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Articles 5521 through 5620 of 53943:
- 'Mobiles And Wines To Spell Big Bucks For India' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Here's a global certification for the Indian Shining story. India is fast emerging the hot spot for making big bucks and bigger entrepreneurs, with a Fortune group magazine listing importing fine wines into the country and creating . . .
- Bpo A Crorepati Option (Times of India, T Surendar, Aug 13, 2006)
Business process outsourcing (BPO) companies, often written off as poor cousins to their software counterparts like Infosys and Satyam, may not be such poor places after all—thanks to that almost-forgotten term, stock options.
- Terror Plot Was Well Planned: Bush (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
President George W. Bush said today that a scheme to blow up several flights between Britain and the USA was carefully planned, well-advanced and had the potential to cause “death on a massive scale”.
- India Free From Bird Flu (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
India has declared itself as a Avian Influenza-free country following no outbreak of bird flu cases for almost four months, an official statement said here today.
- Israeli Troops Swamp South Lebanon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
An avalanche of Israeli troops and armor roared into southern Lebanon on Saturday, reaching the Litani River and igniting some of the heaviest ground combat of the month-long war.
- Nathu La: China Disappointed At `Low Levels' Of Trade (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 13, 2006)
``New Delhi has imposed series of restrictions on number of items that are permitted to be traded''
- Banks Ready To Finance Sericulture Farmers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
There is a good scope to start new reeling units'
- Do Not Succumb To U.S. Pressure, Buddhadeb Tells Upa Government (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
"We are in the midst of an economic, political and foreign policy crisis"
- Nsg Commandos To Strengthen Security Around Red Fort (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Quick reaction teams to be deployed at strategic points to foil anyattack
Public to be put through series of checking
Vigil has been increased within the high security New Delhi zone
Checking of luggage intensified in railway stations
- Aviation Industry Bracing Up For Difficult Times (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Airlines operating to U.K. and U.S. to feel impact, though marginal
All civilian aircraft operating in Indian skies to come under IAF scanner
Delhi airspace to be closed on August 15
- Big Israeli Offensive Despite U.N. Call (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Aug 13, 2006)
Four Israeli military divisions have pushed into Lebanon as part of a massive new offensive that has begun despite a call by the United Nations Security Council for the cessation of hostilities.
- When Terrorism Is A 'No-Go Area' (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Aug 13, 2006)
The British government foiled the Al Queda plan to blow up 10 US bound flights in mid-air.
- J&k Emerging Seat Of Scientific Knowledge: Cm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Underscoring the need for catapulting scientific and technological temperament in Jammu and Kashmir to keep pace with global advancement in modern sciences, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that the State has to be made hub of advanced . . .
- Un Move Can’T Tame Israel (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Hours after the UN Security Council voted for a “full cessation” of hostilities, Israel today widened its offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon killing several people in aerial raids and destroying a power plant.
- Methodology Of The Survey (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
The State of the Nation Survey was conducted in 19 major States (excluding those with less than five Lok Sabha seats) in the first week of August 2006.
- Gas Price Formula: Govt Looking At Alternatives (Business Line, Richa Mishra, Aug 13, 2006)
The committee will look at the options only when open competitive bidding route has not been adopted, or it was not feasible for the seller to follow open competitive bidding process.
- Sbi Goes To China; `Looking At It As A Long-Term Prospect' (Business Line, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 13, 2006)
Launches commercial banking operations in Shanghai
"We have been told that no other foreign bank has been able to secure meetings at such a high level. It shows how seriously they have begun to take India."
- Too Little, Too Late (News International, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 13, 2006)
It's good that the UN Security Council has at last passed a resolution on Lebanon. But its arrival is four weeks too late and the document is likely at best to be a "band -aid solution", a term that former US President Jimmy Carter had recently . . .
- Un Resolution On Lebanon (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 13, 2006)
QATAR’s foreign minister is right when he says that Resolution 1701, passed unanimously by the UN Security Council on Friday, contains “imbalances in favour of Israel”, but to expect anything else would be unrealistic.
- Higher Security May Drive Up Air Travel Costs (Business Line, Ashwini Phadnis, Aug 13, 2006)
The heightened state of security at airports around the world following the detection of the plot to blow up aircraft mid-flight between the UK and the US earlier this week is likely to push up travel costs in the coming months.
