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Articles 16221 through 16320 of 26855:
- Spaced Out In India... (Deccan Herald, Colin Todhunter, Jan 08, 2006)
Like many other foreign travellers in India, I have been to numerous holy places steeped in mysticism where yoga and meditation courses abound. Unlike other travellers, however, I had never felt any compulsion to indulge in a spiritual quest for inner....
- Aphc Rejects The Indian Constitution (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 08, 2006)
APHC chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said that no solution to Kashmir issue on the basis of the Indian Constitution is unacceptable. At a Press conference in Islamabad on Friday, he said that the UN resolutions provided the legal basis to resolve . . .
- Blaming India To Avert Internal Rebellion? Pakistan's Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao Has ‘Held India Responsible’ For The Continuing Unrest In Balochistan Province (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
India can be blamed but the fact is Balochistan province of Pakistan wants independence from the country.
- India To Quietly Raise Terror With Chief Guest Saudi King (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Against the backdrop of hardline Tehreek-e-Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s scheduled meeting with United Jehad Council chief Syed Salahuddin on the sidelines of the Haj in Mecca this week, New Delhi has decided to seek help from visiting . . .
- Mirwaiz: Make Saarc Guarantor (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today said “self-governance and demilitarisation will provide Kashmiris a sense of being masters of their own destiny”. He added that J-K’s internal security ought to be handed over to the state police.
- Pm’S Left Hook (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jan 08, 2006)
The Left saw another side to the usually soft-spoken Manmohan Singh when it made an issue over the joint Indo-US air force exercise in Kalaikunda, West Bengal, last November.
- End-Game In Kashmir Uncertain (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Jan 07, 2006)
WITH Pakistan coming up with “bold” and provocative proposals like “self-governance” and “demilitarisation” in the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir, the main focus of negotiations during the third round of the composite dialogue between India and . . .
- Problem Will Be In India, Not In France, Says Technopure (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jan 07, 2006)
No response by Indian companies on how exactly the remaining waste will be removed
- Clarify Stand On Nuclear Plan: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
"Centre must keep all parties informed"
Concern over plan being shared with U.S. Congress
Wonders whether it amounts to capping India's n-resources
Wants Government to take other political parties into confidence
- Full Independence Of Kashmir Not Possible: Mirwaiz (Daily Times, Umer Farooq, Jan 07, 2006)
Leader advocates co-existence
* Says self-governance and demilitarisation of Kashmir can be interim arrangement
- Bjp: Present Tense, Future Uncertain (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jan 07, 2006)
Last month’s silver jubilee celebration of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Mumbai will go down in the party’s history as a landmark which focused on the past, but refused to take up the present and shied away from the future.
- `Karaikal Carnival 2006' From Jan. 14 To Attract More Tourists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Will have ethnic food festival, light music, catamaran race
A four-day `Karaikal Carnival 2006', festival of music, dance and culture, would begin here from January 14 coinciding with the Pongal.
- Holding The Banner Of Harmony Aloft (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , Jan 07, 2006)
It all occurred over 18 years ago. A gang of terrorists stormed Sohal, a tiny village in Amritsar district of Punjab, around midnight on July 21, 1987. The gun-toting Khalistanis opened fire using automatic weapons.
- Highs And Lows (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 07, 2006)
Wonders will never cease. Seeing as how of the original Seven Wonders of the World (selected by Philon in 200 BC) only the Pyramids at Giza survive, a Switzerland-based organisation launched a global poll to elect the new Seven Wonders.
- Incursions Of Hindutva (Times of India, HARSH MANDER, Jan 07, 2006)
Tribals in the forested interiors of India today face a grave, new threat. Already dispossessed of land and forest, grappling with debt, hunger, exploitation and bondage, the tribals now face incursions of radical Hindutva, . . .
- Railways On Right Track (The Financial Express, AV POULOSE, Jan 07, 2006)
Of all the user-friendly reforms the Indian Railways (IR) has announced in the recent past, encouraged by its good performance, physical and financial, the opening up of one stream of traffic for competition, by ending the long-held monopoly . . .
- Conversation With Manmohan Singh (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 07, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been always effusive and warm whenever I have discussed India-Pakistan relations with him. This time I found him a bit distressed and disappointed. He is not as optimistic as before because he says he does not know . . .
- Khokhropar-Munabao Railway Link: Thar Express Starts On February 1 (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 07, 2006)
The second passenger train service between India and Pakistan connecting Rajasthan and Sindh will start from February 1 as a once-a-week service, the frequency of which can be increased depending on the passengers.
- We Have Proof Of Foreign Hand In Balochistan, Says Sh Rashid (Daily Times, Iqbal Khattak, Jan 07, 2006)
Good relations with neighbours have kept Islamabad from making public evidence of the involvement of foreign countries in insurgency-hit Balochistan, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid said on Friday.
