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Articles 21721 through 21820 of 27135:
- Maoists Kidnap 100 Kids (Deccan Herald, PTI, Sep 11, 2005)
Maoist rebels have abducted more than 100 students from various schools of Myagdi district in western Nepal, police said on Saturday.
- Trivialising The Aggressor (Hindu, MITA KAPUR, Sep 11, 2005)
It is a mystery, but society has to wake up to the gross inaccuracy of the term "eve teasing".
- Five Soldiers Killed In Ambush (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Sep 11, 2005)
Five soldiers from the Rashtriya Rifles were killed and seven others injured when militants ambushed their convoy near Awantipore on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway. The condition of the injured jawans is stated to be stable.
- Pm Eyes Boost In Indo-French Relations (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 11, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday left for Paris enroute New York saying New Delhi was committed to further strengthen the privileged relations of strategic partnership that exists between India and France.
- The Children Of Paradise (Deccan Herald, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Sep 11, 2005)
Salman Rushdie misses out the appeal of the ordinary in his ‘continent crossing’ new novel, Shalimar the Clown, says Natasha Walter.
- Uneasy Existence (Hindu, Meena Menon, Sep 11, 2005)
With the Forest Department, conservationists and human rights activists at loggerheads, there are no easy solutions for the villagers around the Melghat Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra.
- Verdicts On Pakistan (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Sep 11, 2005)
... offered 40 years apart, in the same American magazine
We have never defined ourselves in our own right — only in relation to India. That is our tragedy
- Mapping History Of The Garden City (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2005)
Much-loved Bangalore was, it seems, a hit with the British too. Giridhar Khasnis on Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha’s book Deccan Traverses, which traces the history of the city.
- Us To Supply F-16s To Pak (Deccan Herald, Aniek Paul, Sep 11, 2005)
The US would start start supplying 75 F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan from next year, Pakistan Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal has said.
- Dancing With The Red Dragon (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 11, 2005)
India and Pakistan should take a leaf out of China’s savvy economic diplomacy with Taiwan, reports Pallavi Aiyar
- Verdicts On Pakistan (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Sep 11, 2005)
We have never defined ourselves in our own right — only in relation to India. That is our tragedy.'
- Floating An Idea (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Sep 11, 2005)
During the arguments on the plea of the Shankacharya of Kanchi before the Supreme Court last week that the criminal cases against him should be transferred out of Tamil Nadu, his counsel Fali Nariman pointed out that there was a curious ambivalence in the
- Us Moves Gingerly On Nuke Ties With India (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Sep 10, 2005)
The Bush administration has begun to feel its way around the legislative jungle in order to reach the goal of civilian nuclear cooperation with India.
- A Significant Advance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 10, 2005)
The passage by Parliament of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Bill — in response to demands from the National Commission for Women and citizens' bodies — to provide for a civil remedy against atrocities has not come a day too soon, consideri
- A Linked Future (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 10, 2005)
Alice Hardgrove’s scholarly work on Marwaris cites European Jews and the Chinese of Indonesia.
- Mad Girl In A Little Dress (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 10, 2005)
It is not news when a woman is locked up by her family.
- Us Rejects Pak Demand For N-Parity With India (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2005)
Rejecting Pakistan’s demand for parity with India in accessing civilian nuclear technology, the US has said the landmark accord with New Delhi was a “mechanism to deepen” further its commitment to international non-proliferation.
- Communists And Corruption (Business Standard, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 10, 2005)
Once or twice a year, I find it profitable to accept invitations to speak to college students. The boys are eager to impress the girls, and ask some very good questions.
- India-U.S. Deal And The Nuclear Ceiling (Hindu, R. Rajaraman, Sep 10, 2005)
India will suffer no loss of security if it were to abandon all further production of fissile materials for military purposes and declare all its power reactors open to safeguarding.
- Talk N-Issue Over: India To Iran, Us (Indian Express, Reuters, Sep 10, 2005)
India said on Friday it wanted differences between Iran and the United States on Tehran's nuclear activities to be resolved through talks, as New Delhi walks a diplomatic tightrope in its ties with both nations.
