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Articles 15521 through 15620 of 26855:
- Saudi King To Push Ties With Energy-Hungry India (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Jan 23, 2006)
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah visits New Delhi this week to build on improving ties between the world's top oil exporter and India, eager to meet the future energy needs of its booming economy.
- Rahu, Ketu Move Over, The Dragon Is Here (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
According to the information provided by the Hong Kong Tourism Board, Chinese have 12 zodiac signs as legend has it that the Lord Buddha summoned all the animals to come to him before he departed from earth.
- Mayawati At It Again (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Jan 23, 2006)
Behanji Mayawati celebrated her birthday as usual with a big tamasha, laddoos and, of course, collection of funds with coupons for all to fill in their donations to the Bahujan Samajwadi Party leader.
- Don’T Play Into Iran’S Hands (The Economic Times, Brahma Chellaney , Jan 23, 2006)
Short-sighted penal steps against Iran will prove counterproductive, strengthening the mullah regime there and provoking it to use its oil weapon and walk out of the NPT regime
- Oic: Saudi King Hopes Pakistan Will Sponsor India (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has expressed the hope that Pakistan would sponsor India’s membership as an observer of the OIC even as he called on the two countries to resolve their differences.
- Bajaj Hindusthan Plans Rs 700 Cr Capex (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
GDRs & FCCBs comprising maximum 299.65 lakh shares lined up to raise funds.
- Indian Congress Urges Pressure On Pakistan: Peace Process (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
India’s ruling Congress party said on Sunday it was committed to making peace with the Pakistan and urged the government to put pressure on Islamabad to curb anti-Indian militants.
- Iran Says Not Worried About Un Referral (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 23, 2006)
Iran on Sunday denounced next month’s emergency meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog as “political” but said it was not worried if the crisis over its disputed atomic drive ended up at the Security Council.
- Afghan Suicide Bombings Worrying: Uk Official: ‘Pakistan Actively Fighting Al Qaeda’ (Dawn, Arshad Sharif, Jan 23, 2006)
The British defence ministry will try to ascertain if actions taken by Pakistani security agencies were pushing terrorists into Afghanistan and having a detrimental or positive effect on the security situation in the region.
- How Playboy Can Score In India (Los Angeles Times, Editorial, Los Angeles Times, Jan 22, 2006)
Despite strict obscenity laws, stricter religious mores and a fanatical element that regularly pickets and threatens to blow up movie theaters running risque movies, Playboy Enterprises is considering an Indian version of its magazine.
- Across Loc, A Home Away From Home (Indian Express, BASHAARAT MASOOD, Jan 22, 2006)
Sajad Khan of Muzaffarabad is perhaps the youngest infiltrator into the Valley and the first intruder to receive a warm welcome from the police.
- Kostova’S Top Ten For A Winter Night (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Elizabeth Kostova, author of ‘The Historian’ chooses her favourite books to cuddle with on a dark evening.
- G Too May Have To Join The Exit Q If... (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Jan 22, 2006)
‘‘If Abu Salem had a political godfather, CBI would have argued he should stay in Lisbon.’’ The Indian Express wrote this in a caustic editorial last Wednesday on how the UPA Government enabled defreezing of Mr Q’s frozen bank account in London . . .
- France Yet To Provide Full Inventory (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 22, 2006)
Supreme Court Monitoring Committee's queries also not adequately answered
- Lahore Bus Returns On Road Of Hope (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
The first Lahore-Amritsar bus returned on Saturday. The 15 Pakistani officials on board promised a visa counter in Lahore.
- R-Day Parade: Out Of Step? (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jan 22, 2006)
I don't know if you have noticed but over the last four years or so, the run-up to the Republic Day parade is always marked by a certain amount of disgruntled muttering. This year has been no exception.
- He Is My True Son: Gowda (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
According to sources, Mr Gowda is unlikely to change his stand of not supporting Mr Kumaraswamy as the party’s senior leaders are also not in favour of going against party’s ideology.
- Keeping Barter Trade Alive (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jan 22, 2006)
An ancient system is sustained by the Tiwas of Assam
- The Potential Of Rajasthan (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 22, 2006)
I have just returned from Jodhpur after speaking to a group of NASDAQ and New York Stock Exchange Advisory Board members.
- Dharam Singh Against J&k Model Of Power Sharing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Party high command in touch with Deve Gowda
Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh on Saturday said that he is against the Jammu and Kashmir model of sharing power with the Janata Dal (Secular) to resolve the political impasse in the State.
- On George Bush’S New Delhi Agenda: Plan For Inter-Faith Meet In Akshardham (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Jan 22, 2006)
Top on the list of cultural places for US President George W Bush to visit during his stay in Delhi is the Akshardham Temple where an inter-faith congregation is on the cards once White House gives its final nod.
