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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- Give Reason A Chance (Dawn, A.B. Shahid, Nov 05, 2007)
Recentlu, William Dalrymple wrote a critique of Bernard Lewis’s book From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East, a collection of 51 essays that he wrote over the years. Many were criticised for their historical inaccuracies.
- Indo-German Relations Move Into High Gear (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
German firms are keen on a share of the over 350 billion euros that India plans to invest in infrastructure and other projects in the next five years. Investors from around the world, including Germany, obviously want a piece of the action.
- Bjp To Discuss Strategy On Nuclear Deal (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 05, 2007)
Before the start of the winter session of Parliament the Bharatiya Janata Party’s top leadership is expected to sit together to discuss the strategy on the India-United States nuclear deal in the light of its discussions with United States . . . .
- Ltte Chief Declares Renewed Resolve To Continue “Struggle” (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 05, 2007)
Forty-eight hours after the death of the Tamil Tiger’s political wing chief, S.P. Thamilchelvan, the LTTE leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, vowed to continue the “liberation struggle with renewed determination” even as the Sri Lanka military . . . . .
- Manmohan To Decide On Oil Price Hike (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Nov 05, 2007)
With crude oil prices touching a new high of $96 in the international market, the government seems to be left with no other option but to opt for a “marginal hike” in petrol and diesel prices.
- France Backs India-U.S. N-Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Backing the India-U.S. nuclear deal, the visiting French Minister for Higher Education and Research, Valerie Pecresse, on Saturday said his country could begin civil atomic cooperation only after India’s agreement with the International . . . .
- Return To Democracy, World Urges Pakistan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
World leaders on Sunday urged a swift return to democracy and the rule of law in Pakistan after President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule in the country a day earlier, although some allies stopped short of outright condemnation.
- Face Of Ancient Egypt’S King Tut Revealed (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
The true face of ancient Egypt’s boy king Tutankhamun was revealed on Sunday to the public for the first time since he died in mysterious circumstances more than 3,000 years ago.
- Leaving Home (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
ANGER runs high in the green valleys of the north, especially Swat, which is hostage to Mullah Fazlullah and his Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Mohammadi. However, this blood-stained battle with the state has created an acute human problem in . . . . .
- The Primacy Of Politics (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 05, 2007)
Fresh polls on the cards? The litmus test of the Government’s intentions in this regard will be its response to the sharp spurt in the world oil price.
- Bjp Reiterates Demand For Voting In House (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
The BJP dropped hints on Sunday that it was not willing to abandon its demand for voting on a parliamentary debate over the India-US civil nuclear agreement.
- Headless Chicken (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
AS young children, we once cut a chicken’s head in true “jhatka” style and then released it.
- Condi’S Dream Turned Sour (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 05, 2007)
As Condoleezza Rice jets around the world, she must sometimes wonder where she’s going.
- Karuna Defends Poem On Tamilselvan (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Sunday defended his poem in praise of the slain LTTE political chief SP Thamilselvan by stating that it is human nature to express condolence.
- No Support Unless Hyde Act, 123 Agreement Are Changed: Bjp (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
The BJP on Sunday ruled out its support to the Indo-US nuclear deal unless it is amended along with America's Hyde Act and insisted that bilateral relations will be "completely ruined" if the agreement goes through.
- Guinness Country (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Ireland is a fascinating country to explore. Its uniqueness is built around some of its early visitors from across the seas — the Celts, Vikings and the Normans, who came, conquered and stayed. Each of them left lasting footprints of . . . . .
- Fading Of A Pioneer (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
In 1888, Lever Brothers, England exported the first crates of Sunlight soap bars to India, followed by other now famous brands — Lifebuoy, Pears, Lux and Vim.
- A Spoke In The Wheel (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Nov 05, 2007)
The response of the Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, made perfectly good sense.
- Jnu Shame For Sfi, Blame On Nandigram (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Nandigram has handed the CPM-backed Students Federation of India its worst rout in campus polls at Jawahalal Nehru University in at least a decade.
- When Buddhists Are A Minority (Tribune, Maj Gen (retd) Himmat Singh Gill, Nov 05, 2007)
MANY years ago, when on assignment with the International Control Commission in Vietnam, one of the first sights that one witnessed in down town Saigon was that of a Buddhist monk protesting the State’s religious discrimination practiced . . . . . .
