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Articles 8121 through 8220 of 18611:
- Jaitely's 'Half Prime Minister’ (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Feb 10, 2006)
This is not intended to be a confession but the fact is that while I may have admired Bhartiya Janata Party, General Secretary Arun Jaitely's abilities as a lawyer I have on very few occasions been convinced by the pontifical observations he . . .
- Respond To Musharraf (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf cannot be faulted if he expected concessions from India in the ongoing peace process. New Delhi has yet to come up with a studied response to his proposals on Kashmir.
- Sezs Act Comes Into Force Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Investment, jobs expected to flow into the zones, says Kamal Nath
Single window clearance on Central, State matters
Provisions for service sector SEZs
No relaxation of labour laws
- Moily Rules Out Karunakaran's Return (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
The Congress Working Committee member Veerappa Moily has ruled out any question of seeking the Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran) leader K. Karunakaran's return to the party as he is negotiating with the Left Democratic Front (LDF) . . .
- Us, India Democracy Plea To Nepal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
The extremely low voter turnout for Nepal Municipal elections yesterday has led to India, as well as the United States of America, asking King Gyanendra to change his stance on talks with the Opposition political parties.
- Bush Visit To India — For A New Strategic Partnership (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Feb 10, 2006)
Working towards stability in West Asia and the possibilities for greater cooperation in hi-tech transfers and Defence equipment are important issues for India and the US to discuss during the forthcoming visit to India of the US President, Mr George Bush.
- Telling Message (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 10, 2006)
That the Army's recruitment drive in the Valley has drawn an overwhelming response sends a significant message. It puts the harsh economic truth in right perspective.
- Atomic Reactors Plan: Top Scientists Back Aec Chief (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Top nuclear scientists and experts have come out in full support of Atomic Energy Commission(AEC) chief Anil Kakodkar’s stand that putting the fast breeder reactor programme under IAEA safeguards will jeopardise the country’s strategic interests.
- China Backs Russia-Iran Talks To End Nuclear Impasse (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
China today welcomed talks between Iran and Russia next week to help break the current impasse over Tehran's nuclear programme so as to resolve the issue within the framework of the IAEA.
- Russia Intends To Invite Hamas For Talks (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Russian President Vladimir Putin today said Moscow intends to invite leaders of the Palestinian Hamas to visit Russia for talks following the militant group's crushing victory over the long dominant Fatah in the January elections.
- Mittal Will Retain Control Of 'Hire And Fire' At Merged Group (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
NRI steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal will control all appointments at a merged Arcelor-Mittal Steel group if his bid to take over the European consortium goes through, even though he removes his family's special voting rights, raising fresh questions . . .
- Musharraf Likely To Brief Chinese Leaders About Indo-Pak Ties (Press Trust of India, Anil K Joseph, Feb 10, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is expected to brief the Chinese leadership on the latest developments in his country's relations with India during his February 19-23 visit to the Communist nation
- Dogmatic Certitude (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Feb 10, 2006)
What began as an act of not-so-innocent bravado in Denmark last September has ceased to be a laughing matter.
- Counter-Terrorism Forces In Kashmir Not Reduced (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Feb 10, 2006)
Rashtriya Rifles replaces troops sent to northeast
Brigade completed relocation a month ago
Rashtriya Rifles holds out no offensive threat
Announcement a foreign policy imperative
- From People's War To Competitive Democracy (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Feb 09, 2006)
As leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist),Prachandais arguably the most important political player in the Himalayan kingdom today. In an exclusive face-to-face interview withThe Hindu, he discusses his party's road map for the end to monarchy . .
- Blast At Pak N-Facility (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2006)
A technician was killed in an explosion at a top Pakistani nuclear research facility, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.
- India Infoline Opens Second Branch (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2006)
Company official upbeat on bull-run
India Infoline Ltd, a share broking firm, on Wednesday opened its new branch at Gajuwaka, the second in the city and 18th in the State.
- Us Hopes For Progress On N-Deal With India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2006)
The United States on Wednesday said that it has been working very closely with India to ensure the implementation of the civilian nuclear deal at the earliest, while approving India’s decision to vote in favour of an IAEA resolution to report . . .
- A New Question In Iran (Indian Express, RAMIN JAHANBEGLOO, Feb 09, 2006)
Predictably, IAEA’s face-off with Iran ended in favour of referring Iran to the UN Security Council in the hope that it would seize the ‘‘window of opportunity’’ for diplomatic efforts to succeed.
- When The Lights Stayed On (Hindu, Meena Menon, Feb 09, 2006)
One Evening, two years ago, Bhimrao Baburao Pawar, a lineman with the then Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB), faced the wrath of school children who stopped his vehicle and deflated its tyres.
