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- Series Of Indo-Pak Cbm Talks Lined Up For Next Two Weeks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
As suspicions continue to be voiced about the involvement of Pakistan-based militant groups in recent terror strikes, India and Pakistan will hold a series of meetings, including the second round of talks under the joint anti-terrorism . . . ..
- Watch This Space (Indian Express, Ed Vulliamy, Oct 18, 2007)
The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated”. The United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) that positioned itself as an alternative to the two dominant coalition fronts, the Congress-led UPA and the BJP-led NDA, could well . . . ..
- Let Men Do Their Bit (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Oct 18, 2007)
For 30 years, vasectomy has been a political taboo, and the entire burden of family planning has been on women. But modern vasectomy techniques are a success in the West. India needs to try them
- India Whining (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Oct 18, 2007)
Terrorism of the kind witnessed in the Ajmer bombings, followed by a theatre of the absurd, is a familiar story in the country
- India Blames Isi For Blasts On The Eve Of Cbm Talks (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Oct 18, 2007)
As a Pakistani delegation arrived here to resume the dialogue with India on nuclear and conventional confidence building measures (CBMs) and a flagging anti-terror mechanism, New Delhi blamed Islamabad for a string of apparently unconnected but . . . .
- Upbeat Left To Focus On Peoples Issues (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
After scoring a “moral victory” against the UPA government on the Indo-US nuclear deal, the Left Parties are now working overtime to focus on people’s issues like price rise, which could be used as poll planks.
- India’S Elderly Fear For Future (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Eighty-seven-year-old Indrani Warner sits in her room at one of India’s new homes for the elderly surrounded by the mementos of a lifetime.
- No Illusions (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Not too long ago the sun never set on the mighty Union Jack, for it was always shining over one or another of the far-flung outposts of the British Empire.
- From Killing Fields To Smiling Fields (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, Oct 17, 2007)
The focus in dealing with the agrarian crisis should shift from suicide relief to suicide prevention.
- Salary, Cellphone Norms For Indian Maids In Bahrain (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
The Indian Embassy in Bahrain has started enforcing a new wage structure for Indians, starting with fixing a minimum monthly wage of BD100 (Rs.10,000 approx) for housemaids and a provision for mobile phone as part of measures to protect its workers. . .
- “Dmk Did Not Bring Up Rama’S Name First” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
The name of Rama was brought into the Sethusamudram controversy by certain sections that felt insecure and feared further development of Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said at the State Government’s Film Awards Ceremony here on Tuesday.
- ‘India Observatory’ Launched At Lse (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
To foster India-related research and knowledge exchange, an ‘India Observatory’ has been launched at the London School of Economics (LSE) here.
- A Historical Bridge Is Falling Down Living Heritage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
A historical bridge across the Krishna near the Raichur Thermal Power Station, which connects the State with Andhra Pradesh, is in danger.
- Challenges Of Teaching (Deccan Herald, BOB HERBERT, Oct 17, 2007)
Over the next 20 or 30 years, when todays children raise their children in an ever more technologically advanced and globalised society, the educational requirements will only grow more rigorous and unforgiving.
- Attempts In Pakistan To Build Radical Sikh Environment: Nsa (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
Concerned over the wave of terror attacks, National Security Advisor M K Narayanan today said that the Government was planning to convene a meeting of Chief Ministers soon to share perspectives, information and discuss the way ahead to combat terror.
- We Are Not Poles Apart (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Oct 17, 2007)
Poland has gainfully used its past to build a promising new future. Poland was ravaged by conquests for centuries and yet rose remarkably from the ashes.
- After Ludhiana (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
The bombing of a cinema hall in Ludhiana is more than a statistical intrusion upon Punjab's decade-long terror-free record.
- Rbi Sanguine About Economic Momentum (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
India's central bank sees reasons to be confident of maintaining the present growth momentum with stability, RBI Governor Yaga Venugopal Reddy said in a speech in London on Monday.
- Sleeping On The Job (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Oct 17, 2007)
India is the only country whose establishment officially defines 'national interest' as a 'vague' concept. As a result, the pursuit of a vague foreign policy leads to one fiasco after another. Burma is the latest example
- States Want To Modify Rti Act (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 17, 2007)
Information Commissioners of different states meet in New Delhi on Wednesday to assess the implementation of the Right to Information Act since it was launched two years ago.
