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Articles 10821 through 10920 of 18611:
- Hizb Commander Among 5 Killed (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Five militants, including a Hizbul Mujahideen commander were killed and an Army Major was wounded in separate incidents across the state since Sunday, police and reports said on Monday.
- Ltte Warns Colombo Of War Again (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
A group allied with Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels threatened today to force the military and “traitors’’ from the country’s Tamil-dominated northeast if violence continues against the ethnic group there.
- Bjp Expels Uma Bharti (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Cracking the whip, BJP today expelled one of its mass leaders Uma Bharti for "anti-party activities" after she made a scathing attack on the top brass in her response to a show cause notice to her.
- Measurement Of Economic Activities In Districts (Daily Excelsior, H C Katoch, Dec 06, 2005)
The Regional Autonomy Committee set up by the Government in late nineties desperately searched for Regional Domestic Product Estimates for the regions of the State in the year 1998, but these were not available as the Estimates were worked . . .
- Bjp Boots Out 'Anti-Party' Uma (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Uma Bharti’s stint with the BJP came to an abrupt end today with the party expelling her indefinitely for “indiscipline and anti-party activities”.
- Wahhabi Islam : A Misnomer (Greater Kashmir, Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal, Dec 06, 2005)
Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal writes about the contribution of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab who rose in revolt against the socio-religious corruption prevalent during his times everywhere in Ottoman provinces
- Give Them A Chance (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 06, 2005)
The challenged don't need charity, but a chance to prove themselves," is the most inspiring message given by a highly successful physically handicapped person on the International Day of the Disabled people which has just been observed across the world...
- Natwar Meets Sonia, Offers To Quit (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
day after his removal from the Congress Steering Committee, Union Minister Natwar Singh, who has been in the thick of Volcker controversy, tonight offered to resign, Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma said.
- Stay Of 4 Pok ‘Pm’ Relatives Extended (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Three civilians from Mendhar and Poonch, who had crossed over to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) on November 21 from this point in Poonch district, returned today after completing 15 days stay in PoK while four others stayed back as their stay was extende
- Two Militants Killed, Army Major Injured (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Two militants were killed in separate encounters at north Kashmir Handwara and Bijbehara in south Kashmir today, while as militants opened fire during search operations in a village near Baba Reshi, killing a civilian and injuring an Army Major.
- Volcker Fire To Rage Till Pm Returns (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
As the BJP-Congress showdown over the Volcker controversy intensifies, the functioning of Parliament is set to be paralysed in the coming few days. In the midst of the NDA and the UPA government exchanging fire and trading charges, . . .
- An Expensive Last Stand (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 06, 2005)
Belying the hope of Congress party crisis managers that the appointment of the Justice Pathak Inquiry Authority would buy peace, the Volcker report controversy seems to be spinning out of control. The news media have remained one step ahead of the officia
- Countrywide Alert For Babri Demolition Anniversary (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
A countrywide alert is on for the 14th anniversary of Babri masjid demolition tomorrow, which the Sangh parivar and minority community plan to observe as "Shaurya" (glory) and "Kala" (black) day separately.
- Looking Beyond Hindutva (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Dec 06, 2005)
A probing look beyond Hindutva to get to the heart of Gujarat
- Manmohan Singh Urges Russians To Discover A ``New Generation Of Raj Kapoors'' (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 06, 2005)
India, Russia for joint oil ventures in Central Asia
- Saddam Challenges Court’S Legitimacy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Foreign lawyers defending Saddam Hussein challenged the legitimacy of the US-backed Iraqi court trying him and demanded more security for their team on Monday, after briefly storming out of the courtroom in protest.
- ‘There’S A Cadre-Leader Disconnect’ (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Dec 06, 2005)
K N Govindacharya, former BJP general secretary: “Advani says different things at different times.”
- Find The Truth, Says Amar Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Natwar Singh should not be made a "scapegoat" like Madhavsinh Solanki
- Norway Bankrolled Ltte: Report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Newspaper says money was given at the request of the Sri Lankan Government
Report says funds have been provided since 2002
Financial support to reach $375,000 by the year end
- Naidu Leads Regional Parties In Election Campaign For Agp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
"Assam will lose its identity if illegal immigration continues" "Though endowed with vast natural resources, Assam was neglected most when the Congress was in power at the Centre and in the State"
- Omar Abdullah To Discuss `Self-Rule' With Pervez Musharraf (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 06, 2005)
On the heels of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's statement suggesting "self-rule" for Kashmir, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said he would discuss the issue with him and Prime Minster Showkat Aziz. He would present them a copy of the . . .
