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Articles 10821 through 10920 of 26855:
- Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Violate Religious Freedom: Us Report ........ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has urged Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to designate 11 nations, including Pakistan, Burma and Iran, as ''countries of particular concern'' for violations of religious freedom.
- Another Futile Cbm (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 05, 2006)
Pakistan and India have agreed on another Confidence Building Measure (CBM). This time it relates to launching of a truck service between Azad and Occupied Kashmir to promote trade between the two parts.
- Law Loses Speed, Lynch Mob At Large (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
More than 36 hours after 11 persons were named in the murder of Mohammed Rafiq Vohra in an FIR, not one has been arrested, raising questions about the government’s sincerity in punishing rioters.
- China Church Row Worsens (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Pope Benedict said today China’s appointment of two Catholic bishops without his blessing was a “grave violation of religious freedom” as a standoff with Beijing over control of church posts escalated.
- Road To Nowhere (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 05, 2006)
A few villagers refusing to vote may make no difference to the election results. It may even work towards the greater glory of the winning parties, since India does not have a system in which the percentage of abstentions is taken into account.
- Crpf Director Seeks Report On Buddhia Issue (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Under attack from various human rights organisations for making four-and-a-half-year-old Buddhia Singh run a gruesome 65-km marathon, CRPF Director-General J.K. Sinha has sought a report into the incident from the force’s Orissa unit.
- Designs In Demolition (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 05, 2006)
BJP is playing the communal game
- Tearful Adieu To Pramod (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
BJP General Secretary Pramod Mahajan, who died of gunshot wounds yesterday, was cremated today with full state honours at the Shivaji Park crematorium here.
- Running Riot (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 05, 2006)
The current spate of rioting in Vadodara is further evidence of the deep fissures that divide Gujarat and the perverse approach of the Narendra Modi administration towards issues of governance.
- Love Is The Undying Flame That Sets Life Aglow (Times of India, AVATAR MEHER BABA, May 05, 2006)
Of the forces that can best overcome all difficulties, love is the most potent force because the greatest law of God is love, which holds the key to all problems.
- ‘No Reliable Data On Number Of Seminaries In Pakistan’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Top bosses of the Religious Affairs Ministry confessed before a National Assembly standing committee here on Tuesday that Pakistan was the only Muslim country where “no reliable data about exact numbers of deeni madaris (religious seminaries) is . . .
- Dialogue Of Religions (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 05, 2006)
In this strife-torn age, humankind is ultimately faced with two choices, dialogue or death
- View From The Right (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 05, 2006)
Given the massive popular uprising against King Gyanendra, the Organiser desists from coming out in his support but two reports in the weekly focus on the threat posed by the Maoists.
- Trampling On Rights (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 05, 2006)
Anjanaben of Gujarat underwent surgery for an abdominal cyst in February1996 but died due to medical negligence. Her kidney had been removed by mistake, and although her father donated his kidney for transplant, her life could not be saved.
- A Pursuit Of Pure Passion (Hindu, S. DIWAKAR , May 05, 2006)
Did you know that Gauhar Jaan was not actually the first Indian musician to have a gramophone recording?
- Kargil And Questions Of War (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 05, 2006)
Was the Kargil war the outcome of just intelligence failure?
- Indian Security Presence In Afghanistan (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, May 05, 2006)
The U.S. and Britain have hitherto been averse to any role for India — in deference to Pakistani sensitivities. Why, now, a change of heart?
- Mahajan Gets An Emotional Farewell (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
The grief in the air was palpable. At 1.30 pm on Thursday, Rahul Mahajan lit his father Pramod Mahajan's pyre amid chanting of Vedic hymns at the Shivaji Park crematorium, not far away from the very maidan where the late BJP leader had charmed mammoth . .
- Is The Tn Poll Free And Fair? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, May 05, 2006)
When the Election Commission has been piling up accolades for managing even more complex assignments with aplomb, it might seem an odd question to ask, but it must be asked: are the Tamil Nadu elections really free and fair?
- Jairaj Is Bmp Chief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
With a slew of infrastructure projects lined up for Bangalore, the JD (S)-BJP Government on Thursday changed the chiefs of three civic bodies in the City, along with a major reshuffle of bureaucrats in which 53 IAS and IPS officers were transferred.
- Mysore Selected For Centre's Tourism Development Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
The city will receive Rs. 50 crore for development
Comprehensive action plan to develop Mysore as a tourist destination to be prepared shortly
A meeting with environmentalists and elected representatives on the proposed plan to be held soon
Minister
- Summer Quencher (Hindu, CHANDAN SEN, May 05, 2006)
The architectural splendour of the baoris or stepwells in Bundi, Rajasthan is simply amazing.
