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Articles 10421 through 10520 of 18611:
- A Further Fillip To The Peace Process (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 16, 2005)
With the proposed re-opening of the Karachi Consulate and revival of the rail route linking Sindh with Rajasthan in the next three to four weeks, the India-Pakistan peace process is set for a qualitative leap.
- Rehabilitate Orphans? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 16, 2005)
The Holy Qur’an and the most revered Prophet (SAW) have repeatedly urged the Muslims to take care of orphans.
- Seeing India In A New Light (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 16, 2005)
From being seen as a basket case, India is today viewed in the US as a vibrant democracy with a booming economy. American companies are looking to replicate the IT success in other areas. Yet, politically, many things remain unchanged, . . .
- Uma Hints At Floating New Party (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Broadly hinting at the formation of a new political outfit with militant Hindutva as its key plank, expelled BJP leader Uma Bharti on Thursday virtually extinguished all possibilities of a rapprochement with the BJP.
- Give Indo-Pak Friendship A Chance (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
As the small seismic movement of forty millimeter in the Himalayan region created huge
collision of the earthen plates causing vast damages to lives and property on either side
of the man made border-dividing Kashmir, . . .
- No Significant Headway In Wto Talks (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
No significant progress has been achieved so far in the World Trade Organization ministerial conference, a WTO spokesman said on the third day of the negotiations here Thursday.
- Matter Of Surprise (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 16, 2005)
If an on-the-spot report in a newspaper is to be believed the progress of construction of the road between Bhaderwah and Basohli on the one side and between Bhaderwah and Chamba on the other is painfully slow. This is indeed a matter of surprise.
- And We Move From Light To Darkness (Greater Kashmir, K. Asif, Dec 16, 2005)
Without electricity winter gets harsher and harsher, life unbearable and things don’t go the way we want, comments K.Asif
- Unrest In Northern Areas (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Dec 16, 2005)
It has taken the world more than 58 years to wake up to the atrocities the people of Gilgit and Baltistan, popularly known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan, have been suffering. But, as they say, better late than never.
- Spurious Culture (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 16, 2005)
There has come a stage when nothing in the State seems to surprise us. Off and on we come across fake State subject certificates which bestow special and exclusive privileges on the possessors.
- China Ready To Work With India To Step Up Ties (Press Trust of India, Anil K Joseph, Dec 16, 2005)
China today said it was ready to work with its "great neighbour" India to enhance bilateral strategic ties and was trying to solve the vexed boundary issue through the spirit of peaceful negotiations and equality.
- Peace Bus Reunites Kashmir After Quake (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
A bus linking Indian and Pakistani Kashmir halted by the devastating Oct. 8 South Asia earthquake resumed on Thursday, Indian officials said.
- Indian Maoists Threaten Foreign Companies - Report (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 16, 2005)
India's increasingly active Maoist guerrillas said they would attack multinational and large Indian companies, accusing them of colluding with governments to oppress the poor, The Hindustan Times reported on Thursday.
- Asean In Control, East Asia Takes Off (Indian Express, SUNIT ARORA, Dec 16, 2005)
With ASEAN firmly in the driver’s seat, the first-ever ‘historic’ East Asia Summit formally kicked off today as a ‘‘forum for dialogue on broad strategic, political and economic issues of common interest and concern’’.
- Rampaging Nepalese Soldier Guns Down 12 (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Dec 16, 2005)
A religious fair in Nagarkot, a famed tourist town 32 km east of Kathmandu, turned into a massacre site Wednesday night as 12 people died in a hail of bullets blamed on a rampaging soldier.
- Aicc Omits Natwar From Panels (Deccan Herald, C B P Srivastava, Dec 16, 2005)
K Natwar Singh, ousted from the Union Cabinet as well as the Congress Steering Committee, thanks to the Volcker controversy, has totally gone out of favour with the Congress high command if one goes by the committees formed to prepare for the AICC . . .
- ‘We Are Witnessing The Destruction Of The Soul And The Spirit’ (Indian Express, David Ignatious, Dec 16, 2005)
David Ignatious explains why Lebanon’s assassins have moved Adonis, the most celebrated poet in the Arab world, to speak of ‘a temple of fear’
- India's Tata, Reliance Among Cos Targeted By Indian Maoist Attacks (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
India's Maoist rebels vowed to intensify their attacks against multinational companies, including South Korea's POSCO, India's Tata, ...
- India, China Agree To Speed Up Border Dispute Talks (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
India and China have agreed to speed up the process of resolving their long-standing border dispute.
