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Articles 4721 through 4820 of 27135:
- No Progress In City Serial Blasts Probe (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Mumbai police said on Thursday that there was no headway in investigations into the July 11 serial blasts. The ATS released the sketch of an unclaimed body found in one of the blast sites to establish its identification.
- Cong Says It Won’T Back The Left Against Ec (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The Congress refused to back the CPM’s assault on the Election Commission. “We have absolutely no view about what the CPM is saying. We cannot comment unless there are internal discussions, “ party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi told reporters.
- Norms Formed To Wipe Out Defence Scams (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Bofors gun scam, coffingate and now Scorpene submarine deal. Defence procurement in India has always been shrouded in controversies. It immediately conjures up images of the shadowy world of middlemen, kickbacks.
- Importance Of N-Deal (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Aug 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stunned everyone into silence, in Parliament, Press rooms, think tanks and retirement homes with his candour and determination as he spoke in the Rajya Sabha on August 17, 2006, on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Defence Procurement Policy Revised (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Aug 31, 2006)
Procedures to reduce delays
Defence Acquisition Council to take all decisions
Generic requirements to be placed on Internet.
- Beginning Of The End (Pioneer, Wilson John, Aug 30, 2006)
Musharraf may have erred gravely in using brute force against Balochis who were not asking for freedom, but just a share from their resources
- Bugti Fallout: Pervez Vs Politicians (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 30, 2006)
Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has not expressed a single word of regret for the death of Balochistan leader Nawab Akbar Bugti.
- Us Teen Is Convicted Of Murder (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
A jury convicted a 17-year-old boy of murder in the bludgeoning death of a prominent defence attorney’s wife.
- Bugti Killing: Serious Repercussions Feared (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Aug 30, 2006)
Balochistan is still numb after the killing of its most towering leader Nawab Akbar Bugti. According to an intelligence assessment, the strife-torn province of Pakistan was ready to ignite as its people were seething with anger, the manner in which . . .
- The Media Again (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2006)
In the matter of the 12 men arrested aboard the Northwest flight in Amsterdam, the Indian media has shown once again that it has no independence of thought and individuality, as it totally embraced the Government's point of view.
- Revolutionary Myth Of Middle Kingdom (Pioneer, GWYNNE DYER, Aug 30, 2006)
Chinese may be closet capitalists but if they don't have the myth that the revolution was good, how will they justify their power, asks Gwynne Dyer
- 3 Lashkar Terrorists Nabbed In J&k (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Troops on Tuesday apprehended three Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, a defence spokesman said.
- Iaf To Launch Operation Gagan Shakti From Sept 4 (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The Indian Air Force will carry out Operation 'Gagan Shakti', from September 4 to September 27 in Western and South Western Air Command area of responsibility (right from Jammu and Kashmir to Gujarat and Maharashtra) to validate new strategies . . .
- Trouble In The Neighbourhood (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 30, 2006)
Sandwiched between conflict zones in Sri Lanka and Pakistan, India has to achieve the right balance in neighbourly priorities — deciding how far to go in dealing with the Tamil Tigers while . . .
- Unfolding Tragedy (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 30, 2006)
War rages in north and east of the island, and the number of civilians displaced by war has risen to 1.7 lakhs.
- Iraqi Soldiers Refuse Duty, Says Us General (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 30, 2006)
About 100 Iraqi Shia soldiers refused to go to Baghdad to support the security crackdown there, marking the second time a block of Iraqi soldiers have balked at following their unit's assignment, a US general said on Monday.
- Police Probe Into The Links Between Iran And Japanese Company (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Police are investigating possible links between an Iranian company and a Japanese manufacturer accused of illegally exporting equipment that can be used to make atomic weapons, a trade ministry official said today.
- Iraq Agrees On Truce With Militants (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The government forces agreed a truce on Tuesday with Shia militia fighters after violent clashes south of Baghdad, as Iraq reeled from a three-day bout of bloodshed in cities across the country.
- Boost For Naxal-Affected States (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The Army, in a major effort to help the state governments tackle the scourge of Naxalite violence, will train more than 14,000 personnel of Central and State police organisations and ex-servicemen next year.
- Balochis See Off Bugti (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Gunfire and rioting continued for the fourth straight day on Tuesday after an emotionally charged funeral service for Baloch tribal chief Nawab Akbar Bugti, who was killed by Pakistani forces on Saturday.
