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Articles 12121 through 12220 of 21907:
- No Indian Passenger On Dosti’S Return Journey (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Jan 22, 2006)
The Lahore-Amritsar bus returned without any Indian passenger from Amritsar on Saturday reportedly because of a strict Indian travel policy and because that Indian passengers have booked seats on the first Indian bus scheduled to arrive in Lahore . . .
- Khokhrapar-Munabao Train To Run On Feb 4 (News International, Muhammad Khalid, Jan 22, 2006)
Rejecting Indian concerns regarding construction of an overhead shelter at the Zero Point railway station, the director-general of Pakistan Rangers, Maj-Gen Jawed Zia, has said that it is not a violation of the Border Ground Rule, 1962.
- There Is No Cal But Cal! (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 22, 2006)
I went to Bangalore for the first time last month, around the new year.
- Recovery Agents (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jan 22, 2006)
In terms of both the impact of disasters and post-disaster recovery, there are common threads that bind countries together regardless of whether they are rich or poor.
- Attracting Foreign Investment (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
One of the aims of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s current visit to the US is to seek American investment in Pakistan.
- Living On The Edge (Hindu, VENU MADHAV GOVINDU, Jan 22, 2006)
The devastating earthquake that hit Gujarat five years ago showed one the many dimensions of our innate, if imperfect, humanity.
- The True Heroes (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jan 22, 2006)
A look at the winners of the Sanctuary-ABN-AMRO awards honoured for their efforts in saving the environment.
- Hard Road To Reconciliation (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jan 22, 2006)
In the domain of public policy several of the major avenues are in disrepair and appear to be closed. More disconcerting is the probability that the policy makers do not know what it will take to fix them. We will focus today on an aspect of national . .
- Indian Congress To Set Party Agenda At Upcoming Meet (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
The Congress party-led coalition which has ruled India now for nearly two years should be named DNA for Do Nothing Alliance, one recent newspaper cartoon suggested.
- Sonia Gandhi Unveils Pylon In Memory Of Freedom Fighters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Location assumes significance as AICC session was held at Nanal Nagar crossroads in 1953 after liberation of Hyderabad from Nizam's rule
- ‘Dosti’ Returns Sans Indian Passengers (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Jan 22, 2006)
The Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) luxury inaugural coach, Dosti, today returned to Lahore without any Indian passengers on board as common passengers stayed away from the Amritsar-Lahore bus, thanks to irritating security concerns ...
- Ensuring Equitable Development Through Reforms (Hindu, S. Mahendra Dev , Jan 21, 2006)
There is a lot of talk on growth and equity but there is no operational plan. What we need is an immediate plan for achieving equitable development.
- A Grand Revolution In The Andes (Hindu, Richard Gott, Jan 21, 2006)
Fidel Castro's prophecy has at last been fulfilled as Bolivia joins Latin America's `axis of good.'
- A Second Earth Needed To Sustain India And China (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 21, 2006)
Do you know that India and China have as much population as that of "the next 20 largest countries combined"? Or that "some 80 per cent of the companies in Wal-Mart's database of suppliers are now Chinese"? China and India are the focus of State . . .
- Travel And Tourism Fair Begins In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The fair has over 100 participants from India, Egypt, Nepal
- Second Phase Of Rail Alert Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Nearly 40 per cent of the calls received after the introduction of rail alert, a toll-free number (98462 00100) that provides round-the-clock and speedy assistance to train commuters, were those pertaining to "public nuisance," Suresh Raj Purohit, . . .
- Stop Processions (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Jan 21, 2006)
As usual, Sikhs of Delhi took out a procession on Guru Gobind Singh’s birthday. It was undoubtedly as great a spectacle as those in the years past: a mile-long file of men and women walking ten to twenty abreast.
- With An Enemy Like This (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 21, 2006)
Formally handing over charge in Mumbai this New Year’s eve, outgoing BJP president Lal Krishna Advani had said he was confident that Rajnath Singh “will preside over the party’s growth to newer heights” and the “bad patch” faced by the BJP in 2005 would..
- Lahore-Amritsar Bus Service Begins With Song And Dance (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Jan 21, 2006)
Transcending various apprehensions, the first Lahore-Amritsar bus service began on Friday when a Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation bus carrying 26 passengers from Lahore crossed the zero line at the Wagah-Attari Joint Check Post along . . .
