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Articles 2421 through 2520 of 27135:
- Mushrooming Choices (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 10, 2006)
North Korea's nuclear test changes the global nuclear order and the regional balance in East Asia.
- N Korean Generals Want Early Nuclear Test:source (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
North Korea may bring the date of a planned nuclear test forward after a contentious remark by China's UN ambassador angered generals in the reclusive country, a source with close ties to Pyongyang said today.
- Nation Behind Victims Of Kashmir Quake: Patil (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Visiting the Kashmir valley on the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake that flattened dozens of villages, Home Minister Shivraj Patil today assured the people of the State that the entire nation was backing the endeavour to help the . . .
- Japan Wreck: Eight Indians Still Missing (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
The body of 46-year-old Panvel sailor, William Thomas was found by the Japanese coast guard on Saturday, a day after the bulk carrier he was working on ran aground and broke apart in stormy weather outside Kashima port, 100 km from Tokyo.
- Will Musharraf Relent Now? (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Oct 09, 2006)
Of the 15 persons arrested in 7/11 Mumbai blasts case, 11 have been found to be Pakistanis, not just nationals but the ones who got training in Pakistan to cause blasts in Mumbai.
- India Could Have Won 1962 War If It Had Used Combat Jets’ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
India could have defeated China in the 1962 war had the combat power of its air force been used, a top serving officer has asserted, claiming that while the then political-bureaucratic combine had sought US Air Force’s help but had not even . . .
- Nepal Rebels Want King Suspended (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Oct 09, 2006)
As Nepal’s multi-party government and the Maoist guerrillas resumed peace negotiations Sunday after a hiatus of over three months, the rebels stuck to their contentious demands regarding monarchy.
- Pakistan Again (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 09, 2006)
Only the naive will be surprised by Pakistan's move to rake up the Kashmir issue again in a United Nations Committee last weekend. Speaking at the UN Decolonisation Committee a Pakistani delegate has demanded "right of self-determination" for the. . .
- Insecure General (Pioneer, B Raman, Oct 09, 2006)
There were no casualties in the Rawalpindi blasts last week but they clearly indicate there is a conspiracy to kill Musharraf, says B Raman
- 'Castro Has Cancer, May Not Return To Power' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro is believed to have terminal cancer and is unlikely to return to power, a magazine reported, citing US government officials.
- India's Mystifying Rise (Times of India, Gurcharan Das, Oct 09, 2006)
There were many smiling Indian faces last week. Our economy again beat forecasts and grew 8.9% in the April-June quarter. India's economic rise bewilders Indians. No one quite understands why this noisy and chaotic democracy of a billion people has . . .
- Nato To Confront General Over Isi Support To Taliban (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
The Commander of NATO troops in Afghanistan plans to confront President Pervez Musharraf with evidence that ISI is training Taliban fighters to attack British troops in the war-torn country and urge him to arrest deposed militia leader Mullah . . .
- Bjp To Kalam: No Clemency For Afzal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
A BJP delegation led by Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha L K Advani petitioned President A P J Kalam on Sunday against granting any clemency to Afzal Guru, who has been awarded death sentence in connection with the 2001 Parliament attack.
- Countryside To The Centre (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 09, 2006)
Seventy per cent of India lives in villages. But the banking sector is concentrated in cities. India’s growth can’t be sustained in the face of this imbalance.
- Let The Council Act Objectively (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 09, 2006)
Inability to act against abuses has undermined the newly formed HRC.
- Eight Militants Killed In Kashmir (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
The Army said on Sunday its soldiers shot dead eight suspected Muslim militants as they tried to cross into Indian Kashmir from Pakistan.
- The West And The Making Of Mkg (OutLook, SANDEEP PANDEY, Oct 09, 2006)
Allusions to Christ clinch it. This tribute to Gandhi shies from tracing the Indian source of his ideas.
- What's The Taliban Trick: Uk To Confront Mush With Evidence (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
The Commander of NATO troops in Afghanistan plans to confront President Pervez Musharraf with evidence that ISI is training Taliban fighters to attack British troops in the war-torn country and urge him to arrest deposed militia leader Mullah Omar . . .
