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Articles 6421 through 6520 of 27135:
- Beirut Bridges Bombed (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Israel expanded its assault on Lebanon on Friday, launching its first major attack on the Christian heartland north of Beirut and severing the last significant road link to Syria.
- Quota In One Go: Cabinet Thwarts Arjun's Bid (Times of India, Rajeev Deshpande, Aug 05, 2006)
HRD minister Arjun Singh faces near isolation over his bid to push for a one-time rollout of OBC quotas, with his determined bid to delink the proposed reservations from a hike in general category seats being firmly thwarted by his senior cabinet . . .
- Now, Only Women Judges To Try Rape Cases: Crpc Bill (Times of India, Dhananjay Mahapatra, Aug 04, 2006)
Women judges for rape victims, a witness protection regime, victims' right to appeal against acquittal of accused and recognition to video recording as evidence — these are some of the pathbreaking provisions proposed in a Bill cleared by the . . .
- Israel, Hezbollah Show No Signs Of Let-Up (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Israel launched fresh air strikes on Beirut today after Hezbollah guerrillas fired rockets deep into northern Israel, as Lebanese officials said the country's death toll in 23 days of fighting between the two sides had crossed 900.
- Hezbollah, Israel Rule Out Truce (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Israel is pouring thousands of ground troops into southern Lebanon with the aim of creating a buffer zone there until the arrival of a multinational force, the military said on Thursday.
- Bridge Washed Away (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Adverse weather conditions in the monsoon season continues to wreak havoc in the far-flung areas of Kinnaur and Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh creating panic among the tribal people.
- Mole Draws A Hole (Daily Excelsior, Indranil Banerjea, Aug 04, 2006)
Accusations without substance are irresponsible. An accusation to play petty politics is another name for opportunism.
- Lanka War Clouds (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 04, 2006)
The outbreak of full-scale hostilities between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has blown to bits the ceasefire that held for over four years from 2002.
- 34 Killed As Ltte `Overruns' Muttur Town (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 04, 2006)
Water war spreads to Batticaloa, Mullaitivu and Mannar districts
TamilNet alleges killing of civilians by Sri Lankan troopers
Sri Lanka rejects Norway's call for an end to the current hostilities
- War Clouds Darken The Outlook For Peace (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 04, 2006)
Sri Lanka appears headed for civil war, with the LTTE stepping up its attacks. The peace constituency has suffered a further blow with three European nations pulling out of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission.
- Worst Foot Forward (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Aug 04, 2006)
The vote of the Jewish community is of crucial importance in a number of key states in the American elections. Equally important is the size of campaign funds Jewish business tycoons are capable of contributing.
- A River Runs Through It (Telegraph, Kaushik Roy, Aug 04, 2006)
Geography is the mother of history, more so in the case of military history. Certain regions, owing to their strategic location, become sites for contest.
- Ask Them Nicely (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 04, 2006)
Congress is defending nuke deal well. But on issues like quotas it needs allies, even from Opposition
- Israel Denies Wounding Indian Peacekeepers (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Israel today denied that two Indian peacekeepers in Lebanon were wounded in a strike by its military aircraft on July 29 and maintained that the injuries took place when a mortar fired by the Hezbollah exploded.
- Call The Bluff (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 04, 2006)
Even Mr Manmohan Singh’s mildness and patience have their limits. The prime minister has, at long last, done some straight talking to the comrades.
- Quiet Fortitude (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 04, 2006)
There has been a resurgence of interest in the role of women in World War II. One area where women did contribute in significant numbers . . .
- Opposition, Upa Allies Force Adjournments In Rajya Sabha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Rare show of solidarity on demand for statement on India- United States nuclear declaration; CPI will not associate with BJP on the issue
- No Flood Warning, Says Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Gujarat "completely failed" in providing relief to flood-affected
- J&k Sex Racket: Court Defers Hearing (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
A court in Srinagar on Thursday deferred the hearing on bail applications of four persons arrested in connection with the sex racket case as the defence counsel could not reach the court in time.
- "Car With Bombs Was Parked Near Venue Of Advani's Meeting" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Accused could not switch on bomb as the car lock got jammed, it says
Six boxes containing "bombs" found inside the car: prosecution
Seventh box had wires for triggering explosion
It was not a live bomb, says defence
- Mist Lifts But Hurdles Remain For India-Pak Peace (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Aug 04, 2006)
It was one of the briefest winters in the traditionally tumultuous relations between India and Pakistan.
