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Articles 10121 through 10220 of 18611:
- Water Of Contention (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 24, 2005)
The poet is delighted water water everywhere, but craves not a drop to drink. Abundance of it means life in full bloom, absence turns the whole world into a big wasteland.
- Access Denied (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 24, 2005)
The flat denial of a multi-nationl Business Process Outsourcing company to a government proposal of starting their industrial unit at Rangreth raises some significant questions regarding the overall industrial development of the state.
- Task Before Sri Lankan President (Daily Excelsior, M Rama Rao, Dec 24, 2005)
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse is coming to India a day after the Christmas in his first overseas visit. During his four-day state visit, he will take up the threads of discussions his foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera had . . .
- Pm As Foreign Minister (Daily Excelsior, Indu Prakash Singh, Dec 24, 2005)
After the National Democratic Alliance lost the Lok Sabha elections last year, as Manmohan Singh was in the process of putting final touches to his cabinet and deciding the portfolios of the UPA ministers, there was a crucial, but secret, . . .
- Current Talks Meant To Pave Way For Bush Visit: Us (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Dec 24, 2005)
The United States has said that the current talks with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran are meant to pave the way for the visit of President George W Bush early next year to India and civilian nuclear energy cooperation is one of the issues that both countri
- `Anti-Goonda Law, A Threat To Human Rights' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Experts warn against potential for misuse
- Hurriyat Delegation To Visit Quake Affected Areas Of Pak (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
delegation of moderate Hurriyat Conference led by its Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq will visit the earthquake affected areas of Pakistan and its occupied Kashmir in the first week of January
- Un Extends Term Of Volcker Comm By Three Months (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Dec 24, 2005)
The UN has extended the term of the Volcker Committee, probing corruption in the oil-for-food scandal, until end of March next year to enable law enforcement authorities to follow up legal action against beneficiaries of the pay-offs in the programme....
- Better Awareness (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 24, 2005)
One will appreciate quite a few voices that have emanated from a meeting on "Resolving the Kashmir dispute: Options for Pakistan" organised recently in Islamabad, the Capital city of the neighbouring country.
- Rajnath Likely To Succeed Advani (Hindustan Times, Shekhar Iyer, Dec 24, 2005)
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP General Secretary Rajnath Singh is likely to succeed LK Advani as party chief.
- Suspected Rebels Attack Sri Lanka Navy Bus, Kill 13 (Reuters, Peter Apps, Dec 24, 2005)
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels ambushed and killed 13 Sri Lankan sailors in an attack on a naval convoy in northern Sri Lanka on Friday in the worst breach of a 2002 ceasefire so far, the military said.
- India Reports Progress On Nuclear Deal With Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Delhi sees significant advances in India-US relations in coming months
- King Abdullah Of Saudi Arabia To Visit Pakistan, India And China (Pakistan Observer, Dr. Jassim Taqui , Dec 24, 2005)
King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud is to visit Pakistan , India and China, said the Saudi envoy Ali Asseri in a press conference he held here. Asseri was clarifying reports in the media to the effect that King Abdullah would visit India.
- Saudi King Due Next Month (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia will visit Pakistan in the last week of January as part of a four-nation tour which will also take him to India, China and Malaysia.
- Bomb In Jeep Explodes Near Srinagar Airport In Kashmir (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 24, 2005)
Suspected separatist militants exploded a bomb in a jeep near Srinagar airport in Kashmir on Friday, police said, amid scattered violence in the disputed Himalayan region.
- Shyam Saran Upbeat On U.S. Nuclear Pact, Bush Visit (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 24, 2005)
India's Foreign Secretary said on Thursday he was confident India and the United States would be able to implement a new civilian nuclear cooperation deal that critics say could harm efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons.
- Cash-For-Query: Jd(u) Differs With Bjp On Expulsion (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
The message was not to be missed as JD(U) came out of BJP’s shadow during today’s Lok Sabha debate over the members’ expulsion involved in the cash-for-query scam.
- On Israel, Still In Denial (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Dec 24, 2005)
The OIC has to come to terms with the Jewish state, says Sudheendra Kulkarni
Eloquent silence over democracy and secularism
- 13 Sailors Die In Ltte Attack (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Dec 24, 2005)
At least 13 Sri Lankan sailors were killed and three seriously injured when the navy bus they were travelling in was hit by a powerful claymore mine blast triggered by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels.....
- Taliban Still Operating In Pakistan: U.S. Report (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 24, 2005)
The 9/11 Commission of the United States has said that Taliban forces still operate freely in the Pakistani tribal areas and terrorists from Pakistan carry out operations in Kashmir. It has urged the Bush Administration to pressure Islamabad to shut down.
