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- Bjp For Joint Action (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The BJP today suggested a joint Indo-Pak action against terrorist groups operating from Pakistan. This, according to the party, will be mutually beneficial for the two countries as both were facing the same problem.
- Minister In Spot Over Drug Licences (Tribune, Tejinder Singh Sodhi, Oct 24, 2007)
The Jammu and Kashmir Pharma Association has accused the state health ministry and the state pharmacy council of involvement in a scam in the allotment of drugs licences. The minister concerned has, however, denied all allegations.
- Suicide Rate Among Soldiers In India Lowest In World (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 24, 2007)
The defence authorities here do not see anything alarming in the suicides committed by the soldiers off and on.
- Rescue Teams Flown To Fire-Hit Village (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
A massive relief effort is being taken up at the fire-affected village of Margi in the Kishtwar area, Doda district.
- Musharraf’S Largesse To Northern Areas (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Oct 24, 2007)
In a significant move, President Gen Pervez Musharraf today announced a package of reforms upgrading the status of Northern Areas by creating a legislative assembly.
- Improving Indo-Pak Ties Us Priority: Burns (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Oct 24, 2007)
In a significant move, President Gen Pervez Musharraf today announced a package of reforms upgrading the status of Northern Areas by creating a legislative assembly.
- Millions Missing From Indian Pm’S Relief Fund (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
More than three million dollars donated to the Indian prime minister’s relief fund for victims of disasters such as the Asian tsunami and Kashmir earthquake are missing, reports said Tuesday.
- Army All Set To Become A Modern Force (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The Army will be fully network centric by 2012 and become a modern force increasingly dependent on high technology.
- Bjp Calls Pm A ‘Helpless Leader’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Following reports of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, feeling “dejected and disappointed” after being “let down” by his UPA allies on the Indo-US nuclear deal issue, the BJP today mounted a fresh attack on Dr Singh, saying the . . . .
- Disturbing Statements (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Oct 24, 2007)
This is about two statements that India heard on the same day. They must have disturbed many Indians who value the country’s democracy, despite its various flaws.
- Cloud Of Mystery (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Oct 24, 2007)
Yet another monsoon is over and, with that, yet another test for the prediction skill of the statistical long-range forecast (LRF) model of the India Meteorological Department (IMD); this time it was a new model with a new methodology (Frontline, June 1).
- Kashmir Is Not ‘Integral Part’ Of India: Pakistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Jammu & Kashmir is not and never has been “an integral part” of India, as several UN resolutions have recognised the state as disputed territory, a Pakistani delegate told the United Nations
General Assembly’s fourth committee, on Monday.
- Beyond The Explosive Homecoming (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Oct 24, 2007)
ONE can hardly disagree with Benazir Bhutto when she argues that militant Islamists must not be allowed to determine the political agenda in Pakistan.
- No Breakthrough On Core Issues Due To Indian Intransigence: Mushahid (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Mushahid Hussain Sayed on Tuesday said composite dialogue and the back channel diplomacy between India and Pakistan had brought about a qualitative change in the environment but there was no breakthrough . . . .
- Janata Dal(s) President H.D. Deve Gowda On The Karnataka Crisis (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Oct 24, 2007)
A CENTRAL figure in the ongoing political change in Karnataka is former Prime Minister and national president of the Janata Dal (Secular) H.D. Deve Gowda, the hardy perennial of regional politics in India.
- Jawan Found Dead In Army Camp At Jammu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
A jawan on Monday allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at a camp here.
- Ties With India Have Never Been So Good: Pakistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 23, 2007)
The Pakistan Foreign Ministry says the country’s relations with India have never been better but it will be unrealistic to expect quick results from a peace process aimed at resolving complex issues.
- Army Commanders To Discuss Space Vision (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
In a bid to catch up with developed nations in protecting its ‘space assets’, the Indian armed forces are planning to use space technology for military applications to meet the challenge of ‘space wars’.
- Unjustified Status Quo (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 23, 2007)
The draft package approved by President Pervez Musharraf for the Northern Areas does not seem to address the basic issue — giving the region’s people fundamental rights and a constitutional identity.
- Economics & New Political Structure (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Oct 23, 2007)
I DON’T often write about politics but on some occasions it is a subject that becomes difficult to ignore even for a person whose primary interest is economics.
