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Articles 1421 through 1520 of 12026:
- Surviving Devils (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 05, 2006)
Dum Dum hoodlums mock CM’s assurances
- Tearful Adieu To Pramod Mahajan (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Thousands of mourners bid a tearful adieu today to one of the country’s promising politicians and BJP’s master strategist Pramod Mahajan, who was cremated here with full State honours in the presence of a galaxy of dignitaries led by Vice-President . . .
- Sri Lanka Army Says Kills 7, Talks Remain Deadlocked (Reuters, Peter Apps, May 05, 2006)
Sri Lanka's army said it killed seven suspected Tamil Tigers after an attack on a checkpoint on Thursday, while the rebels raised new objections to a government plan aimed at ending the deadlock over peace talks.
- Prioritising Civil Service Reforms (Daily Excelsior, Srinivasan K. Rangachary, May 05, 2006)
The Government proposes to introduce a bill in Parliament to amend civil services rules whereby merit and integrity will get preponderance over seniority.
- Another Futile Cbm (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 05, 2006)
Pakistan and India have agreed on another Confidence Building Measure (CBM). This time it relates to launching of a truck service between Azad and Occupied Kashmir to promote trade between the two parts.
- Law Loses Speed, Lynch Mob At Large (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
More than 36 hours after 11 persons were named in the murder of Mohammed Rafiq Vohra in an FIR, not one has been arrested, raising questions about the government’s sincerity in punishing rioters.
- Tearful Adieu To Pramod (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
BJP General Secretary Pramod Mahajan, who died of gunshot wounds yesterday, was cremated today with full state honours at the Shivaji Park crematorium here.
- Vote Dpa To Power For A Better Tn: Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday appealed to the people of Tamil Nadu to vote the DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance to power so it could work in tandem with the Centre and make it a leading state in the country.
- Lend Lease (Times of India, SWAGATO GANGULY, May 05, 2006)
Mao Zedong may have been a fire-breathing revolutionary, but he proved far-sighted in one respect. When the People's Liberation Army was routing its enemies across mainland China in 1949, he didn't order them into Hong Kong.
- Seeking Progress On All Fronts (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2006)
The people of Darfur need much more than aid. They need protection on the ground and they need peace, not just on paper but implemented and enforced throughout each and every village across the region.
- Dangers Of Saltoro Pull-Back (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, May 05, 2006)
There are indications that New Delhi is negotiating with Pakistan to pull back Indian forces from the strategic heights of Saltoro Range and establish an extensive demilitarised zone. But there should be no question of a pull-back from positions . . .
- Curfew Relaxed In Vadodara (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, May 05, 2006)
Clash in Navapura before Army moved in
Army stages flag march in affected areas
"Handling of situation by police raises a lot of questions"
- ‘Pak Role A Must For Afghan Mission Success’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Recognising Pakistan’s role in the war on terror, it will soon be given control of the Commander Task Force (CTF)-150 operation in the Arabian Sea.
- Russia's Energy Diversification Moves (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , May 04, 2006)
Irked by attempts to block it out of Europe's energy retail market, Moscow has begun to seek other export routes.
- Earthquake Hits Tonga, Tsunami Warning Issued (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
An earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale hit Tonga islands, US Geological Survey (USGS) said on Wednesday. A tsunami warning was issued for Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand and other South Pacific States.
- Advani Calls For Bjp-Muslim Unity (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Has the negative outlook towards the BJP helped the minorities or the nation at large? Floating the question to Indian Muslims, veteran BJP leader L K Advani took a dig at the Congress party for trying to divide the Nation by harping on “minority . . .
- India, Pak To Start New Bus Service (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Sustaining the process of peace and confidence-building along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, India and Pakistan on Wednesday decided to start a second cross-LoC bus service from June 19.
- No Duty Free Crude Imports (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 04, 2006)
Jaundiced policy is adding fuel to the oil price fire. The committee on feedstock policy and pricing for petroleum, chemicals and petrochemical investment regions (PCPIR) wants nil duty on crude oil imports, while keeping customs tariff on petroleum . . .
- Components Of A Miracle That Is Attainable (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, May 04, 2006)
Why we need high and sustained growth and what we need to do to make this happen
- Young Americans Geographically Challenged (Statesman, Andrew Buncombe, May 04, 2006)
The US may be the world’s only true superpower but global domination does not equal global knowledge.