- 2005 — The Year That Was (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 24, 2005)
As it is often said when it rains it pours. The adage proved tragically true with the onset of the monsoon in July.
- No Let-Up In Feudal Attitude (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 24, 2005)
A Fringe of liberals is emerging in Pakistan. They need to be supported by India through unilateral steps in the way of liberalizing visas and reducing tariffs on products from across the border.
- 13 Sailors Killed As Ltte Blows Up Convoy (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 24, 2005)
In its biggest ambush since the February 2002 ceasefire agreement, suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels on Friday blew up a convoy in the northern Mannar district, killing at least 13 sailors and injuring several others.
- 11 Mps Expelled For Cash-For-Questions Scam (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Dec 24, 2005)
BJP, BJD stage walk out in Lok Sabha; punishment disproportionate to offence, says L.K. Advani
- That's No Way To Treat The Sick (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 24, 2005)
Doctors refusing to treat the sick, regardless of the reasons, is seen to be a case of carrying moral policing too far.
- Can Dth Compete With Cable? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 24, 2005)
Growth of DTH would depend on providing content that commands a premium.
- Lanka Ceasefire In Danger As Rebel Attack Kills 13 (Indian Express, Peter Apps, Dec 24, 2005)
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed 13 Sri Lankan sailors in a landmine attack on a naval convoy in northern Sri Lanka on Friday in the worst breach of a 2002 ceasefire so far, the military said.
- A Show Of Mps' Collective Will (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 24, 2005)
UPA, allies did not issue whip, come out unscathed
Wide cracks in the National Democratic Alliance
Even BJP did not act unitedly
JD (U) on the side of political correctness
Last-minute message from Mayawati
- Russia Tests New Long-Range Ballistic Missile (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Russia test-launched a newly developed long-range ballistic missile on Wednesday, sending it streaking almost the length of the country from the White Sea to Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east, the navy said.
- Indian Envoy Upbeat On U.S. Nuclear Pact, Bush Visit (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 23, 2005)
A senior Indian envoy said on Thursday he was confident India and the United States would be able to implement a new civilian nuclear cooperation deal that critics say could harm efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons.
- Politics Of Name Change In Karnataka (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Dec 23, 2005)
Here's what a blog on “Bangalore or Bengaluru” by K. Kumar has to say. “You guys want to know the reason for the renaming? An incompetent state government wants to show the renaming as its ‘achievement’.
- Tigers Attack Lanka Navy Patrol (Indian Express, Simon Gardner, Dec 23, 2005)
Tamil Tiger rebels attacked two Sri Lankan naval craft off the island’s northwest coast on Thursday, opening fire and capturing three sailors in the most violent incident at sea since a 2002 truce, the navy said
- Ensure Cultural University Status For Kalamandalam, Says Governor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Year-long Platinum Jubilee celebrations of the institution on
- Saddam Alleges Torture In Custody (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 23, 2005)
Former Iraqi President calls Bush a liar
- Croatian General To Take Unmogip Command On 29th (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Croatian General Dragutin Repinc is to head United Nations military observers in Kashmir from December 29, officials said on Wednesday.
- Militants Hide In Building After Ambush In Valley (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Militants took refuge in an official building in Jammu and Kashmir after ambushing a security patrol on Thursday, prompting police to evacuate a nearby hospital before a planned assault.
- Kasuri Pins Hope On Third Round: Pakistan-India Dialogue (Dawn, Ahmed Hassan, Dec 23, 2005)
Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri on Thursday expressed the hope that the third round of Pakistan-India dialogue, starting from January 2006 in New Delhi, would take the process of normalisation forward and bring about a breakthrough . . .
- India Loses Southern Tip In Indian Ocean (Deccan Herald, Campbell Bay, Dec 23, 2005)
India has lost precious strategic land to the tsunami forever as large stretches in its southernmost tip, about 120 km from the Indonesian shores, remain underwater even an year into the mammoth natural disaster.
- Solution To An Objective Problem That Didn't Exist? (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 23, 2005)
Excitingthings are happening in the patent field, both as new findings and fresh lawsuits. Thus, the site of EPO (European Patent Office) http://ep.espacenet.com speaks about `Electronic component mounting apparatus and electronic component . . .
- Sir Creek Isn’T All That Easy (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Dec 23, 2005)
Among the set of problems that India and Pakistan are seemingly grappling with for many years now to find a negotiated settlement is the Sir Creek dispute. Often, this dispute is referred to as the easiest one to sort out.
