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Articles 6721 through 6820 of 27135:
- Mystery Us Plane Forced To Land In Mumbai (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
An "Atlas Air" aircraft flying in from the Kenyan capital Nairobi was ordered by the Indian Air Force to land at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport after it aroused suspicion in the minds of Indian authorities.
- Arab, Israel Envoys Face Off In Delhi (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 01, 2006)
The widespread anger over the Israeli war against Lebanon has affected the diplomatic community in New Delhi with Israeli ambassador to India David Danieli’s attempts to justify the aggression drawing strong criticism from the Arab envoys posted here.
- In The Air, Us Tastes Own Medicine (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
India today gave the US a mild taste of its own airspace defence mechanisms adopted after 9/11 when it forced a private cargo aircraft to land in Mumbai after the plane changed its call sign from military to civil.
- West Asia Biggest Test For Upa Government (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 01, 2006)
Developments in West Asia are proving to be the biggest test of Indian foreign policy in recent times as New Delhi finds itself under increasing pressure to review its strategic ties with Israel.
- Uma Trains Guns On Left, Congress (Tribune, Varinder Singh, Aug 01, 2006)
Training her guns at the Left parties and the Congress and hinting that her party would have an ideological and political confrontation with both, firebrand leader Uma Bharti has equated the BJP with a dead body “devoid of any soul”.
- Civilians Suffer In Lebanon (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Aug 01, 2006)
Not infrequently, one incident in a war or war-like situation transforms its outcome. So it was in Bosnia where a market massacre tilted the scales against the Bosnian Serbs.
- Women In Uniform (Tribune, G.S. Bedi, Aug 01, 2006)
Women have been inducted into the Indian armed forces since 1992-93 only as short service commissioned officers.
- Families Were Asleep As Israeli Bombs Fell (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The bodies were carried into daylight one by one, all grey-skinned with dust, one small boy his mouth stuffed with dirt, a stiffened arm pointing accusingly into the air. Wasps and flies buzzed with greedy excitement around his face and blood-sodden hair.
- North Korea’S Missile Men (Tribune, Barbara Demick, Aug 01, 2006)
When North Korea first test-launched a missile capable of reaching Japan, the son of the country’s leader lavished praise and gifts on the researchers who had labored away on the project behind locked doors.
- Hezbollah Breach Resumes Israeli Action (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Israeli planes hit targets in southern Lebanon today after Hezbollah guerrillas blasted an Israeli tank and injured three Israeli soldiers, breaking a brief respite in 20 days of fighting.
- Stop It Now (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 01, 2006)
The attack on a building in Qana, Lebanon, which killed some three dozen children and a score of adult civilians, has shocked the world by the magnitude of the tragedy.
- Lashkar Targeting N-Sites (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Acknowledging that Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Toiba is planning strikes on critical infrastructure, military targets and religious places, Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Lok Sabha today that the government was taking all possible . . .
- Dialogue Of The Deaf (Times of India, SANJAY SUBRAHMANYAM, Aug 01, 2006)
Nearly three weeks ago, the kidnapping of a handful of soldiers unleashed a massive Israeli campaign of retaliation. Gaza was pounded, leading to considerable destruction in the infrastructure of an already miserable area.
- Serial Blasts: Prosecution Counsel Examines Many Witnesses (Hindu, V.S. Palaniappan, Aug 01, 2006)
Says minor discrepancies in deposition of witnesses will not affect case
- Recipe For Renewal (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 01, 2006)
Some senior Congress leaders have privately urged Ms. Sonia Gandhi to 'review the Congress ideology and policy'.
- India, Pakistan Renew Commitment To Peace Process (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Aug 01, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Monday pledged to push a peace process that had come under severe strain after New Delhi blamed Pakistan-based Islamist militants for the Mumbai bombings.
- Senior Sri Lanka Rebel Says War Back On, 28 Dead (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Aug 01, 2006)
Eighteen soldiers were killed on Monday night when a fragmentation mine blew up their army bus in restive east Sri Lanka, hours after a top Tamil Tiger accused the government of restarting the country's two-decade civil war.
- Israel Rules Out Early Ceasefire (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Aug 01, 2006)
Israel ruled out an early ceasefire as it resumed air strikes across the Lebanese border on Monday.
- India Can't Afford To Snap Israel Ties (Times of India, RAJAT PANDIT, Aug 01, 2006)
Defence minister Pranab Mukherjee may have 'deferred' his visit to Israel last month due to 'political sensitivities', but there is little chance of UPA government capitulating to the Left's demand for severing all military ties with the Jewish state.