- Obc Revolt Strengthens Bjp's Case (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Serious objections from the BJP-led Opposition and a near revolt by the OBC MPs across party lines on Wednesday forced the Government to defer the introduction of the Constitutional Amendment Bill providing reservation for SC, ST candidates in private edu
- The Rise Of Rural Cities (Pioneer, Chitvan Gill, Dec 15, 2005)
Recently 12 men died in a fire in a building in Vishwas Nagar. The building in which they had been locked by their employer for the night was an 'illegal' garments factory.
- Us Looks To India In New Light (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Dec 15, 2005)
Located in the heart of Washington DC, the Indian Embassy is an impressive building, now adorned with a statue of Mahatma Gandhi just opposite its entrance. The statue, built with special approval accorded by the US Congress, is a tribute by America's ...
- Changing Us Perceptions (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 15, 2005)
Located in the heart of Washington DC, the Indian Embassy is an impressive building, now adorned with a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, just opposite its entrance. The statue, built with special approval accorded by the US Congress, . . .
- The Makkah Declaration: Rhetoric And Reality (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Dec 15, 2005)
The Makkah conclave produced a declaration that is strong on sentiment and exhortation, and less so on specifics.
- India-Sri Lanka Naval Exercise Ends (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 15, 2005)
Purely professional one, involving fleet manoeuvres
- Sri Lankan Helicopter Hit By Gunfire (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 15, 2005)
A Sri Lankan Air Force helicopter came under gunfire on Wednesday from suspected LTTE gunfire in eastern Amparai district. It was flying over the Government-controlled territory, Army spokesperson Nalin Witharanage told The Hindu .
- Towards An Upheaval In Jammu & Kashmir? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 15, 2005)
Unnoticed, the pressures on the troubled State's political system are building. A seismic reordering of its structures seems inevitable in the not-too-distant future.
- Mps On Sale! (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Dec 15, 2005)
The sensational cash-on camera expose showing 11 MPs - six from the BJP and the rest from the BSP, the Congress and the RJD - taking bribes has stunned the political establishment in the country.
- Seeds Of Terrorism: A Pakistani Perspective (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Seeds do not germinate or sprout by themselves. They need a congenial soil to grow.
- Hurriyat Flays Govt For Delay On Pok Visit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The moderate Hurriyat Conference today criticised the Government for its "delaying tactics" in clearing the amalgam delegation’s visit to quake-ravaged Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) with relief material.
- Indian Army Kills Six Militants In Kashmir Battle (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 15, 2005)
Indian soldiers shot dead six suspected Muslim militants in a gunbattle in Kashmir on Wednesday, the army said, the highest toll in a single clash in the disputed Himalayan region in weeks.
- Wto Says Accords On Agriculture, Market Access Unlikely (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
A spokesman for the World Trade Organization (WTO), Kieth Rockwell, said on Wednesday agreements on agriculture and Non-Agriculture Market Access (NAMA) were not expected to be concluded at Hong Kong.
- Rockets Fired As Musharraf Visits Pakistani Town (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 15, 2005)
Suspected separatist militants in Pakistan fired eight rockets at a paramilitary base in a troubled southwestern province on Wednesday as President Pervez Musharraf was visiting a nearby town, police said.
- Asean In Control, East Asia Takes Off (Indian Express, SUNIT ARORA, Dec 15, 2005)
With ASEAN firmly in the driver’s seat, the first-ever ‘historic’ East Asia Summit formally kicked off today as a ‘‘forum for dialogue on broad strategic, political and economic issues of common interest and concern’’.
- Modes Of Protest (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Dec 15, 2005)
Violence can be of various dimensions and non-violence demands us to strive higher
- Constable Scandal May Hit Congress (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 15, 2005)
The government's decision to enrol candidates of their choice in the constabulary has backfired.
- Explaining The Essentials Of `Technical' English (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
G. Venkatraman, senior lecturer in the Department of English, Shanmugha Arts Science Technology and Research Academy (SASTRA)-at Thanjavur presented a research paper entitled "Competency criteria for the teachers of English for science and technology" ...
- Bjp, Cpi(m) Express Reservations On Quota Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
BJP favours reservation without exceptions
Government committed to affirmative action
- No Talks With Govt, War At Higher Stage: Cpi(maoist) (Indian Express, J P Yadav, Dec 15, 2005)
The CPI(Maoist) has ruled out any kind of negotiation with any state government, saying it would pursue the path of violent retaliation with more vigour. The outfit, for the first time, acknowledged its association with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil ...