- Deal Unlikely During Bush Visit, Says Nicholas Burns (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 21, 2006)
"Civilian nuclear agreement will have to be detailed, substantial"
First time both were going into substantive aspects: Saran
India "very supportive" of European initiative
Two sides have their work cut out for next several weeks: Burns
- Nda Delegation Meets Kalam On Quattrocchi Issue (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Jan 21, 2006)
Accuses UPA Government and Congress of abuse of power
Kalam's intervention sought to get resignation of Law Minister H.R. Bhardwaj
"Manmohan and Sonia should make statement on their position on defreezing of bank accounts"
- Railway To Set Up Packaged Drinking Water Plant (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited will soon be launching `Rail Neer', its brand of packaged drinking water from Tamil Nadu, meant for sale in southern States.
- Lahore-Amritsar Bus Service Begins (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Jan 21, 2006)
Termed "twin cities" before Partition, they are finally connected after five decades
- Nepal Curfew Thwarts Planned Rally As Many Held (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jan 21, 2006)
Soldiers and armed police enforced a curfew in the Nepali capital on Friday and placed leading politicians under house arrest, thwarting a planned protest against the king, who seized absolute power last year.
- Pakistan And India Launch New Peace Bus (Reuters, Mohsin Raza, Jan 21, 2006)
Pakistan and India launched a third cross-border bus service on Friday, the latest new transport link aimed at building confidence to spur their slow-moving peace process.
- Over 450 Political Activists Arrested In Nepal (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Jan 21, 2006)
More than 450 political activists, including top leaders, were arrested in Nepal and authorities imposed a dawn-to-dusk curfew in the capital Kathmandu to prevent a seven-party pro-democracy alliance from organising a massive anti-King rally today.
- Amritsar-Lahore Bus (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Road is still not smooth enough
It is not enough to just utter sweet nothings on the need for warming up India-Pakistan relations or roll out a ceremonial red carpet when the bus from Lahore arrives in Amritsar.
- Bus Joins Two Punjabs Six Decades After Partition (Daily Excelsior, GAJINDER SINGH, Jan 21, 2006)
Six decades after trains and buses ferried piles of dead bodies across the new line partitioning India and Pakistan, the border witnessed scenes of joy today as the first Lahore-Amritsar bus, “Dosti”, rolled in at Wagah.
- Cultural Depletion Through Western Imports (Tribune, Rana Nayar, Jan 21, 2006)
During a literary meet I once attended, someone popped up this rather uneasy question in an equally unexpected manner: what is it that ails Punjabi literature? All kinds of plausible and implausible answers were put forth, ranging from the lack . . .
- Nepal Worries The World (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
As King Gyanendra’s government imposed a day-long curfew in Kathmandu Valley today and arrested nearly 600 people to prevent a protest rally by opposition parties, global concern began mounting, with UN secretary-general Mr Kofi Annan, the European Union,
- First Lahore-Amritsar Bus Arrives (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
In their efforts to enhance people-to -people contact, India and Pakistan today launched their third bus service - this time between Amritsar and Lahore - when a bus with 26 passengers aboard arrived here to rousing cheers.
- Difficulties Ahead Of Nuclear Pact With India: U.S. (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Jan 21, 2006)
The United States said on Friday there were difficulties in realising a landmark agreement on cooperation in civil nuclear energy with India but it was hopeful of clinching the deal.
- Lahore-Amritsar Bus Service Launched (News International, Ghulam Haider, Jan 21, 2006)
Pakistan and India on Friday launched the Lahore-Amritsar bus service, the latest new road link aimed at spurring the slow-moving peace process between the two nuclear rivals of South Asia.
- Flying High (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 21, 2006)
Jet Airways will become the country's largest commercial airline once it formally acquires Air Sahara. The aviation industry and the traveller are jubilant as this is expected to make fares more competitive and improve quality of service.
- Centre Can Consider Corporatising The Iims (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Jan 21, 2006)
If the previous government’s move against the hike in fee was lambasted as being hawkish, intrusive and much more, the stand of the current government on IIM Bangalore’s move for an offshore facility has met a similar fate.
- Global Challenges, Local Solutions (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Jan 21, 2006)
WHAT is the future for an economic system that is not an efficient producer of goods and services in the globalized economy?
- Annan Urges Iran To Resume Talks With Eu (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
UN secretary general says Iran should stop fuel research
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Thursday urged Iran to scrap its controversial decision to resume nuclear-fuel research, then return to negotiations over its nuclear ambitions.
- ‘The Kashmiri Shawl: From Jamavar To Paisley’: A Many Splendoured Thing (Daily Times, Mariam Mushtaq, Jan 21, 2006)
Sherry Rehman, politician cum author, holds Lahoris spellbound
Friday evening was one of those rare occasions in Lahore when the intelligentsia and the glitterati of the city came together under one roof.