- Theatre Blast: Huji Name Crops Up (Times of India, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 17, 2007)
Forty-eight hours after the blast in Ludhiana's Shringar theatre killed six and injured 32 others, Punjab DGP NPS Aulakh said on Tuesday that it was RDX that was used in the explosion.
- Callous About Security (The Economic Times, P R RAMESH, Oct 17, 2007)
A senseless government and political seat-warmers at its helm are ensuring that 2007 turns out to be a good year for blood-thirsty jehadis.
- Sebi Plans Curbs On Fii Participatory Notes (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
Bid to stem unbridled inflows into the stock market
- Fear Of Polls Made Congress Pause (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 17, 2007)
I wish the party were over. The participants would have at least gone home. But both the Congress and the Left have lingered to revive what may not be possible.
- Scourge Of Private Security (Asian Age, Inder Malhotra, Oct 17, 2007)
Does anyone remember that after the thunderous cries of "Shock and Awe" at the start of the invasion of Iraq, there followed, at the time of that country’s occupation, the boasts about the "Mission" having been "Nearly Accomplished"?
- Hdil To Rehabilitate Slums On Airport Land (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Oct 17, 2007)
The Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL), which has been awarded the contract to rehabilitate slum-dwellers living on land belonging to the Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport, will have to find alternative. . .
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
The dateline of the lead story “Bush calls up Manmohan” (October 16, 2007, page 1) was given as Abjua (Nigeria). It should have been Abuja. Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria.
- Prayer For Congress (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 17, 2007)
In a cautionary tale, a Muslim, a Christian and a Hindu are crossing a river in a ferry.
- Tsunami Warning (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 17, 2007)
The new system takes disaster management forward.
- New Arrivals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Effective Environmental Management — Principles and Case Studies: Rory Sullivan, Hugh Wyndham; Allen & Unwin, Australia. Rs. 395. All Men Are Brothers — Autobiographical Reflections – Mahatma Gandhi: Compiled and edited by Krishna Kripalani. . .
- Ysr Throws Ball Into Naidu’S Court On Probe Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy tossed the ball into the court of Telugu Desam president N. Chandrababu Naidu on the question whether a sitting or a retired judge should be appointed to inquire into their respective wealth.
- Tsunami Early Warning Centre Inaugurated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
It will take 30 minutes to analyse the seismic data following an earthquake of more than magnitude 6
- The Goldilocks Touch (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
The sensex burst through 19000 today — and appeared to underscore the fact that India is now one of several Goldilocks economies that are “neither too hot, not too cold”.
- Search For A Lost Heritage (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 16, 2007)
Art has always been the mainstay of the myriad cultures of India and it continues to be so.
- Migrants Were The Target: Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Punjab Chief Secretary Ramesh Inder Singh said here that the choice of place for the attack where the Bhojpuri movie was being watched in a jam-packed hall of mostly migrant workers, pointed to the fact that migrant labourers could have been the target.
- Two Steps Back (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Oct 16, 2007)
The coalition government’s hesitation over India’s nuclear agreement with the United States of America has put off speculation about an imminent general election.
- Apathy Denies Tribals Statutory Rights (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Despite being tribal-majority villages in AP , they have not been recognised as tribal areas for inclusion in the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution.
- Dealing With The Yangon Junta (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Oct 16, 2007)
India needs to overtly engage the junta and cultivate contact with pro-democracy forces.
- India Unveils Tsunami Warning System (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
India on Monday unveiled its own tsunami early warning system put together by its scientists, three years after being caught off guard by the giant killer waves that wreaked havoc along the country's southern coastline.
- New Face Of Terror (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 16, 2007)
Moderate Muslims should stand up against terror.
- Upa Shrewd On Suu Kyi (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Oct 16, 2007)
After hectic advocacy by Christian Solidarity Worldwide and Burma Campaign, UK, British MPs John Bercow and Baroness Caroline Cox met a Chin group on the India-Myanmar border last month, while Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged an emergenc. . .
- China's Hand (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 16, 2007)
At a recent conference of State police chiefs, the China connection to India's North-Eastern insurgency was brought out loud and clear.
- Anarchy Everywhere (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Oct 16, 2007)
When protesting farmers are fired at in Nandigram and Singur, it is not a democratic system of governance.
