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Articles 14421 through 14520 of 23072:
- Kashmiris Credit Quake With Bridging Border Divide (Reuters, Sheikh Mushtaq, Nov 21, 2005)
Last month's earthquake killed tens of thousands in Kashmir but, for divided families in the disputed region, it also opened up new routes to reunite with long-lost relatives across the frontier.
- 9 To Cross Loc From Poonch Today (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
With permits being issued today after Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) clearance, a batch of nine persons including two from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) are ready to take the Poonch-Rawalakote road to PoK via Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing point in Poonch
- Lengthening Shadows Of Naxalites (Daily Excelsior, Sarvadaman, Nov 21, 2005)
The terror and mayhem let loose by the Naxalites/Maoists has become bloody.
- Development Agenda For Karnataka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Kalam unveils 11-point plan, wants economic activity spread across the State
- Seeking Happiness From Ruins (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 21, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf sprang surprise during International Donors’ Conference in the capital when he diverted from the topic of the day and talked about Pakistan-India relations and especially the need for resolution of the long-standing issue of ...
- Family Rallies Behind ‘Innocent’ Monica (Telegraph, GAJINDER SINGH, Nov 21, 2005)
The Bedi family in Norway will do all it can to provide the best of legal defence to save their daughter Monica.
- Oppression By Bigger Powers Makes Peace An Impossibility (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 21, 2005)
Bloodshed is abhorable. But those who want to rule by force are responsible for it. Everywhere in the world, Muslims are being persecuted.
- Tv’S Witch Hunt -Time To Reflect, To Introspect (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
If Dr Arvind Khare did all he is alleged to have done — allegations that were reported on television and in the Delhi edition of this newspaper on Friday
- Iraqis' Right To Rule Themselves (Hindu, Haifa Zangana, Nov 21, 2005)
The photograph of an elderly Iraqi carrying the burned body of a child at Fallujah, widely shown during the chemical weapons controversy of recent days,
- Why Have Infrastructure Reforms Failed? (Hindu, V. Ranganathan, Nov 21, 2005)
Lack of a strong internal constituency to blame for poor performance; paucity of resources is another major constraint
- Kalam Way To Robust Karnataka (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
In his special address to the joint session of the Karnataka legislature to mark the Suvarna Karnataka celebrations, the president focussed on transforming the State into an economic powerhouse by the turn of the decade.
- Pak ‘Mistreats’ Hindu Pilgrims (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
A Hindu jatha, which had gone to Katasaraj in Pakistan’s Punjab province for a pilgrimage, has expressed displeasure at the treatment meted out to them by the authorities there. The pilgrims, who were initially stopped from entering Pakistan,
- Twenty Years Of Saarc Failure (Greater Kashmir, Samuel Baid, Nov 21, 2005)
Compared to the 12th summit meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- Missing The ‘Should’ For The Trees (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
To save forests, and the Tribal Bill, use the Employment Guarantee Act
- Man Who Stopped Hindu Rashtra (Indian Express, Fali S. Nariman, Nov 21, 2005)
Excerpts from the inaugural lecture on ‘Challenges to Indian Democracy’ delivered at the Nehru Centre on November 14
- Prospects Of Peace (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Peace process between India and Pakistan and their resolve to settle the Kashmir issue through dialogue has some how sustained many up hills during the past two years.
- Challenges Before President Rajapakse (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 21, 2005)
Mahinda Rajapakse, in his self-defined role of architect of a "new Sri Lanka," has to balance several contradictions. These arise from the polarised mandate and his political allies.
- Fractured Island (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandaran, Nov 21, 2005)
The emergence of Mr Mahinda Rajapakse at the helm of the state and government in Sri Lanka marks a clear break with the tradition where a dynasty or a dominant family held the highest political office.
- Capturing Nature’S Wonders (Tribune, Usha Rai, Nov 21, 2005)
Shrinking forests, disappearing tigers, the urban sprawl eating up green spaces, pollution levels in cities making it difficult to breathe, and the interminable cycle of floods, droughts and natural disasters, leave one with the distinct feeling that . .
- Behind The Screens (Tribune, Shakuntala Rao, Nov 21, 2005)
It is likely that you have never heard of the phrase “integrated movie-making.” It is a euphemism used by advertisers for something increasingly ubiquitous in films: product placement.
