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Articles 9021 through 9120 of 18611:
- Collector Lauds Ngos' Role In Relief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Inaugurates new building for school, donated by Red Swastik Society of India
- Pakistan, India To Ease Tensions Over Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Nuclear rivals India and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to implement fresh measures to lower tensions over Kashmir and confirmed their commitment to keep their stuttering peace process on track.
- New Delhi Told Balochistan Our Internal Matter: Fo (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Meanwhile talking to a private television channel, Pakistan’s foreign office spokesperson Ms Tasneem Aslam has said that Pakistan made it clear upon India that Balochistan was the internal matter of Pakistan and Islamabad will not discuss the . . .
- India Demands More Steps Against ‘Militancy’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
India, after two days of peace talks with Pakistan, Wednesday accused Islamabad of not doing enough to stem the flow of Islamic fighters into the disputed state of Kashmir.
- Al Qaeda Threatened Sweden Over Afghan Troops (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Sweden’s security service warned in December that Al Qaeda had threatened the country over its peacekeeping troops in Afghanistan but said on Wednesday the alert was over.
- Time Ripe To Take Up Kashmir, India Told (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Jan 19, 2006)
India and Pakistan wound up their two-day foreign secretary-level talks to unveil the third round of composite dialogue here on Wednesday, with the doves and hawks both finding reasons to claim victory.
- India Must Address Issues To Fulfil Global Ambitions (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jan 19, 2006)
India still needs to address numerous political and economic challenges to fulfil its global ambitions, according to a new study.
- Eu3 Draft Opens Door To Un Sanctions On Iran (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
France, Britain and Germany began circulating a draft resolution on Wednesday that asks the UN nuclear watchdog to report Iran’s nuclear programme to the Security Council, opening the door to possible UN sanctions.
- Us Must Facilitate Kashmir, Palestine Solutions: Pm (News International, Salim Bokhari, Jan 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Pakistan and the United States have evolved a transformed relationship and there is a strategic convergence between the two countries on regional and international objectives.
- Efforts For Un Referral Will Fail: Iran (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Iran said on Wednesday that it was confident US-European efforts to refer it to the UN Security Council would fail amid reluctance from Russia, China and Arab countries to take the step.
- Time To Address Issues: Riaz (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan on Wednesday said it would be better to reach settlement of the Kashmir issue, acceptable to India, Pakistan and the people of Kashmir.
- Indian Idle (Tribune, Chetna Keer Banerjee, Jan 19, 2006)
Gone are the days when the common man had to wait for five years to cast that one vote. The man in the street now has a chance to vote almost five days a week.
- Weapons Seized In Held Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Indian security forces seized two weapons caches in held Kashmir, the army said on Wednesday.
- Reliance Floats Subsidiary For Refinery Project (Business Standard, Kausik Datta, Jan 19, 2006)
Reliance Petro to set up a 30 mn tpa refinery at Jamnagar.
Barely three years after merging Reliance Petroleum with itself, Reliance Industries has floated a subsidiary with the same name to set up an export-oriented refinery at Jamnagar in Gujarat.
- Economic Implications Of Terrorism (Business Line, Asuri Vasudevan, Jan 19, 2006)
To counter terrorism, governments and businesses have to incur additional expenditure on arrangements for safety and security, insurance payments, surveillance and intelligence gathering and training and equipping anti-terror squads.
- India And Pakistan Agree On Second Kashmir Bus (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 19, 2006)
* India says Pakistan must do more to stop terrorism
* Both discuss Kashmir troop redeployment
- Protection Of Forests (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Jan 19, 2006)
Like varieties of culture, custom and creed, India is vested with a variety of forests extending from the Himalayas to Kanya Kumari in North South and from Assam to the desert of Rajasthan in the East-West. These forests occur in different . . .
- Need For Care (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 19, 2006)
Does any development on the militant front astonish us in this State? In fact the surprise will be if it does. Gun-totting marauders have a wicked agenda.
- Let Ultra Being Brought To Jammu Escapes, Re-Arrested (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Giving police the slip, a Pakistani militant today jumped off a speeding train in the wee hours while being taken to Jammu from West Bengal but was recaptured at a village here this evening.
- Additional Troops Deployed In Sri Lanka's Trincomalee District (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Sri Lanka today deployed additional security forces in the strategic Trincomalee port district which was put on maximum alert amid fears of more 'spectacular' attacks by Tamil tigers, as Scandinavian truce monitors indefinitely suspended work in the troub
- Terrorists Would Be Targetted "Wherever They Are": Us (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jan 19, 2006)
The Bush administration remained silent on details of the botched missile attack in Pakistani tribal region purpotedly targetting al-Qaeda number 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri which killed 18 villagers, but said the US would continue to pursue terrorists . . .
