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Articles 3621 through 3720 of 18611:
- India, Pakistan And The Shanghai (Daily Times, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Jun 23, 2006)
The SCO embodies many of the principles that India invoked in writing resounding declarations with Moscow. But now that the SCO is poised to go far beyond the pieties of anti-terrorism and anti-separatism and demarcate a part of the globe that . . .
- A Dinner, A Writer And A Book (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 23, 2006)
The title of this book is both misleading and significant.
- 'Govt Pursuing Divisive Policies For Political Gain' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Terming the Centre's 15-point programme for welfare of minorities as a "gimmick", BJP on Thursday accused government of pursuing "divisive policies" to divert public attention from its failures.
- Bar Tells Lawyers Not To Defend Accused (Times of India, M Saleem Pandit, Jun 23, 2006)
The Kashmir Bar Association has asked its members not to defend the people accused in the high-profile sex scandal in Jammu and Kashmir. However, Jammu-based lawyers have decided to defend the accused, especially their colleague Anil Sethi, who . . .
- Centre To Spend Rs 1,560 Cr On Health Education (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
In a bid to improve India’s health infrastructure and provide quality medical education, the government has decided to upgrade 13 institutions in the country at a cost of Rs 1,560 crore.
- No Room For Mistakes In A Nuclear Navy (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jun 23, 2006)
With only two years to go before the Indian Navy is to transform itself to a blue water Navy—an elite club comprising mostly of the P5 countries—a string of incidents give clue to how unprepared the force is for it.Consider the following:
- Upa Govt Deviating From Pro-People Path: Bjp (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Jun 23, 2006)
Turning the "table of inflation" on the Centre, the BJP on Thursday said the Congress-led UPA government has deviated from the pro-people path and is indulging in orchestrating "pseudo demonstrations and crocodiles' tears" in connivance with the . . .
- Nepal’S Maoists Refuse To Disarm (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Nepal’s Maoist rebels said on Thursday they are not prepared to disarm but are willing to put their army and their weapons under the supervision of the United Nations.
- U.P. Govt. To Honour Misa, Dir Detainees (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
SP leaders touring the State to invite detainees for felicitation ceremony on June 26
- Third Front Definitely Possible: Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Says it is essential "for future good and welfare of the nation"
- India, Pakistan Begin Talks On Wullar Barrage (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 23, 2006)
Eleventh round of talks held in "cordial atmosphere"
Water Secretaries hold discussions
Both sides unhopeful of major progress
- One Month For Monitors: Ltte (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Jun 23, 2006)
Tigers' demand termed unreasonable
- Civic Polls In Pondy After 38 Years (Hindu, S. Nadarajan, Jun 23, 2006)
First phase tomorrow in Karaikal, Mahe, Yanam
Voting will take place from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
117 candidates in fray in Karaikal Municipality
In Mahe, 50 candidates are contesting for 14 seats
- Usa To Conduct Missile Defence Test Off Hawaii (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 23, 2006)
A test of a sea-based missile defence system was postponed for a day after a sailboat entered a hazard zone off Hawaii, a defence spokesman said.
- Dastardly Attempt (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 23, 2006)
Photographs of a batch of Amarnath pilgrims shakily looking out of the shattered window panes of their bus have disturbed many.
- India, Pak Hold Talks On Wullar (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
India and Pakistan today held "fruitful" talks here to resolve a longstanding dispute over New Delhi’s plan to construct a barrage over the Wullar lake in Jammu and Kashmir and decided to continue with the parleys tomorrow.
- Indo-Pak Devotees Meet At 300 Yr Old Shrine (Daily Excelsior, Gopal Sharma, Jun 23, 2006)
Boundaries drawn between India and Pakistan and three full scale wars fought between the two countries failed to shatter belief of the people on both the sides towards 300-year- old shrine of Hindu deity, Baba Dalip Singh Manhas as thousands . . .
- Narayanan Does Tough Talking On Security (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Concerned at the continued increase of violence in Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre has asked police, paramilitary forces and the Army to get their act together and make concerted efforts to counter militant groups in the State.
- Pangs Of Rebirth (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 23, 2006)
It is easier said than to rebuild a region ravaged by a natural calamity. This is evident from the example of "Azad" Kashmir as the occupied territory across the Line of Control is locally known.
- Army Finds Huge Weapons Caches Near Loc (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
The Army has busted three huge arms caches near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir from which terrorists picked up weapons after sneaking into the state, officials said in New Delhi on Thursday.
