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Articles 12321 through 12420 of 18611:
- Coping With The Quake Calamity (Dawn, Dr Parvez Hasan, Nov 01, 2005)
The devastating earthquake that has caused horrendous loss of life, great human suffering,
- How Does It Happen? - I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 01, 2005)
How does earth shake so violently, Syed Shah Nawaz Bukhari explains the scientific dimension of a natural disaster called Earthquake
- Meeting At The Loc (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 01, 2005)
Every cloud has a silver lining, so goes the proverb. The tragedy of the earthquake in Kashmir has provided an opportunity for India and Pakistan to join hands to provide relief to the Kashmiris and in the process strengthen peace and stability in South
- "Let's Demilitarise Quake-Hit Zone" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 01, 2005)
Musharraf wants `softening' of LoC to be taken forward for resolution of Kashmir issue
- Making Loc Irrelevant! (Dawn, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 01, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that he is making the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir irrelevant. ‘We should open the LoC…there must be political movement’ he said in an interview with the Saudi newspaper Arab News. He said that he is for . . . .
- Pangs Of Partition Planning (Tribune, Trilochan Singh Trewn, Nov 01, 2005)
THE Cauvery, flying the flag of Senior Officer, Persian Gulf, had just berthed in Karachi when a message was received that the naval subcommittee of partition secretariat comprising Captain Soman, Captain Choudhry, Commander Dayashankar and . . .
- A Chance To Further The Peace Process (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 31, 2005)
THE LANDMARK pact between India and Pakistan on opening up the Line of Control (LoC) to enable people on both sides to take part in the relief work in the earthquake-affected areas, is perhaps the best news in the region since October 8 when disaster....
- Growing Cancer Of Corruption (Daily Excelsior, Jagjit Singh, Oct 31, 2005)
*People in India paid a huge amount of Rs 21068 crores as bribe in a single year to 'get their work done'.
- Inconsequential Loc Agreement (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2005)
Pakistan and and India have reportedly agreed to open five points at the Line of Control from November 7 next for members of the divided Kashmiri families in the wake of the October 8 earthquake.
- Nuts And Bolts Of A Failed State (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Oct 31, 2005)
It does not matter who wins the Bihar elections. The dacoits will continue to rule the state
- Sustainability Of Gdp Growth (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2005)
In its annual report on the national economy, the State Bank of Pakistan has cautioned the Government that the GDP growth rate may suffer due to lower agricultural output and increase in fiscal deficit. The real GDP growth is expected to range between ...
- Blind Item (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 31, 2005)
One of the most important things a gossip column must have is the “blind item.” When you use people’s names you can be sued, so blind items are safe — yet the reader is intrigued as to whom the item is all about.
- Tragedy In The Mountains (Dawn, Eric S. Margolis, Oct 31, 2005)
Watching the disaster in Pakistan, it is heartrending to see so many ordinary people, whose suffer distress and poverty in their everyday lives now crushed into a state of unimaginable misery by the cruel power of nature.
- Our Winter Of Discontent (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Oct 31, 2005)
The cataclysmic earthquake of October 8 continues to bring images of unbearable human suffering even three weeks after it devastated a large swathe of Pakistan’s northern districts and Kashmir.
- The Changeover: Democracy At Work (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 31, 2005)
Ghulam Nabi Azad's accession to power could help end the historic devaluation of democracy in Jammu and Kashmir.
- British Politicians Dodge Their Own Ban On Smoking (Statesman, Marie Woolf, Oct 31, 2005)
Politicians were accused of hypocrisy last night after it emerged that the British government’s new law banning smoking will not cover the House of Commons or the House of Lords.
- Regional Rivalries Over Afghanistan (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Oct 31, 2005)
As war-ravaged Afghanistan appears headed for economic recovery, there are signs of renewed interest, both by global and regional powers, in building ties with it.
- Entangled Loyalties (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 31, 2005)
A detailed report in this newspaper that victorious People's Democratic Party candidate Nizamuddin Bhat in the Legislative Council elections in the Valley did not get his full quota of allotted votes of the members of local bodies belonging to the . . .
- Loc Crumbles (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 31, 2005)
Fifty-eight years of continuous efforts both by the locals as well as the International Community could not achieve what nature did in 50 seconds! In Holy Quran the creation by Almighty is described as “Be and it was!” The same thing almighty did in . . .
