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Articles 13021 through 13120 of 21681:
- Tight Security In Hyderabad (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 05, 2006)
For Pravasi Bharatiya Divas and AICC plenary session
Manmohan, a large number of NRIs, Central Ministers and leading personalities taking part in the events
Police asked to implement "foolproof" but unobtrusive security plan
- Pak Seeks Early Kashmir Settlement (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has underscored the need of an “early settlement of the Kashmir issue,’’ and said his country wants to live in peace with neighbouring India.
- Un Envoy Hails Safta Agreement As Boon For Ldcs (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Jan 05, 2006)
The UN envoy for the world's vulnerable nations, Anwarul K Chowdhury, has hailed the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement as a boon for the region's four Least Developed Countries (LDCs)- Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives and Nepal.
- Wooing Gilgit (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 05, 2006)
What is the pre-requisite to peace and stability in the part of Jammu and Kashmir which Pakistan directly administers in the name of the Northern Areas?
- Safta Comes Into Force (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Jan 05, 2006)
With the onset of new year, the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) was set into motion.
- Vajpayee's Equivocation (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jan 05, 2006)
A temple to Ram at Ayodhya might have eluded Lal Krishna Advani while he headed the party, but in his last days as president he caught a glimpse of the Ramayan through the mouth of Atal Behari Vajpayee.
- Pak For Police Deployment On Loc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Pakistan has suggested to India that both countries should pull back troops from the LoC to demilitarise the region and hand it over to police.
- Iran Trying To Make Nuke Missile: Report (Deccan Herald, Ian Cobain, Jan 05, 2006)
The leak of the intelligence report may signal a growing frustration at Iran’s refusal to bow to western demands that it abandon its programme to produce fuel for a Russian-built nuclear reactor due to come on stream this year.
- Talks On For New Pakistan Consulate In Mumbai (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The ministry of external affairs has taken up with the Maharashtra government the matter of rented accommodation for the Pakistan high commission to open a consulate in Mumbai.
- Efficiency Has Become The Hallmark Of Our Governance: Ghulam Nabi Azad (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 05, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief MinisterGhulam Nabi Azadcompleted two months in office on January 2 after taking over from Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. In an interview, Mr. Azad spells out his agenda for the next two years — focus on development, and giving a clean,...
- A Place For India In `Asian' Century (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Jan 05, 2006)
China revising its GDP growth rates and the launch of SAFTA mark the arrival of Asia on the world scene. Both have implications for India. The first demanding a re-visit to the national income statistics to factor in the contribution of the . . .
- Safta: India Should Lead By Example (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 05, 2006)
Trade is a two-way street. If India opened up to its neighbours, allowing them to enter the domestic market, they might be liberal in opening up their market place, and ultimately price and quality would settle the demand-supply equations.
- Sino-Pak N-Cooperation Has To Meet Iaea Safeguards: Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The United States has said it has noted reports of Pakistan trying to acquire civilian nuclear reactors from China and stressed that Beijing “understands” that any cooperation with Pakistan would have to be under IAEA safeguards.
- Iran Trying To Assemble Nuclear Missile: Report (Hindu, Ian Cobain, Jan 05, 2006)
Syria, Pakistan also buying rocket technology
The Iranian government has been successfully scouring Europe for the sophisticated equipment needed to develop a nuclear bomb, according to the latest western intelligence assessment of the country's . . .
- Balochistan : Pakistan Got Caught In Its Own Game (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Asserting that it would not ‘entertain outsiders’ views’ on military operation in Balochistan, Pakistan has asked India not to worry about the provincial situation and instead ‘settle its own conflicts’.
- ‘India, Pak Should Pull Back Troops From Loc’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Pakistan has suggested to India that both countries should pull back troops from LoC to demilitarise the region and hand it over to police.
- Economic Prospects In 2006 (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jan 05, 2006)
The government in Pakistan faces the new year with a plate full of problems and overflowing. A few of the problems are of its own making or mismanaged by it, and some being the result of external developments like the domestic impact of high world . . .
- Us Warns As Report Adds Fuel To Iran’S N-Fire (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Iran has been scouring Europe for the sophisticated equipment needed to develop a nuclear bomb, according to a western intelligence assessment of the country’s weapons programme, a report in British newspaper The Guardian says.
- Mumbai Consulate Plan Scuppered (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Tenants of a high-rise office building in India’s financial capital have stopped Pakistan from reopening a long-delayed consulate there, saying crowds of visa seekers would pose a security threat.
