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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Prime Minister For Dialogue On Iran Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
It is expected to figure prominently in summit discussions
- Crybaby India (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Sep 17, 2006)
If India is, as its leaders like to say, the "biggest victim of terrorism", why doesn't the wide world know about it? It's a story of a diplomatic McFailure.
- Hunting Dawood (OutLook, B. Raman , Sep 17, 2006)
In their happiness over the conviction of some of the accused involved in the Mumbai explosions of March 1993, the Indian Police and other security agencies should not forget that the mastermind of this act of mass casualty terrorism continues . . . .
- Peak Season (New Indian Express, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Sep 17, 2006)
Just six nights in Switzerland?” asked an incredulous husband who had lived and worked in the picturesque country for two years. Well it had to be just that since our good friends from Mumbai had initiated the package tour and having them for company . .
- ‘Service Tax Hampers Tourism’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
Worried over the impact of imposition of service tax on air travel, the Union Tourism and Civil Aviation Ministries will seek a review of the decision.
- Crybaby India (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Sep 16, 2006)
If India is, as its leaders like to say, the "biggest victim of terrorism", why doesn't the wide world know about it? It's a story of a diplomatic McFailure. Instead of aggressively pillorying Pakistan, a project that could result in fewer Diwali . . .
- Recism In The Air (Frontline, Hasan Suroor, Sep 16, 2006)
Asian travellers are being searched for 'terror signs' in Britain's covert racial profiling.
- Musharraf Keeps Pm Waiting (The Economic Times, T K ARUN, Sep 16, 2006)
You could call it a flying start to Pakistan’s campaign at the 14th NAM summit at Havana. After the special flight carrying prime minister Manmohan Singh taxied to a halt at Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport, there was a long wait of . . .
- Manmohan For Dialogue To Resolve Iran Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
It is expected to figure prominently in summit discussions
- Manmohan Singh To Stress Reconciling Role Of Nam (Hindu, N. Ravi, Sep 16, 2006)
Says NAM as relevant today as it was during the period of the Cold War
- Air India Flight To Dubai Diverted (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
Aviation authorities in the United Arab Emirates diverted a Dubai-bound Air India flight to a military air base owing to “security and safety” concerns, the official Emirates WAM news agency reported on Wednesday.
- End Haj Subsidy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 14, 2006)
In refusing to stay the Allahabad High Court order to suspend Government subsidies to religious pilgrims, the Supreme Court has acted exemplarily.
- City Of New Beginnings (Indian Express, SHANTANU DATTA, Sep 14, 2006)
Buses in Bombay, I had been warned, allow you to board only from the rear.
- India, Pak May Resume Foreign Secy-Level Talks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
India and Pakistan may resume foreign secretary-level talks after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s meeting with Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf on the margins of the NAM summit, later this week.
- Manmohan Singh To Raise Issue Of Support For Terrorism With Musharraf (Hindu, N. Ravi, Sep 13, 2006)
"I cannot carry Indian public opinion with me if terrorist acts continue to plague our polity"
- Wounds That Have Yet To Heal (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Sep 13, 2006)
The judgment in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts should not obscure the absence of closure on the 1992-93 communal riots.
- No Sc Stay, But Hearing Soon On Haj Subsidy (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the Allahabad High Court decision imposing stay on subsidy to religious pilgrimages which will directly affect the flight of one lakh Haj pilgrims in January next year.
- 4 Memons Convicted In Mumbai Blasts (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Sep 13, 2006)
After an agonising 13-year wait, a special TADA court on Tuesday began delivering its verdict in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case in batches, convicting four members of the Tiger Memon family and acquitting three others.
- Pm’S Visit To Give Fillip To Indo-Brazil Ties (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives here on Tuesday on a two-day visit, he is likely to give concrete shape to the IBSA dialogue forum, besides providing a fillip to Indo-Brazil ties.
- Indian Aviation: Gaining Tailwind (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 12, 2006)
LCCs in the classic mould are likely to weather the business environment constraints better due to higher asset utilisation, alternate revenue streams and focus on cost cutting.
- Air India Relaxes Security Measures (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Air India has relaxed the security measures that had angered passengers from Bahrain.
- Terminal Excitement (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 05, 2006)
My biggest concern while I was packing to catch an Air India flight to Chicago via London, was this: will I be allowed to carry my laptop as hand baggage?
- Upa Does Left Twist (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 04, 2006)
On the face of it, the only objection that can be raised about the proposed inclusion of Left MPs in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's delegation to the 14th Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Cuba is that our comrades will be junketing in the garb of . . .
