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Articles 5821 through 5920 of 26693:
- Ghulam Nabi`s Sorry Plight (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 16, 2006)
His job's just got tougher with India downing shutters on talks with Pakistan.
- Indo-Pak Secretary-Level Talks Called Off (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Toughening its stand against the background of the serial bomb blasts in Mumbai, India on Saturday told Pakistan that the Foreign Secretary-level talks will not take place on July 20.
- Alliance With Aiadmk Will Continue: Vaiko (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-Marumalrchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam alliance will continue for the local body elections, MDMK general secretary Vaiko said here on Friday.
- ‘Pervez Can’T Support Campaign’ (Asian Age, PTI, Jul 15, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf cannot support the election campaign of the ruling pro-military PML-Q during next year’s general elections, the chief election commissioner has said."
- Heart Of The Matter (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 15, 2006)
It is quite well known that Punjab along with Kerala and Andhra Pradesh figures among the states with the highest incidence of heart disease in the country.
- India Dictated By Hostile Neighbours (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 15, 2006)
North Korea, Pakistan and China have forced the missile race on India and the US has no doubts that ours is a more responsible programme focussed on deterrence ----
- I Have No Interest In Becoming Prime Minister: V.P. Singh (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jul 15, 2006)
In politics, yet out of it. That isV.P. Singhat 75. In an interview, he talks about his newest baby, the Jan Dal, and sketches out the ideal situation at the Centre — two coalitions, led by the Congress and the Left respectively, occupying both . . .
- Dmk Wins Municipal Vice-Chairman Election (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Congress emerges victorious in other councils
- Russia Stands Firm Ahead Of G8 Summit (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jul 15, 2006)
Moscow's message to the West is that resurgent Russia will no longer tolerate being treated as the Cold War loser.
- Sangh Parivar’S Bombay Dreams (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jul 15, 2006)
The Sangh Parivar seems to have taken the plunge. A plunge that most people thought they would take — sooner or later.
- Peace Process Bombed: Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
“The terrorists were supported by elements across the border without which they cannot hit with such an effect,” Dr Singh said while addressing a news conference
- Democracy's Long Haul (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 15, 2006)
In 1848 a democratic revolution swept across Europe, and then promptly collapsed. Thousands of protesters were killed in the streets.
- Strategic Realignments (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jul 15, 2006)
Pakistan is moving closer to China in the wake of the emerging Indo-US strategic partnership
- India's Most Wanted Terrorist Is Faceless (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 15, 2006)
Little is known about Rahil Abdul Rehman Sheikh, believed to be the principal executor of the Mumbai bombings Since at least February, police in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Delhi have all been attempting to locate the man alleged to be responsible for . ..
- Wali Khan Jr Hails Manmohan’S Peace Initiatives (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and his coalition government have got the thumbs up from across the border for their efforts to sustain peace, harmony and stability in South Asia, and particularly with Pakistan, in spite of the massive devastation . . .
- Simiwadi Party (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 15, 2006)
It is the height of irresponsibility that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has given a clean chit to the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), which has been under the scanner following the Mumbai blasts.
- Gehlot For Rahul's Induction Into Aicc (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Raising fresh speculation about Rahul Gandhi's entry in organisational politics, AICC general secretary Ashok Gehlot has said that the time has come for the Gandhi scion to take a decision.
- Watch Your Words (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 15, 2006)
In times of national crises, politicians are expected to rise above their party interests and speak up for the collective well-being of the nation. Our political class regularly fails to do so.
- Doctors Face Independent Review In Misconduct Cases (Guardian (UK), Sarah Boseley, Jul 15, 2006)
Radical proposals to shake up the regulation of doctors, including what was immediately dubbed a "copper's nark" in every hospital, met with serious opposition from the profession yesterday.
- Former Cia Agent Valerie Plame Sues Us Vice President (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Former undercover operative of the Central Intelligence Agency Valerie Plame and her husband have sued Vice President Dick Cheney, his one time Chief of Staff I Lewis 'Scooter' Libby and top Presidential aide Karl Rove for conspiring to expose her . . .
- Top Leaders Of Ruling Alliance, Maoists Discuss Key Issues (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Jul 15, 2006)
Top leaders of Nepal's ruling multi-party alliance and Maoists held a fresh round of informal talks here to discuss key issues of arms management, ceasefire monitoring and holding of constituent assembly elections in an effort to move the peace . . .
