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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- India Is Too Modest About How It Can Play A Global Role As The World’S Largest Democracy’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 11, 2006)
Hello and welcome to Walk the Talk. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, it’s a special privilege to have you on Walk the Talk, a rare appearance on Indian television.
- Azad: Self-Rule, Demilitarisation Are Nothing But A Stunt (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
People's Democratic Party is likely to nominate Tariq Hameed Qarra as the State's new Deputy Chief Minister even as Abdul Aziz Zargar is likely to continue as Legislature Party leader.
- The Balochistan Problem (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 05, 2006)
A new map published in the US Armed Forces Journal and prepared by one Ralph Peters delineates the boundaries of a free Balochistan.
- Crises All Around (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 02, 2006)
There is hardly any country that at some time in its existence has not been entangled in a crisis of one kind or the other. Such a crisis could be political, economic or security-related in nature. The afflicted country either tries to resolve . . . .
- A Very Beig Problem (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Sep 02, 2006)
The Congress party’s tryst with its alliance partner in J&K may have reached its end game. The recent stand off with the People’s Democratic Party was ostensibly triggered after Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad set aside the PDP’s decision to seek . . .
- Politics Without Vision (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 02, 2006)
The controversy triggered by the People's Democratic Party's decision to demand the sacking of Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Muzzaffer Hussain Beigh might turn out to be a storm in a teacup.
- Terror In Twilight (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 01, 2006)
Is the Hizbul Mujahideen preparing to come to the negotiating table?
- Azad Ready For Talks With Hizb, Not Lashkar (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Aug 31, 2006)
Chief MinisterGhulam Nabi Azadsays it will take a lot of time to rescue Jammu and Kashmir from the vested interests that have become entrenched. Excerpts from an interview:
- Trouble In The Neighbourhood (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 30, 2006)
Sandwiched between conflict zones in Sri Lanka and Pakistan, India has to achieve the right balance in neighbourly priorities — deciding how far to go in dealing with the Tamil Tigers while . . .
- Blind Men Of Hindustan (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 30, 2006)
Last Wednesday an eminent American research scholar and author on South Asia, Mr Paul Brass, wrote an article in a national daily.
- From Bullets To Ballots In Kashmir? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 30, 2006)
Is the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen contemplating turning to politics? If he takes the peace road, Syed Salahuddin could face opposition from within his own organisation too.
- Pakistan Alleges Ceasefire Violation (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 29, 2006)
Claims woman from Balakot village was hit by Indian sniper fire
- Us Perspective On Lebanon (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Aug 28, 2006)
As the tenuous ceasefire in Lebanon holds, there is constant evaluation going on in the US about the brutal war in Lebanon that was allowed to go on for five weeks to enable Israel to achieve its strategic goals.
- After Ulfa, Centre Mulls Talks With Hizbul (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Aug 28, 2006)
The Centre is mulling over opening talks with the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) on the pattern of the talks with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), provided the Kashmiri militant group lives up to its promise word of going in for a ceasefire . . .
- No Half Way (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 28, 2006)
It can't be anybody's case that Mirwaiz Moulvi Umar Farooq and his colleagues in the moderate Hurriyat Conference should not be talking about peace process between India and Pakistan.
- Shifting Winds In The Us (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Aug 26, 2006)
The month of August is usually languid and lazy in Washington. Virtually everyone is in their country houses or on the beaches, far removed from the cares of their daily chores.
- A Disappointing Judgment (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Aug 26, 2006)
The month of August is usually languid and lazy in Washington. Virtually everyone is in their country houses or on the beaches, far removed from the cares of their daily chores.
- Muzaffarabad: Kashmir Group Rejects Criticism (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Dismissing criticism by four groups in occupied Kashmir, the Hizbul Mujahideen has vowed to take all possible steps needed to resolve the Kashmir issue in accordance with the wishes of the Kashmiris.
- Lessons From The Lebanese War (News International, M B NAQVI, Aug 23, 2006)
While the ongoing Palestinians-versus-Israelis struggle cannot be ignored or downgraded, the Lebanese situation stands by itself. Hizbollah successfully challenged the much vaunted Israeli defence forces.