- Bin Laden Trying To Silence Rumours Of Death: Analysts (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
A recording from Osama bin Laden, his first message for over a year, is aimed at quashing rumours of his death and warning the Western world that its most wanted man remains a major threat, analysts said on Friday.
- Us Wants Improved Pakistan-India Ties (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Jan 21, 2006)
India and the United States, preparing for a visit by President George W. Bush, wound up two days of official-level talks here on Friday with Washington encouraging improved Delhi-Islamabad ties but disapproving of Iran’s proximity with both.
- Lahore Bus Gets Warm Welcome (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
A bus from Lahore arrived here on Friday, marking the launch of a third bus link between Pakistan and India aimed at building confidence and strengthening their slow-moving peace process.
- Jews Have Wailing Wall, We Need Ram Temple: Bjp Chief (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 21, 2006)
In a two-hour speech marked by ringing confidence, elaborate articulation of the party’s philosophy and a hard-nosed realpolitik, BJP president Rajnath Singh sent a clear message that he was very much his own man—and under him the BJP . . .
- Peace Process Grinds On (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Jan 21, 2006)
Some recent developments have dealt a hefty blow to the ongoing Pakistan-India peace process. If the decision makers in Islamabad and New Delhi do not act quickly to restore the health of bilateral relations, the peace process will soon find itself . . .
- Target Al-Qaeda Misfires (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jan 21, 2006)
The US government’s refusal to accept formal responsibility for last Friday’s missile attack on the Pakistani village of Damadola is only one of the unexplained elements of the latest attempt to identify and kill the top echelons of Al-Qaeda hiding along
- Why Do We Always Have To Be First? (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 21, 2006)
Every time I travel by road I check up whether there are any rail level crossings on the way.
- Oprah In Auschwitz: America’S Most Powerful Literary Critic Finds Recovery In The Holocaust (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 21, 2006)
Among those reeling from the flap about James Frey’s memoir A Million Little Pieces — which has been exposed as an embellishment, when not outright fabrication, of the author’s life — is America’s most powerful literary critic, Oprah Winfrey.
- Reaping The Reserves (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah arrives in Delhi next week for the Republic Day parade. How much oil does his country really have, asks Leonardo Maugeri
- The Beauty In Bustle (Deccan Herald, Venkatesh Raghavendra, Jan 21, 2006)
A closer look would reveal the abundance of beauty all around oneself
I got the inkling of the tumult that awaited me, as my car whizzed southwards from the Colombo airport. Little did I know that this bustle, the daily quest for livelihood, . . .
- India For Consensus On Iran (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Jan 21, 2006)
With the Left partners breathing down its neck, the Manmohan Singh government on Friday said the international community should avoid a confrontationist course on Iran’s nuclear issue and favoured a broad international consensual approach to address....
- Pirates Threaten Lives Of Somalia's Poor (Hindu, Jeevan Vasagar, Jan 20, 2006)
The hijacking of cargo ships is on the increase, threatening trade and humanitarian aid.
The raiders striking increasingly further from the coastline
The number of attacks rose from 2 in 2004 to 35 in 2005
- "The Clemenceau Is A Scandal" (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 20, 2006)
Two men who worked on board the French warship and now have asbestosis speak out.
- Pakistani Consulate Denied Place In Mumbai (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 20, 2006)
Just a day after the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan reiterated their resolve to simultaneously reopen their consulates in Karachi and Mumbai, Pakistan’s efforts to secure premises in the densely-populated commercial hub of Nariman Point . . .
- Bjp Boycotts Governor's Address, Wants Dharam Singh's Resignation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Party leaders stage dharna in front of Raj Bhavan, express support to Kumaraswamy Party leaders stage dharna in front of Raj Bhavan, express support to Kumaraswamy
- Tourism Fair Begins Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
The 45th Travel and Tourism Fair (TTF), one of the region's largest such events, will be held at Sri Kanteerava Indoor Stadium from January 20 to 22.
- 114 Takers For Vazhiyoram Project (Hindu, John L. Paul, Jan 20, 2006)
Stakeholders meeting on February 6
One hundred and fourteen entrepreneurs have come forward to open sustainable wayside tourism amenities (called Vazhiyoram units) along major roads across the State.
- Chandy To Launch Tourism Scheme On Monday (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Bhoothathankettu set to attract visitors
- Minister Holds Talks On Swapna Nagari Eco-Tourism Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Manmohan Singh to declare the area as National Mangrove Forest
- Tarigami Denied Tight Security Despite Attacks (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 20, 2006)
Intelligence warnings that he is among Lashkar's principal targets ignored by the Centre and Delhi police
- India, Ireland Sign Three Agreements (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Ahern meets President, Prime Minister
India and Ireland signed three agreements on cultural, scientific and technological cooperation on Thursday.
