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Articles 13121 through 13220 of 21892:
- World Is More Terrorised Now (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Dec 31, 2005)
The world is entering the year 2006 more terrorised than it was on October 7, 2001, when the Untied States-led forces started bombing Afghanistan with a view to eliminate global terrorism. But the menace of terrorism has become at least four times . . .
- Baglihar Issue: Pakistan Denies Media Reports (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 31, 2005)
Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam has denied media reports that Islamabad had requested the World Bank to extend the deadline for replying to questions posed by the bank's technical experts on Baglihar dam.
- No Progress On Kashmir (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Dec 31, 2005)
For far too long, the progress on talks between the Government of India and Kashmiri leaders is in limbo. Though Indo-Pak talks are taking place on Sir Creek and Siachen glacier, they do not seem to have made any progress.
- How Saffron Lost Its Colour (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Dec 31, 2005)
Astrologically speaking, BJP appeared to be under the influence of the unfavourable ‘shani dasa’ in the year gone by with one mishap leading to another and ‘the party with a difference’ had publicly turned ‘different’ as the year closed.
- Terror Still Roadblock To Indo-Pak Talks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
While the investigating agencies work on the evidence indicating involvement of Lashkar-e-Taiba in Wednesday’s terror attack in Bangalore, India feels strongly that Pakistan is not doing enough to end cross-border terrorism.
- The Ordinance Factory (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 31, 2005)
Grab something. Then make law to legitimise the grab. It used to happen in the Emergency.
- India's Year Of Shame (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 30, 2005)
As the first anniversary of the tsunami trauma reminds us, the year now mercifully drawing to a close had begun with a monumentally destructive disaster. Others followed, most notably the earthquake, far more catastrophic in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir ....
- India, Pak Nukes A Serious Threat (Tribune, Simranjit Singh Mann, Dec 30, 2005)
THE Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) is against the nuclearisation of India and Pakistan and their arsenals of weapons of mass destruction. Our party opposes the policies of some Western democracies in giving nuclear technology to India for civilian purpose
- India-Iran-Pak To Meet On Ipi Pipeline In Mar ‘06 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Iran today offerred to host the meeting of the tripartite joint working group comprising Pakistan, India and itself in Tehran in March next year to carry forward the negotiations on the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline, even as the vexed issue of gas . .
- An Unlikely Hero (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 30, 2005)
Some two decades ago, the BBC released an audio collection of its Test Match Special. It contained John Arlott’s memorable description of Don Bradman’s final test innings at the Oval in 1948 — the time when the crowd rose to greet England’s deadly . . .
- Reclaiming The Earth For All (Daily Excelsior, Deepti Priya Mehrotra, Dec 30, 2005)
Three decades after 1975 - the UN International Year of Women - women are still demanding equality and freedom, both goals having proved elusive! But they are asserting something else as well, even more passionately - the right to save humanity from destr
- New Impetus On Trade (Deccan Herald, Arun Mohanty, Dec 30, 2005)
India, Russia and China are keen on trilateral co-operation on a host of economic and political issues.
- Bjp Condemns Terrorist Attack (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
The BJP condemned the terrorist strike at Bangalore saying this was the first time such an incident had taken place in Karnataka.
- Another Sore Spot (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 30, 2005)
Even as the Musharraf Government in Pakistan is struggling in the face of extremist and sectarian violence another tormenting sore point has emerged in our vicinity.
- Brave Men (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 30, 2005)
It is not always easy for the ordinary citizens to come forward and put up armed resistance against those blatantly indulging in loot, plunder and killings.
- Security Cover For Seminars, Says Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Chief Minister N Dharam Singh on Thursday said there were no definite clues about the involvement of any particular extremist organisation in the gun attack outside the J N Tata Auditorium ...
- Taliban Commander Gets Life Term In Absentia (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
A pakistani court has sentenced the Taliban’s military chief to life imprisonment in absentia for trying to kill a member of parliament, a court official said on Thursday.
- India-Iran Gas Pipeline Work May Begin By 2007: Pak (Indian Express, K J M Varma, Dec 30, 2005)
Pakistan’s Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, Amanullah Khan Jadoon, informed the Senate on Thursday that the multi-billion-dollar Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project could take off from 2007 despite political and . . .
- Clues From Travel Bag Point To Pak Link: Police (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Dec 30, 2005)
After 12 hours of groping in the dark for clues on yesterday’s attack on the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus, investigators today ran into remnants of the attacker’s gun-blazing march.
- Musharraf Sees India's Involvement In Balochistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Says turning back on dams treason; people fed up with tribal chiefs;
to uproot subversion forever
President Pervez Musharraf has said the recent Indian concern over the situation in Balochistan has revealed the channel providing funds . . .