- India, Pakistan Agree On Peace, Differ On Process (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jan 19, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Wednesday made a fresh commitment to push forward a fragile peace process but the nuclear-armed neighbours reiterated their differences over ways to end nearly 60 years of enmity.
- Bullet-Proof ‘Monks’ (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 18, 2006)
Even by Jammu and Kashmir standards, this is an alarming turn in the battle against militancy. For the first time in 15 years, investigations into fidayeen attacks in the state are increasingly pointing at the involvement of elected representatives . . .
- Russia, China Favour Talks In Tehran, Not Un Sanctions (Indian Express, OLEG SHCHEDROV, Jan 18, 2006)
Russia and China made it clear today that they did not favour UN sanctions to induce Iran to scale back its nuclear programme, advocating more negotiations.
- Pakistan, India Say Peace Process Yielding Dividends (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Tuesday said a two-year-old peace process had helped build trust between the nuclear-armed rivals after their senior officials met to review progress.
- Crossfire Kills 2 Civilians In Lanka (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Unknown gunmen shot dead Batticaloa district representative Joseph Pararajasingham when he was attending the Christmas mass in the town.
- Kashmir Violence Claims Seven Lives (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Suspected militants shot dead two members of a pro-India communist party in occupied Kashmir, while Indian troops killed five militants in two separate gunbattles, police and the army said on Tuesday.
- Indo-Pak Dialogue Resumes Amid Negative Publicity (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jan 18, 2006)
The foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan, Messrs Shyam Saran and Riaz Muhammad Khan, met on Tuesday to start the third round of the so-called composite dialogue after days of bilateral “misgivings” about each other’s real intent.
- India, Pakistan Forward Proposals To Avoid War (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 18, 2006)
The Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries kick-started the third round of the composite dialogue process on Tuesday and forwarded several new proposals to avoid risks of nuclear and conventional war and also to increase people centric . . .
- Iranian Nuclear Crisis: Russia And China Favour Negotiations, Not Sanctions (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
* Powell describes situation in Iran as ‘potentially very dangerous’
* Blair’s spokesman says Britain still open to negotiated solution with Iran
- Kashmir Toughest Challenge In Talks (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Jan 18, 2006)
Pakistan and India began their third round of composite dialogue here on Tuesday reasonably pleased with the gains from their outings so far, but watchful of what Islamabad believes to be the toughest challenge ahead — unravelling the Gordian knot . . .
- Spirit Of Sacrifice (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 18, 2006)
A friend, who is a devout Muslim otherwise, has made a bizarre comment on the ritual of sacrifice performed on the Eid-ul-Azha. He says, “I think the poor goats, sheep and other animals give their lives on Eid day for nothing.
- Early Learning In Mother Tongue (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Jan 18, 2006)
On October 22, the federal education minister, Lt Gen (retd) Javed Ashraf, made a presentation on the “Education scenario in Pakistan” to the president and prime minister.
- No Nukes, But No War Either (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 18, 2006)
In the short term, the worst-case scenario in the context of nuclear brinkmanship between Iran and the West could unfold thus. The war of words between the two sides escalates.
- India To Send Troops Along Israeli-Syrian Border (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
India plans for the first time to send soldiers to the UN peacekeeping mission along the disputed Israeli-Syrian frontier, an Indian army spokesman said on Tuesday.
- Bush Sr. Hopes Air Strike Will Not Hit Ties (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 18, 2006)
Ex-U.S. President in Pakistan to review quake relief operations
- A Working Mother, At The Head Of A New Chile (Indian Express, Patrick J. McDonnell, Jan 18, 2006)
Michelle Bachelet, a socialist who was jailed and went into exile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, was elected the first female president of Chile on Sunday in a historic vote that underscored a leftward drift in the region.
- A Dangerous Incoherence At The Core (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 18, 2006)
Even after 20 months in office, the ruling dispensation at the Centre is yet to acquire any kind of political coherence. There is a lack of political synergy between the Congress party and the Government.
- Race Science Heading For Rehabilitation (Hindu, Marek Kohn, Jan 18, 2006)
As taboos fall away, there's a danger that denial of racial difference will be replaced with uncritical acceptance.
