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Articles 17021 through 17120 of 26855:
- Two Bus Routes And A Few Questions (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 23, 2005)
To make the new bus services meaningful and truly people-oriented, India and Pakistan should liberalise the visa regime.
- A Subversive Story Of Self-Sacrifice (Hindu, Karen Armstrong, Dec 23, 2005)
To celebrate the nativity story with a consumerist orgy is to misunderstand a muth that venerates the dispossessed.
- Pak To Take Final Decision On F-16 Jets Next Year (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Pakistan will make a final decision on the purchase of F-16 fighter jets from the US next year, Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Tuesday.
- Sir Creek Setback (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 23, 2005)
Pakistan appears unsure of what it wants
The failure to move forward on the Sir Creek issue and the Munnabao-Khokrapar rail link between India and Pakistan is a setback to the ongoing dialogue process.
- Navy To Boost Maritime Ties With Dhaka (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Dec 23, 2005)
Naval Headquarters is preparing a detailed report for the Foreign Ministry on Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash’s visit to Dhaka earlier this week. In it the core recommendation will be to formalise military maritime channels in the Bay of Bengal . . .
- Look Who’S Communal (Indian Express, AMAR SINGH, Dec 23, 2005)
This is with reference to T.V.R. Shenoy’s article, ‘Too many Red faces’ (IE, November 17). I am rather disappointed that he has chosen to attack the Samajwadi Party-Left Front stand on the US-Iran standoff on fallacious grounds.
- Sbi Mutual Launches Blue Chip Fund (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Hopes to regain its position with the sub Rs. 2,000 phone launch
- Ensure Cultural University Status For Kalamandalam, Says Governor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Year-long Platinum Jubilee celebrations of the institution on
- Teach Human Rights In Schools, Says Shivaraj Patil (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
People should be aware of the importance of human rights and prevent violations'
- States Get Nod To Fund Polls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
The Union Cabinet on Thursday night gave in-principle approval to state funding of elections, sources here said. The clearance was given at a meeting of the Cabinet presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, they said.
- Path Of Self-Enquiry (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism) has often been misunderstood because of a surfeit of rituals and practices. Without dismissing them outright it is necessary to understand their significance to appreciate why they have been prescribed.
- Sir Creek Isn’T All That Easy (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Dec 23, 2005)
Among the set of problems that India and Pakistan are seemingly grappling with for many years now to find a negotiated settlement is the Sir Creek dispute. Often, this dispute is referred to as the easiest one to sort out.
- The Real Meaning Of Christmas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
What would you do if all your Christmas gifts vanished? Marianne de Nazareth finds out more about...
- There Is A Mixed Message From Mecca (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Dec 23, 2005)
Sudheendra Kulkarni analyses the refreshing as well as the disturbingly routine news from the OIC summit, the Muslim countries’ ‘mini-UN’
- View From The Left (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Dec 23, 2005)
Flexibility is a dirty word for the Left when it is refers to the labour market. People’s Democracy tells you why in a report on the Prime Minister’s “servile resonance of employers’ chants” on labour market reforms at the recent Indian Labour Conference.
- Kbd: The Way Out (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 23, 2005)
President Musharraf has regretted the resistance against construction of the Kalabagh Dam in Sindh and attributed it to committing suicide. He, however, said that he will not let Sindh commit suicide.
- Make Jammu And Kashmir A Federation (Daily Times, M Y TARIGAMI, Dec 23, 2005)
We believe that proposals for political autonomy for both parts of Kashmir, self-governance and joint India-Pakistan control over the state should be discussed seriously. However we also believe that whatever solution is evolved should respect . . .
- Al Qaeda Is More Than Just Osama Bin Laden... (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Donald Rumsfeld, the US secretary of defence, who flew into Islamabad unannounced last Wednesday to visit the quake-hit areas, said that US intelligence had not picked any signal from Osama Bin Laden in nearly a year and it was possible that he was no ...
- Polity On Trial (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 23, 2005)
Never before have politicians especially the Members of Parliament cutting across party lines been exposed to such public ridicule as these days. Close on the heels of the televised participation of 11 of them in the cash-for-question scandal . . .
- 'Tis The Season To Be Jolly (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Christmas is here! Bring out your stockings, keep out a glass of milk and a plate of cookies for Santa, and cuddle up in a warm blanket as Bala Chauhan tells you all about the Christmas spirit.
- No Cause For Celebration (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 23, 2005)
Commerce Minister Kamal Nath is satisfied with the outcome of the Hong Kong Ministerial of the WTO.
