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Articles 14921 through 15020 of 27135:
- Kunti's Haunt (Hindu, KISHORE PATWARDHAN, Feb 25, 2006)
Kunti Betta offers a nice break from stretched city nerves
- Amnesty Urges Bush To Raise Hr Concerns In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Amnesty International asks US president to include extrajudicial executions, deaths in police custody, rape, torture and arbitrary arrests on his agenda for dicussion with Indian PM
- India’S Policy Towards Iran (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Feb 25, 2006)
Controversy characterises the communist parties’ support to Iran on the nuclear issue
- Only Images Of Tipu's Souvenirs Remain (Hindu, R. Krishna Kumar, Feb 25, 2006)
Several artefacts of the `Tiger of Mysore' were taken away by the British
- Who Could’Ve Heard A .22? (Indian Express, K. P. S. GILL , Feb 25, 2006)
Now that Delhi High Court, taking suo motu notice, has sought from the police the details in the Jessica Lall case, there’s finally some reason for hope: will there be a second shot at justice in a case in which all the nine accused have been . . .
- Lalu’S Please-All Budget (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Feb 25, 2006)
In the run-up to the Assembly elections in five states, Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav presented a please-all Budget for 2006-07 in the Lok Sabha today leaving passenger fares untouched, reducing AC-I and AC-II tier fares by 18 per cent and 10 p
- A Spineless Nation (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Feb 25, 2006)
No book I have read depressed me more than B N Tandon's PMO, Diary II The Emergency (Konark).
- Waziristan — What Next? (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
It is difficult to make sense of the government’s decision to suspend its military operation in Waziristan.
- Arroyo Invokes Emergency After ‘Coup Attempt’ (Indian Express, MANNY MOGATO, Feb 25, 2006)
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared emergency rule in the Philippines on Friday after the military said it foiled a coup attempt, but analysts criticised the move as unwarranted and potentially damaging to the economy.
- Iran Offers Iaea Info On Uranium Enrichment Project (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Iran has offered UN inspectors information about a uranium-processing project that Western intelligence has linked to missile warhead design and tests with high explosives, a senior diplomat said on Thursday.
- Freight Corridor: Left Protests, Upa May Amend Budget (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
The UPA government is actively considering an amendment to the Railway Budget to accommodate the Left’s demand for extending the Ludhiana-Son Nagar freight corridor to Kolkata. The CPI(M) has threatened to vote against the budget on the issue. The matter
- Centre’S Kashmir Roundtable Today But Reduced To All-Party Meet (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Pitched by the Prime Minister’s Office as a major initiative to fulfill Kashmiri aspirations and speed up the peace process, the J-K roundtable in New Delhi tomorrow has been reduced to an all-party meeting with the separatist leadership . . .
- Indo-Us N-Deal Will Help Launch Thorium Reactors (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
As US President George W Bush's visit approaches, the few voices within the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) have joined to become a chorus.
- In N-E, Police Top Brass Are In Militants’ Crosshairs (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
With the killing of top Manipur police commando N Lokhon Singh earlier this week, the number of high-profile police officers killed by militants in the region over the past six months now is three.
- Lankans Cautious About New Peace Pact (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Feb 25, 2006)
While welcoming the agreement reached between the warring parties after the two-day tough negotiations in Geneva to take steps “to stop violence, abductions and killing” and to meet again in April to continue the dialogue at the same venue, the people in
- Afghan Stopover On Bush Itinerary (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
US President George W Bush will include a stopover in Afghanistan as part of his trip to South Asia starting next week, a US foreign policy expert has predicted.
- Arroyo Declares Emergency (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo on Friday proclaimed a state of national emergency and ordered the arrest of key military officers for allegedly leading a plot to topple her government.
- India, Us Make ‘Progress’ In Nuke Talks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
India and the United States may have inched closer to reaching an understanding on the contentious issue of separating the country’s civilian and military nuclear facilities as their top negotiators battled against time in efforts to clinch . . .
- Progress On Nuclear Deal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
As US and Indian negotiators battled against time to reach an understanding on the contentious issue of separating civilian and military nuclear facilities before Bush’s arrival on Wednesday, hopes that a settlement might be closer to realisation have . .
- Kalam Dedicates Awan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam on Friday dedicated the Army Wide Area Network (AWAN) to the nation here. The network will connect all Army formations, units, training establishments and logistic installations in the country.
- Coordinated Naval Patrolling Formalised (Hindu, R.K.Radhakrishnan, Feb 25, 2006)
Indian and Sri Lankan navies are working out the arrangements, says Eastern Naval Commander
- Uproar Over Muslims In Indian Army (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Such are the prejudices that most Indians and Pakistanis grow up with about one another that they instinctively take shelter in rank stereotypes when thinking about, say, religious minorities in their countries.
