|
|
|
|
|
|
Articles 6021 through 6120 of 27135:
- '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.
- Us Atrocities In Vietnam Out (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Atrocities against civilians and prisoners by Army soldiers during the Vietnam War were more common than originally disclosed to the public, according to a Los Angeles Times review of recently unsealed government files.
- Don't Punish Victims (Times of India, Rakesh Shukla, Aug 10, 2006)
The declaration of Bharti Yadav as a proclaimed offender in the Nitish Katara murder case is being touted as a crowning achievement for the prosecution.
- Enervating Israel's Neighbourhood (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 10, 2006)
The ongoing Israeli attack on Lebanon is only one episode in the long battle started more than six decades ago between the band of mountebanks and political usurpers put together by industrial nations of the West and the members of one of the most . . .
- Digitally Secure (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 10, 2006)
The Defence Ministry has issued a fresh set of guidelines towards ensuring cyber-security. Many of them are common sense precautions, and it is a matter of some surprise and regret that such systems were not in place already and regularly updated.
- Japan Renews Calls For Global N-Disarmament (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Japanese city of Nagasaki on Wednesday marked the 61st anniversary of its atomic bombing with renewed calls for global nuclear disarmament and criticism of the India-US civilian nuclear cooperation.
- Student Leader Killed In Dalgate Turns Out To Be Senior Militant (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
A student leader, enrolled in undergraduation course at Amar Singh College, today turned out to be a senior militant of Al-Mansoorain guerrilla outfit amid protests by residents of Dalgate locality who insisted that CRPF had killed "an innocent . . .
- Crisis In West Asia - Iran's Nuclear Ambitions (Daily Excelsior, Indu Prakash Singh, Aug 10, 2006)
As the war in West Asia escalates India seems to be ducking for cover from the crisis. It appears to be Samuel Huntington’s ‘Two Civilizations" conflict.
- Ministreal Incompetence (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 10, 2006)
These columns on November 6 were the first to call for Natwar Singh’s resignation as Foreign Minister.
- Nepal Arms Row Ends (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 10, 2006)
The festering dispute between Nepal’s seven-party government and the Maoists over decommissioning the guerilla soldiers, that aggravated this week, after Prime Minister Mr Koirala championed accommodating King Gyanendra in the future political . . .
- Seeking Invulnerability (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 10, 2006)
The US must not overthrow rogue regimes but, in exchange of nuclear guarantees, leave their fate in the hands of their own people, says Gwynne Dyer.
- Tigers Accuse Lankan Military Of Shelling Rebel-Held Areas (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The Government on Wednesday reclaimed control of a key canal that had been blocked by Tamil rebels in . . .
- Us Refuses Comment On Israel's Expanded Operations (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Aug 10, 2006)
The Bush administration has refused to comment substantively on the expanded military opertions in Lebanon by Israel, saying Washington has counselled the Jewish state in public and in private that utmost care must be taken to avoid loss of innocent . . .
- Sindh Bracing For Floods (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 10, 2006)
Ample notice has been served. Four days ago, the Federal Flood Commission (FFC) warned that a “very high flood” is likely to hit Guddu barrage on or about August 11.
- More Facilities For Legislators (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Aug 10, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz wants to improve the quality of life of the people of Pakistan. That has been promised by successive leaders often in the past. But the promise has hardly ever materialized except in case of a small number of people.
- Israel To Push Even Deeper Into Lebanon (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The Israeli security cabinet on Wednesday gave the green light for the army’s ground offensive to push deeper into south Lebanon, Deputy Prime Minister Eli Yishai said.
- Oic Arms For Hezbollah (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 10, 2006)
Mlaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar has said that the OIC should consider supply arms to Hezbollah for the defence of Lebanon, a member of the organization.
- Lebanon Will Be Israel’S Graveyard: Nasralla (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
A defiant Hizbollah chief vowed on Wednesday to turn south Lebanon into a “graveyard” for invading Israeli troops.
- Iran’S Positive Stance On Bla (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 10, 2006)
Tehrn has assured Pakistan that no element of the so-called Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) will be allowed to take refuge in Iran, Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah said in Islamabad on return from talks with the Iranian authorities on the issue.