- What Bush Said To Morales (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2006)
Losing control in its own backyard, the US launches a counter-offensive
- New Delhi Committed To Pipeline: Minister (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 09, 2006)
The new Indian oil minister reiterated New Delhi’s commitment to a multi-billion-dollar natural gas pipeline from Iran and said talks with Pakistan on the project would resume next week.
- ‘Ramay Sahib’: Punjabi With An Intellect (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Feb 09, 2006)
Bhutto could have preferred him but his feudal instinct took him away from Ramay who was innocent of all feudal values. His calligraphy was far above what Bhutto could ever dream of; on the other hand, Hanif Ramay was quite capable of running the country
- India Almost Invaded Pakistan In 2002 (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 09, 2006)
India was all but ready to invade Pakistan in 2002 but was only held back because some of its leaders felt that the war might spin out of control and because the United States, afraid that it would become nuclear, exerted its influence on both . . .
- Futile Fanfare-Troop Thin-Out In J&k (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 09, 2006)
While there can be no quarrel with the withdrawal of a brigade from Jammu and Kashmir there is valid cause to wonder why both the Defence Minister and Army Chief chose to go public about it — particularly since they claim it is routine re-deployment.
- Hamas To Name Gaza Trader As Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2006)
Militant group Hamas has decided to name Mr Jamal al-Khudairi, a Gaza businessman who ran for Parliament as an independent with Hamas backing, as its candidate for the post of the Palestinian Prime Minister, a top Hamas official said today.
- Red Carpet For Bush (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Feb 09, 2006)
India has a tradition of welcoming foreign guests. Yet our communist parties believe that after irresponsibly disrupting air services throughout the country, they should hold demonstrations to disrupt the welcome to be accorded to President George W. Bush
- Rumsfeld To Meet Nato Allies (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2006)
Expected to seek pledges for more forces and common funding for Afghanistan from NATO members
- Left Playing Cold War Politics (Daily Excelsior, V.N. Paranjape, Feb 09, 2006)
Comrades love conspiracy theories. Spokesmen of the Indian Left, over the last few months, have been vo-ciferous in their criticism of the UPA government's decision to vote against Iran in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting.
- Nbw Against Shah, Geelani, Yaseen (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Feb 09, 2006)
A special TADA court on Wednesday issued non-bailable warrants against former Chief Minister GM Shah, senior separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Yaseen Malik and Nayeem Ahmed Khan in a 17 year old case titled State v/s Qazi Nisar related . . .
- Points We Need To Consider (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 09, 2006)
The widespread anger and anguish expressed by the majority community in the State in protest against the publication of caricatures of Prophet Mohammad in European newspapers is perfectly justified. Normally the matter would have ended after .
- Musharraf's Brain-Waves (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Feb 08, 2006)
Pakistan’s military president has a very fertile mind and churns out ideas to resolve the Kashmir situation at an extremely....
- Troop Pullout To Boost Normality In Kashmir (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 08, 2006)
The fresh withdrawal of troops from Jammu and Kashmir, nearly 5,000 following an improvement in security situation in the state, is expected to strengthen the process of normalisation.
- Troops Pull-Out (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 08, 2006)
Whether it is redeployment or withdrawal of troops from terrorism-hit Jammu and Kashmir, it is bound to raise the eyebrows of the people.
- British Cop-Out (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 08, 2006)
Which of the two – the media and the police – in Britain is more racist? The answer is a cop-out. The British media says the police force is racist, while the latter asserts that the accusation fits the media better. Perhaps, there is truth ...
- Mukherjee Sees More Troop Cuts In Kashmir (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
The Indian Army removed 5,000 troops from the Jammu and Kashmir following much improvement in the situation there and more could be redeployed if violence further decreases, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here on Monday.
- Munabao Rail Link Meaningless (News International, Ammara Durrani, Feb 07, 2006)
It’s a classic case of putting the cart before the horse. Would-be passengers of the Thar Express would have to temper their enthusiasm for the opening of the Khokhrapar-Munabao border next week, because the historic moment is likely to come without . . .
- Pm Shows "Spine", Wins Key Battle With Left (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Feb 07, 2006)
India's government has won a crucial victory against its communist "allies" over airport modernisation, and will now move forward more confidently on its own reform agenda, analysts said on Monday.
- Iran Notifies Iaea Of Resuming Enrichment (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
The International Atomic Energy Agency has been formally notified of Iran’s decision to resume full-scale uranium enrichment work, the country’s top national security was quoted as saying on Monday.
