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Articles 3021 through 3120 of 21681:
- Govt Hopes To Pass Women’S Bill Today (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Sep 11, 2006)
Niazi opposes changes in bill approved by select committee
Ulema committee meeting still not held
- From Tragedy To Disaster (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 11, 2006)
Five years after the Al Qaeda’s spectacular attack on the United States, the ensuing “war on terror” has gone badly wrong.
- Power Crisis & Response (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
THE Asian Development Bank has offered $1.45 billion over the next three to five years for upgrading power transmission and distribution networks that would, hopefully, help provide uninterrupted electricity supply, cut abnormal line losses . . .
- India Is Too Modest About How It Can Play A Global Role As The World’S Largest Democracy’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 11, 2006)
Hello and welcome to Walk the Talk. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, it’s a special privilege to have you on Walk the Talk, a rare appearance on Indian television.
- 'Laden Not Captured Because Pak Does Not Allow Hot Pursuit' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Osama bin Laden is hiding in Pakistan and he has not been caught because Pakistan does not allow hot pursuit of terrorists, a senior Afghanistan official has said.
- The One And The Many (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 11, 2006)
Amartya Sen writes in Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny, “a Bangladeshi Muslim is not only a Muslim but also a Bengali and a Bangladeshi, typically quite proud of the Bengali language, literature and music, not to mention the other . . .
- Day Of Terror - A Grisly Reminiscence (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 11, 2006)
Exactly five years back, September 11, 2001 acquired historical significance as this day got christened as a Day of Terror.
- Army In 21st Century (Daily Excelsior, General (Retd) V. P. Malik, Sep 11, 2006)
For the first time in decades, no convincing reason can be given for a global armed conflict among the major nations of the world.
- Azad: Self-Rule, Demilitarisation Are Nothing But A Stunt (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
People's Democratic Party is likely to nominate Tariq Hameed Qarra as the State's new Deputy Chief Minister even as Abdul Aziz Zargar is likely to continue as Legislature Party leader.
- Iranian Jews Sue Former President In Us; Allege Kidnappings (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
A group of Jewish Iranians who say their missing relatives were kidnapped and tortured by the Iranian government have sued the country's former president, delivering the summons to him directly while he was visiting the United States.
- Hudood Changes A Test For Musharraf (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 11, 2006)
Opposition, sections in ruling party against amendments
- Preoccupation With N-Deal Hampered Us Efforts (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 11, 2006)
US preoccupation with a civilian nuclear deal with India has detracted from Washington's effort to improve ties between India and Pakistan, according to a South Asia analyst in Washington.
- Developing Nations Summit Gathers U.S. Foes In Cuba (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement of 116 developing nations will meet in Cuba this week for a summit that will gather some of the United States' fiercest critics just 90 miles (145 km) offshore.
- 5 Militants Killed In Encounters (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Five militants, including three Pakistanis, a security personnel and two civilians were killed while troops rescued two persons taken hostage by an ultra in Jammu and Kashmir during the past 24 hours, a police spokesman said today.
- Don't Fall Into Terror Trap: Pakistan Newspaper (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 11, 2006)
"Communalism continues to pose a challenge to secular India"
- Terror Camps Continue To Run In Pak: Herald (Yahoo! News, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Contrary to claims by Islamabad, training camps of various militant groups continue to be run in different parts of Pakistan with militants attempting to infiltrate into India through the Line of Control (LoC).
- One Fine September Day (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 10, 2006)
There’s more to 9/11 than the collapse of the Twin Towers and the beginning of the ‘war against terror.’ Here’s a list of all that has happened on this day.
- Upa Soft On Terrorism: Bjp (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
With the Malegaon blasts sending shockwaves across the country, the BJP today sought to put the ruling UPA in the dock accusing the Congress-led coalition of being soft on terrorism due to its votebank politics and appeasement tactics.
- Matter Of Stomach (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 10, 2006)
Invariably a good phrase conveys a lot. It can enrich one's mind. It may test one's thinking faculties.
- Pakistan Risks Creating Safe Haven For Al-Qaeda, Taliban (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Five years after President Pervez Musharraf bowed to US pressure to withdraw support for the Taliban in Afghanistan, his government has signed a peace deal with Pakistani Taliban.