- Indiscreet Behaviour (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Dec 23, 2005)
Cameras have now shown how the people’s representatives are milking the MPLAD scheme for personal gains.
- No Mfn Status For India Until Kashmir Solution: Kasuri (News International, Asim Yasin, Dec 23, 2005)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri on Thursday said Pakistan would not grant ‘Most-Favoured Nation’ status to India till the resolution of Kashmir issue.
- Concept Of Justice (Dawn, Sidrah Unis, Dec 23, 2005)
Most of the recent western legal concepts such as supremacy of law, equality before law, judicial independence and impartiality, juristic personality, non-retroactivity, legal representation, presumption of innocence, etc., were never alien to Islam.
- Why Israel Does Not Have A Constitution (Dawn, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi, Dec 23, 2005)
Most observers of the Palestinian scene know that Israel does not have a constitution, but few try to know why it has chosen not to have one. The reasons are to be found less in the conflict between the religious right and the liberals and . . .
- Haji’S Stay In Madinah-I (Greater Kashmir, ZAHIR-U-DIN, Dec 23, 2005)
Every pilgrim must visit the abode of the most revered Prophet (SAW).
- Pakistan Offers India Two Transit Fee Formulae (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Dec 23, 2005)
Islamabad has offered two formulae to New Delhi for determining the annual transit fee to be collected by Pakistan from India for gas pipeline that would pass through its territory under the proposed $7.2 billion Iran-India-Pakistan (IPI) gas pipeline.
- Un Questions Effectiveness Of Massacre Inquiry (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
A United Nations human rights official on Thursday welcomed an inquiry into the massacre of 11 civilians by a Nepalese army soldier last week, but questioned how effective it would be.
- Letter From India: Bribery So Common, It's A Laughing Matter (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Dec 23, 2005)
Not many people bothered to feign surprise or outrage at India's latest corruption scandal: the exposé of 11 Indian members of Parliament filmed taking bundles of bank notes in payment for asking questions in Parliament.
- Literati Too Need Patronage (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 22, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz held a reception in Islamabad on Tuesday to felicitate the Pakistan cricket team on its triumph over touring England team in Test and ODI series. He also announced cash awards of Rs 1 lac for each player in appreciation .. .
- The Unguarded Deposit Gate (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Dec 22, 2005)
The Public Provident Fund Act as well as the scheme made thereunder (PPF regime) permits an individual to subscribe to a PPF account on his/her own behalf or on behalf of a minor of whom he/she is the guardian.
- Hard Road Ahead For Rss (The Week, Sachidananda Murthy, Dec 22, 2005)
Tactical voting’ is often used to denote the mood swings of the Muslim electorate in the country. But there are new converts to this hit and score practice.
- India Not To Compromise On N-Facilities (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Dec 22, 2005)
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on Wednesday indicated he had come with “certain ideas” on the separation of India’s civil and military facilities, a prerequisite for civilian nuclear cooperation with the United States.
- No Headway On Sir Creek (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
India and Pakistan appeared to have made little progress on addressing the Sir Creek boundary dispute along the Kutchch-Sindh area as officials from the two sides haggled over the formulation of the terms of reference for the joint survey of the Sir Creek
- Us Judge Bans ‘Intelligent Design’ Teaching (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
A courtroom battle seen as a test case for the teaching of science in America ended in a decisive victory for evolution on Tuesday.
- Jj Tries To Pick Up Nepal Threads (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The chief of the Indian Army has invited the chief of the Royal Nepal Army 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 King Gyanendra’s ....
- Last Word (The Week, Sachidananda Murthy, Dec 22, 2005)
Post-Independence culture can be divided into the pre-Ramayana and post-Ramayana days, with the first mega television serial on the popular Indian epic as the dividing moment. Ramanand Sagar became the electronic Valmiki, as his serial in the mid-80s tran
- Sir Creek Talks: Pakistan Puts A Roadblock (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Dec 22, 2005)
India-Pakistan relations were yet again marked by two-steps-forward-two-steps-backward syndrome today as Islamabad took hard positions on Sir Creek and Munabao-Khokhrapar rail service which are at variance with New Delhi’s stand.
- Insecure Minorities (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 22, 2005)
A Sikh becoming officer is no big deal
- Pakistan, India Okay Amritsar-Nankana Bus (News International, Ghulam Haider, Dec 22, 2005)
Pakistan and India signed an agreement on Wednesday to operationalise the Amritsar-Nankana Sahib bus service after two-day secretary-level talks concluded here.
