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Articles 8821 through 8920 of 21681:
- Sweeping Myths (Times of India, AMIT CHAUDHURI, Apr 28, 2006)
Returning from a literary festival in Delhi, I was thinking to myself, on the plane, about what these festivals achieved.
- Achieve Eternal Premananda By Becoming A Gopi (Times of India, PARMARTHI RAINA, Apr 28, 2006)
An inspector-general of police in Lucknow recently dressed himself up as a gopi and danced about as one would in Krishna's rasa lila. People reacted with amusement, asto-nishment or shock. Some even declared the IGP crazy.
- Nasa Chief To Discuss ‘Moon Mission’ (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Apr 28, 2006)
The quality of India-US engagement is undergoing a never-before qualitative upgradation, which is quite clear from an upcoming chain of high-profile visits from American officials to India.
- N-Deal Will Be Passed By June: Former Us Ambassador (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Former US Ambassador to India Robert Blackwill today expressed the hope that Indo-US nuclear deal would be approved by Congress by June but said it appeared to be a "very ambitious target".
- Big Dad, Small Vision (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 27, 2006)
As India struggles to manage the historic political transition in Nepal and comes to terms with a collapsing peace process in Sri Lanka, two larger paradoxes confront its regional security strategy.
- India's Protest Ignored, Musharraf Lays Foundation For Dam (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 27, 2006)
It will inundate large parts of land in northern part of Jammu and Kashmir: New Delhi
The dam is part of our water policy: Pakistan
The $6.5-billion project is part of Gen. Musharraf's `2016 water vision'
- Hc To Punjab: Free 42 Pak Prisoners Who Have Served Term (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
A division Bench of acting Chief Justice H S Bedi and Justice R S Randhawa of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today ordered the repatriation of 42 Pakistani prisoners who are languishing in various jails of Punjab despite having served their sentence.
- Durand Line: Turning The Great Game On Its Head (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Apr 27, 2006)
As British and other Western troops pour into Afghanistan to assist the Hamid Karzai government defend itself against a resurgent Taliban and the al Qaida along the Durand Line, the Great Game is being turned on its head.
- India-Pak Agree To Finalise Draft On Reducing Nuke Risks (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
India and Pakistan have agreed to work for finalising the draft text of an agreement for reducing risks of nuclear accidents and reaffirmed their desire for further elaboration and implementation of nuclear Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs) within . . .
- Seeds Of Unrest (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 27, 2006)
India has been a target of terrorism, proxy war, insurgency and violence of all kinds since independence.
- Tiger Hunting Arm Sri Lanka, Get Prabhakaran (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 27, 2006)
Exactly a decade after their opening terror strike in Colombo - the first major bomb attack on the Sri Lankan capital was in the summer of 1996 - the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have announced resumption of warfare by attempting to blow up the . . .
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal Helps Non-Proliferation (Tribune, Selig S. Harrison, Apr 27, 2006)
Why should India, with a spotless non-proliferation record, be denied access to U.S. civilian nuclear technology for electricity, while China — which helped Pakistan and Iran in their efforts to acquire nuclear weapons — can have it?
- India, Pak Agree To Finalise Draft On Reducing Nuclear Risks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
India and Pakistan have agreed to work on finalising the draft text of an agreement to reduce risks of nuclear accidents and reaffirmed their desire for further elaboration and implementation of nuclear confidence-building measures (CBMs) within the . . .
- Pakhtuns Again Ignored In Cabinet Expansion (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 27, 2006)
THE expansion of the Federal Cabinet has been received with a sense of dismay in Balochistan as none of the newly inducted ministers or ministers of state represent Pakhtuns of the province. About half of the population in the province thus stands . . .
- Musharraf Opens Work On Diamer-Basha Dam (Daily Times, Ibrahim Shahid, Apr 27, 2006)
President says new dams crucial to producing cheap power
Royalties from Diamer-Basha to be divided between NAs, NWFP
Displaced to be resettled in nine ‘model villages’
- Pakistan, India Work Towards Pact To Avert N-Accident Risk (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Discuss draft text of agreement, to be finalised at next meeting
* Talks on nuclear CBMs conclude, talks on conventional CBMs today
- No First Strike, India Assures Pak (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
India on Wednesday assured Pakistan it would not be the first to use nuclear weapons in case of a conflict between the two neighbours - and that it was not engaged in an arms race.
- The More Things Change... (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 27, 2006)
IT IS difficult to read any great significance in Tuesday’s federal cabinet reshuffle except for the change in the information minister’s portfolio, which is said to have some political overtones.
