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Articles 20921 through 21020 of 26855:
- India Signs Up Us-Based Lobby Firm (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2005)
India has signed up a leading Washington-based law firm for $700,000 a year to work as a lobbyist for "developing, refining and expanding" relationships between Indian officials and the United States foreign policy-making apparatus.
- Voters Reverse Islamists' Rise In Pakistani Politics (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Sep 16, 2005)
Candidates in Sunday's vote won't be presented on the ballot as members of a party.
- Prelude To Recognizing Israel? (Dawn, Karamatullah K. Ghori, Sep 16, 2005)
Spokesmen of the government may go on insisting that there is no rush to recognize Israel and establish normal diplomatic relations with the Jewish entity long treated as a pariah by Pakistan.
- A Precipitate Act By Islamabad (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Sep 16, 2005)
At the invitation of the American Jewish Congress (ACJ), President Pervez Musharraf has agreed to address the leaders of the Jewish community in New York on September 17.
- Indian Navy Holds Talks With British Firm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
Of the three Services, the Indian Navy was the first to use the penalty clause in the agreement when the supply of frigates was delayed by Russian sellers.
- Deep End Of The Abyss (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 16, 2005)
How wrong our priorities are! Departments of government are in a state of perpetual distraction with either pandering to the needs of that strange breed called VIPs or ‘exposing’ their misdemeanours.
- Gender Equality In Islam (Dawn, Sidrah Unis, Sep 16, 2005)
Adam was the first man, and Eve the first woman created by God. Thus, from the beginning of time, man and woman were a pair and companions for each other: “O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female...” (49:13)
- Kunjamma Of The Beautiful Voice (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
M S Subbulakshmi, the singer who immortalised the Suprabhatam, was a self-taught genius, writes Aradhana Mudambi
- ``We Won't Let Terrorism Hinder Peace Process'' (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 16, 2005)
Troops cut only after assessment of ground realities, says India
- Musharraf-Sharon Handshake (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 16, 2005)
President Musharraf and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon shook hands at a reception during the UN’s World Summit on Wednesday in New York.
- Indian Premier To Visit Pakistan Next Month: Kashmir Solution To Satisfaction Of ‘Both Sides’ Urged (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Sep 16, 2005)
The third summit meeting between President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday ended without any breakthrough on troops’ withdrawal from occupied Kashmir.
- Religious Fervour Marks This River's Birthday (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
People worship river Vitasta, another form of goddess Parvati
- Ceasefire In Kashmir..? (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Sep 16, 2005)
Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh has done well to be cautious about the All Parties Hurriyat Conference demand (dictated by Pakistan) for a ceasefire and reduction of Indian troops in Jammu and Kashmir. The mechanics of such a move are currently fraught. .
- Iraq's Constitution, A Failure For The U.S." (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
Preeta Bansalof the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom advises President George Bush on foreign policy in relation to religion.
- Wailing Over Dead (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 16, 2005)
Every person has to taste death some day or the other. Death keeps a perfect calendar and is never untimely. It comes at the appropriate time and at the place specified by Allah the most exalted.
- Taxonomy Award For T.C. Narendran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
.C. Narendran, insect taxonomist has been selected for the L.K. Janaki Ammal National Award for Taxonomy— 2004, in recognition of his research contributions.
- Foreigners Held In U.K. Crackdown (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 16, 2005)
Move a signal to extremist clerics; civic groups upset
- Hard Talk At Un (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 16, 2005)
Singh and Musharraf try to break new ground in the India-Pakistan peace process
- What Is Driving The Stock Indices Up (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Sep 16, 2005)
What is driving the Sensex to new highs? It is the contraction of risks in the Indian economy. Investors in equity foresee fewer and lower risks. Therefore, they are satisfied with a lower desired return in this foreseeable future, and are willing to....
- Dialogue And The Need To Transcend Conflictual Religiosity (Deccan Herald, Valson Thampu , Sep 16, 2005)
We practice our own religions so aggressively that we soon become oblivious to the need for spiritual wholeness.
- Ophelia Batters North Carolina (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
The criticism of its response to Katrina has prompted the emergency management agency not to take chances.
- Negotiating The Persian Maze (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Sep 16, 2005)
There has been a naive expectation among professional seminarists that New Delhi would somehow be stampeded into lining up with Washington on the Iranian nuclear issue when the IAEA Board in Vienna takes up the matter on September 19.
- India Stamps On Myanmar Rebels (Asia Times, Bibhu Prasad Routray, Sep 16, 2005)
Indian police in Mizoram claim to have destroyed one of the largest Myanmar rebel bases in India, deep in the mountainous jungles of Mizoram state.
- Musharraf For Just Solution (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 16, 2005)
Talks with India in the spirit of Security council resolutions
- India, Pakistan Back Peace Process In "Tense" Talks (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Sep 16, 2005)
The leaders of India and Pakistan vowed to pursue a sluggish peace process but analysts said their meeting in New York appeared to have made little, if any, progress.
- Indigenous Airborne Systems By 2008 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) hopes to fly the air force-identified aircraft carrying the indigenously developed Airborne-Early Warning and Control (AEW and C) system by 2008-end, Director of the Centre for Airborne Systems.....
