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Articles 18121 through 18220 of 26855:
- The ‘Autonomy’ Option On Kashmir (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Dec 01, 2005)
Pakistan and India are supposed to be talking about demilitarisation of Jammu and Kashmir (both sides) without going public on the details. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has also added “self-rule” to demilitarisation, and reports from India say a visiting..
- Musharraf, Mirwaiz To Meet In Makkah (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Dec 01, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf will meet All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in Makkah next week when they are likely to exchange notes on their talks with India as well as with a high-level delegation of US Congressmen. . . .
- Olive And Oic (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 01, 2005)
The other day, Dawn carried on its front page the picture of a Palestinian woman clinging to her olive tree, while Israeli soldiers who had chopped it off watched.
- Dialogue With The ‘Other’ (Deccan Herald, Valson Thampu , Dec 01, 2005)
Enlarging one’s circle of influence is often mistaken for a breakthrough in inter-religious goodwill
- Can Bjp Really Survive Without Fireband Leaders Like Uma Bharati? (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Dec 01, 2005)
Run Uma Run! BJP needs you more than you need BJP! Show the world the essence of Hindutva.
- Oic Meet: Mirwaiz, Musharraf To Talk Self-Rule Plan For Kashmir (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Dec 01, 2005)
Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said he will discuss the self-rule solution to Kashmir with President Pervez Musharraf when they meet at the Organisation of Islamic Countries Summit next week in Saudi Arabia.
- What Bihar’S Done Today... (Indian Express, RAMESH VENKATARAMAN, Dec 01, 2005)
Is Indian politics becoming ‘middle class’? Nitish Kumar’s thumping victory in Bihar suggests that even in the darkest reaches of India’s heartland a profound political re-alignment may be afoot.
- Kashmiris Must Have A Say In Peace Talks: Burton (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Dec 01, 2005)
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf have committed themselves to working together to find a lasting solution to the Kashmir dispute, the Kashmiri people on either side of the Line of Control should have a say in it,
- Beneath The Glitter Of Democracy (Dawn, Jonathan Freedland, Dec 01, 2005)
Think of it as the Sinatra test. On Sunday, assorted liberal, democratic and opposition groups will take on the might of Vladimir Putin in elections for the Moscow city parliament.
- Bush Vows "Victory" In Iraq (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Democrats ask the President to spell out his optimism in detail
- Complex Rehabilitation Task (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Dec 01, 2005)
The government has raised the total compensation for those whose households were destroyed by the Oct 8 earthquake in Azad Kashmir and the NWFP from 20 billion rupees to 80 billion rupees.
- Killing Of Driver In Afghanistan (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 01, 2005)
Despite the fact that the Indian Government informed the opposition inside the parliament Tuesday that there was no evidence of Pakistan's hand in the killing of Border Roads Organisation's Driver M R Kutty in Afghanistan but its UN Ambassador Nirupam ...
- Volunteers Stalk Hiv Ignorance On A Trek Around India (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Dec 01, 2005)
Activists from the AIDS Walk for Life, a 4,200-mile walk around India, perform a street play to educate people on ways to prevent the spread of AIDS.
- Rs. 42 Crores For Wastelands (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
The Government has allocated Rs 42 crores for the development of wastelands under the Indra Prabha programme, according to Collector Rajendra Narendra Nimje on Tuesday.
- Hunt On For Peace Activists In Iraq (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Dec 01, 2005)
As combined US and British special forces hunt for four Christian peace activists kidnapped by militants in Baghdad, British relatives of the oldest member of the group describe him as a pacifist and promoter of human rights.
- ‘There’S No Place For Women In Corporate Mindset’ (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Dec 01, 2005)
Lynette Dumble is an untiring activist. Based in Melbourne, Australia, she wears too many hats to count here. A few will do. She’s been a senior research fellow at the University of Melbourne’s Department of Surgery,
- Myself, Malpani (Indian Express, V. Gangadhar, Dec 01, 2005)
Names, particularly those that sound rather unusual, had always appealed to me. In Ahmedabad, I was recently introduced to someone with the surname, ‘Chhapan’, meaning 56. I turned the pages of the local telephone directory, it had ten Chhapans.
- Bjp: The Siege Within (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Dec 01, 2005)
Judging by the absence of support to Uma Bharati by other Sangh parivar members, it's clear that she is in the minority, says Anuradha Dutt
- Centres Of Harmony (Pioneer, N Jamal Ansari, Dec 01, 2005)
With reference to the article, "Centres of separatism" (September 30), by NS Kapur let me share a few thoughts on the subject. The writer has charged that minority institutions in the country are turning into centres of separatism.
