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Articles 12621 through 12720 of 21784:
- Amritsar-Lahore Bus Crosses Over To Pak (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The first Amritsar-Lahore bus, on a trial run, crossed over to Pakistan through the land route at the Indo-Pak Wagah border here today.
- Bihar: Nitish Says His Delhi Visit Was Successful (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today termed his three-day visit to Delhi as successful with the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister and the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission assuring all possible help to the state.
- Bilateralism And Beyond (Pioneer, APS Chauhan, Dec 12, 2005)
A fair and logical inference from the July 18 Indo-US nuclear agreement would be that India, having preferred it over a multilaterally negotiated pact on civilian nuclear commerce, should also break rank with other members of G-4 - Germany, . . .
- The Victor And The Vanquished (Telegraph, SUDIPTA BHATTACHARJEE, Dec 12, 2005)
In the man-animal conflict, triggered either by lack of space or fear of disease and famine, man wins hands down, says Sudipta Bhattacharjee
- Social Security Back In India Discourse...? (Daily Excelsior, M Rama Rao, Dec 12, 2005)
It is very difficult to find fault even for the harshest critic of the present Government with latest cabinet decision vis-à-vis social sector. If at all, if some one were to find fault with the Government it was that why no one in authority had . . .
- Pm In Mango Push (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 12, 2005)
Between negotiating tricky nuclear deals and now handling the busy portfolio of external affairs, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has found time for some innovative economic diplomacy, which he still considers his area of special interest.
- India Rejects Suggested Options Of Self-Governance For Jammu And Kashmir Emanating From Pakistan And Endorsed By Washington And The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (India Daily, Sonia Chopra, Dec 12, 2005)
India took the right approach. It has taken the strong stand on Kashmir and asked those proposing self rule in Kashmir to take a back seat and just forget about it.
- Proxy Rule Of Us-Pak In Afghanistan (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Dec 12, 2005)
The US state department and some West European countries are unhappy with the outcome of September 18 parliamentary elections in Afghanistan as it have preponderance of MPs from the Northern Alliance.
- India And Pakistan Test New Bus Link (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Sunday conducted a successful trial run of a bus service linking Amritsar to Lahore as part of their cautious peace process.
- Pm Wants Labour Reform To Create Jobs, Growth (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Dec 11, 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.
- Pm Seeks To Boost ‘Look East’ Policy (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
In a major effort to strengthen India’s “Look East” policy, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will take forward his initiative for an Asian Economic Union at the first-ever East Asian Summit on 14 December.
- Mathrani Mud Makes Cong Dig Deep (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Dec 11, 2005)
The muckraking is getting murkier and the Congress is trying to figure out who saddled the party with Anil Mathrani, the former Croatian ambassador who is turning into a millstone around its neck following the Volcker report scandal.
- Uncertain Nepal : India's Options (Daily Excelsior, Arun Deep Singh, Dec 11, 2005)
The developments of the past few weeks in Kathmandu are creating new uncertainties all around, especially in Nepal and India. First was the sudden announcement of Chinese arms supplies to Nepal in mid-November.
- Contested Terrain (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Dec 11, 2005)
While one book is neither insightful nor brilliant, the other is interesting and provides food for thought on the matter of alternate sexuality .
- Sufi Saints Of India (Daily Excelsior, K K Khullar, Dec 11, 2005)
Asked what was his view of the highest form of devotion of God, Shaikh Moinuddin Chisthti, popularly known as 'Garib Nawaz' replied: "Redressing the misery of the miserable, fulfilling the needs of the needy, feeding the hungry, . . .
- The Slick That Sticks (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Dec 11, 2005)
Perhaps the most arresting thing Mr Mathrani said in his interview with a New Delhi magazine was: “That Natwar and the Congress never knew is hogwash.” It is the last line of the Mathrani text and was tossed off seemingly as both a challenge and . . .
- Survival In Song (Deccan Herald, Christine Krishnasami, Dec 11, 2005)
This book of poems signals the arrival of ‘a serious poetical voice of our times.’
- Skipping Borders (Deccan Herald, M K Chandra Bose, Dec 11, 2005)
The author feels that global media corporations are not driven by nationalistic cultural agendas but by market imperatives which transcend borders.
- New Police Act Must Protect, Not Impede, Freedom (Tribune, Mandeep Tiwana, Dec 11, 2005)
At the passing out parade of the 57th Batch of IPS probationers at Sardar Vallabhbai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad recently, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil announced that a new Police Act was on the way.