- 60 Per Cent Americans Oppose Us War In Iraq: (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
US Blackhawk helicopter goes down in Iraq; Twenty civilians killed in bomb blast, four Iraqis held for allegedly kidnapping US journalist
- Tackling Ulfa-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 10, 2006)
The asymmetric secessionist war of the United Liberation Front of Asom has gravely endangered national security ever since its inception in 1979.
- Are Indian Muslims Getting Radicalised? (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Aug 10, 2006)
The Mumbai bomb blasts of July 11 “underscored a gathering threat for India: a small but increasingly deadly cadre of young and often educated Indian Muslims who are being drawn directly into terrorist operations,” according to a report in the New . . .
- Indian Floods Worsen, 4.5 Mln People Homeless (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Swollen rivers swamped thousands of villages and towns across India's south and west on Wednesday, forcing 4.5 million from their homes as rescuers struggled to bring them food and drinking water, officials said.
- Israeli Troops Enter Lebanese Town Of Marjayoun (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Israeli troops, backed by tanks and armored vehicles, entered the key south Lebanese town of Marjayoun early on Thursday hours after the Israeli Cabinet approved a plan to expand a ground offensive in Lebanon.
- Sonia, Pranab Visit Flood-Affected Regions Of Gujarat (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee started their one-day visit to the flood-affected regions of Gujarat this morning.
- Buffett And Hezbollah (The Financial Express, Thomas L Friedman, Aug 10, 2006)
The most important thing you need to know about Israel today and how it has performed in the war with Hezbollah is Warren Buffett.
- Three Conflicts, One Solution (Deccan Herald, Marwan Bishara, Aug 09, 2006)
The cause for unrest in West Asia is misunderstanding of each others’ sentiments.
- Congress Suspends Natwar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Wielding the stick at the stroke of midnight, the Congress leadership suspended former external affairs minister K Natwar Singh from the party’s primary membership late on Tuesday night
- Pm Shouldn't Give Me Lessons: Natwar (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Stung by his suspension from Congress, former External Affairs Miniter Natwar Singh, indicted in Iraqi oil scam, on Tuesday night launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Ministerial Council and declared that he was ready . . .
- Only Women Judges To Try Rape Cases? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 09, 2006)
The proposed amendment to the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), making it mandatory for rape cases to be tried only by women judges seems to be based on some superficial and erroneous notion.
- ‘India Proposed More Autonomy For Kashmir’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Prior to the Mumbai blasts, India had proposed to Pakistan large doses of autonomy to Kashmir within constitutional limits, freedom for non-terror detainees and troop reduction in the valley if militancy ended, a newspaper claimed yesterday.
- Battle Rages In Lebanon Amid Un Debate (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Hostilities between the Hizbollah militia and Israeli troops continued today as diplomats at the United Nations struggled to keep alive a peace plan in the face of demands from Arab nations for an immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern . . .
- India’S Protest (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
India has protested to Pakistan over the alleged construction of new bunkers and trenches along the international border, junior home minister S. Regupathy told parliament on Tuesday.
- Aids Cases Found Among Indian Forces; Govt Plans Prevention (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
As many as 986 cases of HIV/AIDS have been detected in the Central para-military forces which included the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and others.
- India Accuses Isi Of Recruiting Youths From Five States (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
India on Tuesday alleged that Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) has spread its reach to recruit youths from five Indian states besides Jammu and Kashmir.
- N Korean Leader Disappears From Public View (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il hasn’t appeared in public since his country test-fired missiles that drew international condemnation, leading to speculation of a possible sense of crisis inside the reclusive nation.
- Iraq Pm Slams Us-Aided Attack On Shia Militia Stronghold As 34 Killed (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Iraq's Prime Minister sharply criticised a US-Iraqi attack on a Shia militia stronghold in Baghdad, exposing a rift with his American partners on security tactics, as 24 people were killed on Tuesday in a series of bombings and shooting.
- Lebanon's Offer Interesting: Olmert (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Lebanon's offer to deploy 15,000 troops along the border with Israel is "interesting" and worthy of further consideration, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday. Israel has long demanded a deployment of Lebanese forces, along with the . . .
- N-Issue: Left Gets Restive Awaiting Govt Response (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Aug 09, 2006)
Even as the Left's negotiation on a comprehensive Sense of House Resolution on the Indo-US nuclear agreement from the UPA Government is still locked in a stalemate, the Left Front's meeting scheduled for Tuesday was cancelled.