- Indian Muslim Group Welcomes Saudi Offer To Help Renovate Mosque (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
A Muslim group that oversees New Delhi’s grand mosque of Friday welcomed an offer from Saudi King Abdullah to help renovate the 17th century shrine, India’s largest mosque.
- Afghan Talent Show A Hit Four Years After The Taliban (Daily Times, Emmanuel Duparcq, Jan 07, 2006)
The scene, unthinkable only four years ago under the ousted Taliban regime who banned music and television, plays out in Kabul’s Ariana cinema
- Bjp After Advani’S Exit (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Jan 07, 2006)
Under fire from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and party hawks after he praised Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah during his Pakistan trip, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president L.K. Advani has been forced to quit the top party post.
- Catch A Snow Flake (Indian Express, Rajnish Wattas, Jan 07, 2006)
One of the great joys of living in Chandigarh is its backdrop of the magnificent Shivalik hills of Kasauli. The resplendent blue mountains beckon you. Kasauli, the quaint hilltop town of the Raj days, is a favourite weekend getaway, . . .
- Celebrating Triplicane's Historical Significance (Hindu, R. Sujatha, Jan 07, 2006)
"Tiruvallikeni Tiruvizha" is to be inaugurated at 4 p.m. on Saturday
A fair to celebrate one of Chennai's oldest settlements, also known for its massive temple,is beginning on Saturday.
- Iisc Attack: Madrasa Head In Custody? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The police investigating the December 28 terrorist attack on Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore have taken into custody a head of a madrasa in Sindagi taluk in Bijapur district. The head of the madrasa is alleged to have connection . . .
- A Matter Of Civic Responsibility (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 07, 2006)
AS Eid-ul-Azha approaches, it would be appropriate to remind ourselves of the deeper meaning and significance of the occasion.
- Cbr: Taxpayer Friendly Reforms Pay (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 07, 2006)
The Central Board of Revenue has collected Rs 322 billion during the July-December period of the current financial year marking an increase of 22.7 per cent over the revenue collection in the first half of the last year. CBR Chairman M Abdullah Yusuf . ..
- Media Attention On Clemenceau (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 07, 2006)
The Committee's decision generated huge media attention in France. For many ordinary French persons, the Clemenceau has come to symbolise the high handed manner in which developed nations tend to act towards countries of the south.
- Sharon Leaves No Heir (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 07, 2006)
If the massive cerebral haemorrhage suffered by Ariel Sharon marks the end of this remarkable man's political career, then Israeli public life is about to lose the figure who above all others reshaped Israeli politics and diplomacy in the post-Oslo period
- Third Decree Treatment (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 07, 2006)
As in real estate, so in minority politics. When in trouble, ordinance
- Reserved For Merit (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jan 07, 2006)
It is exactly a year since the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) council has been caught up in the wrangle over its status — minority or not. In striking down the AMU Amendment Act of 1981, that granted the university minority status, . . .
- Bombay Police Arrest Three Suspected Kashmiri Militants (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Bombay police arrested three armed men believed to be Kashmiri militants and seized a weapons cache, Indian media reported Friday.
- Bjp Deserts Nepal King? (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jan 07, 2006)
Is one reading too much into it or is the BJP finally throwing its weight behind Nepal’s Opposition?
- Why Are They Running Scared Of Ideology? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 07, 2006)
Increasingly, ideology is portrayed as something to be despaired of — a hang-up, and a hindrance to progress in a world in search of quick fixes. But pragmatism without a political vision seldom works in the long run.
- Follow Which Leader? (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Jan 07, 2006)
The Ramlila in the BJP seems to be over and hopefully, its new president, Rajnath Singh — who is not Ram, Lakshman, Hanuman or the infamous dhobi — will get down to the serious task of putting the party back on track.
- Iran's No-Show At Iaea Fuels Tension In Atomic Row (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Jan 07, 2006)
Iran's no-show for a meeting with the U.N. nuclear watchdog to explain its move to resume atomic fuel research has hardened sentiment that diplomacy may have to give way to action to rein in Tehran, diplomats say.
- India, Pakistan's Second Rail Link To Start Feb 1 (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
India and Pakistan agreed on Friday to start a second cross-border train service next month as the nuclear-armed neighbours nudge a slow-moving peace process forward.
- Making A ‘Menace’ Of Migrants (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 07, 2006)
Do you know how many illegal Bangladeshi immigrants there are in India? Are there 30 million of them? What about 20 million? Or is the figure as low as 10 million?
- Old Order Gives Way (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The year just begun is likely to see a radical change in the political equations between the country’s principal parties broadly divided into two: the Hindu Right-wing and others.
