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Articles 6621 through 6720 of 21681:
- State Government To Retain Services Of Daily Wage Workers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Government should withdraw circular issued by Chief Secretary B.K. Das: MLAs
The Karnataka State Government Daily Wage Workers/Employees' Federation had announced a protest in Bangalore
No dearth of funds to provide subsidy for seeds: . . .
- S. Asia Can Reduce Poverty: Wb (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
A World Bank report says South Asian countries can significantly reduce poverty in the next 10 years by increasing investment, improving labor quality and addressing gaps in income.
- India To Provide Flood Forecasting Data (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The two-day meeting of the Indus Waters Commission (IWC) between Pakistan and India concluded with signing record of the meeting here on Monday.
- Increased Funding From Adb Sought: Five Dams, Energy, Infrastructure (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The Asian Development Bank on Monday indicated to upscale its financing as Pakistan sought higher funding from it for five major dams, national highways, energy and trade corridor to meet its growing economic requirements and create regional connectivity.
- Waziristan: A Ceasefire Offer? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 27, 2006)
The news from turbulent Waziristan, if correct, will be widely welcomed. The militants who have kept the Pakistan Army embroiled in hostilities in the region have reportedly offered a ceasefire, though doubt has been cast on its credibility by the . . .
- Diverse Canvas Of The Land And Its People (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
A must for understanding the North-Eastern States of India
- Of Tigers And Tribals (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 27, 2006)
The prime minister’s task force that was established to find innovative ways to protect the Bengal tiger in its natural habitat has failed miserably.
- India Seeks Consular Access To 308 Nationals In Pak Jails (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
India has sought consular access to its 308 nationals lodged in Pakistani jails as Islamabad prepares to set free 240 of its fishermen on Friday.
- Suicide Bomber Kills Seven Pak Troops (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
A suicide car bomber rammed a Pakistani paramilitary checkpost on Monday, killing seven troopers in a tribal region where the Army has been fighting al-Qaeda and pro-Taliban militants for months, officials said.
- Probe Bmic Project: Mahima Patel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The Janata Dal (Secular) MLA has demanded an inquiry by the CBI
Statements
Various factors influenced selection of legislators for ministerial berths
M.P. Prakash should not have joined the Cabinet
- Karnataka Government To Retain Services Of Daily Wage Employees (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Mlas demand that the circular issued by the Chief Secretary be withdrawn
The Karnataka State Government Daily Wage Workers/Employees Federation had announced a protest in Bangalore
Members in Assembly were sore that the daily wagers were not . . .
- Stirring The Hudood Pot (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 27, 2006)
A Pakistani TV show has sparked a debate on the contraversial Hudood ordiances.
Participants in the TV programme were united in making recommendations for amendments
Contrastingly, the ruling MMA will not support even amendments to the Hudood laws
- Islamic Groups In Pak To Launch Anti-Musharraf Campaign (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Islamic groups in Pakistan today announced the launching of an anti-Musharraf public mobilisation campaign from next month.
- Australia Reaffirms Indonesian Sovereignty Over Papua (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 27, 2006)
Australia’s leader today said he supported Indonesian sovereignty over troubled Papua province, after meeting the country’s President for the first time since ties plummeted over Canberra’s decision to accept refugees from the troubled region.
- Mittal Deal Faces Threat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
In a development that could stir up trouble for the Arcelor-Mittal deal, Russia’s Severstal has announced it would improve its bid for the Luxembourg-based steel giant, whose Board on Sunday dumped it for a tie-up with Mittal.
- Reunion After 40 Years, Thanks To Soft Loc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
There have been numerous stories of reunion of divided families ever since the Line of Control was softened. But this one is special.
- India Will Help Pak On Water Flow (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The Indian government will transmit advanced information to Pakistan regarding river flows during flood season commencing from July 1, 2006 .
- Top Us Senator Vows To Scuttle N-Deal (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
A senior United States senator has vowed to do everything he can to scuttle the legislation on the India-US nuclear deal when it is brought to the Senate floor.
- Poverty Declines In Pakistan: Wb Report (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Jun 27, 2006)
The World Bank report on “Economic Growth in South Asia” says that with the resumption of high growth, poverty is again declining rapidly in Pakistan.