- Killing Daughters For ‘Honour’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Nazir Ahmed appears calm and unrepentant as he recounts how he slit the throats of his three young daughters and their 25-year old stepsister to salvage his family’s “honour” - a crime that shocked Pakistan.
- "Fidayeen" Attack Explosive Smuggled In From Dhaka (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Dec 30, 2005)
'Conspiracy to target STF office hatched in head office of HuJI'
- Musharraf Sees Foreign Hand In Balochistan (News International, Mayed Ali, Dec 30, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that the recent Indian concern over the situation in Balochistan has revealed the channel providing funds for hiring mercenaries and supplying arms for carrying out subversive activities in the province.
- Mumbai Malaise (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
In disowning its own path-breaking foreign policy, BJP shows how far it has strayed
- Is India Safe At The Hands Of Old Media? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Dec 30, 2005)
Besides the speed with which the guillotine came down on them, a standout feature of the expulsion of 11 Members of Parliament on charges of misconduct and corruption in the cash-for-query scam is the certificate of legitimacy it has given to the . . .
- Intel Inside: Securing It Cities (Indian Express, C. Uday Bhaskar, Dec 30, 2005)
Bangalore's prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was the venue of an attack by an unidentified gun-toting killer on December 28. Delhi based professor, Professor M.C. Puri — participating in an international conference — was killed and . . .
- Cabinet Paves Path For Safta (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Taking major step towards formation of South Asian single market, the Cabinet on Thursday cleared the implementation of South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) with effect from January 1, 2006.
- A Tangled Web Called The Bharatiya Janata Party (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Dec 30, 2005)
The BJP's Rajat Jayanti year finds the party bruised and bereft, and the Parivar at war with its own professed values.
- Grenades Bear Pakistani Markings (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Dec 30, 2005)
The police made no substantial headway in identifying the terrorists behind the attack on Bangalore’s Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus on Wednesday but a few leads have emerged — a few grenades found near the site bore Pakistan markings and . . .
- Iran-Pak-India To Meet In March On Pipeline In Tehran (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Taking parleys forward on over seven billion dollar Iran-Pak-India gas pipeline project, Iran on Thursday offered to host the tripartite Ministerial Meeting in Tehran in March next year. The interactions since the past two days have been fruitful, . . .
- Terrorist Attack Was Predicted (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 30, 2005)
Architect of Lashkar's Akshardham temple attack had visited Bangalore
Officials, institutions were slow to address vulnerabilities
Bangalore has been on the Lashkar's list of targets for a while
- Lashkar-Linked Magazine Calls For Attacks (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 30, 2005)
Demands `retaliation and requital' for fall of Dacca
The December issue of the Voice of Islam, a Pakistan-based journal closely affiliated to the Lashkar-e-Taiba, has called for "retaliation and requital" of the fall of Dacca to Indian forces on . . .
- Vajpayee To Keep Off 'Politics Of Power' (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Dec 30, 2005)
Advani calls for campaign to mould public opinion against the Congress on the lack of security, probity
BJP to take severe action against corrupt MPs
Vajpayee's policy on Naxalism given up
Party will not be comfortable till Ram temple is built
- Cabinet Clears Safta (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
The agreement is a historic milestone, says Kamal Nath The agreement on SAFTA provides for compensation of revenue loss to LDCs
- Attack On The Iisc — South India On Terror Cross-Hair (Business Line, B. Raman , Dec 30, 2005)
The Wednesday attack at the IISc does not appear to have been targeted at any scientist but generally at the IT industry for which Bangalore is best known.
- ‘Terrorists Behind Bangalore Shootings’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Indian police stepped up patrols in the southern technology hub of Bangalore on Thursday after a professor was shot dead and four other people wounded at a top science university in what authorities said was an attack by suspected anti-India militants.
- Support For Kbd Building Up (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 30, 2005)
The Government has released two of the three reports on water issue to focus the importance of new reservoirs. Seven of the nine members of the Technical Committee led by Mr ANG Abbasi are understood to have accorded priority to KBD followed by . . .
- Nuclear Energy Option (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 30, 2005)
Civil works of the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant Unit-2, known as C-2, has begun with first concrete pouring and foundation stone laying by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister explained the multi-pronged strategy. . .
- Cabinet To Take Up Safta, Hong Kong Wto Declaration (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The Union Cabinet is likely to take up tomorrow the ratification of South Asian Free Trade Agreement, which is to come into effect from January One, 2006.
- India's Comments An Interference: Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 29, 2005)
Pakistan has said the observations by the Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman on the law and order situation in Balochistan are "unwarranted and baseless."