- Rti Bill Antithesis Of Central Act (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
If the idea behind the Central Right to Information Act, 2005, is to let the public have access to every possible information, then intention behind the J&K’s version of the Act, Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2007 . . . . . .
- Pm Relief Funds Lie In Coal Pit (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
India’s largest public sector coal company illegally held back for a decade over Rs 10 crore raised from its employees’ salaries for the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund, an inquiry by the PMO has found.
- Sc Not To Issue Notices To Azad, Centre (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
The Supreme Court today declined to issue notices to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, the state government and the Centre on a contempt petition in connection with relief to 1947 migrants from PoK living in the Jammu . . . . .
- Mufti Has Little Option (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
People's Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed may continue threatening his alliance partner, the Congress, of reviewing the coalition agreement, but he has little option to exercise at this stage.
- Whose Bomb? (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Oct 23, 2007)
The tragedy that marred Benazir Bhutto’s triumphant return home reinforced several truths that have either been played down or simply ignored over the last several years.
- Surrendering Siachin To India (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Does Pakistan reserve the right to liberate Siachin from India’s illegal occupation? Has Pakistan ruled out its military option altogether? These were the two questions raised in the routine foreign office Monday briefing . . . . ..
- Karnataka Politics: Time To Vote In Worthy Incumbents (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 23, 2007)
It is time for voters to get good value for their tax money. Also time to incarnate the power of recall.
- Jam And Nuts (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
An observer who is not from the subcontinent, unfamiliar with India-Pakistan dynamics but au fait with diplomatic principles, would have been aghast on knowing, as this newspaper reported last Friday, that trade across a contentious . . . . . .
- Police Martyrs Remembered (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
At least 5,099 police and security force personnel have been killed while fighting militancy during the last 18 years in Jammu and Kashmir, which included 868 policemen, 447 SPOs and 128 VDC members.
- Indian, Chinese Troops Exchange Gifts (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Indian and Chinese soldiers exchanged pleasantries and gifts in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, with Chinese officers treated to a cultural programme, an official here said Sunday.
- Rare Animal Species Extinct In J&k: Study (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The nomadic Gujjars and Bakerwals have lost 12 rare traditional and indigenous species of sheep, goats, horses and dogs during the past four decades.
- Foreign Breeds Have Made Kashmir’S Native Livestock Extinct (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
In the last four decades, the nomadic Gujjar and Bakerwal communities have lost at least a dozen rare indigenous species of sheep, goats and horses and almost six species are on the brink of extinction.
- Benazir’S Return With ‘Big Bang’ (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Oct 22, 2007)
AFTER eight long years of self-exile, Ms Benazir Bhutto landed in Pakistan with a “big bang”, politically and literally. Interestingly, both the rapturous welcome given to her by the party faithful and the bomb blasts that spoiled her welcome . . . .
- Refugees Trapped In Pok Banging At India's Door (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Amid Pakistan's turmoil, Kashmiri refugees are approaching Indian authorities in Islamabad for passage into India and there are fears that thousands of others might try to cross over forcibly across the Line of Control (LoC), according to the . . . .
- Franken-Nation (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 22, 2007)
As Pakistan recovers from the most spectacular and catastrophic terrorist attack in its history, a few hard, sobering questions are in order. The "reception" of Ms Benazir Bhutto caused the death of close to 150 political workers, policemen and . . . . .
- Second Round Of Indo-Pak Jatm Talks On Monday (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
India and Pakistan will hold the second meeting of the Joint Anti-Terrorism Mechanism (JATM) here on Monday, during which Islamabad is expected to raise the issue of Samjhauta Express blast inquiry report.
- Pok Refugees Banging At India's Door (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Amid Pakistan's turmoil, Kashmiri refugees are approaching Indian authorities in Islamabad for passage into India and there are fears that thousands of others might try to cross over forcibly across the Line of Control (LoC), according . . . . .
- Do The Right Thing In Northern Areas! (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 22, 2007)
If the latest “package” for the Northern Areas turns out to be a mere “proliferation” of the malfunctioning “local bodies” system in the rest of the country, then the people of Gilgit-Baltistan would be greatly disappointed.
- Can Benazir Bring Democracy To Pak? (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 22, 2007)
Terrorists, through their latest attacks, have justified Benazir Bhutto’s much-maligned deal with President General Pervez Musharraf. She used to say that she wanted to return to Pakistan because terrorism was finishing all chances of the . . . .
