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Articles 1821 through 1920 of 21907:
- Lessons Of Power Breakdown (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 26, 2006)
The countrywide power breakdown after the national grid was knocked out on Sunday calls for serious stocktaking.
- President’S Autobiography (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 26, 2006)
The much hyped In the Line of Fire, President Pervez Musharraf's memoirs, could well go down in the Guinness Book of Records for many 'firsts' which it appears set to achieve.
- Linguistic Division Of Provinces (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 26, 2006)
ABOUT a fortnight ago, the Federal Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sher Afgan had indicated that Punjab could be sub-divided into three smaller provinces for several reasons. Soon after, a high functionary of the state denied the possibility saying . . .
- Khan Network May Have Helped India Build Bomb - Musharraf (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
India's efforts to build an atomic bomb in the 1990s could have benefited from a black market nuclear network run by disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf wrote in an autobiography published . . .
- Telengana Ii : Much Ado About Nothing (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Sep 26, 2006)
The Telengana I was enacted in the 1970s and the recent Telengana II is very much in the news nowadays especially due to the formation of the Telengana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and its ascendancy to power.
- On The Right Track (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 26, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi has yet again shown that she is in control of her party and of the direction that the UPA must take in policy matters.
- Cool It (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 26, 2006)
New signs of strain have surfaced in the Washington-Islamabad relationship. General Musharraf has revealed that the US threatened to bomb Pakistan into the Stone Age soon after 9/11, while President Bush declared at a press conference that Washington . .
- To Be More Democratic, Pak Needed Me In Uniform: Pervez (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 26, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf admits he is still “struggling” to convince the West that Pakistan is more democratic today than it ever was in the past.
- If Pak Did Not Join Usa, India Would, Says Musharraf (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 26, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, determined to see a “final resolution” of the Kashmir issue, has suggested an “out-of-the-box” solution to the bilateral dispute.
- ‘Initial Signs Of Flexibility’ Sensed In Manmohan ‘Withering Away’ (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 26, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, determined to see a “final resolution” of the Kashmir issue, has suggested an “out-of-the-box” solution to the bilateral dispute.
- Peace First (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 26, 2006)
Who will disagree with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he sees immense potential for development in every field in Jammu and Kashmir?
- Kargil War Was Pak Army’S Finest Hour: Musharraf (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
If Pervez Musharraf is to be believed, Kargil was not a debacle or setback for Pakistan. And if it seemed so to the world, he says, it was all because of the then Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's political mishandling of . . .
- More Stress On Positives (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Sep 26, 2006)
I have written this article and the few that will follow in response to a request from a senior official of a development agency based in Washington.
- No Al-Qaeda Or Taliban Leader In Pakistan: F (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam at a weekly briefing on Monday dismissed reports about the presence of Taliban leadership in Pakistan.
- Musharraf Book Says Manmohan Singh’S Sincerity Ebbing Away (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Sep 26, 2006)
In unusually frank words used by a serving head of state for an incumbent head of government, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that the initial sign of sincerity and flexibility that he sensed in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seems to . . .
- Let’S Talk ‘Economics Plus’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 26, 2006)
Twenty years ago, we watched from university as the Labour party conference enjoyed the difficulties of Mrs Thatcher’s second term, and deluded itself about its own route to power. Our party was obsessed with the icons and betrayals of the . . .
- It’S Tv Not Radio, Silence Sometimes Helps (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Sep 26, 2006)
There are times when a visual speaks better for a thousand words. Wonder why Indian TV has never learnt the simple rule - silence (sometimes) is golden.
- Coups: An Addiction To Power (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 26, 2006)
When Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin seized power in Thailand last week, he joined a long list of military leaders to have succumbed to the lure of the coup.
- I Dream Of A Ram Temple At Ayodhya: Advani (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Bharatiya Janata Party Leader LK Advani on Monday said that his dream is to see a Ram Temple built at Ayodhya.
- Shot-Down Idea (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 26, 2006)
This newspaper has always maintained that ceasefire with the Ulfa is utterly unacceptable. But the home ministry had insisted that negotiations with a group of extortionists was feasible.