- Vajpayee Told Us We Have Been Unfair To You: Hindujas (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Srichand Hinduja, eldest of the Hinduja brothers, has claimed that former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee once told them he regretted the way the Hindujas had been hounded (on the Bofors issue).
- "Choice Between Our Performance And Agp Misrule'' (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Jan 22, 2006)
Where is the meeting ground between CPI (M) and AGP or BJP?
Insurgency under control State witnesses all-round growth "Sangma not a force here"
- Number Crunching! (Hindustan Times, Karan Thapar, Jan 22, 2006)
Do you believe in numerology? I can’t claim I do but, equally, I cannot deny I’m fascinated by the influence of integers.
- Vhp Issues Ultimatum On Temple (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Saturday gave a one-year ultimatum to the Centre to hand over the entire disputed area of 67 acres in Ayodhya for the construction of Ram Temple, failing which it threatened to launch a nation-wide “direct action” programme
- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (Deccan Herald, Suresh Menon, Jan 22, 2006)
In an essay written in 1986 when he was 32, Hanif Kureishi said, “At least once every day since I was five years old I have been racially abused.” In the two decades since, he has been trying to make sense of this, placing in context the conflict . . .
- Cuba Solidarity Day On July 26 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
"Hands off Cuba'' will be an important slogan when Bush visits India: Karat
- Terror Threat To Apollo Hospital In B'desh, India Concerned (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
India has conveyed its concern to Bangladesh over a terror threat to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Richard Larison and nine Indian doctors of Dhaka-based Apollo Hospital and asked it to ensure security for them.
- Hundreds Held In Anti-King Protests In Nepal (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jan 22, 2006)
Nepali police fought running battles with thousands of pro-democracy protesters around the ancient temples and through the narrow streets of the capital on Saturday, and hundreds of people were rounded up.
- Jd(s) Flies Mlas To Goa (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jan 22, 2006)
JD(S) group, BJP pile up pressure
Kumaraswamy resolute, confident
Dharam Singh looks to high command
Janata Dal(U) supports new grouping
- Hyderabad Police Prepare Contingency Plan For Muharram (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
The Hyderabad district police have prepared a contingency plan to ensure law and order and sanctity of the month of Muharram-ul-Haram in all Talukas of the district.
- Pakistanis May See Indian ‘Sohni Mahiwal’ On Big Screen (Daily Times, Shoaib Ahmed, Jan 22, 2006)
Federal Film Censor Board passes film despite a recent govt statement ruling out screening of Indian films in Pakistan until settlement of all political issues with India
- Anjali's Court Martial (Hindu, U.C. Jha, Jan 22, 2006)
The Indian military justice system in its current form is an anachronism
FLYING OFFICER Anjali has now moved the Delhi High Court for relief (The Hindu, December 21) against the judgment of the general court martial, which awarded her the punishment ....
- New Acquisitions By Army To Figure In Republic Day Parade (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Marching teams to include Madras Regiment and Maratha Infantry
- Pakistan Won’T Endorse N-Iran: Pm (News International, Salim Bokhari, Jan 22, 2006)
Vows to raise Bajaur bombing in tripartite commission meeting;
calls for moving beyond CBMs to settle Kashmir issue
- Khokhrapar-Munabao Train To Run On Feb 4 (News International, Muhammad Khalid, Jan 22, 2006)
Rejecting Indian concerns regarding construction of an overhead shelter at the Zero Point railway station, the director-general of Pakistan Rangers, Maj-Gen Jawed Zia, has said that it is not a violation of the Border Ground Rule, 1962.
- There Is No Cal But Cal! (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 22, 2006)
I went to Bangalore for the first time last month, around the new year.
- Call To Involve Tribes In Biodiversity Schemes (Hindu, R. Madhavan Nair, Jan 22, 2006)
NBA Chairman lauds State's response
"The success of biodiversity conservation measures envisaged under the Biological Diversity Act would depend a great deal on the extent to which tribes and local people are allowed to participate in these programmes,"
- Kashmir Issue Needs 'Substantive Dispute Resolution': Aziz (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Jan 22, 2006)
Stressing that New Delhi and Islamabad must move beyond simple confidence-building measures to "substantive dispute resolution," Pakistan has asserted that the Kashmir issue must be settled for South Asia to achieve "sustainable peace."
- Gas As Russia’S Political Tool (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Recent freezing weather conditions in Russia are sending shivers down the spines of many European policymakers as governments across the continent become increasingly aware of Europe’s dependency on Russian gas supplies.
- A Leader And His Weight (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 22, 2006)
Everything was said that could be said about Ariel Sharon last week as he lay in a coma except the one thing that crossed the mind of every viewer watching newsreel footage of the prime minister, which was, “How much does that man weigh?