- Israeli Pm Announces War Probes (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Ignoring calls for an independent commission of inquiry, Israeli Prime Minister, Mr Ehud Olmert has decided to establish two committees to investigate the handling of the Lebanon war by the government and the military.
- Aids Forces Attention (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
In a bid to control the spread of HIV/AIDS in Central police forces, the home ministry has developed a two-year action plan. The peculiar nature of duty and tough working conditions are expected to make the armed forces vulnerable to HIV.
- Playing It Safe (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 30, 2006)
The reported Indian decision to maintain its present level of troop-deployment ~ significantly to neither enhance nor pull out ~ with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon is essentially a careful diplomatic balancing act.
- India And Eu Considering Ceca, Says Kamal Nath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will discuss the prospects of a free trade pact with the European Union at the forthcoming India-EU summit in October. This was stated here on Tuesday by Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath after a meeting with . . .
- Israel Guilty Of Ceasefire Violations: Annan (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
In a scathing criticism, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan today said Israel was responsible for most of the ceasefire violations in southern Lebanon and urged it to lift aerial and naval blockade imposed on the Middle-east country since . . .
- 6 More Killed In Balochistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Bomb blast in Hub kills five
150 detained g Govt bans carrying of arms for 2 months
- Uzbekistan's Tryst With Human Rights (Daily Excelsior, M Rama Rao, Aug 30, 2006)
Uzbekistan is replacing death sentence with penalties like life imprisonment and long-term imprisonment for various crimes.
- Three Let Militants Arrested In J&k (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Three militants of Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit were on Tuesday nabbed by Army troops from Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said.
- N-Plants: Chinese Help Sought (Dawn, Ihtasham ul Haque, Aug 30, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has sought increased Chinese military and economic support, especially to meet Pakistan’s growing nuclear energy needs. Talking to a 17-member delegation of the Communist Party of China which met him on . . .
- Bush’S Flawed Iraq Policy (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 30, 2006)
WITH 3,438 civilian fatalities (roughly three times the number of civilian deaths in Lebanon during the month-long assault by Israel), July was the bloodiest month in Iraq since the American-led invasion.
- No-Confidence Against Pm Fails (Pakistan Observer, Mahmood Hussain, Aug 30, 2006)
The No-Confidence Motion moved by the Combined Opposition against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in the National Assembly has fizzled out.
- India Violates All Norms (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 30, 2006)
Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam has deplored Indian Government’s statement on Akbar Bugti’s demise and said that it’s not only against the well-established norms of interstate relations but also a blatant interference in the internal . . .
- Not The Right Way (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 30, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf told a public meeting in Murree on Monday that he had "great love for the people of Balochistan" and that he wanted to see it become a developed province.
- Suicide Bomber Targets Nato Convoy In Afghanistan (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
At least one Afghan civilian was killed in a suicide bomb attack on a NATO convoy in the country's volatile south today, the latest incident in the worst upsurge of violence since the Taliban were ousted five years ago.
- Army Training Police Personnel, Ex-Servicemen To Counter Naxals (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The Indian Army is on course to train 14,000 personnel in anti-Naxal operations by May next year in six affected states, including 92 companies of police personnel and 5,000 ex-servicemen. It has so far trained about 6,400 personnel in . . .
- Looking Fierce (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 30, 2006)
History will testify to warriors ever striving to look ferocious and scare the adversary. Before military science came up with stand-off weapons, or stealth technology, fighting at close-quarters laid emphasis on the . . .
- Blind Men Of Hindustan (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 30, 2006)
Last Wednesday an eminent American research scholar and author on South Asia, Mr Paul Brass, wrote an article in a national daily.
- Never Ending Soap (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 30, 2006)
Judging from Ulfa chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa’s indecision and delay on direct talks with the Centre, he seems disinclined to give up the high life in Bangladesh.
- 'Musharraf Determined To Retain Dual Role' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, who has ruled the country for about seven years, is "determined" to retain his dual role as President and Army Chief of Staff for "years to come," a media report said, quoting people close to him.
- Chinese Strategy To Break The Iranian Impasse (Daily Excelsior, Srikanth Kondapalli , Aug 30, 2006)
China's position on Iranian WMD programme provides for several inconsistencies and inadequacies. China is critical of the proposed US sanctions against Iran as that is a step forward in forcible regime change in Tehran.
