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Articles 22621 through 22720 of 27135:
- Trishul Test-Fired (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2005)
Trishul, India’s most sophisticated short-range surface-to-air missile, was test-fired on Tuesday from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, 15 km from here, defence sources said.
- Vijay Diwas: Army Warns Pak Against ‘misadventure’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2005)
Army on Tuesday warned Pakistan against launching a Kargil type war, saying that it will be given a befitting reply if it indulges in any such misadventure again.
- Army Relief For Kin Of 3 Killed Civilians (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2005)
In what the Army calls an error of judgement, three teenaged civilians were killed by security forces at Bagargund-Trehgam.
- Is The Iranian Gas Pipeline A Pipe-Dream Now? (Deccan Herald, N. Chandra Mohan, Jul 27, 2005)
India desperately needs Iranian gas but with the promise of US cooperation in civilian nuclear energy and a broader energy dialogue, the geo-economics of this pipeline project has changed in a trice.
- Strange Cupid (Pioneer, Nishtha Gomes, Jul 27, 2005)
I had never imagined I would change myself for anyone in this world. My parents thought I was stubborn and rebellious,
- Ending Our Nuclear Winter (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 26, 2005)
As you tune into India’s great debate on the nuclear pact that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has signed up with President George W. Bush, don’t let the experts flummox you with all the jargon.
- Address Root Cause Of Terrorism: Musharraf (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 26, 2005)
"Now we have to deal with this phenomenon — it is in the mind of the people — so to deal with the phenomenon, you have to change the state of mind"
- New Delhi And Washington Grow Closer (Japan Times, B. GAUTAM, Jul 26, 2005)
Madras India -- It seems that India and the United States are finally on the same side.
- State Terrorism By Another Name (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 26, 2005)
London or Kashmir, there is something uncivilised about a policing system that, in the name of nation, queen, democracy or whatever,
- Problems Of Lca Management (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Jul 26, 2005)
The DRDO has completed its contribution to the LCA project and the IAF, as the user, should take it over
- Prospects Of Us-Iran Detente (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Jul 26, 2005)
It is reassuring that despite US President George Bush’s uncharitable remarks about him and questioning the legitimacy of his election,
- The Fault Lies Elsewhere (Dawn, Kaiser Bengali, Jul 26, 2005)
Addressing the nation in the aftermath of the London bombings, General Musharraf has rightly said that England too needs to do more to deal with the problem at hand.
- Massacre Of Innocents (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 26, 2005)
It is innocent that are dying while the so-called terrorists and militants remain alive and kicking except for those who choose to blow themselves up. Thousands of civilians have been killed in Iraq in action by the US-led forces and by the resistance.
- Killing Of Innocents (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 26, 2005)
Security men in Jammu and Kashmir have an extremely difficult responsibility to discharge.
- As Good As It Gets (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 26, 2005)
As you tune into India’s great debate on the nuclear pact that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has signed up with President George W. Bush, don’t let the experts flummox you with all the jargon.
- Army Regrets Killing (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Jul 26, 2005)
Very distressing and nothing could diminish its magnitude'
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- Embracing A Golden Giant (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jul 25, 2005)
Whether India can be America’s friend without surrendering its sovereignty will depend on its national self-confidence
- Caught In A Bind (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jul 25, 2005)
It makes a nice change to hear one of President Musharraf’s homilies being delivered on his home turf instead of from one of those exotic tropical palm-fringed capitals that one dreams of visiting but can no longer afford.
- Threshold Of A Lower Threat (Japan Times, KEIZO NABESHIMA, Jul 25, 2005)
The fourth round of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear-arms programs opens Tuesday in Beijing.
- Pragmatism Where Necessary (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Jul 25, 2005)
The nuclear cooperation bargain with the United States of America is set to divide the Indian polity.
- No Threat To National Security (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jul 25, 2005)
Of all the objections to the Indo-US joint statement, the most vociferous one is about its impact on India’s national security.
- Black Spots On Zari Borders (Indian Express, NEETA LAL , Jul 25, 2005)
In the labyrinthine innards of Zafarabad, a resettlement colony in East Delhi, 25-odd kids
- Red In The Face (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 25, 2005)
A Rs 374 crore power fiddle comes to haunt the CPI(M). A CBI probe, comrades?