- Judicial Probe Of Sangla Arson (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 22, 2005)
Nearly 40 days after the horrendous Sangla Hills carnage we are still nowhere near ascertaining the truth.
- Opposition’S Continued Obduracy (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Opposition parties have refused to join the Parliamentary Committee on Earthquake designed to oversee the rehabilitation and reconstruction process in the quake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division. The Combind Opposition has, however, ...
- Betab: A Restless Soul Goes Out To Have Rest For Ever (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 22, 2005)
Having portrayed life in all its beauty and colour, the man now shifts to the landscape of no return, Muhammad Shafi Khan (Shopian) remembers a celebrated Kashmiri poet Muhammad Ayub Betab who is no more
- Oic At The Crossroads (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 22, 2005)
The two-day extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) concluded on December 9 in Makkah with a declaration and a 10-year plan of action to revitalize the organization and meet the aspirations of the Ummah.
- Thus Spake Tagore (Greater Kashmir, PEERZADA SALMAN, Dec 22, 2005)
Does the fact that Rabindranath Tagore is the only South Asian belonging to the literary realm to have won a Nobel award matter?
- Pranab’S Perfidy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 22, 2005)
Keeping Marxist friends happy
Mamata Banerjee should thank Pranab Mukherjee, West Bengal Pradesh Congress President, for making public five months ahead of the West Bengal assembly poll where his personal interest and that of his party lie.
- Composite Dialogue To Resume On Jan 17 (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 22, 2005)
The foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India will meet in New Delhi on January 17-18 to initiate the third round of the composite dialogue between the two countries.
- No Water Or Polluted Water (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 22, 2005)
At a time when water reservoirs’ issue has engulfed the entire nation, yet another water related worrisome problem has come to the fore. According to a survey conducted by a consumer protection organization, 58.6% people are consuming polluted drinking...
- Mafia Rules, Ok? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Let us demolish one thing in Delhi — the belief it has a modern, efficient chief minister
- Towards A United Asia (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Dec 22, 2005)
A second focal point of global power is not in US interest. Europe is about as much as Bush can stomach.
- Road Travel Nod Delayed, Hurriyat Team To Fly To Pak (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Dec 22, 2005)
Tired of waiting for the permit to take the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road to visit the earthquake-hit, Hurriyat team led by chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq will leave Srinagar for New Delhi on December 25, from where they will fly to Islamabad.
- Ties Of Time (Indian Express, Humra Quraishi, Dec 22, 2005)
For most people, Aligarh conjures us images of the university. For me, it is a city of endless surprises. For instance, I met in Aligarh at least two well-to-do Muslims who talked very nostalgically about their Rajput forefathers.
- Consensus Eludes All-Party Meet To Resolve Srisailam Project Row (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
A.P. to go ahead with earlier plan to increase regulator capacity
- Asi To Remove Encroachments Near 50 Heritage Sites (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Illegal structures around two Villupuram temples removed recently "Urban development pressures should be taken into account by agencies and officials"
- ‘A Big City Cannot Have A Permanent Cure For Organised Crime. The Mumbai Underworld Is Maintaining A Tactical Quiet Now’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 22, 2005)
It has already been hailed as the novel of 2006. Sanjukta Sharma caught up with Vikram Chandra to find out a little more about ‘Sacred Games’, his novel about Bombay and its underworld. Excerpts from the interview:
- View From The Right (Indian Express, Sonia, Dec 22, 2005)
The lead article on the front page by M.D. Nalapat sharply attacks the Manmohan Singh government’s alleged subservience towards Sonia Gandhi and claims that ‘‘the entire UPA is now pre-occupied with a single objective, saving the Leader from the stain of
- Talks On Sir Creek Survey Stuck (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
India and Pakistan could not make much headway in talks for joint survey of the Sir Creek today with both sides differing on the extent of area to be surveyed.
- Polls In India's Neighbourhood (Daily Excelsior, Vijay Satokar, Dec 22, 2005)
There may not be anything common between the two countries. Sri Lanka has long history of democracy while in Afghanistan there was hardly any democracy during the last 100 years.
- J&k Already Enjoying Self-Governance: Baig (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Amid demands for "self-rule" in his State, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig today asserted that the State already enjoyed "self-governance" and that its quantum was a matter of discussion.
- Antidote To Sins (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
There is always the apprehension of obstacles creating the proverbial slip between the cup and the lip while undertaking a task. The person maybe well equipped to accomplish the work and also make all efforts necessary but for some unknown reason . . .
