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Articles 3421 through 3520 of 26693:
- Malegaon Clouds Parivartan Rally; Bjp: Why Doesn't The Terror Stop? (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 09, 2006)
The serial blasts in Malegoan killing scores of people became the focal point of the BJP's historical Parivartan Rally at the city's Parade Ground on Friday evening. "Terrorist acts are being frequently executed in Malegoan. Why so? Can't the . . .
- Muslims Must Rebut Charges (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 09, 2006)
Hossain Miya, a prosperous Muslim villager in Manik Bandopadhyay's novel, Padma Nadir Majhi, which the Kolkata theatre group, Pratikriti, staged last week, promises beleaguered Hindu fishermen refuge on his island where there is neither masjid nor mandir.
- Vajpayee Slams Upa On Terrorism (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Giving a call to oust the Congress government in Uttaranchal, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today attacked the UPA government for its inability to tackle terrorism, saying that while talking with Islamabad, the Centre should intensify . . .
- Malegaon: The Road To Perdition (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 09, 2006)
Islamist violence has scarred much of India, but the Malegaon bombings were preceded by a series of Hindutva terrorist attacks on mosques.
- Labour In Deep Crisis (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2006)
Judging from the events of the past two days, the Blair era in British politics is effectively all over bar the shouting. Tony Blair, of course, will linger on as Prime Minister for some more months to allow him to surpass former Conservative leader . .
- Farmer Politics On Centrestage (Daily Excelsior, Sunil Gatade, Sep 09, 2006)
Farmers suicides in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and even in Punjab have brought into sharp focus the plight of farmers in various states at a time when the country has been boasting of a record growth rate and India is being . . .
- Nuke Deal: No Speed Dating For Us Senators (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 09, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal will have to wait a little longer. US senators considering the India-US nuclear agreement have been unable to agree on a date to bring the enabling legislation to the floor of the House for a debate and a vote.
- Advani: Bjp Responsible For Manmohan's Statement (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 09, 2006)
"It is a comedown from the Government's earlier stand on nuclear deal"
- Manmohan Appeals For Calm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Blasts are an attempt to disturb communal harmony: Shivraj Patil
A cowardly act, says Sonia Gandhi
Terrorists cannot succeed in weakening India: CPI
Janata Dal (Secular) seeks judicial inquiry.
- History Of Decolonization (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Sep 09, 2006)
History has an uncanny knack of repeating itself. For the sake of the Pakistani people I hope, though, that this will not be so this time over. Given the high-handedness of Gen.
- Vande Mataram Anniversary Observed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Students and staff of the Centre for Pollution Control and Energy Technology at Pondicherry University sung the Vande Mataram on Thursday to mark the anniversary of the National Song.
- Us Politicking Places Nuclear Deal Hurdle (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 09, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal, in which New Delhi and Washington have invested thousands of working hours and a fund of political capital since July 18, 2005, is threatening to unravel days before a final vote in the US Senate.
- Losing The Plot Over Five Years (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 09, 2006)
Five years after September 11, 2001, it is clear that President George W. Bush and the US have lost their way. The war has had its successes. The Taliban, which sheltered al-Qaeda, have been toppled; key personnel have been killed or captured; . . .
- The Ujjain Shocker (Indian Express, G.P. Joshi, Sep 09, 2006)
Few incidents have exposed the partisan role of the police more eloquently than the attack on college teachers in Ujjain, which resulted in the death of Professor H.S. Sabharwal.
- Waziristan Remains A Simmering Embarrassment (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 09, 2006)
While the government has international support for its military operations in Waziristan, opinion abroad differs over whether these forays against Al Qaeda have been terribly effective.
- 'Secular' Parties Make Job Of Security Tougher (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The "secular" parties may have made things more difficult for the law-enforcing agencies in Malegaon.
- The New Age Of Anxiety (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Sep 09, 2006)
The meaning of the destructive atrocity known as 9/11 is now being defined, not by the event itself, but by the chain of consequences it has unleashed.
- ‘Not Osama Or Us But Kursi’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 09, 2006)
Malegaon last hit the national headlines in 2001, when 13 people were killed in communal riots in the tense weeks after 9/11. RAKSHIT SONAWANE covered it for the Express. This one sums it up: politics and state apathy the root cause
- Viewer-Friendly: Too Much Isn’T Too Good (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Sep 09, 2006)
NDTV was showing “exclusive” visuals of a stampede from a Malegaon mosque early Friday evening.