- Sri Lankan Army Faces Fierce Resistance (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 01, 2006)
The bloodiest battle between LTTE and the army since the signing of the ceasefire agreement
- Tsunami Godown Opens Doors To The Needy Elsewhere (Hindu, M. Dinesh Varma, Aug 01, 2006)
NGO engaged in sorting, mending and despatching clothing to several Indian States and Pakistan
- American Satellite Captures Terror Camps In Pakistan (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Aug 01, 2006)
When India's national security establishment and foreign office mandarins meet with interlocutors from Islamabad and Washington over the next few days amid a spat over sponsorship of terrorism in the neighbourhood, they could draw upon court . . .
- Wrong Place, Wrong Time (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
It seems that some political advisers of President Musharraf are managing to do what the opposition parties have failed to so far so far --
- Qana Massacre And The Security Council (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 01, 2006)
The primary role of any Chapter VII resolution or expanded U.N. peacekeeping force must be to protect Lebanon from Israeli aggression.
- Coalition Politics In A Quasi-Military-Repub (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
The writer is editor current affairs, The News, and editor South Asian Journal
Before the ruling coalition in Sindh, and at the centre, could fall apart, the arbitration by President General Pervez Musharraf worked its magic to keep the adversaries tog
- Halt N-Work By 31st, Un Tells Iran (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The UN Security Council on Monday demanded that Iran suspend its nuclear activities in a month or face the threat of sanctions, but Tehran denounced the move as illegal and vowed to press on.
- Masses Will Reject Opposition, Says Musharra (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf came down heavily on the opposition on Monday, saying that they wanted to destabilise the country when it was heading towards stability.
- Nato Forces Move Into Afghanistan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Nato forces on Monday took over security from a US-led coalition in restive southern Afghanistan embarking on one of the alliance’s biggest ground operations in its history.
- Enough Is Enough (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
It was only a matter of time before Israel's reckless and savage Lebanon strategy ended in a terrible tragedy that would shake the civilised world. It happened on Sunday at Qana in southern Lebanon, when Israeli jets flattened a building killing . . .
- Train From China (Indian Express, K Srinivasan, Aug 01, 2006)
Yana Banerjee-Bey, in ‘Tibet on the train to the future’ (Bywords, IE, July 14), writes about how Tibetans’ traditional way of life can only change for the better, thanks to the new train that links Tibet to mainland China.
- The Tribes Of War (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 01, 2006)
When the Israeli press, politicians and intellectuals speak with regret about the "Lebanon War," it is usually to say the cost to Israel was too high or to point out that the invasion failed to achieve its objectives.
- Israel Supplies Key To Indian Defence...And Cpm Wants Delhi To . . . (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Aug 01, 2006)
While several MPs today joined the chorus of condemnation of Israel after its strike that killed 37 children, the CPM and its general secretary Prakash Karat have urged the Government to not only snap military ties with Israel but seek UN sanctions.
- Ai Flies Evacuated Sri Lankans To Colombo (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 01, 2006)
Three hundred and twenty four Sri Lankan nationals evacuated from Lebanon arrived here early on Monday by a special Air India flight.
- Copter Patrol In Mumbai, Delhi To Check Terror Designs (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Stung by the Mumbai blasts and with clear indications that there was not going to be any let up in the terror offensive against India, Centre is considering introducing helicopter patrol in the Capital and Mumbai as part of a larger plan to protect . . .
- The Horse Is Dead. Don’T Flog It (Indian Express, Abhishek Singhvi, Aug 01, 2006)
The BJP is attempting to use the remarks of Arun Singh in an interview to revive the Bofors issue qua the late prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, and the Congress Party.
- Cruel, Senseless Campaign (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 01, 2006)
There can be no doubt that Israel is continuing to get away with the massacre of innocents because efforts to bring about a ceasefire have been stalled by the United States.
- The End Of The Road In Lebanon (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
Garbage. Garbage piled on garbage.
- Farm Labourer Gives Birth To Quadruplets (Hindu, Rajesh Nair, Aug 01, 2006)
"Survival of babies depends on post-natal care" "Except breathing problem that she reported three days before the delivery,everything was normal"
- More Arab Than Arabs (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 01, 2006)
Why isn’t Left’s Mid East policy centred on our interests? The crisis doesn’t affect ties with Israel
- Israel Continues Bombardment (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 01, 2006)
On Monday Israel did not abide by the 48-hour cessation of bombing it promised after Sunday's slaughter of 55 civilians at the southern village of Qana.
