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Articles 12321 through 12420 of 21784:
- India-Us Nuclear Deal In Doldrums (Pakistan Observer, Saifullah Khan, Dec 20, 2005)
The US and India entered into an agreement on 18 July 2005 to share civilian nuclear technology. This was a major change in US policy which discouraged countries from developing nuclear weapons.
- Speechless In Delhi? (Pioneer, Nida Malik, Dec 20, 2005)
Nida Malik found how easy it is to remind herself of the good word, courtesy the Thesaurus
- Caliph Of Heretic Muslim Sect Comes To India (Deccan Herald, O P Verma, Dec 20, 2005)
“Love for all, hatred for none,” is the central theme of Ahmadiyya Muslims, a sect of liberal Muslims that originated in 1908 in the obscure village of Qadian in Gurdaspur district of Punjab and is now spread over 180 countries with 200 million followers.
- Indian Ocean Nations Prepare For Next Tsunami (Reuters, Bill Tarrant, Dec 20, 2005)
The next time a tsunami strikes the Indian Ocean rim -- and scientists say that could happen anytime -- an early warning system should detect it and trigger warnings in time to millions living in coastal communities.
- Left Says ‘No Thanks’ To Congress (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
The Congress and Left parties may be friends in Delhi but will always remain enemies in Kerala come what may. Monday’s incidents at a municipal corporation in Kerala seem to reiterate the hardline postures of Kerala’s sworn political enemies.
- Third Round Of Dialogue In January (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 20, 2005)
The third round of India-Pakistan composite dialogue would be kicked off in New Delhi sometime in January.
- What Price Honesty? (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Dec 19, 2005)
There is a need to introduce the stigma of criminality to tax evasion in order to make it a social taboo, says Shailaja Chandra
- Russia Sees Energy As Key To Unlock Asian Doors (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Dec 19, 2005)
Vladimir Putin is clearly positioning Russia for the role of main motor and coordinator of a new global strategy for energy security.
- Somnath Chatterjee For Regional Cooperation To Tackle Calamities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
"Involve the community as a whole in disaster preparedness"
- Bus Ride Across A Partition (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 19, 2005)
In terms of symbolic value, a bus service between Amritsar and Lahore may appear less significant than some of the other cross-border travel arrangements that India and Pakistan have put in place.
- Editorials (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 19, 2005)
Rare plain-speak
Will it change the mindset?
The traditional line has been that “India” does not hear the voice of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Groping For Direction (Tribune, Chetan Chadha, Dec 19, 2005)
Addressing the ASEAN Business Advisory Council meeting in Kuala Lumpur on December 12, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh expressed the hope that the government would soon be able to come up with a ‘positive’ policy formulation for the induction of Foreign
- "India Should Tackle Stigma Attached To Aids" (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Dec 19, 2005)
Ann M. Veneman, executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), who was in New Delhi recently, feels that if the Indian leadership is willing to discuss HIV/AIDS, it is an important step forward in addressing the issue.
- Finest House Money Can Buy (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 19, 2005)
When I was at university in England, the great politically incorrect story was about a professor of anthropology who managed to earn the ire of all of Oxford’s female students with a single remark at a single lecture.
- Doctor’S Orders (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 19, 2005)
Airport modernisation is attracting too much flak. Time for PM to step in
- Article In Pakistani Daily Shakes Indian Bureaucracy (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 19, 2005)
In an unusual development in the Volcker report where at least the former Indian external minister Natwar Singh has been compelled to say goodbye to politics, a story published by Jang on January 24, 2004 has shaken the Indian bureaucracy.
- Chennai Stampede Kills 42 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Forty-two people were killed, 19 of them women, in a stampede at a flood relief distribution centre here in the early hours of Sunday, prompting the government to order a judicial enquiry and the Opposition to demand the resignation of Chief Minister ....
- Christmas In Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Dec 19, 2005)
On Christmas eve of 1988 this writer was in Islamabad waiting to meet Ms.Benazir Bhutto who had just taken over as the first woman-Prime Minister of a Muslim country.
- To Talk And Not To Do (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 19, 2005)
The author is former director-general,National Council for Applied Economic Research
- Indian Economy On A Roll (Daily Excelsior, SUMEDHA SUDHAMAN, Dec 19, 2005)
Mahatma Gandhi once said if you aim at the sky, you will reach the tree top. It is a very appropriate remark in the Indian situation.
