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Articles 17321 through 17420 of 26855:
- India To Push Pakistan On Pipeline Deadline (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Disappointed by the slow progress by Pakistan on the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, New Delhi plans to push Islamabad to commit February as the deadline to hold the first trilateral meeting of the three nations.
- Transparency Or Morality? (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Dec 17, 2005)
In the context of the bribes for questions in Parliament scandal let me tell you a modern Indian fairy story.
- ‘No Discussion With Pakistan On Changing Status Of Kashmir’ (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 16, 2005)
India has not held any discussions with Pakistan on changing the status of Jammu and Kashmir in any manner, the government told the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) on Thursday.
- Recalcitrant Reality (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 16, 2005)
Wonders, it seems, truly never cease. Even when time or predators turn one of these into dust, it lives in fable and memory. Consider the seven wonders of the ancient world - The Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus . . .
- Oic Must Explain 'Deviant Ideology' (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 16, 2005)
The recent Summit of Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) at Mecca, where leaders of 57 Muslim countries converged, resolved to fight against 'deviant ideas'. By 'deviant ideas' they did not mean Leftist, secular or Western ideas, . . .
- Bangladesh: A Broken Soul At 35 (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 16, 2005)
On the anniversary of its birth, Bangladesh is gradually returning to its blood-dipped origins, says Udayan Namboodiri
- Jmb Chief Distributed Bombs (The Daily Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Mohammad told the reporters Rahman himself had distributed explosives among divisional chiefs just a week before the August 17 blasts, reports UNB.
- Ctg Jmb Chief Tells Of Qaeda Links (The Daily Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has close links with international terrorist outfit al-Qaeda and launched the August 17 and other bomb attacks as part of a blue print to establish Islamic rule in Bangladesh.
- Violence In Bangladesh (Daily Times, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 16, 2005)
The cause of democracy in Bangladesh has been hurt by extended boycotts of parliament by opposition parties. Failure to participate in the next election as threatened occasionally by some of them may inflict irreparable damage on this cause.
- Ear To The Ground (The Week, Kanhaiah Bhelari, Dec 16, 2005)
Even Lalu Prasad Yadav knew it was coming. "Baba, if Ram Vilas Paswan contests separately, we are sure to lose," I heard him tell his close friend Shivanand Tiwary, excise minister in the Rabri Devi regime.
- Winding Course Of Peace Process (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 16, 2005)
Ever since former Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee visited Islamabad in January 2004 to attend the Saarc summit, government officials have been making optimistic predictions of an early breakthrough in dialogue with India on Kashmir.
- Islamic Economic System (Dawn, Prof. Mohammed Rafi, Dec 16, 2005)
Economics is a science concerned with production, distribution and consumption of goods, services, wealth and resources. It plays a significant role in the social structure of Islam, so significant that Allah did not leave the economic aspect of life . .
- Ecnec-Approved Projects (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 16, 2005)
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has approved 29 development projects worth some Rs 183.6 billion. Hopefully, the funds will be properly utilized and accounted for.
- Higher Education: Learning From The U.S. (Hindu, Prabhudev Konana, Dec 16, 2005)
The culture of supporting educational institutions is deep-rooted in the American psyche. Indians should emulate this practice.
- Hurriyat Faction For Removal Of Troops From J&k (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference on Thursday demanded the complete withdrawal of troops from Jammu and Kashmir and PoK.
- Sri Lanka's Main Parties Agree To Hold Talks With The Ltte (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 16, 2005)
Decision follows meeting between Mahinda Rajapakse and Ranil Wickremesinghe
- W. Won’T Read This: It Can’T Reach The Bubble That Holds The President (Indian Express, Maureen Dowd, Dec 16, 2005)
Never ask a guy who’s in a bubble if he’s in a bubble. He can’t answer.
- Iran's Economic Irony (Business Line, Gopal Sutar, Dec 16, 2005)
Though Iran's oil wealth has helped build up formidable forex reserves, it has not eased economic difficulties such as unemployment and inflation.
- A Further Fillip To The Peace Process (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 16, 2005)
With the proposed re-opening of the Karachi Consulate and revival of the rail route linking Sindh with Rajasthan in the next three to four weeks, the India-Pakistan peace process is set for a qualitative leap.
- Rehabilitate Orphans? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 16, 2005)
The Holy Qur’an and the most revered Prophet (SAW) have repeatedly urged the Muslims to take care of orphans.
- Politics Of Minority Commuanlism (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Dec 16, 2005)
The 130 million strong Muslim population in India can influence the electoral outcome in 122 parliamentary constituencies, and 1400 assembly constituencies across the country. We are aware how the recently concluded Bihar assembly polls turned . . .
