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Articles 14121 through 14220 of 27135:
- Bush Sends India Nuclear Request To Congress - Sources (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The Bush administration on Thursday submitted to Congress its proposal to change U.S. law to allow the sale of nuclear technology to India, congressional sources said.
- Kalam To Students: Send E-Mails As Often As You Wish (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Mar 11, 2006)
Political correctness never mattered to the President "Have the courage to invent, have the courage to combat problems and also have the courage to discover the impossible."
- Less Than Fair Towards Stalin (Statesman, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 11, 2006)
Sir, — I can’t quite agree with the views expressed by Arvin Ghosh in his article “Speech that lifted the lid” (Perspective, 26 February). He has recalled Nikita Khrushchev’s speech to the 20th congress of the CPSU.
- Spirit Of Varanasi (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 11, 2006)
IT is commonplace for terrorists to bandy about the name of a new outfit after a bloody strike.
- Bush Sends India’S N-Request To Congress (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Legislators want guarantees on India’s nuclear status
The Bush administration on Thursday submitted to Congress its proposal to change US law to allow the sale of nuclear technology to India, congressional sources said.
- Police Detain Eight For Varanasi Blasts (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Police detained eight people on Friday over bomb attacks that killed 15 people in one of Hinduism's holiest cities; blasts that were later claimed by a group which said it was fighting Indian rule in Kashmir.
- Report Faults India's Nonproliferation Record (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 11, 2006)
India circumvents other countries' export controls and leaks sensitive technology in procuring materials for its nuclear programs, according to a report by former U.N. weapons inspector David Albright.
- It Is Time To Flex Political Muscles (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Mar 11, 2006)
With elections to several state assemblies due in about a year's time it is understandable for political parties to be seen flexing their muscles, breaking old alliances, forging new ones and generally creating an atmosphere which . . .
- Muslim Representation (Daily Excelsior, Maqbool Shah, Mar 11, 2006)
The alleged seeking of details by Sachar Committee from the Army Headquarters about the Muslim officers and personnel below officer rank serving in the Army and their pattern of posting has yet again focussed the attention of the nation . . .
- Reacting To Iran’S Reactors (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 11, 2006)
It will be instructive to see how the five permanent members of the UN Security Council deal with the IAEA report on Iran. According to the report, the Iranians have begun feeding uranium gas into centrifuges — a first step towards producing . . .
- Balancing Game (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Mar 11, 2006)
By exposing the limits of nuclear muscle-flexing, the Varanasi explosions should have pricked the balloon of euphoria generated by George W. Bush’s visit.
- Us Govt Submits Draft Proposal To Congress On Indo-Us Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The Bush administration has submitted a draft proposal to Congress that envisages changes in US atomic energy laws to help pass the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
- Bush For Change In Us Law On N-Sale (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Wants exemption for India
In a significant step that is expected to pave the way for the implementation of the Indo-US nuclear deal, the White House today sent a proposal to the US Congress to change non-proliferation laws even as the opponents . . .
- U.K. Helped Israel Get Nuclear Bomb (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Mar 11, 2006)
Records obtained under Information Act
- The Metro Dream Is Gathering Steam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Though the BMRC is planning to perform the bhoomi puja in March-end or early April, provided they get the Union Cabinet’s final clearance on March 17 as scheduled, the earth digging work will begin only after three months.
- Probe Into Madrid Train Bombings Uncovers No Link To Al-Qaeda (Indian Express, PAUL HAVEN, Mar 11, 2006)
A two-year probe into the Madrid train bombings concludes the Islamic terrorists who carried out the blasts were homegrown radicals acting on their own rather than at the behest of Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda network, two intelligence officials said.
- Port Deal Collapse Could Stunt Overseas Business (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
DP World’s decision on Thursday to transfer a handful of American port terminals, rather than chilling interest in investing in the US, may actually have made it safer for foreigners by relieving some of the political pressure that was building . . .
- Your Honour, How Does This Sound? (Indian Express, Rajindar Sachar , Mar 11, 2006)
The Bar Council of India has decided to invite opinion from the state bar councils about how advocates need to address judges of the high courts and the Supreme Court — that is, whether they should now be addressed as . . .
- N-Deal Journey Begins, Up The Washington Hill (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Mar 11, 2006)
Setting into motion what promises to be a tough climb, the Bush Administration formally submitted a draft proposal before the US Congress seeking its approval for the civilian nuclear agreement with India signed in July 2005.
