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Articles 5121 through 5220 of 26693:
- Third-Class Governance Can’T Give First-Class Response To Terrorism (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Aug 02, 2006)
By the end of 2003, we were being told that our agencies had neutralised over 160 ISI modules — counting only those outside Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast. Since then, up to July 11, 2006, again counting only those outside Jammu and Kashmir . . .
- Bush Fundamentalism Is Courting Disaster (Hindu, Karen Armstrong, Aug 02, 2006)
Affinity with the Christian Right has led to banning stem cell research and turning a blind eye to civilian deaths in Lebanon.
- When Is Violence ‘Terror’ And When Is It Not? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 02, 2006)
There was nothing ‘natural’ about the slaughter of Sikhs in 1984, and nothing ‘natural’ about Gujarat 2002.
- To Know ‘You’ Is To Love ‘You’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 02, 2006)
It’s a spin on the classic tale of assimilation, when two cultures meet and create something unique.
- Apollo Sindhoori Launches Sensex Futures On Bse (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Apollo Sindhoori Capital Investments has soft launched the trading facility of Sensex futures on BSE in Chennai. P. B. Subramaniyan, Executive . . .
- U.S.' Latest Plans On Cuba (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 02, 2006)
The latest U.S. scheme for Cuba has classified sections that are believed to contain plans of attack and assassination.
- Karnataka's Mining Scandal (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Aug 02, 2006)
Charges of corruption against the Chief Minister forces the government to order an inquiry into the irregularities in iron ore mining.
- Somalia's Road To Anarchy (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 02, 2006)
The Ethiopian bid to remove the Union of Islamic Courts from power in Somalia risks destabilising the entire region.
- To India And Pakistan (News International, Amanullah Khan, Aug 02, 2006)
For most of the time during their 60-year-long history as free nations, India and Pakistan have been fighting against each other at national and international levels and on political, diplomatic, economic, military and media fronts.
- European Muslims & Crimes Within (Frontline, RAFIA ZAKARIA, Aug 02, 2006)
European Muslims remain silent on horrific crimes within the community citing fear of fuelling Islamophobia as the reason.
- The Indo-Us Deal (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Aug 02, 2006)
Two legislatures, separated by miles of land and sea, but inspired by the same ideals of freedom and democracy, presented two different spectacles on July 27 when they discussed their vision of the future of the relationship between their two countries.
- Oops And The Bjp Gameplan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 02, 2006)
This one is about a conspiracy theory.
- A Critique Of The Private Sector In Pakistan (News International, Mosharraf Zaidi, Aug 02, 2006)
Pakistan's favourite past-time is dissecting and criticising the government.
- Of Old Strengths In A New Era (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Aug 02, 2006)
Interview with John Bellamy Foster, editor of Monthly Review.
- Militias Mar Lebanon’S Democracy (Indian Express, Shylashri Shankar, Aug 02, 2006)
The war between Israel and Lebanon raises an important question about democracy in the Middle East.
- Kolkata Gets Bangalored (Business Standard, Subir Roy, Aug 02, 2006)
Residents of Kolkata beware! The city they so treasure and which has undergone a rejuvenation in recent years shows early signs of being afflicted by the Bangalore disease.
- Promises Not Kept (Business Standard, M J Antony, Aug 02, 2006)
State governments lure industries with incentives and then go back on their words.
- Don't Compromise Nation's Security (Pioneer, Charti Lal Goel, Aug 02, 2006)
To overcome an enemy, who is at perpetual war with India and Indians, we have to put our own house in order first, says Charti Lal Goel
- India, Egypt To Discuss W. Asia (Asia Times, Ramesh Ramachandran, Aug 02, 2006)
After watching from the sidelines as Israel launched a series of attacks on Lebanon, India is expected to get a first-hand look at the unfolding situation in West Asia when New Delhi holds talks with Cairo on issues of mutual interest and concern . . .
- High Fidel-Ity (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 02, 2006)
Woes of Cubans seem far from over ---- The prophecy of Nikita Khrushchev to all Americans, "Your grandchildren will live under Communism," mocks not only at Russians today but Communists everywhere.
- Israel's Terror (Frontline, AIJAZ AHMAD, Aug 02, 2006)
The U.S.-Israel axis goes all out to remove the last impediments to building a "New Middle East".