- India's Road Map For West Asia (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Dec 01, 2005)
Just on the eve of its nuclear tests on May 28, 1998, Pakistan summoned India's High Commissioner Satish Chandra and alleged that Israeli F-16 aircraft based in Chennai were preparing to strike at its nuclear installations.
- Bangla Bombers (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 01, 2005)
Islamists waging jihad against democracy and rule of law in Bangladesh have announced the acquisition of a new and deadly weapon of mass terror with suicide bombers blowing themselves up at the district courts of Ghazipur and Chittagong, killing nine peop
- Sikhs From India, Pak Unite In Guru Ki Nagri (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Several thousand Sikhs from Pakistan and India, cutting across political and diplomatic barries, today gathered in this ‘Guru Ki Nagri’ to celebrate the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib at Gurdwara Nankana Sahib.
- Bibi's Homecoming (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
It is not the first time that self-exiled former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has announced her decision to return home. Earlier also in 2005 she had made a similar assertion.
- Uma May Be Suspended From Bjp (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Uma Bharti, who remained defiant and trained guns on the BJP top brass on Tuesday over the Madhya Pradesh leadership issue, is expected to be formally suspended by the party's Parliamentary Board which meets on Wednesday.
- Bombs In Two Bangladesh Cities Kill Nine (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Nine people were killed and 65 wounded by suspected suicide bombers in two Bangladesh cities on Tuesday, apparently the latest in a wave of attacks by militants fighting to turn the country into a sharia-based Islamic state.
- 'Gandhi Had To Be Eliminated' (Hindustan Times, Sharmila Joshi, Nov 30, 2005)
When I met Gopal Godse for an interview in his Pune home several years ago, he took us past a living room dominated by a sepia-toned photograph of Nathuram Godse and into his sparse study.
- Water Released On Trial Basis In Three Projects (Hindu, T.V. Sivanandan, Nov 30, 2005)
Work on the projects almost complete, says chief engineer of Gulbarga Irrigation Zone
- Historical Monuments Come Alive On His Canvas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
66-year-old Chinnappa has come a long way in his career
- Run Uma Run – Bring Bjp Back To Home (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Nov 30, 2005)
It is time to reengineer BJP. The current BJP does not know if it is Congress or the Left Front. It is time for the core conservatives in the party to bring BJP back to home.
- Sikh Procession Enters Pakistan (Deccan Herald, Satinder Bains, Nov 30, 2005)
Amidst the chanting of Gurbani and slogans of ‘Jo Bole So Nihal’, the gold palanquin, carrying the holy Sikh scripture Guru Granth Sahib, led by ‘Panj Pyaras’ (Guru’s five beloved), Tuesday, crossed the Wagah joint check post at the international border,.
- Kerala Bjp Leaders In Dock (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
The knives are out in the state BJP which lost its face in the recent Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha byelection through a massive and mysterious slump in its votes.
- India-Baiter For N-Deal (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Nov 30, 2005)
In a positive signal that brightened the prospects of getting the Indo-US framework agreement on bilateral civilian nuclear cooperation past a US Congress hurdle..
- Forward, But In Which Direction? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 30, 2005)
Two weeks ago, on the day that the Israeli government, under pressure from its American ally in the person of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, offered the Gaza Strip’s Palestinian residents a small but significant concession in terms. . . .
- Caught Between Iraq And A Hard Place (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Nov 30, 2005)
In Jordan, there are fears that home-grown militancy aping Al-Qaeda could grow without effective action to tackle poverty, unemployment and exclusion.
- ‘India Unable To Stem Maoist Violence’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
The Indian government said Tuesday it has been unable to stem growing Maoist insurgencies in parts of the country.
- Bjp Leader, Seven Others Shot Dead In Lucknow (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Gunmen shot dead an opposition Hindu nationalist legislator and seven others on Tuesday in northern India, a senior state official said.
- A Matter Of Right Response (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Nov 30, 2005)
I sincerely and genuinely believe that the challenge of this earthquake can be converted into an opportunity of a lifetime which was never available to India and Pakistan to improve relations....
- Far Too Many ‘Hang-Ups’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 30, 2005)
It is a source of constant surprise to me why no sycophant has yet suggested to General Pervez Musharraf that his portrait should adorn all government offices in the country. I think one can safely bet that if someone does so the general will turn . . . .
- 10 Killed In Bangladesh Suicide Hits (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Ten people were killed and 21 badly injured on Tuesday in what police said were Bangladesh’s first suicide bombings and the latest in a string of attacks by militants.