- Five Pilgrims Wounded In Kashmir Attack (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Five pilgrims were wounded in Kashmir on Wednesday when suspected militants lobbed a grenade at their bus, police and witnesses said.
- J&k Sex Scandal: Top Advocate Surrenders (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
On the run for about a month, with CBI sleuths nipping at his heels and a reward of Rs 2 lakhs for his capture, former Jammu-Kashmir additional advocate general Anil Sethi, an accused in the sex racket, on Wednesday surrendered in a Jammu court.
- More Than 80 Feared Dead In Indonesia Floods (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Over 80 people in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province are feared to have been dead in floods and landslides, an official said on Wednesday.
- Slow And Steady (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 22, 2006)
The launch of a second bus service between Poonch and Rawalkot by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday is a good indication that the India-Pakistan peace process is on track.
- Malaysia Hindus Want Shrines Saved (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Minority Hindus staged a peaceful protest today to appeal to Malaysia’s king to halt the demolition of temples and shrines by local authorities.
- Axe To Fall On 76 Principals, 82 Headmasters (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Axe will soon fall on 76 Principals and 82 Headmasters of different Government educational institutions in Jammu Division for the poor pass percentage in the recently declared examination results of class 12th and Matric from their respective schools.
- Courting Peace (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 22, 2006)
How can a brother aid a terrorist to kill another brother on this side of the Line of Control?"
- J&k Ex-Advocate-Gen Surrenders (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
After dodging the CBI for about two weeks in connection with the Srinagar sex scandal, Anil Sethi, a former Advocate-General of Jammu and Kashmir, surrendered in a court here today.
- India May Intervene In Lanka Again (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Jun 22, 2006)
India might intervene in the imbroglio between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elaam (LTTE), if not directly like the last time, but indirectly.
- Indo-Pak Talks On Wullar Barrage Today (Tribune, K.J.M. Varma, Jun 22, 2006)
Senior Indian and Pakistani officials are holding talks here tomorrow on resolving the dispute over India’s plans to construct a barrage over the Wullar lake in Jammu and Kashmir.
- India’S Largest $12-B Fdi In Orissa Hits A Roadblock (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
The makeshift road-blocks cordoning off three village panchayats— Dhinkia, Nuagaon, and Gadakujanga— are taking on metaphorical dimensions for the Orissa and the central governments.
- ‘If I Don’T Discharge My Duties, Who Will?’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
Pointing out that the Governor has been made the chairman of the Amarnath Shrine Board by the state, Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha says it is his job now to facilitate the yatra. The controversy was an unnecessary one, created by politicians, but it is . . .
- Hizb "Distt Commdr", Civilian Killed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Five Amarnathji pilgrims from Rajasthan sustained splinter injuries when militants lobbed a grenade on their carriage at Ganderbal, on Srinagar-Leh Highway today. Meanwhile, Police and security forces have killed a "District Commander" of Hizbul . . .
- This Pilgrimage Knows No Regress (Indian Express, Jagmohan , Jun 22, 2006)
A fierce controversy is raging at present over the formation of the Ice Shivalingam in the Holy Cave of Amarnath in the Himalayas.
- Pm Panel Raises Price Alert (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Just as rising foodgrain prices are burgeoning into a major political headache for the government, the PM's own thinktank, the Economic Advisory Council (EAC), has confirmed the bad news.
- Training Swayamsevaks (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
No membership rolls are kept by the RSS and insiders often complain of dwindling attendance at the “shakhas”.
- Will The General Retreat? (Pioneer, Wilson John, Jun 22, 2006)
With Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif making common cause in opposing Pervez Musharraf, democracy is back in reckoning in Pakistan------- Will democracy return to Pakistan?
- Poem On Nehru Removed From Madhya Pradesh Textbooks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Chapters were being removed on instructions from RSS, alleges Congress
The chapters were being removed on instructions from RSS, alleges Congress
Memorandum submitted to Governor
Some popular nursery rhymes also removed
Decision taken on . . .
- Pay Homage To Catalonia (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Jun 22, 2006)
The vote for devolution in Spain reveals a mature attitude to democracy.
- Why Minister Meddling In Aiims, Hc Asks Govt (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
It was a coincidence the Union Health Minister could have done without.
- Shameful Scandal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 22, 2006)
By rapidly unravelling the crime of forcing 43 young Kashmiri women, some of them teenaged girls, into prostitution for the perverse pleasure of senior politicians, bureaucrats . . .
- Review Policy Against Terror (Pioneer, Hari Om, Jun 22, 2006)
Despite the seditious preachings of Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq - and his ilk - he roams about freely.