- India’S Communal Instability Worries Pakistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 10, 2006)
Three bomb attacks in the textile town of Malegaon in Maharashtra, India, have killed 37 people and injured nearly 150, all of them Muslims.
- India For Rendering Borders Irrelevant (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Observing that economically flourishing India is a "great opportunity" and not a threat to neighbours, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran today said New Delhi favours increased connectivity to render borders irrelevant and a number of proposals have been . . .
- Pakistan To Send Troops To Lebanon (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Aziz says troops will clear landmines, cluster bombs
Decision made at request of Lebanon govt
- Curriculum With Emphasis On S&t (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 10, 2006)
Federal Minister for Education Javed Ashraf Qazi has said that the revised educational curriculum with emphasis on science and technology related contents would be notified within weeks.
- Muslims Must Rebut Charges (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 10, 2006)
Hossain Miya, a prosperous Muslim villager in Manik Bandopadhyay's novel, Padma Nadir Majhi, which the Kolkata theatre group, Pratikriti, staged last week, promises beleaguered Hindu fishermen refuge on his island where there is neither masjid nor . . .
- Rain Emergency In Hyderabad (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
All kind of train service between Hyderabad and Karachi has been suspended due to damage to rail track at the site of washed away bridge at Ranpathani .
- Uk Is Willing To Talk To Mullah Omar (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Sep 10, 2006)
Only days after Pakistan brokered a deal with the local Taliban in the tribal areas, the United Kingdom has shown interest to talk to former Afghanistan ruler Mullah Omar to achieve peace.
- Musharraf Explains Pak Position Well (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf is now back home after a short, crisp and highly productive visit to the neighbouring Afghanistan.
- Carnage At Indian Mosque (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 10, 2006)
What some observers of the Indian scene had dreaded for long finally came to pass on Friday: terrorists struck at a mosque, killing at least 37 people and injuring over 100.
- After The Rains In Sindh (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 10, 2006)
Friday's heavy rains in Hyderabad and parts of Sindh wreaked their usual havoc on an already dilapidated infrastructure as 10 people were reported dead and thousands marooned.
- Nawab Akbar Bugti As I Knew Him (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Sep 10, 2006)
“At once insanely proud and filled with hatred, omniscient and doubting everything, cold and violently passionate, contemptuous and self abasing, tormented and detached, surrounded by devoted followers...
- India An Opportunity, Not A Threat, To Neighbours: Saran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Describing the country's borders as "arteries of commerce, exchange and movement of people," Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on Saturday said the message India wanted to send to its neighbours was that it represented an economic opportunity for them . . .
- A Q Khan Goes Under Scalpel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
A Q Khan, the father of Pakistan's nuclear programme who confessed to having led a clandestine proliferation network, was on Saturday successfully operated on for prostate cancer at a hospital here.
- Health & Edn Schemes Of Karnataka Enthuse Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
President APJ Abdul Kalam has favoured legislative backing for Karnataka’s innovative programmes in the field of primary education and health such as mid-day meal scheme, Yashasvini etc to make them permanent features.
- Pak Nabs Key Jaish Militant (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Pakistani security forces arrested today an Islamist militant suspect who is wanted for several attacks and smuggling explosives used in bombings in the country’s biggest city, a security force spokesman said.
- Liberal View Needs To Be Less Fanatic (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 10, 2006)
An unintended consequence of last week's Al Jazeera telecast of archival footage of a beatific Osama bin Laden blessing some of the 9/11 hijackers is the abrupt death of the strange theory that the attack on Manhattan's twin towers five years ago . . .
- Only Through Dialogue (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 10, 2006)
I HAD the privilege of meeting Akbar Khan Bugti, the slain Baloch leader, after the birth of Bangladesh and before the Shimla conference. My main purpose of visit to Pakistan was to interview Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, then
- An Indiaphile’S Files On India (Indian Express, Jayaditya Gupta, Sep 10, 2006)
His second stint in Washington has allowed Ed Luce the proximity and objectivity to observe the changes in American society, and the world at large, post-9/11.
- The New Age Of Anxiety (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Sep 10, 2006)
The meaning of the destructive atrocity known as 9/11 is now being defined, not by the event itself, but by the chain of consequences it has unleashed.
- Nato Struggles To Tame Taliban (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Almost a week into its biggest offensive against the Taliban, Nato says it has cornered a large group of fighters and killed about 300, but still needs more troops and aircraft to finish the job.