- Musharraf’S Move May Affect Us Aid To Pak (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
President Pervez Musharraf’s move to impose emergency in Pakistan, ignoring warning by a top US military commander, has put Washington’s aid to Islamabad amounting to millions of dollars at risk.
- Us 'Disappointed' But To Continue Military Ties (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Nov 05, 2007)
A "deeply disturbed" United States has termed Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's imposition of Emergency "very disappointing" and urged him to speedily restore civilian rule by delivering on his promise of holding free and fair elections by January.
- Musharraf Maelstrom And India (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 05, 2007)
India had reasons to mince its words on General Pervez Musharraf’s second coup that suspended Pakistan’s constitution, emasculated the higher judiciary that was beginning to show signs of independence, and pulled the plug on the vibrant . . . . . .
- Cbi Questions Man Who ‘Saw Rizwanur Being Kidnapped’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
The CBI on Sunday interrogated a person who claimed to have seen Rizwanur Rehman being kidnapped from the Khanna crossing in north Kolkata by four persons at around 10 am on September 21.
- Emergency Rule (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
The last remaining shreds of democracy in Pakistan have been destroyed with the imposition of Emergency rule on the country.
- Defiance May Make Him Ineffective, Force Military To Rethink Its Options (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Nov 05, 2007)
General Pervez Musharraf may not call it so but his proclamation to suspend Pakistan’s constitution in his capacity as Chief of Army Staff on Saturday amounted to a declaration of martial law. Pakistanis are used to their army taking over . .. . . . .
- Blow To Ltte (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 05, 2007)
The death of LTTE’s political wing head S P Tamilselvan in a Sri Lankan air raid in Killinochi in the north is a deadly blow to the rebel outfit.
- Debating Points (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
The CPI(M) has announced that it is set for a debate, but not voting. But what will its argument be based on?
- Tiny Device, Big Hope (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Most radiation and drug therapies used to treat cancers have serious side effects, as they kill useful cells too.
- To Err Isn't Humane (Pioneer, YP GUPTA, Nov 05, 2007)
Fabrication of research data has become a widespread practice in different parts of the world as an unethical short-cut to quick fame and success.
- Wages Of Zombie Rule (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
At the risk of sounding facile, I would hazard the suggestion that while the political class has discounted the India-US nuclear non-agreement, the middle classes have become bored silly by the prevarication and brinkmanship surrounding it.
- Intelligence And Accountability (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Nov 05, 2007)
A retired middle-level officer in the country's intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing, has published a book quite critical of the R&AW's functioning.
- No Support To N-Deal Unless Hyde Act Is Changed: Bjp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
The BJP on Sunday ruled out its support to the Indo-US nuclear deal unless it is amended along with Americas Hyde Act and insisted that bilateral relations will be completely ruined if the agreement goes through.
- Yielding To Beijing (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
The UPA government’s decision to bar its ministers and officials from attending a felicitation of the Dalai Lama in the Capital last week reinforces the growing perception that the Congress Party does not even pretend any more . . . . . .
- Ltte Chief Vows To Continue ‘Liberation Struggle’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Vowing to continue the “liberation struggle” despite the death of LTTE’s political head S P Thamilselvan in an aerial raid, Tamil Tigers’ elusive supremo V Prabhakaran has said Sri Lankan security forces “cruelly killed the peace dove . . . . .
- Tax Avoidance And Transfer Pricing Law (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Nov 03, 2007)
There is no requirement to establish tax evasion before initiation of proceedings for determination of arm’s length price.
- Supreme Court And President Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Justice Mr Javed Iqbal, heading the 11-member Supreme Court bench hearing petitions challenging President General Pervez Musharraf’s candidature for the office of president, has observed in the court that threats of martial law or . . . . .
- ‘India Only Waiting For Pakistan To Open Mumbai Consulate’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
India was ready to re-open its consulate in Karachi tomorrow if possible, and had been ready since Jan 2006, but it was waiting for the Pakistani authorities to find land in Mumbai for their consulate, said Deputy High Commissioner Manpreet Vohra Thursday
- The Questions Remain Unanswered (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Nov 03, 2007)
Several days after the arrest of a few French and Spanish peopleand two Chadians on charges of kidnapping 103 childrenfrom Chad, the mystery remains unresolved.