- Tata Steel Keen To Buy Incab Unit (Hindu, Indrani Dutta, Sep 16, 2005)
Deal can be finalised on BIFR recommendation, High Court directive
- Options Narrow For Nepal's Isolated Monarch (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Sep 16, 2005)
Pressure is mounting on Nepal's King Gyanendra to restore democracy after he seized power earlier this year, but there is no sign yet of the monarch relenting despite his increasing isolation, analysts say.
- Indigenous Airborne Systems By 2008 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
Being done with multiple partnership
- Singh, Musharraf Agree To Pursue All Possible Options On J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
During discussions marked by "frankness and candour", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has made it clear to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf that reduction of troops in the Kashmir valley was ruled out till acts of terror and violence, which cast a
- Major Fire In Oil Well In Upper Assam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
ONGC crisis management team working to control 40-foot flames
- German Chancellor Elections Could Be Heading For Dead Heat (Hindu, Luke Harding , Sep 16, 2005)
Schroeder may retain power at the head of a new coalition
- Take Rajouri - Poonch People Into Confidence (Daily Excelsior, Javed Rana Hakla, Sep 16, 2005)
Poonch and Rajouri Districts of Jammu and Kashmir State fall along the line of control (LoC).
- Baghdad Again (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
Is there any semblance of normal life in Baghdad? Doubts persist in this behalf because of the deafening car bomb explosions that frequently rock the Iraqi Capital and have an instant echo all over the world including in this country.
- Teaching By Example (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
During His incarnations in the world the Lord showed by example how to follow the injunctions of the scriptures. Being the Almighty,
- India-U.S. Nuclear Bonding May Hit Snag Over Iran (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Sep 15, 2005)
India's rapidly expanding relations with the United States are being threatened by its links with Iran, and New Delhi is being forced to choose between its two allies, officials and analysts said on Wednesday.
- Rally Sours Buddha’S Dream (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
The Bengal CM’s move to acquire land for an industrial township has drawn flak from not only the Trinamool Congress, but also from LF partner Forward Bloc.
- Death Sentence For Sarabjit Well Deserved: Pakistan Apex Court (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 15, 2005)
"He does not deserve any leniency given the nature of the offence committed"
- Domestic Issue Taken To Bush'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
Dr. Singh reportedly expressed surprise at Vajpayee's criticism of pact with U.S.
- The Farmer And The Festival Lights (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Sep 15, 2005)
The Ganesh festival is the most important event in Maharashtra. This season, farm distress has hit theutsavbadly in Vidharbha. Very few have money to spend. Meanwhile, farmers' suicides there are going up.
- Mounting Backlog Of Cases (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
According to the Chief Justice of Pakistan, the Supreme Court has started the new judicial year 2005-06 with a backlog of over 30,000 cases.
- Pandit Exhibits In Houston Draw Over 15,000 Visitors (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
The exhibition in Houston captured the Kashmiri Pandit exodus and the wave of displacement witnessed by the community.
- Uneasy Revelation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
Urgent steps are needed to remove hurdles to business
- Un General Assembly Okays Watered-Down Goals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
Mr Annan termed the missing of the issue of non-proliferation and disarmament as a real disgrace and urged leaders to discuss it this week.
- Let There Be Light (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 15, 2005)
Salman Rushdie Distributed by The New York Times Syndicate
A few weeks ago, in a column written in response to the London bombings, I wrote about the urgent need for a “reform movement to bring the core concepts of Islam into the modern age”.
- Huge Heroin Haul Weeks Before Indo-Pak Anti-Drug Pact (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
Sandwiched between the Golden Triangle and the Golden Crescent regions of international drug-trafficking, India has been a favourite transit route for narcotics.
- Batle For Bihar (Daily Excelsior, Kshama Sunil, Sep 15, 2005)
The Assembly polls in Bihar in November is likely to be the keenest battle of ballot fought for control of the second most important state in the Hindi heartland since Independence.
- C.N. Annadurai's Mission Incomplete (Hindu, R. Kannan, Sep 15, 2005)
Today is the 96th birth anniversary of Anna. His sense of mission, his simplicity, compassion, and talents may seem outmoded. But so long as human values remain a worthy goal, his legacy will be relevant.
- Empowering Women (Tribune, Rajinder Sachar, Sep 15, 2005)
Is a decade too short a period for doing gender justice. This is the defiant query being raised after the hypocritical stand of all parties on the Women’s Reservation Bill?
- Dress Code For Muslim Women (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 15, 2005)
Hijab does not suppress, but liberate a women from all traps which she can otherwise fall into, Irshad Ahmad Hakak comments on the concept of modesty and ethics in the dress code for Muslim women
- Out Of Control (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
Baboocratisation scores over competitiveness
- Pervez, With Panache (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 15, 2005)
General Musharraf seems to be aspiring to transform himself into a statesman with much to do on the world stage. Just the list of his public engagements in New York will leave the most ardent crusader for world peace envious.
- Divisive Politics On Onam (Indian Express, T V R Shenoy, Sep 15, 2005)
His Imperial Majesty Mahabali is conducting the annual tour of his erstwhile realm as you read this.
