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Articles 15821 through 15920 of 23107:
- Osama Vows More Attacks On Us (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
In an audiotape broadcast by Al-Jazeera, Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has said that the outfit is preparing for attacks in the United States.
- Housekeeping Tips (Indian Express, Sudhir Vohra, Jan 20, 2006)
The Delhi High Court’s observations on the issues confronting the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) — especially the latest Wednesday’s order to go after the “big fish” violating building bylaws
- Delhi Raps Nepal King (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh government on Thursday rapped King Gyanendra over his latest move to further curb political activity in the Himalayan Kingdom.
- 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.
- Paswan Seeks Job Quota For Dalit Muslims, Christians (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Threatens stir across the country
Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday said his party would launch an agitation if there were no job reservations for Dalit Muslims and Christians in the public and . . .
- Mps Expulsion: All-Party Meet Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
To discuss court notice to Speaker on MPs' expulsion
The all-party meeting of leaders called by Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee here on Friday has on its agenda a major constitutional question — the power of the legislature versus the judiciary.
- After Long Silence, Osama Warns Us, Even Offers Truce (Indian Express, YARA BAYOUMY, Jan 20, 2006)
In a new tape attributed to him, Osama bin Laden today warned that al-Qaeda was preparing new attacks inside the US. But for the first time, he said his group was open to a conditional truce with US.
- Iran N-Issue: Eu Seeks India's Support (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Keen to get Iran back for talks on the controversial nuclear issue, the EU-3 on Thursday said it was not looking at sanctions and saw an "important" role for India to help find a way to end the current impasse.
- Osama Offers Threat-Coated Truce (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Al-Jazeera aired an audiotape purportedly from Osama bin Laden on Thursday saying al-Qaeda is making preparations for attacks in the United States but offering a truce to build Iraq and Afghanistan.
- 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.
- India Voices 'Grave Concern' Over Nepal Crackdown (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
As Nepal's royal government launched a crackdown on political leaders and activists ahead of tomorrow's anti-King rally, India today voiced "grave concern" over the developments.
- 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.
- Haj Hysteria (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 20, 2006)
It is irrational nonsense to say that people who die in a stampede or a hostel collapse during a Haj deserved to die as it was the will of Allah.
- Reliance Capital To Buy Dtdc Courier (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Reliance Capital is close to buying 44 per cent of a leading Indian domestic courier company, DTDC Courier & Cargo, for about Rs 70 crore, sources involved in the deal said on Thursday.
- Pak-Iran Ipi Gas Pipeline Talks On 23rd (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Jan 20, 2006)
Pakistan and Iran will hold crucial technical parleys at the Joint Working Group level on January 23-24 in Islamabad on the proposed $7.2 billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project, informed sources told The News.
- A Dismal Rights Record (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
No country has been spared by the New York-based Human Rights Watch in its annual report for 2005 on human rights abuses across the globe. South Asia finds notable mention in the report, with Pakistan’s dismal record also coming under scrutiny.
- 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.
- 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.
- India Condemns Nepal Crackdown (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
India on Thursday condemned a crackdown on political and human rights activists in neighbouring Nepal, saying the actions of the royalist government were ‘regrettable and a matter of grave concern’.
- Ngos On The Chopping Block (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 20, 2006)
The Sindh government’s move to check the mushroom growth of NGOs will be viewed with mixed reactions.
- 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 . . .
- India And Us Discuss Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Officials from India and the United States held talks on Thursday on closing a landmark deal that would give India access to previously forbidden civilian nuclear technology.
- Fatal Confrontation Shows Perils Of India's Rise (International Herald Tribune, Somini Sengupta , Jan 20, 2006)
Kalingangar Industrial Area, India On the first Monday morning of the year, four bulldozers, accompanied by nearly 300 police officers, arrived on a rocky patch of farmland on the edge of a wooded village and began leveling the earth.
- 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 . . .
- Left Turn (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 20, 2006)
Michelle Bachelet is the first woman president of male-dominated Chile
- Lahore-Amritsar Bus Service From Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
India and Pakistan were also poised to start a second train service, this time connecting Khohrapar in Sindh and Munnabao in Rajastan from February 1.