- Is Shouting Back The Way To Tackle Religion? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 31, 2005)
The problem with debates on religion is that they turn into an "us-versus-them" affair with all secularists branded as unreconstructed atheists and enemies of the faith, and all believers as irrational and fanatical.
- That Little Bug Which Changed The Course Of Modern Medicine (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 31, 2005)
A breakthrough medical scientists were looking for has come at last. A great discovery beneficial for the whole world in general and Kashmir in particular.
- Iran: ``India Should Make Amends'' (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Oct 30, 2005)
New Delhi should abstain from voting at the IAEA, says Prakash Karat
- Pakistan, India Agree To Open Quake-Hit Border (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Oct 30, 2005)
Rivals India and Pakistan agreed on Sunday to open the border dividing earthquake-hit Kashmir to allow survivors and relief supplies to cross.
- Serial Blasts Kill 65 In Delhi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2005)
A majority of the victims were women and children as they were busy shopping for the Dhanteras and Diwali festivals.
- Azad: Restoring Normality In J&k A Challenge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2005)
Says militants are his main political rivals
Claims "healing touch" is basically a Congress policy
Says Ministry needs to be downsized
"I will never make any effort to break any party"
- Editorials (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 30, 2005)
Politburo adds to fears in IT industry
- Talks Between India, Pakistan On Opening Up Loc Continue (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 30, 2005)
Talks between India and Pakistan here on Saturday, to firm up the agreement for "opening" of the Line of Control (LoC) to enable Kashmiris on both sides of the divide to cross over to help the earthquake victims, continued late in the night.
- Rosa Parks Given An Unprecedented Honour (Hindu, Gary Younge, Oct 30, 2005)
The late civil rights activist, Rosa Parks, will be the first woman to lie in honour in the United States Capitol Rotunda — a tribute formerly reserved for Presidents, soldiers and prominent politicians.
- Give Us Power, What Would Separatists Say (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 30, 2005)
How naïve and self deceiving is to draw an imaginary link between the aspirations of people and the demands of politicians, Hilal Ahmad reacts to an article by Sadiq Ali published in Greater Kashmir
- Relatively A Greater Experience (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 30, 2005)
There is a reason he preferred philosophy to politics, Jameel Qadiri describes a genius called Einstein and sums up a lecture series delivered by Prof. Naresh Dadich on physics at the University of Kashmir
- Lone, All Alone (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 30, 2005)
‘Life is a story narrated by a fool and heard by a mad-man’ both defunct in reason. Just on Sunday morning October the 16-10-2005.
- Custodian Of The Right To Know (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 30, 2005)
Hardly a year back the Government of India’s newly appointed Chief Information Commissioner, Wajahat Habibullah,
- An Earthquake Can’T Shake It (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Oct 30, 2005)
This is a disaster that comes with the sting of winter in its tail; a disaster that has no early closure. The projections are dire and compelling.
- Next Man In (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 30, 2005)
The People’s Democratic Party is not the only one to feel jolted. Sonia Gandhi’s decision on Thursday evening to enforce the letter of the powersharing pact forged with Mufti Mohammed Sayeed’s party after the crucial 2002 elections in J&K, . . .
- Wrong Signal (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 30, 2005)
Few bad habits arouse intense passions so publicly as smoking. The gentle kick,
- Ncc To Launch Un-Sponsored Aids Campaign (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2005)
Each of the 13 lakh NCC cadets will try to educate at least 20 people on AIDS.
- Mufti Submits Resignation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2005)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Saturday submitted his resignation to the Governor, Lt Gen S K Sinha. Congress leader and Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will take over as the new chief minister on November
- Serial Blasts Kill 70 Persons In Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2005)
Bombs go off at two marketplaces and one explodes inside a DTC bus; countrywide red alert sounded
- Quake Relief: India, Pak Hold Talks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Saturday held talks here to finalise modalities for providing relief and medical assistance to the earthquake victims on both sides of Kashmir through the LoC.
- India, Pak Agree To Open Five Points On Loc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2005)
India and Pakistan tonight agreed to open five centres on the Line of Control to provide relief and medical assistance to quake victims from both sides of Kashmir after hectic 12-hour parleys.