- What You Need Is A Prefix, A Pullover And A Tattoo To Complete The Caricature (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 15, 2005)
MR BHARAT S, a chartered accountant, says he's afraid of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) implementing what he considers a dangerous idea currently being tossed about: The CA prefix.
- Pakistan, India Pledge To Cooperate For Human Resource Development (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Sep 15, 2005)
India and Pakistan will jointly develop South Asian human resource.
- Will Indo-Afghan (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Sep 15, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has made his maiden visit to Afghanistan which sections of the media has hailed as both 'historic' and 'successful' and India's array of offers to Kabul were on full display to the discomfort of some in the neighbourhood.
- ‘Pakistan Committed To Gas Pipeline With Iran’ (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 15, 2005)
Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Secretary General of the Pakistan Muslim League and Chairman of Pakistan’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
- Afghan Ballots Carry Mullahs, Jihadis, Women (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Sep 15, 2005)
A mullah, a feminist, a jihadi, and a communist: It sounds like the start of an Afghan joke, but instead, it is the makings of Afghanistan's first-ever elected parliament.
- Yet Again (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
If they had their way, not a few Indian politicians would have democracy only on their terms.
- Dream Merchant (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Sep 15, 2005)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee seems desperately hopeful that his state’s transformation will yield fringe benefits for all, says Sumanta Sen
- Breathtakingly Beautiful (Deccan Herald, B V Prakash, Sep 15, 2005)
A weekend visit to the beautiful Tonnur lake just off the Mandya - Mysore Road, promises to bring you back refreshed
- India, Pakistan Leaders To Push Peace Process In U.S. (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
The leaders of India and Pakistan meet in New York on Wednesday to push forward a peace process which is beginning to offer a realistic chance of a lasting rapprochement between the long-time foes.
- Rajapakse Exchanges Papers With Buddhist Party (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Sep 14, 2005)
Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse and the all-Buddhist clergy parliamentary party, Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) on Tuesday exchanged a 12-point poll pact in which Mr. Rajapakse agreed to safeguard the unitary character of the state in any . . .
- United States Wants To Help Out India, Pakistan, Says Kasuri (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 14, 2005)
It is keenly watching the meeting between Manmohan and Musharraf
Composite dialogue must continue: Condoleezza Rice
Fed up with allegations, Pakistan offers to fence border with Afghanistan
- Confusion Reigns Over Kashmir Committee (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 14, 2005)
Division within political establishment on talks with Hurriyat Conference
- No Change In Oslo's Role, Says Solheim (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Sep 14, 2005)
"There will be absolutely no change"
- New Delhi Accepts Observer Status In Tri-Nation Gas Pipeline Project (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 14, 2005)
Mani Shankar Aiyar to attend steering committee meeting in Turkmenistan
- Gram Panchayat Removes Employee On Gender Basis (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
Man appointed to post of peon, woman sacked as she was `unsuitable for the job'
- Permanent Houses For Tsunami-Hit (Hindu, Rajesh Nair, Sep 14, 2005)
Construction of 96 houses progressing; 20 of them nearing completion
- Work On Desalination Plant Soon (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Sep 14, 2005)
100 MLD project at Manali to treat seawater through reverse osmosis
- Kashmiri Pandits Now Face Socio-Economic Problems (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
Lack of employment is one of the factors triggering slow migration of the Pandits.
- State Of Women’S Rights (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
A report says the Islamabad chapter of the Women’s Action forum (WAF) is being resuscitated. There is no mention in the report why and how it was allowed to die in the first place. Maybe the bureaucratic atmosphere of the capital was stifling.
- Ministry Withholds Import Permits For Chinese Garlic (Hindu, T.S. Shankar, Sep 14, 2005)
Move follows detection of fungus in consignments that arrived at Chennai and Mumbai ports
- Karnataka Handicrafts Corporation Targets Rs 50 Cr Turnover (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
The Karnataka State Handicrafts Development Corporation is targeting a turnover of Rs 50 crore this financial year, against Rs 30 crore last year and plans to open more ‘Cauvery’ emporia, including one at Agra and another one in Chennai.
- Sense Of Victory Pervades Gaza (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
‘The lesson... is that no matter how long it takes, the occupiers will leave because of resistance.’
- Give Us One More Chance: Lalu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav kick-started the campaign for the Assembly polls here on Tuesday.
- Rice In A Private Grip (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Sep 14, 2005)
The biological inheritance of the world's major food crop is now in the hands of a Swiss multinational
- "U.S. Wants To Help Out India, Pakistan" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 14, 2005)
It is keenly watching the meeting between Manmohan and Musharraf
Composite dialogue must continue: Condoleezza Rice
Fed up with allegations, Pakistan offers to fence border with Afghanistan
- Better Disposal Of E-Waste Soon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
A nodal agency for the management of e-waste in Bangalore was set up on Tuesday under the aegis of the Hazardous Waste Management Project, Karnataka (HAWA).
- An Indiscreet Act (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 14, 2005)
Monday was the day of reckoning for the Palestinians.
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