- Pml Plans Pak-India Peace Conference (News International, Shakil Shaikh, Nov 30, 2005)
The ruling Pakistan Muslim League will host a Pakistan-India peace conference in the near future for demilitarization of Jammu and Kashmir, self-governance and solving the Kashmir dispute through dialogue.
- Sand-Mining Poses Threat To Aruvikkara Filtration Plants (Hindu, G. Mahadevan, Nov 30, 2005)
Turbidity of water on the rise
Quality of drinking water at stake
At least 10 to 15 lorry-loads of sand being taken on a daily basis
KWA officials say they are powerless to stop sand-mining
- E.U. Member Nations Warned On Cia Jails (Hindu, Luke Harding , Nov 30, 2005)
Germany fears it was hub for "rendition" flights
- Eight Die In Bangladesh Attacks (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Nov 30, 2005)
Suicide bombers belonging to suspected Islamist groups killed at least eight persons, including policemen and lawyers, and injured over 100 others on two court premises in Bangladesh on Tuesday. Unconfirmed reports put the death toll at 13.
- Pakistan-India Bus Trial On December 11 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Pakistan and India have agreed to run a trial bus on December 11 Lahore and Amritsar, said Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam on Tuesday.
- Dharam Singh Warns Police Against Complacency (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
`Be sensitive to needs of coalition government'
- Formula For Work (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
The Bhagavad Gita, hailed as a compendium of the highest philosophy, is replete with practical guidelines for the day-to-day life. To the common man caught in the mire of Samsara, who is plagued by doubt, fear and restlessness, . . .
- No Longer Backstage (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 30, 2005)
Patna’s historic Gandhi Maidan was the grand setting for two coronations on Thursday last. Nitish Kumar’s swearing-in as Bihar’s new chief minister was the story of the day. But intimations of the second crowning were drowned in the extravaganza . . .
- Divide And Lose (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Nov 30, 2005)
While sections within two of India’s most ideologically driven and, as a result, sectarian parties — the BJP and the CPM — have recently woken up to the perils of their divisive politics, a third, the RJD of Mr Lalu Yadav, has been taught the . . .
- Mirwaiz To Visit Kashmiri Pandit Camps In Jammu (Indian Express, RAKESH ROCKY, Nov 30, 2005)
For the first time after the Kashmiri Pandit families displaced to Jammu in 1989, separatist Hurriyat leadership will visit them in Jammu next month.
- No Substantive Progress On Major Issues With India, Says Kasuri (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Britain urging EU to ease trade restrictions on Pakistan’
* UK minister says actions can acquit madrassas of terror charges
- Golden Palanquin Arrives From India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Borders won’t ruin friendship and vice versa, says Elahi
* Amritsar-Nankana bus service to begin soon
- Islamabad Playing Games? (Tribune, N.K. Pant, Nov 30, 2005)
Hats off to Pakistan’s external publicity machine for churning out wierd information. One wonders how it was not in conformity with the Islamic nation’s the military establishment’s media department.
- City Ignored (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 30, 2005)
November 2, 2002 created history. For the first time a non-Srinagarian became the Chief Minister of the state. The worst fears of the people of this historic city came true when ministers (mostly hailing from rural areas) started discriminating against th
- National Alternative (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 30, 2005)
The Volcker Report demolished the government’s credibility. The Bihar elections destroyed its authority. The Supreme Court judgment eroded its legality.
- Revolt In Bnp (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 30, 2005)
Khaleda helpless to handle it
The recent expulsion of ruling BNPs influential sitting MP Abu Hena from the party by its chairperson Begum Zia shows that cracks have appeared within the largest constituent of the four-party coalition over . . . .
- Small Start To The Great Game (Indian Express, Ajai Shukla, Nov 30, 2005)
A question for South Block: Can we be in Afghanistan without our own military back-up?
- Clean Sweep (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 30, 2005)
Does Pawar have time for both politics and cricket?
- 9 Die In Bangla Twin Suicide Attacks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
At least nine people, including two policemen and an equal number of lawyers, were killed and over 50 others injured on Tuesday in two separate bomb blasts in Bangladesh, described by police as the first ever suicide attacks in the country . . .
- Armymen Carrying Out Relief Work In Full Swing At Cuddalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Soldiers executing tasks assigned to them by the district administration
All paddy fields have become marshy lands
Shuttle boat services being run in circuitous routes
One injured as foodpacket falls on him
- Us May Play Visible Role In Kashmir (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Nov 30, 2005)
The United States may play a more visible role in bringing India and Pakistan towards a settlement on Kashmir issue, sources close to the visit of a high-level delegation of US Congressmen said on Tuesday.