- Ceasefire Ceases (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, May 04, 2006)
The suicide attack on the Sri Lankan Army Commander, Lt.-Gen. Sarath Fonseka, on 25 April, by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, marks the end of the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement between the government and the militant organisation.
- Surviving Devils (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 04, 2006)
Dum Dum hoodlums mock CM’s assurances
- The Saltoro Range (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, May 04, 2006)
There has been significant progress in recent months in expanding cooperation and reducing tensions between India and Pakistan, despite continuing incidents of ISI- sponsored terrorism.
- Bmp Demolishes 2,500 Huts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
The plot, estimated at Rs. 30 crore, was meant for a park in Peenya
- Never Too Late (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 04, 2006)
The Bush administration's recent decision to place Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Idara Khidmat-e-Khalq (IKK) in the Specially Designated Global Terrorist Designation (SDGT) category has not come too soon.
- Nepal Announces Indefinite Ceasefire (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Nepal’s new government announced today an indefinite truce to match a ceasefire declared by Maoist insurgents and said it would seek the withdrawal of Interpol arrest warrants against rebel leaders.
- Kathmandu Spring (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 04, 2006)
For a while during the past three weeks of turmoil in Nepal, observers would have been forgiven for thinking that the crisis had more to do with Indian domestic politics than with events in the Himalayan kingdom.
- Us Decision Criticized (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Jamaat Al-Dawa amir Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has criticised the US decision to declare the JD and Idara Khidmat-i-Khalq as terrorist organisations.
- Taliban Attack Party To Stop Music (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
A group of Taliban stormed a wedding ceremony to disrupt a music programme, wounding one man a few days after they ordered Bhittani tribesmen to grow beards, eyewitnesses said on Tuesday.
- India, Pakistan To Launch Kashmir Transport Links (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 04, 2006)
Truck service on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road in first half of July
* Bus service between Poonch, Rawalakot on June 19
- Nepal’S Maoists Write Off New Leaders, Refuse To Disarm (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Richard Boucher ignores king in a quick-fire series of meetings with Nepal’s power brokers
- Another Step Forward (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 04, 2006)
After a lull, there is some forward movement on the India-Pakistan diplomatic front. At the end of two days of official-level talks, the two countries have decided to take some more confidence-building measures (CBM).
- Nepal Declares Truce (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, May 04, 2006)
Lifts ban on Maoists, calls for talk
- Mahajan Loses Battle For Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
The 56-year-old BJP general secretary is survived by his wife Rekha, son Rahul and daughter Poonam who were at his bedside when he finally gave up the most difficult battle of his life at 4:10 pm.
- Dangers Of Saltor Demilitarisation (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, May 04, 2006)
There has been significant progress in recent months in expanding cooperation and reducing tensions between India and Pakistan, despite continuing incidents of ISI sponsored terrorism.
- Yemen’S Al Qaeda No. 2 Jailed For 3 Years (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Al Qaeda's alleged number-two in Yemen was sentenced Wednesday by a Sanaa court to three years and a month in prison after the prosecutor had asked for death.
- Hamas Could Match Israeli Peace Moves — Mishaal (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Hamas could reciprocate Israeli moves towards peace if the Jewish state agrees to withdraw from all lands occupied in 1967 and acknowledges Palestinian rights, the group's political leader Khaled Mishaal said on Wednesday.
- Quake Rocks Tonga; Tsunami Threat Subsides (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
A small tsunami was generated off the Pacific islands of Niue and Pago Pago following an 8.0 magnitude quake in Tonga, but the threat to New Zealand and Fiji is subsiding, US monitors said on Wednesday.
- Is Pakistan A Failed State? (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
According to a report, Pakistan along with Afghanistan is among the world’s top ten most ‘vulnerable States’. The study has been compiled jointly by the US Foreign Policy Magazine and the US-based Fund for Peace think-tank. Pakistan has been moved . . .
- Army Deployed In Vadodara (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, May 04, 2006)
Centre moves swiftly to check violence
Violence erupted on Monday killing six people
Decision taken to deploy Army after Modi briefs Centre
No relaxation in indefinite curfew
- Delivering On The Employment Guarantee (Hindu, Mihir Shah, May 04, 2006)
The black box of the Schedule of Rates should be opened and the rates revised upwards urgently in a transparent manner.