- Fear Of Flying (Indian Express, NAMRATA SHARMA ZAKARIA, Sep 04, 2006)
Once upon a time, we really flew when we flew. Taking a plane to anywhere was quite the flight of fancy.
- Indians Who Disgrace India (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 01, 2006)
From swatting flies to crushing protesters under tanks, the Chinese Government holds a world record in disciplining people.
- India To Not Carry Out Racial Profiling Of Air Travellers (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Asserting that India would not carry out any racial profiling of air travellers, the Civil Aviation Ministry today said it was implementing a pilot project to receive advance information regarding passengers arriving in the country's airports from . . .
- Mind Over Marshals (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 30, 2006)
On December 5, I was traveling to Bucharest via Frankfurt to take up an assignment as our country’s Ambassador in Romania. The Air India flight to Frankfurt from Delhi was delayed; I was to connect with a Lufthansa flight to Bucharest but missed it . . .
- No Racial Profiling Of Air Travellers: India (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Asserting that India would not carry out any racial profiling of air travellers, the Civil Aviation Ministry said it was implementing a pilot project to receive advance information regarding passengers arriving in the country's airports from the . . .
- Cag Taking ‘Narrow View’; Finance Minister Fair: Shourie (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Stung by the Comptroller and Auditor General’s criticism of PSUs sell off, Arun Shourie, Disinvestment Minister in previous NDA regime, today hit back saying CAG had taken a "very narrow" perspective but thanked Finance Minister P Chidambaram for . . .
- U.P. Government Mulling Over Haj Subsidy Verdict (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2006)
There is a view that if the subsidy is withdrawn Muslims should be allowed to finalise plans
Government did not file reply to 1995 petition Muslims not the sole beneficiaries
- Uk-Bound? Brace Yourself (Times of India, Byas Anand, Aug 26, 2006)
Security norms on flights to UK just for tougher. The British authorities now want advance information on personal details of all air travellers arriving in UK as part of a security profiling measure.
- Macaulay, Hitler And Us (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Aug 26, 2006)
Perhaps Macaulay would have understood. I didn’t.The Englishman who got Indians started on the English language is rather more famous in his native country for what was a 19th century bestseller.
- Amisha Gets Involved In Airport Fracas (Times of India, Manju Vaish, Aug 19, 2006)
A police complaint was filed against Bollywood actor Amisha Patel and her friend Sejal Shah by an Air India employee on Friday morning alleging that the two, who were flying to the US, got verbally abusive and even threatened to hit an airline employee.
- Boeing Bets On Freight Boom In India (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Aug 19, 2006)
Having done an estimated business of $18 billion and received orders for as many as 150 planes — either outright sale or lease — in just two years, Boeing is expecting more orders from India in the coming years.
- ‘Tremendous Scope To Improve Mumbai’S Security...In Development, . . . (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 14, 2006)
Sharad Pawar wears many hats but is satisfied with being called agriculture minister. While speaking to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express, on NDTV 24x7’s Walk the Talk, Pawar tried on all his hats. He admitted to a white lie to . . .
- 13 Blasts That Changed Our World (Times of India, Bachi J Karkaria, Aug 10, 2006)
Today, Justice P D Kode will commence delivery of judgement on the accused in the 1993 blasts. But, in the 13 years since those 13 bombs RDX-ed their way path through the city, Mumbai has already stood in the dock. The sentence has already been delivered.
- '93 Serial Blasts: Judgement Today (Times of India, Bachi J Karkaria, Aug 10, 2006)
Today, Justice P D Kode will commence delivery of judgement on the accused in the 1993 blasts. But, in the 13 years since those 13 bombs RDX-ed their way path through the city, Mumbai has already stood in the dock. The sentence has already been delivered.
- Merger Of Air India, Indian Airlines Under Consideration:govt (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The proposal for merger of Air India and Indian Airlines is under the active consideration of government and a private consultant has been appointed to look into the issue, Rajya Sabha was informed today.
- Office Of Profit Bill Is Repulsive (Tribune, K.N. Bhat, Aug 06, 2006)
Legality apart, was the President of India justified in withholding his assent to the Bill that sought to protect about 46 sitting MPs holding offices of profit? The Bill has again been sent to the President for his assent — he can no longer refuse . . .
- Not Just Booze Stolen From Pm's Aircraft (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The state-owned Maharaja seems to have a knack of getting into embarrassing situations with the PM on board.