- It Takes Two To Hold Back (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Dec 06, 2005)
This long essay — it has already appeared in three parts, this is the fourth — is about the latest incursion of the military in Pakistan’s political affairs. It started out with the assertion, which immediately drew disagreement from several readers,
- Abdullah Will Take Musharraf’S Peace Message To India (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Dec 06, 2005)
For the first time in 50 years, a Saudi king will visit India next month, but not without bringing with him a message of peace from Pakistan’s President Gen Pervez Musharraf and from Kashmir’s Hurriyat Conference, informed sources said on Monday.
- Al-Qaeda Suffers Another Dent (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 06, 2005)
President Musharraf has said that Egyptian Hamza Rabia, head of operations for Al-Qaeda network is dead. ‘This is 500 per cent confirmed’, he told the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) in an interview in Kuwait on Sunday. Rabia was reportedly killed . . .
- India Is Not Flexible: Omar Abdullah (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 06, 2005)
In what is construed as a conciliatory note, Omar Abdullah, President National Conference in occupied Kashmir and son of former chief minister Farooq Abdullah said on Monday that his views on Pakistan had changed and he was cautiously optimistic . . .
- Oic: Challenges Ahead (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 06, 2005)
could be a significant date in the political calendar of Islamic countries as 57 leaders of member-states of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) would be converging on the holy city of Makkah to review the situation of the Muslim world, . . .
- Is This Democracy? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 06, 2005)
Yet another dictator has been elected by a 91 per cent vote. On Sunday, President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has been ruling Kazakhstan since before the break-up of the Soviet Union, won another seven years for himself after an election that . . .
- Sanyasin Or Out? (The Week, Deepak Tiwari, Dec 06, 2005)
Emerging from the BJP office in Bhopal on November 27 to start her Ram-Roti march, Uma Bharti was at her symbolic best when she stood on top of an Ambassador car with her foot on its red beacon (symbol of power) to address the people.
- Uma Bharati Expelled From Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
On the eve of 13th anniversary of the demolition of the disputed structure in Ayodhya, one of the most vocal and prominent Hindutva leaders of the BJP, Ms Uma Bharati, was today expelled from the primary membership of the party for indiscipline and anti-p
- Message To Hm (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 06, 2005)
One hopes that at least the European Union's decision to impose ban persuades Hizbul Mujahideen to mend its ways. The powerful EU has added the HM to its list of terrorist organisations.
- Congress, Bjp In A Bind (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 06, 2005)
In one of his more perceptive comments, Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani had declared some time ago that he would be concerned if the Congress party were to disintegrate. In a similar vein, he had urged voters in the lead-up to an . . .
- Abdullahs Back Musharraf’S Self-Rule Proposal (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 06, 2005)
The opposition in the National Conference in held Jammu and Kashmir on Monday Praised President General Pervez Musharraf’s proposal for self rule.
- United States Has Praised '[Fresh Signals Of Determination' From India And Brazil On Their Readiness To Contribute To A Major Outcome In The Wto Doha Development Round (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
The United States has praised "fresh signals of determination" from India and Brazil on their readiness to contribute to a major outcome in the WTO Doha Development Round.
- Abdullah Asks Centre To Clarify On Self-Rule (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Dr Farooq Abdullah, former Chief Minister, today urged the Centre to clarify its stand on the proposal of the Pakistan President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, for “self-rule” in Kashmir.
- Wb Approves Over $27m For Ajk (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
The World Bank (WB) has approved a $27.153 million project to assist Azad Jammu and Kashmir government to restore vital economic and social infrastructure damaged or destroyed by the October-8 earthquake. The AJK-Community Infrastructure and . . .
- Sinister Stockpiles (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 06, 2005)
It has been known for quite some time that terrorist organisations like the Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) have used the devastation caused by the earthquake on October 8, 2005, to escalate infiltration . . .
- Foreign Contributions And Congress (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Dec 06, 2005)
With a defiant Mr Natwar Singh deciding to dig in and several key figures in the Iraq oil vouchers scam suddenly choosing to play their own little discordant notes, the Congress party's gameplan to make Mr Singh a scapegoat and insulate . . .
- India Opens Arms To Russian N-Aid (Hindustan Times, Yashwant Raj, Dec 06, 2005)
India has expressed its willingness to allow Russia to build additional reactors for the Kudankulam nuclear facility.
- Budget Strategy For 2006-07 — Consolidate, Optimise, Deliver (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 06, 2005)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, would do well to devote the 2006-07 Budget to the improvement and consolidation of the outcome of the initiatives and schemes already taken up and the restoration of the fiscal health, . . .