- There Is One Consolation About Prank Calls. They Are Mostly False. But Even The Fiery Hugo Chavez Fell Prey To One (Indian Express, BHAVNA VIJ-AURORA, Dec 19, 2005)
It may actually have been an aide of Osama bin Laden who sent the e-mail, threatening of a bomb in Parliament. Or it could be a mischievous youngster, out for a perverse shot at fun. Or civic duty. Maybe, he wanted to test the response of the US . . .
- Quizzed (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Dec 19, 2005)
Wizened old Uncle Sam suffers from many strange hangups and one of them is his touching belief that he has a divine right to lord it over the rest of the world. As a result, a greenhorn Senator or a Congressman belonging to some obscure sub-committee.....
- Irish Head For India To Shop Talent (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Three-and-a-half centuries after the British came here looking for business, their neighbours just a hop away, the Irish, are discovering India only now.
- India's Security Equations In The Gulf (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Dec 19, 2005)
With Saudi king, His Excellency King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz going to be the chief guest for the 57 anniversary of Indian Republic, a number of issues come to the fore front concerning work force working in that country.
- Let Them Have Cars (Indian Express, VEERESH MALIK, Dec 19, 2005)
The rape and murder of a female HP call centre employee in Bangalore brings the 24x7 segment of the infotech industry, the BPO sector, in the spotlight again, in the context of women working night shifts. One view would be that this goes with . . .
- Militancy In Bangladesh (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 19, 2005)
Full 34 years ago, the month of December witnessed the bloody death of a state that was to provide a shared homeland at least to the Muslim majority areas of a vast subcontinent.
- India, Pak To Discuss Sir Creek Survey (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Taking forward the understanding reached at the meeting between their foreign ministers in October, India and Pakistan will hold technical talks here on Tuesday to discuss methods for the first ever survey of the Sir Creek by both countries.
- Meeting Point (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 19, 2005)
It was heartening to see Parliamentarians from India and Pakistan stressing the need for continuing the "people-to-people" dialogue between the two countries.
- Hope At Last (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 19, 2005)
It made you laugh. A big hearty laugh. To listen to BJP MP Suresh Chandal claim he knew nothing about the contents of the envelope he personally supplied to the lady seated opposite him. He sought refuge in the specious excuse that, yes, he may, indeed,
- Iran-India Gas Pipe To Be Built From 2007 - Officials (Reuters, Himangshu watts, Dec 19, 2005)
Pakistan and India hope to start building a $7 billion gas pipeline from Iran to South Asia by 2007 despite objections from the United States, top officials from both countries said on Saturday.
- The Confucian Party Of China (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 19, 2005)
For decades since the communist revolution in China, the name of the ancient sage Confucius (551-479 BC) was dirtier than mud. Today Chinese school children are being encouraged to learn the “Analects of Confucius” — a classic compilation of the master’s
- Pak, India Agree On Pipeline Construction Strategy (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
The two-day meet-ing of the India-Pakistan Joint Working Group (JWG) on the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline project ended in New Delhi Saturday.
- India Approves 7 Satellite Launch Vehicles (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
India’s cabinet has authorised the nation’s space agency to launch seven satellite launch vehicles, a report said Saturday.India, which wants to become a niche player in the global space communications market, had earlier announced plans to launch . . .
- India, Pakistan Agree To Begin Work On Iran Pipeline By Mid-2007 (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
India and Pakistan agreed to begin construction of the over 7bn-dollar Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline by mid-2007 so that the first gas flows by the end of 2010.
- A Credible Way Of Winning Trust (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Dec 18, 2005)
Every day there is something new to learn. All human activity has a message. Every opportunity arrives to teach.
- India Insults Oic (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 18, 2005)
India has scornfully rejected the Organisation of Islamic Conference’s reference to Jammu and Kashmir made in the final communique issued at the conclusion of the 3rd Extraordinary Summit of the OIC at Makkah Al-Mukarramah.
- Bjp’S Annus Horribilis (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Dec 18, 2005)
year that’s been painful for the BJP looks to end more painfully. Pramod Mahajan is preparing the BJP’s silver jubilee in Mumbai that ought to say goodbye to LK Advani as BJP president and that should be introspecting on where, after 25 years, . . .
- India’S Vital Demands Find Place In Draft (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Dec 18, 2005)
Commerce Minister Kamal Nath’s Doha negotiating strategy has paid off as draft ministerial declaration issued by World Trade Organisation (WTO) Sixth Ministerial Conference Chairman John Tsang, on Saturday, took on board New Delhi’s vital demands.
- India Realizes West Bengal And Northeast Becoming A Far Larger ‘Kashmir’ – India Deploys Thousands Of New Troops In The Border (India Daily, Anil Rane, Dec 18, 2005)
It is a late awakening but never the less better late than never. Bangladesh is the new capital of Islamist movements.