- Lanka Burning... Again? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 27, 2006)
Is Sri Lanka heading back to war?
- Pakistan, India Expect Nuclear Safety Pact In July (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Nuclear powers Pakistan and India said on Wednesday they would finalise an agreement in July to reduce risks of nuclear accidents.
- Troubled Neighbourhood (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Apr 27, 2006)
A volatile neighbourhood will have serious implications for India’s quest for stability and economic progress
- Pakistan Plumps For Bollywood's Taj Mahal (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 27, 2006)
The Akbar Khan-directed movie, Taj Mahal, became the second Indian film to be released in Pakistan in 41 years when it premiered in Lahore on Wednesday. Hundreds of jubilant fans thronged the theatre.
- Nuclear Cbms: India, Pakistan Move Forward On Draft Pact (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 27, 2006)
Text of the draft agreement likely to be finalised during next round of dialogue
Aim of pact is to reduce risk from accidents relating to nuclear weapons
To notify each other immediately in the event of accidental, unauthorised or unexplained incident
- Criminal Negligence (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 27, 2006)
That anyone could survive three years with forceps lodged in the abdomen is nothing short of a miracle.
- Abdullah Haroon: A Leader And Philanthropist (Dawn, Prof Sharif al Mujahid, Apr 27, 2006)
Among the All India Muslim League’s second cadre leadership, Abdullah Haroon, though actively associated with the AIML for only five years (1937-42), stands high in its echelons.
- Cosmetic N-Accidents Talks (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 27, 2006)
Pakistan and India have held fourth round of expert level talks on nuclear confidence-building measures focusing mainly on the agreement to reduce risk of nuclear accidents. These form part of the composite dialogue process.
- Our Energy Needs (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 27, 2006)
MR Aziz’s address at the inaugural session of the three-day meeting of Pak-China Energy Forum at Islamabad on Tuesday underlined the urgent need to exploit the indigenous energy resources and tap friendly help to acquire . . .
- Ballot Beats Bullet (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 27, 2006)
There is a very interesting story doing the rounds in political circles these days. A representative of a section of the Pakistan media got in touch with a secessionist leader wanting to know his reaction about the polling in four Assembly . . .
- Nuclear Deal On Fission Course (Daily Excelsior, Atul Aneja , Apr 27, 2006)
It would appear that efforts made by the foreign secretary, Shyam Saran, at selling the civilian nuclear cooperation deal between India and the US during his recent visit to Washington have not been very successful in winning over the critics, both . . .
- “Growth Remains Robust” (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 27, 2006)
It is appreciated that the international financial community continues to praise Pakistan’s economic outlook.
- India Has Sold Its Nuclear Soul To The Us (Rediff on the Net, Brahma Chellaney , Apr 27, 2006)
The US waiver bill to give effect to the nuclear deal with India shows just how wide the gap is between what America promises and what it sets out to do.
- Bonded Labour (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 27, 2006)
IAF will attract more pilots if they are given job flexibility
- Us To Check Labour Abuse In Iran (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Apr 27, 2006)
The US military said on Tuesday that it had issued new orders to private contractors operating in Iraq to end widespread abuse of foreign labourers working at US bases and other sites.
- Indus Water Woes (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Apr 27, 2006)
Pakistan’s water worries should concern India. Both sides share the Indus and it is only if they join hands that its potential can be optimised with sustainability to combat the common peril of climate change.
- Hc Orders Release Of 46 Pak Prisoners (Tribune, Maneesh Chhibber, Apr 27, 2006)
In a major decision, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today ordered the immediate release of 46 prisoners hailing from Pakistan, including three minor children. Out of 46 prisoners , 42 are those who are languishing in various jails of Punjab despite . .
- Leader Article: Forgotten Minority (Times of India, YOGINDER SIKAND, Apr 27, 2006)
Of the roughly three million officially classified Hindu population of Pakistan, some 80 per cent are Dalits.
- Pakistan’S Mfn Blindspot (Indian Express, Amiti Sen, Apr 26, 2006)
The political games played by India and Pakistan have now spilled into the economic court.
- Dangerous Neighbourhood (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Apr 26, 2006)
That India lives in a rough and turbulent neighbourhood is not news. Even as we celebrate the triumph of people power in Nepal we are shocked by the latest manifestation of terrorism in Sri Lanka.
- On Nepal, Natwar Is Wrong (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 26, 2006)
Natwar Singh’s statement on India’s Nepal policy is reflective of a simplistic and naive view of politics in that country.