- Army Conducts Flag Marches In Vadodara (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
The Army on Wednesday night conducted flag marches in all curfew-bound localities of this riot-hit town where a shop was set on fire in a fresh outbreak of arson as three days of violence left six dead and more than 60 injured.
- Nepal Maoists (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, May 03, 2006)
The American Connection And More
- Indefatigable Survivor (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 03, 2006)
There are times when people change the course of their destiny with sheer will and determination. Rungeen Singh mentions one such incident
- In Search Of A Solution (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, May 03, 2006)
Next to cricket legend Brian Lara, Norwegian peace negotiator in Sri Lanka Erik Solheim is the best known name there. He is in Kathmandu today instead of Kilinochchi where he might have been counselling LTTE to rejoin the on and off Geneva peace talks.
- 'Pakistan Needs To Do More To Curb Cross-Border Terrorism' (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, May 03, 2006)
In the wake of the massacre of Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir, India today asserted that "more remains to be done" by Pakistan to curb cross-border terrorism and said last year's quake saw the "public rehabilitation" of terrorist organisations and their . .
- How Two Countries Treat Their Farmers (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , May 03, 2006)
The Canadian nation as a whole was more sensitive to the recent blockade by 200 farmers than India has been to suicides by over 20,000 farmers since 1995.
- India Without Policy Options In Sri Lanka (Daily Excelsior, Jayant Muralidharan, May 03, 2006)
Setbacks are hardly sudden; they usually have a buildup. The ceasefire between the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), mediated by Norwegian peacemakers in 2002, is suddenly looking shaky.
- Quake Relief Efforts (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 03, 2006)
THAT the whole world was just as surprised as it was impressed by the response from within Pakistan and the international community following the October 8 earthquake tragedy would not amount to an overstatement. Even though the government drew . . .
- Drinking Water Behind Panic (Deccan Herald, Olivia Thomas , May 03, 2006)
The excitement of getting a basic amenity that was long denied can cause panic
- ‘Whoever Has Seen Aksai Chin, As I Have, Would Want Someone . . . (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, May 03, 2006)
The passing of John Kenneth Galbraith brings back a flood of memories of this outstanding man (in every sense of the expression), especially of his India connection, that need to be shared.
- Curb Terrorism, Pakistan Told (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 03, 2006)
"It is an enemy of civilised societies everywhere," says Shivshankar Menon
Training, communications for terrorism unabated, says Menon
Pakistan's insistence on primacy of Kashmir issue extreme
"Unfortunate acts of terrorism," says Pakistan
- The Vadodara Test (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 03, 2006)
Seen in isolation, the violence in Vadodara that left four people dead, two of them killed in police firing, doesn’t amount to much in a country where life is cheap. But this happened in Gujarat, where every incident must be . . .
- Pakistan In World’S Top 10 Failed States, The Region In Top 25 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Pakistan is among the among the world’s top 10 most vulnerable states and India is the only exception in the South Asian region where as many as five countries rank in the bottom 25 of 146 nations surveyed.
- Of Hi-Tech, Low Efficiency, And Malls (Hindu, P. SAINATH, May 03, 2006)
India's development debate has actually regressed this past decade. A single, homogenised view of development is being shoved down from above.
- Murder In Kashmir: Don’T Get Derailed! (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 03, 2006)
Gunmen dressed in combat fatigues shot dead 23 Hindus in two remote villages of Doda district in Indian-held Jammu and Kashmir late Sunday night.
- Us Won’T Remove Nepal Maoists From Terror List (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Indonesian anti-terror police have arrested another man suspected of links with key terrorist suspect Noordin Mohammad Top,national police deputy spokesman said on Wednesday.
- Pakistan And India Close To Accord On Trade Across Loc (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 03, 2006)
India and Pakistan are close to an agreement on trans-Kashmir trade and a new bus service, possibly before Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s visit to Islamabad.
- 10 Per Cent Seats Not Feasible This Year, Pleads Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Quota for SCs/STs in postgraduate courses in medical colleges
- The Tight Shoes Therapy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 03, 2006)
I have an e-mail on the collective wisdom of the Ya Ya Sisters in seven cartoons. The original ‘Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood’, was a ‘chick flick’ based on a tale of hilarity set in a Louisiana parish. In the movie, four girl friends . . .
