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Articles 9821 through 9920 of 18611:
- Europe, U.S. Uneasy After Russia Cuts Ukraine Gas Supply (Reuters, Meg Clothier, Jan 02, 2006)
The United States said Russia's halting of gas supplies to Ukraine raised questions about use of energy as a political weapon, and European countries voiced concern their supplies could be hit at the height of winter.
- Get Set, Go, It’S A Radioactive Race (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 02, 2006)
As India tries to wrap up the nuclear deal with the United States before President George Bush arrives here early this year and regain access to the international nuclear fuel market, . . .
- Safta Comes Into Effect, Pak Yet To Ratify (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
The long-awaited South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), paving way for free trade of goods among countries of the region, came into being on Sunday but Pakistan was yet to complete the formality of ratifying it.
- Lashkar Hand In Iisc Attack Established (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Central security agencies have established links between the IISc attack and Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) even as the number of persons picked up by Bangalore police in this connection has gone up to seven.
- Rubber Dam Dedicated To The Nation (Hindu, M. Malleswara Rao, Jan 02, 2006)
Chief Minister vows to go ahead with ambitious `Jalayagnam'
- A Slice Of Karnataka (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 02, 2006)
Two art and crafts exhibitions displaying the rich cultural heritage of Karnataka are on in Basavanagudi and Jayanagar.
- Bjp, 25, Very Little To Cheer (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Jan 02, 2006)
The mood, said my BJP friend gloomily, what do you think the mood is like at the birthday party obviously after these events it is more than a little morose. Others tried to put on a brave face after the sex, lies and videotape scandal hit slap bang ....
- Hurriyat To Discuss Kashmir With Musharraf (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Ahead of its Pakistan visit from Monday, separatist outfit Hurriyat Conference on Sunday said it would discuss the Kashmir issue with President Pervez Musharraf and other Pakistan leaders.
- Happy New Year Of The Cabbage (Indian Express, ELISSA SILVERMAN, Jan 02, 2006)
Moon K. Yoon sensed something was up about two months ago when the 16-ounce jars of kimchi started moving quickly from the shelves of the Lotte Plaza International Supermarket in Fairfax, Virginia, a sign that interest in the spicy cabbage dish had . . .
- India, Pakistan Exchange Lists Of Nuclear Facilities (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 02, 2006)
1988 deal prohibits attack on each other's facilities in event of war
The agreement came into force in 1991
Third round of composite dialogue in New Delhi
- Mi6 Agents Were Present: Officials (Hindu, Peter Beaumount, Jan 02, 2006)
British officials have admitted MI6 (British intelligence) officers were present during the allegedly brutal interrogation of 28 Pakistanis in Greece, despite apparent denials by Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.
- The Me-Too Television Wars (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jan 02, 2006)
Rajdeep Sardesai — CNN-IBN — Friday, December 30, 9.30 pm: A mystery in an enigma, Mrs Gandhi is a very private....
- Call For Making Nalc More Effective (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
The Northern Areas Legislative Council members should be conferred the right to move no-confidence motion against the region’s deputy chief executive and formation of opposition benches in the council, PML-N’s provincial chief organiser and member of the
- Jain Mathaji Favours Sustained Fight Against Female Infanticide (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Stresses on imparting education and teaching dharmic values to women
- The Unintelligible American (Deccan Herald, M N Batra, Jan 01, 2006)
Accent can cause confusion, especially if people from different countries have a meeting.
- Shaping New Lives In Kashmir (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jan 01, 2006)
In the absence of a cohesive response from society to the Kashmir earthquake, the challenge of rehabilitating the survivors remains an uphill task.
- Not Much Progress On Kashmir: Musharraf (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf has said both Pakistan and India had the finest relations ever at this juncture, yet there was not much improvement on the Kashmir issue.
- Only Foreigners (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 01, 2006)
Bajaj Auto Chairman Rahul Bajaj told a Mumbai daily last week, ‘‘Our government somehow listened to foreign businessmen more than Indian businessmen’’.
- Self-Governance In Jammu And Kashmir: (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 01, 2006)
Delhi hopes 2006 will bring improvement in India-Pakistan relations
- From Bard To Verse (Deccan Herald, Suryakumari Dennison, Jan 01, 2006)
The child in the ‘Garden of Verses’ relies mainly on his imagination for entertainment.