- Vajpayee Triggers Ugly Spat Over Speaker Chatterjee (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
A stinging rebuff by former PM A B Vajpayee to Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Tuesday escalated the brewing cold war between the Opposition and Chatterjee into a full-fledged confrontation between the NDA and the UPA-Left combine.
- Remains Of That Day (Indian Express, ARITRO GANGULY, Aug 09, 2006)
Remains of that day Can the lull after the horror of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 last for ever?
- After Bomb Kills Kin, Life Turns Ghostly (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
After a bomb hits, the remains of a life are modest
- Deja Vu On Israel ? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
All Urdu dailies continue to give extensive coverage of the war in west Asia. India’s policy on Israel has got a special mention in many papers.
- Some Unreliable Sources (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
It was a small item on the international pages, barely meriting a second glance: A Norwegian journalist, Bjoern Benkow, had admitted to fabricating interviews with Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey.
- Rape Is About Women — And Men (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
Barring male judges from trying rape cases is based on too many assumptions and will be neither practical nor ethically appropriate
- Suspended, Natwar Kicks And Screams (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Aug 09, 2006)
Comes out with Amar Singh to say this PM didn’t even win a municipality election and what about Quattrocchi?
- Aid Announced For Flood Victims (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs 50,000 to next of kin of each victim of the floods and one month’s free ration to the affected families in Leh and Kargil districts of Ladakh region.
- Manmohan To Visit Gujarat, Maharashtra (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Andhra Pradesh gets Rs. 135.48 crore and Gujarat Rs. 96.86 crore from the Calamity Relief Fund
- Natwar Suspended (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Former external affairs minister K. Natwar Singh was suspended from the Congress Party late on Tuesday night.
- Europe And Israel's Acts Of Unilateralism (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Aug 09, 2006)
At the critical moment of decision making, internal contradictions come to the fore and Europe appears to drag its feet.
- You Cannot Kill Ideas With Guns (Hindu, Jackie Ashley , Aug 09, 2006)
Bush and Blair's belief that Islamism could be bombed into submission was deluded. We need to find a middle way.
- "Construction In Vasant Kunj Ridge Environmentally Unsound" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Centre places before Supreme Court findings of expert panel
- Delhi Eye On Ulfa Border Camps (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Four new Ulfa training camps have reportedly been sighted on the Indo-Bhutan border in Nalbari district but Delhi is “withholding” information on the location of these hideouts from the Bhutanese government to keep the possibility of talks with . . .
- Beirut Pleads For End Of War (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Israeli air strikes killed 14 villagers in south Lebanon today as Beirut pleaded for a swift end to Israel’s war with Hizbollah guerrillas that has cost up to 1,000 Lebanese and 100 Israeli lives in four weeks.
- Joint Nepal Letter To Un Planned (Telegraph, J. HEMANTH, Aug 09, 2006)
The Nepal government today announced that a joint letter, bearing the signatures of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and Maoist chief Prachanda, would be sent to the UN tomorrow asking the world body to monitor the arms of the Nepal Army and the . . .
- Us Atrocities In Vietnam Out (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Atrocities against civilians and prisoners by Army soldiers during the Vietnam War were more common than originally disclosed to the public, according to a Los Angeles Times review of recently unsealed government files.
- Cuba After Castro (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 09, 2006)
Dissidents like Oswaldo Paya say Fidel Castro's illness has changed the Communist country forever by exposing a system ruled by one man for nearly half-a-century to the influence of others - even if only temporarily.
- Israeli Warning Freezes Aid (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
UN relief aid in southern Lebanon was completely frozen today, aid agencies said after an Israeli warning that it would attack any moving vehicle south of the Litani River.
- Terror Leader: 'Nobody Can Hand Me Over To India' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The Kashmir issue can never be resolved through talks, believes Syed Salahuddin, leader of the Hizb-ul Mujahideen terrorist group, and chairman of the Jihad Council, an umbrella outfit comprising over a dozen Kashmiri terrorist groups.
- Godavari Recedes, No Respite From Floods (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
High tide in Bay adds to flood fury; 350 Konaseema villages marooned
- Sri Lanka Needs A New Peace Process (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 09, 2006)
"India wants the continuation of Norwegian role in Sri Lanka and even wants the US to get involved, and is saying so, both in private and public."
- 'Inshallah, Kashmir Will Become Part Of Pakistan' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
In her first major interview to the mainstream Indian media, the Dukhtaran-e-Millat leader reveals the Talibanesque mindset of a woman who's known as Malka-ul-Maut (Angel of Death)...