- Suspected Militant Carried Out Blasts In Bangladesh? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Pasha has confessed he was part of a Jihadi group: police
The Bangalore police on Saturday said that one of the two suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives, whom they arrested on Thursday, may have been involved in explosions in Bangladesh in 2003.
- India Must Concentrate On Pure Research: Scientist (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Universities have to create a situation to nourish researchers
To take up issue of collaboration with India with Fermilab director
Joint research activities on de-zero experiment on
MIPP experiment being done with participation of two Indians
- Police Step Up Vigil As Naxals Bid To Consolidate Position (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
We are on a high alert, says Superintendent of Police
Security for VIPs visiting the district beefed up
SP justifies heavy mobilisation of police force for VIPs
- A Lesson Learnt The Hard Way (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Jan 21, 2006)
The Islamic Party of Malaysia has just learnt that issues of development matter as much as faith when it comes to winning votes.
- A Contingent Lands In Chennai (Hindu, K.T. Sangameswaran, Jan 21, 2006)
A contingent of 68 BJP MLAs from Karnataka was flown in here on Friday just before 10 p.m. and taken to hotels in the city.
- Safeguards For Breeder Reactors A Key Obstacle (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 21, 2006)
U.S. unwilling to accept Indian stand
As India and the United States concluded their third round of technical talks on the planned separation and safeguarding of Indian civilian nuclear facilities this week, the status of the country's fast . . .
- High Court Stays Cbse Circular (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The circular is violative of Article 30
Entitled to Constitutional protection
Urges the court to quash the circular
- Bangalore Police Nab Two More Suspected Lashkar Operatives (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
However, their role in the attack on IISc is yet to be ascertained
The Bangalore police, who are investigating the terrorist attack on the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have arrested two more suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives.
- A Second Earth Needed To Sustain India And China (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 21, 2006)
Do you know that India and China have as much population as that of "the next 20 largest countries combined"? Or that "some 80 per cent of the companies in Wal-Mart's database of suppliers are now Chinese"? China and India are the focus of State . . .
- Energy-Efficient Vehicles "Will Reduce Pollution" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Students have to be hard working: Vice-Chancellor
Pollution does not recognise international boundaries, and the solution to reduce pollution and save the earth is through construction of energy-efficient buildings and vehicles and use of renewable ...
- Greenpeace Activists Meet French Officials (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 21, 2006)
Presidential advisers were "utterly amateurish, knew nothing"; Government "not interested"
- One Party, Two Visions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 21, 2006)
The Advani era, pundits proclaimed, had ended with the advent of Rajnath Singh as the Bharatiya Janata Party's new helmsman. But Lal Krishna Advani, 78, is in no mood to walk into the sunset.
- Bin Laden And The Threat Of Peace (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 21, 2006)
For all its drama, Osama bin Laden’s latest message masks the Al Qaeda’s still potent reach, finds Ajai Sahni
- Stop Processions (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Jan 21, 2006)
As usual, Sikhs of Delhi took out a procession on Guru Gobind Singh’s birthday. It was undoubtedly as great a spectacle as those in the years past: a mile-long file of men and women walking ten to twenty abreast.
- With An Enemy Like This (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 21, 2006)
Formally handing over charge in Mumbai this New Year’s eve, outgoing BJP president Lal Krishna Advani had said he was confident that Rajnath Singh “will preside over the party’s growth to newer heights” and the “bad patch” faced by the BJP in 2005 would..
- Lahore-Amritsar Bus Service Begins With Song And Dance (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Jan 21, 2006)
Transcending various apprehensions, the first Lahore-Amritsar bus service began on Friday when a Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation bus carrying 26 passengers from Lahore crossed the zero line at the Wagah-Attari Joint Check Post along . . .
- Deal Unlikely During Bush Visit, Says Nicholas Burns (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 21, 2006)
"Civilian nuclear agreement will have to be detailed, substantial"
First time both were going into substantive aspects: Saran
India "very supportive" of European initiative
Two sides have their work cut out for next several weeks: Burns
- ``Iaea Inspections Will Compromise Breeder Research'' (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 21, 2006)
U.S. reluctance to accept India as a nuclear arms state is the heart of the matter
- India Must Engage, Not Sermonise (Indian Express, P.R. KUMARASWAMY, Jan 21, 2006)
Having slept through Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip last August, India was rather quick to recognise the unfolding drama in that country following the hospitalisation of Ariel Sharon. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s quick message ....