- Mirwaiz For International Mediation On Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
All Parties Hurriyat Conference chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday said international mediation and guarantee were imperative for achieving permanent solution of the Kashmir dispute.
- Pakistan Stopped From Opening Consulate In Mumbai (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Tenants of a high-rise office building in India’s financial capital have stopped Pakistan from reopening a long-delayed consulate there, saying crowds of visa seekers would present a security threat.
- More Thefts, Please (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 05, 2006)
It’s good that Ms Nilofer Bakhtiar, adviser to the PM, has been robbed of her cellphone.
- Koreans Lost A National Hero In The Stem-Cell Scandal. But Their Scientists Still Lead The Way In Biotech Research (Indian Express, B.J. LEE, Jan 05, 2006)
The world’s stem-cell hub at Seoul National University Hospital seemed like the epicentre of global biotechnology when it was dedicated last October. The new lab was built chiefly to house Hwang Woo Suk, South Korea’s stem-cell-research pioneer, . . .
- Aphc Delegation To Meet Musharraf Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
An All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) delegation led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq will meet President Pervez Musharraf today (Thursday) to discuss various proposals for the resolution of the Kashmir dispute.
- In 2006, Watch This Space... (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 05, 2006)
The year 2006 is likely to see a radical change in India’s foreign policy posture and status.
- ‘Don’T Interfere In Balochistan’ (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has affirmed that ‘action by paramilitary forces against the miscreants in Balochistan would be taken and writ of the government would be restored where challenged’.
- Pak Terms India's Concerns Over Balochistan As "Interference" (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Asserting that it would not "entertain outsiders' views" on military operation in Balochistan, Pakistan has asked India not to worry about the provincial situation and instead "settle its own conflicts."
- Bush Expected To Visit India In Mid-Feb (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
US President George W Bush is expected to visit India in the middle of February but the White House has not announced firm travel plans.
- Pdd Fails To Restore Power In Valley (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Making a mockery of their tall claims and assurances to Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad here yesterday, Power Development Department (PDD) authorities have failed to restore electricity to the winter-hit Kashmir valley.
- ‘The Future Of The Bjp Is Bleak’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jan 05, 2006)
The United Nations has adopted the methodology devised by well-known political scientist Prof Ashutosh Varshney of Michigan University to study conflicts in south-east Asia and Nigeria. In his work, Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life:
- Bush Expected To Visit India In Mid-Feb (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
US President George W Bush is expected to visit India in the middle of February but the White House has not announced firm travel plans.
- Strike At The Core (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 05, 2006)
Bangalore police and intelligence services deserve kudos for the arrest of Mohammed Raiz-ur Rehman, head of LeT operations in south India within a week of the December 28, 2004, attack on Bangalore’s prestigious Indian Institute of Science . . .
- Bush Expected To Visit India In Mid-Feb (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
US President George W Bush is expected to visit India in the middle of February but the White House has not announced firm travel plans.
- Clash Of Two Nuclear Pacts (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 05, 2006)
Beijing and Islamabad could be muddying the unfolding debate on Indo-US nuclear cooperation, argues C. Raja Mohan
- Info On Indian, Afghan Water Plans Sought (The Nation, DILSHAD AZEEM, Jan 04, 2006)
Pakistan Commission for Indus Waters (PCIW) has recommended to the government to take steps for getting accurate and timely intelligence information about Afghanistan and India’s water storage plans to avoid complications and prepare counter strategies,..
- Govt Writ To Be Restored In Balochistan: Musharraf (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The writ of the government would be restored where challenged, declared President Gen Pervez Musharraf, while addressing the 94th Corps Commanders Conference here Tuesday.
- Kashmiris Not Ready To Accept Loc As Border: Mirwaiz (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The visiting All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) delegation led by its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday evening went into a mutual consultations session with the Azad Kashmir leaders here on their 2-day visit to quake ravaged areas.
- Pakistan Reacts Rather Late (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 04, 2006)
FOREIGN Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam has said that Pakistan has proof of foreign interference in Balochistan. Commenting on the Indian official’s latest outburst about Balochistan, she asked India to mind its own business and refrain from . . .
- Iran Has Snatched An Opportunity From Afghanistan By Nearing An Accord With Pakistan And India On The Seven Billion Dollar Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Iran has snatched an opportunity from Afghanistan by nearing an accord with Pakistan and India on the seven billion dollar Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline.