- Lashkar Targeting Critical Infrastructure: Pranab (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Pakistan-based militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba is planning to carry out some strikes on critical infrastructure, military targets and religious places, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee informed the Lok Sabha on Monday.
- A Night Of Death And Terror In Lebanon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The dead lay in strange shapes. Several had open mouths filled with dirt. Faces were puffy. A man’s arm was extended straight out from his body, his fingers spread.
- ‘I Did Not Take Any Money—that I Am 100 Per Cent Sure Of. For The Rest I Cannot Say, But I Would . . . (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 31, 2006)
My guest today is perhaps India’s most famous recluse, Arun Singh. Thank you for agreeing to this interview.
- Musharraf's Puppet (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 31, 2006)
Beware of Attique Khan in PoK ---- T he recent 'election' in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was not only illegitimate, it amounted to a blatant mockery of democracy.
- Flotsam Of The Indian Navy (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Jul 31, 2006)
Navy war room leaks signify certain grave institutional weaknesses that crept into the system after the triumph in the 1971 war; these have to be corrected urgently ------
- Admission Of Debility (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 31, 2006)
And so, after five-and-a-half years of rolling his eyes at the "shuttle diplomacy" of his predecessor, George W Bush has to send his, Secretary of State to the West Asia to do just that:
- Bangalore Figures Fifth On Country's Crime Chart (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Bangalore has beaten New Delhi and Mumbai, albeit infamously. In its latest findings, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), rates Bangalore as the city recording the fifth highest crime rate, accounting for 9.2% of crimes in the country.
- Three Troops Killed In Kohlu Mine Blast (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
An Army truck struck an anti-tank land mine on a dirt road in Balochistan province on Sunday, killing three soldiers and wounding three others, officials said.
- A Political Canon (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 31, 2006)
The past never goes away in Indian public life. Unresolved, its episodes lie silent, ready to bubble over with all their old destabilising power at the feeblest prodding.
- Eighteen Years, One Question (Indian Express, Arun Jaitley, Jul 31, 2006)
The comments made by Arun Singh, a close personal friend of Rajiv Gandhi and the former minister of state for defence, that he requested the Rajiv Gandhi that it was the prime minister and the defence minister’s job to find out who . . .
- Forces Infiltrated? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 31, 2006)
There must be no going ballistic over a LeT operative’s disclosure of links with some members of the security forces in J&K.
- Rain Havoc In Maha, Gujarat: Army Joins Rescue Operations (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Rain fury has caused havoc in western Maharashtra and Gujarat where acres of farmland turned into rivulets and thousands had to be evacuated to safer places. While four deaths were reported from Gujarat, two people died in western Maharashtra on Sunday.
- Yet, Sonia Defended Them In Parliament, Salman In Courts (New Indian Express, S Gurumurthy , Jul 31, 2006)
It was founded in the year 1977. Not by a religious leader, but by an English-educated academic, Mohammed Ahamadullah Siddiqui.
- Understanding Pakistan~ii (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jul 31, 2006)
I n August 1947, the new Pakistani elite hardly felt or even wished to feel free of the British ~ they merely felt independent of what they saw as Congress domination, and had now acquired some power for themselves.
- Floods In South, Central Gujarat (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Jul 31, 2006)
Situation eases in western Maharashtra; discharge from dams reduced
- Coping With Terror (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 31, 2006)
As it is, nuclear installations and other security buildings are the obvious targets for the terrorists.
- Look What Arun Singh Said, Say Bjp And Left (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Cong dismisses Rajiv minister’s claim, says case was ‘fabricated’
- Lankan Troops Strike Ltte (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Sri Lankan troops launched their first deliberate advance on Tamil Tiger rebels since a 2002 ceasefire on Sunday, moving to secure a rebel-held water supply as government jets bombed suspected groups of Tiger fighters.
- Us Attacker Used Girl As A Shield (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
The man suspected in a fatal shooting rampage hid behind a potted plant in a Jewish charity's foyer and forced his way through a security door by holding a gun to a 13-year-old girl's head, the police chief said.
- Broker Peace (Times of India, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 31, 2006)
Even as Israel continues to pound Lebanon and the death toll, mostly civilian, continues to rise, the US has done precious little to stop the conflict.