- 16 Quizzed Over Indian Bomb Hoax (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Indian police were on Saturday questioning 16 people, including the owner of an internet cafe, a day after an emailed bomb threat emptied the national parliament.
- India Increasing Troops On Bangladesh Border (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Delhi fears large number of illegal immigrants escaping security force
- 2007 Start For Tri-Nation Pipeline Project (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
India and Pakistan today agreed today to start constructing the $7 billion Indo-Iran gas pipeline project in 2007 ignoring the much-voiced “reservations” of the USA.
- India Approves Flight Of Seven Satellite Launch Vehicles (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
India’s cabinet has authorised the nation’s space agency to launch seven satellite launch vehicles, a report said on Saturday.
- Ipi Pipeline To Be Built From 2007 (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 18, 2005)
Pakistan and India hope to start building a $7 billion gas pipeline from Iran by 2007 despite objections from the United States, top officials from both countries said on Saturday.
- Kalam To Address Medical Students (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will address the first batch of MBBS students of Sree Gokulam Medical College and Research Foundation, Venjaramoodu, on Sunday evening.
- Branded Confusion (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 18, 2005)
Basu, Buddhadeb sing different tunes
- India Hopeful Of Getting World Support: Civilian Nuclear Cooperation (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
India said on Saturday it was hopeful it will soon be able to get international help to develop its civilian nuclear energy capabilities. “I am optimistic through constructive dialogue with the international community, . . .
- India Deploying Troops On Bangladesh Border (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
India is deploying thousands of new troops on its frontier with Bangladesh and setting up hundreds of more border posts to check illegal migration and movement of armed militants, a top official said. New Delhi decided to bolster its eastern border . . .
- Dowry And Related Evils (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Dec 18, 2005)
A report in an Indian newspaper (November 21) spoke of Daljit Kaur, who jumped to her death from the top floor of a house in Delhi, because her in-laws had been harassing her unceasingly about the inadequacy of the dowry she had brought upon . . .
- Work On Ipi Pipeline To Start From 2007 (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Pakistan and India hope to start building a $7 billion gas pipeline from Iran to South Asia by 2007 despite objections from the United States, top officials from both countries said on Saturday.
- Work On Pipeline To Begin In Mid-2007: Next Meeting In February (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Saturday agreed to begin construction of over $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline by mid-2007 despite objections from the United States, according to top officials from both countries.
- Finest House Money Can Buy (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 18, 2005)
When I was at university in England, the great politically incorrect story was about a professor of anthropology who managed to earn the ire of all of Oxford’s female students with a single remark at a single lecture.
- Building An Ugly India (Hindustan Times, Gautam Bhatia, Dec 18, 2005)
If you take the subway downtown to the Brooklyn Bridge stop in New York, it is very likely that you’ll be mesmerised by your very first sight out of the subway tunnel.
- India Adding Troops On Bangladesh Border (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Dec 18, 2005)
India is deploying thousands of new troops on its frontier with Bangladesh and setting up hundreds of more border posts to check illegal migration and movement of armed militants, a top official said.
- Internal Crisis Shake Bjp, Shiv Sena (Daily Excelsior, Atul Chowshish, Dec 18, 2005)
It would have added to the discomfort of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena--almost simultaneously engulfed in serious internal crisis-- that no sooner had the party bosses announced steps to take disciplinary action against their star . . .
- Pak, India Agree On Pipeline Construction Strategy (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
The two-day meet-ing of the India-Pakistan Joint Working Group (JWG) on the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline project ended in New Delhi Saturday.
- Straight From Hell (Deccan Herald, Sharada Prahladrao , Dec 18, 2005)
The author has not embellished her tale but related the truth in all its starkness.
- 151 Glorious Years Of Connecting People (Daily Excelsior, APARNA MOHILE, Dec 18, 2005)
Among the many things, good and bad that the modern world has produced,' wrote Jawaharlal Nehru, ''surely the Postal system which covers the world, is one of its most beneficial activities. There is nothing bad about it, it is all good and it . . .
- Keeping Mulk Raj’S Heritage Alive (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Mulk Raj Anand was committed to preserving India’s art and culture. Nalini Xavier writes about Lokayata, an institution founded by Anand, which has been organising art exhibitions from time to time.
- India-Us Nuclear Fizzle Out (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Dec 18, 2005)
Since there are no indications to the contrary it is assumed that the US president, George Bush, will visit the sub-continent early next year, most probably towards the end of February. But as the time for his arrival approaches enthusiasm . . .