- Congressional Rebuke (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 22, 2006)
The latest congressional report should provide food for thought for those who are running America’s war on terror.
- ‘Al-Qaeda Has No Role In J&k’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Syed Sallah-u-Din, chief of Hizbul Mujahideen, the strongest Kashmiri militant group, has said that al-Qaeda has no role in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Hizb Chief Ready For Peace Talks (Asian Age, Yusuf Jameel, Aug 19, 2006)
Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin told a Srinagar-based news agency, Kashmir News Service, on Thursday that his organisation was ready to talk to India and that ceasefire from either side should not be a precondition for starting the . . .
- Salahuddin Stresses Demilitarisation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The Pakistan based chief of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Syed Salahuddin, on Thursday said that the proposal of self-rule could be discussed only after complete demilitarisation across the Line of Control.
- Indian Troops Have Not Violated Cease-Fire: Army (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
The army today denied that its troops had violated the ceasefire along the 794 kms-long Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
- No Indian Firing Across Loc: Army (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
The Indian army on Tuesday denied that its troops had opened fire across the Line Of Control (LOC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
- The Global War Among Fascists (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Aug 16, 2006)
The Bush-Blair combine will never be satisfied with Pakistan, no matter what it does. That is why while Bush was effusive in his thanks to Blair on unveiling an alleged plot to blow up airliners across the Atlantic, there was no thanks coming . . .
- India Loc Firing Injures Two Youth (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
The two-and-a-half years long ceasefire between Pakistan and India disrupted at the Line of Control (LoC) Tuesday when two youths were injured after the Indian side opened fire at Bandi Abbas in district Poonch, Azad Kashmir.
- 2 Pakistanis Injured In Trans-Loc Firing (Dawn, TARIQ NAQASH, Aug 16, 2006)
Indian troops resorted to machinegun fire from across the Line of Control in what Pakistani officials termed a clear violation of ceasefire and injured two brothers in a border village of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.
- Jammu: Surrendered Militants Rounded Up, Told To Leave (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
As part of its beefed-up security measures on Independence Day eve, the Jammu and Kashmir Police have for the first time asked surrendered militants to immediately leave Jammu for the next few days.
- Understand The Jihadi Mindset (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Aug 11, 2006)
What is the link between Kashmir, Iraq, Chechnya, Afghanistan and West Asia?
- India’S Signal May Not Work (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 11, 2006)
As if the current dip in bilateral relations was not enough, we now have a new “war doctrine” by the Indian military to combat what it describes as Islamabad’s “new” strategy of “attack by infiltration” into India beyond Indian-held Kashmir.
- Pakistan, India Shrug Off Doomsday Projections (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Aug 11, 2006)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri on Thursday sounded cautiously optimistic about the future of the Pakistan-India peace process and shrugged off the doomsday scenario being projected in the media.
- Loc Tense Again, Says Sultan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry, former prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and convener of People’s Muslim League, said on Monday that troops’ build-up along the Line of Control (LoC) had begun again, and the Indian army was committing . . .
- Loc Tense Again, Says Sultan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry, former prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and convener of People’s Muslim League, said on Monday that troops’ build-up along the Line of Control (LoC) had begun again, and the Indian army was committing . . .
- Politics Of The Right Of Self-Determination (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 06, 2006)
The Pakistan Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, in an interview with Outlook correspondent Saba Naqvi Bhaumik, said that though Indo-Pakistan relations are moving in the right direction, but the "core issue" of Kashmir has to be settled first. When asked . . .
- Pretexts, Provocations And Consequences (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 06, 2006)
When a series of bomb blasts ripped through seven commuter trains, causing mayhem in Mumbai nine days ago, it was hardly surprising that suspicion immediately fell on Islamist militants, with Lashkar-i-Taiba becoming the main focus of attention on . . .
- Azad Rules Out Talks With Militants (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Aug 06, 2006)
Ruling out the possibility of holding Nagaland-style talks with militants in Kashmir, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday evening told the Assembly that it was a completely different situation here as non-State actors were involved.
- Nehru's Legacy In Foreign Affairs (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Aug 05, 2006)
The volume contains material that throws light on the culture of prevarication that has marked the handling of foreign affairs.