- Engineered War (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 02, 2006)
Hizbollah holds out and civilian casualties rise as Israel continues to wage a war that it planned for over a year.
- In 'Liberated' Iraq (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 02, 2006)
The country is sliding into a civil war, but this reality is overlooked by the U.S. despite heavy casualties in sectarian violence.
- Superpower Returns (Pioneer, Niall Ferguson, Aug 02, 2006)
The influence of the United States on Israeli politics is not as great as it is generally believed, says Niall Ferguson
- Dramatic Changes In Lebanon (Business Standard, Ajai Shukla, Aug 01, 2006)
Beirut: In the eye of the storm raging across the Israel-Lebanon border is a battalion called 4 SIKH, comprising about 800 Indian peacekeepers.
- Qana Massacre Blowback Will Hurt Us (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 01, 2006)
The world is outraged by what Israel did on Sunday but helpless to do anything about it. Sixty people were killed, at least 37 of them children, in an Israeli air raid on the Lebanese village of Qana, the biggest incident of ruthless murder of . . .
- Israel And America (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 01, 2006)
Who is responsible for the second Qana massacre?
Qana saw an Israeli massacre of Lebanese civilians in 1996, and has now seen another yesterday, this time from the air of at least 60 mostly women and children, who were taking shelter in a building . . .
- The User`s Guide To The 1,000-Page Book (Business Standard, Nilanjana S Roy, Aug 01, 2006)
They should have a shelf apiece: the mammoth single-volume biography, A Suitable Boy, Infinite Jest, Dr Strange and Mr Norrell, now Sacred Games. Big books, none of them weighing under three kilograms.
- Fall In Eden (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 01, 2006)
Despite what the numbers clearly demonstrate, there may not be any victors in the aftermath of the elections held in the Cricket Association of Bengal. Of course, there can be no doubt that Mr Jagmohan Dalmiya has scored a personal triumph . . .
- Too Stern (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 01, 2006)
The freedom to be silly is also a kind of freedom.
- Tragic Or Comic? (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 01, 2006)
Life in India is like a tragicomic farce, where corruption and all the horrors of bad living blend easily with helpless, nervous laughter because there is nothing anyone can do to alleviate wrong and replace it with integrity and dignity.
- Picture Of Indifference And Neglect (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 01, 2006)
I am in Tamenglong, up in the hills in Manipur. An idyllic setting.
- Basu Compels Party To Play Umpire (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Jyoti Basu today said the CPM secretariat would discuss Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s charges against Jagmohan Dalmiya, pitchforking a battle that has so far been confined to personalities to the party platform.
- Nda Misled J&k On Aiims: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) misled the nation during the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rule over the construction of 12 medical institutes in different parts of the country.
- Pro-Incumbency Wave Eludes India (The Economic Times, Ruchir Sharma, Aug 01, 2006)
There is a pro-incumbency wave running across emerging markets.
- Force-Feeding Mallika To Gujarat Won't Do (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Aug 01, 2006)
The Centre and the Gujarat Government are headed for a major confrontation on the Planning Commission's controversial decision to allot a Rs 10 crore pilot project to noted dancer Mallika Sarabhai for making a series of Gujarat-centric documentaries . . .
- It's Not Cricket, Jyoti Tells Fuming Buddha (Pioneer, SHIKHA MUKERJEE, Aug 01, 2006)
For Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee the victory of Jagmohan Dalmiya as president of the Cricket Association of Bengal is the triumph of evil over good.
- Microsoft, Wipro To Fight For Bcci Website Rights (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
It majors Microsoft and Wipro will compete for the right to host the Indian cricket board's website.
- Jihad's New Targets (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 01, 2006)
PM's silence is intriguing ---- Key aides of the Prime Minister are expected to be discrete and maintain a low profile.
- Last Ball Six (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 01, 2006)
Dalmiya has proved his point ---- At one level, Mr Jagmohan Dalmiya's victory in the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) election over the weekend - he retained the presidency after defeating Kolkata's Commissioner of Police, Mr Prasun Mukherjee - . . .
- Parliament Okays Office-Of-Profit Bill Amid Uproar (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Parliament today approved the controversial office of profit Bill with the Lok Sabha passing it amid Opposition uproar and after four hours of heated discussion that saw two adjournments over a member’s remarks against Gujarat chief . . .