- France's Burning Economic Issues (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Nov 21, 2005)
In the world of men's clothes, nothing is more beautiful than the tuxedo with black tie — one of the few garments that makes a man, any man, look his splendid best.
- The Divestment Debate: China's Example (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Nov 21, 2005)
Contradictions abound in the world of modern political economies.
- Iaea Meeting On Iran On Nov 24 — Let Govt Act In Its Best Judgment (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 21, 2005)
The question before India is whether it should act as a responsible member of the IAEA Board in the light of overwhelming evidence of disregard of its obligations by Iran or whether it should isolate itself from the main body of opinion and . . .
- Our Friendly Neighbourhood Don (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Nov 21, 2005)
Through the ages people have both extolled the glories of the law and rued its blindness. Justice, though often perceived as an inflexible entity, is, in truth, subject to interpretation and the vagaries of time.
- Which Option To Choose: Saarc Or Eco? (Dawn, Javid Husain, Nov 21, 2005)
The evolution of the European Union into a dynamic association of European states cooperating for common economic, political and security goals is enviable.
- Rumsfeld Says Torture Ban Under Discussion (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
The White House and senators are discussing the implications of a Senate-passed ban on the torture of suspected terrorists in U.S. custody and what part, if any, of the proposal the administration might find acceptable, the Pentagon chief said Sunday.
- Bangalore Now Gets Wake-Up Call From Kalam (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
President: ‘City as development facilitator being eroded, needs 11-mission charter to get in shape’
- Taking A New Route To Change In The Mekong Delta (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 21, 2005)
The stage for major conflict in the 1970s and 1980s, the region is now experiencing the benefits of economic linkages.
- Abdul Kalam's Vision For Karnataka (Hindu, A. Jayaram, Nov 21, 2005)
The President unveils 11-point plan, wants economic activity spread across the State
- Poetry, Pistachio, Power (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Nov 21, 2005)
A government rarely receives all its challenges in a cluster. But this could be just that kind of a week for the Congress-led coalition: the Bihar verdict, Supreme Court’s judgement on the constitutionality of the dissolution of that state’s assembly,
- Helping Victims Of Violence (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Nov 21, 2005)
In the days when Ayub Khan ruled the roost, and the 22 families set up their baronetcies, draconian press laws were introduced to keep at bay journalists who had not yet recovered from the long hangover of the Tamizuddin Khan years.
- New Bearings Of Sco (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Nov 21, 2005)
BEFORE turning to Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as promised last week, I need to clarify a point. Mr Zia Rizvi, a consulting engineer in far-off Toronto read the online version of my article Politics of pipelines (Dawn, November 14) and ....
- Pm Calls For Self-Govt In Both Parts Of Kashmir (News International, Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Nov 21, 2005)
Appreciating India’s response to Pakistan’s proposal for opening five crossing points on the Line of Control (LoC), Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday suggested that the points should remain open every day of the week instead of only one day.
- Iran Mps Vote To End Atomic Checks If Referred To Un (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Iranian lawmakers voted on Sunday to resume uranium enrichment and end snap UN checks of its nuclear sites if Tehran is referred to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.
- Indian Minister Says Talks Should Continue (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 20, 2005)
Indian State Minister for Foreign Affairs E. Ahmed has said that Pakistan-India talk process must continue for the solution of Kashmir issue.
- Indira Gandhi Prize For Hamid Karzai (Deccan Herald, DH news, Nov 20, 2005)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been chosen for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2005.
- ‘Ten Of Us, We Killed At Least 22 Tigers’ (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
Three hunters confess to killing 10 tigers, name seven who poached a dozen more.
- Finally, Sonia Stepping Out Of Mrs G’S Shadow? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 20, 2005)
Delhi is India’s most sycophantic city and even bows, as the old Punjabi saying goes, to the rising sun.
- Kashmir: President Urges India To Grasp Fleeting Moment (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 20, 2005)
President General Pervez Musharraf made an emphatic appeal to India to settle long-standing Jammu and Kashmir dispute in the wake of last month’s earthquake and subsequent goodwill existing between Kashmiris on both sides as well as between the people of
- Anxious Kashmiris Walk Across India-Pakistan Border (Reuters, Sheikh Mushtaq, Nov 20, 2005)
Pakistan and India allowed Kashmiris to walk across their heavily militarised frontier for the first time in nearly 60 years on Saturday to learn the fate of relatives after last month's quake and mourn the dead.