- India Willing To Consider Construction Of Reactors By Russia: Pm (Press Trust of India, Amitabh Roy Chowdhury, Dec 06, 2005)
Following the success of the Kudankulam project in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today conveyed New Delhi's willingness to consider construction of additional nuclear reactors by Russia in view of India's growing energy demand.
- Hint, Hint... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 06, 2005)
In removing K. Natwar Singh from the Congress Steering Committee(CSC), Sonia Gandhi has sent her clearest signal yet that she would want the scandal-tainted minister without portfolio to relinquish office.
- Where Is Mathrani? ‘The Country Is Being Sold And Criminals Are Being Protected’ : Nda (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 06, 2005)
Situation in New Delhi is serious. Taking strong exception to the whisking away of Indian Ambassador to Croatia Aniel Mathrani on his arrival at Delhi airport,
- Iran Not Interested In Talks With Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Says US intervention in nuclear talks complicated the issue
- Annan Ready To Fire Head Of Un Election Unit (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has decided to fire the head of the UN election unit, who has became a star in the world body for supervising polls in dangerous places like Afghanistan and Iraq, two UN officials said.
- Indo-Pak Peace Debates End (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Debating Society of Pakistan’s three-day India-Pakistan peace debates concluded at Government College University (GCU) on Sunday. The society had arranged three debates and three seminars as a peace gesture following similar debates in New Delhi . . .
- Policeman Killed, 11 Wounded In Kashmir Violence (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
An Indian policeman and four militants were killed on Sunday in grenade attacks and gun battles that also left 16 people wounded in revolt-hit Kashmir, the police said.
- Bjp, Uma May Part Ways (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 05, 2005)
Replies to notice; may soon announce formation of political outfit
The BJP is mine and the flag belongs to me
- Vote For Reform (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 05, 2005)
The results of the NSSO survey on household assets and liabilities in India should conclusively end the fierce academic debate on the impact of economic reforms.
- Part Of A Game Plan: Bhim Singh (Hindu, Luv Puri , Dec 05, 2005)
Foreign forces out to destabilise United Progressive Alliance Government
- Suspected Rebels Kill Six Sri Lanka Soldiers With Mine (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Dec 05, 2005)
Six soldiers were killed in a fragmentation mine attack by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka's war-torn north on Sunday, the military said -- the deadliest in a spate of attacks since a 2002 ceasefire.
- Six Lankan Soldiers Killed In Mine Blast (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Dec 05, 2005)
At least six Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and another seriously injured on Sunday morning when the vehicle they were traveling in was hit by a claymore mine on the Palaly-Jaffna main highway .....
- Measles Breaks Out In Pakistani Quake Camp (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Health authorities in northern Pakistan were racing to control an outbreak of measles at a camp for earthquake survivors on Sunday after a 10-month old baby died of the disease, a doctor said.
- Mission To Save Planet Is `Failing' (Hindu, Heather Stewart, Dec 05, 2005)
Sports stars join campaign for trade justice as report says governments are not doing enough to protect environment
- Why Uzbekistan And The U.S. Fell Out (Hindu, Vladimir Simonov, Dec 05, 2005)
The root cause is the attitude of the current U.S. administration, which regards its allies across the world as temporary props for pursuing American policy.
- Customer-Centric Approach By New Breed Of Financial Planners (Hindu, Oommen A. Ninan , Dec 05, 2005)
Goal of certification is to convert savers into investors
Organisers of financial planning are collaborating to unify the profession around accepted standards.
- Cameron Promises A Different Kind Of Politics (Hindu, Jackie Ashley , Dec 05, 2005)
David Cameron hopes to lead the Tories and his target is not Tony Blair but Gordon Brown.
- Behind Chennai's Music Season (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 05, 2005)
Chennai's annual music festival — led by the Music Academy, which was founded in 1928 following an inspired decision taken at the first All-India Music Conference held in South India — is among the world's largest entertainment extravaganzas devoted ....
- What Maniyappan’S Murder Told Us (Indian Express, P.M. KAMATH, Dec 05, 2005)
According to your news report, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee corrected National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan’s statement on Maniyappan’s murder (IE, November 29), since he was “misquoted”. The defence minister’s statement raises some questions.
- Uma Threatens War As Axe Dangles (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Dec 05, 2005)
Raisen (Madhya Pradesh), Dec. 4: Uma Bharti was today back at her blistering best, threatening to unleash a virtual Mahabharata in the Sangh parivar if she is thrown out of the BJP.
- No Access To A Q Khan For Iaea (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Pakistan has ruled out permission to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to directly interrogate A Q Khan in order to unravel the proliferation network led by him, claiming it has been co-operating with the UN nuclear watchdog’s investigations.