- Hdfc Bank Q1 Net Up 30 Pct, Rates A Worry (Reuters, M.C. Govardhana Rangan, Jul 15, 2006)
India's third-most valuable lender, HDFC Bank Ltd., on Friday reported a 30 percent jump in quarterly profit, matching expectations on strong loans growth and higher income from other services.
- Blair's Woes Get In The Way Of Labour's Quiet Revolution (Guardian (UK), Patrick Wintour, Jul 15, 2006)
A year ago, the PM went to G8 summit on a high but he is now a diminished figure
- Corruption In Asia (International Herald Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jul 15, 2006)
Every year, more than 200,000 Indonesian Muslims join the pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam's most holy site.
- Trouble In Londonistan (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Jul 15, 2006)
The London Transport bombings of July 2005 prompted no less than eight surveys of Muslim opinion in the United Kingdom within the year.
- Israeli Planes Strike Lebanon, 23 Reported Dead; Bush Blames Hezbollah (Bloomberg.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Afghan and coalition forces killed 41 insurgents during offensives in central and southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said today.
In the most recent operation, 10 rebels were killed early today when coalition forces attacked enemy targets in the
- Radical Shiite Cleric Hints At Militia Attacks To Protest Israel’S Actions (New York Times, Edward Wong, Jul 15, 2006)
The radical Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr said Friday that Iraqis would not “sit by with folded hands” while Israel struck at Lebanon, signaling a possible increase in attacks from his mercurial militia, the Mahdi Army
- After Mumbai (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
The caller to an Indian news agency who praised Tuesday's bombings of Mumbai commuter trains in the name of an Al Qaeda branch in Kashmir might have been an impostor. But there is no denying that elements of Tuesday's bombings of commuter trains in Mumbai
- Independent Judgment In Doubt (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
The public controversy over Bank of Japan Gov.
- India's New Lobbyists Use American Methods (International Herald Tribune, Anand Giridharadas, Jul 15, 2006)
Gaining political influence in India was once a simple affair: You handed over a suitcase of cash, in nonsequential notes.
- Cec’S Right Stand (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 15, 2006)
It is unfortunate that it should take the Chief Election Commissioner to remind Gen Pervez Musharraf of something very . . .
- Hdfc Bank Q1 Net Up 30 Per Cent (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
India's third-most valuable lender, HDFC Bank Ltd., on Friday reported a 30 percent jump in quarterly profit, matching expectations on strong loans growth and higher income from other services.
- Vadodara To Bhiwandi (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jul 15, 2006)
If anyone throws stones at policemen, we will answer them with bullets." That was no Narendra 'Milosevic' Modi defending Gujarat Police for firing that resulted in the death of two Muslims in Vadodara.
- Congress To Blame (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 15, 2006)
It helped SIMI recover and regroup ---- It is entirely possible that when the Congress contested the Tamil Nadu Assembly election in alliance with dubious organisations like the Tamil Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam, its political managers were not aware . . .
- 12 Soldiers, Four Tamil Rebels Killed (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Twelve soldiers and four Tamil rebels were killed in fresh violence in Sri Lanka's restive eastern province on Friday as nationalists demanded the arrest of an ailing Tiger spokesman undergoing treatment in Colombo.
- Realism Of India’S Un Ambition (Dawn, Shaukat Umer, Jul 15, 2006)
An astute Cuban diplomat, with long experience of the United Nations, once described the decision making process in the Security Council by drawing an enigmatic mathmatical equation: 1+1+3+10=15.
- Back To Basics (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 15, 2006)
It is perhaps understandable that the new political dispensation in Nepal lends itself to persistent uncertainty and partners in the government will take some time to sort things out.
- Cec's Remarks (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 15, 2006)
Remarks by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Qazi Mohammad Farooq at a press conference in Islamabad on Thursday that the president cannot run the election campaign of any political party need to be welcomed especially since 2007 is a scheduled . . .
- Mc Names Attique As Ajk Pm (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
The Muslim Conference parliamentary party has nominated Sardar Attique Ahmad Khan as its candidate as prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The election is likely to be held on July 24.
- Ajk Poll Results (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 14, 2006)
The elections held in Azad and Jammu Kashmir (AJK) have thrown up at least one interesting result: the election of two MQM candidates from seats for Kashmiri refugees living in Karachi.