- Top Un Inspector Heads To Iran For Last-Minute N-Talks (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
A senior UN nuclear inspector heads to Tehran for talks on Saturday days ahead of a report that could spark UN Security Council action, diplomats said, adding that Tehran had promised key information.
- India, Us Claim Progress In N-Deal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
India and the United States aid on Friday they had made progress in talks aimed at sealing a crucial nuclear deal with the United States, which the two sides have been trying to hammer out before next week’s visit to India by US President George W Bush.
- The High Price Of Development (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 25, 2006)
Budgets in the early years of independence were an enigma wrapped in secrecy. India’s economic base was limited. The dependence was, therefore, on the ingenuity of finance minister. Crises could not be pulled out of a hat to maintain the morale.
- Trapped In A Logjam (Dawn, Tasneem Siddiqui, Feb 25, 2006)
For most people, Davos symbolizes the power of globalization. For good or bad, it has unleashed a process of change. Some changes are discernible, but there are many that one can barely observe.
- India, Iran And The Us (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Feb 25, 2006)
Was it a mere concidence that US Ambassador David C Mulford almost advised India to vote against Iran (at the February two IAEA meeting) to prevent a ''devastating'' fallout on the Indo-US nuclear deal and New Delhi did the same ?
- Bush Wants Kashmiri ‘Citizens’ In India-Pakistan Talks (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
US President George W. Bush has stressed the need for “citizens of Kashmir” to be included in talks about their fate going on between India and Pakistan, according to the White House version of his interview to two Indian newspapers published on Friday.
- On The Road To The Rubicon (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 25, 2006)
Semantic arguments may not seem relevant when innocent people are dying in appalling circumstances, as more than 130 Iraqis now have been, many of them dragged from their cars and gunned down in cold blood, since Sunni insurgents blew . . .
- Kashmir Shops, Offices Shut Against Killings (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Police fired warning shots and used tear gas against 2,000 demonstrators outside a mosque in held Kashmir’s main city on Friday, as a strike called to protest the killings of four boys during an army manhunt for militants shut businesses and cleared roads
- Expectations High For U.S.-India Ties (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Feb 25, 2006)
President George W. Bush heads to India with grand visions of partnership with the world's biggest democracy, but some experts say such high expectations could lead to disappointment or even a backlash.
- U.S.-India Nuclear Deal May Prove Elusive - Hadley (Reuters, Steve Holland, Feb 25, 2006)
It may not be possible to reach a landmark nuclear agreement between India and the United States by the time President George W. Bush travels to New Delhi next week, a top Bush adviser said on Friday.
- Pak-Backed Terrorism Slackens Afghanistan Recovery (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, Feb 25, 2006)
An international conference in London attended by officials of 70 countries early this month (February) ended with aid pledges of $10.5 billion spread over the next five years for Afghanistan. The amount may not be sufficient considering . . .
- Gunmen Storm House In Baghdad, Kill Five (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Gunmen stormed a house south of Baghdad early on Friday and shot dead five men, an Iraqi army officer said.
- Processed Language’ & Mideast Conflict (Dawn, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi, Feb 25, 2006)
IT was dawn and Ramazan’s second Friday, exactly 12 years ago today, when a Jewish terrorist, Baruch Goldstein entered the tomb of Patriarch Abraham — Masjid-i-Ibrahimi to Muslims — and opened fire on the believers as they prostrated themselves in prayer.
- Shutdown In Valley Over Handwara Firing, Iraq Blasts (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Kashmir valley today observed total shutdown to register an emphatic protest against killing of four young civilians in Army's firing at Doodhipora, Handwara, on Wednesday as also the blasts that damaged two revered shrines of Shia Muslims . . .
- Handwara Killings (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 25, 2006)
The widespread anger and anguish caused by the killing of four young persons in the politically conscious Handwara in the north of the Valley is quite understandable.
- Sikh Riots, Godhra May Be On Bush Agenda (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
The nuclear deal may not be the only thing that US President Bush will discuss when he visits India.
- The Murder Of Jessica Lall (Tribune, K.N. Bhat, Feb 25, 2006)
Who killed Jessica Lall? Not known. Why was she killed ? Not known. With what weapon was she murdered? Not known.
- Roundtable Solutions (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Feb 25, 2006)
Bar the proverbial slip between the cup and the lip, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will this weekend be in the midst of his much-touted consultations with a cross-section of opinion within the mainstream state political parties and . . .
- Tight Security Measures Ahead Of Bush's Visit (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Tight security measures have been put in place and Hyderabad ahead of the high-profile visit of the United States President George W Bush.