- Pok Woman Gets Jail For Crossing Border (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
A Kashmiri court awarded six months’ imprisonment to a PoK woman and slapped a fine of Rs 200 on her for illegally crossing the border.
- E-Panchayat Project For Khammam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Collector is chairman of implementation panel
21 panchayats identified for the purpose
The objective is to improve people's services
- Risky Business Of Politics (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Dec 14, 2005)
If the health of a nation is to be measured by what its media presents, then India is ill, says Claude Arpi
- Afghanistan Adopts Plan To Deal With Rights Abuses (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
War-scarred Afghanistan has adopted a plan to bring people to account for human rights abuses in almost 25 years of brutal conflict and to promote reconciliation, officials said Tuesday.
- Nato Not Chasing Al Qaeda In Pakistan: Official (Dawn, Iftikhar A. Khan, Dec 14, 2005)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces are not in Pakistan to chase Al Qaeda, a Nato commander said on Tuesday. “Chasing Al Qaeda is neither our agenda nor our mandate,” Commander of the Nato Forces in Pakistan Air Commodore Andrew George Walton ...
- Fresh Tremors Rock Kashmir (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Even before memories of the monster earthquake in October could die down, Jammu and Kashmir was rattled by powerful fresh tremors in the wee hours of Tuesday damaging a number of houses.
- Foreign Secy May Meet Iaea Officials (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Dec 14, 2005)
Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan, who is in Vienna for bilateral consultations, is likely to touch base with some key officials at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
- Cash For Question (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 14, 2005)
The urgency which presiding officers of the two Houses of Parliament and every concerned political party have shown in dealing with the cash-for-question scandal is the only silver lining in an utterly shameful affair.
- Afghan Govt Dismisses Taliban Order Against Karzai (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
The Afghan government on Tuesday dismissed as propaganda an order from the Taliban for Muslims to unite against President Hamid Karzai and his international backers.
- Recalling A Great Man (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Dec 14, 2005)
SOME time ago there was something of a controversy in the newspapers on the post-partition politics of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, prime minister from September 1956 to October 1957, in the context of unity between east and west Pakistan.
- Losing The War Against Errors (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Dec 14, 2005)
This is how “extraordinary rendition” appears to operate. A suspect is pounced upon by US agents or local proxies, and interrogated.
- Manmohan Discusses Nuclear Cooperation With Koizumi, Roh (Hindu, Amit Aishwarya Jogi, Dec 14, 2005)
India, Japan to "remain engaged" in G-4 on Security Council expansion
- "Fight Terrorism, But Be Mindful Of Human Rights" (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Dec 14, 2005)
A.S. Anand, Chief Justice of India between October 1998 and November 2001, became Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission in February 2003. In an interview, Mr. Anand spoke on a range of subjects including terrorism and the death penalty.
- Woman Rescued Two Months After Quake (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 14, 2005)
A 45-year-old woman was brought to a charity field hospital in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), on Monday after she was rescued from rubble on Sunday, 63 days after the devastating October 8 earthquake.
- Woman Rescued 2 Months After Pak Quake (Deccan Herald, PTI, Dec 14, 2005)
In a miracle of sorts, a woman has been found alive under the debris of her home near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir 64 days after the October 8 earthquake.
- Does It Pay More To Fly Empty Than Full? (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 14, 2005)
If, On reading about Kingfisher's plans to buy Air Deccan's ASKMs or available seat kilometres, you're asking for a quick grounding in airline jargon, rest assured that you aren't alone.
- Something To Ponder (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 14, 2005)
On the face of it there is something to cheer for us. The latest official list of states affected by communal violence which has been tabled by the Union Home Ministry in Parliament does not include the name of Jammu and Kashmir
- Upa’S Shining India (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Dec 14, 2005)
India needs to improvise on its taxation to curb the tide of excessive consumerism that a certain class engages in
- Election Commission In Command (Daily Excelsior, M V Meenakshisundaram, Dec 14, 2005)
The successful conduct of the Bihar assembly polls has brought to the fore an unlikely hero — The Election Commission.
- Volcker Disclosures (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Dec 14, 2005)
Decades ago, much before he became Prime Minister, some news reporters interacted with Mr Chandrashekhar.
- Advani Warns Party Mps (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
BJP president Mr LK Advani today warned party MPs against any malpractice, including sub-letting their garages, rooms or misuse of air tickets and gas coupons. He said any member found involved in any such misdeed should be ready to face the music.
- Export Of Democracy (Daily Excelsior, N. B. Menon, Dec 14, 2005)
A group of senators in the US Congress have moved a resolution named "Advancing democratic values world over". Specifically, this draft contains a proposal to establish a special "Democratic movements department" within the State Department, . . .