- Truce In Fata? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 27, 2006)
A day after militants announced a month-long ceasefire in North Waziristan, a suspected car bomber killed at least six soldiers in the agency's capital, Miramshah, on Monday. What is one to make of all of this?
- Shaukat For Realistic, Pragmatic Approach In Foreign Policy (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Jun 27, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that foreign policy is the extension of domestic policies and our diplomats should make concerted and sustained efforts to leverage the successes of our economic, political and social policies achieved during . . .
- 4 Indian And Pakistani Journalists Killed In 2006 (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Jun 27, 2006)
Four Indian and Pakistani journalists have been killed in the first six months of 2006 and national and international media organisations have condemned the Indian and Pakistani governments for their deaths.
- India Not To Cut Troops In Ihk (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 27, 2006)
Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee has outrightly rejected a call by Pakistan for troops cut in Occupied Kashmir, taking refuge behind the oft-repeated excuse that it was not possible in the face of growing violence and cross-LoC infiltration.
- Hyderabad Nazim Forms Body To Probe Nazims’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Leaders of political and nationalist parties and elected representatives belonging to the opposition on Monday staged a protest rally against the district Nazim and throwing out of the district council hall and manhandling of PPP-backed members.
- Economic Task (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 27, 2006)
Both the prime minister and the president, of late, have spoken on the need to attract foreign investment into the country to sustain the current rate of economic growth. Foreign direct investment is said to have significantly increased during . . .
- Alarming Rise In Drug Addiction (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 27, 2006)
Drug addiction in Peshawar and other major cities in the country is on the rise as a result of influx of the heroin, hashish and other drugs from Afghanistan, where poppy production has registered unprecedented increase since US occupation of the . . .
- Geelani Urges Musharraf To Rethink Kashmir Policy (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani today asked Pakistan to change its policy on Kashmir as “the ongoing dialogue process between India and Pakistan has proved to be a futile exercise.”
- Maleeha Lodhi May Join Un Chief Race (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jun 27, 2006)
Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf is likely to field former journalist Maleeha Lodhi, now Pakistan’s high commissioner to London, as his government’s candidate for the post of United Nations Secretary-General.
- India, China Begin 8th Round Of Boundary Talks (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
India and China opened the eighth round of boundary talks in Beijing on Monday to find a political settlement to the vexed dispute.
- Consular Cousins (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 27, 2006)
Thirteen years after the Pakistan consulate shut down in Mumbai following the demolition of Babri masjid, it will soon be back in business.
- Us House, Senate Panels To Vote On Indo-Us N-Deal (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jun 27, 2006)
The US’ House of Representatives Committee on International Relations and the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs will vote on the India-US nuclear deal on June 27 and 28, respectively.
- Army Chief Convenes High-Level Meeting On Kashmir (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Taking serious note of an increase in infiltration by pro-Pakistan militants into Jammu and Kashmir, Army chief Gen J J Singh will chair a high-level meeting here on Wednesday to frame a strategy to counter the menace.
- Planned, Not Sporadic (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 27, 2006)
Seldom does a day pass without a terrorist attack reported from Jammu and Kashmir.
- Danger Signs (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Jun 27, 2006)
American and EU forces must stay in Afghanistan to counter extremism and help the government of President Hamid Karzai to forge security which is a prerequisite for state-building and human development.
- Indians In Pak Jails: Consular Access Sought (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
India has sought consular access to its 308 nationals lodged in Pakistani jails as Islamabad prepares to set free 240 of its fishermen on Friday.
- Basmati Row: Pak To Challenge India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Pakistan has decided to challenge India's move to register 'super' basmati rice as its national trademark on the world market, a media report here said.
- Parched Pakistan Feuds Over $18 Bln Dam Projects (Reuters, SIMON CAMERON-MOORE, Jun 27, 2006)
High above the Indus river, straight white lines painted on the chaparral-covered hillsides mark the site of an ambitious, $7 billion dam project.
- Test Of Will (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 26, 2006)
It's not so much that Afghanistan is a success and Iraq a failure in taking on the forces of global jehad, but rather that the failure in Iraq is causing Afghanistan itself to unravel.