- Resignation Threats (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 09, 2006)
The Mutahidda Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), the right-wing alliance of religious political parties, has been threatening to resign from the assemblies on one pretext or the other.
- Women's Bill Farce (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 09, 2006)
The government's attempt to get the Women's Protection Bill passed in parliament, in an effort to undo some of the terribly damaging effects of the infamous Hudood ordinances, seems to have descended into a farce.
- Advani Raps Cong Chief, Pm (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 09, 2006)
In a scathing attack on Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for skipping the Congress function for singing of Vande Matram, Opposition leader in the Lok Sabha LK on Friday said that "Those who cannot with conviction . . .
- From `Absolute Advantage' To `Yunus, Muhammad' (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 09, 2006)
The pillars of globalisation include `the free cross-border movements of goods and services, foreign direct investment, financial capital, labour and technology.' At a broader level, globalisation `also embraces international flows of ideas, . . .
- A Shield For Radicalists (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 09, 2006)
While announcing his decision to move the Srinagar sex scandal case to Chandigarh because no lawyer in the state of Jammu & Kashmir was prepared to defend the suspects.
- China’S Foreign Policy (Tribune, S.P. Seth, Sep 09, 2006)
I would appear that China’s former president and party general secretary, Jiang Zemin, is not quite ready yet to retire into political oblivion. He wanted a role like Deng Xiaoping as the ultimate arbiter of Chinese politics and policies even after . . .
- Posters Make A Mockery Of Poll (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The country’s largest university went to the polls today in the middle of a nation-wide debate on the need for student elections.
- Fit For A Nobel Peace Prize (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 09, 2006)
Pakistan, India and Bangladesh face similar problems: the upsurge of religious fanaticism (kattarpan) which often turns to violence against people of other faiths.
- Bjp Decides Gel Vande Mataram With Aam Aadmi Issues (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The BJP strategists met here on Friday at the party's national executive and decided to launch a nationwide agitation against spiralling prices. The party has also sought a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to study farmers' suicides and suggest . . .
- An Indiaphile’S Files On India (Indian Express, Jayaditya Gupta, Sep 09, 2006)
His second stint in Washington has allowed Ed Luce the proximity and objectivity to observe the changes in American society, and the world at large, post-9/11. It has also lent him the distance, of time and space, to better explain his book, In . . .
- Step Down (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 09, 2006)
Blair should listen to his conscience and resign.
- The Path To Sanity (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 09, 2006)
The fictional Hossain Miya’s promise of an island without either masjid or mandir in Manik Bandopadhyay’s Padma Nadir Majhi — which the theatre group, Pratikriti, staged with great verve last Sunday — should have a special resonance for his . . . .
- Call Off Talks With Pak: Vajpayee (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Blaming the Union government for the Malegaon bomb blasts and rising terror in the country, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has called for termination of peace talks with Pakistan unless terrorism is checked.
- Back To The Roots (Deccan Herald, SANDEEP SHASTRI, Sep 09, 2006)
The question is not who are elected to the Rajya Sabha but how they function in preserving the federal fabric.
- Minister Slams Bmp For Lack Of Hygiene In Slaughterhouses (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
KSPCB may issues notices to BMP, Urban Development Department
- Reliance, Nokia To Offer Sub-Rs. 2,000 Handset (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
The handset is equipped with two-way hands-free speakerphone
- Mcd Sealing Drive Gains Momentum (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Targets about 450 illegal establishments
- Bush Confirms Prison Network (Hindu, Suzanne Goldenberg, Sep 08, 2006)
No indication of CIA shutting down its detention centres
- Racism New And Old (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 08, 2006)
When Iraqi Sunni terrorists killed 11 Pakistani and three Indian Shia pilgrims on the same bus to Karbala the other day, they did not check passports or wait to hear discourses from their victims about the validity of Jinnah's Two-Nations . . .
- Nepal Commission To Question King Gyanendra (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Sep 08, 2006)
An inquiry commission will question Nepal King Gyanendra for his role in supressing the pro-democracy protests in April, the first time that a monarch will be probed in the history of Nepal.