- India For Freeze On Setting Up Of Defence Posts Along Loc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Seeking to further consolidate the Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs), India today proposed a freeze on setting up of new defence posts and defence works along the Line of Control (LoC) and announced its intention to extend the Munnabao-Khokrapar rail li
- Ring Out The Old, Ring In The New (Greater Kashmir, Jehangir Ali, Jan 18, 2006)
In a perpetual darkness you are fortunate enough to have some occasional flashes of light, comments
JEHANGIR ALI
- United States Of Jammu & Kashmir And Self Rule (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Jan 18, 2006)
Readers may recall that around third week of November 2004 an article titled "United States of Jammu & Kashmir; A resolution" written by me was published in these columns. The idea of a unified federal J&K was mooted for the first time in this paper.
- Janata Dal (Secular), Bjp Moving Towards Coalition? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
H.D. Kumaraswamy meets MLAs; State BJP leaders in Delhi
Janata Dal (S) is for heading an alternative coalition with Kumaraswamy as Chief Minister, say sources
He is stated to enjoy the loyalty of a majority of JD(S) MLAs
- World Powers Split Over Iran (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
World powers appeared split on Tuesday on how to handle the crisis over Iran’s nuclear programme, with Russia and China resisting European and US pressure for UN action and Tehran threatening reprisals.
- Five Militants Among Seven Killed In Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Government soldiers killed five suspected militants in two separate shoot-outs in held Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. Meanwhile suspected militants shot dead two members of a pro-India communist party.
- U.K. Awaiting Fresh Request (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 18, 2006)
British authorities are awaiting a fresh request from the Government of India to "refreeze" the bank accounts of Ottavio Quattrocchi, Italian businessman accused of receiving kickbacks in the Bofors gun deal.
- India Raises Terrorism Issue (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 18, 2006)
Interference in internal affairs, says Pakistan; wants Kashmir issue addressed
India raises issue of terrorist infrastructure
Seeks agreement on extradition, legal assistance
Presents "non-papers" on border posts, flag meetings
- Big Powers Disagree, Iran Seeks Talks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Russia and China made clear today they did not favour UN sanctions to induce Iran to scale back its nuclear programme, and Tehran urged the EU to return to the negotiating table.
- 2020 Odyssey In 45 Minutes (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s Vision 2020 left everyone speechless. To be more precise, the other speakers had little to say after he made a powerpoint presentation for 45 minutes — double the time allotted.
- Foreign Secretaries May Take Up Kashmir Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Talks confined to peace and security
Indian and Pakistan Foreign Secretaries Shyam Saran and Riaz Muhammad Khan are expected to take up the Kashmir issue for discussions here on Wednesday.
- Pakistan Wants South Asia Free Of Abms (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
"Take steps to avert arms race in region"
Pakistan has suggested that South Asia be declared an "anti-ballistic missile free zone," the Pakistan Foreign Office spokeswoman said after talks between Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries . . .
- Nh Closed For 3rd Day (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The 300-kms long Jammu-Srinagar national highway stayed closed for third day while Batote-Kishtwar highway was also blocked today due to landslides. Two flights to Srinagar were also cancelled. However, all flights operated on New Delhi-Jammu route.
- Iran: India Reacts With Caution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
India a responsible nuclear weapons state: New Delhi
Four days after top Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani made a reference to India during a CNN interview, the External Affairs Ministry spokesman on Monday regretted the comments.
- Tamil Nadu Can "Impact India's Trade With Britain" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Chennai's robust industry makes it important for U.K. to maintain ties with State, says U.K. Minister
- Eighty Plus Club (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jan 18, 2006)
Some time back we had referred in these columns to quite a few veterans above the age of 80 years who are still active in public life and continue to enrich our environment especially in this region. Many younger people have telephoned us to convey their
- Terror Reaches South (Daily Excelsior, Tukoji R Pandit, Jan 18, 2006)
The dastardly attack on the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore on December 28, 2005 which took the life of a mathematician from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, has drawn attention to the fact that after north and western India, . . .
- Gun Fires Again (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 18, 2006)
Old soldiers, lore has it, fade away. But the controversy over the Bofors gun refuses to do that.
- Elder Ambani Beats Brother In Land Deal (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Mukesh Ambani today set a national record in real estate deals by paying Rs 1,104 crore for a piece of land in Mumbai, beating brother Anil in the bidding.
- Kumaraswamy Calls Party Mlas’Meeting (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The fate of N Dharam Singh government hangs in balance with some prominent JD (S) second-line leaders headed by its working president H D Kumaraswamy reportedly convening a meeting of the party legislators on Wednesday to decide on forming . . .
- Two Political Activists Among 4 Arrested (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
A day after killing two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants near Trikuta Hills under the jurisdiction of Reasi police district, police today arrested four persons including two political activists who had planned an attack on Mata Vaishnodevi shrine.