- Dealing With It (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 09, 2006)
India and the US are now reconciling themselves to a delay in the Indo-US deal for civil nuclear cooperation. In the past month or so, as elections raised partisan temperatures in the US, it became apparent that the Senate version of the Bill to . . .
- Truth About Cats And Dogs (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, Oct 09, 2006)
How the world and India continue to place faith in Musharraf is a believe-it-or-not story
- Lid Off Bpo Can Of Worms (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
A new BPO data theft row threatens to dent Indian call centres’ usual defence that they try their best to stop errant employees from carrying out fraud.
- North Korea Conducts Nuclear Test: Agencies (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
North Korea carried out an underground nuclear test on Monday, North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
- Church Heat On Multi-Faith Uk (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
The Church of England has launched an astonishing attack on the government’s drive to turn Britain into a multi-faith society.
- N Korea Likely To Defer Nuke Test By Three Months (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
North Korea might defer its first nuclear test by three months, giving time to the United States to lift financial sanctions and return to the negotiation table, a media report said today.
- New Foreign Policy?~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 09, 2006)
Multiple Jallianwalla Massacres May Have Occurred In Iraq, Afghanistan
- Pouring In Through Borders (Pioneer, Abhay K Upadhyay, Oct 09, 2006)
We have shunned Pakistan before as a rogue state, but that didn't work. The Havana Declaration may be a way to move away from the blame game and see the beginning of a diplomatic process against terror
- Levelling The Playing Field (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 09, 2006)
More than the problem of evolving a joint anti-terror mechanism, the real challenge for India's policy-makers and strategists is one of properly understanding and countering President Pervez Musharraf's personalised diplomatic offensive wrapped in . . .
- N Korea Warns On Border Shots, No Word On N-Test (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
North Korea issued threats against its southern neighbour over a border incident but made no mention of a planned atomic test as China and Japan expressed joint concern on Sunday over Pyongyang's nuclear intentions.
- Sri Lanka Preparing For Offensive In Jaffna Peninsula (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
A Sri Lankan soldier and a constable were killed on Sunday as Tamil Tigers alleged that troops were gathering along a de-facto frontline in the Jaffna peninsula ahead of an offensive on LTTE-held territory.
- After Kargil (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 09, 2006)
The last word on Kargil has clearly not been said. While we can allow ourselves some grim smiles at General Musharraf’s forced ruminations, any internal war of words of the “it is his fault” kind is more . . .
- Guardians Of Constitution (Tribune, Justice A.S. Anand (retd), Oct 09, 2006)
To appreciate judicial activism one shall have to consider the power of judicial review vested in the higher judiciary — the Supreme Court and the High Courts as also the general role of the judicial institutions.
- Combating Terrorism By Force Only (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 09, 2006)
President Musharraf has said that ground realities in Afghanistan must be taken into account to deal with the new environment in the war-torn country.
- Stop Arming J&k Militants, Us Watchdog Tells Pak (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Oct 09, 2006)
An international human rights organisation has asked Pakistan to stop providing arms and finances to terror groups. A set of recommendations issued by the US-based Human Rights Watch to the Government of Pakistan has called for a complete suspension . . .
- President Pledges To Rebuild Quake-Hit Areas (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Sunday reiterated his firm resolve and commitment to reconstruct quake ravaged areas on modern lines and announced housing and agricultural loans written off for the quake-affected people.
- Pm Visits Dengue Patients At Aiims (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Oct 09, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chose Sunday, the date of the discharge of his 11-year-old- grandson, to visit the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here. His grandson was also suffering from dengue. He had a word of praise for doctors . . .
- Eight Militants, Three Indian Soldiers Killed In Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
The Indian army said on Sunday it foiled two bids by militants to sneak from Pakistan into India held Kashmir in gunfights that left eight guerrillas and three soldiers dead.
- Saddam Lawyers To Boycott Trial (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Saddam Hussein’s defence team will continue to boycott his trial on charges of genocide against Iraq’s Kurdish minority when it resumes this week, his lead Iraqi lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi said today.
- Iran Sticks To Its Guns Despite Sanction Mov (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Iran insisted on Sunday and flatly refused to suspend sensitive atomic work despite signs that world powers were close to agreeing on sanctions against Tehran.
