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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Valley's Youth Invoke Mahatma Gandhi For Peace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 03, 2007)
In the run-up to Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, Kashmir debated the relevance of his philosophy and work ethics and the state government approved cash reward for school and college students who produced the most eloquent speeches on. . .
- Injured Army Major Succumbs To Wounds In J&k (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
An Army officer, who was injured in an encounter with militants, died at a hospital here in the wee hours on Wednesday.
- Gandhism ‘Important’ For Militancy-Hit J&k (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC), general secretary and member of the Legislative Council (MLC) Ashok Sharma today said Mahatma Gandhi's principles of "truth" and "non-violence" had much importance in this militancy- affected state.
- Students Back Rajasthan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 03, 2007)
To express solidarity with Gujjars and Bakkerwals of Rajasthan for their demand of the Scheduled Tribe status, the Gujjars and Bakkerwal Students Federation, Jammu, held a demonstration on the Jammu University campus.
- Inmates Of Old-Age Home Yearn To Meet Family Members (Tribune, Tejinder Singh Sodhi, Oct 03, 2007)
With wrinkled face, tears in her eyes, body feeble and frail, hair white, if she could speak she might say, “I want to meet my son.” But the irony is that she was born dumb.
- 20,000 Gujjars Court Arrest (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Over 20,000 Gujjars, demanding Scheduled Tribe quota status, today courted arrest in various parts of Rajasthan, officials said.
- Q&a: 'India's Position On Landmines Isn’T Tenable' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
The Mine Ban Convention, signed by 155 countries, argues for a complete ban on the use of a conventional weapon that has been in widespread use for decades. Sylvie Brigot, executive director of International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). . .
- Poor Road Connectivity Hindering Growth (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 03, 2007)
Poor road network in Jammu and Kashmir is hindering prosperity in remote and far-flung areas, particularly in Jammu and Ladakh regions.
- Kashmir: Injured Major Succumbs To Wounds (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
An army officer, who was injured in an encounter with militants, died at a hospital in Srinagar [Images] in the wee hours on Wednesday.
- Pak Warns N-Suppliers About Selective Approach (Rediff on the Net, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 03, 2007)
Pakistan on Tuesday warned the Nuclear Suppliers Group of States that any selective endorsement of a country can jeopardise the current international consensus on nuclear non-proliferation.
- Nine Killed In Jk Road Mishaps (Kashmir Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Five persons were killed and 26 others injured in an accident in Kishtwar, while an eight-year-old child and a 55-year-old woman were among four people killed by speeding vehicles in separate incidents in the valley since Monday night.
- To A Father Extraordinary (Hindu, Humra Quraishi, Oct 03, 2007)
Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa’s son has come up with an insightful biography of his father
- Kashmir Continues To Be A Ray Of Light Amid Darkness: Azad (Kashmir Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Thousands of school and college students attended concluding function of the State-wide debate on Gandhian philosophy of truth and non-violence and its relevance in the 21st century organised at SKICC here today where Chief Minister. . .
- Bjp Ministers Resign, Jd(s) Unmoved (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
The political drama in Karnataka reached a flash point on Tuesday with the BJP Ministers in the coalition Government submitting their resignation en masse to Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy following the latter's failure in stepping down and paving . . . .
- In Jews, Indian-Americans See A Role Model In Activism (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
When Anil Godhwani and his brother, Gautam, looked into creating a community center for Indian-Americans in Silicon Valley, they turned to the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco as a model.
- Mush Confidant Is New Army Chief (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
A man, who, by all accounts, holds General Pervez Musharraf's trust on crucial issues such as India, Benazir Bhutto and counter-insurgency, Lt General Ashfaque Kiani will be the new face of the Pakistan army.
- Bjp Ministers Resign, Jd-S To Decide In Delhi On Fri. (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
The political crisis in Karnataka is all set to shift stage to New Delhi with the Janata Dal(S) stating that the final decision on the transfer of power to its coalition partner, the BJP, would be made at its national executive meeting on October 5.
- Trade With India And Its Problems (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 03, 2007)
Pakistan and India have abandoned the pantomime of propagating hate while opening up trading facilities via the land route on the Wagah border post in Lahore.
- Pakistan Army And The Nation (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 01, 2007)
The politics in Islamabad today is posited by the opposition as a battle for civilian rule and the confinement of the Pakistan army to its constitutional role.
- Congress Loses Nuclear Edge (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Oct 01, 2007)
Political 'accidents' cannot be predicted. When such accidents take place, these are difficult to control. I have been writing about this for the past four weeks.