- Any Surprise? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 18, 2006)
Is anybody surprised by the disclosure about a People's Democratic Party (PDP) corporator plotting the assassination of his leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed?
- Pakistan Defers Safta Ratification (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Pakistan Cabinet today deferred ratification of South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement reportedly on the advise of the Commerce Ministry which reccomended to the government not to endorse it until visible progress was made on the Kashmir issue.
- Musharraf’S Demilitarisation Balloon (Tribune, Gen V.P. Malik (retd), Jan 18, 2006)
Disappointed at the lack of progress in resolving the Kashmir issue through the Indo-Pak composite dialogue, Gen Pervez Musharraf is reported to have said, “Let me give another bombshell, I propose, one way of moving forward.... Take three towns, . . .
- Good Press Is A Legitimate Weapon (Tribune, Michael Schrage, Jan 18, 2006)
Precision-guided munitions and night vision are terrific military technologies, and no one would deny them to our soldiers in Iraq.
- Bjp Stages Demonstration (Hindu, Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar, Jan 18, 2006)
Congress letting Ottavio Quattrocchi off the hook, says Arun Jaitley
- King Abdullah, Republic Day Chief Guest (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Saudi King Abdullah will be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations. His four-day visit "would substantially strengthen bilateral ties and raise them to a new height," an External Affairs Ministry spokesman said.
- Cbi's Credibility A Casualty: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
"Find out where Quattrocchi funds are"
Rajnath expected to announce new office-bearers after January 20
Replacement for Sanjay Joshi not clear
- India, Pak Offer New Military Cbms (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jan 18, 2006)
Pak says Balochistan refrain can wreck peace process
Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammed Khan today confronted his Indian counterpart Shyam Saran on New Delhi’s reaction on developments in Balochistan and categorically . . .
- India For Freeze On Setting Up Of Defence Posts Along Loc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Seeking to further consolidate the confidence-building measures (CBMs), India today proposed a freeze on setting up of new defence posts and defence works along the Line of Control (LoC) and announced its intention to extend the Munnabao-Khokrapar. . .
- Cuts In The Middle (Greater Kashmir, Jehangir Ali, Jan 18, 2006)
In a perpetual darkness you are fortunate enough to have some occasional flashes of light, comments
JEHANGIR ALI
- Us Strike Damages Musharraf’S Image (Tribune, James Rupert, Jan 18, 2006)
Friday’s U.S. airstrike on a Pakistani village has disrupted America’s efforts to improve its image in this country, one of its most important Muslim allies, and has turned glaring publicity on a part of the “global war on terror” that the . . .
- India, Pakistan Hold Talks To Push Peace Process (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Jan 18, 2006)
India and Pakistan talked on Tuesday to try to breathe new life into a two-year-old peace process bedevilled by mistrust and guerrilla violence in Kashmir.
- ‘Pakistan Lost 2,600 Armymen In Quake’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The earthquake on October 8 last year in J-K was not only a huge tragedy for the civilians of Pakistan and PoK, but also for that country’s army. Although the Pakistan Army has not so far come out with any official toll, Indian military . . .
- Delhi Points To Npt As Tehran Pulls Up Indo-Us Nuke Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Upset over Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani’s reference to the Indo-US nuclear deal as a case of US ‘‘dual standards’’ compared to Tehran’s nuclear programme, India today said as a ‘‘responsible nuclear power’’, it adhered to . . .
- Burundi's Child Soldiers Threaten Peace (Hindu, Sandra Laville, Jan 17, 2006)
Discontent grows among the 3,000 child soldiers demobilised from rebel armies
- "U.K. Banks Not Bound By Indian Court Direction" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Monday that banks in the country were not bound by the Indian Supreme Court's direction to the Indian Government and the CBI to ensure that Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, an accused in . . .
- Little Hope Ahead Of India-Pakistan Peace Talks (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jan 17, 2006)
India and Pakistan begin a new round of peace talks this week but the nuclear-armed rivals are unlikely to end a stalemate that has tarnished the process, analysts say.
- Nepal Imposes Night Curfew In Kathmandu After Raids (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Nepal's royalist government on Monday imposed a night curfew in Kathmandu, saying it was stepping up security after Maoist rebels killed 12 policemen in weekend raids near the city.
- Sonia Wants Law To Take Its Course, Says Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Neither she nor party interferes with the functioning of CBI or Ministry: spokesman
- Given Our Resources, We’Ve To Adopt A Lifestyle That Leaves A Smaller Footprint On Nature Than West’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 17, 2006)
The greatest threat to our and future generations is not terrorism—it’s climate change. Dr R K Pachauri runs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and, yes, he’s a fellow Indian.
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