- Warrants Out Against Bhutto, Asif (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
District and sessions judge Islamabad Rafi-uz-Zaman on Thursday issued non-bailable warrants of arrest for former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari in the assets declaration case, an official of National Accountability . . .
- Malegaon Clouds Parivartan Rally; Bjp: Why Doesn't The Terror Stop? (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 09, 2006)
The serial blasts in Malegoan killing scores of people became the focal point of the BJP's historical Parivartan Rally at the city's Parade Ground on Friday evening. "Terrorist acts are being frequently executed in Malegoan. Why so? Can't the . . .
- Muslims Must Rebut Charges (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 09, 2006)
Hossain Miya, a prosperous Muslim villager in Manik Bandopadhyay's novel, Padma Nadir Majhi, which the Kolkata theatre group, Pratikriti, staged last week, promises beleaguered Hindu fishermen refuge on his island where there is neither masjid nor mandir.
- Vajpayee Slams Upa On Terrorism (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Giving a call to oust the Congress government in Uttaranchal, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today attacked the UPA government for its inability to tackle terrorism, saying that while talking with Islamabad, the Centre should intensify . . .
- Malegaon: The Road To Perdition (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 09, 2006)
Islamist violence has scarred much of India, but the Malegaon bombings were preceded by a series of Hindutva terrorist attacks on mosques.
- Sri Lanka Distances Itself From Minister's Charge (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 09, 2006)
His views on Nirupama Rao's conduct do not reflect Government's views"
- Indian Hand In Baloch Unrest, Says Pakistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 09, 2006)
At least five persons were killed and several injured in a bomb explosion on Friday in Pakistan's Balochistan province. In the capital, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammed Ali Durrani once again insinuated an Indian hand in the . . .
- One Fine September Day (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 09, 2006)
There’s more to 9/11 than the collapse of the Twin Towers and the beginning of the ‘war against terror.’ Here’s a list of all that has happened on this day.
- ‘Pak Stand To Decide Course Of Talks’ (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Sep 09, 2006)
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran today confirmed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf would be meeting on the sidelines of the NAM summit in Cuba which will take place on September 15-16.
- Comic Relief: Of Skimpy Clothes & All Things Indian (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Popular Pakistani comedian Umer Sharif has blamed “a few women from India” for the plunging necklines and skimpy outfits flaunted by models and actors in this country.
- History Of Decolonization (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Sep 09, 2006)
History has an uncanny knack of repeating itself. For the sake of the Pakistani people I hope, though, that this will not be so this time over. Given the high-handedness of Gen.
- Sc To Hear 3 Jharkhand Mlas’ Petition On Monday .... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a petition filed by three Jharkhand MLAs seeking to restrain Speaker Inder Singh Namdhari from proceeding with the petitions pending against them seeking their disqualification.
- Us Trade Chief Heads To Brazil To Boost Wto (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
US Trade Representative Susan Schwab said she would try to breathe new life into the embattled WTO at a meeting of developing countries in Brazil this weekend.
- Address Issue Of Terrorism For Peace (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Ahead of the meeting of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with President Pervez Musharraf in Havana next week, India today made it clear that unless the issue of terrorism is addressed in a "substantive way" by Pakistan, it would be difficult to . . .
- Us Watching Pakistan’S Deal With Militants: Bush (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
US president says he doesn’t know all details of agreement with Taliban
Hopes to see Musharraf ‘pretty soon’
- Waziristan Remains A Simmering Embarrassment (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 09, 2006)
While the government has international support for its military operations in Waziristan, opinion abroad differs over whether these forays against Al Qaeda have been terribly effective.
- India-Pakistan Peace Process On ‘Life Support’, Needs Revival (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Sep 09, 2006)
The India-Pakistan peace process, which has been on “life support” for some time, needs to be revived, three leading South Asia experts suggested here on Friday.
- Torrential Rains Wreak Havoc On Sindh (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
At least ten people lost their lives as swirling floodwaters inundated several cities and towns in Sindh amid driving rain, causing the civil administration to swiftly deploy military helicopters and boats to help thousands of marooned people.
- Blast Near Us Embassy In Kabul (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The driver of a car packed with explosives rammed into a US military convoy in Kabul on Friday, killing himself and at least 16 others, including two American soldiers.