- Hindu Gods In Hindi Cinema (Pioneer, MV Kamath, Oct 01, 2007)
Indian cinema is probably the most analysed, dissected and diagonised aspect of the country's values and culture. Rachel Dwyer, the author of this excellent work, refers to some three hundred odd books and articles on the subject which shows the . . . .
- The General And The Jihadi (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
With Osama bin Laden now demanding his head, Musharraf must be wondering how the world has changed since 1999
- The Real Security Threat (Dawn, Aqil Shah, Oct 01, 2007)
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s recent statement that she will allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to question Dr A.Q. Khan has created a ruckus.
- 60 Years Of Accession (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Oct 01, 2007)
October 26 will mark the 60th anniversary of Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to India following the self-confessed invasion of the state by Pakistan and later its annexation of the Northern Areas. This is part of the UN record.
- Film-Maker Accuses State Govt Of Apathy To Dogri (Tribune, Dinesh Manhotra, Oct 01, 2007)
Chances of the Dogri language to make a notable impact on the big screen look bleak as shooting of the second feature film in this language has been stopped, thanks to the indifferent attitude of Jammu and Kashmir government.
- To A Father Extraordinary (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa’s son has come up with an insightful biography of his father
- Writers Discuss Ways To Enrich Dogri (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Dogri writers from all over the country gathered at Patnitop and discussed ways to popularise the language.
- Revisiting Punjab’S Secret Search For Peace (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 01, 2007)
New facts emerge on the Chandra Shekhar government’s covert peace negotiations with Khalistan terror groups.
- An Unavoidable Divorce (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 01, 2007)
Marriages, at least modern ones, need the concurrence of both parties; but more often than not, divorces are forced by one of them.
- J&k Mosque Siege Ends (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
A 14-hour long mosque seizure at Tujan in Pulwama district of south Kashmir ended today with the killing of two Hizbul Mujahideen militants, including a top commander.
- A Feast After A Fast: Ramzan In Dhaka (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Oct 01, 2007)
My first trip to Dhaka was in the middle of Ramzan during May in the early Nineties. I had to leave in a hurry with a business associate, a pure vegetarian, to finalise a tender bid with my friend Iqbal’s company and brush up some more contacts.
- Mirwaiz Calls For Us, British Observers On Kashmir (Kashmir Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The chairman of the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, today called upon the US and Britian to send their observers to Kashmir to review the current situation. Mirwaiz was addressing a large congregation at Friday . . . .
- National Security (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 29, 2007)
The nuclear deal, which India has concluded with the USA, is as historic as the Indo-Soviet Friendship Treaty which Indira Gandhi had concluded with the Soviet Union in 1971.
- ‘Warring’ Nc Factions Hold Joint Rally (Tribune, Dinesh Manhotra, Sep 29, 2007)
As all political parties have virtually kicked off their election campaigns for the next Assembly elections, Opposition National Conference, which has a big stake in Kishtwar district, has initiated serious efforts to iron out differences between . . . .
- Special Article (Statesman, MADAN BHATIA, Sep 29, 2007)
The nuclear deal, which India has concluded with the USA, is as historic as the Indo-Soviet Friendship Treaty which Indira Gandhi had concluded with the Soviet Union in 1971.
- Crpf Man Held For Killing Youth (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The police has arrested a CRPF man for gunning down a man in Pulwama district over a minor matter. People in the south Kashmir town had been agitating since the killing of Bilai Ahmed Bhat on Wednesday.
- India Hints At Troop Reduction In Kashmir (Kashmir Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
Infiltration and militancy levels in Jammu and Kashmir has been brought down to "minimum levels", Army Chief General J J Singh said today, hinting at the possibility of reduction of troops.
- Indian Sc Orders Deportation Of Pakistani Prisoners (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Sep 29, 2007)
The Indian Supreme Court Friday quashed proceedings against four Pakistani nationals detained in India and asked the government to deport them by November 30.
- Let’S Wish Them Well (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Sep 29, 2007)
I was speaking with some NRI friends who were chuckling away with glee at the discomfiture prevailing currently in Pakistan, discomfiture that doesn’t get addressed by Pervez Musharraf being allowed to contest presidential elections.
- ‘Infiltration Is At Lowest Level In Kashmir’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
Outgoing Chief of Army Staff General J.J. Singh today said that infiltration and militancy levels in the disturbed state of Jammu and Kashmir and that of the North-east have been brought down to minimum levels.
