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Articles 13621 through 13720 of 27135:
- Tehelka Expose: Court Rejects Jain’S Second Bail Plea (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
A Delhi court has rejected the second bail application of R K Jain, former treasurer of the Samata Party, accused of attempting to accept bribes to “exercise influence” on public servants in a sting operation five years ago.
- Hc Moved Against Bjp Yatras (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Apprehending communal hatred in the country, a voluntary agency today filed a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking direction to stop the ‘‘rath yatras’’ by BJP leaders L.K Advani and Rajnath Singh from Dwarka and Puri respectively, from April 6.
- Pugwash Message (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Mar 23, 2006)
It would have been inconceivable even a year ago to think of a gathering in which politicians and academics from both sides of the Line of Control in J&K would get together to discuss ways to address aspirations of the people of the state and foster . . .
- Afghan Fm Removed (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Afghanistan’s foreign minister since the fall of the Taliban regime four years ago will be replaced and a new interior minister anointed in a cabinet reshuffle proposed by President Hamid Karzai, officials said on Wednesday.
- Fuelling A Needless Controversy? (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Mar 23, 2006)
It makes little logical or diplomatic sense to get Russian fuel for Tarapur bypassing the Indo-U.S. nuclear agreement and violating Nuclear Suppliers Group Guidelines.
- Bid To Break Iran Deadlock (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Britain, France call off consultations
- Nda Demands Probe Into Scorpene Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Rebutting the UPA’s contention on the Scorpene submarine deal, the NDA today demanded a comprehensive probe over the alleged kickbacks in the deal and termination of the contract.
- What Is It About Pakistan? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 23, 2006)
It speaks of the enormous self-confidence of Pakistani diplomats that they were willing to disclose to their Public Accounts Committee that they bribed members of the 911 Commission, to get drastic changes made in its final report. Not only that.
- Pakistan To Celebrate National Day Without Traditional Fanfare (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Amid escalating violence in the tribal region, continuing clashes between troops and nationalist rebels in Balochistan and as a mark of respect for those who perished in the earthquake, Pakistan would observe its national day tomorrow sans the . . .
- Five-Phased Polling To Ensure Free Voting: Chief Election Commissioner (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Officials review situation for elections in districts of West Bengal
Election observers must provide level-playing field for all contestants
Central paramilitary forces to be deployed in sensitive areas
Exit poll results must be announced only . . .
- Afghan Army Claims Killing 20 Taliban Fighters (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Afghan government forces killed 16 Taliban insurgents after surrounding them in mountains near the border with Pakistan, an Afghan army officer said on Wednesday.
- Musharraf Open To Talks On Waziristan And Balochistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
President says govt won’t be blackmailed
* No challenge to state writ acceptable
* Musharraf and Aziz discuss cabinet reshuffle
- Strategic Partnership (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Mar 23, 2006)
After the Bush visit, there are new opportunities for commercial space cooperation with the US
- You Surely Can’T Be Serious, Mr Friedman (Deccan Herald, Venkat Krishnan, Mar 23, 2006)
Keeping the Indo-US nuke deal in mind “what you haven’t realised is that it is not just the world but the nuclear world itself that’s getting flatter by the day.”
- Adjournment Aimed At `Saving' Sonia (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Mar 23, 2006)
Opposition alleges bid to introduce ordinance
- Ordinance Likely On Friday (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
The Union Government would promulgate an ordinance on Friday to identify some posts as office of non-profit, sources said here late on Wednesday.
- Who Killed Cock Robin? (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Mar 23, 2006)
All the birds of the air fell a-sighing and a-sobbing,/ When they heard the bell toll for poor Cock Robin.
- Underwater, Not Underhand (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 23, 2006)
Let’s, for a moment, take the NDA’s latest charge against the UPA government at face value.
- Mixed Signals About India? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 23, 2006)
Just as the Pak-India Peace Initiative organisation held its session in Lahore on Monday, underlining the need to carry forward the peace process between India and Pakistan, Pakistan test-fired its “Babur” Hatf-7 cruise missile capable of carrying . . .