- Courts Should Ensure Speedy Justice: Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Holding that the “dynamism and innovativeness” of the judicial system is vital for the country’s development, President A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday asked the courts to ensure speedy delivery of justice.
- Kashmiris Protest Hr Violations (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Separatists in occupied-Kashmir accused India’s army of violating human rights and appealed for UN intervention as they staged protest marches on Saturday to mark International Human Rights Day. Police broke up a small march by activists of the . . .
- Delhi: State Highly Vulnerable To Aids, Says Report (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Sending the alarm bells ringing for Delhi, a new report on HIV/AIDS prevalence in the capital classifies it as a "highly vulnerable state" with a major jump in the number of people testing positive for the virus in the high-risk population in the . . .
- India-Asean Summit To Boost Cooperation (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reaches Kuala Lumpur tomorrow afternoon to attend the India-ASEAN Summit, the fourth since the annual event started in 2002, the two sides are going to bring to the table several new proposals for giving a filip to . . .
- Kremlin To The Rescue Of Iran (Daily Excelsior, V.N. Paranjape, Dec 11, 2005)
The Kremlin’s intervention in the Iranian nuclear stalemate, which took one difficult problem off Manmohan Singh’s table, must open the eyes of those Indians who have lately found it fashionable to run down Russian diplomacy and jumped onto . . .
- Child In Need (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 11, 2005)
Childhood is a lost cause in India. The underprivileged child is exposed to hard labour, exploitation and abuse of every kind.
- His Dream Project Comes True (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Dec 11, 2005)
Each time Bill Gates visits India, he casts a renewed spell over Indian masses. Each time he comes to Delhi, this columnist makes it a point to be present at the interaction he has with the capital’s press corps, business magnates or IT “Mughals”.
- Focus On India, Manmohan Will Tell Asean (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 11, 2005)
Look East policy begins to bear fruit
- Dressed For The Occasion (The Economic Times, R K NANDAN, Dec 11, 2005)
In this day of sound bytes, it’s not what you do but how you say it that counts. The name of the game is style, not just for India’s two main political parties but for the BCCI.
- Engg Research Foundation On Anvil (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
The Foundation will come up at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore, C N R Rao, chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, said. Discussions were being held on a note from the Union Cabinet to set up the Foundation.
- J&k: Sonia Sends 500 Quake-Hit Kids To Pune (Rediff on the Net, MUKHTAR AHMAD, Dec 11, 2005)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi late Saturday afternoon flagged off 500 children of quake hit areas of north Kashmir for their new home in Pune in Maharasthra where a Non Government Organisation has decided to adopt them.
- What's Cooking On J&k? (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Dec 11, 2005)
APPARENTLY, A US TRANSLATION OF AZAADI------ Is something cooking on Jammu & Kashmir of which little is known in India right now? It would seem so from reports emanating from Pakistan and Mecca where the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) . . .
- Protests, Hunger Strikes Mark Human Rights Day In Kashmir (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 11, 2005)
Rallies to submit memoranda at the United Nations office in Srinagar
- Gates Impressed By India's Amazing Spirit (Hindu, Jaya Shreedhar, Dec 10, 2005)
Gates Foundation investing in India's health. Expects many solutions to challenges to come from the country
Doing business with market India and joining hands with the community to face health challenges
- No Rivalry With China: India (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 10, 2005)
"The East Asia Summit is the beginning of a process" The summit is not going to supplant any existing cooperation mechanism
- Forgetting Sheikh Abdullah At 100 ! (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Dec 10, 2005)
''It happens only in India'' That's the refrain of a song picturised some years ago on the late Amrish Puri.
- 'Growth From Labour Reforms' (The Financial Express, Reuters, Dec 10, 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.
- Natwar Singh In Patiala (Tribune, Chander Parkash, Dec 10, 2005)
Was the beleaguered former External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh in the city today to tax his and the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh’s brains in an effort to hammer out a strategy to overcome the crisis which he has been facing after the surfaci
- Hurdles In Way Of Growth (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 10, 2005)
Whatever constraints (to growth) are there, are internal: constraints imposed by our polity, our social structures, our regional imbalances, our ability to handle inequity and our ability to take hard but essential decisions.'
