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Articles 13221 through 13320 of 21681:
- Safta Comes Into Effect, Pak Yet To Ratify (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
The long-awaited South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), paving way for free trade of goods among countries of the region, came into being on Sunday but Pakistan was yet to complete the formality of ratifying it.
- Lashkar Hand In Iisc Attack Established (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Central security agencies have established links between the IISc attack and Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) even as the number of persons picked up by Bangalore police in this connection has gone up to seven.
- U.S. Planning To Strike Iran's Nuke Facilities: Report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Military action against Teheran to foil its nuclear ambitions is one among several options being considered by NATO members, military Intelligence officials familiar with the Iran file told German daily Der Spiegel.
- India For Adding Greater Substance To Ties With China (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Jan 02, 2006)
Kalam, Manmohan send New Year messages "With shared determination and joint endeavour, we will be able to elevate and strengthen the India-China partnership in the 21st century"
- Sins Of The Clergy (Tribune, Pushpa M. Bhargava, Jan 02, 2006)
IT is a cliché that man has today all the means to destroy all of his species through weapons of mass destruction possessed by many countries led by the US. There is no country that can be trusted not to use them; in fact, the larger the stock . . .
- A New Leaf (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 02, 2006)
Let’s hope for a new year of peace and prosperity.
- Prepare Internally For Ldc Imports (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 02, 2006)
The launching of Safta along with the New Year is undoubtedly cause for celebration.
- Saarc All Set For Free Trade (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), which paves the way for free trade in goods among the SAARC member countries comes into effect tommorow.
- Pakistan, India Exchange Lists Of Nuke Facilities (Indian Express, K J M Varma, Jan 02, 2006)
Pakistan and India today exchanged lists of nuclear installations under a special agreement which prohibits Islamabad and New Delhi from attacking each other’s nuclear facilities.
- A Bjp Without Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 02, 2006)
The only time the party was able to secure a semblance of a national mandate was when it projected him as its prime ministerial mascot.
- Bjp, 25, Very Little To Cheer (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Jan 02, 2006)
The mood, said my BJP friend gloomily, what do you think the mood is like at the birthday party obviously after these events it is more than a little morose. Others tried to put on a brave face after the sex, lies and videotape scandal hit slap bang ....
- Hurriyat To Discuss Kashmir With Musharraf (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Ahead of its Pakistan visit from Monday, separatist outfit Hurriyat Conference on Sunday said it would discuss the Kashmir issue with President Pervez Musharraf and other Pakistan leaders.
- In A State Of Confusion (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 02, 2006)
Seven months after he praised Mohammad Ali Jinnah on Pakistani soil to the outrage of his larger political family, Lal Krishna Advani has vacated the top party post
- India, Pakistan Exchange Lists Of Nuclear Facilities (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 02, 2006)
1988 deal prohibits attack on each other's facilities in event of war
The agreement came into force in 1991
Third round of composite dialogue in New Delhi
- Mi6 Agents Were Present: Officials (Hindu, Peter Beaumount, Jan 02, 2006)
British officials have admitted MI6 (British intelligence) officers were present during the allegedly brutal interrogation of 28 Pakistanis in Greece, despite apparent denials by Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.
- Karachi: Apc Calls For Immediate Halt To Army Operation: Talks On Balochistan Urged (Dawn, Latif Baloch, Jan 02, 2006)
The All-parties Conference on Balochistan held here on Sunday condemned the ongoing military operation in that province and termed it “a conspiracy to harm the country’s integrity. It called upon the government to withdraw troops from . . .
- Patil To Inspect India-Bangladesh Border (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jan 02, 2006)
He will also review status of implementation of the Assam accord
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil is scheduled to arrive here on a day's visit to Assam on Monday for a joint inspection of the India-Bangladesh border along with Chief Minister . . .
- India, Pak Exchange Lists Of Nuclear Installations (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
According to the agreement signed on December 31, 1988 and enforced on January 27, 1991, India and Pakistan have to inform each other on January 1 every year of the nuclear installations and facilities to be covered by the agreement.
- Call For Making Nalc More Effective (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
The Northern Areas Legislative Council members should be conferred the right to move no-confidence motion against the region’s deputy chief executive and formation of opposition benches in the council, PML-N’s provincial chief organiser and member of the
- The Bite In The Atal Soundbite (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jan 02, 2006)
It was vintage Vajpayee at the BJP ’s 25th jubilee celebration in Mumbai. By dramatically announcing his resignation from power politics he managed to yet again steal the limelight from his long suffering comrade-in-arms, L.K. Advani, . . .