- Sri Lanka Continues Offensive, Rebels Issue Warning (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Aug 30, 2006)
Sri Lanka's military battled overnight to capture a rebel-held town at the mouth of a strategic northeastern harbour, officials said on Wednesday, as the Tamil Tigers warned the offensive could kill what is left of a paper truce.
- Pakistani Assembly Rejects Pm No-Confidence Move (Reuters, Arshad Sharif, Aug 30, 2006)
Pakistan's parliament rejected a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday after he dismissed accusations of corruption as lies and hailed economic improvement under President Pervez Musharraf.
- Israeli Pm Announces Probe On Lebanon War (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Ignoring calls for an independent state commission of inquiry, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has decided to establish two committees to investigate the handling of the Lebanon war by the government and the military.
- Deport Ulfa Rebel: Bsf (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Aug 30, 2006)
The Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday asked its Bangladeshi counterpart to deport Anup Chetia, the general secretary of the proscribed United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA).
- Special Anti-Naxal Force On The Cards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The meeting of the coordination centre on naxalite menace will be held here on Wednesday amidst reports that a special combat force of nearly 14,000 personnel would be raised to tackle in 13 States the internal security challenge to the country.
- Media-How Much Embedded? (Daily Excelsior, Vijay Satokar, Aug 30, 2006)
‘‘Today, if you are a journalist in the print or the electronic media anywhere in the world, it is difficult to escape embedding,’’ celebrated documentary film maker, Anand Patwardhan recently wrote in an article. Corporate and Government interests . . .
- Annan To Press Israel To Lift Lebanon Blockade (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan will urge Israel to lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon and discuss the deployment of U.N. peacekeepers when he meets Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday.
- More The Men, Less Safe The World (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Aug 30, 2006)
The preference for male babies in India and China has skewed national sex ratios to levels that could spawn increased anti-social behaviour and violence and destabilise society, researchers warned on Monday.
- Nepal To Probe King Role In Protest Deaths (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
An inquiry panel will question Nepal’s king about his role in the killing of pro-democracy activists in April, an official said today, an unprecedented move in a nation which once revered its monarch.
- Bugti Body Not With Govt, Says Pak (Telegraph, IMTIAZ GUL, Aug 30, 2006)
A senior Pakistani military official today scotched rumours that the body of Baluchistan nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was with the state government.
- Bush Remembers Katrina Victims (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
US President George W. Bush on Tuesday mourned Hurricane Katrina's victims and vowed to do right by its survivors, one year after the killer storm devastated New Orleans, appalled the world, and forever scarred his presidency.
- Back To The Third Front (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 30, 2006)
The third front may be no more than an idea at the moment, but the CPM believes its search for a non-Congress, non-BJP “third alternative” will finally emerge as it engages with the UPA on its policies.
- No Defence (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 30, 2006)
As the newspaper that broke the Srinagar sex abuse scandal, let us state for the record that we will defend, in the strongest possible terms, the right of those accused in this case to a fair trial.
- Tactical Gain, Strategic Blunder (Indian Express, C. Uday Bhaskar, Aug 30, 2006)
The killing of the Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti by the Pakistani military on August 26 looks like a tactical victory for Islamabad.
- Militaries Plan For Larger Un Force In Lebanon (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Military experts huddled behind closed doors here to finalise plans for deploying a beefed-up UN force to bolster a fragile truce in Lebanon between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas in the wake of 34 days of bitter fighting. Planners from the . . .
- Rail Link To Quetta Cut (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Movement of all trains towards Baluchistan, and particularly to capital Quetta from other parts of Pakistan has been suspended in the wake of more reports of mayhem in the tribal province following the death of Baluch leader Akbar Khan Bugti in . . .
- `India Has To Sustain Pace Of Development' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Former Union Minister and journalist Arun Shourie said here on Tuesday that the pace of development in the country had to be sustained for the next 20 years if India was to move along with the fast changing world.
- "Bugti Didn't Die In Encounter" (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 30, 2006)
Cave collapsed due to a blast from inside, claims Army
- Violence Continues To Rock Balochistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 30, 2006)
Family, supporters take part in funeral prayers conducted in Quetta; four killed in bomb blast
- The Other Questions (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 30, 2006)
The parliamentary and public debate on the Indo-US nuclear deal has, predictably, focussed on two questions.
