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Articles 8421 through 8520 of 18611:
- Abdullah Hopes For Indo-Pak Peace (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Seeks just settlement of disputes between Islamabad, Delhi; Musharraf says terrorism poses danger to all faiths
- India Committed To ‘Friendliest Possible’ Ties With Pakistan (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Feb 02, 2006)
* Manmohan Singh rules out negotiations on transfer of Indian territory
* Confirms having met JKLF leader
- Pakistan, India Urged To Make Peace Process Kashmir-Specific (News International, Mariana Baabar, Feb 02, 2006)
"Are you with the Kashmir problem? Please walk through," a security guard told us as we entered the International Court of Justice at the Peace Palace.
- No Military Threat From India, Says Ispr: ‘Kashmiris Fighting For Freedom’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan, director-general of ISPR, revealed on Wednesday that the people who carried out suicide attacks on President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s motorcade in Rawalpindi in 2003 had used “the platform of the freedom struggle in Kashmir . . .
- India Desires ‘Pragmatic, Practical’ Solutions: Singh (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Feb 02, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that he wants to resolve all problems with Pakistan, including the Kashmir issue, with pragmatic and practical solutions but he had no mandate to seek transfer of territories if it came to that.
- Flights Delayed, Services Hit; It's Chaos At Airports (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Several flights were rescheduled, delayed and passenger services at major airports were affected following the indefinite nation-wide strike by thousands of employees of the state-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI).
- France, Luxembourg Blast Steel Bid, Mittal Unbowed (Reuters, Marcel Michelson, Feb 02, 2006)
France and Luxembourg pledged to defend steelmaker Arcelor on Wednesday against a $24 billion bid by Mittal Steel, but the billionaire behind the deal vowed he would not be intimidated.
- Manmohan Singh Says Kashmir Vital To Ties With Pakistan (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday the issue of Kashmir was vital to better relations with nuclear rival Pakistan.
- Recast Rashtriya Rifles (Tribune, Lt-Gen (retd) G.S. Sihota, Feb 02, 2006)
Rashtriya Rifles (RR), the Army’s only counter insurgency force, has received accolades from all quarters for its ongoing and sterling contribution towards the goal of stabilising the situation in J&K.
- J&k: Musharraf's Demilitarisation Formula Ill-Conceived, Says Azad (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's formula of "self-rule and demilitarisation" for Kashmir is "ill-conceived" as Jammu and Kashmir already has self-rule, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said.
- Iisc Attack: Police Examining Dhaka Link (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Two teams have collected substantial information: Commissioner
The City police are correlating and analysing information about jihadi outfits received from Bangladesh and another country aboutthe attack on the Indian Institute of Science here, ...
- Institutional Excesses, Elite Deadlock (Hindu, Harish Khare , Feb 01, 2006)
A democratic constitutional arrangement is predicated on mutual respect among various institutions. We appear to be entering a phase where the assumption is the elected representatives cannot be trusted with the public interest.
- Reliance, Sterlite Cry Foul (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Reliance Airport Developers, part of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprises, today alleged irregularities in the government procedure for modernising the Delhi and Mumbai airports.
- Self-Rule Is Starting Point For Any Dialogue: Pok President (Hindu, Luv Puri , Feb 01, 2006)
`Pakistan has shown flexibility, let India do the same'
Ball in India's court
Ceasefire along LoC can be extended
- Palestinians Alter Leadership (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Feb 01, 2006)
Even though Hamas has hinted at change, the world sides with Israel in advising Palestine to renounce violence
- Musharraf Bugbear Of American Media (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 01, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf's latest mini-tirade against India comes against a backdrop of the worst US media criticism he has encountered since his military coup overthrew the elected government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
- Indian Information Communication Technology Firms In U.K. Growing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Workshop will bring together a technical advisory group to identify key areas of focus
- Respect For Others’ Laws Is Necessary (Deccan Herald, Felix G Rohatyn, Feb 01, 2006)
The US cannot afford to disregard Europe’s views on capital punishment
- ‘I Had Two Choices Before Me — Wealth And Fame, Or Poverty And Fame’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2006)
The 80-year-old Hindi poetess-novelist, is characteristically blunt when she says the Padma Bhushan and its honorary status may have come a little late in the day, but she is equally fervent in accepting it with gratitude. Only two years ago, . . .
- India Keeps Options Open (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
The Indian government on Tuesday said it was keeping its options open on referring Iran's nuclear programme to the UN Security Council even as its Leftist allies renewed their demand for New Delhi to abstain from a vote at a crucial meeting on Thursday.