- China Gets Proactive Diplomatically (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Sep 10, 2005)
Peace, development, and cooperation on a global scale are the focus of China's policy.
- A Million Bridges (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 10, 2005)
World Islam has been in crisis, its billion or so adherents being variously in a state of bewilderment, frustration, anger and despair.
- Surprise Handshake (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 09, 2005)
The recent meeting between the Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri and his Israeli counterpart Silvan Shalom in Istanbul appears to be the first step towards normalisation of Pakistan-Israel relations.
- Nature Lays A Superpower Low (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2005)
Natural disasters, whether in the form of storms or tsunamis, make no distinction between developed and developing countries.
- Hurricane Katrina's Political Fallout (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Sep 09, 2005)
The neocons may have been damaged by Katrina, but progressives will have to fight for a new political settlement.
- 20 Jawans Drowned (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2005)
Twenty Army jawans were drowned and 13 feared washed away in the Sutlej after a bridge collapsed.
- Forty Years After 1965 War (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Sep 09, 2005)
COME September 6 and every year our neighbour to the west observes the “Defence of Pakistan Day”.
- Challenges And Change In Persian Gulf — Why India Needs A "Look West" Policy (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Sep 09, 2005)
MILITARY INTERVENTION in Iraq could well prove to be a historic blunder for the United States, resulting from setbacks like those it faced in Vietnam, Lebanon and Somalia
- A Tony Neighbourhood (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 09, 2005)
While the Indo-EU engagement remains tentative, India’s ties with the UK look healthy
- Guaranteeing Work With Growth (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Sep 09, 2005)
With corruption being the central issue of the entire debate on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill, there is bound to be significant attention paid to the leakage of resources earmarked for the scheme.
- If America Couldn't Protect, Who Can? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Sep 09, 2005)
Hurricane Katrina has achieved the near-impossible in Indian politics: it has united America-lovers and America-baiters.
- Hope Runs Through It (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Sep 09, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran separately visited Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan last week making it the most hectic week for regional diplomacy in recent years.
- India, E.U. Favour `Effective Multilateralism' (Hindu, Diplomatic Correspondent, Hindu, Sep 09, 2005)
They agree to open security dialogue at the level of senior officials Manmohan Singh hails the framework agreement on Indian participation in the Galileo satellite navigation system
- Iran: Talks Must Continue (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 09, 2005)
PAKISTAN has vital stakes in a peaceful settlement of Iran’s nuclear imbroglio.
- Blowout Occurs In Ongc Exploratory Well, No Casualties (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 09, 2005)
A blowout occurred in an exploratory well of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Thursday morning at Thandavapalli village in the vicinity of Amalapuram in East Godavari district. However, the flames died down by the evening, but ONGC officials
- Landmark Judgment: Makes Begum Zia Nervous (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 09, 2005)
The fact that Begum Khaleda Zia had the judge of the appellate division of the Dhaka High Court woken up from his sleep for a temporary stay on the path-breaking judgment of Judges Khairul Haque and Fazle Kabir declaring the fifth amendment to Bangladesh’
- No Child’S World (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 08, 2005)
Cruelty to children is not shocking in India; it is quite routine. If poverty is the reason behind the vast army of child labourers, cruelty cannot be put down to poverty or wealth.
- Home Is Where The Law Is (Indian Express, Indira Jaising, Sep 08, 2005)
When the common minimum programme was first drafted, it had no mention of women’s issues.
- Tariffs, Reforms In The Spotlight At India-Eu Summit (Indian Express, ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU, Sep 08, 2005)
The road to successful completion of the Hong Kong ministerial meet of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in December grew bumpier with the European Union (EU) and India crossing swords at the EU-India summit in New Delhi on what needs to be done to make
- As India's Economy Soars, Its Airports And Roads Can't Keep Up (Christian Science Monitor, Porter Barron, Sep 08, 2005)
With only two weeks to go before Afghanistan's parliamentary elections, officials here are making a last minute bid to ensure that warlords do not get a firm foothold in the new government.