- Pakistan In Talks With China For Eight Nuclear Reactors (Indian Express, Reuters, Jan 04, 2006)
Pakistan is in talks to buy up to eight nuclear power reactors from China for between $7 billion and $10 billion, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
- Why The Bjp Must Get Its Act Together (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 04, 2006)
Everybody loves a winner. Whether in the world of sports, politics, the entertainment industry, or the equity market, losers are not only looked upon with a certain disdain, but also punished severely. More so in politics than anywhere else.
- 200 Pakistani Prisoners In Indian Jails: Pak Foreign Secy (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Two hundred Pakistani prisoners were still lodged in Indian jails despite the two countries releasing over 400 prisoners last year, Foreign Secretary Riaz Muhammad Khan said here today.
- Bangalore Shootings Suspect Arrested (Reuters, Reuters, Jan 04, 2006)
Police arrested a suspected member of a Pakistan-based Islamist militant group in connection with last week's shooting at the Indian Institute of science.
- Mirwaiz Visits Pok, Holds Talks (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today visited Muzaffarabad, the quake-battered capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), and held talks with the leaders there.
- Baluchistan On The Boil (Tribune, Gen V.P. Malik (retd), Jan 04, 2006)
Pakistan’s largest province, Baluchistan, is again on the boil. Two rocket firing incidents took place in early December, 2005.
- Pakistan To Buy 6 Nuke Reactors From China (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Pakistan is negotiating the purchase of six to eight nuclear reactors from China during the next decade, a media report said on Tuesday
- Gas-Powered Games (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 04, 2006)
The New Year has gotten off to a bad start for the world, and it isn’t just terrorism or the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that’s keeping countries on edge.
- Greenpeace Members Held After "Toxic" Ship Protest (Reuters, Reuters, Jan 04, 2006)
Police detained around a dozen Greenpeace activists in New Delhi on Tuesday during a protest over the planned scrapping in an Indian yard of a French aircraft carrier they said contains tonnes of highly toxic material.
- Many Pak Quake Survivors Grapple With Trauma (Reuters, Suzanna Koster, Jan 04, 2006)
Pakistani earthquake survivor Shameen Akhtar orders her husband every day to dig up their three daughters.
- Saga Of Gudiya (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 04, 2006)
The girl who was caught in a man’s world
GUDIYA died of gynaecological problems in a Delhi hospital on Monday. Most people would blame destiny for what has happened to her. Marriage was thrust upon her when she should have been studying.
- Test Of Neighbourliness (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 04, 2006)
Two decades after the formation of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC),
- Security Concerns Ignored (Tribune, Maj Gen (retd) Rajendra Nath, Jan 04, 2006)
Recently Chandigarh hosted a seminar regarding the country’s foreign policy and its effects on national security. Mr Jaswant Singh, former Foreign Minister, made interesting observations and often referred to the fact that he was an Army . . .
- Hurriyat To Meet Musharraf On January 6 (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat delegation, which is on a week-long visit of Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK), is likely to meet President Pervez Musharraf on January 6.
- We Have A Dream (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 04, 2006)
Amid all hopelessness, there is a ray of hope. Kashmir is a subject to be studied not in isolation, but in a comprehensive politico-historical context.
- Create Disaster Management Cell (Daily Excelsior, Rajesh Khajuria, Jan 04, 2006)
One year after the Tsunami, it is difficult to say whether the world has learnt its lessons. The Tsunami of Dec 26 last year was one of the worst disasters in recorded history and killed - official figures - 223,492 people, besides rendering nearly . . .
- Kalam Seeks List Of Sikhs In Foreign Jails (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has asked the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee to give him a list of Sikhs who have been languishing without trial in cells in foreign countries after being duped by travel agents.
- Alternate Roads (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 04, 2006)
Yet again the Srinagar-Jammu highway has turned hostile. Hundreds of passengers and trucks laden with essential commodities are stranded at different points on the deadly highway.
- Pak To Buy Six N-Reactors From China (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Pakistan is negotiating to buy at least six nuclear power reactors from China during the next decade in its most ambitious nuclear facility expansion, according to media reports here.
- Assam Sector Of India-Bangladesh Border Will Be Sealed: Patil (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jan 04, 2006)
Home Minister, Assam Chief Minister visit border at Maslabari in Dhubri sector
Mr. Patil's visit a great achievement: AASU
Indian cellular network not available in the area
- Mistrust Between India And Pakistan High, Says Analyst (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Need to arrive at practical solutions stressed
"Fifty eight years of not knowing each other" is the "main problem" between India and Pakistan, said Pakistani scholar and defence analyst Ayesha Siddiqa.