- Nepal Set For Anniversary Protests, Rebels Hit Army (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Feb 01, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels launched an attack on army barracks ahead of anti-king protests on Wednesday called by political parties to mark the first anniversary of the monarch's assumption of absolute power.
- Pakistan, India To Restore Desert Train Service (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Pakistan and India on Tuesday decided to resume a train service across the Thar desert next month, 40 years after it was suspended following the second of the three wars between the two South Asian rivals.
- Hamas Victory Stirs Palestinian Humour (Indian Express, WAFA AMR, Feb 01, 2006)
Call it humour with a fundamentalist twist. Jokes poking fun at Hamas and looking ahead to life under the Islamic militant group have been making the rounds via cellphone text messages Palestinians have been sending each other since it crushed . . .
- India Will Decide On Iran As A Sovereign Country: Us (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Observing that India will take a decision "as a sovereign country" on how it votes on the issue of referring Iran to the UN Security Council, the US has said it was closely engaged with New Delhi about shared concerns regarding Tehran's nuclear programme.
- Spurious Wrath (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 01, 2006)
As state secretary, Anil Biswas must sustain the morale of his cadre against all kinds of opposition. The challenge now comes from an unexpected quarter
- Over 100 Women Activists Arrested In Nepal (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Feb 01, 2006)
More than 100 women activists of an opposition alliance were arrested today as they prepared to hold a rally to call on people to boycott upcoming municipal polls even as Nepal's royal government shifted many election candidates to police . . .
- Sc Seeks Suggestions On Pok Migrants (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
The Supreme Court today asked a National Panthers Party activist to file within two weeks an affidavit giving details of the facilities being provided to migrants from PoK, who came to be settled in Jammu region in 1947-48, and suggest measures . . .
- Going Up, Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 01, 2006)
In his short stint in the Congress Prof Saifuddin Soz has come a long way. After his inclusion in the party's highest decision-making body, Working Committee, many observers had ruled out his induction in the powerful Union Cabinet.
- Kasuri Links Peace In South Asia To Kashmir Resolution (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri said on Monday there could be no peace and stability in South Asia unless the Kashmir dispute is resolved in line with wishes of the Kashmiri people.
- N.As Students Body Rejects Bhasha Dam (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
The Gilgit-Baltistan Students Forum has rejected the construction of Bhasha dam terming it a violation of basic rights of the local people.
- London Moot Pledges Support To Afghanistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Afghanistan set out a plan on Tuesday to tackle problems from opium production to corruption and terrorism, as envoys from more than 60 nations pledged they would help the shattered nation along the road to peace and self-sufficiency.
- Diplomatic Wisdom (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 01, 2006)
Indian diplomacy has, almost accidentally, shown some wisdom. The King of Saudi Arabia should have been long ago invited to be Chief Guest on Republic Day.
- Govt Awards Bids For Delhi, Mumbai Airports (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Feb 01, 2006)
Even as employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) decided to go on strike from tomorrow in a bid to paralyse the airports, the government today went ahead with the modernisation programme awarding the contract for the Delhi and Mumbai . . .
- Jobless In J&k (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 01, 2006)
Treat it as a national responsibility
Unemployment is a matter of serious concern everywhere, more so in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Protecting The Shores (Tribune, Premvir Das, Feb 01, 2006)
In the nearly six decades that India has been an independent country, the focus of its security concerns has centred on safeguarding the sanctity of its land frontiers from external threats as well as from terrorist movements, aided and abetted . . .
- Iran Issue To Be Referred To Security Council (Tribune, H S RAO, Feb 01, 2006)
Two days ahead of the crucial IAEA meeting to discuss Iran's controversial nuclear programme, key powers in a surprise move have agreed to refer the issue to the UN Security Council but decided to put off any action by the world body until March . . .
- Kashmiri Pandits Not To Meet Hurriyat Chief (Tribune, M.L. Kak, Feb 01, 2006)
While many Kashmiri Pandits have favoured an interaction with the All-Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Chairman, Maulvi Umar Farooq,who would be visiting Jammu for a couple of days from February 3,those belonging to established organisations of the migran
- Bunty And Babli In A Fursatganj Bpo (The Financial Express, JANMEJAYA K SINHA, Feb 01, 2006)
The situation for the BPO industry has moved far away from the time when Jack Welch was starting Gecis (now Genpact).