- Centre Stepmotherly, Says Modi (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Dec 29, 2005)
It is "sitting on" Gujarat law to curb organised crime
Gujarat and Jharkhand Chief Ministers Narendra Modi and Arjun Munda on Wednesday complained that the United Progressive Alliance Government was discriminating against the Bharatiya Janata Party- ....
- Advani Says Bjp Going Through 'Bad Patch' (Press Trust of India, Sunil Gatade, Dec 29, 2005)
Embarrassed over the fallout of the sting operations on the party's image, BJP President L K Advani today said it was going through a "bad patch" and had to reverse the "distressing descent" of some members.
- World Bank Supports Big Dams (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 29, 2005)
The World Bank has said that any further delay in the construction of new dams will be detrimental to Pakistan’s interests. In its latest report on the dams, it said that planning for new dams was supposed to begin soon after the completion of Tarbela ...
- India, Iran Begin Talks On Gas Pipeline Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
India and Iran began talks here on Wednesday on the modalities of implementing the gas pipeline project through Pakistan with the aim of reaching a formal trilateral agreement by June next year.
- No Counter Reaction To Pak's Comment : India (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
A day after voicing concern of army's high-handedness in Balochistan, India today refused to join issue with Pakistan which has reacted sharply to the comments.
- Kashmir Settlement Hopes Freeze Despite Quake Disaster (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Hopes that India and Pakistan can build a solution to the Kashmir dispute from the rubble of the South Asia quake have cooled as the Himalayan winter draws in, analysts and residents say.
- Why Has India Butted In? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Dec 29, 2005)
Just as the call for an all-out strike protesting “military operations” and Kalabagh Dam was moving to its successful conclusion in Balochistan, the Indian Ministry for External Affairs issued a brief call to Pakistan saying that India was . . .
- Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Project: Iran To Host (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 29, 2005)
Iran has agreed to host tripartite official-level talks with India and Pakistan in February to kick start the construction of the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline.
- Indian Police Register Case Against Pakistani Official For Rash Driving (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Indian police have registered a case against Mohammad S Qazi, an official of the Pakistani Embassy in New Delhi, whose vehicle allegedly hit a couple, killing the woman and injuring her husband, at Chhidan village on the Amritsar-Wagah Road on December 10
- India's Unsolicited Concern (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The Foreign Office on Tuesday dismissed the comment by the spokesman of India's External Affairs Ministry on Balochistan the same day as "unwarranted and baseless."
- Danger To The Dialogue? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 29, 2005)
"The Government of India has been watching with concern the spiralling violence in Balochistan and the heavy military action, including the use of helicopter gunships and jet fighters by the Government of Pakistan to quell it.
- Balochistan: Yet Another Crackdown (Dawn, A.R. Siddiqi, Dec 29, 2005)
At A random reckoning, we are seeing the fifth major military/paramilitary operation in Balochistan since independence. This is besides other lesser known and relatively minor military actions launched in the province from time to time.
- Hrcp Unable To Access Kohlu (Daily Times, Azizullah Khan, Dec 29, 2005)
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) tried to visit Kohlu but was only able to reach the border of Kahan, where aerial attacks have been reported in the past ten days, said HRCP Chairperson Asma Jahangir on Wednesday
- Govt Goes Tough With Balochistan Miscreants (News International, Tariq Butt, Dec 29, 2005)
The federal government has decided to go ahead with its plan to deal with troublemakers head on in Balochistan and is not apparently pushed to revive the dialogue process.
- Hrcp Calls For Talks To Settle Balochistan Issues (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has underlined the need to solve the issues of Balochistan through dialogue instead of using power.
- Waziristan Militants Disturb Govt (Daily Times, Iqbal Khattak, Dec 29, 2005)
NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman is facing a real test of his political skills to bring South Waziristan under control after the turbulent tribal region was declared “secured” following successful operations last year, analysts and . . .
- Bombay Nightmares (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 29, 2005)
The Mumbai convention was meant to give the BJP a respite from its year and a half of disasters.
- Tech Capital Figured On Terror Radar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The terrorist attract at IISc was waiting to happen. At least, that’s what investigative agencies were told as they interrogated several terrorists arrested recently.
- Third Time Rebellious In Baluchistan (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 29, 2005)
This week India surprised by expressing concern over the crackdown in Pakistan’s largest province. C. Raja Mohan explains what is at stake.
- Peace Process Wears No Clothes (Indian Express, S.D. Muni, Dec 29, 2005)
The demand for India’s active engagement with the Sri Lankan peace process has been building up for the past couple of years following the gradual erosion in the credibility of Norway as an impartial ‘facilitator’.
- Inflation Drops, Prices Rise (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Dec 29, 2005)
Inflation has come down below eight per cent, says Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. That is some relief from the 9.3 per cent inflation rate reached last year against the budgetary projection of five per cent.