- Sense Of Direction (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 23, 2006)
It has become a ritual for newspapers to write editorials and publish supplements on March 23, the day the Pakistan Resolution was adopted in 1940;
- Dealing With Bird Flu (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 23, 2006)
Now that an EU laboratory in London has confirmed the H5N1 virus strain in poultry samples from two farms in the NWFP, livestock and health authorities in the country would be well advised to face up to a potential avian flu outbreak and take . . .
- International Indo-French Relations On New High (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Mar 23, 2006)
Though the relations between India and France have always been good, these have never been better than what they are after the recent visit of President Jacques Chirac. The signing of the nuclear declaration during his visit opened a new . . .
- Srinagar To Varanasi (Statesman, Jagmohan , Mar 23, 2006)
Overriding Need To Move Towards National Consensus
- Solidarity With Iran (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 23, 2006)
Pakistan has assured Iran of its continued support for peaceful resolution of its nuclear stand-off with the United States. Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri, who met his Iranian counterpart Monuchehr Mottaki in Islamabad on Tuesday, reiterated . .
- Natural Allies ? (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Mar 23, 2006)
India needs to be careful not to become euphoric over US President George Bush’s description of our new emerging relationship as being one among "natural allies". Because it has taken so long for the most powerful democracy in the world to . . .
- Unsc Meet On Iran Put Off (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
With no results to show despite two weeks of intense parleys on Iran nuclear crisis, a deadlocked UN Security Council has put off a formal closed door meeting to give more time to iron out differences over a tough Franco-British statement.
- Reason For Hope (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 23, 2006)
The news that the US envoy in Iraq is to hold talks about that country’s future with a delegation from Tehran came on the same day that Iran was officially described in a new American national security document as the single most important obstacle . . .
- Pakistani Muslim Emerges As Britain's King Of The Ring (International Herald Tribune, Pat Jordan, Mar 23, 2006)
The young Asian women, with diamond studs in their noses and bindis on their foreheads, stood by the boxing ring of the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, their cellphone cameras at the ready.
- Pakistan Day (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 23, 2006)
While the ruling PML holds a party convention today at Minar-e-Pakistan, where the history-making 1940 Resolution was passed 66 years ago, it is only right to undertake an exercise in soul-searching to determine what it has done to fulfil the . . .
- Refining Missile Deterrence (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 23, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday carried out second successful testing of the cruise missile named Hataf-VII — Babar. The missile can carry different kinds of warheads to a range of five hundred kilometres. Apart from land, it can also be launched from ship and . . .
- Fuelling A Relationship (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 23, 2006)
There is more to Indo-Russian ties than nuclear fuel supply, but not much progress has happened.
- Artillery, Helicopters Pound Taliban Hideouts (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Artillery guns and helicopter gunships pounded suspected Taliban hideouts on Saturday after they attacked a security check-post in North Waziristan, local sources said. No casualties were reported. Military spokesman Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan said . . .
- Call To Cull (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 22, 2006)
The West Bengal government has emerged as a bundle of contradictions in trying to wriggle out of an intricate situation following the discovery of 5,000 dead chickens in Birbhum district.
- Miscarriage Of Justice (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Mar 22, 2006)
The Jessica Lal murder case provoked a public outcry against miscarriage of justice that impelled authorities to reopen the case. The distortion in the case was so brazen that even worms turned. Middle class empathy with the murdered victim . . .
- Sri Lanka Rebels May Postpone April Crunch Talks (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Mar 22, 2006)
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels will view any further attacks by renegades they say are military-backed as an act of war and may postpone crunch talks unless the state disarms them, their chief negotiator has warned.
- New Threats To Internal Security (Daily Excelsior, Vinod & Rao, Mar 22, 2006)
The serial bomb attack in Varanasi gives the impression that we have not learned very much from the attack on Parliament, on Akshardham as deep as Gujarat, Ayodhya, crowded markets in Delhi, ad nauseum. Given the truism that it is impossible . . .
- Unsc Meet On Iran Put Off As Differences Remain Over Statement (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Mar 22, 2006)
With no results to show despite two weeks of intense parleys on Iran nuclear crisis, a deadlocked UN Security Council has put off a formal closed door meeting to give more time to iron out differences over a tough Franco-British statement.