- Nuclear Deal May Prove Elusive, Says Us Official (Hindustan Times, Tabassum Zakaria, Feb 25, 2006)
It may not be possible to reach a landmark nuclear agreement between India and the United States by the time President George W Bush travels to New Delhi next week, a top Bush advisor said on Friday.
- Signals Celebrate 95th Raising Day (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Feb 25, 2006)
The Corps of Signals, one of the most important arms of the Army, last week celebrated its 95th Raising Day and the 13th post-independence reunion. The celebrations were inaugurated by the Signal Officer-in-Chief, Lt Gen Davinder Kumar.
- India's Revival Means It Can Pick And Choose Its Friends (Guardian (UK), Jonathan Steele, Feb 24, 2006)
Delhi seems eager for America's embrace, but many nationalists are unhappy with US pressure on foreign policy
- The India Option (Daily Times, Charles Tannock, Feb 24, 2006)
The world is beginning to notice that India has nearly the same number of people as China, plus a more benign system of government. China hawks in both India and the West dream that “strategic partnership” will link the world’s great democracies.
- Nuclear Panic (Daily Times, Jonathan Power, Feb 24, 2006)
Current would-be proliferators are arguably not as set on proliferating, nor even as advanced in their capabilities, as their antagonists suggest. Meanwhile, unyielding critical rhetoric combined with a lack of incentives to back down seems . . .
- India, Us Hope For Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Indian and US negotiators struggled to bridge differences over a landmark nuclear deal in a first round of talks on Thursday but said they still hoped for agreement in time for President George W Bush’s visit next week.
- Kashmiris Take To The Streets: Indian Army Kills Four Boys (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Feb 24, 2006)
The residents of the Kashmir Valley took to streets on Thursday against the alleged killing of four Kashmiris by Indian soldiers.
- Kashmiris Be Included In Settlement: Bush (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 24, 2006)
* Says Musharraf committed to reform and free and open elections in 2007
* Washington mourns the loss of innocent life in Bajaur airstrike
* Urges Pakistani patience with US-
- Protesters Block Highway In J&k (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Feb 24, 2006)
Refute Army claim that two of the victims had links with militants
Demand judicial probe into incident
Separatist leaders arrested
Hurriyat factions call for bandh
- Straighten The Signals (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
The Economic Advisory Council’s outlook on the balance of payments (BoP) raises two issues. One, the widening current account deficit (CAD) that is projected to touch 3.1% of GDP in the next fiscal as against 0.8% last year.
- Will Budget Hit Bull's Eye? (Business Line, SUDHIR H. KAPADIA, Feb 24, 2006)
With the economy on a roll and the stock and real-estate markets on a high, 8 per cent growth seems more possible now. The Finance Minister's task in the Budget will be to maintain the growth rate without a corresponding increase in the inflation rate.
- The French Connection (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 24, 2006)
Given the special position France has traditionally enjoyed in international relations, any visit by a French President cannot but be an important event for New Delhi.
- A Clash Of Values (Dawn, Athar Osama, Feb 24, 2006)
The recent worldwide reaction against the publication of the objectionable cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) has once again highlighted the wide gulf that exists between the Islamic and western societies.
- Usa Fears Attack On Nuclear Plants (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
A US government defence plan for nuclear power plants assumes an attack would come from fewer than half the number of 11 September hijackers and they would not be armed with rocket-propelled grenades or other weapons often used by terrorists overseas.
- Beating About The Bush! (Daily Excelsior, Vazeeruddin, Feb 24, 2006)
If forthrightness is the very antithesis of diplomacy, it needs to be said that both the Indian and the US establishments are diplomatic to a fault! Suddenly it has been made known to the nation that one more round of talks . . .
- Differences Remain On Nuclear Deal Implementation: Burns (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 24, 2006)
Efforts on to clinch deal before Bush visit, says the U.S. Under-Secretary of State
- "Most Iaea Safeguard Work Is Spying Activity" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
All information is passed on to Americans, claims ex-AERB chief
"Scientific community will fight to the last"
Kakodkar forced to speak out after "arm-twisting" by PMO, MEA
- In Launch Mode (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 24, 2006)
Big targets for Brahmos missile
The relative speed with which the Indo-Russian supersonic cruise missile Brahmos was developed was not matched by the speed of its induction into service.
- Conspicuous By Its Absence (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Feb 24, 2006)
On several occasions in recent days but most notably at the launch of the journal of the Association of Indian Diplomats, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has pleaded for “long-term strategic thinking” in this country.
- Islamic Humanitarian Law (Dawn, Syed Imad-ud-Din Asad, Feb 24, 2006)
International humanitarian law, which is an important part of international law, aims at mitigating the effects of war by: (1) restricting the choice of means and methods of carrying out military actions; and (2) compelling the belligerents to . . .