- Terror Shadow Stalks Booming Tech Industry (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jan 01, 2006)
A suspected militant raid on Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, India's tech capital, has confirmed fears that the country's booming information technology sector could be a new target for terror groups, officials and analysts said.
- In Pakistan Quake Zone, Mild Optimism As Winter Closes In (Reuters, Robert Birsel, Jan 01, 2006)
Villagers in the remote Allai Valley in the high mountains of northern Pakistan are used to hard winters and this year they need to be.
- Annan Presses Nepal To Match Rebel Cease-Fire (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed concern on Friday that fighting between Nepalese forces and Maoist rebels could resume and urged the government to join in a rebel cease-fire.
- Queen Of Ghazals Enthralls Delhi-Ites (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 01, 2006)
Few may be knowing that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s wife, Gursharan Kaur was a student of Indian music and a fan of the legendary Ghazal singer Farida Khanum.
- Mirwaiz For Consensus On Kashmir Issue (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Seeking a “solid and strong beginning” towards a final settlement of the Kashmir issue, the Hurriyat Conference chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, here today demanded demilitarisation on either side of the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir. He urged the need . . .
- Need For A Policy For The Displaced People (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 01, 2006)
The recent internecine killings, which claimed about 90 lives in Karbi Anglong district of Assam, have led to the displacement of over 44,000 tribal Karbis and Dimasas. Away from the attention of the national media, the displaced Karbis and Dimasas . . .
- Advani's New Year Message: Don't Rule Me Out As Pm (Times of India, Mohua Chatterjee, Jan 01, 2006)
Senior BJP leader L K Advani, who stepped down as party president on Saturday as part of a deal with the RSS, announced that he will be running for the prime minister’s office in the next round of general elections, slated for 2009.
- Ill-Timed Indian Statement On Balochistan (News International, Dr A R Khan, Jan 01, 2006)
India once again trying to vitiate the peace atmosphere in the region issued unwarranted and provocative statement that too on purely Pakistan’s internal matter.
- Good Morning 2006 (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Jan 01, 2006)
His education has failed him. It was always the more deserving, the more scrupulous, the more diligent who forged ahead, he was taught. But, we failed to teach him the distinction between the rich and the poor, between the strong and the weak, . . .
- India Hankering For A Zero-Sum Game Again? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jan 01, 2006)
B Raman, a former chief of India’s RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) who now works for South Asia Analysis Group, has put out an analysis that seems a major throwback to the pre-Islamabad Declaration period when relations between Pakistan and India were at
- New Metro Line A Dream Come True For Delhi (Hindu, Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar, Jan 01, 2006)
On Day One of operations, it is a full house all the way; "It's fascinating" and "it's breathtaking"
- Heritage Walk Brings To Light Neglect Of Buddhist Site (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Sanctioning of various projects all around Bavikonda poses threat
- Iisc Attack: No Arrests Yet (Hindu, Craig Gordon, Jan 01, 2006)
A day after the Bangalore police released a computer-generated portrait of the suspect involved in the attack at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here, the public have been making calls to them providing details of similar-looking persons.
- French Ship Leaves For India (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 01, 2006)
"It contains over 500 tonnes of asbestos"
Once the pride and joy of the French navy, the decommissioned aircraft-carrier, Clemenceau, on Saturday began its final journey to India amid fresh allegations that the ship contains upwards of 500 tonnes . . .
- Quake Monitor Brings Good Tidings (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Jan 01, 2006)
Roger Belham is the lone scientist who had proposed a study of the tectonics of the island 15 years ago from the “micro-atoll”environment which means a probe into sections of tiny systems around which corals grow.
- Mirwaiz-Led Delegation On Way To Pak, Pok (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Chairman of the moderate faction of the separatist Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, today left for New Delhi to complete his travel documents for a visit to Pakistan and PoK. He was accompanied by senior separatist leader . . .
- Pak Move To Build Dam At Skardu Draws Flak (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Leaders of Northern Areas in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir have opposed Islamabad’s plan to build dams in the region on the grounds that it would destroy their historical monuments and cultural heritage.
- Hurriyat Team Leaves On Pakistan Visit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
To express solidarity with the victims of the October 8 earthquake
- ‘Pak Yet To Meet Anti-Terror Pledge’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The Manmohan Singh government has taken a dim view of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s commitment not to allow his country’s soil for perpetrating acts of terrorism in India as central intelligence agencies pointed to the strong possibility . . .