- What Does Nuclear Bargain With Us Entail? ` (Deccan Herald, Jasjit Singh, Jul 25, 2005)
If we do not separate the civilian nuclear facilities from those related to defence, international cooperation will remain a non-starter.
- Pm To Clear Air On Indo-Us Pact (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
Manmohan Singh will issue a statement in Parliament in the wake of criticism on the agreement.
- Nuke Talks With N Korea: Us To Try For ‘real Progress’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
The US on Monday promised to try to make “some real progress” on the vexed North Korean nuclear issue even as the two Koreas called for a framework for denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula during the upcoming fourth round of six-party talks here from
- Left To Demand Discussion On Defence And Foreign Policies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
Defence cooperation framework agreement with U.S. to be raised
- Nda Focus On Issues Of Public Concern (Hindu, K. V. PRASAD, Jul 25, 2005)
Government may get different treatment from Left
- Women Talk Of Rights (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Jul 25, 2005)
Shobha De ko gussa kyon atta hai? A recent event organised to discuss women’s issues by FICCI ladies went completely astray as the moderator Shivani Wazir introduced panelist Shobha and asked the author to please tell them how she stayed so fit.
- Come Together On Nuclear Pact (Times of India, K. Subrahmanyam, Jul 25, 2005)
Criticism of the Indo-US treaty is misleading
- Extremism: Causes And Consequences (Dawn, Talat Masood, Jul 24, 2005)
THE terrible bomb blasts in London, now described as 7/7, coming in the wake of 9/11, the Bali carnage and Madrid bombings, have once again brought into focus the hard fact that terrorism today is the single most threat to peace and stability of nations a
- A Dreadful State Of Mind (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jul 24, 2005)
EVER since the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, DC (9/11), many commentators have argued that terrorism will not go away until its underlying causes are identified and removed. General Musharraf has repeatedly made this argument.
- Manmohan's Test Begins Now (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 24, 2005)
Having once been associated with the World Bank as an economist, Mr Manmohan Singh is broadly familiar with the American setting.
- Londonistan Calling (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 24, 2005)
Pakistan's President and military chief Gen Pervez Musharraf's charge that Britain must look within to discover the real instigators of Islamist terror in that country is not wide of the mark
- Summer Of Hope In Indo-Us Ties (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jul 24, 2005)
Political leaders in India sometimes get carried away by the sheer scale of reception and hospitality that surround summits in the White House.
- Leak Riddle: Who's Playing Whom? (Washington Post, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jul 24, 2005)
Judith Miller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter who now wears a brown and green prison jumpsuit, will soon enter her third week in a jail cell just a few miles from the White House where administration officials suspected of leaking clas
- Stalking India’S Own ‘honorary Tiger’ (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Jul 24, 2005)
An amazing tale of a youngster drawn to blood sports, who later became a fierce protector of the animals that he hunted.
- The Oxymoronic Sleight Of Hand And (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jul 24, 2005)
Ironically, international cartels that sprung into existence when India went nuclear are being cajoled now to make an exception in case of New Delhi.
- Centre Talks Tough On J&k Infiltration (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2005)
Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal on Saturday warned militants in PoK against infiltrating into the Kashmir Valley.
- Selling Evil Without A Cause (Japan Times, GREGORY CLARK, Jul 24, 2005)
If British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants to prevent more London bombings, he needs to come up with some better arguments to condemn Islamic militancy.
- Little Histories Of A War-Torn Country (Deccan Herald, Sudha Ramachandran, Jul 24, 2005)
Essential reading for anyone trying to understand the Sri Lankan . conflict— the book records the unknown voices of the people involved in the civil war.
- A Need For Congress (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jul 24, 2005)
EVER since the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, DC (9/11), many commentators have argued that terrorism will not go away until its underlying causes are identified and removed. General Musharraf has repeatedly made this argument. Following th
- Coming In From The Cold (Japan Times, Glyn Ford, Jul 24, 2005)
BRUSSELS -- In a vital move toward securing greater stability, North Korea announced last week it would return to the six-party talks in Beijing with the United States, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia to try to resolve the nuclear crisis on the Korea
- End Of The 'Calm' For Israel, Palestinians (Japan Times, GWYNNE DYER, Jul 24, 2005)
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called for a "period of calm" when he took over the late Yasser Arafat's job in January, and for a while some people allowed themselves to believe that peace was within reach. But that delusion depended on the belief that
- Manmohan's Test Begins Now (Pakistan Observer, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 23, 2005)
Having once been associated with the World Bank as an economist, Mr Manmohan Singh is broadly familiar with the American setting. As the Finance Minister in the PV Narasimha Rao Cabinet, he had acquired some insight into the complex US mindset.