- Air Fares Hike Justified:patel (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The Government today justified the increase in domestic air fares five times in the past three years and international fares by six times in two years saying commercial organisations have to act on business principles.
- Ai Flies Evacuated Sri Lankans To Colombo (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 01, 2006)
Three hundred and twenty four Sri Lankan nationals evacuated from Lebanon arrived here early on Monday by a special Air India flight.
- Bedlam In Rajya Sabha Over Congress Member's Remarks (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
The discussion on Mumbai blasts in Rajya Sabha once again remained inconclusive with the BJP stalling the proceedings, demanding Congress MP Rajiv Shukla retract his allegations that former Foreign Minister and Leader of Upper House Jaswant Singh . . .
- Israel Supports Un Peacekeepers Idea (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Incessant bombing of blocks of apartments and mass migration of people following radio announcements and pamphlets thrown down from planes is best described by a visiting UN official as a “horrific” and “violation of humanitarian law.”
- Second Phase Of Evacuation From Lebanon Begins (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 24, 2006)
The second phase of evacuation of Indians from Lebanon began on Sunday with INS Mumbai carrying 444 people to Larnaca, Cyprus, from the Beirut port. It left at 4 p.m. IST.
- 54 Punjabis From Lebanon Reach Home (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Emotional scenes at Rajasansi International Airport, Amritsar
- First Indian Casualty In Lebanon (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
The ten-day-old Israel-Lebanon conflict has claimed the first Indian casualty. The Foreign Office today confirmed the death of an Indian glass factory worker in Lebanon, Devendra Kumar Swain, who was one of the three Indians injured in Israeli bombings.
- 602 Indian Evacuees From Lebanon Flown Home (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Emotional scenes were witnessed on Friday night as two Air India aircraft carrying 602 Indians evacuated from violence-hit Lebanon landed at Chennai and Mumbai.
- 602 Indian Evacuees From Lebanon Airlifted Home (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Altogether 602 Indians were on Friday airlifted back home from Larnaca in Cyprus after their evacuation from Lebanon and 400 more were awaiting a chance to leave the trouble-torn country at the earliest.
- Over 300 Indians Arrive From Lebanon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
More passengers to arrive in Chennai on Saturday
- 600 Indians Back Home From Lebanon (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
The Indian Navy warship INS Mumbai carrying 600 Indian citizens from war ravaged Beirut reached Larnaca, Cyprus on Friday morning and most of the evacuees were then flown to Mumbai and Chennai by two Air India planes.
- Hearing On Air India Bombing Begins (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
The Inquiry Commission into the 1985 bombing of the Air India flight has begun hearing oral submissions, including those from one of the acquitted Ripudaman Singh Malik.
- Dialogue Promises Solution To Iran Nuclear Issue: Manmohan (Hindu, N. Ram , Jul 19, 2006)
'Iran has not closed this chapter; coercive diplomacy is not the way'
- Manmohan Hopeful Bush Will Set Right Nuclear Deal (Hindu, N. Ram , Jul 19, 2006)
"We shouldn't blow it out of proportion"
- ‘Our Destinies Linked, Need To Reflect On Ties With Pak’ (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 19, 2006)
Heading home from St. Petersburg with a strong international denunciation of the Mumbai massacre and its sponsors in hand, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today underlined the importance of flexibility in dealing with Pakistan and a firm resolve to . . .
- Own Officials Maligned Me, Says Ai Man (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
The gloves are off within state-owned international carrier Air India. The airline’s resident director (Delhi region) Captain Naresh Kumar Beri has accused "some people" from his own airline of trying to drag his name into the recent incident of . . .
- Pm Calls For New Pathways To Peace (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the international community "must adopt zero tolerance for terrorism anywhere" and looked forward to discussions on terrorism at the G-8 summit at St Petersburg in Russia.
- India, Us To Review Nuclear Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said he will discuss with US President George W Bush on Monday the concerns raised by India on the US legislation for a civilian nuclear cooperation between the two countries.
- India For Friendship But Pakistan Must Deliver On Commitments . . . (Hindu, N. Ram , Jul 17, 2006)
``No cause is great enough to justify recourse to the killing of innocent people''
- Three Major Summit Themes — Energy Security, Education, Health (Hindu, N. Ram , Jul 17, 2006)
"We would like to see more predictable demand and supply arrangements"
- India To Raise `Concerns Over Certain Aspects' Of Nuclear Deal (Hindu, N. Ram , Jul 17, 2006)
St. Petersburg: When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets President George Bush on Monday morning in St. Petersburg, he will take up his Government's "concerns about certain . . .