- George Bush As Dr Strangedeal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 11, 2006)
Ten years from now, will George Bush’s determination to rewrite nuclear rules for preventing the bomb’s spread be judged to have been courageously right or dangerously wrong? In striking his deal with India, allowing it to import nuclear . . .
- Challenges Ahead In Sino-Pakistan Ties (Dawn, Ziad Haider, Mar 11, 2006)
Last month, President Musharraf visited China to celebrate 55 years of Pakistan’s diplomatic relations with its most valued ally. His focus was on securing energy assistance and bringing “our economic ties in consonance with our excellent political and...
- Npt In The Doldrums (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 11, 2006)
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which has at no time been on very solid grounds since it was launched in 1970, is now in danger of meeting its end.
- Us Submits Nuclear Proposal To Congress (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The Bush administration has already submitted a proposal to the US Congress, seeking to amend the laws for enabling India to acquire nuclear technology from the United States while a senior State Department official said he was . . .
- Us-India Nuclear Deal To Spur $100 Billion In Energy Ventures (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
A landmark US deal extending civilian nuclear technology to India could open up 100 billion dollars in energy business ventures for Americans, a top US business group said.
- Us-India Nuclear Deal Not A Military Agreement: Boucher (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 11, 2006)
Richard Boucher, the new head of South and Central Asia at the State Department, said on Thursday that the nuclear deal with India was “not a military agreement,” but one meant to “provide a clearly-demarcated, permanently . . .
- Another Shameful Day In The Life Of Lahore (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 11, 2006)
Until two days ago the Punjab government was insisting that Basant would be celebrated come hell or high water.
- Tehran's Nuclear Duplicity (Washington Times, Editorial, The Washington Times, Mar 11, 2006)
Iranian officials openly brag to one another about their success in fooling European Union negotiators into believing they had stopped their efforts to produce nuclear fuel, according to Hassan Rowhani, who until last last year headed . . .
- Anatomy Of A Partnership (International Herald Tribune, Henry A. Kissinger, Mar 11, 2006)
President George W. Bush's visit to India has brought relations between the United States and India to an unprecedented level of cooperation and interdependence.
- Us Policy Gurus Drum Up Support For Nuclear Deal (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Mar 11, 2006)
An open letter urging support for the Indo-US nuclear deal has been sent to members of the US Congress by 25 Washington-based policy analysts.
- Balochistan Imbroglio (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 11, 2006)
AS violence between the security forces and local population has escalated in Balochistan the acts of terror and sabotage have almost become a daily occurrence. On Friday 26 people were killed and seven injured when a vehicle carrying a wedding . . .
- Pak Taliban To Open Office In Wana To Settle Disputes (News International, Sailab Mahsud, Mar 11, 2006)
A meeting of tribal elders and clerics held in Wana on Friday authorised the local Taliban to open an office to settle disputes between the people on the basis of the Sharia and local customs and traditions.
- Yes, Minimum Deterrence Is A Must (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 11, 2006)
The address of President Pervez Musharraf at the inauguration of Centre of Excellence of NESCOM was mainly devoted to his vision of relations with India with focus on economic defence but he also vowed on the occasion to maintain a credible . . .
- Defence And Development (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The government deserves credit for coordinating all strategic commissions under the National Command Authority.
- Adverse Verdict (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 11, 2006)
Hopes of Sarabjit Singh, a farmer from Punjab languishing in a Pakistani jail, escaping the gallows have been dashed with the Pakistan Supreme Court upholding the death sentence on him.
- Tehran's Nuclear Duplicity (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Mar 11, 2006)
Iranian officials openly brag to one another about their success in fooling European Union negotiators into believing they had stopped their efforts to produce nuclear fuel, according to Hassan Rowhani, who until last last year headed talks with . . . .
- Fdi Questions (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 10, 2006)
The government’s initiative on changing foreign investment norms in telecom appears to be coming unstuck.
- White House Defends India N-Pact (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
No intention to pursue a similar civil cooperation with Pakistan
- Us-India Nuclear Deal Under Fire (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 10, 2006)
The US-India nuclear deal remains under fire from leading experts in the area with one of them, Stephen Cohen of Brookings, arguing that even if the deal fails in Congress, it would still have enabled India to shop around the world . . .
- Bush ‘Made Fatal Error’ By Signing N-Deal With India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
A leading nuclear and security expert has said that the deal signed by President George Bush in New Delhi “endorses and assists India’s nuclear weapons programme”.