- Summer Of Hope In Indo-Us Ties (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jul 23, 2005)
Political leaders in India sometimes get carried away by the sheer scale of reception and hospitality that surround summits in the White House. I recall scribes accompanying Rajiv Gandhi to the Reagan White House in 1985 ridiculing me when I urged a degre
- Us-India Nuclear Deal (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 23, 2005)
THE recent Indo-American nuclear deal seems to go beyond the realm of Indo-Pakistan relations and has wider implications.
- Fright In Pakistan (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jul 23, 2005)
While there is little improvement in Indo-Pak ties, US favours to India cause consternation in Islamabad
- Eavesdropping On History (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Jul 23, 2005)
PRESIDENT Richard M. Nixon suffered from the ultimate form of paranoia — he eavesdropped on himself. Not content with keeping a meticulous written record of his presidency — perhaps the most exhaustively documented of any US president — he installed a voi
- Nuclear Threats (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2005)
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh has raised a significant question vis-à-vis Pakistan’s nuclear assets.
- Indians Favour Conscription (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Jul 23, 2005)
It has long been believed in India and is practised all over the world. It is believed to bring about discipline in society and a feeling towards the homeland. Now a latest survey carried out here has confirmed that even the Indian want “Conscription” in
- Wounded Civilization (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 23, 2005)
Where there is ineptitude, there is hope. London seems to have escaped on Thursday because terrorists failed to detonate the bombs. There was alarm but there were no fatalities.
- Never-Ending Story Of Never-Never Land (Japan Times, FRANK CHING, Jul 23, 2005)
The recent visits by three Taiwan opposition leaders to mainland China illustrates the new policy of Chinese President Hu Jintao, which is a marked departure from that of his predecessor, Jiang Zemin
- Meeting China's 'Challenge' (Japan Times, BRAD GLOSSERMAN, Jul 23, 2005)
In February 1946, George Kennan, then a political officer in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, sent an 8,000-word telegram to the State Department, warning about Soviet behavior. A little over a year later, a version of that telegram appeared in Foreign Affairs
- Coming In From The Cold (Japan Times, Glyn Ford, Jul 23, 2005)
In a vital move toward securing greater stability, North Korea announced last week it would return to the six-party talks in Beijing with the United States, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia to try to resolve the nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula
- The British War Crimes Case Is Right (Hindu, Robin Cook, Jul 23, 2005)
The prosecution of British troops helps to protect their own lives in Iraq.
- The Cockpit Of Future Conflicts (Hindu, Martin Jacques, Jul 23, 2005)
SIX YEARS ago, when I was last in Japan, the issue of China barely ever featured during conversations. China now looms large in the Japanese mind.
- Corruption Spreads In Russia (Tribune, Andrew Osborn , Jul 23, 2005)
Vladimir Putin’s much-publicised campaign to stamp out corruption was shown to be spectacularly failing on Thursday when an authoritative study showed Russians are being forced to bribe their way through life like never before.
- 'Ultras May Seize Pak N Bomb' (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jul 22, 2005)
Dr Singh said India had to fall back on a nuclear programme in view of reckless proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in its neighbourhood.
- Beijing Attacks Pentagon Report (Deccan Herald, New York Times, Jul 22, 2005)
China’s Foreign Ministry called in a senior American diplomat in Beijing on Wednesday to denounce a Pentagon report on China’s military strength.
- Insurgency Turns Communal (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jul 22, 2005)
Sunnis are now convinced the Shias intend to transform Iraq into a Shia theocracy by imposing Shia clerics, religious forms, political ideologies, and social mores on the entire populace.
- Donor Group Urges Sri Lankan Govt To Disarm All Para Forces (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Jul 21, 2005)
The donor group said if the ceasefire agreement between the government and the LTTE fails, peace process will be affected.