- Indo-Us Relations On A New Level: Rocca (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Terming the Indo-US ties as being on a “new level”, US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, Ms Christina Rocca, said a landmark nuclear agreement between the two countries was “well in train,” brushing aside the notion that Washington was “moving
- Gates In India: Making A Difference (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
In an exclusive interview,BillandMelinda Gatesshare their thoughts on their commitments to furthering health equity in India withJaya Shreedhar. Excerpts:
- Hdfc To Launch Realty Fund In Fy07 (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
HDFC will launch its global realty fund of Rs 1,000 crore in the first quarter of 2006-07. The international fund will enable non resident Indians and foreign institutional investors to invest in real estate projects in India. Originally, . . .
- India Detains Suspect For Triple Bombing In Delhi (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Indian police have detained a Kashmiri militant who allegedly planted an explosive on a bus during the triple bombings that killed 60 people in New Delhi two months ago, a newspaper reported Friday.
- Surging Indian Air Traffic Weighs On Security (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Dec 10, 2005)
India's airports are leading targets for militant attacks and a surge in air traffic spurred by new, low-cost airlines has added enormous pressure on security forces guarding them, a senior official said on Friday.
- India, Asean Aim For Free-Trade Pact By 2007 (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
India and the Association of South East Asian Nations aim to forge a free-trade agreement by the start of 2007, both sides said after a meeting on Friday.
- Pm Wants Labour Reform To Create Jobs, Growth (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Dec 10, 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.
- In Defence Of The Drama Queen (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 10, 2005)
I’m going to come right out and say this at the very beginning — so now is the time to let your jaws drop if you are going to look incredulous — but I am completely on Uma Bharti’s side.
- The Year That Was... (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Dec 10, 2005)
It was the coldest winter I can recall: late winter monsoon added dampness to the chill to usher in morning mists.
- Win Win Ties (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 10, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s recent visit to Moscow has further strengthened India’s bilateral relations with Russia, especially in defence technology co-operation and energy security.
- Lotus Stemmed (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Dec 10, 2005)
Three chief ministers in less than three years. This is what has happened in Madhya Pradesh, where the BJP, after a landslide win during the last assembly polls in 2003, is now facing a revolt from within.
- Boom By The Brahmaputra (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Dec 10, 2005)
Travelling through Assam, Ashok Malik experiences an enormous pent-up consumer energy, just waiting to blow out the shortage economy
- An Ambitious Grouping Taking Shape (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 10, 2005)
India could still be regarded as an "outsider" at the East Asia Summit. It will be better to let its growing economic clout do the "talking."
- A Forgotten Kashmiri Leader (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 10, 2005)
Sheikh Abdullah, whose birth centenary is being celebrated this month, has not been given his due in India, much less in Kashmir from where he hailed.
- Implications Of Indo-Us Alliance (Dawn, M. Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 10, 2005)
The July visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the US was hailed by both sides as a “historical watershed”. The true import of this visit, however, has not been sufficiently grasped by Pakistan, in particular the long-term adverse impact . . .
- Musharraf Backs New Initiatives, Claims Mirwaiz (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Dec 10, 2005)
All Parties’ Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Friday that President Gen Pervez Mushrraf had assured him of Islamabad’s support for the idea of ‘united states of Kashmir’ as part of efforts to resolve the dispute with India.
- The Crude Game Of Sonia Bachao (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Dec 10, 2005)
The Opposition has made an error by focusing too much on Natwar Singh. S Gurumurthy says all indicators point to Congress president Sonia Gandhi sanctioning the deal which brought the country much infamy
- Congress Inc. (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 10, 2005)
Its 45 days since the United Nations Independent Inquiry Committee headed by Paul Volcker submitted its final report. Yet, we are nowhere near the answer to the central question: Was the Congress party as a whole engaged in trading activity with . . .
- Killer Earthquake (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Dec 10, 2005)
Lessons of the earthquake in Kashmir, worst in over a century, are both positive and negative. The shock of that intensity was perhaps needed to make Kashmiri speaking people of the state really conscious of the existence and plight of socially and . . .
- A Tight Bargain (Times of India, G K GUPTA, Dec 10, 2005)
It was a week before the ghastly bomb blasts at the Sarojini Nagar market in Delhi. Winter was just around the corner which is also the time for widespread sale of woollens. A number of shops had put large pre-winter sale signs.
- A New Start For India & Russia (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 09, 2005)
India's national interests demand a strengthening and deepening of friendly ties with Russia.
- The Other Face Of The Evil That Is Lashkar (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 09, 2005)
Ejaz Butt's extraordinary story illuminates the lives of the foot soldiers of the organisation'sjihadin Jammu and Kashmir.