- Even Lohiaites Are Learning (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 07, 2006)
If, like this writer, you too are a believer in economic reform leading to free markets, shrinking of the state’s role in economics and unshackling India’s creative and entrepreneurial energies, and are dismayed at the road-blocks and rollbacks at . . .
- Changing Profile Of Al Qaeda (Daily Excelsior, P Bhattacharya, Jan 07, 2006)
On 5 February, 2003, the then US Secretary of State, Gen Colin Powel had said at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that, ''Iraq today harbors a deadly terrorist network, headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an associate and collaborator . . .
- Those Blessed With Gene-Sharkmen, Matters, Memories (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jan 07, 2006)
A news item I read in one of the Delhi papers the other day describes how a little striped fish had helped scientists to solve one of the biggest mysteries in biology- which genes were responsible for differences in human skin, eye and hair colour.
- Musharraf For Positive Indian Response On Demilitarisation (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has expressed the hope that India would "respond positively" to Pakistan’s proposals for demilitarisation and self-governance in Jammu and Kashmir to facilitate a lasting solution to the vexed issue.
- Rail Service From Feb 1 (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 07, 2006)
In a major boost to confidence building measures, India and Pakistan today decided to resume from February 1 the century-old Munabao-Khokrapar rail link which was snapped after the 1965 war.
- Rss Never Interferes In Bjp’S Affairs: Rajnath (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Seeking to bring back the party on its ideological path, new BJP President Rajnath Singh today disagreed with his predecessor Mr L.K. Advani’s contention on public perception about RSS “interference” in party affairs even as he called for a nation-wide de
- Remembering Shah-I-Hamadan (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 07, 2006)
The great saint is not only remembered for his saintliness but there is much more than is being read and heard about him.The great saint is not only remembered for his saintliness but there is much more than is being read and heard about him.
- The Dream Team: A Critique-Ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 07, 2006)
What would convertibility entail? For a decade now, India has had limited ease of availability of foreign exchange for importers, businessmen, students and tourists.
- No Regrets On Remark On Jinnah: Advani (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Former BJP President L. K. Advani has “no regrets” for his statement on Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Pakistan and feels that his party missed a golden opportunity.
- No Quota For Amu (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 07, 2006)
Thursday’s Allahabad High Court ruling upholding the judgement of its earlier single-Judge order which had termed the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University and 50 per cent reservation to Muslims in the institution as “unconstitutional” is a setback
- Nuclear Plan Presented To Washington (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 06, 2006)
India awaits U.S. response on separation of facilities
Fast-breeder reactor programme not included in civilian facilities
India has no problem if Washington shares the separation plans with U.S. Congress
- Pilgrim’S Stay In Madinah (Greater Kashmir, ZAHIR-U-DIN, Jan 06, 2006)
After getting acquainted with the Holy Prophet’s (SAW) mosque, a pilgrim must come out to explore various places of historic importance.
- Cbr: Taxpayer Friendly Reforms Pay (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 06, 2006)
The Central Board of Revenue has collected Rs 322 billion during the July-December period of the current financial year marking an increase of 22.7 per cent over the revenue collection in the first half of the last year. CBR Chairman M Abdullah Yusuf ...
- Rights Of Women In Islam (Dawn, Syed Imad-ud-Din Asad, Jan 06, 2006)
IT is a general concept in the West that in the eyes of Islam woman is inferior to man. They staunchly believe that there is no such thing as “rights of woman” in Islam. This misconception is partly due to their lack of access to the Quran and the . . .
- Stranded And Tortured (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 06, 2006)
The allegations made by a group of Pakistanis living in Greece that they were abducted and tortured by Greek intelligence agents and police on suspicion of being linked to London 7/7 bombings need to be followed up by the Pakistan government through ...
- Pak- Nepal Nexus (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jan 06, 2006)
It should have been expected that sooner or later both China and Pakistan would want to fish in the troubled waters in Nepal and, sure enough, Beijing has already delivered truckloads of weapons for the Royal Nepal Army and Pakistan is preparing . . .
- Amu Not A Minority Institution: Hc (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Upholds striking down of 50 pc quota
The Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court today upheld with some modifications its last year’s single-judge Bench judgment terming as ‘unconstitutional the granting of minority status to the . . .
- The Grounded Chopper (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 06, 2006)
Dhruv symbolises a serious malady
It was a grounding that was waiting to happen. The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) built Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH), named Dhruv, had one hard landing too many a couple of months ago.
- The Kitty (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Jan 06, 2006)
Being the mother of two animal-loving children, who on and off keep making demands (albeit without much success) for a pet of their own, I am quite used to stray dogs being fed with carefully smuggled-out biscuits and milk from my home.
- 12 Child Labourers Rescued (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Officials of the Labour Department raid garages and shops
- Talaq: What? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 06, 2006)
A mob cannot take away the rights
The nebulous entity called “community” is supposed to be the conscience keeper of a collective of persons and ensure that they adhere to certain basic decencies.