- Lanka Truce Takes A Hit As Army Vehicle Is Blown Up In The North (Indian Express, Simon Gardner, Dec 05, 2005)
Six soldiers were killed in a claymore fragmentation mine attack by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka’s war-torn north on Sunday, the military said.
- Bjp To Remain Tough In Parliament Over Volcker (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
BJP leaders today decided to adopt an aggressive posture in Parliament insisting on resignation of Natwar Singh from the Union Cabinet and Sonia Gandhi as Chairperson of the National Advisory Council over the Iraqi oil deals.
- Stamp Paper Racket Refuses To Be Stamped Out (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Dec 05, 2005)
The government restriction on the use of stamp papers is, ironically, proving fodder to an industry on the other side of law.
- The Architect Of An Idea Called Naya Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Sheikh Ghulam Rasool, Dec 05, 2005)
Today we remember a man who shaped the modern history of state and influenced Kashmiris for more than four decades.
- Sheikh Abdullah - Naik Or Khalnaik? (Greater Kashmir, Z. G. Muhammad, Dec 05, 2005)
Revered as a hero, abhorred as a villain what will history remember him as, Z. G. Muhammad profiles Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah
- Mirwaiz To Meet Musharraf In Makkah On Dec 7 (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is likely to meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of an extraordinary summit of Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) at the Holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia on December
- Shameful (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 05, 2005)
The government employees have ignored government instructions to donate one-day salary for the victims of Oct 8 quake that hit parts of north Kashmir.
- Let Top Gun Killed (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
In a blow to Lashkar-e-Taiyaba, its self-styled divisional commander for South Kashmir and his two associates were killed in Kachwan-Kokernag, 65 km from Srinagar, last night, a defence spokesman said today.
- A Year Of Precarious Peace (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Dec 05, 2005)
Since the beginning of this year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pervez Musharraf have met twice — once in New Delhi and then again in New York. Two rounds of the composite dialogue process are over.
- Advani To Act On Uma’S Reply Soon (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
The BJP today said party President L.K. Advani will act on suspended leader Uma Bharti’s reply to the show-cause notice in a couple of days.
- Hurriyat Keen To Discuss Options (Tribune, M.L. Kak, Dec 05, 2005)
Notwithstanding their support to the idea of self rule, to be preceded by demilitarisation, for resolving the Kashmir issue, leaders of All-Party Hurriyat Conference wish to make it clear that the “idea is not our baby.”
- Air Assault Kills Qaeda Top Plotter (Washington Times, Munir Ahmad, Dec 05, 2005)
One of al Qaeda's top five leaders, said to be responsible for planning overseas strikes, was killed by Pakistani security forces, with U.S. help, in a rocket attack near the Afghan border, American and Pakistani officials said yesterday.
- Taking Liberties With English (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Dec 05, 2005)
Every once in a while a political columnist suffers from what is known in the fourth estate as writer’s cramp’. This is more a mental than a physiological condition and describes his sudden inability to come up with a worthwhile subject on which . . .
- Air-India Eyes New Look, More Revenue (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
In the wake of emerging competition from foreign airlines, national carrier Air-India has tied up with renowned interior designers and fashion experts to give a new look to its aircraft interiors ....
- Haj Pilgrims To Pray For Peace In Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
"Hum Hindustan aur Pakistan may dosti aur Kashmir may aman key liye Mecca aur Madina may dua karangay (we will pray for friendship between India and Pakistan and peace in Kashmir valley in the holy cities of Mecca and Madina)" said the Haj pilgrims who bo
- The Sari And The Fan (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Dec 04, 2005)
Some time back, a burglar broke into the small flat I use as a workplace. Since then, I have wasted a lot of time speculating on what he made of the place.
- Kashmiris Protest Power Disruption (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Braving chilling cold waves, people took to streets in most of the towns in north Kashmir continuously on Saturday against the deteriorating power situation.
- Restructuring Of Oic Imperative: Musharraf (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Restructuring of the Organisation of Islamic Conference and adoption of a new charter was imperative for making the body an effective voice of the Islamic world and play its due role in the comity of nations, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today said
- Soura Fidayeen Died While Planning Attack On Radio Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
While eliminating five more cadres of Lashkar-e-Toiba in Kashmir valley today, Police and security forces have learned that the three Pakistani militants of the organisation, who were killed in Soura area the other day, had planned a high-profile suicide
- Information About N Scientist To Be Provided To Iaea Thru Govt Channels (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Pakistan has said information about any Pakistani nuclear scientist will be provided to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) through government of Pakistan.
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