- Thar Express To Run From 18th (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Pakistan and India on Tuesday agreed to establish a second rail link providing quicker access to people living in the southern regions of the two countries, beginning from February 18.
- King Abdullah Arrives Today: Envoy Says Ties With India Not At Pakistan’S Expense (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Feb 01, 2006)
Saudi ambassador says Pakistan, Saudi Arabia to sign 5 agreements
- The Uniform Issue (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 01, 2006)
By any standards it is a shocking statement. Speaking at the foundation laying ceremony of a girls’ college in Rawalpindi on Monday,
- Post-Poll Prospects In Palestine (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 01, 2006)
Earthquake: that was the commonest metaphor deployed by an evidently shaken international media in describing last week’s Hamas landslide in the occupied as well as the unilaterally abandoned Palestinian territories.
- Pakistan Wants Diplomatic Solution To Iran N-Issue’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
“Pakistan wants a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear issue”, said Khurshid Mehmoud Kasuri, the foreign minister.
- Welcome Khadim-E-Harmain Sharifain (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 01, 2006)
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is arriving in Islamabad today on a two-day State visit to Pakistan at the invitation of President Gen Pervez Musharraf. He will hold wide-ranging talks with Pakistani leaders on the security environment, . . .
- Let Us Speak For Itself (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 01, 2006)
Foreign Office spokesperson Ms Tasneem Aslam has said that the US has held out formal assurance that Bajaur-like incidents will not be repeated in future. At the weekly news briefing, she said that the assurance has come from the ‘highest US authorities’.
- Iran Vote To Be Based On National Interest, Says Govt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Mr Anand Sharma Minister of State for External Affairs, today said India's vote on the Iran nuclear issue at the February 2 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would be based on its national interest.
- Privileges And Perils (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jan 31, 2006)
Shortly after presenting his credentials in Rashtrapati Bhavan several years ago, an American ambassador invited his fellow heads of diplomatic missions for breakfast at his residence in Chanakyapuri.
- Not Fighting, For Now (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 31, 2006)
With the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam agreeing to resume direct talks, the country has pulled itself back from the brink of another war, in the nick of time it would seem.
- Minister's Concern Over Destruction Of Mangroves (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Sujanapal's book released
"Maranam Kathukidakkunna Kandalkadukal" ("Mangroves on deathbed"), a book that eloquently expresses the concern and deep distress of Forest Minister A. Sujanapal over the environmental degradation of mangrove vegetation, . . .
- It Is A Farce, Says Musharraf (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has alleged that New Delhi used cross-border terrorism as a pretext for not improving bilateral ties.
- Multi-Headed Evil (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 31, 2006)
Just imagine the following scenarios: (a). a corporation from the State awards contract for certain work in the national capital to a firm based in this city.
- Ongc Net Up 11%, Strikes Brazil Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
India’s most valuable company, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) on Monday reported a better-than-expected 11 per cent rise in quarterly profit and said it had struck a deal to acquire ExxonMobil Corp’s stake in a Brazilian oil project.
- Manipur Burning Dangerously (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jan 31, 2006)
Everybody in the country knows that terrorism takes the heaviest toll of human life in Jammu and Kashmir. But not many outside the north-east region may be aware that the second in this dubious list is the tiny state of Manipur that occupies . . .
- Pakistan Opposes Unsc Referral (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
FO says Indian firms among 300 companies involved in N-proliferation
Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam on Monday said Pakistan was against referring the Iranian nuclear issue to the United Nations Security Council and sought resolution . . .
- Maoists Shoot Candidate In Fortress Kathmandu (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Maoist guerrillas today launched a daring attack on a mayoral candidate, who is contesting the February 8 municipal elections, in the heavily-guarded Kathmandu valley.
- Diplomatic Wisdom (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 31, 2006)
Indian diplomacy has, almost accidentally, shown some wisdom. The King of Saudi Arabia should have been long ago invited to be Chief Guest on Republic Day.
- ‘V.P. Singh Made Many Attempts To Get Us To Give A Statement Against Rajiv Gandhi’ (Indian Express, S.P Hinduja, Jan 31, 2006)
In the second part of their interview to Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief of ‘The Indian Express’, on NDTV’s ‘Walk the Talk’, G.P. and S.P. Hinduja talk about their association with a spectrum of Indian politicians, including a call from Prime Minister . .
- ‘Bjp’S First Southern Success Significant’ (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Jan 31, 2006)
Rajnath Singh took the reins of the BJP at a time when the party was in a transition stage and beset with the Advani-Jinnah controversy. The winds of ‘positive change’ for the party almost coincided with his taking over the party Presidentship.