- India Silently Traps Pakistan’S Isi Terror Network Established And Operated From Nepal – Pakistan Calls For Counter Measures (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 29, 2005)
The Foreign Office of Pakistan has warned the government that India and Nepal were in the process of finalizing a "secret extradition treaty" that might endanger safety of Pakistanis there as agreement would give full power to New Delhi . . .
- India Concerned Over Spiralling Violence In Balochistan (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
India on Tuesday expressed concern over the spiraling violence in Balochistan and asked Pakistan to exercise restraint and address grievances through peaceful discussions.
- Balochistan: Pakistan Says India Remark Unwarranted (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Reacting sharply to India’s comments on the situation in Balochistan, Pakistan on Wednesday said they were tantamount to interference in its internal affairs and ‘‘contrary’’ to efforts aimed at bringing peace and stability in South Asia.
- Panun Kashmir Rejects Idea Of Self Rule (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Praising new Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad for his pronouncements on tackling militancy, the return of Pandits and internal security situation, Panun Kashmir (PK), a frontline organization of Pandit community here on Tuesday rejected the . . .
- Reliance Cap, Energy To Meet On Mergers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The boards of Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Capital and Reliance Energy would meet early next week to consider their merger with Reliance Capital Ventures Ltd and Reliance Energy Ventures Ltd respectively.
- Pakistanis Sue Greek, Uk Agents Over Torture (Indian Express, KAROLOS GROHMANN, Dec 29, 2005)
Greek and British intelligence agents may be called to appear before a Greek court to answer a lawsuit alleging 28 Pakistanis were kidnapped and tortured in Greece after the July bombings in London.
- Fatah Reunites For Palestinian Election (Indian Express, WAFA AMR, Dec 29, 2005)
Rival wings of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement reunited on Wednesday to fight off a January election challenge by the militant Islamic group Hamas.
- Us Drops Indian Scientist’S Name From Nuke Blacklist (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Dec 29, 2005)
Ahead of US President George W Bush’s visit, Washington has cleared the name of nuclear scientist C. Surendar from the entities blacklisted last September for allegedly transferring sensitive technology or equipment to Iran.
- Blast Triggers Fire At Pak Gas Field (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
A bomb ruptured a pipe and triggered a fire at the main gas field in south-western Pakistan, but no one was hurt and the fire was quickly put out, an official said on Wednesday.
- Islamic Jihadists Behind The Bangalore Iisc Shootout? Is India’S Outsourcing Industry And High Tech Education Centers Under Terrorists Target Lists? (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Dec 29, 2005)
The Islamic jihadidts and ISI of Pakistan is eyeing the Indian Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Science and outsourcing hubs of India for a long time.
- Pakistan Madrasas To Defy Dec Deadline (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Dealing a blow to President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, an alliance of Pakistan’s religious seminaries today announced they will not accept the 31 December deadline set by him for expelling hundreds of foreign students, saying the order was “discriminatory” an
- Terror Strikes Iis Campus (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Suspected terrorists today barged into the premier Indian Institute of Science (IIS) here and fired indiscriminately, killing a retired Professor of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and injuring three others.
- Enlightened Moderation? (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 29, 2005)
Ever since it was established that the terrorist bombings in New York and Washington were engineered from Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Gen Pervez Musharraf has constantly proclaimed his goal of making Pakistan a “moderate Islamic country” based on . . .
- India’S Extremely Provocative Outburst (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 29, 2005)
Pakistan has rejected the Indian Foreign Office spokesman’s statement about Balochistan and termed it as ‘unwarranted and baseless’.
- Northeast As Partner In Modernisation (Tribune, J.N. Nanda, Dec 29, 2005)
India is making an all out effort to develop and modernize with better infrastructure, better skills and more education.
- Moderate Quake Hits Indo-Pak Border In J&k (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.2 on Richter Scale shook India-Pakistan border region in Kashmir on early Thursday, the Meteorological Department said.
- Gunmen Fire At Scientists, Kill Senior Iit Professor (Hindustan Times, BR Srikanth, Dec 29, 2005)
Suspected terrorists barged into the prestigious Indian Institute of Science campus here on Wednesday evening and opened fire indiscriminately killing a retired professor of IIT Delhi and injuring four others.
- Human Trafficking (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 29, 2005)
Foreign Minister Khursheed Mahmud Kasuri has said that the Government was trying its level best to control human trafficking which is bringing bad name to the country and innumerable sufferings to those going abroad through clandestine means.
- India, Iran Discuss Pipeline (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
India and Iran began a new round of talks on Wednesday to review progress on a tri-partite deal to build a gas pipeline project through Pakistan that the three nations aim to finalise by June, an Indian official said.
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