference in Islamabad, we heard an interesting argument.
- Benazir, Nawaz Discuss Govt’S ‘Overtures’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif met in Dubai on Friday and discussed the prevailing political situation in Pakistan, particularly after the May 14 signing of the Charter of . . .
- The Guessing Game (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 03, 2006)
As Tony Blair limps towards the end of his tenure, the controversy over John Prescott, his deputy prime minister and the ruling party’s deputy leader, who was 68 this week, is a reminder that oppositions do not win elections, governments lose them.
- Disquiet On The Western Front (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Jun 03, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf said after talks with visiting Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai in Islamabad on February 15 that terrorism was a common enemy and the two countries had to combat it together.
- Bad Boys Finish First (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 03, 2006)
Everyone praises the truthful and runs down liars. But when it comes to the nitty-gritty, we have to concede that liars get a better deal in life than the truthful.
- The (Vicious) Cycle Of Progress (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 03, 2006)
Chandni Chowk sees a turf battle between minister and MP, Centre and State, over a move to replace rickshaws with CNG buses
- Nations Try To Patch Up Splits On Sex At Aids Meet......... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The president of the United Nations General Assembly has sought to break the deadlock over a UN declaration on AIDS, with Islamic countries objecting to empowerment for girls and the United States and others resisting defining financial targets.
- Caste Matters In The Indian Media (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jun 03, 2006)
If television and newspaper coverage of the anti-reservation agitation was indulgent and one-sided, the lack of diversity in the newsroom is surely a major culprit.
- An Opportunity To Unite People (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 03, 2006)
Not many hours after police in Nagpur succeeded in repulsing a terrorist strike on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's headquarters, politicians of the parivar began to seek political mileage out of the episode.
- Panel Asks India, Pakistan To Ratify Ctbt (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
United Nations: An independent commission seeking to end the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction has recommended that all nuclear weapon states, including India, Pakistan, United States and China, ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty . . .
- India To Host Ipi Pipeline Talks To Break Impasse (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
India will host the next round of secretary-level talks on the Iran pipeline on July 3 with no consensus having emerged during the Islamabad trilateral meeting last month on the gas price and project framework.
- Commission Asks India, Pakistan To Ratify Ctbt (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Independent panel seeks end to threat posed by WMD
- Military Officers To Administer Tribal Areas (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
In a major policy decision, President Gen Pervez Musharraf is reported to have approved the appointment of senior military officers as administrators of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).
- Al-Zarqawi Lashes Out At Shiites In Tape (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq railed against Shiites in a four-hour-long audiotape harangue posted on the Internet on Friday, saying militias are raping women and killing Sunnis and the community must fight back.
- Payback Time (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jun 03, 2006)
The writing was always there on the wall. But, typically, we Indians failed to see it.
- Panel Wants Nuke States To Ratify Ctbt (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
An independent commission seeking ways to end the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction has recommended that all nuclear weapon states, including India, Pakistan, USA and China, ratify the CTBT which prohibits all nuclear weapon testing.
- Bhatt Masala (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 03, 2006)
For someone who first tasted success directing two future MPs - Vinod Khanna to the right and Shabana Azmi to the left - in Lahu ke Do Rang, Mahesh Bhatt has, appropriately, established himself as a deft exponent of the "rent a cause" game.
- Ppp, Mma Strike Seat Deal For Ajk Election (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The People’s Party Parliamentarians and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal have reached a seat adjustment agreement for the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council elections to be held on July 11.
- 36 Tourists Injured In Grenade Explosions (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
At least 36 tourists were injured, one of them seriously, when suspected militants hurled two grenades, within 15 minutes, on their buses in the Dalgate area here this evening.
- Terror Deals Blow To Tourism, Cancellations Begin (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Jun 02, 2006)
As the Valley's biggest economic venture and back bone of its prosperity - the tourism sector, was limping to regain its lost glory, unscrupulous elements armed with explosives time and again discharged their lewd endeavours stabbing in the stomach . . .
- Police Foils Terrorist Attack On Rss Headquarters (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
major attempt to attack the heavily-guarded RSS headquarters here was today foiled when three heavily-armed terrorists were shot dead in an encounter with the police while trying to enter the sprawling complex in the wee hours today.
- Terrorists' Attempt To Storm Rss Headquarters Foiled, 3 Killed (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
A major attempt to attack the heavily-guarded RSS headquarters here was today foiled when three heavily-armed terrorists were shot dead in an encounter with the police while trying to enter the sprawling complex in the wee hours today.
- Congress-Communist Camaraderie (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jun 02, 2006)
There are moments in history when forked tongues will no do, and when overly nuanced appraisals of events amount only to equivocation.
- Police Had Information About Possible Attack (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
There was credible information for almost a year suggesting such an attack, says police officer
- Opting Out Of The System? (Dawn, Tahir Mirza, Jun 02, 2006)
When you retire after almost 50 years in active journalism, are you also in some way perhaps opting out of the whole system in which you have been involved, have written about and reported on?
- `The Da Vinci Code' Banned In Andhra Pradesh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
High-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister takes the decision
- Gujarat Communalised (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 02, 2006)
The BJP attempted to make Gujarat chauvinism synonymous with Hindutva for better poll prospects
- Govt Will Protect Minorities: Arjun (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Reaffirming the government’s commitment to the cause of the minorities in the country, Union Minister for Human Resource Development Arjun Singh has said that UPA will leave no stone unturned to protect their rights.
- Strike Out (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 02, 2006)
The foiled terrorist strike on the RSS headquarters at Nagpur early on Thursday was not unexpected, even though it is to the credit of the security forces that they acted according to drill and gunned down the three attackers.
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