- The General And The Jihadi (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Sep 29, 2007)
With Osama bin Laden now demanding his head, Musharraf must be wondering how the world has changed since 1999
- Speech As Action (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Sep 29, 2007)
IN the days of the Raj, the speech was very much a form of action for the constitutionalists who first led the freedom movement, alike on the public platform and in the legislatures. They were greatly influenced by British traditions . . .. .
- Indian Army Sees Early Kashmir Troop Cut (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
Indian Army Chief Gen J.J. Singh sees the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir as ripe for an early withdrawal of troops from civilian areas, Press Trust of India said on Friday.
- Army Foils Infiltration Attempt, Pakistani Killed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The Army foiled an infiltration attempt when they shot dead a Pakistani militant near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday morning, a defence spokesman said.
- Soldiers Thrash Cops To Free Impounded Vehicles (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Residents of north Kashmir city, Handwara, came out to protest against the highhandedness of the Army as soldiers led by their officers assaulted cops in a police post yesterday evening to free two oil-filled tractor trailers which the police had. . .
- India Job Scheme 'Disappointing' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
India's most ambitious scheme ever to lift people out of poverty has met with largely disappointing results in its first year, studies suggest.
- Cow Slaughter (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 28, 2007)
The refusal of the Supreme Court to ban cow slaughter on the ground that it is a policy matter and for the government to take the decision is in consonance with the fundamental principles of separation of powers, the basic structure of the Constitution.
- Army Rescues 6 Boys Kidnapped By Let Militants (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
It is Ramzan gift for the families whose wards were kidnapped by the militants of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) to recruit them in their outfit. Army today rescued six teenaged boys kidnapped by LeT militants and were being taken the Kashmir Valley . . . .
- Army Jawan Injured In J&k Accidental Shell Blast (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
One Army jawan was critically injured when a shell accidentally exploded in an Army camp in Akhnoor in Jammu district, official sources said on Friday.
- Benazir Bhutto For Peace Treaty (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
The former Pakistan Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, has said she wanted to see a treaty between India and her country in the 60th year of their independence that would “promise” peace for the coming generations.
- Oic Asks India To Reciprocate Pakistan’S Efforts On Kashmir (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
A ministerial meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) has reiterated its continued support to the Kashmiris in their struggle to achieve their right to self-determination and asked ‘India to reciprocate the constructive approach of Pakista
- Benazir Moots Indo-Pak Peace Treaty (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Sep 28, 2007)
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has come out strongly in favour of a peace treaty between India and Pakistan in this 60th year of independence of both nations.
- To A Father Extraordinary (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
This is a son’s tribute to an extraordinary father. Titled “Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa”, it is a biography on this illustrious army chief written by his son Air Marshal K.C. Cariappa (Retd) and published by Niyogi Books.
- India, Uk Push Kashmir Wargames (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Indian and British troops are going ahead with their high-altitude wargames in occupied Kashmir despite protests from Pakistan and pro-independence groups, an Indian defence official said on Wednesday.
- Pandits Celebrate Jhelum’S B’Day (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Exiled Kashmiri Pandits yesterday, to trace their roots to the valley, their homelan they had to leave as militancy erupted here two decades ago, celebrated Veth Truvaha, a festival to mark the mythological date of birth of the Jhelum river.
- Stinking Toilets, Leaking Drains Typify Jammu Bus Stand (Tribune, Tejinder Singh Sodhi, Sep 27, 2007)
Bumpy and waterlogged roads, dilapidated building, spiderwebs, leaking drains, stinking toilets, garbage dumps and encroachment by hawkers.
- 9 Militants Killed In Jammu (Tribune, Tejinder Singh Sodhi, Sep 27, 2007)
In a major setback to the militant outfits active in the state, security forces today gunned down nine militants in four different encounters in the Jammu region, whereas one Army officer was injured in the encounter.
- Culture Policing In Schools (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Sep 27, 2007)
The nationwide Adolescence Education Programme (AEP), conceived by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development and the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), is under review following protests from some State governments.
- Border Talks End (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Sep 27, 2007)
The latest round of negotiations between India and China on the border dispute ended here on Wednesday. While no breakthrough was announced, a brief press release from the Indian embassy said the three-day talks were “useful and positive.”
- The Suppressed Story Of Indian Proliferation (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
It is sad indeed to see the double standard policy of the champion of democracy , freedom of expression, access to information and transparency.