- Gandhi & Ambedkar-I (Statesman, SUBRATA MUKHERJEE, Dec 22, 2005)
With the establishment of the Indian National Congress in 1885, the social discourse which began with Raja Rammohan Roy in the 1820s slowly moved towards the political.
- Sir Creek Talks End In Stalemate (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 22, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Wednesday failed to decide the terms of reference for a joint survey of the disputed 96-kilometre-long Sir Creek along the Gujarat (India) and Sindh (Pakistan) borders.
- World Danger Or Political Infighting? (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Dec 21, 2005)
What was Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's aim in making statements against Israel?
- Civilian Nuclear Programme —India’S Game Plan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
India will outline how it can split its civilian and nuclear facilities at a meeting this week in Washington as part of its bid to win access to US civilian nuclear technology, a report said on Tuesday.
- She Must Have A Mahram If She Goes For Hajj - Ii (Greater Kashmir, Dr Fiaz Maqbool Fazili, Dec 21, 2005)
Dr Fiaz Maqbool Fazili has some questions and answers about women going for Hajj and Umrah
- Of Politicians Who Crack Mirrors (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 21, 2005)
Another sting operation reveals more of the seamy side of Indian politics. In the US, President Bush's ratings are at an all-time low. And it is perhaps through Harold Pinter's mirror that one can begin to understand how politicians operate with . . .
- `Our Relationship With India Transcends Politics And Economics' — Mr Dominique Girard, Ambassador Of France In India (Business Line, Sankar Radhakrishnan , Dec 21, 2005)
"I think India is a country that is so complex, so diversified, so rich, so paradoxical that it is a treat. There is not one day when I did not discover something I was totally ignorant of. Here, in India, when you open your eyes, you really learn,"
- Hundred Years Of The Andamans Cellular Jail (Hindu, Ram Kapse, Dec 21, 2005)
It has been a long journey for the Cellular Jail — from a torture machine to a National Memorial, from a dreaded prison to a place of pilgrimage.
- Education For A Livelihood (Hindu, Xavier Alphonse, S.J., Dec 21, 2005)
The alternative system of community colleges aims at helping the disadvantaged find employment in collaboration with the local community and industry.
- First Sikh Officer In Pakistan Army (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 21, 2005)
Pakistan Army has got its first Sikh officer in its 58 years of history. Harcharan Singh (19) been who has commissioned in the army as an officer recently, hails from Nankana Sahib, the birth place of Guru Nanak.
- U.S. Non-Proliferation Group Ups The Ante With Draft Separation Plan (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 21, 2005)
"India should place all power reactors, naval fuel cycle Rare Metals Plant under safeguards"
- Fight Them On The Beaches? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Dec 21, 2005)
Last week, the day after Sydney witnessed some of its worst racial violence in living memory, a woman in the affected suburb answered her doorbell only to find a pair of men, of “Middle Eastern appearance”, wishing to be let in.
- Bush And Iraq Elections (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 21, 2005)
The much-awaited Iraqi elections are over. The Iraqi administration and the Americans can take satisfaction from the fact that there was a large turnout in the Sunni majority provinces and that the insurgents lived up to the expectations created . . .
- Of Unholy Marriages (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Dec 21, 2005)
The wedding season has again started and people are anxious to marry off their daughters and find rich brides for their sons before the onset of summer.
- The Death Of Science (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Dec 21, 2005)
It is a pity that science which is the antidote to irrational thinking and obscurantist behaviour is being slowly strangled to death in Pakistan, that is if we presume that it had a modestly glorious existence in the past in this country.
- ‘Decency’ Standards (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 21, 2005)
Buckling to pressure from Washington, America’s leading cable TV companies agreed last week to limit the amount of crude, suggestive and violent programming beamed into their customers’ homes.
- First Sikh Enters Pak Army (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
A 19-year-old Sikh youth has become the first person from the minority community to become an officer in the Pakistan Army.
- Time Frame For Composite Dialogue (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 21, 2005)
Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told her weekly Press briefing that the next round of composite dialogue with India will begin next month. Kashmir and other bilateral issues will be discussed during the talks, . . .
- Ji Hind Dispatches 10, 800 Gi Sheets To Quake-Hit Districts (News International, Javed Aziz Khan, Dec 21, 2005)
Indian chapter of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has dispatched 10,800 GI sheets via Wahga border for construction of 480 houses in the quake-hit districts of NWFP.
- Heritage In Shambles (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 21, 2005)
Thanks to the indifference of the government some of the very important sites and structures are in shambles.
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