- There Is A Mixed Message From Mecca (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Dec 23, 2005)
Sudheendra Kulkarni analyses the refreshing as well as the disturbingly routine news from the OIC summit, the Muslim countries’ ‘mini-UN’
- View From The Left (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Dec 23, 2005)
Flexibility is a dirty word for the Left when it is refers to the labour market. People’s Democracy tells you why in a report on the Prime Minister’s “servile resonance of employers’ chants” on labour market reforms at the recent Indian Labour Conference.
- India’S Turn To Be Flexible: Kasuri (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri, Dec 23, 2005)
Foreign minister says no US official asked about AQ Khan
Optimistic about third round of composite dialogue starting next month
- Make Jammu And Kashmir A Federation (Daily Times, M Y TARIGAMI, Dec 23, 2005)
We believe that proposals for political autonomy for both parts of Kashmir, self-governance and joint India-Pakistan control over the state should be discussed seriously. However we also believe that whatever solution is evolved should respect . . .
- India To Free Eight Pakistani Prisoners (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
India decided on Thursday to set free eight Pakistani prisoners as part on ongoing peace process between the South Asian rivals.
- Saran-Rice Talks Focus On Bush's 'Historic' 2006 India Visit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
India and the United States hope that President Bush's upcoming visit to India in early 2006 would be a historic one signifying the new relationship between the two countries.
- India Loses Precious Southern Tip In Indian Ocean Forever.......... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
India has lost precious strategic land to the Tsunami forever as large stretches in its southernmost tip, about 120 km from the Indonesian shores, remain underwater even an year into the mammoth natural disaster.
- 3rd Round Of Talks On Jan 17 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Foreign Secretaries of India and and Pakistan will meet in New Delhi on January 17-18 to initiate the third round of the composite dialogue between the two countries, a media report said here today.
- Tigers Abduct Three Sailors, Troops Take Seven Tigers (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels today captured three Sri Lankan sailors who are presumed to have been killed later following a sea battle off the island's north-western coast, the military said.
- Us Optimistic On Its Relationship With India (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Dec 23, 2005)
The United States has said that it was optimistic of a "bright" future for its relationship with India and it looked forward to taking the engagement to the next level.
- Law As Subject (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 23, 2005)
It is good to see the State fast emerging as a centre of teaching law as a subject.
- Sonia In Code Sermon (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi today expressed anguish at the money-for-posers exposé and told her MPs to pull up their socks.
- Indiscreet Behaviour (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Dec 23, 2005)
Cameras have now shown how the people’s representatives are milking the MPLAD scheme for personal gains.
- No Mfn Status For India Until Kashmir Solution: Kasuri (News International, Asim Yasin, Dec 23, 2005)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri on Thursday said Pakistan would not grant ‘Most-Favoured Nation’ status to India till the resolution of Kashmir issue.
- Why Israel Does Not Have A Constitution (Dawn, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi, Dec 23, 2005)
Most observers of the Palestinian scene know that Israel does not have a constitution, but few try to know why it has chosen not to have one. The reasons are to be found less in the conflict between the religious right and the liberals and . . .
- Water Of Contention (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 23, 2005)
The poet is delighted water water everywhere, but craves not a drop to drink.
- Indo-Pak Dialogue To Resume On January 17 (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
India and Pakistan will start the third round of composite dialogue process on January 17 with foreign secretary-level talks on peace and security as well as the Kashmir issue, media reports today said.
- Volcker Keeps Oil-For-Food Probe Office Open (Reuters, Evelyn Leopold , Dec 23, 2005)
The U.N. independent inquiry into the scandal-ridden oil-for-food program in Iraq will keep its doors open until March 31 so that prosecutors from individual nations can pursue wrongdoers, the United Nations announced on Thursday.
- Tiger Attack On Lankan Navy (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Three Sri Lankan sailors were captured and feared killed by Tamil Tiger rebels who attacked a Naval patrol triggering a gun-battle off the island’s northwestern coast in an upsurge of violence that threatened to derail the fragile peace process.
- Bjp For Adopting ‘Proper Procedures’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Asserting that it was in favour of stern action against MPs caught demanding money for raising questions in Parliament in a television expose, the BJP said it would oppose the expulsion of 10 Lok Sabha Members as recommended by the House Committee, ...
- Tiger Sea Strike (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Tamil Tiger rebels today attacked two Sri Lankan naval craft off the island’s northwest coast, opening fire and capturing three sailors in the most violent incident at sea since a 2002 truce, the navy said.