- Relief Items Worth Rs 102m Sent By Pml Punjab: Zaheer (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2005)
Various wings of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Punjab-chapter have dispatched 601 truckloads of relief items worth Rs 102 million to the earthquake affected areas so far on Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi’s directives and a tent city . . .
- A Valley In Waiting (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Oct 29, 2005)
With the November 2 deadline for the transfer of power in Jammu and Kashmir from the PDP to the Congress almost here, the Congress leadership and the PM may have to shortly take a call on what to do.
- India, Pakistan Set To Hold Talks On Opening Borders (Hindustan Times, Zarar Khan, Oct 29, 2005)
India and Pakistan will discuss an unprecedented opening of borders to help the relief effort for victims of the massive earthquake believed to have killed about 80,000 people, officials said on Saturday.
- Responding To Disasters (Tribune, Sridhar K Chari, Oct 29, 2005)
THE Kashmir earthquake is one more national disaster that has left in its wake not only a trail of human misery and devastation of infrastructure and property, but an agonised soul-searching over how to ensure better disaster preparedness and . . .
- A Son Comes Home (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 29, 2005)
With his return to Jammu and Kashmir as the Chief Minister (he will be sworn in on November 2) Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad covers yet another milestone in his varied political career.
- India, Pakistan To Meet On Kashmir Amid Un Concern (Reuters, Robert Birsel, Oct 29, 2005)
Indian officials were due in Pakistan on Friday to discuss opening the Kashmir border to earthquake survivors, as the United Nations said an aid shortfall could ground a lifesaving helicopter fleet.
- Metric Masala (Deccan Herald, N R Menon, Oct 29, 2005)
Tempted by those interest-free loans? Fill out those bank forms and wait for the worst
- The Unleasing Of Sadism (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 29, 2005)
That we Indians are a peace-loving people is a much cherished myth. As a matter of fact we are a frustrated lot harbouring resentment against people who are better off than us or subscribe to different faiths.
- No Loosening Of Control Over Loc (Deccan Herald, Sushant Sareen, Oct 29, 2005)
Unless India can turn the political opinion inside Kashmir in its favour, any softening of the LoC is not advisable
- Three Weeks On, Pakistan And India Talk On Quake (Reuters, Robert Birsel, Oct 29, 2005)
Three weeks after a devasting earthquake that killed more than 56,000 people in Pakistan and India, officials from both countries were to meet on Saturday to discuss opening their Kashmir border to survivors.
- J&k: 30-Yr Wait Ends For Cong (Deccan Herald, Zahoor Malik , Oct 29, 2005)
The cadres are happy that Sonia Gandhi did not extend the outgoing CM’s term beyond three years.
- ‘Japha’ Diplomacy At Work (Tribune, K. K. Katyal , Oct 29, 2005)
Japha is the Punjabi word for a tight, affectionate embrace and no one does it better than Indians and Pakistanis.
- Security Lapse! Think Again!! (Daily Excelsior, Dr R L Bhat, Oct 29, 2005)
All who have recently been to Kashmir would tell you that everything is normal there.
- Earthquake And The Loc (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Oct 29, 2005)
The massive earthquake that devastated most of northern Pakistan and Azad Kashmir, as well as smaller areas in Indian occupied Kashmir, has caused unprecedented death and destruction all around.
- Pakistan Takes Exception To India's Remark (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 29, 2005)
Pakistan has taken "strong exception" to the remarks made by the Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman on the situation in Gilgit in the aftermath of a sectarian flare-up.
- Three Naval Officials Sacked For Data Leak (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
In a rare case, the Navy has dismissed from service three senior officers for leaking classified data for pecuniary gain.
- Over To Azad (Times of India, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 29, 2005)
Ignoring calls for a status quo in Srinagar, the Congress has decided to seek the chief minister's chair for its nominee, Union minister for parliamentary affairs Ghulam Nabi Azad.
- Quake And Musharraf Diplomacy (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Oct 29, 2005)
Tragedies of the kind that flattened parts of our Kashmir, most of Pakistan occupied Kashmir, the neighbouring province of North West Frontier and some other places in Pakistan are the ones that bring you face to face with the dormant forces of nature.
- Indian Team Arrives For Talks On Loc (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
Pakistan and India will discuss specific steps of cross-border cooperation in Islamabad today (Saturday) to help October 8 earthquake victims.