- Uma Hints At Floating New Party (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Broadly hinting at the formation of a new political outfit with militant Hindutva as its key plank, expelled BJP leader Uma Bharti on Thursday virtually extinguished all possibilities of a rapprochement with the BJP.
- Sack Subhas (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 16, 2005)
Incompetence must not be rewarded
There are two possibilities. One, that Transport Minister Subhas Chakraborty is a loose cannon who cannot be controlled by the Chief Minister.
- Give Indo-Pak Friendship A Chance (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
As the small seismic movement of forty millimeter in the Himalayan region created huge
collision of the earthen plates causing vast damages to lives and property on either side
of the man made border-dividing Kashmir, . . .
- Hazard Dodging (Times of India, Samiran Chakrawertti, Dec 16, 2005)
The health ministry's latest salvo in the 'war' against tobacco consumption — increasing the size of the warning signs on cigarette packs — is laudable, at least in intent.
- Resurgent India Analysed (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
A symposium titled Resurgent India? Look East, Look West? was organised by the Asia Centre in association with the Centre for Studies in International Relations and Development, at a city hotel today.
- Speak No Evil (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 16, 2005)
Reform is for the government and not for the party. This appears to be the prevalent mood and dictum within the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Communist parties,
- Drugs Biggest Afghan Problem: Nato (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Drugs are a greater security threat in Afghanistan than Taliban resurgence, NATO’s top operational commander said on Thursday, despite a rise in attacks blamed on remnants of the hard-line Islamic regime and their Al Qaeda allies.
- Matter Of Surprise (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 16, 2005)
If an on-the-spot report in a newspaper is to be believed the progress of construction of the road between Bhaderwah and Basohli on the one side and between Bhaderwah and Chamba on the other is painfully slow. This is indeed a matter of surprise.
- Portraying Terror On Screen (Greater Kashmir, Inam ul Rehman, Dec 16, 2005)
"Sir, I have information…there are going to be blasts… three days from now.” On March 9, 1993 Gul Mohammed, an ordinary gangster turns himself in at Nav Pada police station, Bombay.
- First Sentence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 16, 2005)
Mob violence has great advantages. The difficulty of fixing culpability for the most horrific actions allows some of the cruellest murderers to go free.
- Catching The Small Fry (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 16, 2005)
Even as late as last week, if someone of some consequence had dared to suggest either in print or on TV that parliament was full of crooks, he would have been promptly slapped with a privilege notice by indignant custodians of democratic values.
- Unrest In Northern Areas (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Dec 16, 2005)
It has taken the world more than 58 years to wake up to the atrocities the people of Gilgit and Baltistan, popularly known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan, have been suffering. But, as they say, better late than never.
- Games By Other Rules (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 16, 2005)
Why have we let politicking, in the worst possible way, infiltrate our lives in every sphere? The absolutely loutish manner in which former skipper Sourav Ganguly was ejected from the cricket team, in fact, from playing the game per se, . . .
- Arms From Pak, Brains From Sri Lanka (Hindustan Times, Mammen Matthew, Dec 16, 2005)
Brains or guns, the Naxalites don't mind getting them imported as long as it helps them in their war for the people — against the "brute state".
- Indian Maoists Threaten Foreign Companies - Report (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 16, 2005)
India's increasingly active Maoist guerrillas said they would attack multinational and large Indian companies, accusing them of colluding with governments to oppress the poor, The Hindustan Times reported on Thursday.
- Operation Duryodhan Was Well-Named (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 16, 2005)
Why did Kamlesh Kumari, Jagdish Prasad Yadav, Matbar Singh Negi, Nanak Chand, Rampal, Om Prakash, Ghanshyam, Bijender Singh, and Deshraj lose their lives? What was it that they rushed to protect four years ago?
- Man Who Isn’T Here (Indian Express, SANDIPAN DEB, Dec 16, 2005)
Yesterday upon the stair/ I met a man who wasn’t there./ He wasn’t there again today/ I wish that man would go away.