- Will Judiciary Stem The Rot? (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Aug 01, 2006)
Given the fact that the polity is now hopelessly divided on caste, regional and communal lines resulting in a plethora of political parties, fractured mandates and unprincipled and unviable coalitions, the politics of reservations is only going to . . .
- Our World And Theirs (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Aug 01, 2006)
We can’t live without them, we can’t live with them.
- Education Panacea Of All Evils: Dua (Tribune, Amarjit Thind, Aug 01, 2006)
The people of the country seem to have lost the will to assert themselves by consciously choosing to accept the ills plaguing our society. Instead of taking steps to contain corruption and increasing criminalisation in politics, the masses are . . .
- Lok Sabha Passes Profit Bill (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Amid stiff resistance from the Opposition, Parliament today gave its approval without any change for the controversial Office of Profit Bill.
- Cic Raps Pmo For Denying Access To File Noting (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Aug 01, 2006)
The Chief Information Commissioner, Mr Wajahat Habibullah, has rapped the Prime Minister’s Office for denying access to files pertaining to the appointment of CIC and other Information Commissioners under the RTI Act on the grounds that they were . . .
- Don’T Mar Independence Day’S Sanctity (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 01, 2006)
The mma, a conglomerate of six religious political parties, has decided to observe the Independence Day as ‘Yaum-e-Nijaat’ on August 14 next.
- Pressure Within Cong To Condemn Israeli Attack (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 01, 2006)
There is growing pressure in the Congress that the party leadership convene a meeting of the working committee to adopt a formal resolution denouncing the continuing Israeli attacks on Lebanon.
- Recipe For Renewal (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 01, 2006)
Some senior Congress leaders have privately urged Ms. Sonia Gandhi to 'review the Congress ideology and policy'.
- Education For Women: Role Of Open Universities (Daily Excelsior, Ram Rattan Sharma, Aug 01, 2006)
The twentieth century will be known for the movements and consolidation of the agenda of human rights and democracy.
- The Creation Retold (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 01, 2006)
Charles Darwin is perhaps the world’s best known scientist. Every schoolboy knows him as the originator of the theory of evolution.
- Mma, Ard Agree To Launch Drive Against Pervez (Tribune, Shamim-ur-Rahman, Aug 01, 2006)
The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Friday gave formal effect to their resolve for launching a movement against General Pervez Musharraf’s dispensation, but there were indications that the vote of . . .
- Stanley Medical College Doctors To Train Peers In Biomedical Waste . . . (Hindu, R. Sujatha, Aug 01, 2006)
The Dean will be the head for all government medical colleges
- Wrong Place, Wrong Time (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
It seems that some political advisers of President Musharraf are managing to do what the opposition parties have failed to so far so far --
- Coalition Politics In A Quasi-Military-Repub (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
The writer is editor current affairs, The News, and editor South Asian Journal
Before the ruling coalition in Sindh, and at the centre, could fall apart, the arbitration by President General Pervez Musharraf worked its magic to keep the adversaries tog
- Halt N-Work By 31st, Un Tells Iran (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The UN Security Council on Monday demanded that Iran suspend its nuclear activities in a month or face the threat of sanctions, but Tehran denounced the move as illegal and vowed to press on.
- Masses Will Reject Opposition, Says Musharra (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf came down heavily on the opposition on Monday, saying that they wanted to destabilise the country when it was heading towards stability.
- Challenges For The Ajk Govt (News International, Ershad Mahmud, Aug 01, 2006)
Many were predicting that the ruling Muslim Conference would once again form a government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). Quite a few reasons contributed to this pre-poll pointer.
- Causes And Consequences (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Aug 01, 2006)
The difference of opinion is regarding subsidies to the farm sector. India should be careful in taking decisions.
- Congress Mlas Up In Arms Against Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
T.P.S. Rawat had alleged links between some MLAs and the liquor mafia
Chief Minister urged to order probe into the allegation
Name the persons involved, says State party chief
- Musharraf's Puppet (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 31, 2006)
Beware of Attique Khan in PoK ---- T he recent 'election' in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was not only illegitimate, it amounted to a blatant mockery of democracy.