- Centre To Wait And Watch (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Refraining from taking any drastic action in Karnataka, the Centre is understood to have decided to adopt a ‘wait and watch’ policy with regard to the political developments in the state even as Congress president Sonia Gandhi held no meeting . . .
- Dasara March To Feature In State Tableau For R-Day (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The State tableau will contain, behind the palace, the Chamundi Hills with the Mahishasura statue atop it. While the elephant, the howdah, the palace and the hills would be mounted, the tableau would also feature traditional artists from the State . . .
- Musharraf Refutes Rights Violation Allegations (Indian Express, K J M Varma, Jan 19, 2006)
Refuting allegations of human rights violations in South West Balochistan by Pakistani security forces, President Pervez Musharraf tonight said the “saboteurs” are being helped by “people from outside Pakistan” and they would be dealt with accordingly.
- Let Ultra Jumps Off Train, But Nabbed By Villagers (Indian Express, SANJAY SINGH, Jan 19, 2006)
A Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist slipped out of the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s hands in the wee hours of Wednesday, only to be caught near Varanasi by some villagers who handed him over to the Uttar Pradesh Police later in the day.
- Tighten Your Belts (Deccan Herald, CLIFFORD MARTIS, Jan 19, 2006)
Apart from defining one's formal appearance, belts hold the trousers firmly
- Grit Of A Woman (Indian Express, PRIYAMVADA KOWSHIK, Jan 19, 2006)
A few days ago, I was browsing through news from Pune, and stopped at a headline: ‘‘Poonam Maharashtrian Hindustani hacked to death’’. It was my Poonam. I could never forget that name!
- `Q' Saga: Some Questions Remain (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 19, 2006)
Central Vigilance Commission asks CBI to give full facts of the case
Decision came after contradictory media reports and as CBI's stand remained unclear for some days, says CVC
A directive to the CBI has no effect on a U.K. court: Rondell
- Flies On The Wall (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 19, 2006)
They think monopoly means Jet plus Sahara. They think policy means aviation minus regulation
- The Challenge Of Curbing Child Marriage (Hindu, Poornima Advani , Jan 19, 2006)
A more comprehensive law and better enforcement are key to checking child marriage. Compulsory registration of all marriages will also help.
- Taliban Warns Of Suicide Bombers In The Hundreds (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The government says the insurgents appear to be trying to frighten NATO members from their expansion and to unsettle aid donors due to meet in London at the end of the month to draw up a long-term plan.
- Govt Unaware Of Cbi Move, Says Sonia (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
During the meeting, Mrs Gandhi also spoke to Mr Yechury about the protests the Left had planned against US President George Bush’s visit. The CPM leader pointed out that the Left had also opposed Bill Clinton’s visit when the former US president was . . .
- Judge Trying Case Against Jayalalithaa Transferred (Hindu, B.S. Ramesh , Jan 19, 2006)
A.T. Munnoli has been posted in place of A.S. Pachhapure
Special Judge A.S. Pachhapure, who is trying the disproportionate assets case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and four others, has been transferred. A.T. Munnoli has been posted ....
- Take Serious Note Of Sexual Harassment, Sc Tell States (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The case which came up for hearing was about five years old when several women organisations wrote letters to the apex court about the non-formation of such committees by the government and non-governmental organisations.
- Bofors Redux (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 19, 2006)
The most disturbing element of recent developments in the Bofors case is the lack of accountability in India's judicial machinery and political system that they reveal.
- Stop Terror, India Again Tells Pakistan (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
On a day when Pakistan asked India to remove its forces from parts of J&K, India took a sharp stand on terrorism.
- Iran Stand Clear, Focus Back On N-Deal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The pressure from the US for India to take a tougher stand on Iran has been relieved considerably with New Delhi giving a sharp response to Teheran's statements impugning the Indian nuclear programme.
- Lawyers Are In The Wrong (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 19, 2006)
They can’t hold courts to ransom
THE manner in which some lawyers at Delhi’s Tis Hazari Courts have been on strike since January 2 in protest against the creation of a court in Rohini, a Delhi suburb, cannot be justified.