- Burns Admits To “Some Differences”, But Optimistic (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 24, 2006)
India and the US today informally probed each other’s positions on their July 18 civil nuclear energy deal. However, the formal and more substantive talks are slated tomorrow when the two sides would get to know whether they would be in a position . . .
- Bush Seeks India’S Support On Iran (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Seeking India’s support against Iran’s controversial nuclear programme, US President George W. Bush has said it was important to send a “firm message” to Tehran that “development” of a nuclear weapon by it is “unacceptable.”
- Us May Amend Laws For Civilian N-Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
The US Administration could introduce legislation in both Houses of the Congress on Monday to amend the country’s laws to give effect to the civilian nuclear deal with India, just days ahead of President George Bush’s visit to the sub-continent . . .
- Bird Flu Is Also About Security (Indian Express, Ajey Lele, Feb 24, 2006)
The bird flu outbreak in India has revealed that we are a “risk society”, the phrase made popular by noted German sociologist, Dr Ulrich Beck. For the last few months the H5N1 virus was infecting various countries and it was only . . .
- Indian Americans - A Growing Force In The Us (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
The Indian diaspora is today the third largest Asian community in the US, is upwardly mobile and is on its way to becoming a political force in that country.
- Exploit Us 'Weaknesses', Says Indian Expert (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
A leading Indian strategic expert says New Delhi must exploit the "weaknesses" of the US and bargain really hard ahead of President George W. Bush's visit here on March 1.
- Power Agenda (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 24, 2006)
Though the nuclear deal is going to dominate President George Bush's visit to India, chances are that it won't be wrapped up during his stay.
- Straight From The Bench (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Feb 24, 2006)
The Supreme Court in India seems to have taken on the role of the executive. The ‘bench’ is performing the functions of the ‘cabinet’.
- Of Gags And Licences (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Feb 24, 2006)
On February 21, a court in Austria sentenced the British “historian”, David Irving, to three years’ imprisonment for denying the Nazi Holocaust against Jews in a speech made to a neo-Nazi meeting as far back as 1989.
- Hurriyat Demands Complete Withdrawal Of Troops In J&k (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Demanding revocation of "unlimited" powers "enjoyed" by troops in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of killing of four youths, the moderate Hurriyat faction today said the whole state should be demilitarised -- a suggestion made by Pakistan President . . .
- Sri Lanka Govt, Rebels Reaffirm Truce, To Meet Again (Reuters, Stephanie Nebehay, Feb 24, 2006)
Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels renewed a commitment to a four-year ceasefire on Thursday and agreed to meet again in an effort to ensure the country did not return to civil war.
- India, U.S. Hope For Compromise On Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Feb 24, 2006)
Indian and U.S. negotiators struggled to bridge differences over a landmark nuclear deal in a first round of talks on Thursday but said they still hoped for agreement in time for President George W. Bush's visit next week.
- India's "Supercops" In Firing Line Over Mob Links (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Feb 24, 2006)
For eight years, Daya Nayak killed with impunity - sometimes with his pistol but often with an AK-47 automatic rifle - as he bumped off people suspected to be gangsters or involved in acts of terrorism in Mumbai.
- Bush Hopes To Seal India Nuclear Deal During Visit (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
U.S. President George W. Bush has said he hopes to clinch an agreement with India on a landmark nuclear energy cooperation deal during his visit to New Delhi next week and get Congress to approve it on his return.
- Be Firm On Iran, Bush Tells India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Seeking India's support against Iran's controversial nuclear programme, US President George W Bush has said it was important to send a "firm message" to Tehran that "development" of a nuclear weapon by it is "unacceptable."
- N-Deal: India, Us Hope For Compromise (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Indian and US negotiators struggled to bridge differences over a landmark nuclear deal in a first round of talks on Thursday.
- Request For N-Separation Not Unrealistic: Bush (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
As India and the US continued intense talks to conclude the nuclear deal, President George W Bush has expressed hope that an agreement would be reached on the separation issue during his visit to New Delhi next week, observing that it is not . . .
- Talks On, Tigers Trade Charges With Lanka On Artillery Attack (Indian Express, Richard Waddington, Feb 24, 2006)
Talks between Sri Lanka’s government and Tiger rebels aimed at averting a new civil war entered their final day on Thursday, with the rebels accusing the Army of firing artillery at them.
- Lng In Pipeline, Despite Vote Against Iran At Iaea (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
While some tough negotiations were underway in South Block to seal the civilian nuclear energy cooperation agreement with the US, New Delhi was at the same time giving a message to Tehran today that it was committed to the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline.
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