- A Case Of Peace Talks Through The Press? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 09, 2005)
Pakistan has time and again gone public with new proposals for a resolution of the dispute over Kashmir even as negotiations were going on with India.
- Return Rain Fund, Centre Tells State (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
After releasing Rs 357 crore as immediate relief to the State for rain relief work, the Centre has now directed the State to return Rs 158.15 crore. A delegation led by Chief Minister N Dharam Singh will soon call on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh . . .
- India Briefs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 09, 2005)
An Indian freight train carrying a consignment of 1,320 tons of relief supplies for PoK’s earthquake victims, has been stranded in Lahore since 23 November, over payment of customs duties, a report said here today.
- You May Say They Were Dreamers (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 09, 2005)
I wonder if the bead counting mendicants on the other side of Lakshman Jhoola in Rishikesh have any recollection (on the 25th anniversary of John Lennon’s death) of how their peace was shattered by the arrival of the Beatles in the spring of 1968, . . .
- Living Fossils (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 09, 2005)
For anyone who wants to travel in time — especially if it’s up and down time — there’s an elevator in Old Delhi Railway Station which awaits you.
- Burnt By Callousness (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 09, 2005)
Twelve people die in a blaze in a garment factory located in a residential area of East Delhi and how does the Delhi Industries Minister, Mangat Ram Singhal, reportedly react? “How can one stop somebody from earning a livelihood?”
- Russian Overture (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 09, 2005)
The "Special Relationship" between India and Russia is based wholly on the ties that blossomed during the Cold War, when the Kremlin responded to New Delhi's overtures to further its larger geo-political interests.
- Channapatna Appeal To Hong Kong (The Economic Times, LATHA R NAIR, Dec 09, 2005)
The department of industrial policy and promotion, under the ministry of commerce, and the European Union, organised a symposium in New Delhi during the third week of November on the protection and promotion of geographical indications.
- Bird Flu Wary Asia On Guard Against Migratory Birds (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Dec 09, 2005)
Forest guard Bhola Abrar Khan peers through binoculars scanning the skies for migratory birds that descend on one of India's biggest bird sanctuaries each winter.
- Lanka Peace: Norway For ‘Close Talks’ With India (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Dec 09, 2005)
Hours after Sri Lanka’s new President overturned an earlier statement and asked Norway to resume its role as facilitator of peace talks between the government and Tamil rebels, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg arrived in New Delhi . . .
- Nda Walkout Over Sonia (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
NDA members today walked out of the Lok Sabha demanding the resignation of Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi as the chairperson of the National Advisory Council, a post of Cabinet rank, in the wake of the Volcker report naming the Congress as . . .
- New Metro Line All Ready And Waiting For Green Signal (Hindu, Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar, Dec 09, 2005)
Having begun full trials on the new Barakhamba-Dwarka section of Delhi Metro's Line III on November 26, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is now eagerly awaiting clearance by the Commissioner of Railway Safety to throw the line open to the public . . .
- Mirwaiz Meets Musharraf In Mecca (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today met Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of an extraordinary two-day summit of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) at the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, . . .
- Wahhabi Islam: A M I Snomer (Greater Kashmir, Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal, Dec 09, 2005)
A rebel with acause, amission and amessage - V
Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal writes about the contribution of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab who rose in revolt against the socio-religious corruption prevalent during his times everywhere in Ottoman provinc
- To Live In Other Spaces (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 09, 2005)
It was good news when the government in Delhi announced that it would amend the masterplan and allow for working and living in the same areas. The sterile approach to the use of space as ‘commercial’ and ‘residential’ is alien to Indian civilization.
- Bjp Gives Centre A Week To Increase Flood Relief To State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
C.P.Radhakrishnan threatens to launch agitation
- Bill Gates Calls On Karunanidhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Discusses aspects of the Thirukkural with him
- Congress Did Not Know Of Jagat's Visit, Says Mathrani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
"The news was treated with great surprise and indignation" "There was a sense of disbelief in the party when the Volcker controversy broke out in October-November"
- History Vs Pak, Sl In Waiting (Indian Express, Sandeep Dwivedi, Dec 09, 2005)
Kumble returns to Kotla, where he created history, but you won’t hear it from him.
- World May Miss Child Development Goal By 30 Years - U.N. (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Dec 09, 2005)
The U.N. Children's Fund said on Thursday the world would miss by 30 years the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of cutting child deaths by two-thirds unless nations stepped up efforts to reduce mortality.
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