- India Pulls 5,000 Troops Out Of Held Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Defence minister says it’s not withdrawal; hints at more cuts
India has moved out 5,000 troops from held Kashmir following an ebb in militancy, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday, insisting, however, it was not a withdrawal.
- 'Afghans, India Fuelling Unrest In Balochistan’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Balochistan Governor Owais Ghani has accused Afghan warlords and drug barons of arming tribal militants in the province and India of financing them.
- Nuclear Catastrophe If Kashmir Dispute Lingers On: Chattha (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Feb 07, 2006)
Any further delay in the resolution of the Kashmir issue might result in a nuclear catastrophe in the sub-continent, the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir warned on Monday.
- India Withdraws 5,000 Troops From Kashmir (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Feb 07, 2006)
India has claimed to have withdrawn nearly 5,000 troops from Jammu and Kashmir following an improvement in the security situation in the state.
- Kashmir Battling Low Literacy And High Corruption As Conflict Continues (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 07, 2006)
The Indian-administered part of Jammu and Kashmir is one of the least literate in India, its rate of 54 percent being well below the national level of 65 percent. Ironically, it is the only Indian state where education at all levels is free.
- Russia To Push For N-Deal With Iran (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Feb 07, 2006)
Teheran signals readiness for talks
Moscow still hopes Teheran will accept its proposal to set up a joint venture to enrich uranium for Iran on Russian territory.
- Money And Politics (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 07, 2006)
Does the report that an alleged hawala conduit of Hizbul Mujahideen and Mirwaiz Moulvi Umar Farooq has been busted in the national capital surprise anyone?
- "Missing" Youth (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 07, 2006)
The report that there are more than 5000 Kashmiri young persons in militant training camps in "Azad" Kashmir (as the occupied territory across the Line of Control is locally known) is both informative and alarming.
- 5000 Troops Pulled Out From J&k (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
More withdrawals soon: Pranab
In an apparent gesture to Pakistan to further come forward with confidence-building measures (CBMs), the government has allowed the Army to move a brigade (about 5,000) troops from Jammu and Kashmir following ...
- Pm Keeping Foreign Ministry Port Folio (Daily Excelsior, Sita, Feb 07, 2006)
It should come as no surprise that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has chosen to be his own external affairs minister. Not having inducted a successor to Kunwar Natwar Singh in the last Sunday's cabinet changes, he also said that he is ''not overburdened''.
- Kashmir Solidarity Day In Bangladesh (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 07, 2006)
Apart from Pakistan and Azad Kashmir, the Kashmir Solidarity Day was also observed in Bangladesh on Sunday to reiterate their support to the Kashmiris’ right to emancipation from the Indian yoke.
- More Re-Deployment If Violence Decreases: Pranab (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
The Army has moved out 5,000 troops from Jammu and Kashmir following "much improvement" in the situation there and more could be "redeployed" if violence further decreases, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here today.
- Onus On India To Suggest "New Ideas" To Resolve Kashmir (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Giving a warning of sorts, President Pervez Musharraf has asked India to suggest "new ideas" to resolve Kashmir issue if it rejects his proposals of self-governance and demilitarisation, failing which Pakistan would ask the international community . . .
- Question Mark Over Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Feb 07, 2006)
Unless Washington blinks on the fast-breeder reactor and voluntary safeguards, the agreement will not fly in India
- Protests, Shutdown Against Prophet’S (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Entire Valley wore a deserted look today in wake of the shutdown call, while protests were also held across Kashmir to express resentment against the publication of caricatures of Prophet Mohammad in ‘Jyllands-Posten’, a Danish newspaper and some European
- At Close Quarters (Hindu, V. R. Lakshminarayanan, Feb 07, 2006)
A close-up view of India's first Prime Minister provided by his security officer
- Muslim Leaders Condemn Extremists Over Cartoon Protests (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Feb 07, 2006)
Britain's Muslims have called for prosecution of Islamist extremists who chanted inflammatory slogans and carried provocative placards at a protest march here at the weekend against the "blasphemous'' cartoons of Prophet Muhammed published in . . .
- "Make Public The Nuclear Deal With U.S." (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 07, 2006)
The Government of India should put aside its present policy of reticence and share with the people of India all that they are legitimately entitled to know.
- No Conflict In The Decision I Have Taken As Ec, Says Navin Chawla (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
"No money, whatsoever, not even from MPLADS or even from any private person has been taken ever since I was appointed Election Commissioner. Previous to that I could not dream that I was going to be appointed EC and I was preparing a life of retirement,"
- Extraordinary Mission, Extraordinary Auction (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Feb 07, 2006)
The stars of this "Mission Kashmir" will be some of the biggest names in the art world.