- Gwadar’S Fading Charm (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 09, 2006)
News reports suggest that property prices in Gwadar, which were already depressed owing to the slow pace of development work there, have receded further following the death of Nawab Akbar Bugti last month.
- Shiv Sena Threatens To Disrupt Pak-Nz Match At Mohali (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
The Shiv Sena has threatened that it would dig up the cricket pitch in Mohali to protest against Pakistan cricket team playing in India in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy.
- Interventions Abroad (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Oct 09, 2006)
Since independence, the Government of India has had to exercise a military option several times in support of its policy objectives.
- Scintillating Show Marks Air Force Day (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Oct 09, 2006)
Shifting for the first time the venue of its annual Air Force Day parade from the Palam air base in Delhi to the outskirts of the Capital at Hindon in Ghaziabad (UP), the Indian Air Force (IAF) today presented one of the grandest ever displays of . . .
- Three Soldiers Hurt As Rebels Blow Up Army Vehicle In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Suspected separatist rebels blew up an army vehicle in the remote northeast Indian state of Assam, wounding three soldiers, an official said on Sunday.
- British General Confronts Pakistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Spokesman says discussions with Musharraf will be ‘full and frank’
UK paper says videos and pictures show Taliban camps in Pakistan
- Caught Between Past And Future (Indian Express, Anita Inder Singh, Oct 09, 2006)
The security horizons of NATO, and Europe, are expanding in South Asia. On Thursday, 12,000 US troops in eastern Afghanistan transferred to the 31-nation International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) which was created under UN Security Council . . .
- Tyagi Dismisses Reports Of Dwindling Fleet Strength (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi's parajump to take the salute was the highlight of the annual celebrations of the Indian Air Force as it entered its platinum jubilee on Sunday.
- Power Shift Or Balance Of Power? (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 09, 2006)
The recent coup has left Thailand unsettled. The challenge for the new leadership is to heal the divisions.
- "India Could Have Won 1962 War" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
IAF chief not consulted
Capability of Chinese air force "over-estimated"
- Young Army Officer Killed In Kashmir (Hindu, K. Manikandan, Oct 09, 2006)
An Army officer from Pammal near Tambaram, who passed out of the Officers Training Academy here in March, was killed in an encounter with militants near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.
- Kashmir Remembers Quake Victims (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Oct 09, 2006)
Hundreds visit graveyards in Tangdhar and Uri and offer prayers to the dead
- State 'Responsible' For Vidarbha Mess (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 09, 2006)
No amount of ham-fisted spin-doctoring and the desperate resurrection of a 35-year-old slogan can take away from what is fast becoming an open secret:
- Army, Ltte Trade Charges (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 09, 2006)
At least four soldiers of the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) were killed in clashes even as the military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continued to trade charges of unprovoked artillery fire. Sunday's claims and counter-claims in the east . . .
- Eu-India Summit: Seeking Free Trade In Helsinki (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Oct 09, 2006)
Hopefully, EU-India free trade will aim for genuine, least-restrictive liberalisation through comprehensive coverage, strong transparency disciplines and liberal rules of origin.
- N Korea Says It Performed Its First-Ever Nuclear Test (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
North Korea said today it has performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test.
- Second Thoughts On 3g (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Oct 09, 2006)
This is the ultimate irony. The country’s cellular mobile operators who’re arguing that 3G licences are not a new service, and therefore cannot be auctioned, are essentially relying upon a change in their licence conditions made at the time when . . .
- Musharraf Pledges Speedy Reconstruction (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 09, 2006)
Pakistan marks first anniversary of killer earthquake
- N Korea Conducts Nuclear Test (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
North Korea on Monday conducted its first ever nuclear test, calling it a "historic event", official media said.
- ‘Israel Supports Bjp Position On Terror Camps’ (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Oct 08, 2006)
Israel has said that it supports the idea of dismantling “terror camps” in Pakistan and Bangladesh “after taking the international community into confidence”.
- One Year On, Much Needs To Be Done (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 08, 2006)
A year has gone by since this country experienced its worst ever natural or man-made disaster, when in a matter of minutes over 86,000 people -- many of them children -- lost their lives, hundreds thousands more lost their limbs and millions lost . . .
- Iaf Sought To Cross Loc During Kargil War: Former Indian Air Chief (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Oct 08, 2006)
The ghost of Kargil refuses to die either in India or Pakistan.