- Indians In Afghanistan Asked To Be In Touch With Embassy (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
India has asked all its nationals working in Afghanistan to be in constant touch with the Indian embassy in Kabul and also demand security from the private enterprises they are employed with.
- Five Militants, Soldier Killed In 4 Operations (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Even as suspected militants have gunned down a Jammu & Kashmir Police personnel in Dadsar village of Tral and a soldier of Rashtriya Rifles has died in a gunbattle in Kulgam, Police and security forces have killed five militants in four separate . . .
- Politics Spoiling Tryst With Sikh Destiny (Tribune, Maj Gen (retd) Himmat Singh Gill, Jun 26, 2006)
THE quad-centennial martyrdom anniversary of Sri Guru Arjan Devji and all the commemorative events connected with it will soon pass into history.
- Talks Failure — Again (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 26, 2006)
The inconclusive end of the two-day secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan on Wullar barrage or Tulbul Navigation Project on Friday is disappointing.
- Pak Militants Offer Truce (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Pro-Taliban militants today announced a month-long ceasefire in a Pakistani region on the Afghan border to give tribal elders a chance to broker a settlement after months of fierce fighting.
- Aphc Urges India To Stop Human Rights Violations In Ihk (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has asked India to stop Human Rights violations across the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Sufi Saints And Culture (News International, Prof Khwaja Masud, Jun 26, 2006)
One castle and a hundred doors, and window numberless
- What A Shame (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 26, 2006)
No economic facts or figures, no government promises or opposition’s protests against the uniform or any other issue can make a difference to the likes of Sakina, the wife of a poor labourer of Dir district in NWFP.
- Shujaat Briefs Musharraf On Dissidents’ Lett (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
PML President Ch Shujaat Hussain has completed his inquiry about the letter written by some parliamentarians against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and has also taken President Pervez Musharraf into confidence in this regard, sources in the ruling . . .
- Militants Announce Ceasefire In N Waziristan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Pro-Taliban militants announced a month-long ceasefire in North Waziristan on Sunday to give tribal elders a chance to broker a settlement after months of fierce fighting in the tribal agency bordering Afghanistan.
- India Rejects Kashmir Demilitarisation (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
India’s Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjeeon Sunday rejected a call by Pakistan for troop cuts in Kashmir to push forward a slow-moving peace process, citing a recent spiral of violence in the region.
- Pakistan’S Energy Needs (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 26, 2006)
Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam has said that energy talks between Pakistan and United States will begin in Washington today and that Pakistan will raise the issue of its energy needs with emphasis on equal treatment with India on account . . .
- Unbearable Lightness Of Being Corrupt (News International, Khusro Mumtaz, Jun 26, 2006)
Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country”
- Cdwp Urges Govt To Take Up Pollution Issue With India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Local experts say Indian power plants along border causing dense winter fog in Lahore
- Qazi Hussain Ahmad Versus Mqm (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 26, 2006)
At an all-parties conference (APC) called by the Jamaat-e-Islami, a joint resolution has demanded that the government drag Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain back to the country . . .
- Briefly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
A group of people from Nagaral village in Chikkodi taluk and from Chikkodi town allegedly killed two persons over a property dispute on Friday.
- Last Chance Saloon For World Trade (Hindu, Heather Stewart, Jun 26, 2006)
The future of the WTO is in the balance unless nations rich and poor reach a deal soon.
- U.S., Pakistan Talks On Energy (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 26, 2006)
Islamabad for civilian nuclear pact
- Non-State Actors In International Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, B Raman, Jun 26, 2006)
Counter-terrorism agencies are facing a new strategic threat to which they do not have a response and they are unlikely to have a satisfactory response in the short and medium terms.
- Rajnath Singh Criticises Upa's `Minority Appeasement' Policy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Criticises decision to allocate 15 per cent of welfare scheme funds for minorities
BJP demands `White Paper' on the country's economy
'Some influential persons are involved in the War Room leak case'
- Neighbour Trouble (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, Jun 26, 2006)
Recent developments in Nepal and Sri Lanka are danger signals to India’s security. First, both the neighbouring States are in effect India’s security outposts. Secondly, internecine violence and domestic unrest in the countries are threatening to . . .