- Tsunami Sentinels On Duty Under Sea (Telegraph, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 16, 2007)
Six water pressure sensors placed on the seabed in the southern Bay of Bengal and northern Arabian Sea will act as sentinels in India’s tsunami early warning system, which was formally inaugurated today.
- Patil Asks Authorities To Expedite Projects At Nanded (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Pakistani cement’s arrival in India is set to prove a boon for the construction industry. Pakistani cement, which is scheduled to hit Indian market by the end of October, is expected to lower the cement prices here considerably with Pakistani. . .
- Tsunami Warning System Inaugurated; Alert In 13 Minutes (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Oct 16, 2007)
Nearly 400 million persons living in coastal areas of the country will feel more assured about their safety as the government has put in place a state-of-the-art national tsunami warning system to provide timely advisories.
- Governance Reforms India's Top Priority For Next 20 Years: Kamal Nath (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Exuding optimism on a day when the Sensex hit a record 19,000 points back home, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath told a gathering of top British economists that the next two decades in India will be marked primarily by "reforms in governance."
- A Big Left Foot (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 15, 2007)
He is an extraordinary leader. And a remarkably astute politician. Many have sneeringly dismissed him for long as a man of little consequence, as someone who doesn’t have a popular constituency backing him, has never won a Lok Sabha or . . .
- Ajmer Sim Points To Hyd Mastermind (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Leads in the Ajmer blast case are pointing to the involvement of Harkat-ul-Jehad-i-Islami — indications are that HuJI operative Shahid Bilal, who was reported killed recently in Karachi, might have planned the blast.
- Challenge Of Islamist Terror (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 15, 2007)
Investigative leads point to the Harkat ul-Jihadi-e-Islami (HUJI), the Islamist organisation behind the Mecca Masjid attack in Hyderabad, as being behind the terrorist strike at the Dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer.
- Noida Airport Project Faces Hurdle (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The proposed Greater Noida airport may hit an air pocket with the finance ministry questioning the need for the Rs 3,505-crore project and asking why can't the existing IGI airport in Delhi be developed fully to meet the NCR's demand.
- Israel Targeted Unfinished N-Reactor Inside Syria (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Israel’s air attack on Syria last month was directed against a site that Israeli and US intelligence analysts judged was a partly constructed nuclear reactor, apparently modeled on one North Korea has used to create its stockpile of nuclear . . . .
- Weak Links (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Friday prayers were held as usual at the Ajmer Sharif, although two people had died and many had been injured the day before in a low-intensity blast just when the fast for the day had ended with evening prayers.
- Nuclear Detour, The Untold Story (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 15, 2007)
The Indo-US nuclear deal is not dead.
Contrary to the general perception, there is not even any slowdown in the operationalisation of the deal based on political considerations.
- Approach To Right Action And Speech (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 15, 2007)
Right, effective and appropriate action, of course, presupposes caution and prudence because haste and impulse often are fraught with danger. Nevertheless obsession with weighing all the pros and cons before acting could result in a delayed . . .
- India To Raise Ajmer Blast With Pakistan (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The Ajmer dargah blast along with some other recent terror attacks, including the one in Hyderabad, is likely to figure high on the agenda of anti-terror talks between India and Pakistan here next week.
- India Develops Its Own Tsunami Warning System (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
India has developed its own tsunami warning system that will be able to issue alerts within 30 minutes of an earthquake. The system will be inaugurated by Earth Sciences Minister Kapil Sibal in Hyderabad tomorrow.
- Ajmer Bombs Made In Hyderabad (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Police today confirmed that the bomb that exploded at the Ajmer dargah and also the one that did not explode were made in Hyderabad.
- Ajmer Blast Probe Team In Madhya Pradesh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
With some newspapers used to pack the explosives in the Ajmer Sharif blast being traced to Indore and Ujjain, a police team from Rajasthan arrived here on Sunday to conduct investigations.
- Invitation To Dream (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
With a richly endowed land, Kerala Tourism Department has a lot going for it straightaway.
- Fear Of Polls Made Congress Pause (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 15, 2007)
I wish the party were over. The participants would have at least gone home. But both the Congress and the Left have lingered to revive what may not be possible. The Indo-US nuclear deal is not available in parts.