- Bush Claims He Made The Usa A Safer Place (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Against criticism that the fifth 11 September anniversary finds significant remaining gaps in US security, President Mr George Bush asserted today that his administration has made enormous strides in improving the problems uncovered by the 2001 attacks.
- Blair Tackles Revolt With Quitting Hints (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair will step down within a year, rejecting growing calls from within his ruling Labour Party for a new leader immediately to revive its fortunes.
- Speaker Notices To 3 Jharkhand Mlas (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Mr Inder Singh Namdhari today served notices on legislators Mr Kamlesh Singh, Mr Enos Ekka and Mr Stephen Marandi in response to separate petitions filed by the BJP seeking their disqualification.
- Most Sang Out, Few Abstained (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Nearly a century back, Rabindranath Tagore in an ode to Vande Mataram wrote, "It was the silken thread which had woven the nation.
- Blair Succumbs To Pressure (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 08, 2006)
Tony Blair, Britain’s embattled Prime Minister faced a growing rebellion on Wednesday as a junior minister and at least five official aides tendered their resignations demanding that he step down in a row over his leadership.
- Clash Within Civilisation (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Sep 08, 2006)
In two recent incidents, Muslim lives have been lost in violence.
- Collective Guardianship (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Sep 08, 2006)
The murder of Prof Sabharwal in a college campus should make us think about the role of politics in educational institutions
- He Taught In A College... (OutLook, NAGENDAR SHARMA, Sep 08, 2006)
I see that the world continues to move on as if nothing happened, people continue to lead their lives normally, despite the fact that an elderly college professor was murdered in broad daylight by goonda elements. Was the only fault of my father . . .
- How About Truly Independent Directors? (The Financial Express, Sanjiv Agarwal, Sep 08, 2006)
Those who will be professional display integrity and, above all, protect the interests of shareholders
- Constitution Is Supreme: Judicial Review Is A Basic Feature (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 08, 2006)
We welcome the Supreme Court’s decision to set up a nine-judge constitution bench to examine Parliament’s powers to enact laws and put them beyond the pale of judicial review by including them in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution.
- This Too Shall Pass (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 08, 2006)
Manish Adhikary's mind takes a curious ride on a number of important issues gripping the people when he is left idle by a midnight power cut
- Clean Bill Of Health To Economy (Business Line, A. Seshan, Sep 08, 2006)
RBI Annual Report
- We Want To Push Energy Conservation And Efficiency Strongly' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 08, 2006)
The Government is serious and you can see reform in the coal and power sectors and in many areas of non-conventional energy in the next few years. — DR KIRIT S. PARIKH, MEMBER, PLANNING . . .
- Pakistan Not Behind Taliban: Musharraf (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has said Afghanistan must stop blaming his country for the Taliban-led insurgency. “I completely agree that Al-Qaeda and Taliban are doing activities both in Pakistan and Afghanistan,” Musharraf told a meeting with Afghan . . .
- Why Can’T Gen Musharraf Say Goodbye To The Mullahs? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 08, 2006)
The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal has threatened to resign from the assemblies if the government goes ahead with the passage of the Women’s Protection Bill as it now stands.
- Power To The Provinces (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 08, 2006)
A chastened government, struggling to defend its actions in Balochistan, did not oppose a private member’s bill moved from the opposition benches in the National Assembly on Tuesday seeking the abolition of the Concurrent List from the Constitution . . .
- Disenfranchising Women (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 08, 2006)
It is unfortunate that the tribal areas in the NWFP should continue to be governed by medieval social practices while there is at least an attempt to question and debate regressive customs and laws in other parts of the country.
- Blair Is Going To Quit — But When? (Hindu, William Keegan , Sep 08, 2006)
Tony Blair has led the British Labour Party to an unprecedented three election victories in a row — now all the talk is how the party can get rid of him.
- Caste Votes On Campus (Indian Express, NEHA SINHA, Sep 08, 2006)
The election to Delhi University’s Student Union, which takes place today, is as big as it gets.
- Minor 'Scuffle' In Kashmir Politics (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Sep 08, 2006)
Politics rarely takes a holiday and events in Kashmir are of interest as there is a minor 'scuffle' for control and clearly it did not succeed.