- What The Rebels Think Today (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 26, 2006)
The Battle for Bastar Ramachandra Guha Part I: Revolutionaries This is the first part of a four-part article
- India Rules Out Troop Reduction In J-K (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
India today ruled out any reduction of troops in Jammu and Kashmir in the present situation, a day after Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf sought "demilitarisation" in the State.
- India, Pak Need To Cut Down On Defence: Pak Minister (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
India and Pakistan should simultaneously reduce their defence budgets, relax visa regimes and open up borders for tourism so as to promote friendly ties and develop their economies, Pakistani Tourism Minister Nilofar Bakhtiar said here.
- India Drug Trafficking Hub (Daily Excelsior, Jyotsna Pandit, Jun 26, 2006)
If the report of International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), is to be believed, India is turning out to be the hub of international drug trafficking.
- The Death Of Innocent Visitors (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 26, 2006)
How difficult and heartchurning it is to see the violent death of own child in front of you and still you are unable to do anything positive.
- India Votes For Shashi Tharoor (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Jun 26, 2006)
If the election of the UN Secretary General were to be held in India today, Shashi Tharoor would win by acclamation.
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil (OutLook, B. Raman , Jun 26, 2006)
While it is gratifying to see India focus on the positive and play down the negative in its dealings with China, but in its keenness, it seems prepared to forget what happened to it in the past. The Chinese are not.
- No One Cares! (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 26, 2006)
No one seems interested in helping Saiqa Ghulam Nabi, a resident of Kana Mohri tehsil, to expedite her father’s release from a jail in Saudi Arabia.
- Indo-Pak Move To ‘Save’ Dialogue (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Two top diplomats of India and Pakistan, Satinder K. Lambah and Tariq Aziz, are meeting back channel in Abu Dhabi to "save" the bilateral composite dialogue process, a prominent Pakistani newspaper said.
- Drugs Don't Really Work (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Jun 26, 2006)
More than legislation, what Government needs to check drug peddling is political will, says Joginder Singh.
- Map Of Human Intelligence (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Jun 26, 2006)
Technology is as good as the minds using it; if terrorists try to deploy it to their advantage, it can also be used to beat . . .
- ‘India, Pak Should Cut Defence Budget’ (Asian Age, Anil K. Joseph, Jun 26, 2006)
India and Pakistan should simultaneously reduce their defence budgets, relax visa regimes and open up borders for tourism so as to promote friendly ties and develop their economies, Pakistan tourism minister Nilofar Bakhtiar said here.
- National Security Redefined (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jun 26, 2006)
IN an earlier article on the subject of national security, I suggested that we must implement a comprehensive national security policy taking into account its military, economic, diplomatic and internal dimensions in an optimum mix, rather . . .
- Education: Lopsided Emphasis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 26, 2006)
The Higher Education Commission might be serious about its plan to increase the number of doctoral graduates who have earned their degrees in Pakistan to 1,500 a year.
- Dealing With Human Traffickers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 26, 2006)
It is difficult to understand why the police in Islamabad did not register a case against the truck drivers who were apprehended bringing 60 children from Sargodha to Islamabad last week for trafficking.
- India, China Begin Eighth Round Of Boundary Talks (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
India and China opened the eighth round of boundary talks here today to find a political settlement to the vexed dispute.
- Need For A Policy Re-Think (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 26, 2006)
The landmark decision of the Supreme Court annulling the privatisation of Pakistan Steel Mills provides the government much-needed pause to re-think its privatisation policy.
- India Says No To Demilitarisation (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
India’s defence minister on Sunday rejected a call by Pakistan for troop cuts in Kashmir to push forward a slow-moving peace process, citing a recent spiral of violence in the region.
- British Media Seek New Readers On U.S. Shores (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
When Americans talk about the British Invasion, they often mean the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
- Karachi City Budget (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 25, 2006)
The Karachi city budget announced by nazim Mustafa Kamal is the first budget presented by the Haq Parast panel which came into office following the local bodies elections last year.
- Arrest Altaf, Dismiss Sindh Govt: Apc (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Qazi says MQM ‘biggest land mafia in country’
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