- A Cornered General Could Not Do Much (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 19, 2006)
President of Pakistan had to face a tough time on screen with a journalist from India. Reasons many. Saleem Kaloo reviews Musharraf’s interview with Karan Thapar on CNN-IBN
- In The Name Of Democracy (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 19, 2006)
The countdown has begun much earlier this year. Various security agencies are out on the roads to check vehicles and frisk the pedestrians. A good number of people have been taken into what the authorities call preventive detention.
- Together We Stand (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jan 19, 2006)
The mass organizations that make for the CPI(M)’s strength are also becoming a major problem for it, writes Ashis Chakrabarti
- End "Jungle Raj" In Delhi: High Court (Hindu, Nirnimesh Kumar , Jan 19, 2006)
MCD told to "go after illegal constructions by people who are in power and authority... ."
- Merkel For Balanced Ties With U.S., Russia (Hindu, BATUK GATHANI, Jan 19, 2006)
The intensive round of talks that German Chancellor Angela Merkel held with Russian President Valdimir Putin earlier this week has evoked much academic and business interest in European Union capitals.
- ‘India A Partial Bright Spot For Human Rights In South Asia’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Human Rights Watch(HRW) sees India as a bright spot in its generally bleak assessment of the human rights situation in South Asia.
- Different But Fair (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 19, 2006)
TRAI has asked, in a consultation paper, whether differential charges for calls within and outside a network should continue. It has also asked for comments on the precise scope of the term ‘network’.
- Ib Clearance For Aicc Plenary Delegates (Hindu, W. Chandrakanth, Jan 19, 2006)
Congress participants' requests subjected to police scan in all States
- Intelligence Bureau Scan For Congress Delegates (Hindu, W. Chandrakanth, Jan 19, 2006)
Plenary delegates' requests subjected to police scrutiny
Not many of the delegates seeking passes for attending the Congress plenary are aware of the fact that their requests are being subjected to a police scan in all the States.
- Hurriyat In No Hurry To Talk With Manmohan: Mirwaiz (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Chairman Hurriyat Conference on Wednesday said his faction is in no hurry for resuming talks with the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Government-Opposition Seek Regret (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 19, 2006)
Bajaur attack dominated proceedings of the National Assembly on Tuesday with speakers both from the Treasury and the Opposition condemning the incident and seeking apology from the United States.
- No Political Interference In Cbi: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday reiterated his Government's "solemn commitment" that it would never interfere in the professional work of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
- Stillborn Solace (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 19, 2006)
Regulations won’t reform
There should be no great surprise over the icy response from schools across the country to the UPA government’s highly-hyped proposal to provide free education to the single girl child.
- Vat, Octroi Can’T Go Together (Tribune, Janak Raj Gupta, Jan 19, 2006)
The Punjab Government is going to announce soon the abolition of octroi. In the changed scenario of the VAT-regime, the abolition of octroi is a sound economic principle. But as the government wants to get political mileage out of its abolition, . . .
- Multiple-Feed Bio-Diesel Plant To Be Set Up In Mysore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
It will have the capacity to produce ten million litres a year
The proposed plant is an Indo-U.S. venture
It will be able to process a wide variety of feedstock into bio-diesel fuel
- Singh ‘Very Keen’ To Visit Pakistan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday he was “very keen” to visit Pakistan and wanted it to be “substantive”. Singh conveyed this when Pakistan Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan renewed the invitation to visit Pakistan extended . . .
- Finally It Is Bhasha (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 19, 2006)
FINALLY, the government has opted for the Bhasha-dam-first strategy, lumping the Kalabagh dam with the other three — Munda, Akori and Kurrum Tangi — to be built later.
- Bofors Is History Toda (The Economic Times, T K ARUN, Jan 19, 2006)
Bofors is not part of the living present. Its relevance for the present is not directly operational, but as a symbol of political corruption that has to be avoided and fought. To continue to wrestle with Bofors, treating it as some villain still . . .