- Jharkhand Pvt Ltd (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 08, 2006)
Three independent MLAs hold the key to the future of the Jharkhand government.
- Militants Take Away Twin Murder Accused From Judicial Custody (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Sep 08, 2006)
High drama was witnessed at the premises of District Court in Pulwama today as the militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba managed the escape of their colleague, Mohammad Altaf Malik alias Pinto Malik of Littar, from judicial custody in a meticulously . . .
- Extential Crisis Of Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , Sep 08, 2006)
The latest round of acrimony between India and Pakistan could further slow down, if not halt, the peace process-which has lost the momentum witnessed last year.
- Empower People For Education And Enterprise, Says Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
There is still discrimination, denial of opportunity on the basis of caste'
- Retire At 60 (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 08, 2006)
The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday appointed a committee of ministers to look into the employees’ demand for enhancing their retirement age from 58 to 60. Indications are that the demand will be accepted.
- Cut The Flab (Times of India, SWAGATO GANGULY, Sep 08, 2006)
Food and fertiliser subsidies are sacred among the pro-poor brigade. Take these away, one is told, and mass starvation will break out.
- Uncertain Break (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 08, 2006)
If Bengal’s communists have changed their old ways, should Ms Mamata Banerjee be far behind?
- Us Debates Stance Towards Musharraf (Tribune, Selig S. Harrison, Sep 08, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is supposedly a key US ally in the “war on terror.”
- Nation In The Making (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 08, 2006)
The Indian educated classes have emphasized, since the Nehru era, that the ideology of the state is both secular and national.
- Bush Admits Cia Runs Secret Jails (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
US president Bush on Wednesday acknowledged for the first time that the CIA runs secret prisons overseas and said tough interrogation forced terrorist leaders to reveal plots to attack the United States and its allies.
- Bjp Can't Find Young Faces For Up Polls (Times of India, Mohua Chatterjee, Sep 08, 2006)
With little chances of beating either Samajwadi Party (SP) or Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) at the hustings, both BJP and Congress are preparing to take on each other for next year's UP assembly polls.
- Jordanian May Send Tharoor Crashing (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Sep 08, 2006)
Shashi Tharoor's candidacy for the UN top job was an uphill task from the beginning. And it's just got a lot tougher with Jordan formally nominating Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein — cousin of King Abdullah II, descendant of the Prophet and . . .
- The Whole Thing Was A Bit Of A Scrum’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 08, 2006)
While Tony Blair was skating on thin ice in the UK, his main (non-Labour) rival David Cameron, the leader of the opposition, was riding autos in India. Here’s an account of Cameron’s India visit, extracted from his blogspot dcindia06.blogspot.com
- A Killing Death Rite (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Sep 08, 2006)
And what about us?” she asked suddenly. “What do we do?”
- Diplomatic Firestorm As Jairam Scores Self-Goal, Trashes Pm’S Brazil Summit (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Sep 08, 2006)
Just two days before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves for Brazil to attend the IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa) Summit, Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh has set off a diplomatic firestorm sending officials scurrying to . . .
- After Time's Leaders' List: Mush On Ns Top 10 Dictators! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 08, 2006)
Just a few months ago, President Musharraf was chosen by the Time magazine as one of the most influential world leaders, a list in which Dr Manmohan Singh did not figure.
- Another Relic Goes (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 08, 2006)
The only surprise about the collapse of outer wall of the Maharani Charak wing of the Mubarak Mandi complex of palaces is that it has happened too late.
- Bjp Shrieks Over Sonia’S Silence (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
The BJP on Tuesday lapped up the opportunity provided by Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s reported “skipping” of an event marking the centenary of ‘Vande Mataram’ and decided to step up its campaign over the song.
- Waiting For Telangana (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 08, 2006)
The agitation for a separate Telangana state has entered a new phase. The people of Andhra now are not averse to the idea of a separate Telangana.
- Blair: I'll Retire Within A Year (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Tony Blair confirmed on Thursday he will retire as prime minister within the next 12 months - but refused to name a precise date.
- Bjp Waiting For Spring (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Sep 08, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party is yet to discover a strong Central leader since losing power.
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