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Saarc Calls For Convention On
International Terrorism
Iran was formally accorded "observer status" by the
regional grouping A new dawn is
breaking out over South Asia Leaders
pledge to fight terrorism.
Cross The Gulf Cautiously
Iran's former President Hojatoleslam Mohammad Khatami
was in
Delhi last week.
Manmohan, Aziz Discuss Gas Pipeline
Satisfaction over technical-level
talks Status reports to be provided on
Samjhauta blast probe Humanitarian
approach to prisoners issue.
Saarc Takes People-Centric Stand
The South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation (SAARC) — held
back by bilateral problems amongst
member countries since its inception
22 years ago — on Wednesday promised
to make a difference to the lives of
common people in the region in . . .
Kashmir Is The Core Issue: Aziz
Perhaps, there hasn’t been a single
issue of Indo-Pak bilateral
cooperation the progress on which is
linked by Pakistan to progress on
resolving the “core” issue of
Kashmir.
Duty-Free Access For Some Saarc
States: India
Bangladesh,
Afghanistan, Nepal, Maldives and
Bhutan will benefit; sensitive list
will also be reduced for them Visas
liberalised for students, teachers,
and patients Rajapaksa advocates
single currency for SAARC nations.
Coming Full Circle At Saarc
In the dismal record of South Asian
regionalism, the 14th summit of the
South Asian Association of Regional
Cooperation might be remembered for
initiating two trends.
Aziz Calls For Peace, Security In
South Asia
"Security and development are
correlated" Vitiated political
environment slowed down SAARC growth
Need an open environment for regional
trade sans barriers.
Hunt For Suspect Hits Dead-End
Pakistani authorities fail to locate
Lahore resident Sattar Khan Address
provided by him to secure visa was
fictitious His whereabouts and links
to jehadi groups still unknown.
Samjhauta Probe Throws Up Joint Terror
Rings
Joint terror mechanism can push for
action against transnational networks
Address provided by him to secure visa
was fictitious His whereabouts and
links to jehadi groups still unknown.
India Moots Legal Assistance Treaty
This will help SAARC countries to
fight terror effectively, says
Shivshankar Menon Kasuri, Pranab
discuss Siachen, Sir Creek Foreign
Ministers discuss SAFTA.
Hutongs — Repositories Of A City's
History
The narrow alleyways that represent an
organic connection between Beijing's
present and past are fast
disappearing.
Towards Jihadi Anarchy
Neo-Taliban has gained a momentum of
its own, running out of Gen
Musharraf's control.
A Crackdown On Lazy Investing
As liquidity gets tighter, interest
rates are zipping upwards. Last week,
leading private banks were offering
14% interest on 3-month fixed deposits
of Rs 2 crore plus.
Rbi’S Crunchy Blow Will Make It Harder
For Realtors
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI)
Friday night blow seem set to throw
Indian business into another long
spell of doom and gloom as the
liquidity crunch administered by it
begin to play out.
This Sterile 27 Per Cent Debate
Delighted though I am that the Supreme
Court kicked the government in the
butt over educational quotas last
week, may I remind you that the issue
is not quotas but education?
Pak Has Had Enough Of Cantonment
Democracy
Suppressed societies require only a
pinprick to give vent to pent-up
feelings.
Colombo Awaits Delhi Response
Coordinated patrolling of Palk Strait
Reports on radar "speculative" United
efforts needed to meet terrorists'
threat.
Order Book Manipulation
Integrated Market Surveillance System
(IMSS) has helped the regulator detect
a “possible order book manipulation
scenario that existed in the trading
engines of one of the two stock
exchanges”.
If Musharraf Is Frankenstein...
There has been an increasingly
disturbing challenge to the authority
of Pakistan's President, Gen Pervez
Musharraf, from jihadis inspired by
the Neo Taliban and Al Qaeda, who are
actively supported by a group of
retired officers of the Army and . . .
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Why Is The Urban Voter So Angry?
The ripples caused by the recent
elections in Punjab and Uttarakhand
have begun to settle, and attention
has shifted to the Municipal
Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections
and the likely outcome of the Uttar
Pradesh elections.
This Sterile 27 Per Cent Debate
Delighted though I am that the Supreme
Court kicked the government in the
butt over educational quotas last
week, may I remind you that the issue
is not quotas but education? The issue
is the abysmal failure of the Indian
state on the . . . . .
Populism Is Irreversible
I must confess my profound unease at
the irrational exuberance of those
junior doctors and medical students at
the All-India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) who observed 'Holi'
after last Thursday's Supreme Court
interim order on reservations . . .
Saarc Committee Approves Iran Plea
Positive recommendation for observer
status Iran's plea will now go before
SAARC Council of (Foreign) Ministers
Close to finalising agreement on SAARC
University: Menon
The Best Chance Ever For Saarc
When South Asia's leaders meet in
New Delhi
on April 3, they must show the vision
to abandon the beaten path.
Nuclear Deal Will Not Fall Through,
Says Russian Envoy
The India-United States civilian
nuclear deal will not fall through,
Russian Ambassador Vyacheslav
Trubnikov said here at a press
conference to mark the 60th
anniversary of the establishment of
diplomatic relations between India and
the erstwhile . . .
Justice In Battle
By refusing to resign, Chief Justice
Iftikhar Chaudhary triggers an
unprecedented crisis for the Musharraf
regime.
Property Debate
China provides the first legal basis for the protection
of private property since the
Commnuist Party came to power in 1949.
The God That Failed Again
Certain things are not expected from
some quarters. The belief is that
these quarters, motivated by
pro-people considerations, would not
go too far.
People Want To Bury The Hatchet
SINCE last year some of us, including
Justice Rajinder Sachar, have been
arranging a function at Shadman Colony
in Lahore, where Bhagat Singh and his
two comrades, Sukhdev and Rajguru,
were hanged on March 23, 1931.
Boi Opens Branch In Shenzhen
Bank business to cross $1 b; scope for
breakthrough in bilateral trade Bank
gets incentive cheque China bank may
set up branch in India.
Inflation: No Great Expectations
Inflation targeting framework has to
work against the backdrop of inflation
expectations. And, if estimating
inflation expectations has been
intractable in advanced countries with
well-oiled institutional structures,
it will well nigh be impossible . . .
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