- One Wonders Can This Be A Family Entertainment? (Greater Kashmir, Sheikh Asif, Dec 14, 2005)
If yes, then we don’t consider ourselves as a member of what they call Star Parivar, comments Sheikh Asif
- Us Arms Deals (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 14, 2005)
What the American arms industry now offers India — latest radars for F-16s, P3-Orions with a hint of the next generation of maritime reconnaissance/strike aircraft, to name just some — would invite comparison with Santa’s sack full of goodies.
- Pakistan’S Yet Another Appeal To India (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 14, 2005)
Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam has urged India to show flexibility to address the Kashmir issue. In her weekly Press briefing in Islamabad on Monday, she, however, said that progress in the composite dialogue cannot be measured in months and ....
- Crocker’S Ill-Conceived Advice (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 14, 2005)
US Ambassador Ryan C Crocker has expressed concern over the open involvement of groups under the US watch list like Jamaatud Daawa in the earthquake relief work in Azad Kashmir.
- Kashmir Solution A Must For Lasting Peace: Shaukat (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday that sustained peace in South Asia would be possible with the resolution of the Kashmir dispute according to the wishes of Kashmiris.
- Dancers, Flowers Greet Pakistani Bus In India (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 14, 2005)
PTDC MD suggests daily service, easier visas
- Archaic Prescriptions For Agriculture (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 14, 2005)
The Maharashtra Chief Minister, Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, must be congratulated on his candidness.
- Powerful Earthquake Rocks J&k, Woman Dies (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 14, 2005)
A woman died of heart attack and another person was wounded following a massive earthquake of 6.8 magnitude that rattled Jammu and Kashmir early this morning, triggering panic among survivors of the October 8 killer temblor.
- J-K: Govt To Continue Crackdown On Corrupt Officials (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Jammu and Kashmir government will continue its "war against corruption" to bring greater accountability and transparency in the administration at all levels, Chief Minister Gulam Nabi Azad said here.
- Third Round Of Indo-Pak Dialogue Likely Next Month (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 14, 2005)
Pakistan and India hope to start third round of the composite dialogue at the foreign secretary level in the third week of next month in New Delhi.
- Settle Siachen Before Addressing Kashmir: Wisner (Daily Times, Umer Farooq, Dec 14, 2005)
The Former US Ambassador to New Delhi, Frank G Wisner, has said that Pakistan and India should first focus on negotiating a settlement of issues like Siachen and Sir Creek to give confidence to the negotiators before taking up bigger issues such as Kashmi
- India’S Middle East Shuffle (Indian Express, P.R. KUMARASWAMY, Dec 14, 2005)
On September 12, the official spokesperson of the ministry of external affairs issued a statement which, inter alia, observed: “India welcomes the withdrawal of Israeli settlements from Gaza and northern West Bank, ....
- Little Boy Lost (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Dec 14, 2005)
On Saturday, December 10, precisely at 16:44:19 by one cricket writer’s watch, Sachin Tendulkar played off Chaminda Vaas to become holder of another cricket record. Thereupon, with two more balls still to be sent down in that over, the umpires . . .
- Pakistan Quake Aid Focus Comes Down The Mountains (Reuters, Robert Birsel, Dec 14, 2005)
The focus of earthquake relief in Pakistan's mountains is shifting to nearly two million people below the snowline now that most at higher altitudes have been looked after, a U.N. official said on Tuesday.
- Sweeping Victory For Bjp In Gujarat Civic Polls (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Dec 14, 2005)
Captures all the 5 municipal corporations and 4 municipalities
- Tremor Rocks Kashmir, Pakistan (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 14, 2005)
Two months after the devastating October 8 earthquake, a strong tremor at dead of night jolted Kashmiris out of their sleep and sent them scurrying on the streets
- South Korea, India Agree To Start Free Trade Agreement (Fta) Talks Next Year (India Daily, Staff Reporter , Dec 14, 2005)
India and South Korea agreed Tuesday to start free trade agreement negotiations next year, officials said.
- The Indian Scheme Of Things (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Dec 14, 2005)
It has been apparent for some time now that since the dialogue process recommenced between Pakistan and India, the latter has adopted a devious and indirect approach — the line of least resistance on the part of Pakistan, as Liddell Hart would have put it
- Dancers, Flowers Greet Pakistani Bus In India (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Drummers and dancers greeted a Pakistani bus as it crossed into India on Tuesday in the latest step in a slow-moving peace process to establish stronger transport links between the nuclear rivals.
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