- 20 Taliban Killed In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
Troops from the US-led coalition have killed between 15 and 20 Taliban insurgents in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, a statement said on Monday.
- Memories Of Tatha (Deccan Herald, NUGGEHALLI PANKAJA, May 02, 2006)
Joint families provide joy to kids, and help develop their intellect
- Politics And Practice Of Communal Massacres In Jammu And Kashmir (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 02, 2006)
Militant groups have long used death as an instrument to derail efforts towards détente
Scale of communal strikes has dropped since 2002, but periodic attacks continue
Terror campaign aimed at causing at large-scale migration of Hindus
- Dpa Enjoys Edge Over Aiadmk, Says Moily (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
Cosmetic corrections' made by Jayalalithaa have vanished
DPA is an all-inclusive alliance of the social forces
It is Congress, which provided the swing for regional parties to come to power
"Centre has gone out of the way to help TN by . . .
- Karunanidhi Promises Educational Aid To Wards . . . (Hindu, G. Satyamurty , May 02, 2006)
Accuses Jayalalithaa of adopting anti-labour stance
Karunanidhi terms Jayalalithaa's promises poll gimmicks
Jayalalithaa has not cooperated with Centre: Chidambaram
- For Nepal & India, The Road Ahead Is Difficult (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 02, 2006)
Among the hurdles: the parties' lack of confidence, as well as New Delhi's anxiety over the U.N. involvement in the disarmament of the Maoists and elections to a constituent assembly.
- Four Killed In Vadodara (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
Violence sparked by demolition of dargah
Authorities pulled down structure to widen road
2 killed in police firing, two in stabbing incidents
Indefinite curfew declared in six areas
Situation tense but under control: police
- Serial Terror Strikes Claim 35 Lives In Doda And Udhampur (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 02, 2006)
Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizb ul-Mujahideen cadre principal suspects
The worst single night of violence since 2000
Victims fired at point-blank range
- Delayed, But Not Denied (Deccan Herald, Pran Chopra , May 02, 2006)
Can Koirala guide his government to a consensus with the Maoists on reaching and preserving peace?
- Gujarat Violence Invites Advisory (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
A Vadodara Municipal Corporation drive to free the city of encroachments left four people dead and over a dozen injured when police fired to disperse a mob.
- Seven Killed In "Ltte Attacks" (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, May 02, 2006)
At least seven persons were killed and eight injured in suspected LTTE attacks in eastern Sri Lanka on Monday, the army said.
- 34 Hindus Killed In Kashmir (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 02, 2006)
Pakistan condemns ‘act of terrorism’
Hurriyat chairman calls for killers to be arrested
- Sorrows Of The Quake Victims (Dawn, S.M. Naseem, May 02, 2006)
According to a news report, more than 100 earthquake survivors clashed with the police recently in Mujohi, a village near Muzaffarabad, over new rules regarding compensation for quake-damaged homes, leaving a few people injured.
- Core Conundrums (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 02, 2006)
Poor core sector growth needs policy support
- India Prefers Russian To Us Cargo Aircrafts (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 02, 2006)
A representative of the US aerospace major Lockheed-Martin is here to sell US aircrafts to Indian Air Force (IAF). Indian officials have shown interest in buying the Hercules C-130J heavy-lift
- Headquarters Of Crpf Attacked (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
Militants attacked Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) battalion headquarters in the city here this afternoon. Elsewhere in Jammu and Kashmir, a Pakistani infiltrator was among three persons killed while four other intruders were arrested since last night
- 20 Taliban Killed In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
Troops from the US-led coalition have killed between 15 and 20 Taliban insurgents in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, a statement said on Monday.
- Tatas To Raise Bangladesh Investment To $3 Billion (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
The Tata group offered on Sunday to increase a proposed investment in Bangladesh to $3 billion and to set aside a 10 per cent stake in its Bangladeshi business for the government, a senior official in Dhaka said.
- New Nepal Pm Urges Maoist Rebels To Talk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
Nepal’s Parliament called on Sunday for elections for an assembly to rewrite the constitution along with a cease-fire with Maoist insurgents, as the new prime minister urged the rebels to sit down for talks.
- Rewards And Brickbats For Ifs Officers (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , May 01, 2006)
India’s 26th foreign secretary, Shyam Saran, will be demitting office in June. He has been a "crisis manager" ever since foreign minister K. Natwar Singh was forced to quit the office following the Volcker report.
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