- India, Pakistan Begin Talks On Nuclear Cbms (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Tuesday began expert-level talks on nuclear and conventional Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) during which officials from both sides are expected to finalise a draft agreement on reducing risk of nuclear accidents and . . .
- Friendship Films (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 26, 2006)
Could ease tensions in other spheres
In the on-going thaw in relations between India and Pakistan, a major step forward is the easing of the ban on some Indian films across the border.
- Pakistan, India Begin Talks To Reduce Nuclear Risk (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Pakistan called for an end to an arms race with rival India as the nuclear-armed neighbours opened talks on Tuesday on reducing the risk of an accidental nuclear conflict.
- Talks Will Fall Apart, India Warns Eu, Us (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Apr 26, 2006)
Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath warned the US and the European Union, on Tuesday, that their repeated attempts to undermine what the ‘cardinal principles’ of the Doha negotiating mandate in agriculture, and market-opening for industrial goods,
- The Media And Defence Purchases (Deccan Herald, Raja Menon, Apr 26, 2006)
Many of the bright young people in journalism weren't around in the mid 1980s, when an artillery gun almost brought down a government. The details of the apparent scandal were that the General Staff Quantitative Requirements (GSQR) had been changed,
- Anees Ibrahim's Cook In Judicial Custody Till May (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Muhammed Jubraeel Khan, the man who claimed to have worked as Anees Ibrahim's cook in Karachi, was produced in a Delhi court on Tuesday and remanded to 14-day judicial custody.
- Benazir, Nawaz To Take On Musharraf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Meeting in London, two former prime ministers of Pakistan both in exile, launched what many of the Pakistanis here term as fight against Musharraf.
- Bush May Resort To Legislative Ploy (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Apr 26, 2006)
Speculation is rife in Washington DC that the Bush administration may have to resort to a legislative ploy to win Congressional approval for the nuclear deal with India.
- Enters Mughal-E-Azam (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 26, 2006)
The low-key screening of Mughal-e-Azam in Lahore last week-end may have come as a surprise.
- Disintegrating Empire (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 26, 2006)
The hold of the United States over Latin American countries has weakened considerably in recent years, says Noam Chomsky
- Terror On The Rise In Manipur (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 26, 2006)
With the arrival of Pakistan's ISI in the Northeast, insurgent groups have turned into terrorist outfits, more so in 'the land of jewels', says Anil Bhat
- Reshuffle In Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 26, 2006)
Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, high profile Information Minister of Pakistan who raised hackles in India following charges that he sheltered Kashmiri militants in the early 90's, has been divested of his portfolio in a minor re-shuffle of the Cabinet . . .
- India, Pakistan Discuss Draft For Nuclear Risk Reduction (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 26, 2006)
Legal, logistical issues need to be thrashed out: official
Talks going in the right direction
CBMs provide foundation to sustain composite dialogue: Pakistan Minister
- Who Is Afraid Of Peace With Pakistan? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Apr 26, 2006)
There is no dishonour in exploring the flexibility and leeway provided in the Constitution to satisfy the demand for self-governance in Kashmir.
- Just Released In Pakistan (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 26, 2006)
Almost five decades have elapsed since director K Asif perfected the lighting and the hundreds of intricate glass pieces in the Sheesh Mahal fascimile he recreated on the sets of a studio so that the movie viewer could see in technicolor glory a . . .
- New Thrust In Indo-Pak Relations (Daily Excelsior, MAHENDRA VED, Apr 26, 2006)
There were reports that Omar Sharif, is a standup a Pakistani comedian will be directing a Bollywood film. Next month, breaking barriers- political, commercial and psychological-Pakistani cinemas will show three Indian films, including the 1960 . . .
- Will The Nawaz-Bb ‘London Plan’ Fly? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 26, 2006)
After a two-hour meeting in London, Pakistan’s two exiled former prime ministers, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, issued a statement calling for the ouster of President General Pervez . . .
- Caving In On Siachen (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Apr 26, 2006)
In the editorial, "Sorry capitulation" (April 8), you have unmasked the mystery behind the UPA Government's plan to placate Pakistan in August when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is scheduled to meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.
- Factored Economics In Our Nepal Strategy? (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Apr 26, 2006)
As Indo-Nepal trade is growing fastest within Saarc, the crisis there has special . . .
- A Caretaker Set-Up (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 26, 2006)
AN acting government to oversee the general election due next year is good news in a country where the sanctity of the ballot paper is no part of the political culture.
- People Power (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 26, 2006)
Historically, the English Revolution of 1640 decided the outcomes of all future conflicts between kings and their people.