- Joint Strategy Must To Eliminate Taliban, Says Musharraf (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday reiterated Pakistan’s unwavering commitment to fighting terrorism and said a joint strategy and close cooperation in the area of intelligence sharing was vital to the success of the ongoing anti-terror . . .
- Terror Fight Must Consider Ground Realities: Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
President tells Gen Abizaid to inform Afghan govt of realities
Says Pakistan, US and Afghanistan must adopt joint strategy against Taliban
- Playing Along With General's Bluff May Work (Pioneer, Abhay K Upadhyay, Oct 08, 2006)
We have shunned Pakistan before as a rogue state, but that didn't work. The Havana Declaration may be a way to move away from the blame game and see the beginning of a diplomatic process against terror
- Living With Disasters (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 08, 2006)
On this eighth of October, we observe the first anniversary of the most severe national disaster in our history. And as anniversaries go, this has a particular significance.
- Kargil, Lies And Musharraf (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 08, 2006)
More than the problem of evolving a joint anti-terror mechanism, the real challenge for India's policy-makers and strategists is one of properly understanding and countering President Pervez Musharraf's personalised diplomatic offensive wrapped in . . .
- Escaping George Bush’S Future (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Oct 08, 2006)
It always comes back to oil. The continuing misguided interventions in the Middle East by the US and UK have their roots deep in the Arabian sand.
- Special Article (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Oct 08, 2006)
Seven phases of Indian foreign policy may be identifiable since Nehru; the current phase seems to involve subservience to the strong, jingoism otherwise
- That Sinking Feeling (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 08, 2006)
No amount of ham-fisted spin-doctoring and the desperate resurrection of a 35-year-old slogan can take away from what is fast becoming an open secret: The floundering Government of Manmohan Singh.
- The Empire Of Deceit (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, Oct 08, 2006)
How the world and India continue to place faith in Musharraf is a believe-it-or-not story
- Israel ‘Lauds’ Rajnath Idea To Quell Terror (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
Israel has "appreciated" Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Rajnath Singh’s idea to let India take a proactive role in dismantling terror camps in Pakistan and Bangladesh after taking the international community into confidence, the party said . . .
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 08, 2006)
An ingenuous way to defeat the bandh
- Story Of Musharraf's 'Love' (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Oct 08, 2006)
Anybody who goes through Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's recently published autobiography "In the line of fire'' is bound to end up with the conclusion that this man was always nursing a crush for one or the other girl or woman till atleast . . .
- Guerrilla Warfare (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 08, 2006)
The Army Chief General J J Singh has deputed Brigadier B K Ponwal, who was the Chief Instructor at the Jungle Warfare School (CIJWS) of the Army in Mizoram to the Jungle Terrorism and Jungle Warfare College at Kanker in Chhattisgarh.
- ‘Army Was Reluctant To Tell Govt About Kargil’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
The Army was “reluctant” to inform the government about the presence of Pakistan-backed intruders in Kargil in early 1999 and did little initially to jointly plan and carry out operations to evict them, Air Chief Marshal (retired) AY Tipnis has said.
- Slow And Steady Wins The Race (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 08, 2006)
The Independent Monitoring Commission supervising the Stormont Agreement to end the Northern Ireland dispute has reported that the Irish Republican Army’s violent campaign against British rule “is over”.
- Child Abuse (Daily Excelsior, Sweta Patwardhan, Oct 08, 2006)
The government has banned the child labour without any impact. The Child labour Act only bans child labour in specific industries and has actually helped put more children to work rather than get them out of it.
- The Man In A Firan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 08, 2006)
Just after Pervez Musharraf’s book launch, I attended a presentation by army officers on the J&K insurgency.
- We Helped J&k Insurgency: Pak (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
Pakistan has admitted that it might have helped insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir at “some time” but claimed it is now “trying our best” to prevent infiltration of militants into India.
- Sums And Guns: Getting It Right (Indian Express, V. R. Raghavan , Oct 08, 2006)
The question is more of obtaining optimal capabilities from defence outlays and less of their affordability
- Land Use And Food Security (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 08, 2006)
Given the path we are following, the future will see us importing food on a regular basis.
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