- 3 Lashker Militants Nabbed In Kashmir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Troops today apprehended three Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants in Baramula district today, a defence spokesman said.
- Violence Erupts At Bugti’S Funeral In Quetta (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Gunmen and security forces exchanged fire in Quetta on Tuesday as rioting erupted after prayers were held for Baloch rebel leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, killed over the weekend, police said.
- Pak’S Double Game (Tribune, Pamela Constable, Aug 30, 2006)
ISLAMABAD – For the past five years, Pakistan has pursued a risky, two-sided policy toward Islamic militancy, positioning itself as a major ally in the Western-led war against global terrorism while reportedly allowing homegrown Muslim insurgent . . .
- Ecological Havoc In The Kasauli Hills (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Aug 30, 2006)
The Kasauli hills are at present threatened with ecological havoc. Big ticket colonisers and property developers, alongwith a network of real-estate agents, are acquiring thousands of bighas of land from peasants and farmers to put up multistorey . . .
- Mystery Over Whereabouts Of Bugti’S Body (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The whereabouts of Baloch leader Akbar Khan Bugti’s body continue to remain a mystery, with neither the Pakistan Government nor the Bugti tribe coming out clearly with a statement on the issue.
- 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 . . .
- Israel Announces Probe Into War (Tribune, Harinder Mishra, Aug 30, 2006)
Ignoring calls for an independent state commission of inquiry, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has decided to establish two committees to investigate the handling of the Lebanon war by the government and the military.
- More Securitymen Killed By Naxals Than By J&k Militants: Centre, States Discuss Today (Indian Express, Raman Kirpal, Aug 30, 2006)
Chief Secretaries and Director Generals of Police of 13 Naxalite-affected states are reaching New Delhi tomorrow for a meeting with Union Home Secretary V K Duggal to assess how states have fared in pooling intelligence on Naxal movement and the . . .
- A Country Unravels (Deccan Herald, AHMED RASHID, Aug 30, 2006)
The Baluch, who have waged four unsuccessful insurgencies against the army since 1947, have been demanding a fair share of the profits and development funds, and political representation.
- Big Blunder (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 30, 2006)
Pakistan needs to negotiate with the Baluchs.
- "There Cannot Be A Black To White Evolution In Nepal" (Hindu, Suresh Nambath and K. Ramachandran, Aug 30, 2006)
The country faces the twin challenges of bringing into the political mainstream the left-wing Maoists and keeping in check a right-wing monarch, according toKanak Mani Dixit, Editor ofHimal, who was in the forefront of the pro-democracy struggle.
- Pakistan's Baloch Crisis (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 30, 2006)
In the last weeks of his life, Akbar Khan Bugti twice told a confidant he wished to die the death of a martyr.
- Musharraf Sounds Warning (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Faced with widespread violence following the killing of Baluch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has warned that strict action would be taken against anyone who harmed the country.
- Ulfa May Utilise Ceasefire To Regroup, Army Tells Mha (Indian Express, Rajeev Bhattacharyya, Aug 30, 2006)
The ongoing suspension of operations against the outlawed ULFA is being used as an opportunity by the outfit to regroup and strengthen its links, the army has informed the Home ministry.
- From Bullets To Ballots In Kashmir? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 30, 2006)
Is the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen contemplating turning to politics? If he takes the peace road, Syed Salahuddin could face opposition from within his own organisation too.
- Bsf, Bdr Considering Wagha-Like Retreat (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Aug 30, 2006)
Shillong coordination meeting to discuss border management
- Massacre And Dispute (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The distinction between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is getting thinner with every passing day. However, what if someone killed as a terrorist or a potential killer does not even get the benefit of being owned up as a freedom fighter by anyone?
- ‘The Middle Way Is A Pragmatic Approach’ (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Aug 30, 2006)
Beijing can no longer afford to ignore the issue of Tibet. We are confident that it will be resolved, if not in this decade, maybe in the next few decades.
- The Road Ahead (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 30, 2006)
'India could not help us whereas we stood beside India throughout our history. We protect Hindus whereas all over Pakistan they were hunted and killed. A brave friend is better than a coward friend. India always showed her cowardliness in front of . . .
- Musharraf: Guardian Of Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has declared that he will not allow anyone to harm Pakistan.
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