- Nationalism Versus Globalism In Oil (The Financial Express, Vikram S Mehta, Aug 09, 2006)
At the global level, concerns about security of the energy system are growing, while nations’ quest for securing supplies is intensifying. Is there a sustainable balance?
- Pre-'53 Status For Kashmir? (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Aug 09, 2006)
The UPA Government is reported to have submitted a 'non-paper' for Gen Musharraf's consideration, offering to roll back Jammu & Kashmir's integration with India ----
- Lebanon Offer Boosts Ceasefire Diplomacy (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Aug 09, 2006)
Hizbollah agrees to Beirut proposal to deploy 15,000 troops on the border with Israel
- Indo-Us To Hunt Terrorists In Pakistan! (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 09, 2006)
Statement of the US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher that some of the (terrorist) groups that have designs against India still have pieces in Pakistan is, in our view, both astonishing and highly condemnable.
- Over 2.5 Lakh Evacuated As Floods Wreak Havoc In Gujarat (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Aug 09, 2006)
Diamond city reels as most telephone lines go dead and power is cut off .
- Lankan Politics Helps Tigers (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Aug 09, 2006)
Truth is, indeed, the first casualty of the Sri Lanka war while the Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) is still in place. In recent battles, there have been three versions: Of the LTTE, the Government and the monitoring mission.
- Congress Suspends Natwar Over Iraq Scandal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Former foreign minister Natwar Singh was suspended from the ruling Congress party on Tuesday after an inquiry into Iraq's oil-for-food scandal said he sought favours from Saddam Hussein, a senior party leader said.
- Iraq Rape Blame On ‘Combat Stress’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Frequent deadly attacks by insurgents sapped morale and raised combat stress in an US Army platoon that included soldiers accused of raping and murdering a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, a member of the unit testified today.
- 33-Lakh Affected By Floods In Ap, Gujarat (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The flood situation was grim on Tuesday in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, with nearly 33 lakh people affected by rains and swollen rivers in both states even as an alert was sounded in Maharashtra's Marathwada and Vidarbha regions after 70 people died . . .
- Israeli Minister Says Russian Weapons Arming 'Terrorists' (New Indian Express, PTI, Aug 09, 2006)
Israeli Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter said in an interview published on Tuesday that "all the terrorists surrounding Israel" are using Russian weapons.
- Bofors & Volcker (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 09, 2006)
Last week the Pathak Commission probing the Volcker Report gave the Congress party a clean chit. Also last week, Mr Arun Singh emerged from the shadows after two decades to remind us of Bofors.
- Fanfare To Fizzle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 09, 2006)
National Rural Health Mission yet to take off
Whether it’s urban renewal or rural health, national missions ~ the UPA dispensation’s buzzword for reaching out to the people ~ ironically reflect the dead hand of government.
- Ltte Lifts Waterway Blockade (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 09, 2006)
On day 14 of the "water war" the LTTE unilaterally lifted the waterway blockade in the east even as the Army continued to target the Tamil Tigers positions in and around the waterway. At least three persons were killed in a powerful car bomb . . .
- Israel Studying Lebanon's Offer, Says Olmert (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Israel is studying Lebanon's offer to deploy some 15,000 Lebanese troops along the Israel-Lebanon border, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday.
- A Many-Sided Threat (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Aug 09, 2006)
The Government of India has postponed the scheduled talks between the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan and so is the proposed visit of the Prime Minister to Pakistan.
- India Floods Close Energy Plants (British Broadcasting Corporation, bbc correspondent, Aug 09, 2006)
Floods in western India have forced the closure of a natural gas plant and some petrochemical factories, officials say.
- Water Flows To Sri Lanka Farmers (British Broadcasting Corporation, bbc correspondent, Aug 09, 2006)
Water has begun flowing to farmers in north-east Sri Lanka after a canal reopened that was at the centre of fighting between the army and rebels.
- Natwar Suspended From Cong, To Get Show Cause Notice (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Wielding the axe, the Congress tonight suspended indicted party leader Natwar Singh from primary membership of the party and asked him to show cause why he should not be expelled for misuse of his position for procuring oil contracts from Iraq in 2001 . .
Previous 100 Defense Issues Articles | Next 100 Defense Issues Articles
Home
Page
|
|