- Admission Of Debility (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 31, 2006)
And so, after five-and-a-half years of rolling his eyes at the "shuttle diplomacy" of his predecessor, George W Bush has to send his, Secretary of State to the West Asia to do just that:
- A Leadership Vacuum (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Jul 31, 2006)
Here are some moments in the life of a nation when people eschew individualism and look for leadership.
- Yet, Sonia Defended Them In Parliament, Salman In Courts (New Indian Express, S Gurumurthy , Jul 31, 2006)
It was founded in the year 1977. Not by a religious leader, but by an English-educated academic, Mohammed Ahamadullah Siddiqui.
- Congo Goes To First Polls In 4 Decades (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 31, 2006)
Congo held its first multiparty election in more than four decades today, a colossal democratic exercise many hope will secure an end to years of fighting and corrupt rule that have devastated this gigantic, mineral-rich nation in the heart of Africa.
- Not On Sufferance (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 31, 2006)
Left rides roughshod over Opposition
The concept of a shadow cabinet may now have become a matter of historical interest in large parts of the world.
- For U.S., A Fair Deal Means What Its Farmers Demand (Hindu, Heather Stewart, Jul 31, 2006)
Developing countries have lost out again, and could next suffer under new one-to-one deals with more powerful nations.
- Unipolar Control On World Trade (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jul 31, 2006)
In an integrated world it is difficult not to avoid drawing parallels from one development to the other.
- Wall Of Ash-Dumping Ground Of Fertilizer Plant Washed Away (Tribune, Kiran Deep, Jul 31, 2006)
Ash dumping ground of NFL Naya Nangal spread on several acres between Vibhor Sahib Gurdwara and NFL guest-house, near Nangal lake poses a major threat to environment as a major portion of wall erected to prevent flow of ash into the lake was washed . . .
- Congress Will Lose Badly In Assembly Poll, Claims Badal (Tribune, Kiran Deep, Jul 31, 2006)
Ash dumping ground of NFL Naya Nangal spread on several acres between Vibhor Sahib Gurdwara and NFL guest-house, near Nangal lake poses a major threat to environment as a major portion of wall erected to prevent flow of ash into the lake was washed . . .
- Terrorism Is Inherent In Pok (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Jul 31, 2006)
A few years ago an angry feminist told a women conference in Lahore that the condition of women in Pakistan would not improve unless the two-nation theory was discarded.
- Lok Satta To Launch New Party On August 9 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Party will be registered with the Election Commission by year-end
- Bjp Minority Morcha Plans `Jehad' Against Terrorism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party's Minority Morcha on Sunday resolved to launch a nation-wide campaign against terrorism while accusing Congress and Left parties of adopting a "soft approach'' towards the violence perpetrated in the name of religion and . . .
- Another Cult (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 31, 2006)
Discrimination is one of the classic weapons of power. It makes no difference if the power is held by a temple trust.
- Not One Mole, Mr Prime Minister And Mr Jaswant, But Two! (New Indian Express, S Gurumurthy , Jul 31, 2006)
First, the Kandahar pay-off issue and next, the ‘mole' in PMO. Mr Jaswant Singh's new book seems to have opened a can of worms.
- Residents Protest Against Setting Up Of Mobile Tower (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
The residents of a suburb in the city are urging the Government to stop a private mobile telephone company from setting up a communication tower in their neighbourhood.
- Light In Cm Yard, Darkness Next Door (Telegraph, DHIRENDRA K. JHA, Jul 31, 2006)
With its two glittering stadiums, airport, an institute of medical sciences and a post-graduate college, Sefai’s success story should have been a beacon of hope for every heartland hamlet.
- Tough Times For Trade (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 31, 2006)
The Geneva meeting of the G 6 group, comprising the US, the EU, Australia, Japan, Brazil and India, has hit a roadblock once again and it is over agriculture again.
- Smash And Grab (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 31, 2006)
Reds eye Kerala private colleges ---- The interim order passed by the Kerala High Court, upholding the earlier order of a single judge allowing private self-financing professional colleges of the State to regulate admissions and fee structure . . .
- Post Doha Failure, Playing The Blame Game (The Financial Express, RUPA CHANDA, Jul 31, 2006)
This finger-pointing reflects the divisions between the US, the EU and the developing countries.
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