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Articles 15121 through 15220 of 27135:
- Maoists’ Charm Offensive (Tribune, S. D. Muni , Feb 22, 2006)
During the past couple of weeks, Nepal Maoist chief Prachanda has given three significant interviews.
- Curious Confession (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 22, 2006)
Pranab fuels confusion in party ranks
It does Pranab Mukherjee no credit to confess before the assembly election that his party organisation is weak and needs to be revamped “through this self-realisation’’.
- Nuclear U-Boat (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 22, 2006)
Time the project surfaces
Now that it has received the endorsement of the President, both Supreme Commander of the Defence Services and the country’s most successful defence scientist,
- Patil Says Infiltration On Decline (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Union home minister Mr Shivraj Patil today claimed a decline in infiltration by Pakistan-based militants into Jammu and Kashmir.
- In Quest Of Strategic Partnership (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Pakistan and China have vowed to reinforce and deepen their strategic partnership through increased cooperation in political, diplomatic and economic fields. The understanding came at a meeting between President Pervez Musharraf and . . .
- India Admits Decline In Kashmir Violence, Infiltration (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Feb 22, 2006)
India on Tuesday admitted the incidents of violence and infiltration have gone down in Jammu and Kashmri considerably. India’s junior minister for home affairs S Ragupathy told Lok Sabha here during question hour that against the press reports . . .
- Armed Forces, Railways Drop Chicken From Menu (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
The Railways has decided to take off chicken and egg dishes from its menu and has banned chicken and eggs in any form on trains and stations. Instructions to this effect have been issued to all zonal railways and to IRTC.
- China Urges Iran To Suspend Enrichment (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Germany does not rule out economic sanctions against Iran
- Sonia Backs Iran, Us Line (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has welcomed the February 23 debate in Parliament on Iran and indicated that the Prime Minister is willing to have one on the Indo-US nuclear pact as well.
- Cooperation With China (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 22, 2006)
Friendship between Pakistan and China has always been a positive factor in the South Asian region and has served to advance the cause of peace and stability.
- Is This The Infamous Clash? (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Feb 22, 2006)
Are we witnessing today the clash of civilizations predicted by Samuel Huntington after the Cold War ended?
- New Hope For Iran Crisis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 22, 2006)
The latest developments on the Iranian nuclear front give rise to some hope that the crisis may be resolved without resort to economic sanctions or military force.
- India, Us May Ink N-Deal During Bush’S Visit (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 22, 2006)
There are twin good news for India’s civilian nuclear energy programme under negotiations with P5 countries like the United States and France. Indications are that a formal Indo-US civilian nuclear energy agreement may be signed . . .
- Collateral Damage In War On Quails (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Feb 22, 2006)
At least it is out in the open. Everyone now knows what the vice-president of the United States enjoys doing for rest and recreation. He likes to shoot defenceless little birds. And sometimes, just sometimes.
- Foes United Against A Maestro's Movie (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Feb 21, 2006)
Steven Spielberg's film Munich has angered both Israelis and Palestinians
- Law Of Contempt-Ii (Statesman, Sudhanshu Ranjan, Feb 21, 2006)
The Supreme Court has accepted that its power in this regard was limited. One Handwari Lal, in his reply to an SLP filed against a majority judgment of Punjab and Haryana High Court by Dr Ram Gopal in 1986,
- India, France Seal Civil N-Deal (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Feb 21, 2006)
Formalising its position that India should be allowed to enter into civil nuclear cooperation with other leading nuclear powers, France on Monday signed a significant declaration with India on the “development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.”
- In The Name Of Equality And Freedom (Hindu, RUMINA SETHI, Feb 21, 2006)
Feminist critique of the march of globalisation and the resultant shrinking of democratic possibilities
- Indonesia's Leader Does A Balancing Act (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Feb 21, 2006)
Susilo Yudhoyono is trying to be a friend of the United States while staying an authentic leader of the world's largest Muslim-majority state.
- Failing The Flu Test (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 21, 2006)
Has the deadly bird flu virus, H5N1, really made inroads into the poultry farms of India?
- New Peace Bridge Opens In Kashmir (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
The chief minister of the occupied Kashmir on Monday opened a ‘peace bridge’ linking the Indian-held Kashmir with Azad Jammu and Kashmir, replacing a narrow footbridge that was severely damaged by a devastating earthquake last year.