- Nda Owes Explanation On Scorpene-Submarine Deal: Cong (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Congress today sought to turn the tables on the BJP-led NDA on the issue of Scorpene-submarine deal by demanding an inquiry into how its erstwhile government had agreed to give Rs 313 crore more to the French company for the deal.
- Mere Suspension (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 22, 2006)
Monday’s reprimand and suspension of four Lok Sabha MPs for their improper conduct in the implementation of the MPs’ Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is justified.
- Pakistan Clamours For Same U.S. Nuclear Deal As India (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Mar 22, 2006)
Stung by U.S. President George Bush's refusal to grant access to American nuclear know-how, Pakistan accused the United States of discriminating against it and of upsetting the balance of power in South Asia.
- Payback Policy (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 22, 2006)
The euphoria over the Indo-US nuclear deal has vanished. With the legislation having been tabled in the US Congress last week for validating the agreement between the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, and the president of the United States of America . . .
- Maoists Attack Police Post Near India Border (Telegraph, RAJEEV RAVIDAS, Mar 22, 2006)
Maoist rebels killed nine policemen, including three officers, during an early morning attack on a police post here today.
- Matriculation Results (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 22, 2006)
Monday’s reprimand and suspension of four Lok Sabha MPs for their improper conduct in the implementation of the MPs’ Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is justified.
- Another Claim About Osama’S Whereabouts (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 22, 2006)
A new investigative report in a leading American magazine claims that the Pakistan Army and its intelligence service are critical sponsors in the resurging Taliban activity in Afghanistan.
- Scorpene Records Turn Gun On Nda (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
The NDA’s charge that there were payoffs from a French company to win the order for Scorpene submarines is being turned around on the Opposition alliance because the defence ministry has now dug out records to show the extent of negotiations and . . .
- Saddam's Fm Was On Cia Payroll (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Iraq's foreign minister under Saddam Hussein spied for the CIA before the US-led invasion in 2003 in return for a $100,000 payment, a US television network reported.
- No Kickback In Submarine Deal, Says Pranab (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Taking the Scorpene submarine deal issue in the Opposition court, the government today claimed that it succeeded in bringing down the costs by Rs 313 crore and signed “integrity” pacts to ensure transparency.
- Bush Sees Troops Still In Iraq In Three Years (Reuters, Steve Holland, Mar 22, 2006)
President George W. Bush said on Tuesday it is possible some U.S. troops will still be in Iraq after his presidency ends in three years time, but he insisted civil war had not erupted there.
- Us Begins Probe Into Killing Of Iraqi Family By Its Military (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
The US Military said on Tuesday it was investigating Iraqi police allegations that its soldiers shot dead a family of 11 in their home last week. The probe comes a day after a magazine published allegations that US Marines killed civilians in . . .;
- A Sulking Pakistan (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Mar 22, 2006)
Remains unreconciled to a changed world
- He Knows Best (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Mar 22, 2006)
Pakistan’s fourth military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, often makes statements that make eminent sense.
- Russia, China Sign Three Pacts On Energy Cooperation (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Mar 22, 2006)
Beijing's efforts to secure a firm deal on oil pipeline fail to make progress
- Not Fighting Fit (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 22, 2006)
The army remains short of combat hardware
- Russia's Glonass Satellites Available By 2009 (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Mar 22, 2006)
It will end India's dependence on U.S.' Global Positioning System
- India, Pakistan Making Progress: Boucher (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
"Kashmir is a bilateral issue that should be solved by Delhi and Islamabad only"
- Colombo, Ltte Trade Charges (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Mar 22, 2006)
The Sri Lankan military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Tuesday accused each other of opening fire in a sensitive eastern sea belt.
- Pakistan Test-Fires Hatf Missile (Hindu, Muralidhar Reddy, Mar 22, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday tested for the second time its 500-km range cruise missile Hatf VII (Babur), which can carry all types of warheads.
- Pakistani Taliban Bedevils Tribal Belt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Strict social edicts have been handed down: shopkeepers may not sell music or films; barbers are instructed not to shave beards.
- 'Nuclear Iran Could Blackmail World' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Iran could hold the world hostage if it gets nuclear weapons and the US will push diplomacy to stop the threat, President George W. Bush said on Tuesday.