- 3 Cops Held For Stealing Ak-47 For Let (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Three more policemen have been arrested on the charges of stealing AK-47 rifles from the police stores and supplying these to ultras in the Kishtwar area of the Doda district.
- Blast In Mumbai: An Acid Test (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Aug 01, 2006)
Terrorists struck in a big way at the financial heart of India on 11th July, 2006, on Mumbai's lifeline, that is the local trains running in the City's western suburbs.
- Foreign Policy Tangles (News International, Shafqat Mahmood, Jul 28, 2006)
The writer is a former member of parliament and a freelance columnist based in Lahore
- The Us And Muslims (News International, Rahimullah Yusufzai, Jul 28, 2006)
If the United States of America still hoped it would be able to win the hearts of minds of Muslims worldwide, its reaction to the events of the past few weeks in the Middle East should make it realise the futility of the exercise.
- Naga Issues And The Way Forward (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 28, 2006)
The Naga peace process may well be approaching the tipping point as the Union Government and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) resume talks in Bangkok.
- Punitive Action Sanctioned On Bangla Border (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Increased infiltration of illegal economic migrants, terrorists, lack of adequate response from Bangladesh, and suspected official complicity has changed India’s attitude ordering the infusion of another 40 battalions on the border and authority . . .
- India-Pakistan Trust Deficit (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jul 26, 2006)
Although the Mumbai blasts may have clouded the India-Pakistan peace process, both sides have kept front and back channels open.
- Teeth For Forces On Bangla Border (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Jul 26, 2006)
The security set-up along the border with Bangladesh has been rejigged with a record number of battalions of the Border Security Force being deployed.
- One-Way Street (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 24, 2006)
It has been apparent for quite some time now that Pakistan’s President, Pervez Musharraf, is riding a tiger.
- Peace In The Region (Tribune, Major-Gen Ashok K. Mehta (retd), Jul 22, 2006)
Last month I was in Dublin and Belfast, Northern Ireland in the UK to study how a successful peace process there compares with peace processes in India’s neighbourhood.
- The Greatest Pashtun (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jul 16, 2006)
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988) was without a doubt the greatest political genius the Pashtun people have yet produced. Understanding the political economy of the Pashto/Pakhto speaking peoples, as well as the Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkmen and . . .
- A Shadow On The Peace Process (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 14, 2006)
The exchange of words between India and Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks shows the trust deficit.
- Where's The Steel In Our National Character? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 12, 2006)
Why doesn't our Government respond with the vehemence of Israelis when our jawans are abducted and mutilated,
- Ulfa Makes A Point (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jul 08, 2006)
Amidst indications that the stage is getting ready for direct talks between the government and the United Liberation Front of Asom . . .
- Devious Tigers (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Jul 08, 2006)
The LTTE's delayed regret for killing Rajiv Gandhi is a desperate attempt to seek New Delhi's support in its fight for 'Tamil Eelam', after . . .
- Ltte's Manoeuvres India's Options (Daily Excelsior, M Rama Rao, Jul 07, 2006)
By now it is clear that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has grudgingly admitted responsibility for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi only as a tactical manoeuvre and in search of a trade off. Whether it will succeed in its gambit is a . . .
- Law, Justice And J&k~ii (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jul 03, 2006)
The invaders failed to take Srinagar solely because they lost their military purpose while indulging in the Rape of Baramula.
- Slow And Steady (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 22, 2006)
The launch of a second bus service between Poonch and Rawalkot by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday is a good indication that the India-Pakistan peace process is on track.
- Not The Destination, Says Pok Leader (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 21, 2006)
56 cross the Line of Control from Rawalakot to Poonch by bus on Tuesday
"A bus service or a truck service cannot solve the problem of Kashmir"
Demand for inclusion of Kashmiri leaders in India-Pakistan talks.
- For A Stable Border (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 20, 2006)
The Tenth Round of talks at the official level on the Siachen issue, held at New Delhi on 23 and 24 May 2006, have predictability ended in no agreement.