- The Us Dilemma In Iraq — Exiting Without Foul-Up (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 30, 2005)
Many in the US administration are no doubt distressed by the loss of American lives in Iraq and the drain on the exchequer. But they must also be painfully conscious that all this would turn out to an egregious waste if they do not make sure that . . .
- Germany: Much Hinges On The `New Management' (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Nov 30, 2005)
The Germans played their own version of KBC, only it was `Kaun Banega Chancellor?'. The frenetic activity, both overt and behind the scenes, began a la Indian coalition politics,
- Chine's Second Thoughts On Nuclear Issue (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Nov 30, 2005)
A People Daily article (October 26) said ''The US put forward a proposal at a meeting of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on Oct. 20, demanding a lift of the ban on sales of nuclear technologies to India, but was turned down."
- Pml Plans Pak-India Peace Conference (News International, Shakil Shaikh, Nov 30, 2005)
The ruling Pakistan Muslim League will host a Pakistan-India peace conference in the near future for demilitarization of Jammu and Kashmir, self-governance and solving the Kashmir dispute through dialogue.
- Mirwaiz To Meet Musharraf In Mecca (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is likely to meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of an extraordinary summit of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia . . .
- Memories From Muzaffarabad (Daily Excelsior, Mohan Singh Kala, Nov 30, 2005)
Five Sikhs and three Hindus were also permitted from Jammu for the first time to go to Muzaffarabad to see their seperated near and dear ones, who travelled alongwith their Muslim brethren by Carvan-e-Aman Bus in the first week of October.
- Blood-Bath In Iraq (Daily Excelsior, B. K. Karkra, Nov 30, 2005)
One wonders whether the profiles of the present problem in Iraq are getting properly projected.
- No Time To Relax (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Nov 30, 2005)
On the face of it Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil's suo moto statement in Parliament on Monday on the situation in this State is a mere reiteration of what is widely known.
- Nato Asks Pakistan About Stay (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
NATO asked Pakistan on Tuesday how long the government wanted its 1,000 medics, engineers and helicopter support crews helping with earthquake relief efforts to stay in the country.
- Pak Nominates Consul General (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Pakistan today named senior diplomat Jauhar Saleem as Consul General of its Mumbai Consulate, paving the way for the re-opening of the Consulates in Karachi and Mumbai in January next after a gap of 13 years.
- Terror's Stealth Weapon: Women (Los Angeles Times, Mia Bloom, Nov 29, 2005)
An increasing number of female suicide bombers are a disturbing, confusing new element in the battle against extremists
- Hurriyat Leaders Apply For Travel Across Loc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Leaders of the Hurriyat Conference moderate faction today submitted application forms to travel across the Line of Control to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in mid-December for relief efforts in the quake-hit areas there.
- A Decaying Society (Daily Excelsior, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Nov 29, 2005)
Abraham Lincoln, when he was the President of America, once wrote a letter to the headmaster of the school in which his son was studying in class 8th.
- Iraq’S Road To Serfdom (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Nov 29, 2005)
What goes on in the Middle East is an interplay of forces between Jews, Arabs, Persians. In the six-day war in 1967, Israel defeated the Arabs and seized Sinai and Gaza from Egypt, the West Bank (of the Jordan River) from Jordan . . .
- "Self-Governance" Idea In Line With Un Resolutions: Pak (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Nov 29, 2005)
Despite India rejecting its "so-called self-governance" idea, Pakistan today said efforts to find a solution to Kashmir issue through self-governance and demilitarisation was in line with Islamabad's stand on the UN resolutions.
- Safety Not A Concern (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Nov 29, 2005)
Roads and highways have become death traps. With a boom in the automobile industry,
- Sgpc Chief Stays Away From Palki March (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president, Mr Avtar Singh, stayed away from the golden palanquin march which reached here today from Delhi on its way to Nankana Sahib. None of the leaders or prominent workers from the . . .
- Taste Of Dhaka (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 29, 2005)
By all indications, Saarc countries do not seem to have taken Manmohan Singh’s railing against ‘failed states’ seriously, writes Jyoti Malhotra
- Pakistan Wants Long-Term Loc Opening (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Pakistan said on Monday that it wanted the opening of points along the Line of Control (LoC) as a long-term arrangement
- Towards Soap-Box Politics (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Nov 29, 2005)
Why do politicians prefer TV studios to Parliament when engaging in national debates, asks CP Bhambhri
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