- Hydrogen Bikes (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 14, 2006)
Environmentally-friendly transport is many things but it is hardly sexy. Worthy, yes, but not pulse-racing. That will change when Intelligent Energy’s ENV bike hits the roads.
- Indo-Pak Peace: New Process, Old Approach (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 14, 2006)
Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital city, is just the right place for Pakistanis, Indians and Kashmiris to meet and discuss Kashmir. It is neutral, friendly, exotic, and one also feels at home when it comes to violence and suicide bombings.
- Regulate Loans (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The Punjab government plans to regulate private money lending to farmers through a law, though the Assembly is slated to meet only for two days in September before it is dissolved to hold elections early next year.
- I Will Do Things My Way: Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Says not under foreign pressure for polls
Media contributing to misperceptions
Nobody asking for AQ Khan custody
- Azad Kashmir Poll Results (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 14, 2006)
To no one’s surprise, the ruling Muslim Conference (MC) has emerged as the largest party in Tuesday’s elections in Azad Kashmir. Given the . . .
- India-Us Relations: Challenges And Opportunities (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Jul 14, 2006)
India can succeed in developing a durable relationship with the US and with other major powers, only when it clearly defines its core national security interests and accelerates the process of economic reform and progress, so that engaging India . . .
- 70,000-Cr. Package Sought For Ryots (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
YSR hopeful of Volkswagen project; Cabinet expansion after panchayat polls
State officials to get in touch with Central authorities to finalise details
Centre urged to announce suitable package of incentives for FAB units
- Politics Of Packages & The Packaging Of Politics (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jul 14, 2006)
Had there been a waiver of debt of up to just Rs.25,000, more than 80 per cent of Vidharbha's farmers would no longer have owed the banks money.
- Can A Crowd Really Edit Our Daily Paper? (Hindu, Victor Keegan , Jul 14, 2006)
News selection based on the "wisdom of crowds" could turn into the madness of crowds.
- India Hopeful Of Joining Global Flux Network (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Network to be established at a cost of US$50 million spent over five years
U.S. to assist with expertise
20 towers to be set up across the country initially
A central repository for data to be established
All the departments to share data collecte
- After The Cartoon Fury, Attempt At Dialogue (Deccan Herald, ALAN COWELL, Jul 14, 2006)
Flemming Rose, the Danish editor who published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that ignited what some called a war of civilisations, walked into a conference hall full of European and American Muslims, braced for more of the same.
- Blasts Case: Defence Objects To Citing Of Appeals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Prosecution continues argument on conspiracy charge
- `Aware Of Provisions That Trouble India' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The Bush Administration was aware that some provisions in the enabling legislation to implement the nuclear deal ``trouble'' India and would work, where it was possible, to address those issues, the U.S. Ambassador to India, David Mulford, has said.
- We The Regional, Marginalised People (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 14, 2006)
Coomi Kapoor’s left-handed compliment to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and its leadership in her edit page commentary (Nice guys don’t last, IE, July 10) has surprised me.
- Keeping Peace: Will The Spirit Of Bombay Rise To The Challenge? (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Jul 14, 2006)
Bombay entered July with a lot of premonition. Vivid still were the memories of 26/7, when the metropolis nearly drowned in a demonic downpour and over 400 people died then and the days that followed.
- States Of The Nation (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 14, 2006)
Mumbai has demonstrated not only an Intelligence-cum-imagination challenged national security apparatus, as this newspaper has noted over the last two days, it is also now . . .
- A Shadow On The Peace Process (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 14, 2006)
The exchange of words between India and Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks shows the trust deficit.
- Electric Buses To Hit Mysore Roads (Deccan Herald, Kavitha Kushalappa, Jul 14, 2006)
Mysore will not have to wait for Bangalore-like traffic chaos to happen. Advanced public transport options are already under consideration and in the running is electric trolleys.
- Cong. Leaders Annoyed Over Power, Water Crisis (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Jul 14, 2006)
Fear backlash from Delhiites during MCD elections; Ashok Gehlot directed to ask Chief Minister to set things right
- Differences Between Bjp, Jd (S) Can Be Ironed Out: Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The coalition Government will complete its term of 40 months much to the chagrin of Opposition parties, Minister for Science and Technology and district in-charge Ramachandra Gowda said here on Thursday.
- Usa Knows What Troubles India (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The USA is aware that some provisions in the enabling legislation to implement the Indo-US nuclear deal “trouble” India and would work to address those issues, the US ambassador to . . .