- ‘Lashkar Kingpins Behind Iisc Attack Also Targeted Pm Rally, Advani Too’ (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jan 31, 2006)
Nationwide investigations into the December 28 terror attack at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore have revealed that the conspiracy was hatched by Lashkar-e-Toiba’s Pak-based India operations head Muzammil and the LeT’s . . .
- Hamas Victory Sparks Debate In Kashmir (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jan 31, 2006)
The triumph of Hamas in the recent Palestinian elections has created a buzz in militancy-affected Jammu and Kashmir.
- Race Bias And The British Media (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 31, 2006)
Police chief sparks a row by accusing the media of being "institutionally racist."
- Detach Politics And Economics (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 31, 2006)
If Pakistan allows the Kashmir issue to stymie its trade with India, it could get isolated in the region
- Youth Have No Time For Mahatma, Laments Governor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Young men, business class don't attend functions to remember Gandhi: Barnala
- Good Old Theatre – Asides, Props And All (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Jan 31, 2006)
A cast with the likes of H D Kumaraswamy and B S Yediyurappa, the new JD (S)-BJP coalition government promises to revive the theatre soon
- Steel Raider Mittal On French Charm Offensive (Reuters, Marcel Michelson, Jan 31, 2006)
Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal fought on Monday to contain a French political storm over his company's $23 billion bid for rival Arcelor as the Luxembourg-based steel firm dug in for a long takeover battle.
- Qaeda's Zawahri Says Survives U.S. Strike (Reuters, Inal Ersan, Jan 31, 2006)
Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri blasted U.S. President George W. Bush as a "butcher" in a video tape aired on Monday, saying a recent U.S. air strike targeting him had killed only innocent people.
- India Plans To Abstain Over Iran Vote - Officials (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jan 31, 2006)
India plans to abstain from a vote on Iran's nuclear programme at a meeting of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog this week, top Indian officials said on Monday.
- Unsc Vote On Iran: India Officials Say Delhi Plans To Abstain (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
India plans to abstain from a vote on Iran’s nuclear programme at a meeting of the UN’s atomic watchdog this week, top Indian officials said on Monday.
- Help Sought For Peaceful Nuclear Technology: Govt Committed To Gas Pipeline Project: Kasuri (Dawn, Arshad Sharif, Jan 31, 2006)
Foreign minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Monday asked the international community not to adopt a discriminatory approach toward Pakistan but to help it acquire nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
- N-Ties Not Linked With Democracy, Says Fo (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Jan 31, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday made it clear that while it was cooperating with the international community in the war against terrorism the effective measures it had taken to fight this scourge were primarily prompted by its own national interest.
- Unemployment Touches New Heights (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jan 31, 2006)
Over three lakh candidates apply for 5,000 posts
- Spurious Wrath (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 31, 2006)
As state secretary, Anil Biswas must sustain the morale of his cadre against all kinds of opposition.
- Musharraf Says India Not Moving Forward (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said India uses pretext of crossborder terrorism and Pakistan-backed groups indulging in violence for not moving forward in improving its relations with his country.
- India's Pretext Of Crossborder Terror A "Farce": Musharraf (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Terming as "farce" India's assertion of continuing cross-border terrorism, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has alleged that New Delhi used this as a pretext for not moving forward in improving bilateral ties.
- Left Demands Mulford's Recall (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
BJP for all-party meeting to discuss India-U.S. nuclear deal
- We Rescue Civilians, They Drop Bombs: Governor (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Governor Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha has said that country has been proud of the Indian Air Force and its Army which have always remained at the fore front for the rescue and relief operations besides protecting nation’s boundaries.
- Too Much Of Hip-Hopping (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jan 31, 2006)
Anybody who has been a habitue of the newspaper habit would have noticed a number of important people have done a fair amount of calling during the last week.
- Pakistan Is Losing Ground (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Jan 31, 2006)
During his recent visit to Washington, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz spoke repeatedly about the openness of the economy he and his economic team manage.
- Observer Status At The Oic (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Jan 31, 2006)
Prior to his departure for India to attend its Republic Day parade on January 26 as chief guest, Saudi King Abdullah gave an interview to a private Indian TV channel.
- Pakistan And A World In Disorder (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jan 30, 2006)
THE end of the Cold War generated hopes of a new world order based on justice and fair play, and guided by the principles of the UN Charter. Later events belied these hopes.
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