- Why The Farmer Reaps Despair (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 26, 2006)
Farmer's suicides were discussed most recently at the Congress chief ministers’ conclave in Nainital but the grim reality remains unchanged, with reports of such tragedies constantly trickling in.
- If You Have The Time (Indian Express, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Sep 26, 2006)
In the ‘50s, what was the most coveted gift any family member travelling abroad brought back? A Swiss watch, of course.
- Thousands Hit As Farmers Block Trains (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Thousands of passengers were stranded today for more than two hours at various railway stations and on the tracks as activists of the Punjab Kisan Sabha blocked rail traffic as part of their ‘rail roko aandolan’ in pursuance of their various demands . . .
- No Change In Stand On Terror: Pm (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Sep 25, 2006)
Rebutting the criticism from the security establishment and the BJP on the formation of a joint mechanism with Pakistan on fighting terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it would actually test Islamabad’s assurance on not allowing . . .
- Let's Call A Spade A Spade (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 25, 2006)
The average Delhiite does not have a sparkling reputation and we all know it.
- Crippling Setback (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 25, 2006)
The alarming increase in polio cases this year in the country is cause for serious concern. Around 297 cases of polio have been reported so far this year compared with only 66 cases in 2005.
- Pak Troops Were Involved In Kargil, Says Musharraf (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
In the first official acknowledgement of involvement of Pakistan’s regular troops in the Kargil conflict, President Pervez Musharraf has described it as “a landmark in the history of the Pakistani army”.
- Musharraf And The Truth About Kargil (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 25, 2006)
General Musharraf's account of the Kargil war is a feisty defence of Pakistan's military — but sits ill with well-established facts.
- Imf Quota Shuffle: India's Missed Opportunities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
But no real setback as the world body's relevance is declining
It is the ad hocism and lack of transparency of IMF rather than its failure to win recognition by way of enhanced quotas that India and other COUNTRIES campaigned against and lost.
- Heart Of Terror (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Sep 25, 2006)
The Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in his address to the UN General Assembly on September 20, made it abundantly clear that US and NATO troops in Afghanistan would not be able to end attacks by Taliban militants unless steps were also taken to . . .
- Rain Hampers Search For Missing Nepal Chopper (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Heavy rain and fog over forested mountains in eastern Nepal hampered the search on Sunday for 24 people whose helicopter disappeared in the area a day earlier, officials said.
- It’S A Dog Life, But Some People Have Had Enough (Deccan Herald, MARK MAGNIER, Sep 25, 2006)
After suffering humiliation and being a butt of jokes for a millenium, the chinese jing clan is happy after the authorities decided to restore its former name.
- Significant Step (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 25, 2006)
The SC has ordered much needed police reforms.
- An Unsung Death (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Sep 25, 2006)
Independence morning came with death for this labouring adivasi (Jharkhandee) family.
- Workshop Of Evolution Threatened (Tribune, Daniel Howden, Sep 25, 2006)
The Galapagos Islands, the world’s “workshop of evolution,” could be set to witness the first disappearance of a species in the 170 years since Charles Darwin’s historic visit.
- One Small Step (News International, Chris Cork, Sep 25, 2006)
Two books are shortly to hit the shelves in the world’s bookshops. One is by General Musharraf, and is called ‘In the line of fire’ — to be launched on his current tour of the wests’ best hotels, and the other which could well have had the . . .
- From One Long March To Another (News International, Prof Khwaja Masud, Sep 25, 2006)
The Chinese people stood up under the leadership of the Communist Party, founded by a dozen progressive intellectuals in 1921.
- Delhi Invites Three Parties From Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 25, 2006)
For interaction to determine possible role for India in crisis resolution The invitation is believed to be part of the exercise by New Delhi for sustained interaction with Sri Lankan political parties.
- Disinformation International? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 25, 2006)
Transparency International’s Islamabad office has sent out a press note disputing a story in this paper about the results of a recent TI survey about perceptions of government corruption in Pakistan.
- Trigger-Happy Police (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 25, 2006)
Two incidents within the space of a few days show that Karachi’s trigger-happy police have no qualms about killing innocent civilians.