- Israel Moves To Seal Off Lebanon (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel mounted a massive military offensive to seal off Lebanon from the outside world yesterday, blockading ports, destroying runways and bombing the main road from Beirut to Damascus amid fears that Hezbollah fighters planned to smuggle two kidnapped Is
- Pak To Be Blamed For Mumbai Blasts: Us Expert (Pioneer, Priscilla Huff, Jul 14, 2006)
A senior visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has said that Pakistan, not Kashmiri militant group was behind Tuesday's serial bomb blasts in Mumbai.
- Infosys Diffuses Bomb Worries (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Infosys Technologies Ltd, India's number-two software services exporter, beat forecasts with a 50 percent jump in quarterly profit and raised its full-year estimates, sending its shares up more than 7 percent.
- India Slams Polls In Pok (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
India said the entire election process in ‘‘Azad Jammu and Kashmir’’ part of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir demonstrated a “lack of credibility” with the authorities rejecting most of the candidates who did not sign a declaration ascribing to . . .
- Zion To Sion (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 14, 2006)
From Israel, lessons for Mumbai ---- Facetious as it may sound, weeks like this one are ripe for bemoaning the limits to . . .
- India Claims Pakistan 'Hand' In Mumbai Bombs (Guardian (UK), RANDEEP RAMESH, Jul 14, 2006)
The peace process between India and Pakistan fell victim to the Mumbai bombings yesterday as talks scheduled for next week were reportedly delayed because New Delhi said it had evidence that its neighbour had a "hand" in the attacks.
- Border Debate Spurs Discrimination (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Massive pro-immigrant marches held across the country this past spring have ignited a new social movement among Latinos who feel a sharp increase in discrimination, a survey released Thursday shows.
- Lalu Not Happy With Security Measures (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The government’s management of internal security came in for a subtle attack at the meeting of the Union Cabinet on Thursday when railways minister Lalu Prasad Yadav sought more effective measures to tackle the threat of terrorism.
- Mulayam Won’T Blame Simi (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The ‘secular’ brigade’s itch to appease hardline community opinion was on display once again on Thursday when Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh and his Samajwadi Party government virtually threw a protective shield around the banned . . .
- 51 Killed As Israel Presses On With Gaza Assault (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel pounded Gaza with fresh air strikes Sunday as Prime Minister . . .
- Wrong Foot Forward (Pioneer, Rajindar Sachar , Jul 14, 2006)
The Governor of Uttar Pradesh was ill-advised to seek confrontation with the High Court over the transfer of a judicial officer, says Rajindar Sachar
- Agenda At St Petersburg (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 14, 2006)
G7 countries must watch out for Moscow's charm offensive and ask Russian leaders to further democratise, writes Alec van Gelder
- Ghaffar’S Grandson Says Pak Sheltering Terrorists (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jul 14, 2006)
The Pakistan government is providing weapons and safe houses for terrorists, according to Pakistan Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan, who is currently leading a delegation to India. He said that he had said as much to the interior . . .
- Censorship Undermines Democracy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 14, 2006)
The Grand Old Party of India, it appears, has not yet tired of its habit of taking democracy for granted. It has issued a legal notice asking the makers of a film on Sonia Gandhi to suspend their project.
- Modi Heads For Mumbai (Asian Age, Sanjay Basak, Jul 14, 2006)
The BJP will be sending its Hindutva face, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, to Mumbai to participate in a two-day nationwide campaign against terrorism. Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani will tour Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh while party . . .
- Politics Of Self-Defeat (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jul 14, 2006)
Tuesday's serial blasts in Mumbai, yet another critical reminder of the asphyxiating grasp of terrorism on India, is an ominous signal to the political class in New Delhi that sadbhavana (goodwill) trips to Pakistan cannot obliterate the ideology of hate
- New Imf Loan Facility (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 14, 2006)
A small step towards the bigger changes
- Right To Lie (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 14, 2006)
Given the general Indian propensity to ban books or films that don't meet somebody's approval the legal notice sent by Congress, which is the dominant player in government, to the makers of a film on Sonia Gandhi will necessarily have a chilling effect on
- India Has An Mssg Problem (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 14, 2006)
TBGBs is the Westminster nickname for the instability caused by the central relationship in British politics. TB stands for the British PM Tony Blair and GB for the chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown.
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