- Ramdev's Supporters Arrested (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
They gathered outside the CPI(M) office in Delhi and raised slogans against Brinda Karat
20 supporters of Swamy Ramdev arrested; one person injured
Protest is handiwork of RSS, VHP hoodlums, says CPI (M)
- India Blamed For Kohlu Unrest; Sherpao Warns Outlaws Of Stern Action (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao on Thursday held India responsible for the continuing unrest in Balochistan and said the government had decided to take ‘stern’ action against those involved in anti-state activities in the province.
- Why Home Prices Are High (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 06, 2006)
By inferring that the overall value of housing has lost touch with economic reality, Prof Paul Krugman sees homes as separate from the overall savings and investment market. But G. Ramachandran and V. Sankar think that the market for h omes . . .
- Tormenting The Tormented (The Economic Times, ARVIND KALA, Jan 06, 2006)
If You jump off a building and die, your family faces police questioning. If you jump and survive, you face a one-year prison term. Suicide attempters in the west are given emergency medical treatment and escorted back to their families
- Railways Open Door To Private Shippers (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Concor monopoly comes to an end.
The government today took the wraps off a policy that will allow private companies in container transportation by rail, bringing to an end Container Corporation of India’s (Concor) long-held monopoly in the business.
- 24 Taliban Surrender In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Two dozen Taliban and Islamic fighters Thursday surrendered to the Afghan government under a US-backed amnesty scheme and renounced violence, officials said.
- Divide Punjab Into Three (News International, Shafqat Mahmood, Jan 06, 2006)
Kalabagh may be a great project and urgently needed but it has widened the gulf of mistrust between the smaller provinces and Punjab. The dam is being seen as a grand Punjabi conspiracy and no amount of technical patter emerging from Islamabad seems to ..
- India Wants Peace With Neighbours: Mukherjee (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Underlining the need for living in peace with neighbours, Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said New Delhi was holding talks with Islamabad to achieve this end.
- Balochistan Decries ‘Step-Motherly Treatment’ (News International, Ikram Hoti, Jan 06, 2006)
The Balochistan chief minister has drawn attention of the Centre towards ‘step motherly treatment’ meted out to the iron ore business of the province.
- Kashmiri Groups Want Sovereign Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Kashmiri groups demonstrated against the United Nations Organisation (UNO) for not resolving the Kashmir issue despite the passage of 58 years, on Thursday.
- Sharon's Deputy Takes Over As Acting Prime Minister (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jan 06, 2006)
Premier's ailment likely to generate a power vacuum in Israel
Israel's Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has become acting Prime Minister following Ariel Sharon's illness, and has already held a Cabinet meeting on Thursday.
- China Sees India As Partner, Says Pla Expert (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jan 06, 2006)
China and India "eye each other not as a threat but as a partner," according to Rear Admiral Yang Yi, Director of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Institute of Strategic Studies at China's National Defence University.
- Musharraf For Positive Response (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 06, 2006)
Reaffirms Pakistan's "moral support" to Kashmiris
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said he hoped India would respond positively to Pakistan's proposals of demilitarisation and self-governance in Kashmir to facilitate a "lasting solution...
- Clandestine Nuclear Deals Traced To Sudan (Hindu, Ian Cobain, Jan 06, 2006)
Hi-tech equipment imported into the country has disappeared Intelligence agencies suspect the equipment has been traded by the nuclear proliferation racket headed by the Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.
- Special Measures Helped Ttdc Earn Rs. 8.6 Crore Profit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
32nd edition of the Tourism and Industrial Exhibition opens
- E-Mail To Pm, President Warns Of Terror Strikes (Hindustan Times, JT Vishnu, Jan 06, 2006)
Pakistan-based terrorist outfits Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and Jaish-e-Mohammad are planning fidayeen attacks on IIT-Kanpur, Varanasi's Kashi Vishwanath Temple and vital installations in the Capital. The attacks have been planned on or before Republic Day, . . .
- Capital, Not Country (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 06, 2006)
Indian politicians are keen on NRIs. They should just make it easy for all foreign investors
- Laloo Throws Weight Behind Yoga Guru (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Laloo’s comments came a day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav backed the spiritual leader. Demonstrations by the guru’s followers against the communists were also reported from several places around the country.
- No Minority Tag For Amu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday termed as incorrect the provision granting minority institution status to the Aligarh Muslim University. The court also maintained that AMU was not a minority institution.
- Exercise Restraint (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 06, 2006)
The Baloch situation should not cloud the Indo-Pak peace process
Islamabad has displayed avoidable irritation over a mild Indian comment about what many leading Pakistani politicians and analysts describe as the “grim and volatile situation....
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