- Sleazy Corridors Of Power (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jun 22, 2006)
Congress must introspect as the accused in the sex scandal in Kashmir have links with top party leaders, says Anuradha Dutt
- Pakistan Accepted U.S. Help On N-Plants (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 22, 2006)
Pakistan accepted "non-intrusive" U.S. technical support after 9/11 for securing its nuclear facilities, officials here have said.
- 'Focus Now On True Business Value' (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 22, 2006)
Integrated technology and solutions provider iGATE Global Solutions enables clients to optimise business through a combination of process investment strategies, technology leverage, business process outsourcing and provisioning.
- Death Of A Soldier (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 22, 2006)
Sir, ~ Lieutenant Sushmita Chakraborty’s suicide reveals that even 60 years after independence, all is not well in the army ~ not even for women. Brigadier KK Chopra of the Northern Command is reported to have told a press conference that “she had . . .
- Apex Court Orders Fresh Medical Counselling (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Jun 22, 2006)
CBSE granted permission to cancel merit list and submit a revised one to DGHS
DGHS ordered to conduct counselling from June 26
Exams conducted for admission to 15 p.c. of total seats
- Tulbul Talks On June 22, 23 (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 22, 2006)
India and Pakistan will hold two-day talks here starting June 22 on the contentious Tulbul navigation project in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Democrats Call For Early Us Pullout From Ira (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 22, 2006)
Opposition Democrats made a new attempt on Wednesday to set a deadline for withdrawing US troops from Iraq in a proposed Senate bill on scaling back America’s military presence.
- Four Soldiers Die As ’copter Crashes Near Ba (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Pakistan Army aviation helicopter crashed in a dam near here early on Wednesday due to a technical problem killing four soldiers and injuring three others.
- Us Seeks Early Iran Response: Reply To N-Offer By Aug 22: Tehran (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
US President George W. Bush said on Wednesday Iran was taking too long to respond to an offer of incentives to halt nuclear work, and urged it to reply within weeks.
- Middle India Under Siege (Tribune, B.G.Verghese, Jun 21, 2006)
Middle India is under siege along a long-neglected, exploited, underserved, ill-governed, poorly connected poverty belt of forest and hill country covering contiguous areas in nine states “from Pashupati to Tirupati”.
- Wasting Kalam's Time (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 21, 2006)
On Monday, June 19, the Left-liberal rent-a-cause mafia outdid itself by marching into Rasthrapati Bhawan and demanding of the President of India that film-maker Mahesh Bhatt be made a protected monument.
- Infantile Protest (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 21, 2006)
We have rued ad infinitum the historic incapacity of Indians to deal with the enemy within - to speak nothing of invaders. But what we are witnessing in the instance of the organised misrepresentation of the Salwa Judum movement is truly unbelievable.
- Us Conveys Missile Concern To Former S Korean Prez (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The US Ambassador to South Korea on Tuesday conveyed Washington's concerns about apparent North Korean moves to test a long-range missile to former President Kim Dae-jung, who is set to visit the communist state's leader next week.
- Missing Us Soldiers Found Dead In Iraq (Pioneer, Reuters, Jun 21, 2006)
Two US soldiers who went missing after an attack on their checkpoint have been found dead and were tortured before being killed, an Iraqi Defence official said on Tuesday.
- Kashmir Solution Still A Long Way Off, Says Us Crisis Group (Tribune, Priscilla Huff, Jun 21, 2006)
The Washington-based International Crisis Group (ICG) feels that a full and final solution to the decades-long dispute over Kashmir between India and Pakistan is a long way off, but suggests that small progress has been made with the introduction . . .
- Peace Is Elusive In Jammu & Kashmir (Pioneer, Ghazanfar Butt, Jun 21, 2006)
Pakistan must not talk about the rights of Kashmiris till it gives those in its control in PoK basic human dignity, says Ghazanfur Butt.
- Sonia Flags Off Bus To Rawalkot (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The UPA Chairperson, Ms Sonia Gandhi, today urged the separatists to take part in the roundtable discussions initiated by the Congress- led government at the Centre that was committed to solve the Kashmir issue with “an open mind”.
- 2nd Kashmir Bus Service Is Launched Across Loc (Asian Age, Yusuf Jameel and Shafqat Ali, Jun 21, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Tuesday started a new trans-Kashmir bus service between Poonch, in Jammu and Kashmir, and Rawalkot in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
- The China Poser (Daily Excelsior, Rajkumar Vijayveer Vikram Singh, Jun 21, 2006)
The Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee is all gung-ho after his six day China visit. Mr. Mukherjee signed an agreement for more joint military exercises with the PLA; and at a press conference rebutted the assertion . . .
