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Articles 16821 through 16920 of 26855:
- 'India, Pakistan Discuss Kashmir Self-Rule' (Hindustan Times, Muhammad Najeeb, Dec 27, 2005)
Pakistan and India are discussing a proposal to demilitarise Kashmir and introduce self-governance in the region, an official said in Islamabad on Monday.
- Rss Sets Lakshman Rekha For Bjp (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Differences between LK Advani and RSS on Monday appeared to provide the backdrop to the five-day BJP national convention as the Sangh asked the party not to deviate from its ideology in a bid to reach out to a wider section of society while the . . .
- Mfn Status To India Linked With Kashmir: Humayun (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Dec 27, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday linked the extension of (most favoured nation) MFN status to India with the progress on political issues particularly on long-standing and thorny issue of Kashmir.
- One Year On: World Recalls The Fury Of Tsunami (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
The world on Monday remembered the fury of the Indian Ocean tsunami that swept away at least 216,000 people in 12 countries one year ago.
- History In The Making (Hindu, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 27, 2005)
A titan of the world of journalism and an indomitable fighter of worthwhile causes
- Denying Democratic Right To Hamas (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 27, 2005)
There is a fundamental contradiction at the heart of the western project of bringing democracy to Arab-Islamic societies.
- Madressah Registration (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 27, 2005)
The registration of madressahs in Pakistan is proving to be a more challenging job than had been anticipated.
- Intelligence Abuse Deja Vu (Dawn, Gary Hart, Dec 27, 2005)
Three weeks after I took the oath of office in the Senate in 1975, the then majority leader Mike Mansfield appointed me to a newly created committee — the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations With Respect to Intelligence Activities, . . .
- Indo-Pak Talks From Jan 17-18 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan will begin the next round of the composite dialogue on January 17-18 in New Delhi. This was announced by the Ministry of External Affairs today. The two officials will kickstart the third round with discussions ..
- India’S Best Fishermen Drop Anchor & Pride, Wait For Ngo Handouts (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Dec 27, 2005)
His skin is leathery from decades of sun and salt. His arms are muscular from years of hauling seine nets. T Stanislaus (70) looks like he could jump into a traditional vallam and make a three-month-long fishing migration to haul in pomfret off . . .
- As Memories Drown Nagapattinam, Life Floats On Prayers, Tattered Saree (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Dec 27, 2005)
Six-year-old Brinda pottered around the ruins of what once used to be her hut. Some distance away, an argument broke out as to where her house could have been.
- The Effects Of Globalisation On Bangalore (Deccan Herald, SHASHI DESHPANDE, Dec 27, 2005)
In its total indifference towards the old, weak and poor, is Bangalore going the Thatcher-Reagan way in leaving those who cannot swim to drown?
- The Soul's Awakening (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
" Tiruppalli ezhuchi" of Saint Manickkavasagar, a hymn by way of awakening Lord Siva at Tiruperunthurai — a temple ritual sanctioned by the Agamas — exudes the fervent devotion of a soul that has had vision of the Supreme Being.
- Hark The Herald (Deccan Herald, Mini Krishnan, Dec 27, 2005)
The carol was very popular with me, and I kept singing it out loud
- Thanksgiving High On Rajapakse Agenda (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Thanksgiving figures as prominently on his agenda as diplomacy when Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse arrives here on a four-day India visit on Tuesday......
- A Tsunami Of Emotions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Candlelight marches, prayers and floral tributes on Monday marked the first anniversary of the tsunami disaster as tearful memories of the thousands who met with watery deaths flooded back along the shores of Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands . . .
- Budhadeb Mark Ii (Tribune, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Dec 27, 2005)
The West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr Budhadeb Bhattacharya, seems to have emerged as an anti-Marxist leader and yet manages to remain in the CPM. The latest expression of his anti-Marxist ideas could be noticed at a seminar conducted by the CPM . . .
- The Music Of Love And Loss (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Dec 27, 2005)
Honest attempt to portray the complexities in this outstanding musician's life
- For Its Mumbai Rally, Bjp Now Keys In Mms Invites (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Dec 27, 2005)
While three chandeliers were being strung up on Monday inside a Red Fort replica designed by Bollywood’s Nitin Desai for a five-day BJP soul search, its leaders and footsoldiers were busy thumbing a 34-second MMS clip—the target is 10,000 messages by ....