- Work On Indo-Pak Gas Pipeline To Begin In 2007 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
India and Pakistan today agreed to begin construction of the over 7-billion dollar Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline by mid-2007 so that the first gas flows by the end of 2010.
- Hands Go Up, Nothing Comes Down (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 18, 2005)
What does prosperity mean in this part of the world where social degradation, moral corruption and material lust have destroyed the whole fabric of life, Abdul Waheed Faruqi explains the state of affairs in light of a prayer displayed everywhere . . .
- Clamour To Deny Saraswati (Pioneer, Makkhan Lal, Dec 17, 2005)
Earthquakes and other natural phenomenon caused the 'Naditama', or River Saraswati, to dry up over two millennia ago. Now, says Makkhan Lal, it's a man-made disaster what with pseudo-secularists and Communists out to deny it ever existed
- Unrest In China (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 17, 2005)
In a chilling reminder of the brutal force that was used to put down the Tiananmen Square uprising, hundreds of Chinese police, armed with guns and shields, sealed off a village in Guangdong province after killing more than a dozen people protesting ....
- Decline In Public Expectations (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Dec 17, 2005)
It requires no expertise or astrological skill to predict that Jehanabad could have occurred any time during the last couple of years. It was bound to happen. The next day, it was Lal Chowk in Srinagar. Are there no similarities and commonalities? ...
- The New Face Of Terror (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 17, 2005)
A string of intelligence-led police operations against the Lashkar-e-Taiba offer glimpses into the terror cells behind the series of high-profile strikes in Jammu and Kashmir and outside it since October.
- Ia, Airbus To Sign Aircraft Deal (Times of India, Byas Anand, Dec 17, 2005)
Over two months after the deal was cleared by the Union Cabinet, the state-owned behemoth Indian Airlines will on Friday ink a final purchase intent agreement with the French aircraft maker Airbus Industries for acquiring 43 passenger jets.
- Treating Sick Democracies (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 17, 2005)
IN THE course of a lecture in New Delhi the other day, Nobel Laureate Prof Amartya Sen is reported to have said that the cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy.
- More Power To Women's Elbows (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 17, 2005)
THE RATIO OF women in managerial positions has come up for discussion once again.
- Privatising Airports: Questions Remain (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 17, 2005)
MEMBERS OF the Communist Party of India (Marxist) raised in the Lok Sabha on Thursday critical issues that need to be addressed before the Government of India goes ahead with the plan to modernise and partially privatise the airports in Delhi and Mumbai.
- India To Face Skilled (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
A shortage of skilled workers will be staring the Indian industry, particularly the BPO sector, in the face in the next decade or so, a NASSCOM-McKinsey report has cautioned.
- Rail Agreement On Dec 22 (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
India and Pakistan will formally sign an agreement for restoration of the Khokhrapar-Munabao train link during a ministerial level meeting in New Delhi on December 22, a media report today said.
- There Is A Way Out (Greater Kashmir, Syed Ali Safvi, Dec 17, 2005)
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “There’s no way to peace, peace is the way.” Twenty years on and the so-called paradise on earth is still craving for an eternal peace. How many years more!.. Has any body got the answer?
- India's Strategic Periphery (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Dec 17, 2005)
Among the many recent events in our part of the world three have potential for grave consequences in the future - the supply of truckloads of weapons by China to Nepal;
- Osama Shadow Looms Over Parliament (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
An email threat to bomb Parliament led to an unprecedented evacuation of some 4,000 people including MPs from the building, but the highest seat of Indian democracy was back in action after three hours of near panic.
- J&k Reeling Under Severe Power Crisis (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 17, 2005)
Notwithstanding strenuous efforts by the State Government to get additional release of power from New Delhi, the State still seems to be reeling under a power crisis.
- 5 Killed In Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
A terse e-mail purportedly by a Osama bin Laden supporter warning of bomb explosions in Parliament today led to evacuation of the highly fortified building, bringing back grim memories of the terror attack four years ago.
- Urdu Literature’S Vagabond Genius (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 17, 2005)
A house full sign some days ago outside the main auditorium of New Delhi’s India International Centre was a surprise because it was an evening dedicated to an Urdu poet, Majaz. An Urdu poet drawing a full house at the IIC?
- Pm Wants New Labour Laws To Create Jobs, Attract Investment (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
India needs to reform its labour laws so that they protect the interests of workers, create jobs and enable the country to attract investment for faster economic growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday
- Hoax! Bomb Scare Stalls Parliament (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
A threatening e-mail message, purportedly from an Osama bin Laden faithful, that explosions would rock Parliament triggered panic, instantly bringing to a grinding halt the morning proceedings in both the Houses on Friday.
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