- "Germany's Michelangelo", Hitler's Favourite, On Show (Reuters, LOUIS CHARBONNEAU, Aug 04, 2006)
A naked man with the body of a Greek god, a textbook Aryan face and the haircut of a Nazi foot soldier. A muscular warrior brandishing a massive stone as he prepares for an act of vengeance.
- 21 Dead, Lanka Slips Towards Civil War (Press Trust of India, PTI, Aug 04, 2006)
Artillery pounded Tamil Tiger positions in northeast Sri Lanka while rebels fought firefights with troops early on Thursday as the island slipped back towards civil war.
- Harnessing Hate (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 04, 2006)
Lashkar terrorist Syed Abdul Karim `Tunda' has vanished after the Mumbai explosions, but his legacy refuses to disappear.
- Ban Foreign Ceos For Indian Firms? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 04, 2006)
Considering India’s history, it is natural that the government of India would tread cautiously whenever national security is at stake.
- Un Mission Predicts Progress In Nepal Talks (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 04, 2006)
As he ended up his week-long assessment trip to Nepal today, Mr Kofi Annan’s envoy and UN mission chief, Mr Staffan de Mistura said he was “cautiously optimistic” that the peace talks between the government and Maoists would go forward, he also . . .
- ‘Iraq Set For Civil War’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Iraq is sliding toward civil war, and is likely to divide eventually along ethnic lines, Britain’s outgoing Ambassador to the country warned in a memo to Prime Minister Mr Tony Blair, according to a news report today.
- N-Deal Isolates Cong, Brings Left, Right Together (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Congress lurches from crisis to crisis ---- The strong political undercurrent against the arbitrary shifting of "goalposts" by the USA on the nuclear deal erupted into a full blown controversy on Thursday in the Rajya Sabha with the Left joining the . . .
- Assam Rifles Bill Passed Unanimously (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The Lok Sabha on Thursday unanimously passed the Assam Rifles Bill seeking to inculcate greater discipline among personnel of this specialised counter-insurgency force and ensure proper grievance redressal mechanism by introducing clauses identical . . .
- Three Civilians Killed In Israeli Night Raids On Lebanon (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Three civilians were killed early Friday when Israeli warplanes hit several regions of Lebanon including southern Beirut, stronghold of the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah movement, targeted for the second consecutive night, police said.
- What Ails Pakistan? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
Another Pakistan Independence Day already! My goodness, how the years have gone by! Ah, yes, the summer of 1947, when Pakistan appeared on the world map.
- Time For Talks (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 04, 2006)
The Balochistan governor has declared victory against militant tribesmen, saying that the revolt led by Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has been quelled. With more and more Bugti and Marri tribesmen laying down arms and surrendering to government forces . . .
- Military Muscle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 04, 2006)
The defence establishment obviously got jittery when the nationwide outrage at the bombing of civilians in Lebanon saw the Left parties press for scrapping military purchases from Israel.
- A New Challenge For Nato (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 04, 2006)
“The mission is simple - but the delivery of it is complex,” British defence secretary, Des Browne, told the Commons last month, a neat summary of Britain’s task in Afghanistan, but also a misleading one.
- Shifting The Blame (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
Since September 11, 2001, Islam has been demonised.
- India's Spies For All Seasons (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Aug 04, 2006)
My fear about the spy scare - not so much a real scare as exciting gossip that diminishes Mr Jaswant Singh's highly readable memoir A Call to Honour: In Service of Emergent India - is that it might reinforce what he calls American "reluctance to . . .
- Notional Security Adviser (Pioneer, MN Buch, Aug 04, 2006)
MK Narayanan had no business going candid on television and making a mockery of everything that Intelligence stands for, says MN Buch
- It's War Against Islamism (Pioneer, Tony Blair, Aug 04, 2006)
From Gaza to Kashmir, Islamist extremism's whole strategy is based on a presumed sense of grievance
- Nda, Cpm United On N-Deal Resolution (Asian Age, Ramesh Ramachandran, Aug 04, 2006)
The Congress-led UPA government was isolated in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday as all the parties, including Telugu Desam, AIADMK, Samajwadi Party, CPI(M) and the NDA, pressed for a resolution so that Parliament can "send a message to the United . . .