- Mush Claims Bush Visit 'Extremely Successful' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday said the visit of US President George W Bush to Pakistan was "extremely successful" in discussing issues like Kashmir, acquisition of F-16 fighter jets at cheaper cost and meeting Islamabad's defence . . .
- To Silence N-Deal Critics, White House Says India Unique Case (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Mar 10, 2006)
: In the wake of increasing criticism against the civilian nuclear agreement, White House has sought to set the record straight by coming out with a point by point clarification on all the issues being cited by those raising their . . .
- Us Has No Hopes For Democracy’S Return In Nepal: Special Bush Emissary (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Mar 10, 2006)
President George Bush’s special emissary to Nepal has said that the return of democracy in the kingdom does not seem imminent.
- Bush Boys Begin Nuclear Deal Hardsell (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The Bush administration has rejected charges that the Indo-US nuclear deal would fuel an arms race in South Asia.
- Bush To Gyanendra: Patch Up (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Less than a week after US President George W Bush’s visit to India, his envoy, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian Affairs Mr Donald Camp flew to Kathmandu to reiterate the message sent out . . .
- Beyond The Nuclear Deal (Times of India, Salman Haidar , Mar 10, 2006)
The visit was remarkably without glitter. No eye-catching gesture, no verbal flourish, no dancing in the village square, not even a trip to the Taj.
- Iaea Report Sent To Security Council (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Mar 10, 2006)
Iaed Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei transmitted his report on Iran’s nuclear programme to the UN Security Council, at the close of the Agency´s Board of Governors meeting in Vienna today.
- Qaeda Man Dreamt Of Attack On White House (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The dream was important enough that he told his supreme commander, Osama bin Laden, all about it. That dream has taken on a significant role in Moussaoui's death-penalty trial.
- Deal Will Not Fuel Arms Race: U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Washington replies to critics of the agreement
Deal doesn't recognise India as a nuke weapons state
Accord brings India into non-proliferation mainstream
India's growing energy needs will be addressed by pact
- A Job Of One’S Own (Indian Express, PIYUSHA CHATTERJEE, Mar 10, 2006)
Don't stay glued to the television throughout the evening. You are watching that match as if your life was at stake. Come and help me make some chappatis.”
- Rhetoric Clouds Peace Process In Sri Lanka (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Mar 10, 2006)
Negotiations to resolve the ethnic conflict have again run into trouble with both the Sinhala and Tamil camps taking increasingly confrontationist positions.
- New Dimensions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Australia will be looking for new equations with India
- Should Tv Channels Play An Activist Role? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Mar 10, 2006)
Although President A. P.J. Abdul Kalam is said to have promised “necessary action” after accepting an SMS petition from a news channel’s viewers asking for justice in the Jessica Lal case, a point to ponder is: is it really the media’s . . .
- Attitude, The Real Culprit (Deccan Herald, Aditya Sondhi, Mar 10, 2006)
There has been a general outcry to the acquittal of the accused in the high-profile Jessica Lal murder case by the Sessions Court in New Delhi, as the prolonged and much publicised litigation ended in a sense of denial of justice . . .
- White House Hardsells Nuclear Deal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The White House also countered the notion that as India’s two developmental fast breeder reactors are outside the scope of international inspections, the country can make enough nuclear weapons to expand the arsenal.
- Varanasi Stands Resolute (Deccan Herald, PUJAA AWASTTHI, Mar 10, 2006)
Since Tuesday when twin bomb blasts rocked the temple town, business, according to Ashok Majhi, a 32-year-old boatsman, has been dull. “On a good day we make anything like Rs 300. Yesterday there was nothing,” he shrugs.
- ‘Us Deal Won’T Stop India’S N-Arms Programme’ (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Mar 10, 2006)
While most legislators at this time are keeping their options open, a flavour of the brewing opposition was evident from earlier television testimony by Congressman Hunter who appeared on ABC’s This Week talk show.
- Going Beyond Separation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 10, 2006)
By making public the Government's plan for separating the civilian and military components of the India's nuclear energy programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has allayed many of the fears expressed inside and outside Parliament about the . . .
- New Logic For New India (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Mar 10, 2006)
Even after he fell from grace and spent his last years in disgrace, there was one country where Richard Nixon was always welcome. For all its other angularities, China never forgot its indebtedness to the man who in 1971 began the process of extricating t
- Middle East In Black And White Terms (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Mar 10, 2006)
Washington's refusal to deal with the new Hamas government together with a policy of isolating Teheran will only strengthen the hand of hardline Islamists.