- India’S Irresponsible Statement (Pakistan Observer, Dr. A. R. Khan, Dec 31, 2005)
India once again trying to vitiate the peace atmosphere in the region issued unwarranted and provocative statement that too on purely Pakistan’s internal matters. The statement by the spokesman of India’s External Affairs Ministry is not only . . .
- Flaws In Counter-Terror Practices (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 31, 2005)
Home Ministry orders review of procedures in major cities Bangalore police did not once send officials to Jammu and Kashmir to independently develop the inputs on the growing terrorist threat to the city
- Abu Salem Undergoes Test (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
"Cases will now have a new direction"
He was said to have spoken about his role in the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai
"All the tests, the lie detector [polygraph], brain mapping and narco-analysis, were successful"
- Party Not Over Yet, Asserts Advani (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Stung by a series of scams and after a public spat with the RSS over the Jinnah controversy, BJP president Mr LK Advani today said the “pains” that the party had to endure in the last 25 weeks had nothing to do with ideology and asked the workers . . . .
- Reduce Terrorism In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
India hopes that in the new year, there will be a determined effort by Pakistan to reduce terrorism and take the peace process forward and if there are any fresh proposals for the proposed ‘self rule’ in Jammu and Kashmir, . . .
- Pak ‘Taliban’ Gain Sway In Lawless Tribal Region (Indian Express, Raja Asghar, Dec 31, 2005)
Pakistani followers of Afghanistan’s Taliban have gained sway in a sensitive border area where they have been killing their opponents with impunity despite the heavy presence of government forces.
- Bangalore Cops Release Suspect Profile (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
It was a breakthrough of sorts for the city police when they released a sketch of the suspected terrorist who had raided the Indian Institute of Sciences here on Wednesday, killing an IIT professor and injuring four academicians.
- Back Channel Diplomacy Taking Up Proposals On Kashmir: Musharraf (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 31, 2005)
When the ideas took concrete shape, they would be moved to the `front channel'
- Two Fc Men Killed In Khuzdar Attack (News International, Muhammad Ejaz Khan, Dec 31, 2005)
At least three persons, including two personnel of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC), were killed in Kalat and Dera Bugti, where security forces and armed tribesmen also exchanged fire on Friday.
- "Terrorism An Impediment To Peace Process" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Pakistan yet to fulfil commitment
Though investigations into Wednesday's armed attack at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore are still continuing, the Government has no information at this point linking terrorist organisations . . .
- Hunt On For Terror Suspects (Hindu, K.V. Subramanya , Dec 31, 2005)
No breakthrough yet in attack on IISc; security tightened for New Year's Eve
- 2 Indian Soldiers Killed In Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Two Indian soldiers were killed Friday when they stepped on a land mine near the heavily fortified frontier that divides Kashmir between long time rivals India and Pakistan, an army officer said.
- ‘Taliban’ Gain Sway In Tribal Region (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Pakistani followers of Afghanistan’s Taliban have gained sway in a sensitive border area where they have been killing their opponents with impunity despite the heavy presence of government forces.
- `Enlightened Moderation' In Pakistan, Really? (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 31, 2005)
Local press terming Hindus, Christians and Jews as `enemies of Islam', a general free hand and support to extremist outfits, Shariat courts and blasphemy laws clearly loaded against women and minorities, all make any talk by Gen Pervez Musharraf . . . .
- Year Of India (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 31, 2005)
It was the year of India. George W. Bush confirmed that he would make India a world power. WaterAid, the British charity dedicated to propagating proper (read Western) toilets, countered that India already leads the world in squatters in fields and . . .
- 2006 — Year Of Agricultural Renewal (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Dec 31, 2005)
During this year, an integrated package of measures should be introduced in every part of the country to increase farm productivity and profitability in perpetuity without associated ecological harm.
- World Is More Terrorised Now (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Dec 31, 2005)
The world is entering the year 2006 more terrorised than it was on October 7, 2001, when the Untied States-led forces started bombing Afghanistan with a view to eliminate global terrorism. But the menace of terrorism has become at least four times . . .
- Baglihar Issue: Pakistan Denies Media Reports (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 31, 2005)
Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam has denied media reports that Islamabad had requested the World Bank to extend the deadline for replying to questions posed by the bank's technical experts on Baglihar dam.
- No Progress On Kashmir (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Dec 31, 2005)
For far too long, the progress on talks between the Government of India and Kashmiri leaders is in limbo. Though Indo-Pak talks are taking place on Sir Creek and Siachen glacier, they do not seem to have made any progress.