- Us-Pakistan Partnership (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 25, 2006)
Reaffirming their firm commitment to a US-Pakistan strategic partnership, President George Bush and President Musharraf discussed on Friday issues relating to bilateral investment and trade arrangements — so far unresolved because of the differing . . .
- Kasargod On Belgaum Session Agenda (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The historic session of the State legislature which opens here on Monday, is expected to adopt a resolution demanding that the Centre “implement in toto”' the Mahajan Commission report, as a ...
- Blair Is Further Humiliated (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in a Labour rally against Prime Minister Tony Blair in Manchester on Saturday. Activists chanting slogans against Blair and Iraq occupation marched through the city to vent their anger over the British . . .
- State Goes All Out To Woo Tourists To Mysore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The multimedia campaign will be on throughout the year across the country
Campaign has been intensive in Bangalore
- General's Grand Theory Of `Enlightened Moderation' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 25, 2006)
In his book, In the Line of Fire: A Memoir, Pakistan's military ruler locates his "out of the box" Kashmir solution within the larger context of having to respond to 9/11 and a vastly more violent and volatile post-9/11 world.
- Happy Birthday, Hard Disk Drive (Hindu, John Naughton , Sep 25, 2006)
The hard disk is 50 years old this month. On September 13, 1956, IBM unveiled its IBM 305 Ramac computer, whose major selling point was that it had something called a "disk drive": the 350 Disk File unit.
- Connecting With The Baloch (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 25, 2006)
“The Baloch insurgency will soon peter out as did the Sikh insurgency in Indian Punjab after the elimination of Bhindranwale,” wrote a hardened soul recently in a national daily. This hasty judgment announced on history would even amuse the most . . .
- Learn How To Wow The Tourists (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 25, 2006)
I have made all efforts to get information on the courses offered at CFTRI, Mysore.
- Centre Ready To Discuss All Issues With J&k People: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Noting that there had been a "trust deficit" between India and Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the two countries have to find ways and means to tackle their problems including terrorism.
- Blair Is Churchillian (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 25, 2006)
The most justifiable war in recent history is the one the 'English-speaking' people are fighting against the Taliban and Al Qaeda elements, says Andrew Robert.
- Cops And Rubber Stamps (Indian Express, K P S Gill, Sep 25, 2006)
In recent months we have seen increasing focus on a succession of internal security crises. These have brought, sometimes sympathetic, attention to bear upon the capacities of the police force, and the conditions under which they work, over the past . . .
- Trust Deficit But Terror Pact To Stay (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Sep 25, 2006)
On the eve of the release of Pervez Musharraf’s autobiography in which the General has blamed India for the Kargil conflict, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh acknowledged there was a “trust deficit” between India and Pakistan.
- Bengal Blues (Statesman, AK SEN SARMA, Sep 25, 2006)
Commentators over the years have often lamented the sense of deprivation that Bengal occasionally suffers. This is embedded in the insensitivity of the rest of India to the crippling blows suffered by Bengal, particularly between the 1930s and the . . .
- Seven Years Later, Gen Admits: Pak Forces Were Involved In Kargil (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
In his book In the Line of Fire, Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf has described the Kargil conflict as a “landmark in the history of the Pakistani army.”
- Cost Conundrums (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 25, 2006)
That full cost airlines are reporting losses is no surprise, given the mounting pressures to offer price discounts in a market that’s seeing intensified competition, coupled with the high costs of aviation turbine fuel and rising manpower costs . . .
- Lost Opportunity (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 25, 2006)
It is not just fundamental Muslims who have used force for conversion but several followers of Christianity.
- Kargil Tactical Victory For Us: Musharraf (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
In the first official acknowledgement of involvement of Pakistan's regular troops in the Kargil conflict, President Pervez Musharraf has described it as "a landmark in the history of the Pakistani Army".
- Muddled Thinking About Language (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Sep 25, 2006)
The Karnataka Government has just announced that it has shot itself in the foot.
- Fresh Print (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Cartoon, primarily is a media tool functioning in the realm of social science and politics. The social reality of the Westerner is simpler and straight forward in comparison to ours. Even a doctor in Houston will not have to encounter the . . .