- Sbi Finds Credit Spike A Nightmare (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The 30 per cent growth in credit offtake that the country is seeing is unsustainable as it could lead to concerns about loans turning into bad and resource crunch, said A K Purwar, chairman, State Bank of India (SBI).
- Cci’S Revival & Provincial Harmony (Dawn, Dr Mubashir Hasan, Jan 19, 2006)
The revival of the Council of Common Interest according to the wishes of the constitution makers will greatly harmonize relations between the provinces of Pakistan. Many of the reasons which make the provinces accuse and malign the federal . . .
- Indian Idle (Tribune, Chetna Keer Banerjee, Jan 19, 2006)
Gone are the days when the common man had to wait for five years to cast that one vote. The man in the street now has a chance to vote almost five days a week.
- Weapons Seized In Held Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Indian security forces seized two weapons caches in held Kashmir, the army said on Wednesday.
- The Measure Of All Things Ken Alder (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 19, 2006)
We often hear that science is a revolutionary force that imposes radical new ideas on human history. But science also emerges from within human history, reshaping ordinary actions, some so habitual we hardly notice them. Measurement is one of our . . .
- Welcome Visitors (Statesman, SUNANDA SANYAL, Jan 19, 2006)
The Election Commission of India’s team of 19 observers, including the indomitable Mr KJ Rao, have fanned out to as many districts with the express aim of “flushing out all bogus voters from the electoral rolls”.
- High Cost Health Holds World In Bind (Daily Excelsior, Suraj Saraf, Jan 19, 2006)
High cost of health is dogging the whole world not sparing even the developed nations. Conditions in India are among the worst as revealed in recent studies. With an increasing realisation that health is a crucial asset in the economic development, . . .
- Need For Care (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 19, 2006)
Does any development on the militant front astonish us in this State? In fact the surprise will be if it does. Gun-totting marauders have a wicked agenda.
- No Passenger Foramritsar-Lahore Bus Service (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
All hype about the Amritsar-Lahore bus service beginning January 21 from here seems to be fading out as not a single seat was booked till today, while one passenger from Malerkotla has reserved his ticket for February eleven from this side of the border.
- Afghan Governor Accuses Pak Of Training Taliban Bombers (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Following a recent spate of attacks by Taliban-al Qaeda groups in Afghanistan, a provincial governor has accused Pakistan of training and equipping Taliban suicide bombers who have killed at least 33 persons in Kandahar province, reports said today.
- Bihar Held Hostage (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 19, 2006)
Abduction and extortion have become an industry in Bihar and the police and administration do not seem to have any plans to cope with it.
- Reliance Jumps On Debut, Valued At Up To $23 Bln (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Shares in stripped down Reliance Industries Ltd. jumped in a pre-market special session on Wednesday, valuing the petrochemical and oil firm at up to $23 billion as its spun off its non-core businesses.
- Grey Area Busted (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 19, 2006)
Fixed wireless phone is limited mobile: TDSAT
The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) judgement declaring Reliance Infocomm’s fixed wireless terminals (FWTs) as a “limited mobile” service has resolved one of the biggest . . .
- Singh To Visit Pakistan At ‘Appropriate Time’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has said he would be visiting Pakistan certainly but at an appropriate time.
- Inclusive Dialogue (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 18, 2006)
Delhi should address the Kashmir issue in all its complexities
- Iccw's Efforts Bring Down Female Infanticide (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Children rescued from match industries Council working in 370 villages for past 15 years
- Indian History Frays Tempers In Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The controversy regarding textbooks on Indian history is raging in California with academicians alleging that changes made at the behest of Hindu organisations have resulted in hiding “true history.”
- Leaving A Stamp On History (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jan 18, 2006)
The year 2008 will mark the 125th birth anniversary of Sir Mirza Ismail — a great Mysorean, an Indian who made us proud, a quintessential political conservative, a remarkable person in public life, who believed that persons entrusted with overseeing ....
- Decoding Q's Bank Accounts, Legally (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Britain can re-freeze Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi's controversial accounts at the east London private bank, Banca della Svizzera Italiana (BSI AG) were the Indian authorities to request this, The Times of India has learnt.
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