- The New Age Of Anxiety (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Sep 09, 2006)
The meaning of the destructive atrocity known as 9/11 is now being defined, not by the event itself, but by the chain of consequences it has unleashed.
- Resignation Threats (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 09, 2006)
The Mutahidda Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), the right-wing alliance of religious political parties, has been threatening to resign from the assemblies on one pretext or the other.
- Women's Bill Farce (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 09, 2006)
The government's attempt to get the Women's Protection Bill passed in parliament, in an effort to undo some of the terribly damaging effects of the infamous Hudood ordinances, seems to have descended into a farce.
- Balochistan After Bugti (Dawn, Sherry Rehman, Sep 09, 2006)
History and nature have one thing in common. They rarely teach lessons without bloodshed and trauma. Although we have never officially embraced it as a potentially preventable wound, one of the lessons etched like a deep scar on our body politic . . .
- Musharraf Explains Pak Position Well (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 09, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf is now back home after a short, crisp and highly productive visit to the neighbouring Afghanistan.
- Curriculum With Emphasis On S&t (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 09, 2006)
Federal Minister for Education Javed Ashraf Qazi has said that the revised educational curriculum with emphasis on science and technology related contents would be notified within weeks.
- Rain Emergency In Hyderabad (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 09, 2006)
All kind of train service between Hyderabad and Karachi has been suspended due to damage to rail track at the site of washed away bridge at Ranpathani .
- Meeting Of Minds In Kabul (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 09, 2006)
Commonality of interests and a shared threat perception are reason enough for Islamabad and Kabul to bury the hatchet and start afresh.
- When Will Kcr Be Revived? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 09, 2006)
EVER so often, one hears of some high-ranking official discussing the revival of the Karachi Circular Railway. Invariably, promises are made about it being made functional soon and the matter is then forgotten — until it is brought up again.
- Battle Of The Budget (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Sep 09, 2006)
Once upon a time, the country's budget used to be presented once a year and you know where you stood in relation to prices controlled by its contents. Now we have a supplementary budget every now and then (it's called a mini budget, though . . .
- Saving Water (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 09, 2006)
Pakistan suffers severely from a number of chronic water problems.
- Some Indian Views On Balochistan (News International, Praful Bidwai, Sep 09, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- A Shield For Radicalists (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 09, 2006)
While announcing his decision to move the Srinagar sex scandal case to Chandigarh because no lawyer in the state of Jammu & Kashmir was prepared to defend the suspects.
- 3 Killed, 14 Hurt In Baluchistan Blast (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The situation in Baluchistan continues to remain unstable and unpredictable, 13 days after the killing of senior Baluch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.
- Another Case Registered Against Absconding ‘Baba’ (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Sep 09, 2006)
The absconding baba of Kar Seva Wale, Amrik Singh, got into more trouble today when the Patiala police found documents pertaining to the purchase of prime land in parts of Punjab and bank accounts in the name of the culprits.
- Fit For A Nobel Peace Prize (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 09, 2006)
Pakistan, India and Bangladesh face similar problems: the upsurge of religious fanaticism (kattarpan) which often turns to violence against people of other faiths.
- Nato Struggles To Tame Taliban (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Almost a week into its biggest offensive against the Taliban, Nato says it has cornered a large group of fighters and killed about 300, but still needs more troops and aircraft to finish the job.
- General & Gentleman Set Up Date (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Delhi has raised the stakes in the Prime Minister’s upcoming one-to-one with the Pakistan President in Havana, saying its outcome would decide if the composite dialogue can resume.
- An Indiaphile’S Files On India (Indian Express, Jayaditya Gupta, Sep 09, 2006)
His second stint in Washington has allowed Ed Luce the proximity and objectivity to observe the changes in American society, and the world at large, post-9/11. It has also lent him the distance, of time and space, to better explain his book, In . . .
- Indian Envoy Under Attack In Sri Lanka Earns Praise (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Sri Lankan leaders Friday rallied to the defence of Indian High Commissioner Nirupama Rao, denouncing a minister who had accused her of interfering in the island's internal affairs.
- The Path To Sanity (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 09, 2006)
The fictional Hossain Miya’s promise of an island without either masjid or mandir in Manik Bandopadhyay’s Padma Nadir Majhi — which the theatre group, Pratikriti, staged with great verve last Sunday — should have a special resonance for his . . . .
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