The numerous stepwells, kunds and tankas have made the place a "City of stepwells". And each one of them is an architectural wonder.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2006)
A sentence in the lead story "Pramod Mahajan loses battle for life" (May 4, 2006, page 1) read:
- Washington Still Needs Islamabad (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, May 05, 2006)
When america's world changed after 9/11, President Pervez Musharraf adapted faster than most. He severed Pakistan's official links with the Taliban, backed the U.S. war on terror, and set about taming lawless tribal areas abutting the Afghan border. Gen.
- Hekmatyar Vows Allegiance To Bin Laden (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
A wanted Afghan warlord said he was ready to fight under the banner of the Al Qaeda terror network headed by Osama bin Laden, according to a video broadcast on Qatar-based Al Jazeera yesterday.
- ‘No Reliable Data On Number Of Seminaries In Pakistan’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Top bosses of the Religious Affairs Ministry confessed before a National Assembly standing committee here on Tuesday that Pakistan was the only Muslim country where “no reliable data about exact numbers of deeni madaris . . .
- Bnp Briefs Eu Lawmakers On Balochistan Situation (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Balochistan National Party secretary-general Sanaullah Baloch on Wednesday briefed European Union lawmakers on Pakistan army operations in his province, saying Islamabad must be told to immediately stop the “violation of human rights of the Baloch people.
- Us Body Seeks ‘Aggressive Action’ Against S. Arabia: Pakistan Cited Among ‘Religious Freedom Violators’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
A US Congress-mandated commission urged the government to take ‘aggressive action’ against Saudi Arabia for alleged religious freedom violations and warned that religious rights were under threat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- New Frontline In The War On Terror (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
As hideouts go, the Shawal Valley in northern Pakistan is a militant's dream.
- Pak-Afghan Meeting Held On Enhancing Border Patrol (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Pakistani and Afghan military officials met for two weeks in March for a US-sponsored seminar in Germany to discuss better ways to patrol Pak-Afghan complex border, a rugged tribal area that harbours terrorist fighters, said a statement by US . . .
- Pakistan To Help Dutch Deploy Troops In Urzgan (Daily Times, Mohammad Imran, May 04, 2006)
Pakistan will help the Netherlands deploy its troops in the Urzgan province of Afghanistan as part of NATO forces, decided a meeting between Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal and his Dutch counterpart Henricus Gregorius Jozeph in Rawalpindi on Tuesday.
- Sabre-Rattling Against Iran Unlikely To Succeed (Hindu, Tariq Ali, May 04, 2006)
Ringed by nuclear states, Teheran's atomic programme is scarcely unreasonable. So why has Washington manufactured this crisis?
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 04, 2006)
Two articles — "India Inc., liberalisation, and social responsibility" by Sushma Ramchandran (Editorial page, April 25, 2006) and "The ideological debate in China" by Pallavi Aiyar (Op-Ed, April 25, 2006), have a reader asking: Ms. Ramachandran . . .
- Man In A Hurry (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, May 04, 2006)
For the fledgling Bharatiya Janata Party, New Year’s Day, 1985 was not the occasion to celebrate. As the general election results poured in, the anticipated victory of the Congress turned into an avalanche.
- Rocket-Rattling Over Iran (Deccan Herald, Tariq Ali, May 04, 2006)
Till now, what has prevented the crisis in Iraq from becoming a total debacle for the US has been the open collaboration of the Iranian clerics.
- Advani Calls For Bjp-Muslim Unity (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Has the negative outlook towards the BJP helped the minorities or the nation at large? Floating the question to Indian Muslims, veteran BJP leader L K Advani took a dig at the Congress party for trying to divide the Nation by harping on “minority . . .
- Cbi To Probe J&k Sex Scandal (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , May 04, 2006)
It allegedly involves politicians, bureaucrats and police officers
- A Big Face-Lift Plan For Jama Masjid Area (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has informed the High Court that it has prepared a Rs. 94-crore project to re-develop the historic Jama Masjid and its surrounding areas as an international tourist site.
- Ttd-Run Birrd Hospital Achieves Rare Distinction (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
The TTD-run Balaji Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for Disabled (BIRRD) Hospital has achieved the rare distinction of successfully performing the most advanced `Fully Constrained Modular Rotating Total Knee Prosthesis' surgery for the . . .
- Same Sc Bench Delivers Two Different Verdicts On Prohibition (Times of India, Dhananjay Mahapatra, May 04, 2006)
The Supreme Court has delivered two judgments, within a span of 10 days, on issuance of liquor licences by state governments one saying it is optional for a state to practise prohibition and the other making a positive assertion that governments . . .