— Hugh Means (1875-1965)
- ‘We Are Witnessing The Destruction Of The Soul And The Spirit’ (Indian Express, David Ignatious, Dec 16, 2005)
David Ignatious explains why Lebanon’s assassins have moved Adonis, the most celebrated poet in the Arab world, to speak of ‘a temple of fear’
- Advani Should Resign, Says Uma Bharti (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Accuses him of pursuing "politics devoid of ideology or principles"
Describes Advani's 1989 Rath Yatra as "a yatra for votes"
Demands apology from Advani over remarks on Jinnah
Says party is not treating her like a former Chief Minister
- Government Fails To Reply To Notice On Code Violation (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Dec 16, 2005)
State Election Commissioner likely to approach CEC, forum
The State Election Commissioner has received complaints about violation of the model code of conduct
The official has no power to enforce the code
He can approach the Supreme Court expressing
- Advani Will Not Quit Till December 30, Says Mahajan (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 16, 2005)
Official announcement may come soon after Mumbai conclave is over
Selection process will begin after Parliament session Conclave a purely party affair
- India's Tata, Reliance Among Cos Targeted By Indian Maoist Attacks (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
India's Maoist rebels vowed to intensify their attacks against multinational companies, including South Korea's POSCO, India's Tata, ...
- Bangladesh Freedom Fighters In Fresh Campaign To "Restore Secularism" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Mukti Joddha Kalyan Foundation seeks to realise "their old dream"
Vijay Diwas to be celebrated on Friday
Mukti Joddha members in Kolkata to participate in the celebrations
- Tsunami Warning System For Indian Ocean Likely (Hindu, Y.Mallikarjun, Dec 16, 2005)
26 nations in the region have set up round-the-clock information services relating to earthquake and tsunami implementation
First phase to be completed by June 2006
Seven sea-level stations have been upgraded
- Top Militant Arrested In Bangladesh (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The law enforcers on Tuesday arrested Ataur Rahman Sunny, top military commander of the banned Islamist organization Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh
- Sacrificing Ideology (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Dec 15, 2005)
It was bewildering to see socialist leaders, who have only contempt for Hindu ceremonies, attend blood-letting rituals at Kamakhya temple, writes Anuradha Dutt
- Editor Denied Pak Visa (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 15, 2005)
Violations of an individual’s rights are the worst in the diplomatic field. Officers take upon themselves the responsibility to undo what governments want to achieve. Something like that some Pakistani officers are trying to do.
- Uniting For Progress (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Dec 15, 2005)
THE idea of a real Islamic Commonwealth or common Market has always appealed to Muslims all over the world. Although religion is a common bond among the 57 member states of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), there are several roadblocks or miss
- Pak Urges Iran To Follow Iaea Obligations, Resume Talks With Eu (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Pakistan has urged Iran to adhere to the IAEA obligations so that an amicable solution to the nuclear issue can be found through dialogue. Pakistan for its being interlinked with Iranian nuclear programme also encouraged Tehran to resume nuclear talks....
- Swaminathan Suggests Creation Of `Rice Refineries' For Sri Lanka (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 15, 2005)
Presents copy of his report on Sri Lankan agriculture to President Mahinda Rajapakse
Points to mismatch between production and post-harvest technology
Paddy alone won't give enough income
- The Makkah Declaration: Rhetoric And Reality (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Dec 15, 2005)
The Makkah conclave produced a declaration that is strong on sentiment and exhortation, and less so on specifics.
- India-Sri Lanka Naval Exercise Ends (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 15, 2005)
Purely professional one, involving fleet manoeuvres
- Sri Lankan Helicopter Hit By Gunfire (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 15, 2005)
A Sri Lankan Air Force helicopter came under gunfire on Wednesday from suspected LTTE gunfire in eastern Amparai district. It was flying over the Government-controlled territory, Army spokesperson Nalin Witharanage told The Hindu .
- Towards An Upheaval In Jammu & Kashmir? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 15, 2005)
Unnoticed, the pressures on the troubled State's political system are building. A seismic reordering of its structures seems inevitable in the not-too-distant future.
- India’S Foreign Trade: Back To The Future? (The Financial Express, Alok Sheel, Dec 15, 2005)
India’s foreign trade has seen three remarkable developments over the past decade. First, the current account shows a rapidly growing surplus if POL imports are excluded. Second, there is a sharp rise in merchandise trade with Asia, from around 10% . . .
- Significance Of Life (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
When embarking on soul-searching, it is natural and wise to avail of the tested and tried philosophical doctrines to enlighten and guide.
- Hindustan Lever Signs (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) and Mcleod Russel India Limited(MRIL) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for transfer of HLL's 100% shareholding in Doom Dooma Tea Company Limited (DDTCL) at Mumbai yesterday.
- Mps On Sale! (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Dec 15, 2005)
The sensational cash-on camera expose showing 11 MPs - six from the BJP and the rest from the BSP, the Congress and the RJD - taking bribes has stunned the political establishment in the country.