- Basmati For Pak, Chilgozas For India: Delhi, Islamabad Draw Up Loc Trade List (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, Oct 19, 2007)
As India and Pakistan began expert level talks on conventional and nuclear confidence building measures (CBMs) on Thursday, the two countries are actively moving forward on another CBM — trade across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Other End Of The Deal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 19, 2007)
So imagine you wanted to make a business deal so badly that you handed the other guy a blank cheque, and then after you’d given up so much, the other guy said ‘no thanks."
- Azad Urges Media To Highlight Development (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad here today sought media’s cooperation in reaching out to people across the country and lamented that news about the negative aspects of society overshadowed developmental issues.
- Govt Interest In Peace Process Waning: Mufti (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed expressed dismay over the "waning interest" of the state government in the peace and confidence-building process and urged it to revitalise and push forward the "sagging peace process".
- On Guard In Kashmir (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Oct 18, 2007)
Much has been written and said about demilitarisation in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Aarti Dhar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said the State was heading for achieving ‘zero tolerance’ in human rights violations as there had been cases of custodial disappearances this year so far.
- India Blames Isi For Blasts On The Eve Of Cbm Talks (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Oct 18, 2007)
As a Pakistani delegation arrived here to resume the dialogue with India on nuclear and conventional confidence building measures (CBMs) and a flagging anti-terror mechanism, New Delhi blamed Islamabad for a string of apparently unconnected but . . . .
- Pakistan Inciting Sikh Radicals, Alleges India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
India’s top national security official has accused Pakistan of trying to stir up Sikh militancy in Punjab, striking a sour note ahead of direct talks this week between the South Asian rivals.
- Attempts In Pakistan To Build Radical Sikh Environment: Nsa (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
Concerned over the wave of terror attacks, National Security Advisor M K Narayanan today said that the Government was planning to convene a meeting of Chief Ministers soon to share perspectives, information and discuss the way ahead to combat terror.
- After Ludhiana (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
The bombing of a cinema hall in Ludhiana is more than a statistical intrusion upon Punjab's decade-long terror-free record.
- Economic Intelligence Vital In Tackling Organised Crime: Ib (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
Organised crime networks like the D-Company of Dawood Ibrahim (designated by the US as global terrorist) have made inroads into the economic framework of the country by entering into diverse activities such as infotainment sector . . . . . .
- Sleeping On The Job (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Oct 17, 2007)
India is the only country whose establishment officially defines 'national interest' as a 'vague' concept. As a result, the pursuit of a vague foreign policy leads to one fiasco after another. Burma is the latest example
- Battle For Mosques And Minds (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
The attack on Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti’s Dargah in Ajmer, one of the oldest Sufi shrines in South Asia, is a new twist to an old terrorist tale, in which fundamentalists are triggering off cultural phobia along with fatal tiffin-box bombs.
- Suppressed Turns Oppressor (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Oct 17, 2007)
A shocked group of young cricket fans watches Bangladesh defeat India in the 2007 World Cup in South Africa.
- Flag-Waving Is Dangerous For Health (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
For all the waving around, it is often forgotten how powerful and contentious a symbol flags are.
- Winter Balm (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 17, 2007)
As time moves towards dusk these days, the sky looks benevolent and forgiving, almost melancholic.
- The Alarm Punjab Didn’T Hear (Telegraph, BHAVNA VIJ-AURORA, Oct 16, 2007)
The Union home ministry had warned Punjab less than a month ago that Ludhiana, one of the richest industrial towns in the state, could be a prime target for terror strikes.
- One Man’S Mission To Promote Peace (Hindu, SUGUNA RAMANATHAN, Oct 16, 2007)
Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin; Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd., 11, Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi-110017. Rs. 395.
- Sikh Outfits, Jihadis Behind Blast (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Involvement of Sikh separatists in collaboration with Islamic jihadi groups is being suspected behind the blast that killed seven people and injured 32 at the Ludhiana multiplex last night.
- Jammu Farm Dept Staff Sans Salary For 2 Months (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Employees of the state Agriculture Department in Jammu region have alleged that they had not been paid salary for the past two months.
- Azad To Soon Review Rehabilitation Of Tangdhar Quake-Hit (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said much of rehabilitation work and restoration of facilities had been completed in the quake-hit area of Karnah in north Kashmir in two years and it would be reviewed soon.