- It's 1 In 3: India Score In L Visas (Business Line, Moumita Bakshi Chatterjee, Nov 20, 2005)
INDIA cornered 32.4 per cent of the total 1,22,981 intra-company transfer visas (L visas) issued by the US in the financial year ended September 2005, followed by Great Britain and Japan.
- Promises To Keep -Finally, Positive Signals For Great Eastern (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 20, 2005)
What ought to have been done ten years ago with the Great Eastern Hotel has been accomplished.
- Britain Beckons Indian Solicitors (Press Trust of India, PTI, Nov 20, 2005)
At a time when the Bar Council of India is opposing the entry of foreign lawyers tooth and nail, Britain has opened up opportunities for Indian lawyers willing to practise in that country, especially in the corporate sector.
- Homes For Tourism (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
Model tourism village now offers homestay facilities
- India Air Travel Sector Needs $50 Bln Over 10 Years (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
India's rapidly expanding air travel industry is likely to need $50 billion in investment in planes and infrastructure over the next decade to cope with rising demand, the civil aviation minister said on Friday.
- Kalam Presents Indira Gandhi Peace Prize To Thai Princess (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam awarded the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2004 to Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn here on Saturday.
- First Batch Of Civilians From Ihk Crosses Loc (News International, Editorial, The News International, Nov 20, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Saturday opened their Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, allowing people to cross over on foot for the first time in 58 years to meet separated relatives.
- Accountability In Relief And Rehabilitation (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Nov 20, 2005)
ADVERSITY, it is said, is a great teacher. The devastating earthquake of October 8, is the biggest natural disaster to strike Pakistan.
- Britain Beckons Indian Solicitors (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
At a time when the Bar Council of India is opposing the entry of foreign lawyers tooth and nail, Britain has opened up opportunities for Indian lawyers willing to practise in that country, especially in the corporate sector.
- Internet Control (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 20, 2005)
The rhetoric centred on control of the Internet turned out to be just hot air, after a compromise was hammered out at the World Information Summit in Tunis.
- Cause And Consequence (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 20, 2005)
When armed people capture a town, storm a jail and bail out the inmates, as they did in Jehanabad in Bihar on Sunday night, several questions will be asked.
- Partial Relief (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 20, 2005)
By clarifying that all equity-linked savings schemes (ELSS) would be eligible for tax benefits under Section 80 C of the Income Tax Act, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has only brought in partial clarity as the bigger question on the structure o
- Getting Pragmatic (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 20, 2005)
In legalistic terms, the government should have rejected Hindustan Coca Cola Holdings’ (HCCH) proposal to buy back the 49 per cent shares it had earlier divested in its bottling subsidiary, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages (HCCB).
- Haryana Buffaloes To Get It Tag (Tribune, Geetanjali Gayatri, Nov 20, 2005)
After departments and land records, it is the turn of buffaloes to get the IT bug in Haryana.
- Misuse Of Religion And Laws (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Nov 20, 2005)
MOST laws enacted after independence to prevent crime have, ironically, given rise to bigger crimes.
- Difficult Decisions (Hindu, SHALINI UMACHANDRAN, Nov 20, 2005)
AS a child Sue Elliot cherished her "chosen-ness" — the idea of being picked out by her adoptive parents from a roomful of angelic little babies.
- France Explodes (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Nov 20, 2005)
The biggest blow in the wave of violence sweeping across France has been psychological, with the country's image taking a huge dent. Giving the lie to its much-vaunted egalitarian structure, it has been a singularly rude awakening.
- A Lifetime Opportunity For India And Pakistan, Says Musharraf (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 20, 2005)
'Let success and happiness emerge from the ruins of this earthquake'
- Softening Line Of Control (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Nov 20, 2005)
MUCH is being said, and made, of the moves to soften the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, and we are being asked to believe that they bear the promise of blissful consequences, social and political. Let us try to read between the lines and figure out the
- 24 Cross Over To Pok Through Teetwal (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 20, 2005)
A new chapter was written in the history of divided Kashmir when 24 Indians crossed over to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) through suspension foot bridge on the Kishen Ganga river this afternoon after partition.