- Violence Against Women (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 15, 2005)
The term, 'Violence" against women implies any act of gender based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivation of liberty occ
- Maoists Declare War On Big Companies (Hindustan Times, Mammen Matthew, Dec 15, 2005)
Big corporate houses venturing into Naxalite-hit states may be in for some trouble. The extremists have said they would “step up activities” against the big companies, including MNCs, which are being set up by “forcibly displacing people”.
- Seeds Of Terrorism: A Pakistani Perspective (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Seeds do not germinate or sprout by themselves. They need a congenial soil to grow.
- Troops Open Fire In Nepal, Casualties Feared (Hindustan Times, PTI, Dec 15, 2005)
A dozen people were killed and an equal number injured when Nepal's security personnel indiscriminately opened fire at a group of villagers returning from a Hindu festival held near the capital, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) officials said.
- Hurriyat Flays Govt For Delay On Pok Visit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The moderate Hurriyat Conference today criticised the Government for its "delaying tactics" in clearing the amalgam delegation’s visit to quake-ravaged Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) with relief material.
- Nepal Army Fires On Villagers, 11 Dead - Witnesses (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 15, 2005)
Nepali soldiers opened fire on a group of people near a temple just outside Kathmandu, killing at least 11 people overnight, officials and witnesses said on Thursday.
- Indian Army Kills Six Militants In Kashmir Battle (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 15, 2005)
Indian soldiers shot dead six suspected Muslim militants in a gunbattle in Kashmir on Wednesday, the army said, the highest toll in a single clash in the disputed Himalayan region in weeks.
- Impetus For Islamists (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 15, 2005)
Election results in Egypt indicate a re-assertion by the religious right
- ‘Bengal Ideal Investment Spot’ (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Dec 15, 2005)
Instead of getting pilloried for non-performance, West Bengal has been put among the top five performing states—an ideal destination for industrial investment—by the Planning Commission.
- Dharam Doles Out Bda Sites To Vips (Deccan Herald, Anand V Yamnur, Dec 15, 2005)
Chief Minister N Dharam Singh has created a record of sorts by allotting Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) sites under his discretionary quota to 340 people in just 18 months of his government assuming office, according to documents available . . .
- ‘No Way I Am Going Out Until December 26’ (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Dec 15, 2005)
TSUNAMI That’s the refrain in 15 Car Nicobar villages as residents face a cyclone with fear and foreboding
- Savari Turns Spiritual (Deccan Herald, H S Nagarajah, Dec 15, 2005)
There is no hope left for this stretch of unmotorable road that leads to our place
- Good Taliban: Role Reversal? (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Dec 15, 2005)
The Taliban appear to be resurgent again. Their links with local leaders of the JUI are becoming obvious.
- Polls Again, But Problems Loom Large (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Dec 15, 2005)
Iraq’s 14 million voters go to the poll today for the third time this year to choose the first four-year national assembly since the fall of Saddam Hussein. But the election will not solve Iraq's problems.
- Ring In The X’Mas Spirit (Deccan Herald, Marianne de Nazareth, Dec 15, 2005)
Christmas seems to be getting glitzier and more westernised in the City now with the concept of malls catching on in a big way. Walk into the Garuda Mall and there are rope lights strung up all over the floors making a bright splash as the shopper enters.
- Vijay Diwas To Be Celebrated Tomorrow (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The nation will celebrate Vijay Diwas — the victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war — on a grand scale on Friday. According to an official release the initiative was taken by Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee to commemorate the event on December 16 and 17.
- Bengal Ready For Fdi In Power, Consultants: Cm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today gave the Planning Commission outline of the state government’s reform measures in sectors ranging from education, power to development of Sunderbans by the state government.
- Schools To Get Power By 2007 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
As many as 200 schools, including government and aided schools, were given electricity connections in Davangere district during 2004-05 under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. Authorities plan to provide electricity connections to all schools in the district . . .
- Operation Duryodhan Was Well-Named (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 15, 2005)
Why did Kamlesh Kumari, Jagdish Prasad Yadav, Matbar Singh Negi, Nanak Chand, Rampal, Om Prakash, Ghanshyam, Bijender Singh, and Deshraj lose their lives? What was it that they rushed to protect four years ago?
- Risky Business Of Politics (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Dec 14, 2005)
If the health of a nation is to be measured by what its media presents, then India is ill, says Claude Arpi
- Identifying Problem Is Not The Solution (Pioneer, Uday Singh, Dec 14, 2005)
I have had the privilege of listening to Congress president Sonia Gandhi speak on various issues in Parliament. However, it was a surprise to hear an extremely expressive and candid Ms Gandhi speak at the "Leadership Summit" in New Delhi recently.
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