- The Burden Of Memory (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, Dec 27, 2005)
Argues that modernity is best achieved if conditions propitious to forgetting the past are encouraged
- Prayers, Silence Across Indian Ocean (Indian Express, Tomi Soetjipto, Dec 27, 2005)
Mourners from across the world wept, prayed and observed moments of silence along ravaged Indian Ocean coastlines on Monday to remember those killed by one of nature’s deadliest episodes.
- Safe Blood Remains A Distant Dream (Hindu, Meena Menon, Dec 27, 2005)
The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) recognises that blood safety is integral to the fight against Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome. In India, of the 1,11,608 AIDS-afflicted, 2,231 have been infected through blood and blood products, . . .
- Pak Team To Discuss New Train Service (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Ahead of the scheduled third round foreign secretary-level talks being held under the framework of the Indo-Pak composite dialogue on January 17-18 in the capital, a official delegation from Islamabad will arrive here early next month....
- Sprinkling Of Mythology At Bjp Meet (Deccan Herald, Deepak Upreti, Dec 27, 2005)
The BJP has brought down the scale of arrangements for the party leaders this time round and sought to look a party “rooted-to-the ground.”
- Asia Remembers Tsunami Disaster With Prayer, Silence (Reuters, Tomi Soetjipto, Dec 27, 2005)
Mourners from across the world wept, prayed and observed moments of silence along ravaged Indian Ocean coastlines on Monday to remember those killed by one of nature's deadliest disasters.
- 3rd Round Of Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue From Jan 17 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
India and Pakistan will hold the third round of composite dialogue on January 17 when the Foreign Secretaries meet to discuss Jammu and Kashmir as also peace and security, including confidence building measures.
- 37 Illegal Properties Razed, Two Sealed Amid Protests (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Municipal Commissioner gheraoed by Congress councillors for `pick-and-choose'
- Self-Government And Kashmir (Daily Times, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 27, 2005)
India has finally disclosed that it has received Pakistan’s proposals for self-governance in Kashmir.
- Election Funding (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2005)
The Union Cabinet has rightly asked the Election Commission to hold an all-party meeting and decide the modalities on the state funding of elections.
- Jubilee Jingle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 27, 2005)
As the coordination committee of state employees tightens its fist in celebration of its 50th anniversary on Wednesday, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has of late been singing a jubilee jingle that chimes oddly with his image of an investor-friendly and ....
- North By North-West (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 27, 2005)
Shyam Saran’s ‘frank’ talk with the Nepal’s King Gyanendra may constitute a turning point in Indo-Nepal relations, writes Jyoti Malhotra
- Dilemma Of Dealing With A Recalcitrant Monarch (Daily Excelsior, Brigadier (Retd.) S. N. Sachadeva, Dec 27, 2005)
The chief of the Indian Army has invited the chief of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) to visit India, a move that conveys Delhi's willingness to Kathmandu to pick up the threads of a military relationship despite the diplomatic frostiness after . . .
- Air Defence Penetrated (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Dec 27, 2005)
The theft of magnetrons from an Army air defence regiment depot in Bhuj, Gujarat, coming in the wake of, ad nauseum, thefts/losses of computers/laptops, war-room secrets and everything else foreign powers would be interested in, underscore . . .
- Advani: Bjp Has Made History (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Dec 27, 2005)
Party made India's polity bipolar
Single party dominance smashed and bipolar polity brought about
Economy underwent metamorphosis
A fully developed India brought within realm of possibility
- It’S Time To Think (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
The BJP will mark the beginning of its silver jubilee celebration with a two-day national executive meeting in Mumbai tomorrow.
- `Operation Duryodhan': Is Seeking Money Merely `Stupid'? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 27, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party veteran and the party's outgoing President, Mr L. K. Advani, has given a new nuance to the terms `stupidity' and bribe-taking.
- Towards Universal Guidelines On Water Use (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Dec 27, 2005)
There is a need for fundamental and holistic re-thinking about water at the international level and the adoption of a basic Water Declaration or Convention.
- Disunited Colours (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 27, 2005)
From Clichy-sous-Bois outside Paris to Cronulla beach in Sydney, societies across the western world appear to be afflicted by the same problem — race riots, which serve as a reminder that they have been unable to successfully integrate migrants . . .
- Shouting Brigades In Uttar Pradesh (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2005)
It is a triple whammy for the Mulayam Singh-led Government in Uttar Pradesh, with the Samajwadi Party and its leader facing fire from a hit squad comprising the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party, and the Bahujan Samaj Party.