- Onion To Cost Less In Nov (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Oct 15, 2007)
Onion prices have begun to fall slightly following increased arrivals in the markets, according to information available from the Lasalgaon onion market at Nashik, the main market for the commodity in the country.
- The People Win (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 15, 2007)
The media and the politician. Or to fine-tune this, the media and the politician in power. There used to be a disconnect, but no longer.
- Hyderabad To Get Tsunami Warning Centre (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Union earth sciences and science and technology minister Kapil Sibal will formally inaugurate a tsunami warning centre, set up at the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), here tomorrow.
- Cpi Cautiously Greets Cong's 'Change Of Heart' On N-Deal (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Oct 15, 2007)
The CPI central secretariat meeting held on Sunday to discuss the present political scenario in the backdrop of the Congress' relenting on the nuclear deal issue, decided to wait and watch how this sudden change of heart shapes up in the coming days.
- Riots+economic Growth=? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Narendra Damodardas Modi appears to dominate Gujarat, election-bound now, like no other political leader dominates his immediate constituency.
- Ap Blasts: Bsf Let Isi Strikers In (Deccan Herald, Bala Chauhan, Oct 15, 2007)
In March 2007, five ISI agents sneaked into India through the Bangladesh border, allegedly with the help of the BSF.
- Sinister Design (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, undoubtedly, is the most revered Sufi saint of not only India but the whole of South Asia.
- Assault On Ajmer (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 15, 2007)
Whether it's the Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad or the Ajmer Sharif dargah in Rajasthan, or for that matter the attack on the Ayodhya Ramjanmabhoomi shrine, each time there is a terrorist strike, the Government comes up with the same degree of cluelessness.
- Early Poll Will Help Congress (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Oct 15, 2007)
Political assessments given a few weeks ago had indicated that the next general election would take place in December 2007 or February 2008. The fact that the Congress and the CPI(M) are trading charges on the India-US nuclear deal does not . . . .
- Andhra Cops Give Clean Chit To Blast Victim Who Had Become A Suspect (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Oct 15, 2007)
The police in Andhra Pradesh have rejected the internal security establishment’s theory that former Hyderabad resident Syed Salim, one of the two killed in the Ajmer Sharif blast, could be one of the terror suspects.
- A Different View (New Indian Express, GEETA DOCTOR, Oct 15, 2007)
In the way of back-handed compliments Ashvin Mehta used to be described as the “Indian Ansel Adams” when he produced the images of the Himalayas, the coastline and ocean fronts of the Indian sub-continent and other carefully compiled portfolios.
- India To Raise Concerns With Pak On Latest Terror Attacks (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The Ajmer dargah blast along with some other recent terror attacks, including the one in Hyderabad, is likely to figure high on the agenda of anti-terror talks between India and Pakistan here next week.
- India To Raise Concerns With Pak On Latest Terror Attacks (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 14, 2007)
The Ajmer dargah blast along with some other recent terror attacks, including the one in Hyderabad, is likely to figure high on the agenda of anti-terror talks between India and Pakistan in New Delhi next week.
- Ysr Orders Judicial Probe Into Personal Assets (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Dr YS Rajashekar Reddy is set to make history by announcing a judicial inquiry into his and his family members’ assets and those of TDP president Mr N Chandrababu Naidu and his family.
- Prayers Resume At Ajmer Shrine, 6 Held (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Thousands prayed at the highly revered Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti here on Friday, a day after a bomb blast killed two people and shook the town. Police detained six suspects including two Bangladeshi nationals.
- Burma Quagmire (Pioneer, Bibhu Prasad Routray, Oct 13, 2007)
When starting a car, the driver never has a view of what lies just an inch ahead of the front wheel. India's 'Look East' policy is something like that -- we don't have a clear policy on Burma, but we have plans all the way up to glitzy Singapore.
- Scepticism, Fire And Visionary Power (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2007)
Doris Lessing, the prolific and path-finding novelist whose writing has for almost six decades captured the inner turmoil and social transformations of a world in flux, has won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature.
- Lord Of The Drinks (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
The Lord Bilimoria, of Chelsea, CBE, DL. “The commas are very important,” says Karan Bilimoria, handing out his visiting card from the House of Lords.
- What Ajmer Teaches (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2007)
THE merchants of death have struck again. This time at the heart of the Sufi tradition and humanism.
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