- Last Chance To Save Lives: (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri and Zulfiqar Ghumman, Oct 29, 2005)
Warns it will scale down operation in a week if funds not increased
* $250m, 200,000 tents needed immediately
* Vandemoortele says Indian choppers won’t have made difference
- Over-Optimistic Prime Minister (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 29, 2005)
IT was clear twenty days back that some parts of the NWFP and Azad Kashmir witnessed mayhem and the extent of the devastation is unfolding with every passing day.
- Loc: Pak Stops Work On Bridge By India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
Pakistani soldiers stopped their Indian counterparts from constructing a footbridge over the Kishenganga river to enable quake survivors from across the Line of Control (LoC) to enter this side for seeking relief, a defence spokesman said here on Friday.
- North East Back On The Radar (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Oct 29, 2005)
The shooting of students in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya, an unseemly debate on how to deal with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), and the imminent resumption of the Centre-NSCN (I-M) dialogue underscore the tinderbox nature of geopolity . . .
- A Religion Called Khaki And A Follower Called Policeman-Iii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 29, 2005)
If you are in police, you know nothing but the duty you are assigned to do.
- Cm By Turn (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 29, 2005)
IT is a measure of the understanding between the Congress and the People’s Democratic Party that Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad will replace Mufti Mohammad Sayeed as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on November 2.
- Battling For Nature (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 29, 2005)
Even if it would serve to confirm its own ineptitude, the ministry of environment and forests should have no hesitation in accepting the army’s offer to involve itself in the protection of wild life and other conservation activities.
- Nsg Can Make Exception In Case Of India: Russia (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
The 44-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) could make an exception regarding India in terms of the norms observed by the nuclear grouping, while Russia on Friday indicated that civilian nuclear energy cooperation between the two countries could be expand
- Testing Times Ahead (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 29, 2005)
Putting an end to speculations, the Congress president, Madam Gandhi decided to implement the PDP-Congress agreement regarding transfer of power in the state. The Congress shall take over the reins of the state from November 2.
- Party Should Be Second (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 29, 2005)
In the Indian polity, there is a tenuous relationship between the party and the government.
- Reluctant Left By Bibekananda Ray (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 29, 2005)
Both houses of Parliament passed the Right to Information Act 2005 in the budget session, repealing the unheard-of The Freedom of Information Act 2002.
- Fight It Out – Together - Ii (Greater Kashmir, Samuel Baid, Oct 29, 2005)
SAARC nations will have to do it in a cohesive manner so that the process of disaster management is institutionalised, suggests
SAMUEL BAID
- An Earthquake Can’T Shake It (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Oct 29, 2005)
This is a disaster that comes with the sting of winter in its tail; a disaster that has no early closure.
- The ‘Muslim-Muslim’ Tag (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 29, 2005)
The other day, a senior colleague of mine — one I respect — approached me somewhat furtively. “There is much Muslim, Muslim in your writing these days.”
- Next Man In (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2005)
Congress has work to erase its J&K record
- Conflict Resolution, India’S Way (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2005)
The enormous loss of life caused by the October 8 earthquake in PoK together with the damage it inflicted also on the Indian side of the LoC, has evoked an equally large human response across the territorial divide.
- Reversing History In Kashmir (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 29, 2005)
`Historic' is a word devalued by its indiscriminate use in the context of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Azad To Be Elected Leader On Sunday (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
The Legislature Party of the Congress in Jammu & Kashmir will meet on Sunday in Srinagar to formally elect Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad as its leader ahead of his taking charge as Chief Minister on November 2.
- U.N. Appeals For More Quake Aid (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 29, 2005)
The United Nations on Friday made an urgent appeal for immediate international financial assistance to help provide make-shift shelter and medicines for an estimated 3.3 million survivors of the October 8 earthquake in Pak occupied Kashmir (PoK) . . . .
- U.N. Iraq Report Reveals $1.8-Billion Oil Fraud (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
Companies and individuals from 66 countries involved
- Vodafone Returns To India With $1.5 Bln Bharti Deal (Reuters, Shailendra Bhatnagar and Kirstin Ridley, Oct 29, 2005)
UK-based mobile phone giant Vodafone Group Plc returned to India on Friday with a $1.5 billion deal to buy 10 percent of the country's top mobile phone company Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd.
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