- A Relook At Defence Agreement (Tribune, N. Kunju, Jul 21, 2005)
THIS refers to “Mission to Washington” by Mr H.K. Dua (July 5). The 10-year agreement on defence and military affairs regarding future collaboration between India and the US signed by Defence Minister Pranab Mukherji has, ironically, been hailed by the op
- Strong Case For U.N. Seat (Hindu, PTI, Jul 21, 2005)
Asserting that India had a "strong case" to become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hoped on Wednesday that his visit could contribute to a "better appreciation" in the United States of the benefits
- A New Fusion (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2005)
COMING AS IT does on top of the Defence Framework Agreement signed by the two countries, the joint statement issued during the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to the US may perhaps reinforce a perception that New Delhi and Washington are embarke
- No Madrasa Link To London Attacks (Hindu, William Dalrymple, Jul 21, 2005)
COLIN POWELL and Donald Rumsfeld were not known for their close agreement on matters of foreign policy, but one thing that they were united upon was the threat posed by Pakistan's madrasas.
- A Meaningless Victory For Chandy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2005)
The United Democratic Front Government in Kerala has won the no-confidence vote quite comfortably, by 82 to 46, but the ruling coalition members showed no sign that they were ready for the Assembly election next year.
- Facts Do Not Speak (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Jul 21, 2005)
What is a “fact”? In an age beset by bitter disputes about reality, the word itself, and its close relative “truth”, become embattled.
- A Largely Bourgeois Endeavour (Deccan Herald, William Dalrymple, Jul 21, 2005)
Al Qaeda-type terrorists are not the type who seek out madrasas. Most of them are highly educated
- Terrorist Strikes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 21, 2005)
THERE is no end to terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir. The number of such incidents may have come down, but terrorists continue to make their presence felt. They struck in Srinagar on Wednesday soon after Army chief General J. J. Singh gave an accoun
- Black Mark Against The White House (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jul 21, 2005)
AS American presidential scandals go, it doesn’t seem like much. Although the liberally inclined sections of the press in the United States have been parading the inevitable comparisons — Watergate, the Iran-Contra affair, Monica Lewinsky — the hype does
- Pak Too Should Demand N Status (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 21, 2005)
REPORTS emanating from Washington suggest that US has decided to allow India to acquire the same facilities as accorded to an NPT member State, a move tantamount to recognizing India as a nuclear weapon State. An understanding to this effect is understood
- More Trouble In Southern Thailand (Japan Times, Editorial, Japan Times, Jul 21, 2005)
The situation in southern Thailand continues to deteriorate. A series of recent attacks indicate a troubling new sophistication by the Islamic insurgents there. The government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has responded with legislation that gives
- Defacing The Basic Law (Dawn, Khalid Jawed Khan, Jul 21, 2005)
IN its recent judgment on the issue of General Musharaff’s uniformed presidency and the 17th Constitutional Amendment, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional amendment as well as another act, 2004, which empowers General Musharaff to continue to hold
- Gains From New Status (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jul 21, 2005)
THE India-US nuclear deal has vindicated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s two statements: that India was not up for sale and that his government would do nothing which would surrender its soveignty.
- Four Killed In Kashmir Blast (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jul 21, 2005)
A day after the Commander of the Srinagar based 15 Corps, Lt. Gen. S. S. Dhillon, vowed to eliminate the militant leadership in Kashmir, a suspected suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into an Army vehicle in the high security zone of Sonwar out
- A New Nuclear Era (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 21, 2005)
THE Bush administration is known for gambles, and Monday’s about-face on nuclear cooperation with India qualifies as such. By declaring that it would help India build nuclear power plants and import advanced weapons, the administration has made good on it
- Hope On The Horizon (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 21, 2005)
The agreement might bring peace to the people of the civil war-torn Aceh
- Irresponsible Water Management (Deccan Herald, Aravind Sitaraman, Jul 21, 2005)
India should seek the support of South Asian countries to make China behave more responsibly
- 3 Troops, 2 Others Killed In Car Blast (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jul 21, 2005)
A person claiming to represent the Hizbul Mujahideen called a news agency and said the militant group was responsible for the blast.
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