- Changing Geo-Politics Of Central Asia & India (Daily Excelsior, Sudhanshu Tripathi, May 04, 2006)
The Central Asian region is one of the most prominent socio-political cultural units in the contemporary world. Its location in the middle of Islamic, Christian and Buddhist radicalized civilizations makes the region as the most convenient transit . . .
- World Bank Withholds Lending To Health Project (Hindu, Nagesh Prabhu , May 04, 2006)
The decision was taken following reports of irregularities
The $148.83 million project was scheduled to be taken up last month
The bank had provided Rs. 594 crore for the first project
Under it, 204 secondary hospitals were upgraded in the State
- Time Is Running Out For Tehran (Pioneer, Pyotr Romanov, May 04, 2006)
The US war against Saddam Hussein in Iraq was a precursor to the eventual or inevitable conflict with Iran, says Pyotr Romanov
- Farewell Pramod (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, May 04, 2006)
Death snatched away one of the brightest politicians that the country has produced in recent times.
- Surviving Devils (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 04, 2006)
Dum Dum hoodlums mock CM’s assurances
- Run For Love (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 04, 2006)
Budhia Singh, the marathon-running four-year-old, is loved by all. But what is the nature of this love?
- Pramod Mahajan Dies 11 Days After Shooting (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Pramod Mahajan, a top leader of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) died on Wednesday, 11 days after his younger brother allegedly shot him over personal disputes, his party and hospital authorities said.
- Call Against Terror (Times of India, MAHENDRA VED, May 04, 2006)
The killing of telecom engineer K Suryanarayana in Afghanistan once again raises the question of whe-ther India, Afghanistan and Pakistan should launch a joint battle against terror. But that is easier said than done.
- Bmp Demolishes 2,500 Huts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
The plot, estimated at Rs. 30 crore, was meant for a park in Peenya
- Delhi Bjp Suffers In Silence, Lets Shock Sink In (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
At a time when the BJP headquarters was busy making arrangements to receive the twin Bharat Suraksha Yatra on Wednesday, wreaths piled up inside the meeting hall in 11, Ashoka Road.
- Never Too Late (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 04, 2006)
The Bush administration's recent decision to place Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Idara Khidmat-e-Khalq (IKK) in the Specially Designated Global Terrorist Designation (SDGT) category has not come too soon.
- Pm, Hurriyat Agree To Evolve Mechanism (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today held the second rounds of talks with the moderate Hurriyat Conference during which both the sides discussed "sensitive and important" issues and agreed to evolve a mechanism to resolve Kashmir issue amicably . . .
- Private Firms Eyeing Defence Sector (Tribune, P.K. Vasudeva, May 04, 2006)
THE Indian defence budget is estimated to cross $20 billion by 2008, and 26 per cent FDI inclination towards gradual indigenisation of defence supplies.
- Mahajan Passes Away (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Mr Pramod Mahajan, BJP General Secretary and former Union Minister for Telecommunications, Information Technology and Parliamentary Affairs, succumbed to the bullet injuries he sustained on April 22. The 56-year-old `Generation Next' leader of the . . .
- China, Vatican In War Of Words (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
A battle between Beijing and the Vatican over control of church posts flared today as China’s state-backed Catholic church installed another bishop without papal blessing.
- Manmohan Urges Hurriyat To Propose Mechanism (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday night asked the Hurriyat Conference to suggest mechanism to address intractable issue of Kashmir.
- The Great Game In Afghanistan (Daily Excelsior, Indu Prakash Singh, May 04, 2006)
The 41-year-old telecom engineer from Hyderabad K. Suryanarayana was found beheaded in Afghanistan in a new Great Game in which tactics are becoming more cold-blooded and motives less concealed.
- Kathmandu Spring (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 04, 2006)
For a while during the past three weeks of turmoil in Nepal, observers would have been forgiven for thinking that the crisis had more to do with Indian domestic politics than with events in the Himalayan kingdom.
- Body Blow (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 04, 2006)
Pramod Mahajan embodied the best, and worst, qualities of Generation Next in Indian politics. His death, at the age of 56, leaves the BJP crippled. Politics will miss him. Mahajan was representative of a generation in politics that valued efficiency . . .
- Food Is Medicine, Psychology And Status (Deccan Herald, N SHAKUNTALA MANAY, May 04, 2006)
The way food is offered says a whole lot about the personality of the person who is offering it.
- A Fitting Finale And The Beginning Of A New Life (Times of India, Aruna Jethwani, May 04, 2006)
Believe it or not, Jamnagar's cremation ground is a popular picnic spot. Its entrance gate is colourful, its passages decorated with frescoes and relief paintings. The sprawling woods around have some amazing dioramas, depicting incidents from mythology.