- Police Clueless; 25 Questioned (Tribune, Jupinderjit Singh, Oct 16, 2007)
Twenty hours after the Shingar blast, the police remains clueless about the accused, the kind of explosives and the mode of triggering the blast even as the top brass of the Punjab Police and intelligence agencies are camping here, trying. . .
- Benazir For Common Market From Kabul To Bay Of Bengal (Indian Express, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 15, 2007)
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who plans to return home on Thursday despite being asked by General Musharraf to delay it by a few days, says she envisages building “common markets” in South Asia from the “mountain peaks . . . .
- Lakhs Offer Prayers At Idgah After 20 Yrs (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Id was today celebrated across Jammu and Kashmir with religious fervour with over one lakh people offering Id prayers at the famous Idgah after a gap of about 20 years.
- India To Raise Ajmer Blast With Pakistan (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The Ajmer dargah blast along with some other recent terror attacks, including the one in Hyderabad, is likely to figure high on the agenda of anti-terror talks between India and Pakistan here next week.
- Wings Of Glory (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
It is in the fitness of things that even as the Indian Air Force is celebrating its 75th Anniversary and at sixty, India is going through the euphoria of ‘Chak de’, celebrating achievements in a variety of fields, S Sapru has . . . . . .
- 'It's Possible For Us To Have Military History Written Without Carrying Sensitive Material' (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 15, 2007)
Let me tell you the story of two young officers commissioned in the army of two neighbouring countries in 1964. They both should have retired.
- Eid Peaceful In Kashmir (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Amid a militant sponsored cease fire, Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated peacefully in Kashmir on Sunday.
- Blast Rips Through Ludhiana Movie Hall: 7 Killed, 40 Injured (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Barely three days after a blast at the Ajmer Sharif dargah, a powerful explosion rocked a cinema hall in Ludhiana on Sunday night —- after peaceful Id festivities throughout the country —- killing at least seven persons and injuring about 40.
- Kashmir Ceasefire: Remembering Failure (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 13, 2007)
Former Hizb commander ponders lessons of collapsed 2000-2001 peace effort
Sees no point in harbouring resentments against the dead
“It’s never too late to talk peace. We all have no choice”
- 1 Killed In Road Accident (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
A motorcyclist was knocked down by a speeding vehicle near here on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway.
- Targeting Brotherhood (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 13, 2007)
Security should be beefed up in all religious places.
- Shiny On The Outside (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 13, 2007)
Among the many puzzles of China, what strikes a visitor from India is, where are all the people in the world’s most populous country?! In India, you throw a stone in any direction and a group will surface from nowhere.
- Ajmer Probe Throws Up Hyderabad Links (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 13, 2007)
Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami cell may have executed bombing
Explosive devices used at Ajmer shrine closely resemble those placed in Mecca Masjid
In both places, bombs were designed to be triggered by mobile phone’s alarm clock
- Ladakh's Lofty Passes (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Located in northwest India’s Jammu and Kashmir state, the remote Ladakh astounds first-time visitors with its surreal landscape – craggy peaks, barren deserts, plunging gorges, turquoise-green rivers and a backdrop of ancient gompas . . . .
- Terrorism In J&k (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 13, 2007)
The mysterious blast inside an Army camp in north Kashmir on Thursday, for which Hizbul Mujahideen has claimed credit, indicates that the situation in Jammu & Kashmir with regard to terrorism remains unchanged.
- Jammu-Based Employees Blame Cong For Unfair Treatment (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Claims of the ruling coalition on equal treatment to all three regions of the state notwithstanding, government employees of Jammu region have charged the Congress-led government with giving them unfair treatment.
- One Killed In Suicide Attack On Crpf Camp In Srinagar (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Militants on Thursday carried out a suicide attack on the CRPF battalion headquarters housed in a hotel along the banks of the famous Dal Lake on Thursday evening in which one of the bombers was killed after a fierce gun-battle.
- Ajmer Blast: B'desh Suspected (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Rajasthan police is interrogating some suspects, including pilgrims of Bangladeshi origin, in connection with the blast at the revered Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti here where Friday prayers will go ahead as scheduled.
- Kashmir Attack Ends, 2 Militants Killed (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Two suicide bombers were killed and three paramilitary troopers were wounded in a terrorist attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp near the Dal Lake here, police officials said on Friday.
- The War Against Popular Islam (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 12, 2007)
The highest form of worship, wrote saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, is “to redress the misery of those in distress, to fulfil the needs of the helpless and to feed the hungry.”
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