- 2005 — Not A Good Year For Human Rights (Daily Times, Mohammad Kamran, Jan 02, 2006)
Gross violations of human rights were recorded in the year 2005 and a record number of 706 people committed suicide due to adverse circumstances, while 209 women were killed in the name of ‘honour,’ out of a total of 393 women killed in the past year.
- Afghan Farmers Returning To Opium (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
For three years Gulam Gul has been growing wheat, rice, radishes and cauliflower - anything but the opium that his family once depended on.
- Not Much Progress On Kashmir: Musharraf (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf has said both Pakistan and India had the finest relations ever at this juncture, yet there was not much improvement on the Kashmir issue.
- Judicial Activism & Restraint (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Ever since assumption of the office of Pakistan’s Chief Justice, Mr Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry has displayed an element of judicial activism through suo motu notice of various crimes and violation of country’s laws. Cases of new Murree city, . . .
- Self-Governance In Jammu And Kashmir: (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 01, 2006)
Delhi hopes 2006 will bring improvement in India-Pakistan relations
- South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) Becomes Operational (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
The South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), which paves the way for free trade in goods among the SAARC member countries comes into effect tommorow.
- Pakistan And India To Exchange N-Lists Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Pakistan and India will exchange a list of nuclear installations on Sunday (today) under an agreement which prohibits Islamabad and New Delhi from attacking each other’s nuclear facilities, sources said on Saturday.
- India Seen Unstoppable With New American Relationships – Terrorists Are Planning Break The Outsourcing Backbone Of India Through Massive Terror Attacks In It Hubs (India Daily, Babu Ghanta, Jan 01, 2006)
Pakistan’s ISI, silently sinister Al-Queda, Bangladeshi Jihadists – all are concerned about the new India – rich, powerful and a strong dependable ally of America and the Western Europe.
- Terror Shadow Stalks Booming Tech Industry (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jan 01, 2006)
A suspected militant raid on Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, India's tech capital, has confirmed fears that the country's booming information technology sector could be a new target for terror groups, officials and analysts said.
- In Pakistan Quake Zone, Mild Optimism As Winter Closes In (Reuters, Robert Birsel, Jan 01, 2006)
Villagers in the remote Allai Valley in the high mountains of northern Pakistan are used to hard winters and this year they need to be.
- Queen Of Ghazals Enthralls Delhi-Ites (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 01, 2006)
Few may be knowing that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s wife, Gursharan Kaur was a student of Indian music and a fan of the legendary Ghazal singer Farida Khanum.
- Unilateral Flexibility On Kashmir Ruled Out (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Minister for Foreign Affairs Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has ruled out any unilateral flexibility on the Kashmir issue.
- Mirwaiz For Consensus On Kashmir Issue (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Seeking a “solid and strong beginning” towards a final settlement of the Kashmir issue, the Hurriyat Conference chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, here today demanded demilitarisation on either side of the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir. He urged the need . . .
- Advani One Foot Still In (Telegraph, Poornima Joshi, Jan 01, 2006)
L.K. Advani today passed the BJP baton to Rajnath Singh but made it clear he had no intention of following in A.B. Vajpayee’s footsteps.
- Advani Quits, It’S Over To Gennext (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Mr Lal Krishna Advani today formally quit as the president of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Need For A Policy For The Displaced People (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 01, 2006)
The recent internecine killings, which claimed about 90 lives in Karbi Anglong district of Assam, have led to the displacement of over 44,000 tribal Karbis and Dimasas. Away from the attention of the national media, the displaced Karbis and Dimasas . . .
- Pml: Then & Now (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 01, 2006)
The 99th Foundation Day of the Pakistan Muslim League was commemorated on Friday with a meeting at the PML House in Islamabad. PML leaders Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Mushahid Hussain, Shaukat Aziz, Arbab Ghulam Rahim and Eng Amir Muqam addressed the . . .
- Ill-Timed Indian Statement On Balochistan (News International, Dr A R Khan, Jan 01, 2006)
India once again trying to vitiate the peace atmosphere in the region issued unwarranted and provocative statement that too on purely Pakistan’s internal matter.
- India Hankering For A Zero-Sum Game Again? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jan 01, 2006)
B Raman, a former chief of India’s RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) who now works for South Asia Analysis Group, has put out an analysis that seems a major throwback to the pre-Islamabad Declaration period when relations between Pakistan and India were at
- Advani Resigns As Bjp President (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 01, 2006)
Rajnath Singh to take charge on Monday, says new responsibility is a test
- Mirwaiz-Led Delegation On Way To Pak, Pok (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Chairman of the moderate faction of the separatist Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, today left for New Delhi to complete his travel documents for a visit to Pakistan and PoK. He was accompanied by senior separatist leader . . .