- Of Ajit Garh And Tarn Taran (Tribune, Manohar Singh Gill, May 04, 2006)
When Punjab was again divided in 1966, I was DC, Ambala. I proposed the creation of Ropar district in new Punjab.
- Affirmative Action As Strategy (Business Standard, Kanika Datta, May 04, 2006)
Pardon me for covering old ground, but I can’t help thinking that if private corporations did not run quite so scared, there might actually find a durable, strategic solution to this affirmative action controversy.
- Taliban Attack Party To Stop Music (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
A group of Taliban stormed a wedding ceremony to disrupt a music programme, wounding one man a few days after they ordered Bhittani tribesmen to grow beards, eyewitnesses said on Tuesday.
- A Move Long Overdue (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 04, 2006)
The report that the federal government is thinking in terms of transferring four subjects to the provinces deserves to be welcomed because it gives an indication of Islamabad’s belated awareness of the need for greater devolution of power to the . . .
- Beyond Instinct And Intellect (The Economic Times, Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda, May 04, 2006)
Animals eat, sleep, hunt and mate with no thoughts. Instinct is their nature. Instinct keeps them happy. Human beings work at a different plane altogether.
- Chapter Closed (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 04, 2006)
Pakistan has closed the chapter on the Dr A Q Khan. At the same time, it made clear on Tuesday that it is for its own government to determine the status of a Pakistani religious organisation. "As far as we are concerned this chapter is closed,"
- Festival Of Paradise (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 04, 2006)
W ith the coming of the Bab, the prophet-herald of the Bahai faith, people were introduced to a new division of time. There would be nineteen months in a year.
- Mahajan To Get State Funeral (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
BJP general secretary Pramod Mahajan, who passed away at 4.10 pm on Wednesday, will be cremated on Thursday at Shivaji Park crematorium in central Mumbai, Nitin Gadkari, state BJP president.
- Another Step Forward (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 04, 2006)
After a lull, there is some forward movement on the India-Pakistan diplomatic front. At the end of two days of official-level talks, the two countries have decided to take some more confidence-building measures (CBM).
- Horse-Trading (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 04, 2006)
THE report that the Jamaat-e-Islami has expelled two of its NWFP MPAs, including a Minister in the provincial cabinet, from the party on Tuesday after a special committee constituted by it came to the conclusion that they had not cast their vote for . . .
- Pak Uzbek Ties (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 04, 2006)
ON Tuesday, Uzbek President Islam Karimov held talks with General Musharraf in Islamabad after which the two leaders addressed a press conference.
- Mahajan Loses Battle For Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
The 56-year-old BJP general secretary is survived by his wife Rekha, son Rahul and daughter Poonam who were at his bedside when he finally gave up the most difficult battle of his life at 4:10 pm.
- Yemen’S Al Qaeda No. 2 Jailed For 3 Years (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Al Qaeda's alleged number-two in Yemen was sentenced Wednesday by a Sanaa court to three years and a month in prison after the prosecutor had asked for death.
- Hamas Could Match Israeli Peace Moves — Mishaal (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Hamas could reciprocate Israeli moves towards peace if the Jewish state agrees to withdraw from all lands occupied in 1967 and acknowledges Palestinian rights, the group's political leader Khaled Mishaal said on Wednesday.
- Pramod Mahajan Loses Battle For Life (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Dies of multiple organ failure after 12 days in hospital; cremation today
A leader known for his "can do it" approach: Kalam
Manmohan says he was full of promise and energy
Cruel time snatched Mahajan away before youthfulness fully . . .
- Sonia Hits Rae Bareli Turf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
For the electorate, it was a three-hour wait under the blistering summer sun for a 10-minute speech by Sonia Gandhi. But that did not stop the crowd from cheering the Congress President as she got on to the dais in the Sarini Assembly segment of Rae . . .
- Karimov’S Productive Visit (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 04, 2006)
THE visit of Uzbek President Islam Karimov to Pakistan has led to greater understanding between the two countries. The leadership of Pakistan and Uzbekistan has vowed to expand bilateral commerce and economic relations
- Iran, Us Share Afghan Goals (Christian Science Monitor, David Montero, May 04, 2006)
The smooth blacktop roads and 24-hour electricity of Herat set this Afghan commercial capital apart as a model of stability in a country still struggling to get on its feet. Much of the wealth in this western city, with its tree-lined streets and . . .
- Hurriyat Sits Down With Pm Today, Wants ‘Specifics’ To Take Home (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, May 03, 2006)
When Hurriyat Conference leaders sit with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tomorrow for direct talks, the stakes are high for both sides: this round will determine the future of the Centre’s ambitious Kashmir all-party roundtables, its relationship . . .
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