- Manuscripts Vital For Identity Of Tamil: Vc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Dr.U.Ve.Swaminatha Iyer's role in preserving manuscripts praised
- ''No Group Can Veto Foreign Policy'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
The Congress on Monday said it respected the allies and supporting parties' views but "no single group can or should have a veto of any kind" especially on the foreign policy.
- Protest In Delhi Against Danish Cartoons Of Prophet Mohammed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Police lob teargas shells and use water cannon to disperse students
The police lobbed teargas shells and used water cannon to disperse students, mostly from the Jamia Millia Islamia, who on Monday tried to force their way towards the Danish Embassy ....
- Pakistan To Welcome Substantial Troop Cut (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday said it would welcome the proposed withdrawal of Indian troops from occupied Kashmir if it was part of a significant reduction from the disputed territory.
- Pak Would Welcome "Significant Reduction" Of Indian Presence (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Feb 07, 2006)
With India moving out 5,000 troops from Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan today said it would welcome the redeployment if it was part of "significant reduction in Indian presence" there.
- Pakistan Dismisses Afghan Charges On Cross-Border Infiltration (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Brushing aside Afghanistan's charge about infiltration of Taliban militants from its territory, Pakistan today claimed it had made more efforts than any other country in the war on terrorism.
- India Reduces Kashmir Troop Levels Slightly (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Feb 07, 2006)
India has withdrawn at least 3,000 troops from Jammu and Kashmir state as the level of violence in the insurgency racked region has fallen, the country's defence minister and army chief said on Monday.
- 5,000 Troops In J & K Redeployed (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Feb 07, 2006)
Nothing to do with Bush visit: Pranab Mukherjee
They have been sent back to West Bengal, says Minister
More troops can be moved out: Army chief
Pakistan welcomes withdrawal
- Danish Embassy In Tehran Pelted With Rocks (Hindustan Times, Nasser Karimi, Feb 07, 2006)
Hundreds of angry protesters hurled stones and fire bombs at the Danish Embassy in the Iranian capital to protest publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
- Betty Friedan And The Problem That Had No Name (Indian Express, PATRICIA SULLIVAN, Feb 07, 2006)
Betty Friedan, the writer and activist who almost single-handedly revived feminism with her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique, died of congestive heart failure Saturday, her 85th birthday, in Washington.
- Mukesh Dares Anil To Lodge Complaint (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Amid the renewed battle between the Ambani siblings over giving effect to the ownership settlement in the Reliance empire, Mr Tandon pooh-poohed the attack on him as an exercise to create media hype for gaining control of the four companies . . .
- Kannada In Times Of Americanisation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
The demands and issues raised by the 72nd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana need to be discussed at all cultural forums and the government must muster political courage to resolve seemingly intractable problems, writes Ramesh Mysore.
- India To Gain In Changed Weltanschauung Of Us (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 07, 2006)
India is being projected as the principal beneficiary of the US State Department’s imminent re-organisation of its South Asia bureau.
- Attracting Foreign Investment (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 06, 2006)
Speaking to heads of foreign firms on Friday, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said that Pakistan had made significant headway in trying to attract overseas investors.
- For The People (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 06, 2006)
We need a labour movement, in sweatshops not airports. Will labour leaders agree?
- On To A Broader Horizon (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Feb 06, 2006)
My previous article tried to sketch a framework of geo-strategic and geo-economic concerns that determine the new bearings of the Saudi foreign policy.
- Indian Pm Considers Talks With Leftists (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was mulling on Sunday whether to hold crisis talks with leftwing allies that are angry at his government’s vote against Iran over its nuclear programme and its airport privatisation plans.
- War In The Air (The Week, Frances Bulathsinghala, Feb 06, 2006)
It is 7.30 p.m. A group of eager youth affiliated to the LTTE media unit wait round the television set with cups of steaming tea for the start of transmission.
- Indian Mp Hopes For Visa-Free Travel On Munabao Route (Pakistan Observer, AA Khan, Feb 06, 2006)
Manvinder Singh, a member of Indian parliament and son of former foreign minister Jaswant Singh, on Sunday hoped for a visa-free regime for the peoples of Thar and Rajasthan travelling on the Khokhrapar-Munabao route.
- Terror? We Are Better Off (The Week, Sachidananda Murthy, Feb 06, 2006)
Shivraj Patil has been a key member of the Congress think tank ever since Sonia Gandhi became Congress president. His long experience as Speaker, Deputy Speaker and deputy leader of the opposition has made him a leading light of the Manmohan Singh . . .
- Solidarity Day Observed (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
The Kashmir Solidarity Day was observed all over the country and in Azad Kashmir on Sunday to express solidarity with the people of Kashmir in their struggle for freedom.
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