- India Starts Siachen Trek Despite Pakistan’S Protest (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
India, UK ignore protests over joint wargames
Indian defence minister says Indo-British military exercises not to provoke Pakistan
- Indians Start Siachen Trek Despite Protests (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
A trekking expedition has left for the heavily militarised Siachen glacier in disputed Kashmir, despite objections by Pakistan, said the Indian army on Wednesday.
- Can History Be Rewritten? (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Sep 26, 2007)
I DON’T have to call ex-President Milosevic a blood-thirsty killer of Muslims in Bosnia.
- Uk Exercise With India Will Not Change Kashmir Stance: Fob (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Increasing activities and involvement of international actors in the Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir will strengthen Indian stance on the longstanding dispute over Himalayan region and thus, making negotiated settlement of the . . . . .
- Myth Vs Science (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Sep 26, 2007)
SCIENCE and rationality have taken a beating in the unfolding of the recent events surrounding the controversial mega marine project called the Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project (SSCP) of the Government of India.
- Fbi May Probe J&k Official’S Us Citizenship (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
The arrest of a top Jammu & Kashmir State Forest Corporation (SFC) official on charges of concealing his American citizenship has got the US intelligence service, FBI, interested, which is planning to send a team to the state to investigate the matter.
- “Upa Regime Creating Row Over Ramar Sethu” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Several Opposition leaders, including former Chief Ministers, on Tuesday charged the United Progressive Alliance government with unnecessarily creating a controversy over Ramar Sethu.
- Relevance Of Being ‘Non-Aligned’ And Irrelevance Of Nam (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Sep 26, 2007)
Historian Ramachandra Guha has described Jawaharlal Nehru’s policy of non-alignment as an attempt to place India “beyond and above the rivalries of Great Powers.”
- Indo-Uk Exercise On Despite Pak Protest (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
The Indian Army will go ahead with a joint anti-terror exercise with UK in Ladakh despite protests from Pakistan that the 25-day high altitude war game will not be a “legitimate activity” because of the “disputed status” of Jammu and Kashmir.
- 2 Militants Shot In Encounter (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Security forces eliminated two top militants of two outfits.
- Congress Basks In Son-Shine (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi named her son Rahul one of the general secretaries of her party in a move seen as mixing youth with experience ahead of the general elections widely expected to be held before schedule.
- Top Militant Commanders Killed In Valley (Kashmir Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
A top operations commander of the Al Barq militant group was killed in an encounter with the troops in Sopore on Sunday night, while a Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) district commander was killed in an army ambush in Bandipur the same night.
- Food Insecurity, Drying Rivers Stare Kashmir In The Face (Kashmir Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Kashmir is teetering dangerously on food insecurity as precious paddy land shrinks by conversion to rain-fed orchards and climate change wreaks havoc with rivers, reducing their level by two-thirds over the past forty years, a recently conducted . . . .
- Moily, The Star On Congress Firmament (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Sep 25, 2007)
As the party revamp has been made with an eye on the possible mid-term poll, Moily's task as chairman of the DEPCO becomes important from this point of view.
- Pakistan Protests Uk-India Military Exercise In Ladakh (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
* FO spokeswoman says deputy high commissioners served demarches
* Aslam says more than 300 companies involved in N-proliferation
* No reduction in troops in Tribal Areas
- Political Instability Hampers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 25, 2007)
Though India is far from an island of calm itself, it has for long been surrounded by instability.
- 'Sikh Organisation Might Be Behind Kanishka Blast' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Prime suspect in the 1985 Air India bombing Talwinder Singh Parmar had reportedly told Punjab police that leaders of a Sikh youth organisation might be behind the attack that claimed 329 lives, according to evidence presented to a public . . . .. .
- Digvijay For U.P., Arunkumar For Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
On the reconstituted All-India Congress Committee, Andhra Pradesh leader Arun Kumar has been appointed general secretary in charge of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Motilal Vora will remain treasurer with additional charge of Administration.
- Bjp Decries Pdp’S Self-Rule Doctrine For J&k (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
President of the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party Ashok Khajuria has condemned statement of the Peoples Democratic Party president Mehabooba Mufti and her father former Chief Minister of the state Mufti Mohammed Sayeed in which they had . . . .
- Protests Over Military Exercise In Ladakh (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 25, 2007)
Pakistan said on Monday that it summoned the Indian and British envoys to the Foreign Ministry and lodged a protest over Indo-British military exercise in the Ladakh mountains and their plan to hold similar exercises in Siachen.
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