- 37 Children Die In Israeli Air Strike (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Fifty-four people, at least 34 of them children, were killed in an Israeli air blitz on the Lebanese village of Qana on Sunday, triggering outrage across the region and warnings of retribution for Israel's "war crime". Later in the day, Israel said . . .
- Rain Wreaks Havoc In Maharashtra, Gujarat (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Over 70,000 persons were evacuated by the Army from Sangli, Satara and Solapur districts in Western Maharashtra with the Krishna River flowing above the danger level and heavy rains lashing the region since the last few days.
- When Memory Is Selective (Tribune, K.K. Katyal, Jul 31, 2006)
Narration of contemporary events and trends by a major player is not an easy task – he may be pilloried for what appear to be overstatements or understatements, may be questioned on points of fact, or may be seen as indulging in self-glorification.
- India Seeks Results From Peace Moves With Pakistan (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jul 31, 2006)
India remains committed to making peace with Pakistan but the effort would mean little if it does not help curb the movement of Islamist militants across the border, India's defence minister said on Sunday.
- India Condemns Bombing Of Lebanon By Israel (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
India condemned as "outrageous" Israel's air strikes on Lebanon today which left dozens of people dead and suggested an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the region.
- Lessons In Foreign Policy (Tribune, Rosa Brooks, Jul 31, 2006)
Let’S pretend. It’s been a bad few weeks, with the Israel–Lebanon confrontation daily growing more devastating and Iraq continuing its downward spiral. Why not indulge in a brief escapist fantasy?
- Senior Sri Lanka Rebel Says Truce Void, War Back On (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Jul 31, 2006)
Sri Lanka's four-year ceasefire is now void and the island's two-decade civil war is back on, a top Tamil Tiger rebel told Reuters on Monday as the guerrillas and the military entered a sixth straight day of fighting.
- Israel Agrees To Stop Aerial Activities For 48 Hrs (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Israel has offered to halt air strikes in southern Lebanon for 48 hours to allow civilians to leave, said an Israeli foreign ministry official.
- India Calls For Ceasefire In Lebanon (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
India has strongly condemned the continued “irresponsible and indiscriminate bombing” of Lebanon by the Israeli military and reiterated its call for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire.
- Children’S Blood Stains West Asia War (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
An Israeli air strike today killed more than 60 Lebanese civilians, including at least 37 children, fuelling world pressure for a ceasefire.
- N-Deal: Detractors Target Iran Links (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jul 31, 2006)
Three US lawmakers have demanded that the State Department investigate why officials delayed a report on two Indian companies accused of selling missile spare parts to Iran.
- Massacre In Qana: 54 Die (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Last night at 1 am, Israeli Defence Forces bombed the town of Qana in southern Lebanon.
- Sri Lankan Jets Strike As Troops Advance On Tigers (Reuters, Peter Apps, Jul 31, 2006)
Sri Lankan troops began their first deliberate advance on Tamil Tiger rebels since a 2002 ceasefire on Sunday, moving to secure a rebel-held water supply and using air strikes to hold off rebel reinforcements.
- India Flays Lebanon Bombing, Calls For Truce (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
India condemned as 'outrageous' Israel's air strikes on Lebanon on Sunday which left dozens of people dead and suggested an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the region.
- President's Panacea (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 31, 2006)
The fact that President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is a scientist, missile man and a visionary invests him with an extremely rare personality. He exudes the energy of youth and the wisdom of an experienced scholar.
- Terrorism Is Inherent In Pok (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Jul 31, 2006)
A few years ago an angry feminist told a women conference in Lahore that the condition of women in Pakistan would not improve unless the two-nation theory was discarded.
- Historic Chapter (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 31, 2006)
The seventh anniversary of the "Operation Vijay" has come and gone. A grateful nation has paid homage to its martyrs ---- quite a few of them young Army officers --- who had laid down their lives to repulse an audacious Pakistani intrusion in the . . .
- Khushab Will Truck Through India's Defences (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Jul 31, 2006)
The Washington Post reported on July 23 that Pakistan is aiming to significantly expand its nuclear weapons arsenal with Khushab-based heavy water reactor that could produce plutonium for 40 to 50 bombs a year.
- 24 Hours News Channel (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 31, 2006)
Satelite television in India is just over a decade old.
- 34 Children Among 54 Killed In Deadly Israeli Air Strike (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 31, 2006)
Families in the basement of a building in Qana bore the brunt of the attack
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