- 2005 In Its Own Words (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Dec 31, 2005)
Amid the dizzy year-enders, it’s best to do what the New York Times did. It tried to squeeze 2005 into a handy list of catchwords and phrases. The paper was not unaware that the exercise could turn out to be foolhardy.
- The Unintelligible American (Deccan Herald, M N Batra, Dec 31, 2005)
Accent can cause confusion, especially if people from different countries have a meeting.
- The Ordinance Factory (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 31, 2005)
Grab something. Then make law to legitimise the grab. It used to happen in the Emergency.
- Silver Lining In Disaster’S Dark Clouds (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Dec 31, 2005)
Once notorious for forsaking the victims of natural disaster, India in 2005 gained a working model for rehabilitation: growing private involvement and determined public officials. The downside: a threat to community self reliance.
- India's Year Of Shame (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 30, 2005)
As the first anniversary of the tsunami trauma reminds us, the year now mercifully drawing to a close had begun with a monumentally destructive disaster. Others followed, most notably the earthquake, far more catastrophic in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir ....
- Terror In Bangalore (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 30, 2005)
The terrorist attack at Bangalore on Wednesday indicates that the symbols of India’s economic growth remain high on the target list of the enemies of the nation. Bangalore, the IT capital of India, where some sensitive defence establishments . . .
- An Unlikely Hero (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 30, 2005)
Some two decades ago, the BBC released an audio collection of its Test Match Special. It contained John Arlott’s memorable description of Don Bradman’s final test innings at the Oval in 1948 — the time when the crowd rose to greet England’s deadly . . .
- Reclaiming The Earth For All (Daily Excelsior, Deepti Priya Mehrotra, Dec 30, 2005)
Three decades after 1975 - the UN International Year of Women - women are still demanding equality and freedom, both goals having proved elusive! But they are asserting something else as well, even more passionately - the right to save humanity from destr
- This Happens Only In India (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col (Retd) Mukund Singh Jamwal, Dec 30, 2005)
Welcome to India, that is Bharat, the land of eternal contradictions. Blessed are the souls of this country who have the good fortune of living with contradictions from morn till eve with a majority of them even making a virtue out of this.
- Security Cover For Seminars, Says Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Chief Minister N Dharam Singh on Thursday said there were no definite clues about the involvement of any particular extremist organisation in the gun attack outside the J N Tata Auditorium ...
- Explosions Rock Balochistan (Daily Times, Azizullah Khan, Dec 30, 2005)
Two explosions jolted Nushki late on Thursday while explosions were also reported in Sibi and Hub.
- Musharraf Sees Foreign Hand In Balochistan (News International, Mayed Ali, Dec 30, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that the recent Indian concern over the situation in Balochistan has revealed the channel providing funds for hiring mercenaries and supplying arms for carrying out subversive activities in the province.
- Terror Strike (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 30, 2005)
The IISc attack has put the city on the terrorist map
- Iit Holds No Grudge Against City Police (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here plunged into sorrow on Thursday over the killing in Bangalore of one of its most respected scientists, but faculty members said they had no complaints against the police over the terror attack.
- New Targets Of Terror (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 30, 2005)
Terrorists aim to hit a nation where it hurts the most. In India's case, its high-tech institutions and skilled manpower could be the new targets.
- A Tangled Web Called The Bharatiya Janata Party (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Dec 30, 2005)
The BJP's Rajat Jayanti year finds the party bruised and bereft, and the Parivar at war with its own professed values.
- Air Traffic Management Foggy (Hindu, A. Ranganathan, Dec 30, 2005)
The outdated procedures in vogue at Indian airports to tackle regular occurrences such as a fog have to be replaced with modern practices.
- Upa Government Suffering From `Policy Paralysis': Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
This has led to serious economic deterioration, it says
- Tourists' Patience Tested By Speeches (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Endless speeches during the Mamallapuram dance fete leave them bored
- Congress’S Software (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Ayodhya and Delhi preceded Bangalore. But the UPA’s too busy being ‘nice’
- Vajpayee To Keep Off Elections (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee announced his retirement from “power politics” on Thursday night and said he would “no longer contest elections."
- In Brief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
An Italian national has alleged that a driver belonging to the police department had raped her at her residence in Vijayanagar III Stage in Mysore on December 23....
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