- We've Brought Down Scorpene Price: Pranab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Defence contract violations will cost companies dear
Integrity pacts signed with French companies for submarine deal
No link between Navy leak and Scorpene deal
- ‘Us-India Nuclear Deal Could Be Bad News For Kashmir’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Nuclear cooperation between the United States and India could have severe implications for the Kashmir issue, lead to an arms race in South Asia and strategic regional instability, speakers at a public talk said.
- Bush Briefs Australian Pm On India Nuclear Deal (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
US President George W Bush has briefed Australian Prime Minister John Howard on a U S nuclear deal with India in a move seen as groundwork by Canberra for a possible policy change to allow uranium exports to India.
- Bush Briefs Howard On India Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Discusses nature and reasons for the agreement
Analysts say Howard could be signalling a policy change
- No Alternative To Talks (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 22, 2006)
As the Balochistan crisis deepens and acts of violence and sabotage escalate in the province, it is time a rational solution was found to the problem. It is therefore reassuring to find that a section of our lawmakers also disapprove of the . . .
- Welcome Consensus On Worrisome Issues (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 22, 2006)
SENATORS belonging to the Opposition and Treasury Benches have by consensus called for an end to the ongoing operations in Waziristan and Balochistan as well as renewed reconciliation efforts through dialogue.
- Senate Debate (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 22, 2006)
Those who believe the ongoing military operations in Balochistan and the tribal areas will be halted might be reading too much into reports of a bipartisan consensus in the Senate on this issue, especially after Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao . . .
- Saddam's Fm Was On Cia Payroll — Report (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Iraq's foreign minister under Saddam Hussein spied for the CIA before the US-led invasion in 2003 in return for a $100,000 payment, a US television station reported Monday.
- Anp’S Bold Stand On South Waziristan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 22, 2006)
Asfandyar Wali, parliamentary leader of the Awami National Party (ANP), said in a debate on the Balochistan and Waziristan issues in the Senate on Monday that Afghan interference in North and South Waziristan was to blame for the deteriorating law . . .
- Vigyan Rail Awaits Pakistan Response (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Proposal for joint working group meet
Kapil Sibal has a name for the train — CBM Express
Proposal to have 12 coaches, six each from each country
Exhibits from defence, atomic energy and space may be excluded
- The Rise And Rise Of The Un-West (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said recently that Iran was the chief current challenge to Washington.
- Who Will Challenge Iran? (Los Angeles Times, Editorial, Los Angeles Times, Mar 22, 2006)
The Radioactive question of Iran's nuclear program has now landed in the lap of the United Nations Security Council. Which is downright odd because, according to many learned observers, the Security Council's authority all but vanished when the . . . .
- The Megapolis You’Ve Never Heard Of (Deccan Herald, Jonathan Watts, Mar 21, 2006)
Chongqing is the fastest-growing megapolis on the planet. Its population is already bigger than that of Peru or Iraq
- The Gm Foods Divide (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 21, 2006)
In a draft ruling, the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) panel in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has upheld a 2003 complaint by the United States, Canada and Argentina that the European Union's (EU) de facto moratorium on authorisations for . . .
- "Talks Not Related To India Deal" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 21, 2006)
Nuclear Suppliers Group team visits Islamabad
- Rural Tilt, Urban Edge (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
Deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa seems to have got his basics right. The maiden budget of the Karnataka Development Front (KDF) Government presented by Mr Yediyurappa on Monday has a rural tilt with an urban edge.
- Liberty In Confinement (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 21, 2006)
Mirza Abu Taleb, a Lucknowy nobleman, boarded a barge in Calcutta on the first of Ramadan, AH 1213.
- Anniversary Waltz (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 21, 2006)
‘Swarmer’ just a ‘show’?
- Four Mps Reprimanded, Suspended (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
Soon after the question hour was over, Leader of the House and Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee moved a resolution in this regard which was adopted unanimously.
- Coorg Commanders (Deccan Herald, M N Batra, Mar 21, 2006)
The coffee district of Coorg is greatly indebted to two military men
- Nda Alleges Graft In Scorpene Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
The Opposition on Monday alleged corruption in the multibillion-dollar Scorpene submarine deal.
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