- `Allow Pakistani Students To Pursue Studies In India' (Hindu, Y. Mallikarjun, Jan 04, 2006)
Golden opportunity for scientists to work together: academician
Pak academy signs agreement on exchange of scientists
India spending more on science, says Pak official
Almost 90 per cent of scientific institutions in Pak are not sensitive and ...
- Truth About The Abbasi Report (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Jan 04, 2006)
Three months after the chairman of the Technical Committee on Water Resources (TCWR), Mr A.N.G. Abbasi, had presented his report to the president and the prime minister, the Kalabagh dam issue has burst on the scene in a big way.
- Should India Demand Farm Subsidy Cuts By Developed Nations? (Business Line, G. Chandrashekhar, Jan 04, 2006)
In none of the four major world commodities would India stand to benefit substantially even if developed economies eliminated subsidies. Subsidy-induced low prices would be in our consumers' interest. But more important is to make Indian agriculture . . .
- Sena Default Lines (Daily Excelsior, J N Raina, Jan 04, 2006)
It was inevitable. The 'cub' has finally severed ties with the 'Tiger'. Firebrand Raj Thackeray, a prototype of his uncle, Bal Thackeray, has ultimately detached himself from his mentor, though belatedly, because of simmering differences with his cousin,
- Everything On The House (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 04, 2006)
Public accounts committees of the National Assembly and the four provincial assemblies do good work by keeping an eye on government expenditure. But the trouble is that when they sit down for the purpose, the cases that come up to them are nearly . . .
- Pak Stance On Kashmir Unchanged: Riaz (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Foreign Secretary Riaz Muhammad Khan told a subcommittee of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday Pakistan wanted the Kashmiris be given the right to self-determination
- Kashmir Proposals In ‘Embryonic Stage’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The separatist leader, who is here to visit the quake-battered Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to express solidarity with the survivors, said: “Kashmir is no longer a political dispute.”
- Mirwaiz For Easing Curbs On Travel Across Loc (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Tuesday Kashmir is more a human than a political issue and the world is realising this truth.
- Mqm Seeks Early Opening Of Indian Consulate In Karachi (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
A member of the National Assembly from Karachi has sought early opening of Indian consulate in the port city of Pakistan.
- Senate Re-Shuffle (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 04, 2006)
For the second time in recent history, a draw has been held to decide who among the senators will complete their six-year term and who will retire after three years.
- Pakistan May Buy Six Nuclear Reactors From China (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Pakistan is negotiating the purchase of between six and eight nuclear power reactors from China during the next decade in the most ambitious expansion yet of the country’s nuclear energy capability.
- ‘Pull Out Troops From Kashmir’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has proposed that both Pakistan and India withdraw troops from Kashmir.
- Ngos Appeal For Peace In Balochistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The government should stop its military operation in Balochistan, said the National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP), a human rights body of the Catholic Church in Pakistan, and Labour Party Pakistan in separate statements on Tuesday.
- No Fear From India Over Safta: Pak (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday denied reports that it has delayed the ratification of SAFTA due to fears that the agreement would pave way for free trade with India, which it resisted all along.
- Bringing Peace To Gilgit (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 03, 2006)
One wonders what to make of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s statement that peace is a prerequisite to development in the Northern Areas. It would have been more logical for him to say that development was a prerequisite for peace and political . . .
- Ard, Ponm Rally Demands End To Balochistan Military Operation (News International, Asim Yasin, Jan 03, 2006)
Chanting slogans to stop military operation in Balochistan, a rally of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) and the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (PONM) outside the Parliament house on Monday expressed solidarity . . .
- Pakistan Tells India To Back Off (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Pakistan bluntly told India on Monday to back off, following New Delhi’s comments on escalating violence in Balochistan, warning that such statements were unhelpful and would not improve bilateral relations.
- Out Of Saudi Comfort (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Jan 03, 2006)
The story was apocryphal once but has acquired the patina of fact. It pertained to a remark by the American millionaire Mr J. J. Astor, who on seeing the shards of the fatal iceberg strewn on the decks of the Titanic, muttered: ‘I had ordered ice, . . .
- Wto Meeting And Pakistan (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Jan 03, 2006)
Last week, I provided an overview of the process that led to the discussions at Hong Kong aimed at further improvements in the multilateral trading system. At issue were a series of actions the developed world had promised it would take to create . . .
- Pakistan Asks India Not To Interfere In Internal Affairs (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
FO links APHC team’s visit to peace process
Pakistan has again asked India not to make statements about the situation in Balochistan, saying it is vitiating the good atmosphere between the two countries engaged in a peace process.
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