- Eu Moves Worrying Govt (The Financial Express, Reuters, Sep 08, 2005)
European Union anti-dumping actions against Indian products are a major concern for New Delhi, which feels they are neither rational nor fair, Trade Minister Kamal Nath said on Wednesday.
- Sky Is Limit For India In Chains (Telegraph, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 08, 2005)
India today signed up as a member of Galileo — a satellite navigation system — cut a $2.2-billion deal to buy Airbus planes and concluded two important agreements on combating terrorism and cooperation in energy with Europe.
- Zakat Distribution Flaws (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 07, 2005)
The Sindh government has denied that it has failed to distribute two billion rupees in the Zakat fund to the poor.
- Weathering All Sorts Of Storms (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 07, 2005)
The mullahs, as usual, are missing the point. As a matter of principle, there isn’t necessarily any harm in Pakistan and Israel talking to each other, or even in establishing diplomatic relations, de facto or otherwise.
- Army Medics (Deccan Herald, M N Batra, Sep 07, 2005)
Army medics are the unsung heroes of any battle, taking good care of thousands of servicemen.
- From Ideals To Social Clout (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 07, 2005)
A dear friend, retired from the army, was dilating on faith and discipline as the uppermost concerns of the Pakistan’s armed forces.
- India-Aphc Talks (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 07, 2005)
The positive note on which the talks between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) were held in New Delhi on Monday makes one hopeful that a peaceful solution to the Kashmir dispute may after all be found.
- Unacceptable Indian Offer (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 07, 2005)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has offered reduction in troops in Jammu and Kashmir if violence and infiltration from Pakistan stops.
- Lessons Of 1965 War (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 07, 2005)
The Defence of Pakistan Day was observed on Tuesday to commemorate Pakistan’s great victory over the much stronger enemy in 1965.
- Lessons Of New Orleans (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Sep 07, 2005)
So much has appeared in the international press and in our own media that it would seem to be an exercise in redundancy to offer a perspective on the tragedy that befell the southern coastal states of the US.
- Face The New Reality (Telegraph, Barun De, Sep 07, 2005)
A commoner or a statesman, in today’s world both are vulnerable to the same fate — murder without any hope of justice,
- Making History Is Hard Work (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2005)
`Historic' is a word that has been devalued not a little by its indiscriminate use in the course of the détente process in Jammu and Kashmir. Yet the fact is the wheels of history are turning, however slowly.
- Red Terror (Statesman, JR MUKHERJEE, Sep 07, 2005)
The Naxalite uprising in 1971 failed primarily because it was divided and was not wholly prepared.
- Staggered Doubts (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 07, 2005)
The Election Commission needed to show some earnestness in setting things right in Bihar and the result was evident during the assembly poll in February.
- Friends, Not Enemies: China (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 07, 2005)
If you talk too much of the past, it is out of fashion: Ambassador Sun Yuxi
- Morally Repugnant (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 07, 2005)
There is absolutely no justification for the United Progressive Alliance government’s puzzling decision to donate five million dollars of Indian public money for relief activity in America’s southern states, which have been hit by Hurricane Katrina.
- Elections In Bihar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 07, 2005)
THE Election Commission’s long schedule for the Bihar Assembly elections has evoked a sharp reaction from all the political parties. Clearly, staggered elections spread over a period of five weeks will not serve the interests of anyone, not even the commi
- Taking The Strategic Partnership Forward (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 07, 2005)
The EU top brass begins talks with Indian leaders led by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi today to boost bilateral relations
- Pakistan Reaches Out To Israel (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 06, 2005)
Pakistan's decision to establish open contacts with Israel was a piece of shrewd diplomacy.
- Ec Justifies Bihar Poll Schedule (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Sep 06, 2005)
The Election Commission on Monday justified the four-phase schedule announced for the Bihar Assembly elections and said it would not be possible to compress it as demanded by various political parties.
- What Lies Beneath The Surface (Telegraph, SUDIPTA BHATTACHARJEE, Sep 06, 2005)
Despite the rise in surrenders by militants, the lack of a proper rehabilitation policy will defeat the purpose, writes Sudipta Bhattacharjee
- Dark Truths (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Hurricanes and floods are ‘natural’ calamities only up to a point. New Orleans has been devastated by both, working together as never before in the generally cursed Gulf Coast of the United States of America.