- Ltte Captures 3 Lankan Navy Men (Deccan Herald, P. Karunakharan, Dec 23, 2005)
The Government of Sri Lanka on Thursday strongly condemned the Sea Tiger attack on the naval patrol crafts off Mannar Sea and the abduction of three sailors, and urged the international community to mount “more pressure on the LTTE. . .
- Sri Lanka Rebels Clash With Navy, Capture Three (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Tamil Tiger rebels attacked two Sri Lankan naval craft off the island’s northwest coast on Thursday, opening fire and capturing three sailors in the most violent incident at sea since a 2002 truce, the navy said.
- India And Pakistan Must Find New Solution To Kashmir’ (Daily Times, Umer Farooq, Dec 22, 2005)
Speakers at a seminar on the possible solutions to the Kashmir conflict on Wednesday said that militancy was no longer an option in the ongoing freedom movement.
- Next Indo-Pak Talks On Jan 17 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Pakistan and India will hold the next round of their composite dialogue on January 17, 2006 in New Delhi, Foreign Office sources said on Wednesday.
- Soft Power Assets Key To A Nation's Success' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 22, 2005)
Mira Kamdar is a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute, The New School, New York. She spoke with Gurmeet Kanwal on India's soft power and its potential as a tool of diplomacy:
- Criminal Conduct Could Be Concealed In A Thicket Of Detail' (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 22, 2005)
In theaccounting terrain, it is just one more routine day. Because there are enough stories of accounting going astray in recent news, as if to match the crime reports in the city pages. For instance, "Visco, false accounting will be `yet another scandal'
- India Should Be Involved In Peace Process" (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 22, 2005)
Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse is keen on a key role for India in the peace process and rebuilding along with the U.S., the EU, Japan, and Norway.
- Third Peace Bus Soon To Start Running (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Dec 22, 2005)
The India-Pakistan bus diplomacy launched almost seven months ago with the rolling out of the Delhi-Lahore ‘Sada-e-Sarhad’ bus will acquire a new dimension when a third bus service, connecting Amritsar and Lahore, becomes operational on January 20.
- Russia Tests Missile (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Russia on Wednesday test-laun-ched a newly developed long-range ballistic missile that experts claim incorporates the most advanced technology in the world.
- Time For Stories, Salt Tea In Kashmir (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 22, 2005)
Traditional recipes — with chicken and turnips — and folk tales weave a blanket of warmth over Kashmir during the cold winter days.
- The Quake And After (Greater Kashmir, Dr. Manzoor Hussain Tantray, Dec 22, 2005)
The earthquake has given birth to a social crisis which is to be dealt with to restore normalcy to those hit by the disaster, Dr. Manzoor Hussain Tantray makes a survey
Will all affected people get justice and rehabilitation with diginity, ...
- A Debt Repaid (Times of India, Raj Chatterjee, Dec 22, 2005)
He was our maths teacher. Winter or summer, we never saw him dressed in anything but his impeccably white khaddar churidar pyjamas, a long white kurta of the same material and a sleeveless jacket which, later, Jawaharlal Nehru made famous.
- Pakistani Earthquake And Indian Media (Pakistan Observer, Sobia Nisar, Dec 22, 2005)
It is hard to believe that even at the critical time of earthquake tragedy that struck Pakistan and took the lives of 1 lakh people, the Indian media has not spared the incidence in gaining political mileage out of it.
- Primacy Of A Democratic Framework (Dawn, Taliban, Dec 22, 2005)
For over six years General Musharraf, first as Chief Executive and then as president, while retaining his position as COAS, has been the sole arbiter of the destiny of Pakistan.
- Opposition’S Continued Obduracy (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Opposition parties have refused to join the Parliamentary Committee on Earthquake designed to oversee the rehabilitation and reconstruction process in the quake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division. The Combind Opposition has, however, ...
- Betab: A Restless Soul Goes Out To Have Rest For Ever (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 22, 2005)
Having portrayed life in all its beauty and colour, the man now shifts to the landscape of no return, Muhammad Shafi Khan (Shopian) remembers a celebrated Kashmiri poet Muhammad Ayub Betab who is no more
- Oic At The Crossroads (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 22, 2005)
The two-day extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) concluded on December 9 in Makkah with a declaration and a 10-year plan of action to revitalize the organization and meet the aspirations of the Ummah.
- Pak Army Building Bunkers (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The Pakistan army is building bunkers, observation towers and new posts in close proximity to the International Border, including Barmer, Jaisalmer and Bikaner, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.
- Composite Dialogue To Resume On Jan 17 (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 22, 2005)
The foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India will meet in New Delhi on January 17-18 to initiate the third round of the composite dialogue between the two countries.
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