- Brinda Karat Warns Against Postponing West Bengal Assembly Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Left will not keep quiet if the Government tried to go against the CMP
- Behind Every Memsahib Is A Bai (Indian Express, FARAH WARIA, Jan 20, 2006)
When it comes to the rights of domestic help, it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee. Unless, of course, we prefer to serve it ourselves
- Why Iranians Don’T Smile (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Jan 20, 2006)
Iran is in the news again, and for reasons that don’t bring much cheer to the world. Sudheendra Kulkarni looks to a new book—Christopher de Bellaigue’s In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs—for some insights into why grieving seems to be the leitmotif . . .
- Tourist Spots To Be Identified (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
The State Government has started the process of identifying seven areas in Nellore district as tourist spots, to promote tourism on a big scale here.
- Necessary? Is It? Who Says So? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 20, 2006)
There is "a theory of necessary noises" that is always at work in our State's politics.
- Remember Dabhol? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 20, 2006)
A gentleman, whose identity better remain undisclosed, had spent a term in one of the houses of parliament.
- Reforms Take A Back Seat (Times of India, Rahul Bajaj, Jan 20, 2006)
The issues of efficiency and equity are what a nation constantly grapples with. Their dynamic balance and trade-off decide the direction and pace of their movement. A dilemma is being played out between economic and social reform today.
- Jet Flies Away With Sahara (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 20, 2006)
The deal raises monopoly fears
By acquiring Air Sahara for Rs 2,200 crore in the biggest-ever deal in India’s civil aviation history, Jet Airways will not only get additional aircraft, pilots, technical staff, cabin crew and parking slots, . . .
- Warrantless Wiretappings (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, Jan 20, 2006)
In his fight against global terrorism, President Bush invaded and captured Iraq in what was an outrageously illegal and immoral war. Driven by his unbridled machismo,
- Decaying Heritage (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 20, 2006)
THE report about the 14 stone sculptures recently discovered in Thar raises two questions.
- Away From Prying Eyes They Pray (Hindustan Times, Renuka Narayanan, Jan 20, 2006)
A year ago, the press and police milled around the two Kanchi Shankaracharyas; Nepalese wrestlers and prisoners in Coimbatore jail fasted for their release and the Ulema spoke up for them.
- Panchayat Comes To Rescue Of Girl (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
On Thursday the couple was produced in court and their statements of willful marriage were recorded.
- Doha Is Sleepwalking Closer To Collapse (The Financial Express, FREDRIK ERIXON, Jan 20, 2006)
Hong Kong changed nothing; the major faultline is the Doha Round’s ‘development dimension’
- Lahore-Amritsar Bus Leaves Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
The first bus to ply between Lahore and Amritsar is scheduled to leave for Amritsar at 9.00am today (Friday).
The bus will leave from the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) office (66-D-I Gulberg-III), officials said.
- Takeoff! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 20, 2006)
Jet-Sahara deal may lead the way for more
It’s official. After weeks of speculation, Jet Airways on Thursday announced its take-over of Air Sahara.
- Un-Understandable Mute Response (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 20, 2006)
In his address to the nation on January 17, President Pervez Musharraf announced epoch-making decisions, which would contribute a lot towards realisation of our cherished goal of economic security for Pakistan.
- A Blind Eye To Wrongs (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 20, 2006)
It has now become a scandal of unfathomable magnitude — the ceaseless killings on the streets and avenues of the Union territory of Delhi by the reckless driving of buses, trucks and cars. Men, women and children are being slaughtered as the . . .
- Osama Threatens Attacks On Us (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden threatened new attacks against the United States in an audiotape attributed to the Western world’s most wanted man, broadcast on Arabic television Thursday. But the voice on the tape, aired on Al-Jazeera a week . . .
- Tolerance In Islam (Dawn, Dr Khalid Mahmood Shaikh, Jan 20, 2006)
Islam has never taught its followers intolerance, hatred and violence. Its teachings have never encouraged bigotry and fanaticism. It is against all brutality and bloodshed. On the contrary it stands for peace, love and tolerance.
- Towards Peace In West Asia (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jan 20, 2006)
Sharon’s incapacitation gives India and other countries an opportunity to work for peace through the UN
- Amritsar-Lahore Bus Service Launch Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
The Amritsar-Lahore bus service will be launched tomorrow, taking the people-to-people contact between India and Pakistan another step forward. As per the agreement between the two countries, the bus from Pakistan would leave from Lahore . . .
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