- India, Pakistan Composite Dialogue To Be Held On January 17, 18 (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 27, 2005)
Foreign Secretaries will discuss the Kashmir issue and confidence-building measures
Pakistan likely to focus on Kashmir self-governance, demilitarisation
Talks on Khokhrapar-Munnabao rail link on January 5, 6
- Despicable Act: Tamil Parties (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 27, 2005)
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) on Monday condemned the killing of Joseph Pararajasingham, TNA MP, in a church on Christmas Day.
- Sting And Counter-Sting (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Dec 27, 2005)
These sting journalists have done incalculable harm to the country. They have not only lowered the prestige of the parliamentarians, they have also managed to sabotage liberalisation and privatisation being practised by MPs in their own way.
- Two Nato Peacekeepers Hurt In Afghan Blast (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Two soldiers from the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Afghanistan and two Afghan civilians were wounded on Monday in an explosion in the north of the country, officials said.
- Afghanistan Begins Trial Of Former Intelligence Chief (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Government task force on war crimes to present proposal by end of 2007
Two top officials sacked for spying for foreign countries
- Tribe Sets Deadline For Journalist’S Release (News International, Iqbal Khattak, Dec 27, 2005)
A jirga in Hurmuz tribe has set a 48-hour deadline for the safe recovery of Hayatullah Khan, a journalist, who was kidnapped on December 5 from Mir Ali in North Waziristan.
- A Reading For Christmas (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Although I don't recall my first Christmas, as far back as I can remember Christmas was always special.
- `No Dispute With Andhra Pradesh On River Waters' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Karnataka Chief Minister N.Dharam Singh has made it clear that there was no serious dispute over the sharing of river waters with Andhra Pradesh, and for that matter, with any other riparian State. "Such trivial differences could be sorted out . . .
- Maoists Kill Four Policemen In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the government is committed to translate the vision of father of the Nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah into reality with a view to realizing the objectives of the creation of Pakistan.
- `Subjective Factors Hampering Unity Among Left Parties' (Hindu, C. Gouridasan Nair, Dec 26, 2005)
No ideological divide between CPI and CPI(M), says Veliyam Bhargavan
- Top Al-Badr Leader Shot Dead In Srinagar (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 26, 2005)
He was responsible for the brutal executions of many civilians in the Harwan mountains
- Saluting The Tsunami Survivors (Hindu, S. Ganesan, Dec 26, 2005)
Memorial services, silent marches and beachside ceremonies to be held today
- The New Face Of Kashmiri Militancy (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
After the October 29 blasts in Delhi it has now become clear that an increasing number of Indian nationals, especially from Kashmir, are participating in most of the terrorist attacks and terrorists’ suicide missions in the country.
- Maoists Gun Down Four Rpf Men (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Audacious attack on train at Cooneru in Vizianagaram district; cash looted
- Be Peacemakers, Pope Says On His First X’Mas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Pope Benedict, ushering in his first Christmas as Pontiff, on Sunday urged the world’s Catholics to be beacons of peace in a troubled world and offered a special prayer for an end to strife in the Holy Land.
- Shades Of Grey In A Black-And-Yellow World (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 26, 2005)
Consider this: A majority of Mumbai’s taxi drivers these days are migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
- All-Round Praise For Tifac's Community Sheds Built In Tsunami-Hit Coastal Hamlets Of Nagapattinam Dt. (Hindu, K. Subramanian, Dec 26, 2005)
Right from the President to the lower-rung people, all are impressed by the project
- Lankan Pro-Rebel Mp Gunned Down (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
A Sri Lankan legislator allied to Tamil tiger rebels was shot dead by unidentified gunmen during the midnight mass at a church in the island’s east.
- Mumbai Meet: Bjp Laddoo’S Cut, Time For Hard Talk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
By Sunday night, time was running out for allotting rooms to about 20 BJP VIPs, 220 leaders of the party’s National Executive, and 4,000 party members converging at the stylish settlement,
- Nagapattinam Prepares To Mourn Its Dead (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Dec 26, 2005)
Keechankuppam near Nagapattinam is virtually deserted. Barely 200 metre from the sea, the village had been razed when the tsunami crashed into it.