- Martial Law Not Acceptable: Us (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Nov 03, 2007)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday that the United States opposed any move by President General Pervez Musharraf to impose martial law and Pakistan must proceed with elections next year.
- Calamity Of Iraq Has Not Even Brought Cheap Oil (Hindu, Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Nov 03, 2007)
We knew the war was built on lies — but to have increased petrol prices as well as terror will surely seal history’s verdict.
- A Bird’S-Eye View (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
What began as a book on birds at the Indian International Centre (IIC) grew into “Garden Birds of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur”.
- Master Of All Trades (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
He started writing as an asthmatic child at the age of eleven. He is the popular columnist and acclaimed author of 10 books, both fiction and non-fiction.
- Us Consulting Firm Makes Out Case For Fdi In Commodity Bourses (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Even as the country’s policymakers are mulling whether or not to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in commodity futures exchanges, comes a report from Financial Markets International (FMI) making out a case for allowing foreign . . . . .
- New Life For Doha Round (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 03, 2007)
Given the track record of the six year old Doha development round of trade talks, it seems premature to visualise progress let alone a breakthrough in the talks that have been going on in Geneva among diplomats and trade negotiators of the . . . .
- Warming Up To Climate Change (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 03, 2007)
The Peace Nobel for Mr Al Gore, former US Vice-President, and Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), brings together the narrator of an “inconvenient truth” and a “climate warrior” on an important platform.
- Air Still Going Into China's Bubble (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
BLOWING bubbles is fun, until you have to scrape the gum off your face.
- Ninety Years After Balfour (Dawn, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi, Nov 03, 2007)
NINETY years ago this month, a British diplomat wrote a letter that has since then been the single biggest cause of political instability, massacres and wars in the Middle East.
- Top Ltte Leader Killed (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Sri Lankan fighter jets pounded a meeting of top rebel leaders in Kilinochchi early today killing the head of the Tamil Tigers’ political wing and five others in an attack seen as a major victory for the government in its long fight with the guerrillas.
- Iran: Usa For Tougher Sanctions (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
US undersecretary of state Mr Nicholas Burns will press for a hardening of UN sanctions against Iran during talks in London today on Teheran's disputed nuclear program.
- Upa Took 2 Yrs For 123, Give Us Some Time: Cpm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat said today that the crisis caused in its relations with the Congress-led UPA government over the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal would be “resolved soon.”
- Back To The Beginning? (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Nov 03, 2007)
Confusion about what the coming days could bring can be gauged from Benazir Bhutto’s travel schedule. The News (November 1) reported that at a “hastily-arranged press conference in Karachi on Wednesday, she said she had postponed plans to visit . . . .
- Serious Challenge (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
The alarming rise in global crude oil price is increasingly emerging as a matter of concern for oil importing developing countries like India.
- Thamilselvan Killed In Lankan Raid (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Nov 03, 2007)
Head of political wing head of the Tamil Tigers S P Thamilselvan has been killed along with five other rebels in an aerial raid by the Sri Lankan Air Force supersonic jets on Friday morning, the Tigers said in a statement.
- N Korea Needs To Do More, Says Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
North Korea must prove it is not engaged in terrorism before it will be removed from Washington's blacklist of states sponsoring terrorism, a top US diplomat said Friday.
- Tamil Tigers Leader Killed In Sri Lankan Air Strike (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
The public face of the Tamil Tigers, one of the world's most deadly rebel militias, was killed yesterday in a Sri Lankan air raid - prompting analysts to warn of a dangerous "spiral into full-scale war" on the Indian Ocean island.
- Ltte's Political Wing Head Killed (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Nov 03, 2007)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Friday lost one of its top chiefs and public face for the now-defunct peace process, when its political wing leader SP Tamilselvan was killed in a precision air strike in the heart of . . . . .
- Thamilchelvan Killed In Air Raid (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 03, 2007)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’s “Political Division” chief Thamilchelvan was killed on Friday in an attack by the Sri Lanka Air Force on Kilinochchi, Tigers’ administrative headquarters.
- Cross-Border Support To Kashmir Militants Continuing, Says Antony (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Cross-border support to militants operating in Kashmir is continuing unabated, despite the ceasefire on the India-Pakistan border, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said here on Friday.