- Deal With ‘Generals’ A Big Sin: Sharif (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said he considers striking a deal with the "generals" as a "big sin." Addressing the party general council by telephone, Mr Sharif ruled out any deal with the rulers and vowed to oust the government . . .
- Combat Fatigues To Corporate Warriors (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Generals in the armed forces, including vice-chief of army staff Lieutenant General S. Pattabhiraman, are enrolling themselves in management schools for corporate jobs after a new law that paves the way for them to don business suits after years . . .
- Tough Choices For Musharraf (News International, Shafqat Mahmood, Aug 04, 2006)
The writer is a former member of parliament and a freelance columnist based in Lahore
- Israel Bleeds In Hizbollah Blitz (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Hizbollah rockets killed seven people in northern Israel today and three Israeli soldiers died in combat in southern Lebanon, the highest number of Israeli dead in one day since fighting began on July 12.
- Civilians Die In Lanka (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Artillery fire killed at least 15 civilians sheltering from fighting in Sri Lanka today, the army said, as troops battled Tamil Tiger rebels and the island slipped back towards civil war.
- The House They All Built (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 04, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party would not be itself if it stopped playing politics with history.
- Reason To Smile, Still? (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 04, 2006)
There is need for Government to be more transparent about what's cooking with the United States on the nuclear deal ----
- To Do Or Not To Do (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 04, 2006)
Privatisation of defence industry would serve to strengthen it.
- Plight Of South Asian Workers In Lebanon (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Aug 04, 2006)
Many illegal immigrants have faced abuse, exploitation
- All-Clear For Assam Rifles To Become Armed Force (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The Lok Sabha today cleared two legislations, the Assam Rifles Bill and the Cess Laws (Abolition) Bill.
- Qana An Error, Says Israel, As Toll Revised Downwards (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The Israeli military did not know civilians were in a Lebanese building they bombed on Sunday and would not have attacked if it knew, a report said today.
- Tattered Truce (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 04, 2006)
Both Sri Lankan military and the LTTE need to revert to talks.
- Sri Lanka On The Brink (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 04, 2006)
Sri Lanka's four-year-old ceasefire is in critical condition, and with the resumption of full-scale hostilities, all that separates it from death is an official declaration by one or the other side, with the required two-week notice, of withdrawal . . .
- Uniform Not The Real Issue (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
The Pakistan Air Force's unilateral decision to take over almost 23,000 acres of the country's largest national park comes as no real surprise.
- Israel’S Loss Of Innocence (Indian Express, Ranjan Gupta, Aug 04, 2006)
As the strains of the sad Yiddish song faded, many thought of suffering of the Jewish people, the horrors of the holocaust, and their relentless search for the promised land.
- Nato's Challenge In Afghanistan (News International, Rahimullah Yusufzai, Aug 04, 2006)
Within 24 hours of the transfer of command from the US-led coalition to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in six southern provinces in . . .
- Peace Dam Bursts In Sri Lanka (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 04, 2006)
With the `water war' spilling over, the period of political engagement is over and yet another phase of military confrontation has begun in Sri Lanka. In Colombo, RASHEEDA BHAGAT traces the genesis of the latest conflict and gauges the mood in the . . .
- Us Shift On India Nuclear Policy Tilts Regional Balance (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Aug 04, 2006)
Perhaps nowhere else do American foreign policymakers face more contradictions than in the area stretching from Israel to Korea.
- ‘Foreigners Will Be Handled According To Tribal Tradition’ (Daily Times, Iqbal Khattak, Aug 04, 2006)
The grand tribal jirga will tackle the presence of foreign militants in North Waziristan according to ‘rewaj’ (tribal tradition) and they will not register with the government, a senior member of the jirga told Daily Times by phone from Miranshah.
- Hot Pursuit (Tribune, Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Aug 03, 2006)
Has hot pursuit become hot air? Gen Pervez Musharraf’s latest warning to India against hot pursuit is that it will be “paid back in the same coin”. The Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson even said: “This could trigger a nuclear war”.
- Isolated, Congress Consults Allies For Better Coordination (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 03, 2006)
Finding itself isolated in Parliament last week, the Congress leadership, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, have now taken it upon themselves to consult all UPA allies for better . . .