- Indo-Pak Foreign Secretaries To Discuss Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 26, 2005)
The Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet here on January 17-18 to launch the third round of the Composite Dialogue Process between the two countries, official sources said here today
- India, Pakistan Discussing Kashmir Self-Rule: Official (Hindustan Times, Muhammad Najeeb, Dec 26, 2005)
Pakistan and India are discussing a proposal to demilitarise Kashmir and introduce self-governance in the region, an official said in Islamabad on Monday.
- What Is The Mplad Scheme? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 26, 2005)
It was introduced by the the Narasimha Rao government to help MPs execute small works of a local nature to meet the urgent needs of their constituents. It began with an initial annual grant of Rs 50 lakh per MP.
- Notes From The Washington Merry-Go-Round (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Jack Anderson’s journalism comforted the afflicted and afflicted the comfortable. Inderjit Badhwar remembers his days with a scam-busting colleague
- Singh Parivar (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 26, 2005)
BJP still doesn’t understand that if it tries to be safe it will be sorry
- Kingdom Of The Official Secret (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Dec 26, 2005)
Open Government is a contradiction in terms. You can be open or you can have a government...(‘Yes Minister’ by Jonathan Lynn and Antony Lay)
- Lankan Mp Shot Dead (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
A Tamil lawmaker was shot dead while attending a Christmas mass in Sri Lanka, leading the government and the Tiger rebels to trade accusations today, as the spiralling violence threatened to derail the fragile peace process and reinforced worries...
- Rss Sets Lakshman Rekha For Bjp (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Differences between LK Advani and RSS on Monday appeared to provide the backdrop to the five-day BJP national convention as the Sangh asked the party not to deviate from its ideology in a bid to reach out to a wider section of society while the outgoing p
- Acts Of Divine Grace (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Even the Vedas, which are the ultimate scriptural authority of Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism), reiterate that it is not possible to fathom the nature and glory of the Supreme Being, the reason being that He is beyond the ken of the human senses and the mind.
- A Musical Mission (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
Christmas Carols owe their popularity to institutions taking them to the public
- A Year After The Angry Waves (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Dec 26, 2005)
At the Nagapattinam District Collectorate, a patchy little sketch ushers you in to a trail of ruins. The painting by twelve-year-old Maideen, a tsunami victim, recreates December 26, 2004, through images of angry waves, upturned boats and piled-up . . .
- Rajnath: Bjp President In Waiting? (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 26, 2005)
Rajnath Singh is certainly different from other second generation leaders of the BJP.
- Security Forces, Ltte Trade Blame (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 26, 2005)
A blame game is on between Sri Lankan security forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) over the assassination of Joseph Pararajasingham, an MP from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA).
- Jesus Is Love, Love Is Jesus (Deccan Herald, Sri Sri Ravishankar, Dec 26, 2005)
Love is the most sought after, but least expressed mysteries of life. We try to express love in so many ways, still it remains a mystery; it’s rarely expressed in its fullness, in its totality.
- At Land’S End, As Black Sunday Anniversary Rolls In, India Rolls On (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Dec 26, 2005)
“Ee kaa hai (what is this)?’’ asks Babu Lal Soni of Jharkhand curiously, peering between the thatch covering of a 16-ft high steel statue of two giant hands, one holding back the waves, another cupped to cradle a lamp of hope.
- Standing Reality On Its Head (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 26, 2005)
The denial by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam of involvement in the claymore mine attack that killed 13 Sri Lanka Navy sailors last week, and its assertion that it is "not involved in any activity that breaches the ceasefire agreement," is breathtaki
- `Clinical Research Lacking In Country' (Hindu, S. Anil Radhakrishnan, Dec 26, 2005)
Indigenous medicines of India and China play vital role in cancer treatment
- Kalam, Pm Greet Nation On Christmas (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today greeted the people on the eve of Christmas.
In his message, the President asked the people to see all around them and light up the homes which are dark as "Christmas tells us . . .
- Tight Security As Bangladesh Celebrates Christmas (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Christians in Bangladesh held Christmas masses in the evening, instead of at midnight, on Saturday under tight security in the wake of a recent wave of suicide bombings by Islamist militants.
- Sri Lanka Pro-Rebel Mp Shot Dead At Christmas Service (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 25, 2005)
A pro-rebel politician was shot dead at a Christmas service in Sri Lanka's east early on Sunday, police said, the latest in a series of attacks that have raised fears of a return to civil war.
- A Reading For Christmas (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 25, 2005)
Although I don't recall my first Christmas, as far back as I can remember Christmas was always special.
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