- No Difference Between Us & Saddam: Osama (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Osama bin Laden, in an audio tape first broadcast in January and posted on the Internet in full on Monday, accused US forces of “barbaric” acts in Iraq comparable to those committed by Saddam Hussein.
- Us Begins Search For New Missile (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
The US government shall soon ask Congress for funds to embark on research into a new long-range ballistic missile carrying a conventional warhead for Ohio-class strategic nuclear-powered submarines, administration sources said.
- Power, Profit And The Politics Of Hate (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Feb 21, 2006)
Power struggles, religious clash escalated the bitter winter violence in Ladakh
- India To Study French Levy To Support Anti-Aids Campaign (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
New Delhi, Paris reaffirm commitment to fight terrorism
India on Monday told France that it "would study" the modalities of the levy Paris imposed on air tickets as part of an international effort to support developing countries in their campaign . . .
- Culling Of Birds To End Today (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Feb 21, 2006)
Retail sale of Tamiflu to be banned
Ministry to buy Tamiflu from pharma companies, supply to hospitals
Disposal, clean-up, disinfecting operations in progress
- Russia, Iran Open Talks (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Feb 21, 2006)
Moscow cautions against use of force
Russia and Iran have begun talks on Moscow's offer to enrich uranium for Teheran on Russian territory.
- Olmert Halts Transfer Of Funds To Palestinian Authority (Hindu, Chris McGreal, Feb 21, 2006)
Hamas nominates Ismail Haniyeh for Prime Minister post
- Beyond The Pale Of Law And Human Rights (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 21, 2006)
Every year, the United States State Department publishes a sanctimonious document titled `Country Reports on Human Rights Practices' skewering governments across the world for alleged human rights violations.
- United In Bird Flu, Paris And Delhi Sign Agreement (Telegraph, Poornima Joshi, Feb 21, 2006)
If the bird flu doesn’t kill the Indian poultry business, the establishment
- Oui The Anglo Saxons (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 21, 2006)
Take overpriced French weapons out, what is left in Delhi-Paris relations?
- Iran, Upa ‘Minorityism’ Targeted In Ls (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Feb 21, 2006)
The BJP signalled a return to full-fledged Hindutva while the Samajwadi Party and the CPI(M) sharply criticised the UPA government’s economic and foreign policies in course of the debate on the motion of thanks on the President’s address that began . . .
- Maoists In Nepal Switch Strategy As War Drags On (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
He controls a large part of western Nepal, and is in charge of roads, power, irrigation, schools and health care.
- Thanks Jacques, Hello George (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Feb 21, 2006)
French nod for nuclear status isn’t an alternative to dealing with Americans
- India, France Ink N-Declaration (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Feb 21, 2006)
India and France today stopped short of a formal agreement on civilian nuclear energy cooperation, with the outcome of the Indo-US nuclear deal holding the key to realising this agreement at a later date.
- I Won’T Be Caught Alive: Osama (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Osama bin Laden promised never to be captured alive and declared the USA had resorted to the same “barbaric” tactics used by Saddam Hussein, according to an audio-tape purportedly by the Al-Qaida leader that was posted today on a militant website.
- Why The World Is Afraid Of Iran Nukes (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Iran’s nuclear research programme began in 1967 with the establishment of the Tehran Nuclear Research Center, equipped with a US-supplied nuclear research reactor.
- The Beautiful, Scandalous People (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Feb 21, 2006)
It is an irony Bollywood aficionados would appreciate. Hours after a city court in Jodhpur sentenced Salman Khan to a year in jail for poaching chinkaras, Prem Chopra was on television defending him. “A celebrity has been victimised’’ . . .
- Muslim Head-Count: Sc Asked To Warn Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
A retired Army officer on Monday approached the Supreme Court challenging the head-count of Muslims in the defence services by the government, on the grounds that such a step would sow seeds of communalism in the secular institution.
- India, France Sign Accords (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 21, 2006)
France ready to give nuclear power plants, fuel
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised on Monday that any civil nuclear facilities that became available in future to India through international cooperation would be subject to IAEA safeguards.
- Osama On Tape Clubs Us With Saddam (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Osama bin Laden accused US forces of “barbaric” acts in Iraq comparable to those committed by Saddam Hussein, according to an audio tape first broadcast in January and posted on the Internet in full today.