- Late News: Differing Perceptions Stymie India-Pakistan Talks (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jun 16, 2006)
There is an asymmetry of perceptions and expectations between India and Pakistan, which could become the stumbling block in their bilateral dialogue, according to a new report.
- North-East: Troubling Portends (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jun 13, 2006)
Insurgency and instability in the north-eastern segment of India appears set to exacerbate and there could be no worse omen of unpleasant things to come than the flowering of the bamboo, a phenomenon that repeats itself every half century and brings . . .
- Building Trust (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 09, 2006)
Does one need any evidence of the positive fall-out of confidence-building measures between India and Pakistan so far?
- Jihadi Leaders Roaming Free In Pak: Saran (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Noting that Pakistan is not trying to control ‘jihadi’ leaders roaming free on its soil, India has said that confidence between the two countries cannot be built in such circumstances.
- Jihad Of Several Kinds (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Jun 07, 2006)
IF I had the authority I would ban the use of the word “jihad” except for jihad proper.
- Demilitarisation Of Siachen (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok K. Mehta (retd), Jun 04, 2006)
The Siachen breakthrough did not materialise. We are closer to resolving any of the other outstanding issues with Pakistan.
- Kashmir Rebel Chief Rejects Indian "Come Home" Call (Reuters, Kamran Haider, Jun 01, 2006)
The Pakistan-based commander of Kashmir's biggest guerrilla group rejected on Wednesday an appeal by India's prime minister for militants to return to their homes, saying New Delhi must first leave the territory.
- Salahuddin Rejects Singh’S ‘Come Home’ Call (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The Pakistan-based commander of Kashmir’s biggest militant group rejected on Wednesday an appeal by India’s prime minister for militants to return to their homes, saying New Delhi must first leave the territory.
- Siachen Glitch (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 27, 2006)
Pakistan’s argument is not convincing
- Pm Says Autonomy To Be Discussed (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, May 26, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh categorically said today that the issue of autonomy and self-rule will be discussed by one of the five groups to be constituted to deal with various aspects of the problems of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Pm Meets Kashmir Groups In Shadow Of Violence (Reuters, Palash Kumar, May 25, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was to end his two-day peace roundtable in Kashmir on Thursday, a day after appealing to militants to come home and telling his own troops to be more humane.
- Pranab Blames Pak For Failure Of Siachen Talks (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2006)
Persisting differences over authentication of positions held by their respective armed forces in Siachen glacier on Wednesday prevented defence secretaries of India and Pakistan from making any breakthrough.
- Two Many (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 23, 2006)
It may well be a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth.
- India Rejects Kashmir Troops Pullout Full Story (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday rejected calls for an early withdrawal of troops from Siachen glacier or from the rest of Occupied Kashmir.
- India Rejects Call For Troop Pullout (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Indian officials on Wednesday rejected calls for an early withdrawal of troops from a Himalayan glacier or from the rest of occupied Kashmir, saying militancy was spreading from the disputed territory to elsewhere in the country.
- Peace Mission (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 17, 2006)
The portrait of a writer as a peacemaker is not very common in modern-day politics.
- No Compromise On Siachen (Tribune, Lt Gen (retd) Vijay Oberoi, May 16, 2006)
The countdown for the next round of discussions between India and Pakistan, later this month, has started. Perhaps the biggest issue exercising the minds of political pundits, defence analysts and the media is the question of demilitarising Siachen.
- Behind Our Back (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 15, 2006)
What is happening across the Line of Control (LoC)? The reference in this behalf is strictly to terrorism and its merchants.
- Terror On The Mountains (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 12, 2006)
On the politics and practice of massacres in the Jammu region in the wake of the killings in Doda and Udhampur districts.
- For Lasting Peace (Frontline, Kanak Mani Dixit, May 11, 2006)
The people and the political players pull Nepal back from the brink, with some help from India; now it is time to let the U.N. to play its part.
- Pdp Wants Militants To Declare Ceasefire (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Hoping that the Hurriyat Conference will attend the second roundtable conference here later this month, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged all militant organisations operating in Jammu and Kashmir to declare a ceasefire.
- No Troop Cuts In Kashmir Till Militancy Halts, Says India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Pakistan rejects Mukherjee’s allegations
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