- Baghdad: “I Only Know Of One Duty. That Is To Love” (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 03, 2007)
The tragedy of Iraq’s people seems to beof little consequence to its phantom government and self-serving elites,to its self-interested neighbours andits uncomprehending occupiers.
- Thamilchelvan Was Involved In Many Attacks: Colombo (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 03, 2007)
The Air Force on Friday said it carried two raids targeting the “gathering of LTTE leaders” and a base of the suicide squad also known as Black Tigers.
- Moscow’S Red Carpet For Pm Has A Wrinkle (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Nov 03, 2007)
First, the Russian Foreign Minister was “too busy” to meet External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, then Mukherjee was frisked at the Moscow airport on his way back.
- It’S India Time, Folks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
When I came to India in September, the immigration official while checking my passport asked me about the book I was carrying. And then went on to ask if it was good.
- Aung San Suu Kyi And India (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Nov 03, 2007)
The light that emanates fromSuu Kyi shines all over Myanmar and the freedom loving people of the world.
- Stay Away From Uncle Sam's Cabin (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Cheerleaders of the India-US nuclear deal betray their innocence of the trap Washington is leading India into.
- 30 Lost Years (Pioneer, Harinder Sekhon, Nov 03, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurance that it's 'not the end of the road' for the nuclear deal does little to soothe the anguish felt over the frittering of the gains of three decades of diplomacy to end India's nuclear isolation.
- Take States Into Confidence (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
The India-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement has generated enough heat to put a question mark on the stability of the UPA Government. It has raised an important issue: Should foreign policy be federalised, or should the power to . . . . .
- Strike By Pia Engg Cripple Pak Air Traffic (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Hundreds of people were stranded at airports across the country on Friday as state-run Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) cancelled almost all domestic and international flights following a strike by engineers seeking a salary hike.
- Ring For The Butler (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Nov 03, 2007)
George Orwell describes somewhere the bustling arrival at a dak bungalow in Burma of a Burmese official of modest rank.
- Congress Eyes Gujarat, Evades Fuel Price Hike (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
In the season of tough electoral battles against a street-smart Narendra Modi in Gujarat, the Congress on Friday put its foot down on the issue of oil prices.
- Top Ltte Leader, 5 Others Killed In Lankan Air Strike (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Sri Lanka struck a major blow against the Tamil Tigers on Friday, killing the rebels’ political chief and top peace negotiator in a surgical government air strike.
- Koirala Wants Election At The Earliest (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Nepal's beleaguered Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Friday said that the ongoing special session of the parliament should immediately finalise the new date of Constituent Assembly election.
- Russia Finalises Claim On Arctic (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Moscow has finalised its legal claim to annex 1.2-million square kilometres of resource-rich Arctic wilderness, and will send its final petition to the United Nations next month, the Russian government has announced.
- India's Oil Majors In Global (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Given runaway international crude oil prices, India's top energy firms are gearing up massive expansion and exploration plans both at home and abroad.
- Global Positioning (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 03, 2007)
A recent issue of a news magazine proclaimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s volte face on the nuclear deal had destroyed his credibility.
- Hillary Advocates 'Augmented' Indian Role In Un (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Nov 03, 2007)
Senator Hillary Clinton, the Democratic front-runner for the '08 US presidential race, favours giving India an "augmented voice" in the United Nations and other major institutions, given the country's "special significance both as an emerging . . . .
- Pak Sc To Take Up Petitions Against Musharraf (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
The Pakistani Supreme Court decided on Friday to resume hearings on the validity of General Pervez Musharraf's election as President.
- No Mid-Term Polls: Prakash Karat (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
The country would not have to face mid-term polls in the immediate future, CPM general secretary Prakash Karat said on Friday, clarifying at the same time that the Left parties don’t want the UPA government to go to the International Atomic . . . .
- Circle Of Unreason (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2007)
CPM boss Prakash Karat’s latest exposition on Indo-US relations has at least one merit.
- Mps Pull Up Ronen Over Language (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Nov 03, 2007)
India’s ambassador to the United States Ronen Sen was grilled on Friday by the privileges committee of the Rajya Sabha that admonished him for using language that was not compatible with his stature.
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