- India Throws Open Rebuilt Kashmir "Peace Bridge" (Reuters, Sheikh Mushtaq, Feb 21, 2006)
A reconstructed bridge which links the Indian and Pakistani parts of Kashmir across a Himalayan stream was thrown open on Monday.
- India Quarantines Six As Bird Flu Spreads Faster (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Feb 21, 2006)
India began a door-to-door search for anyone with fever on Monday, quarantining six people in hospital as authorities scrambled to contain the country's first outbreak of bird flu.
- Arcelor Row Clouds Chirac India Visit To Boost Trade (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Feb 21, 2006)
India and France signed pacts on Monday to boost trade and push nuclear energy cooperation but a row over a takeover bid for European steel firm Arcelor haunted French President Jacques Chirac's visit to New Delhi.
- India, France Sign Document On Civilian (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
India and France today signed a landmark document on civilian nuclear cooperation and a defence pact with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declaring that New Delhi would place its nuclear facilities acquired in "future" through international . . .
- India, France Sign Civil Nuclear, Trade Deals (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
India signed a string of trade and defence deals on Monday with French President Jacques Chirac including a nuclear declaration.
- Fresh Crisis In Assam (Daily Excelsior, Sanchet Barua, Feb 21, 2006)
The army's task in the North-east is not an easy one. It has to fight the armed insurgents and, at the same time, ensure that innocent civilians are not harassed.
- Public Crime (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 21, 2006)
There is only one country in which senior bureaucrats smile away public incitements to murder from ministers.
- Fading Options (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 21, 2006)
Rulers who steal the people’s freedoms must be prepared to face the consequence of their actions.
- Philosopher And Teacher: Peter Strawson (Telegraph, Arindam Chakrabarti, Feb 21, 2006)
A thinker who was relentless in his pursuit of truth and its importance, writes Arindam Chakrabarti in his tribute to Peter Strawson The author is professor of philosophy, University of Hawaii
- Mirage Of More Scorpene Like Deals (Daily Excelsior, Rajkumar Vijayveer Vikram Singh, Feb 21, 2006)
France is like India in one respect: looking for new friends, trade and business promotion and strengthening strategic relations.
- Mittal Steel Bid For Arcelor — A Lesson In Economic Globalisation (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Feb 21, 2006)
The Mittal Steel bid for Arcelor has elicited differing views from the companies, observers and politicians. With the Arcelor brass appearing to change tack from the initial opposition to the bid, it may be best for politicians to keep off, . . .
- 'President Bush Will Push Nuke Deal Forward' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 21, 2006)
Democrat Joseph Crowley represents the Bronx and Queens-based seventh congressional district of New York, which has 55,000 South Asians, in the House of Representatives.
- France To Help In N-Energy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 21, 2006)
India today sent an unambiguous message to the international community when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proclaimed that all facilities procured by New Delhi in future through international cooperation on civilian nuclear energy will be subjected to IAEA
- 'Iran Reserves Right To Nuclear R&d’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
* Iranian FM says there is still time for nuclear compromise
* Warns UNSC must not be turned into a political pressure tool
- Us-India N-Deal Close: Burns (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
The United States remains optimistic that it will clinch a landmark agreement with India on civilian nuclear cooperation, a top US diplomat said in a US magazine interview published on Sunday.
- Not The President, But Close (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Feb 21, 2006)
Every comedian in America has been having a gag-fest at the expense of Vice-President Dick Cheney, who accidentally shot his 78-year-old “acquaintance,” Harry Whittington, while hunting quail in Texas, in the face.
- India, France Sign Nuclear Energy, Trade Deals (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
India and France signed an agreement on Monday on future civilian nuclear cooperation, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said.
- Hurriyat Turns Down Pm's Roundtable Invite (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
So-called moderate faction of the separatist Hurriyat Conference has finally turned down Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's invitation and decided to stay away from his roundtable conference on Jammu & Kashmir. It is now abundantly clear that none . . .
- India, France Ink 9 Agreements (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
India and France today signed nine bilateral documents in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and visiting French President Jacques Chirac.