- Mood Upbeat On Eve Of Congress Plenary (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Jan 21, 2006)
Karnataka developments have not dampened the spirit of partymen
- Lahore-Amritsar Bus Service Begins (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Jan 21, 2006)
Termed "twin cities" before Partition, they are finally connected after five decades
- New Year Resolve: One Step At A Time (The Economic Times, V B N RAM, Jan 21, 2006)
As we enter each new year we willy-nilly get caught in a web of thoughts. The God-believing among us invoke His blessings so that the new year and those to follow should be bereft of all the sorrow, suffering, strife and unhappiness the years . . .
- Us Diplomat Sees ‘Complexity’ In India-Us N-Talks (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The United States and India face difficult negotiations on a landmark civilian nuclear pact, but officials said they remain hopeful of reaching an agreement on the deal that leaders of both countries have hailed as a centrepiece of their emerging alliance
- Nepal Curfew Thwarts Planned Rally As Many Held (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jan 21, 2006)
Soldiers and armed police enforced a curfew in the Nepali capital on Friday and placed leading politicians under house arrest, thwarting a planned protest against the king, who seized absolute power last year.
- Old Enemy, Older Friend (Daily Excelsior, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jan 21, 2006)
In a lifetime as a cricket fan, my most depressing experience was watching the World Cup quarter-final played between India and Pakistan in Bangalore in March 1996.
- Over 450 Political Activists Arrested In Nepal (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Jan 21, 2006)
More than 450 political activists, including top leaders, were arrested in Nepal and authorities imposed a dawn-to-dusk curfew in the capital Kathmandu to prevent a seven-party pro-democracy alliance from organising a massive anti-King rally today.
- Bus Joins Two Punjabs Six Decades After Partition (Daily Excelsior, GAJINDER SINGH, Jan 21, 2006)
Six decades after trains and buses ferried piles of dead bodies across the new line partitioning India and Pakistan, the border witnessed scenes of joy today as the first Lahore-Amritsar bus, “Dosti”, rolled in at Wagah.
- Nepal Worries The World (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
As King Gyanendra’s government imposed a day-long curfew in Kathmandu Valley today and arrested nearly 600 people to prevent a protest rally by opposition parties, global concern began mounting, with UN secretary-general Mr Kofi Annan, the European Union,
- First Lahore-Amritsar Bus Arrives (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
In their efforts to enhance people-to -people contact, India and Pakistan today launched their third bus service - this time between Amritsar and Lahore - when a bus with 26 passengers aboard arrived here to rousing cheers.
- Court & Parliament At Loggerheads (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 21, 2006)
It is ironical that the biggest challenge to the Indian constitution has come in January, the month in which the country introduced it, as far back as 1950, to become a republic. Unfortunately, the challenge is developing into some sort of a . . .
- Groups Involved In Terrorism In India: Pakistan Offers India Help In Probe (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 21, 2006)
India wants Pakistan to sign extradition treaty, MLAT
Amidst spats on terrorism and Balochistan at the recently concluded foreign secretary-level talks, Pakistan has offered India help in investigations if India provides . . .
- Us Missile Attack (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
It is hard to say how many people would have mourned Ayman al-Zawahiri if he had indeed been killed last week by the US missiles that hit a Pashtun area near Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan.
- Defreezing Accounts (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jan 21, 2006)
First it was the Law Minister Hansraj Bhardwaj, not strictly a man of law given his past track record in other capacities. A lawyer he may have been but he has always been a loyal servant of the Gandhi parivar.
- Us Wants Improved Pakistan-India Ties (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Jan 21, 2006)
India and the United States, preparing for a visit by President George W. Bush, wound up two days of official-level talks here on Friday with Washington encouraging improved Delhi-Islamabad ties but disapproving of Iran’s proximity with both.
- Lahore Bus Gets Warm Welcome (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
A bus from Lahore arrived here on Friday, marking the launch of a third bus link between Pakistan and India aimed at building confidence and strengthening their slow-moving peace process.
- Inching Towards Peace (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 21, 2006)
The foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan who met in New Delhi earlier this week have confirmed that the composite dialogue between the two countries will remain on track.
- Jews Have Wailing Wall, We Need Ram Temple: Bjp Chief (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 21, 2006)
In a two-hour speech marked by ringing confidence, elaborate articulation of the party’s philosophy and a hard-nosed realpolitik, BJP president Rajnath Singh sent a clear message that he was very much his own man—and under him the BJP . . .
- Peace Process Grinds On (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Jan 21, 2006)
Some recent developments have dealt a hefty blow to the ongoing Pakistan-India peace process. If the decision makers in Islamabad and New Delhi do not act quickly to restore the health of bilateral relations, the peace process will soon find itself . . .
- Dharam Offers To Resign (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Chief Minister N Dharam Singh on Friday sounded optimistic about saving the coalition with the support of Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H D Deve Gowda, but JD(S) working president H D Kumaraswamy ruled out any reversal of his plans to . . .
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