- Singular Girl Child (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Nov 20, 2005)
Birthdays are important to Indians. They form the basis of drawing up the horoscope of an individual. But the importance of the birthday does not end there.
- Donors Pledge $ 5.9 B For Quake Affected People (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam/Sharafat Kazmi , Nov 20, 2005)
The world community has so far made cumulative pledges of 5.827 billion dollars for relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction of the quake hit areas and the amount is likely to rise further.
- Cisco To Buy Scientific-Atlanta For $6.9 Billion (Reuters, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
Cisco Systems Inc. on Friday said it would buy Scientific-Atlanta Inc., a leading maker of cable-television set-top boxes, for $6.9 billion, moving the Internet equipment giant into the home entertainment market
- An Introduction To Archives (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
If the average man on the street were asked why Governments establish archival institutions, he would probably ask, ''What are archives and what are archival institutions ?
- 20 Years Of Saarc's Failures (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Nov 20, 2005)
Compared to the 12th summit meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- Elephants Arrive At Rejuvenation Camp (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2005)
Arrangements made to ease their journey from various parts of Tamil Nadu
- Bsf, Pak Rangers Agree On Joint Border Patrolling (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 20, 2005)
Pushing forward the Confidence Building Measures, India and Pakistan have agreed on a series of measures to stop trans-border crimes including narcotics trafficking by conducting joint patrolling and sharing intelligence.
- Long March To A Narcostate-Jeremy Seabrook (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 20, 2005)
In the 2005 UN Human Development Index, Afghanistan stands 175th out of 177 countries. Less than 30 per cent of the population is literate, and life expectancy is below 45 years.
- Upholding A Concept That Sees World As One - Ii (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
Iqbal didn’t believe in recognizing territories as identities but points of reference, writes
- Vat’S This? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 20, 2005)
Mir Faheem Aslam sums up the proceedings of a one day seminar on Value Added Tax in Kashmir University
- Word Prefect (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 20, 2005)
No doubt guided criminals are as lethal as guided missiles. Although that is not the BBC’s reasoning in substituting ‘misguided criminals’ for ‘terrorists’, specifically those who carried out the July 7 explosions.
- You Can Call It Mainstream Politaxi (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
This is how that wise unlettered carpet-weaver could weave a word for the art of perfidy, doublespeak and expediency commonly called politics
- A New Kind Of Terrorist Arrives (Pioneer, BASHIR MANZAR, Nov 19, 2005)
Tariq Dar's arrest on suspicion of involvement in the Delhi blasts has confirmed that an intertional trend of educated youth being attracted to Islamic terror has arrived in India. BASHIR MANZAR fears this may be the dawn of a new era.
- Fossilized Droppings Found In India Show Dinosaurs Grazed (Reuters, Maggie Fox, Nov 19, 2005)
Fossilized dinosaur droppings found in central India show that giant dinosaurs known as titanosaurs ate grass, an international team of researchers reported on Thursday.
- Minarets Of Taj Mahal Stable: Asi Tells Sc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has informed the Supreme Court that the minarets and other structures of Taj Mahal were stable.
- All-Out Vigil On Many Fronts For Avian Influenza (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Nov 19, 2005)
Keeping a strict vigil to check entry of avian flu into the country, the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests and the grand old Bombay Natural History Society (BHNS)-India have identified for monitoring 173 sites across India, all known points ....
- Open Borders (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Palestinians in Gaza will now have access to the world outside
- Don’T Bridge The Persian Gulf (Indian Express, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Nov 19, 2005)
Don’t bridge the Persian Gulf
Why show solidarity with Iran in the name of non-alignment when India has always opposed the NAM consensus on nuclear issues?
- What Happens In Bihar Affects Us All (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Nov 19, 2005)
If you are fortunate enough to have never needed to travel to Bihar you cannot begin to imagine what towns like Jehanabad look like. You cannot picture the abysmal poverty of the thatch and mud villages that surround it,
- Expenditure Cuts Can Meet Relief Cost (Dawn, Kaiser Bengali, Nov 19, 2005)
November 19 will go down as an discomforting day in the country’s history. It is a day on which General Musharraf and his prime minister will ask invited delegations from over 70 countries and international organizations to fill the country’s kashkol.
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