- Stall Jet's Security Clearance, Sharad To Pm (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Former civil aviation minister Sharad Yadav has written to the Prime Minister asking him to "stall any move to give security clearance to Jet Airways," alleging that the airlines had "close links with terrorists", even as the carrier's takeover of . . .
- Kashmir Sex Racket: Lawyers Refuse To Plead Case (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Two former ministers, including Congress MLA Ghulam Ahmed Mir, were arrested by the CBI here today for their alleged involvement in the Jammu and Kashmir sex scandal.
- Second Wall Between India, Pak Is Broken: Sonia (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Addressing a rally at Poonch, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi said, "The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service was the first wall between India and Pakistan that we broke.
- 2 Former Ministers Arrested (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Two former ministers, including Congress MLA Ghulam Ahmed Mir, were arrested by the CBI here today for their alleged involvement in the Jammu and Kashmir sex scandal.
- Tharoor Says He Won’T Be An Indian Agent, If Elected (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jun 21, 2006)
Mr Shashi Tharoor, India’s nominee for the next United Nations Secretary General, tonight rubbished speculations of his becoming an Indian “agent” in case he was to get elected to the UN top job.
- Govt Allocates Rs 37 Cr For Itis In J&k (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The Union Labour Ministry has allocated Rs 37 crore during the Tenth Plan to set up new Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) and upgrade the existing ones in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Sc Comes To Amorous Colonel's Rescue (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Jun 21, 2006)
...says love letter does not amount to sexual harassment ---- Sending love letters is romantic.
- Cbi Arrests Two Former Ministers In J&k Sex Scam Case (Pioneer, Khursheed Wani, Jun 21, 2006)
The CBI finally laid its hands on politicians allegedly involved in the high-profile sex racket in Kashmir. On Tuesday, two former ministers - Ghulam Ahmad Mir and Raman Mattoo - were arrested for their alleged involvement in the sex abuse scam.
- Naxal Tit For Islamic Tat: Sena (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Marking the 40th anniversary of Shiv Sena, its chief Mr Bal Thackeray last night said he was ready to seek cooperation of Naxalites to fight Islamic terrorism in the country.
- A World In The Thrall Of Violence (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 21, 2006)
Iraq, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal... are all caught in violence that shows no signs of abating. Ironically, the more powerful a few nations become and the more power their leaders wield in geo-politics, the more unsafe they are making the world . . .
- U.S. Activates Missile Defense Amid N.Korea Dispute (Reuters, WILL DUNHAM, Jun 21, 2006)
The United States has activated its ground-based interceptor missile-defense system amid concerns over an expected North Korean missile launch, a U.S. defense official said on Tuesday.
- Vice-Chief Apologises (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
In a bid to douse the controversy ignited by his observations in the wake of Lieutenant Sushmita Chakraborty’s suicide, the Vice-Chief of the Army Staff today issued a personal clarification and apology saying he had a “personal commitment and . . .
- Targetting Migrant Workers (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 21, 2006)
Sixteen agricultural workers of Nepali origin are the latest victims of terror.
- India-Pak Should Take Talks More Seriously: Hayat Khan (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Lauding the Indo-Pak peace process, Prime Minister of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir Sikander Hayat Khan today said the gun has become "irrelevent" but India and Pakistan should be more serious about resolving the Kashmir issue.
- Cbms Are Meant To Avert Conflict: Pranab (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
India today said confidence-building measures with Pakistan like opening of bus service between Poonch and Rawalakot were aimed at averting a conflict between the two countries.
- Saving Wild Life (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 21, 2006)
The chief signal that emerged from the meeting of the National Wild Life Board was that despite prime ministerial initiatives the requisite sense of urgency has yet to penetrate those tasked with protecting our endangered fauna.
- Three-Handed Cut-Throat (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 21, 2006)
Congress, BJP And Left Hold Cards Close To Chests!
- U.S. Wants G8 To Speak On India Atomic Deal - Diplomats (Reuters, LOUIS CHARBONNEAU, Jun 21, 2006)
The United States hopes a Group of Eight (G8) summit in July will issue a statement backing its heavily criticised nuclear deal with India, which continues to divide the group, senior G8 diplomats said.
- All Quiet In Balochistan? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 21, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that life was returning to normal in Dera Bugti and nearby areas because “terrorists have been eliminated from Balochistan”.
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