- Bush - The Controversial (Daily Excelsior, Tanveer Jafri, Mar 10, 2006)
The president of United States of America, George w. Bush (2) may consider himself the most powerful and the best statesman of the world but in reality he stands at the top of the list of controversial leaders.
- Pressures May Be Skewing Blasts Probe, Warn Experts (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 10, 2006)
No evidence whether bombings had a Kashmir link or were carried out by a local Lashkar cell
Officials contest claims that a top Lashkar-e-Taiba operative shot dead on Wednesday had a role in the bombings
Intelligence officials say it would have made n
- Kalam Addresses The Last Mughal's Lament (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Mar 10, 2006)
President brings a bunch of flowers and lights a candle for Bahadur Shah Zafar
- We Must Negotiate With Iaea For India-Specific Safeguards: Kakodkar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
He does not foresee any interruption in fuel supplies, but says measures needed to deal with interruptions
Safeguards and additional protocol should be India-specific
No interruption in the fuel supplies foreseen
- Blasting Through Peace (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Mar 10, 2006)
A colonial power was dismissed from a fragmented subcontinent.
- 50 Security Workers Abducted In Iraq (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Gunmen wearing commando uniforms of the Shiite-dominated Interior Ministry stormed an Iraqi security company that relied heavily on Sunni ex-military men from the Saddam regime, spiriting away 50 hostages.
- Myanmar, India Sign Gas Supply Agreement (Reuters, CP Bhambri, Mar 10, 2006)
India has signed a preliminary agreement with Myanmar on buying natural gas from the military-ruled southeast Asian nation, a senior Indian official said.
- Bush Leaves The Nuclear Deal In Congress Court (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The Bush administration on Thursday submitted to Congress its proposal to change US law to allow the sale of nuclear technology to India, congressional sources said.
- Russia To Deliver Smerch Rockets To India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Russia is starting deliveries of 'Smerch' (Tornado) multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) to India.
- Great Leap Sideways (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 10, 2006)
The tenth Chinese National People’s Congress (NPC) has been remarkable for several reasons.
- Iaea Clears Way For Unsc Action On Iran (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The UN nuclear watchdog on Wednesday opened the way for Security Council action against Iran over its nuclear program, sparking an angry reaction from Tehran which threatened Washington with "harm and pain" for leading the charge.
- Energy Security (Daily Excelsior, O.P. Sabherwal, Mar 10, 2006)
The question is often posed: why fast breeder reactors (FBRs)? What is the special place of fast breeders in India’s nuclear power programme? The simple answer is that fast breeders are the routes to India’s energy security, providing . . .
- Us Compulsion Brings (Daily Excelsior, R.S. Rangachary, Mar 10, 2006)
The self-appointed head prefect of the world has rewarded a bad boy of the class.
- Pak Not To Compromise On Deterrence Capability: Musharraf (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf today said Pakistan would not compromise on its nuclear deterrence capability and claimed the world was "astounded" by the test firing of 'Babur' cruise missile last year.
- Pak Economic Superiority To Beat India: Musharraf (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said Pakistan would get an edge over India by achieving economic superiority rather than indulging in an arms race.
- India's Atomic Energy Chief Hails U.S. Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
India's atomic energy chief came out in strong support on Thursday of a civilian nuclear deal sealed last week with the United States, days after saying it could "shackle" his scientists.
- Budget Spurs Competitive Spirit (Times of India, Tarun Das, Mar 10, 2006)
The greatest quality of Budget 2006 is its focus on continuity and consolidation.
- Conference On Kashmir To Begin In Islamabad Tomorrow (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
National Conference leader Umar Abullah and several leaders from both sides of Jammu and Kashmir would assemble here for a two-day conference beginning tomorrow.
- Russia Beginning Deliveries Of 'Smerch' Rockets To India (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Russia is starting deliveries of 'Smerch' (Tornado) multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) to India under the USD 150 million deal inked last December, local media reported today.
- Pakistan To Enhance Deterrence Capability (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Mar 10, 2006)
Indo-US nuclear deal and the subsequent alteration in strategic balance in South Asia has compelled Pakistan to expand its nuclear threshold and to enhance its detterence capability.
- India And Myanmar Sign Natural Gas Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
India and Myanmar agreed Thursday to consider ways of transporting natural gas from fields off western Myanmar to the energy-hungry giant next door, officials said.
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