- Kashmir Issue Has To Be Resolved Between India And Pakistan: Bush (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Making it clear that the issue of Kashmir has to be resolved between India and Pakistan, President George W Bush on Friday said US can only help create conditions for peace and cannot "force" nations to reach agreements.
- Northern Lights (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
I guess you always ignore what is in your backyard and search for the distant mountains.
- Iraqi Militants Say Killed Indians, Pakistanis (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
militant group in Iraq said on Saturday it had killed ten Indians and Pakistanis whom it had abducted as they were on their way to Syria.
- Lage Raho Vidhu (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 24, 2006)
People in the State can only tell Vidhu Vinod Chopra, a son of the soil, "lage raho" (keep it up).
- Now That’S Cricket, Coach (New Indian Express, R K PACHAURI, Sep 24, 2006)
This is a refreshingly honest and absorbing account of a remarkable period in Indian cricket presented by perhaps India’s most successful coach.
- Second Thoughts (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 24, 2006)
By declaring war on “worshippers of the Cross”, al Qaida militants remind us that Osama bin Laden could be an incarnation, albeit on the other side of the fence, of the 15th-century Spanish Dominican, Tomás de Torquemada, known as . . .
- Supreme Court Cracks The Whip (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Sep 24, 2006)
HERE is some telling feedback from a recent discussion I was witness to:
Quote (a): “If you go by the law book then what are we for”? Asked a local leader of a new entrant in police service, who was strictly going by the law book.
- Baluchistan Uprising (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 24, 2006)
The extent to which the so-called ‘‘second War of Independence’’ in Baluchistan has been galvanised in the aftermath of the octogenarian Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti’s ‘‘martyrdom’’ on August 26 can be gleaned from three developments.
- Man Who Made Pak Fall In Line (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 24, 2006)
The man at the centre of the controversy over the threat to bomb Pakistan back to the stone age if it did not support the United States in the war on terrorism is often spoken as having sinews of steel and a heart of gold.
- Waiting To Grow Old (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 24, 2006)
Age is an advantage in India.
- Kargil Planned Before Atal Visit: Musharraf (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has confirmed in his book that Pakistani military had begun preparations for the 1999 Kargil incursion months before the conflict in May but claimed it was in response to activities on the Indian side.
- Greatness In Apology (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Sep 24, 2006)
However undesirable the recent controversy about a speech made by Pope Benedict XVI may be, its denouement is instructive in many respects.
- Secular Ideology Will Stay, Says Kumaraswamy (Hindu, PARVATHI MENON, Sep 24, 2006)
Coordination panel to discuss contentious issues
Belgaum session will focus on Maharashtra's claims over some border areas
The Government will announce a rural development scheme on October 2
- The Beckoning Monoliths (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
The granite formations near Ramanagaram on the Bangalore-Mysore highway have something for everyone.
- Cultural Diplomacy Needs A Big Thrust, Says Karan Singh (Tribune, Satish Misra, Sep 24, 2006)
Culture is the third instrument of foreign policy and it must be effectively used as a tool for projecting India’s image globally, says Indian Council for Cultural Relations President Dr Karan Singh. India is rich in arts, culture, music and dance.
- In The City Of Joy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Kolkata has much to offer a traveller who is willing to wander through its streets.
- 'Terror Shouldn't Lead To Talks Failure' (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 24, 2006)
Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf tried to raise the stakes on Saturday by saying that secretary and minister level talks had run their course and he would prefer a one-on-one with PM Manmohan Singh.
- Praying To Be Secular (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Sep 24, 2006)
Vasundhara Raje’s handling of the Haj House issue has upset the Sangh; it’s the dilemma she faces in trying to woo all communities.
- 26 P.C. Fdi In Print Medium Will Stay For Now: Dasmunsi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
``Plans to strengthen basic AIR services''
- Pilgrims On An Inward Journey (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
The stark landscapes of the Tibetan plateau, and the unrelenting physical challenges of the journey, are captured with a solid, satisfying grace.
- Moorish Mystique (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Sep 24, 2006)
Being in Andalucia is like being inside an Arabian Nights tale.
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