- Disturbing Event (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 21, 2006)
A report in this newspaper that 22 members of a larger family of eight brothers have migrated from the higher reaches in Ramban tehsil to the plains makes a disquieting reading. They have come under threat from Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
- Street Violence Is Not The Answer (Dawn, Zia-ul-Islam, Feb 21, 2006)
It is ironic that in the middle of the cartoon crisis, Abu Hamza al Masri, a London-based Muslim leader, should be convicted by a British judge for delivering sermons that “created a real danger to the lives of innocent people in different . . .
- Opposition Says Nepal King’S Offer Artificial (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Rejecting King Gyanendra’s appeal to come together for reactivating the stalled democratic process in Nepal as “meaningless” and “artificial,” the pro-democracy seven-party alliance on Sunday staged a major rally to protest his autocratic rule.
- Azad To Inaugurate Peace Bridge Today (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will tomorrow inaugurate the re-erected Kaman Aman Setu (Peace Bridge), which connects Uri with Muzaffarabad, along the Line of Control (LoC).
- Chirac Arrives In India (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac arrived here today on a two-day official visit for discussions with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on giving a fresh impetus to the Indo-French Strategic Relationship and to political and economic diplomacy.
- Chirac Tour Begins, Will Be Meeting Pm Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac arrived here today on a three-day visit during which the two countries will sign a declaration on nuclear cooperation, a Defence agreement and some other pacts.
- Tigers At Table This Week (Indian Express, ARTHUR MAX, Feb 20, 2006)
Sri Lankan government officials and leaders of the Tamil Tiger rebels meet this week at a Swiss chateau outside Geneva to try to patch up their unraveling cease-fire, which brought three years of relative calm and the benefits of peace after decades . . .
- Israeli Cabinet Okays Sanctions On Hamas (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Israel called a permanent halt on Sunday to its monthly transfer of funds to the Palestinian Authority but settled for a watered-down package of other sanctions after a Hamas-led Palestinian parliament was sworn in.
- A Touch Of Anarchy (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Feb 20, 2006)
A Week ago, I expressed in this space the apprehension that injection of violence in the protests against the blasphemous cartoons that raised their ugly head in Denmark and spread rapidly like a contagion to several other European countries . . .
- Indian N-Facilities’ Separation Backed (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Feb 20, 2006)
A pro-Indian Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone has supported the Bush administration’s demand for separation of India’s military and civilian nuclear facilities.
- Reinforcing Ties With China (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Feb 20, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf’s current state visit to China at the invitation of the President Hu Jinato, will herald the events organized in connection with the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and ....
- We Just Have To Grow Up As A Country’ (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 20, 2006)
India’s ambassador to the US, Ronen Sen, explains the background to the upswing in bilateral relations between India and US in an exclusive interview with Deccan Herald.
- Stop Communalising (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Feb 20, 2006)
As Julius Caesar was walking towards the Capitol in Rome on the fateful day of his assassination, one of the well-wishers is said to have insistently pressed him to read a petition which, he said, touched the Emperor the most. Caesar scornfully . . .
- Real Issue Behind Cartoon Sacrilege (Deccan Herald, Augusto Zamora, Feb 20, 2006)
The cartoons seem to have been the last straw after decades of wrongs
- India Needs Help With Civilian Nuclear Power, Says Chirac (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Rs. 700 crore deal signed between Kingfisher Airlines and ATR for 15 aircraft
- Space Mission, Green Revolution On Bush Agenda (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 20, 2006)
A keynote speech by US President George W Bush at a function hosted by the Asia Society in Washington coming Wednesday is expected to underline some of the themes and issues he will be dealing with during his visit to India and Pakistan.
- French Prez Arrives (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Against the backdrop of expectations running high for boosting ties between India and France in strategic field of civil nuclear energy and defence, French President Jacques Chirac arrived here on a three-day visit.
- Reveries Of Equilibrium (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 20, 2006)
Walras showed through his mathematical exercise that if all these conditions, which define a perfect market, were satisfied, the market would reach a state of equilibrium at the end of the day, yielding maximum possible satisfaction to all buyers and ....
- How The Stalemate Machine Works (Telegraph, Sanjib Baruah, Feb 20, 2006)
The obvious lesson of Kakopathar is that counter-insurgency operations and negotiations towards peace do not go together, writes Sanjib Baruah The author is at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, and Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
- On These Same Tracks, In 1971 (Indian Express, M.L. KHANNA, Feb 20, 2006)
As a train once again speeds between Munabao and Khokrapar, M.L. KHANNA remembers a vastly different episode from that war
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