- Pak Move To Build Dam At Skardu Draws Flak (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Leaders of Northern Areas in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir have opposed Islamabad’s plan to build dams in the region on the grounds that it would destroy their historical monuments and cultural heritage.
- Emerging Giant (Deccan Herald, M J Vinod , Jan 01, 2006)
Developing connectivity with neighbouring countries is necessary to enhance the political and economic leverage of India.
- Inclusive Nationalism (Daily Excelsior, C.S. Pandit, Jan 01, 2006)
Nation-states have a logic of their own. So insidiously is this logic purveyed through the state's institutions that it becomes common sense, particularly among the educated. Perspectives that differ from this common sense are then easily seen . . .
- Hurriyat Team Leaves On Pakistan Visit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
To express solidarity with the victims of the October 8 earthquake
- Advani's Long Tenure Ends (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 01, 2006)
Other presidents came and went, never to return, but Mr. Advani always did
Problems with RSS began after he flouted one-man one-post principle
Disappointed over his inability to communicate the context of Jinnah remarks
- ‘Pak Yet To Meet Anti-Terror Pledge’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The Manmohan Singh government has taken a dim view of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s commitment not to allow his country’s soil for perpetrating acts of terrorism in India as central intelligence agencies pointed to the strong possibility . . .
- India’S Irresponsible Statement (Pakistan Observer, Dr. A. R. Khan, Dec 31, 2005)
India once again trying to vitiate the peace atmosphere in the region issued unwarranted and provocative statement that too on purely Pakistan’s internal matters. The statement by the spokesman of India’s External Affairs Ministry is not only . . .
- Flaws In Counter-Terror Practices (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 31, 2005)
Home Ministry orders review of procedures in major cities Bangalore police did not once send officials to Jammu and Kashmir to independently develop the inputs on the growing terrorist threat to the city
- India, Sri Lanka Deplore Violations Of Ceasefire By Ltte (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Agree that environmental implications of Sethu project must be studied
Ambitious plan for a number of joint ventures
Enhancing cooperation in the field of education
Setting up an Information and Communication Technology Park
- Tax On Google's Sale Of Website Space For Display Of Ads (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 31, 2005)
GOOGLE Online India Private Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Google International LLC in the US, submitted an application before the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR), New Delhi (Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax).
- Reduce Terrorism In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
India hopes that in the new year, there will be a determined effort by Pakistan to reduce terrorism and take the peace process forward and if there are any fresh proposals for the proposed ‘self rule’ in Jammu and Kashmir, . . .
- Salve On Pak Islamic Schools Before Salvo (Telegraph, IMTIAZ GUL, Dec 31, 2005)
In an apparent attempt to avoid confrontation with Islamic seminaries that host foreign students, the Pakistani government today said it is not cancelling the students’ visas but they have to leave the country “as soon as possible”.
- Pak ‘Taliban’ Gain Sway In Lawless Tribal Region (Indian Express, Raja Asghar, Dec 31, 2005)
Pakistani followers of Afghanistan’s Taliban have gained sway in a sensitive border area where they have been killing their opponents with impunity despite the heavy presence of government forces.
- Back Channel Diplomacy Taking Up Proposals On Kashmir: Musharraf (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 31, 2005)
When the ideas took concrete shape, they would be moved to the `front channel'
- India Shedding Crocodile Tears Over Balochistan: Pervez (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf has said the recent Indian concern over the situation in Balochistan has revealed the channel providing funds for hiring mercenaries and supplying arms for carrying out subversive activities in the province.
- Hrcp Calls For Ceasefire In Kohlu (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The government should stop killing Balochis in Kohlu under its military operation and ceasefire immediately to resolve the issue politically, said Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) officials on Friday after a visit to Balochistan.
- Two Fc Men Killed In Khuzdar Attack (News International, Muhammad Ejaz Khan, Dec 31, 2005)
At least three persons, including two personnel of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC), were killed in Kalat and Dera Bugti, where security forces and armed tribesmen also exchanged fire on Friday.
- "Terrorism An Impediment To Peace Process" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Pakistan yet to fulfil commitment
Though investigations into Wednesday's armed attack at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore are still continuing, the Government has no information at this point linking terrorist organisations . . .
- 2 Indian Soldiers Killed In Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Two Indian soldiers were killed Friday when they stepped on a land mine near the heavily fortified frontier that divides Kashmir between long time rivals India and Pakistan, an army officer said.
- Kbd: Consensus Or Dissension (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
While the President is focusing his attention on explaining the compulsion of building new water reservoirs and building consensus on the issue, it is ironical that some of the components of the ruling coalition in the Centre or the provinces are . . .