- A Crusader For Justice (Tribune, Chitleen K. Sethi, Aug 03, 2006)
Dr DC Saxena was a one-man army. A crusader who fought relentlessly for righteousness, even if it meant rubbing the high and mighty the wrong way, inviting trouble for himself.
- Israel “Captures” Five Hezbollah Militants (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Stepping up their ground offensive, Israeli forces today captured five Hezbollah operatives and killed several others in the farthest incursion into Lebanese territory in its three-week-old operation.
- The Elusive Mole (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 03, 2006)
In the thriller genre, there is none to beat the spy thriller — the cloak and dagger danger missions, the foreign policy twists and turns, the unmasking of the spy in the last pages of the book, all making for a roller-coaster experience.
- An Opportunity For Muslims: Bitta (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
All India Anti-Terrorist Front chairman and former Youth Congress president Maninderjit Singh Bitta on Wednesday called upon Muslim organisations to register protest against terrorists perpetrating violence in the name of their religion and defaming . . .
- Tigers Started It, Says Army (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 03, 2006)
Four locations overrun in Trincomalee, says TamilNet
- Fierce Fighting In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 03, 2006)
The "water war" between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan Government on Wednesday spread to new areas in the east. It claimed the lives of 40 and injured scores, according to an official count.
- Unsure Among The Boys (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 03, 2006)
The author is president, Centre for Policy Research
- Ltte Takes War Deep Into Govt Territory (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s civil war appeared to have resumed in all but name on Wednesday as Tamil Tigers attacked three army camps and pushed into government territory while the military said dozens of rebels were killed.
- Us Prepares Plans For Post-Castro Cuba (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
After waiting nearly half a century for Fidel Castro to relinquish power, Washington is warily monitoring the provisional transition in Havana, confident it has plans in place to assist pro-democracy groups in Cuba and to head off any mass exodus . . .
- Cuba At Crossroads (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 03, 2006)
its probably the beginning of the end of Fidel Castro’s rule.
- Is It Selfish To Want Peace? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 03, 2006)
Visaka Dharmadasa was one of the many silent sufferers of the conflict in Sri Lanka till she found out in 2003 that her son, a soldier in the Sri Lankan army, missing since 1998, was actually dead.
- Army Teams For Nuke Attack (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The army has set up special teams designed to respond to nuclear attacks both in border areas and in the capital, the defence ministry has said in response to queries from a standing committee of Parliament.
- Privilege Notice Against Jaswant (Tribune, Satish Misra, Aug 03, 2006)
Despite his party coming to his defence, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh’s book ‘A Call to Honour’ is turning out to be his Waterloo as the Left, along with the Samajwadi Party and the Congress, today moved a privilege . . .
- Undeclared War In Lanka (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s civil war appeared to have resumed in all but name today as Tamil Tigers attacked three army camps and pushed into government territory and the military said dozens of rebels were killed.
- 47 Killed As Tigers Go On Offensive (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers attacked three army camps and pushed into government territory in the east today, as an artillery duel killed at least 47 persons a day after suicide bombers tried to sink a ship with 850 troops aboard.
- *20 Hurt In Surankote Blast (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
and police today gunned down two militants of Harkat-ul-Jehad Islami (HUJI) and apprehended another as troops suffered a fatal casualty in day long operation at village Kochal in Chatroo area of Doda district while 20 persons were injured, two of . . .
- Two Militants Killed While Making Ied, 3 Injured (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Two militants were killed and three others injured when they were manufacturing an IED which exploded accidentally in a village in Tral. Elsewhere, two more militants were killed in separate encounters at Awantipora and Bandipore while as four . . .
- 50 Cops Removed From Militancy Hit Areas (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, Aug 03, 2006)
As many as 100 police constables have been kept under "surveillance list" by Jammu Police for their suspected links with different militant outfits especially Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
- Parity In Uniform (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 03, 2006)
More than a year after the Union Cabinet approved the scrapping of the women’s special entry scheme under the Army’s short service commission (SSC), the Army and the government have finally acted to bring men and women on a par . . .
- Cuban Challenge (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 03, 2006)
The temporary stepping down from power of Cuban president Fidel Castro, who is in his eighties and undergoing surgery for intestinal bleeding, has prompted speculation about a change of guard.
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