- The Modern Samurai (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Sep 06, 2005)
Next Sunday, Japan goes to the polls. Junichiro Koizumi, the prime minister, called an early election — an unusual move in a compromise-loving country where politicians paper over differences and keep governments going. But it is typical of this . . . .
- Steer Clear Of Delusion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
There are many hurdles in the path to God realisation, the greatest being the sense of "I" and "mine". A towering presence within human consciousness, this is the cause of "ego",
- Pakistan Polls Manipulated (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Sep 06, 2005)
It might be possible to predict the broad results of the 2007 general election in Pakistan: many friends of Gen Musharraf will win
- Chhattisgarh To Ban Naxal Outfits (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Draft ordinance to be sent to Delhi
- Who Is Afraid Of Insider Memoirs? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 06, 2005)
Even if mostly gossip, memoirs can generate damaging headlines when dressed up as privileged information and dished out by someone who had access to the keyhole.
- Oppn Calls For Strike To Oust Musharraf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Pakistan’s beleaguered opposition parties have announced a nation-wide strike on September 9 demanding the resignation of Pervez Musharraf as President and Chief of Army and to hold free and fair elections.
- A Sorry State (Times of India, SWAGATO GANGULY, Sep 06, 2005)
By 2025 the Indian subcontinent's population will reach two billion. Do we have the wherewithal to look after so many people?
- Breaking The Ice (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Despite Islamabad's clarification that it was not rushing to recognise Israel and current contacts are only a gesture indicating engagement, the photographs of foreign ministers of both countries, smiling and shaking hands, told their own story.
- The World Is One With The Us (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 06, 2005)
Blocs have disappeared and yesterdays ‘cornerstones of evil’ have buried animosities, as nations across the globe rush to the aid of Katrina ravaged US.
- Cornered King (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
On sunday King Gyanendra’s administration went berserk against peaceful demonstrators demanding revival of the democratic process that remains suspended.
- Pm Says Could Cut Troops In Kashmir (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Sep 06, 2005)
New peace talks between India and Kashmiri separatists on Monday ended with an assurance from New Delhi that it will cut troop levels in the region if insurgent violence and guerrilla incursions from Pakistan cease.
- Smile, And Pass It On (Tribune, Usha Bande, Sep 06, 2005)
IT takes 64 muscles to frown and only 13 to smile. So, why overwork yourself by frowning. So said a report by some US psychiatrists; and that set me on my nerve-racking mission of spotting smiling faces among the sea of humanity. I had not noticed till th
- India : Troubled Neighbourhood (Daily Excelsior, Sita, Sep 06, 2005)
The developments of the past few years in India's neighbourhood give a complex picture. After decades of independence some of the countries are still debating what should be the rules of governance of their state ?
- Indigenous Products For Indian Missiles (Daily Excelsior, Jayant Muralidharan, Sep 06, 2005)
Some years ago, when three young scientist-engineers left their jobs to strike out on their own, they had little idea that theirs would be a spectacular trajectory.
- Kanchi Case Hearing Posted To September 12 (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Sep 06, 2005)
The District Sessions Court has posted the Sankararaman murder case to September 12 to decide on further proceedings in view of the directions issued by the Supreme Court on Monday on a transfer petition filed by the Kanchi Sankaracharya.
- Nuclear Climate In South Asia (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 06, 2005)
Nuclear weapons are not any more dangerous in South Asia than it is anywhere else
- Lessons In Chemistry (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 06, 2005)
Talk of Europe and you get a big yawn in Delhi. India’s annual summitry with Europe is always a cold dish amidst the warmth of India’s exciting engagement with the United States and China. When British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives here tonight on
- Case For Imperialism (Hindu, S. L. Rao, Sep 06, 2005)
This book by a distinguished scholar dares to question the accepted shibboleths of our times. It is highly provocative and will incense many. It is the first well-argued neo-conservative (Bush) case for empires and for the U.S. acting as a truly imperial
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