- Preserving Pakistan’S Identity (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 31, 2005)
It is encouraging that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has categorically stated that the Government will not allow airing of programmes that are against our faith, culture and tradition. Chairing meeting of PEMRA on Thursday, he said Pakistan has an open . .
- Musharraf’S Resolve To Build Kbd (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 31, 2005)
D his wide-ranging interaction with the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), President Pervez Musharraf, while pleading the case of water reservoirs, went to the extent of saying that turning back on the issue of building big dams amounted t
- ‘Taliban’ Gain Sway In Tribal Region (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Pakistani followers of Afghanistan’s Taliban have gained sway in a sensitive border area where they have been killing their opponents with impunity despite the heavy presence of government forces.
- `Enlightened Moderation' In Pakistan, Really? (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 31, 2005)
Local press terming Hindus, Christians and Jews as `enemies of Islam', a general free hand and support to extremist outfits, Shariat courts and blasphemy laws clearly loaded against women and minorities, all make any talk by Gen Pervez Musharraf . . . .
- Water-Rich, Yet Over-Stretched (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 31, 2005)
Water may seem too common a topic to write about, especially after floods have receded and the tsunami anniversary vigil has passed off peacefully. Yet, it is hot news all over the world.
- Year Of India (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 31, 2005)
It was the year of India. George W. Bush confirmed that he would make India a world power. WaterAid, the British charity dedicated to propagating proper (read Western) toilets, countered that India already leads the world in squatters in fields and . . .
- One Held For Bangalore Iisc Attack (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Dec 31, 2005)
Central security and intelligence agencies on Friday hoped to make an early breakthrough in their investigation into Wednesday’s terrorist attack on the IISc campus in Bangalore as they took into custody one person in the City on suspicion . . .
- World Is More Terrorised Now (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Dec 31, 2005)
The world is entering the year 2006 more terrorised than it was on October 7, 2001, when the Untied States-led forces started bombing Afghanistan with a view to eliminate global terrorism. But the menace of terrorism has become at least four times . . .
- Baglihar Issue: Pakistan Denies Media Reports (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 31, 2005)
Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam has denied media reports that Islamabad had requested the World Bank to extend the deadline for replying to questions posed by the bank's technical experts on Baglihar dam.
- No Progress On Kashmir (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Dec 31, 2005)
For far too long, the progress on talks between the Government of India and Kashmiri leaders is in limbo. Though Indo-Pak talks are taking place on Sir Creek and Siachen glacier, they do not seem to have made any progress.
- How Saffron Lost Its Colour (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Dec 31, 2005)
Astrologically speaking, BJP appeared to be under the influence of the unfavourable ‘shani dasa’ in the year gone by with one mishap leading to another and ‘the party with a difference’ had publicly turned ‘different’ as the year closed.
- The Ordinance Factory (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 31, 2005)
Grab something. Then make law to legitimise the grab. It used to happen in the Emergency.
- India's Year Of Shame (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 30, 2005)
As the first anniversary of the tsunami trauma reminds us, the year now mercifully drawing to a close had begun with a monumentally destructive disaster. Others followed, most notably the earthquake, far more catastrophic in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir ....
- India, Pak Nukes A Serious Threat (Tribune, Simranjit Singh Mann, Dec 30, 2005)
THE Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) is against the nuclearisation of India and Pakistan and their arsenals of weapons of mass destruction. Our party opposes the policies of some Western democracies in giving nuclear technology to India for civilian purpose
- India-Iran-Pak To Meet On Ipi Pipeline In Mar ‘06 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Iran today offerred to host the meeting of the tripartite joint working group comprising Pakistan, India and itself in Tehran in March next year to carry forward the negotiations on the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline, even as the vexed issue of gas . .
- An Unlikely Hero (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 30, 2005)
Some two decades ago, the BBC released an audio collection of its Test Match Special. It contained John Arlott’s memorable description of Don Bradman’s final test innings at the Oval in 1948 — the time when the crowd rose to greet England’s deadly . . .
- Reclaiming The Earth For All (Daily Excelsior, Deepti Priya Mehrotra, Dec 30, 2005)
Three decades after 1975 - the UN International Year of Women - women are still demanding equality and freedom, both goals having proved elusive! But they are asserting something else as well, even more passionately - the right to save humanity from destr
- New Impetus On Trade (Deccan Herald, Arun Mohanty, Dec 30, 2005)
India, Russia and China are keen on trilateral co-operation on a host of economic and political issues.
- Bjp Condemns Terrorist Attack (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
The BJP condemned the terrorist strike at Bangalore saying this was the first time such an incident had taken place in Karnataka.
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