- Beauty At The Back Of Beyond (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Kakadu combines fecund beauty, mercurial temperament and loads of adventure.
- Don't Dismiss Al Qaeda (OutLook, B. Raman , Jul 13, 2006)
Renewed communal tensions, as witnessed in Bhiwandi recently, and a vigorous Al Qaeda propaganda aimed at exploiting the pockets of anger among the Indian Muslim youth over increasing coziness with the USA, should not be dismissed lightly, in the . . .
- Trains Of Terror Rip Mumbai (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Jul 12, 2006)
A string of eight powerful explosions tore through first class compartments of down suburban trains at seven places within 11 minutes, between 6:24 pm and 6:35 pm, clogging the City’s lifeline with blood and gore.
- Train Terror Kills 147 (Asian Age, Yusuf Jameel and Shafqat Ali, Jul 12, 2006)
Terrorists carried out eight serial bomb blasts in packed trains and at railway stations in Mumbai, killing at least 147 people and injuring 480 on Tuesday evening. The bombs on Mumbai’s suburban trains were planted in the first class . . .
- Pm Plane Seals Cut, Whisky Pilfered (Asian Age, Sridhar Kumaraswami, Jul 11, 2006)
A serious security lapse occurred on board the VVIP aircraft carrying the Prime Minister to Germany and Uzbekistan from April 21 to 26 this year wherein the security seals of a cabin on the aircraft were broken and six whisky bottles pilfered.
- Kanishka Victims: Memorial Coming Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Foundation for a memorial was laid on Friday near the banks of Lake Ontario
- 'Canada's Justice System Has Failed Us' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Major flaws in Canada's criminal justice system were revealed by the bombing of an Air-India airliner in 1985 that killed 329 people, the judge heading an official inquiry into the attack said on Wednesday as the inquiry opened.
- Canada Opens Full Inquiry Into Air India Bombing (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Major flaws in Canada's criminal justice system were revealed by the bombing of an Air India airliner in 1985 that killed 329 people, the judge heading an official inquiry into the attack said on Wednesday as the inquiry opened.
- Retired Judge To Probe Kanishka Bombing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
He has no power to retry last year's verdict
- Kanishka Retrial Starts Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
A judicial commission set up to probe afresh the 1985 bombing of Air India airliner Kanishka killing 331 persons will commence its proceedings tomorrow, nearly two years after a Canadian court acquitted two Sikh separatists of all charges in the case.
- Ai, Indian See Opportunities In Merger (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Benefits include dominant market position and economies of scale; the new airline will also get ample scope to create joint ventures
- New Yankee? Go Home (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Jun 19, 2006)
Telecom may be one of the country’s economic segments of fastest growth, along with offshoring and software services, but if the government has its way, both could suffer a grievous blow.
- Air India Or A Bongo-Bongo Carrier? (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jun 17, 2006)
‘Market forces rather than the bureaucracy should shape the future of smiling Maharajah.’
- Joining The War (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jun 14, 2006)
Canada has joined the counter-terrorism club. Should India, which has paid dearly in the fight against terrorism for at least two decades, say “Welcome!”?
- Air-India, Indian To Merge Soon, Says Ai Md (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Chairman and Managing Director of Air-India V. Thulasidas has said that Air-India and Indian (formerly Indian Airlines) will soon be merged and made a single airline.
- Day Of The Big Bully (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 05, 2006)
Some things are so obvious that you feel almost embarrassed to repeat them — but if you don’t say them, the propagandists win.
- Deal In Stock Markets With Proper Care (Pioneer, Rakesh Bihari Jha, Jun 04, 2006)
Despite markets witnessing a see-saw game between bulls and bears and sensex falling 15 per cent since May 16, initial public offers from big companies, both private and public like - DLF, Ansal and Parsvnath and PSUs - PFC, PowerGrid, NHPC, Air . . .
- Happy Twosome (Hindu, BAGESHREE S. , May 28, 2006)
Let's straddle languages and cultures with pride, says English-Marathi writer Kiran Nagarkar
- Vested Interests (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 21, 2006)
Fundamentals of bad governance
What is there in common between the Government of India’s actions regarding (a) OBC quotas in higher education; (b) the US-India nuclear deal; (c) spending $12 billion ($1200 crore) on new aircraft for bankrupt Air . . .
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