- Desperation Amidst Prosperity (Tribune, Balvinder, Apr 26, 2006)
A spate of suicides by quite a number of Punjab farmers has been reported of late.
At a recently held discussion on the agricultural crisis in Punjab, Mr H.K. Dua, Editor-in-Chief of The Tribune group of papers, who chaired the symposium, rightly expre
- Keeping The Beaches Clean (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 26, 2006)
IT IS rather tragic that about 300 school children who were due to participate in a beach-cleaning operation in Karachi on Saturday to commemorate Earth Day, were unable to do so because a city government squad demolished a camp set up by the . . .
- The Last Gasp Of A Monarch? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Apr 26, 2006)
IT has been at least 20 days since the people of Kathmandu took to the streets and — surprise, surprise — their revolt against a degenerate, autocratic and anachronistic monarchy remains unlabelled.
- Dispensation Of Timely Justice (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 26, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that speedy justice is the major demand of the common man and urged the legal fraternity to ensure dispensation of timely justice at grass-roots level.
- What Bb, Mns Should Pledge? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 26, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that speedy justice is the major demand of the common man and urged the legal fraternity to ensure dispensation of timely justice at grass-roots level. Addressing a gathering of lawyers at the ground-breaking . . .
- Cabinet Reshuffle (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 26, 2006)
THE long-awaited federal cabinet reshuffle took place yesterday as the President took oath of office from Senators Muhammad Ali Durrani, Saleem Saifullah Khan and Nilofar Bakhtiar, and Engineer Amir Muqam, Ms Sumaira Malik and Mr Zahid Hamid as . . .
- India's Stand On Nepal Criticised (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday criticised India's stand on Nepal. He said New Delhi should not be bothered whether there was democracy or not in that country. Instead, it should insist the Seven Party Alliance dissociating . . .
- Do Not Attack Iran (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Iran's announcement that it has enriched a minute amount of uranium has unleashed urgent calls for a preventive U.S. air strike by the same sources that earlier urged war on Iraq.
- ``I Saved Pakistan From Sinking '' (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 25, 2006)
Steps taken to project a soft image
- Lifting The Film (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 25, 2006)
Symbolic connections are always thrilling, and they become more so when layers of symbolism are uncovered. Perhaps that is part of the satisfaction generated by the screening of Mughal-e-Azam in Pakistan, where Indian films have been banned for years.
- Pakistan Damaged Kashmir Or Vice Versa? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 25, 2006)
Syed Salahuddin, the Islamabad-based leader of Hizbul Mujahideen, the Indian-held Kashmir-based freedom-fighting militia, has said that Pakistan has caused “irreparable damage” to the cause of Kashmiri fighters by pursuing peace with India without . . .
- Pakistan, India To Hold N-Talks Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
The fourth round of expert-level talks on nuclear confidence-building measures (CBMs) between Pakistan and India will begin in Islamabad today (Tuesday), the Foreign Office said.
- Pakistan Cool To Reel Diplomacy (Statesman, SANJAY SINGH, Apr 25, 2006)
As India takes the cinematic route to give a push to Indo-Pak ties, the Pakistan government appears cool to the peace effort.
- Shift Gears (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 25, 2006)
Recent exchanges between New Delhi and Islamabad about the Kishanganga hydro power project in Baramulla district are for the first time laced with optimism.
- Ministry Of External Affairs X-Rayed (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Apr 25, 2006)
The blame game has started in the ministry of external affairs for the blotched policy formulation on Nepal and Indo-US nuclear deal. On both the fronts New Delhi is left with little option to manoeuvre out of the difficult situation as Kathmandu . . .
- Pakistan To Propose Draft On Safe Seas (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 25, 2006)
Talks on CBMs to begin today
- Settling Siachen: Don’T Let The Solution Become A Bigger Future Problem (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Apr 25, 2006)
While a war has gone on at the world’s highest battlefield for 22 years almost to date, it has not changed the basic military position of India and Pakistan. In fact, Pakistan’s repeated attempts to dislodge the Indian Army from its posts on the . . .
- Benazir, Nawaz Unite Against Musharraf (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Rule out any deal with govt; demand free polls, release of political prisoners; ex-PMs may return together
- Pakistan Claims No Information On Laden (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Pakistan has no information on where Al-Qaeda Chief Osama bin Laden could be hiding, a cabinet minister said today.
- Pakistan Woos Indian Bpo Staff (Times of India, Hemali Chhapia, Apr 25, 2006)
In a sign of how ties between two hostile neighbours have eased, Indian BPO workers are being wooed by Pakistani firms who want to set up call centres in their country but do not have adequate managerial staff to train young employees.
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