- Attack Terror Camps In Pak, Bangladesh, Says Rajnath (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
BJP president Rajnath Singh said here on Saturday that India should attack Pakistan and Bangladesh to dismantle terrorist centres existing in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
- ‘Attack Terror Camps In Pak’ (Asian Age, Pamela D’Mello, Aug 13, 2006)
BJP president Rajnath Singh has called for an attack on terrorist centres based in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
- Israel Pullout Within Two Weeks (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
The Israeli army will begin pulling out of southern Lebanon, where they have been fighting Hizbollah guerrillas in a major offensive, within a week or two, the Israeli media reported on Sunday.
- Skipping Security Line (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 13, 2006)
Aviation officials claim that airport security waits on Thursday weren’t much longer than normal.
- Pak, China To Undertake Joint Projects In Space Field (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Pakistan, China and some other regional countries are likely to complete legal and administrative work by the end of the year for undertaking joint projects of common interest in the field of space technology.
- Tata Motors To Raise Rs 3000 Cr (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
India's leading automobile manufacturer Tata Motors Ltd has said it will raise Rs 3,000 crore from the international or domestic market through Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs), equity shares or other securities.
- Jones Goes Ducking (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 13, 2006)
While Amla could do with a shave ---- Just how much has cricket lost its innocence since the days Sir WG Grace with his flowing beard - a 'secular' terror with the bat - took guard is evident from Australian cricketer-turned-commentator . . .
- End Of Revolution (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Aug 13, 2006)
It's too early to assess the consequences of the decision of Maoists in Nepal to take part in parliamentary democracy.
- Indian Land Below Tibet (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Aug 12, 2006)
The northern edges of the Indian landmass stretch far beneath Tibet, extending to Lhasa in the east and a split in the crust called the Altyn Tagh fault in western Tibet, new studies have revealed.
- An Elusive Peace (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 12, 2006)
It is unbelievable that Israel would launch such a massive ground and air onslaught only to secure the release of the two soldiers Hizbollah captured on July 12.
- Nightmare Averted (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 12, 2006)
The anguish and horror of a series of bomb explosions in mid-air have thankfully been averted.
- Wto: Seeds Of New Beginning? (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Aug 12, 2006)
Soon after the WTO trade talks broke down in Geneva on July 25, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath suggested that it would not affect India's economic growth story and New Delhi would go ahead with proposals for entering into bilateral and . . .
- Israel Gives Orders For Wider War: 15 Killed In Airstrikes (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Strikes by Israeli warplanes across Lebanon on Friday killed 15 civilians, including 11 in an attack on a key bridge.
- France, Us Reach Deal On West Asia Conflict (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
France and the US reached a deal on a final draft resolution in the UN Security Council to end the month-long war between Israel and the Hizbollah, which would be put for voting today, diplomats said.
- Sri Lanka Rains Bombs As Tamils Plead For Aid (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers said on Friday that the military had opened a new front against them, bombing one of their training camps and killing many rebels.
- Lebanon The Real Victim (Hindu, Ahmad Samih Khalidi, Aug 12, 2006)
The Franco-U.S. resolution is an absurdity: it would give Israel immunity while denying Lebanon the right to defend itself.
- Rebels Say Break Sri Lanka Army's Northern Defences (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said on Saturday they had broken through army defences in the island's far north and were advancing on the government-held Jaffna peninsula, in the fiercest fighting since a 2002 truce.
- India, Pakistan Need To Move Ahead (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 12, 2006)
The two neighbours have too much at stake to allow the peace process to drift further.
- 29 Killed In Fighting Between Ltte, Sri Lankan Army (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 12, 2006)
The two sides are engaged in fierce fighting for control of a waterway in the east
- U.K. Freezes Assets Of 19 Terror Suspects (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 12, 2006)
Most of the 24 arrested are young men of Pakistani origin, born and brought up in Britain
- Pakistan Names Al-Qaida Suspect (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Pakistan today named British national Rashid Rauf, who was arrested here, as a “key person” in the terror plot targeting US-bound airliners from Britain and claimed that there was an Al Qaida connection in the conspiracy.
- ‘Journalist On Wheels’ (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 12, 2006)
The former princely state of Patiala was one of the pioneer promoters of sports in general and cricket in particular.
- Nda Seeks Kalam’S Intervention On Nuclear Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Asserting that the events relating to the Indo-US nuclear deal could prove detrimental to India's nuclear sovereignty, the NDA today sought the intervention of President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam to ensure that the UPA government accepts “The Sense of . . .
- Israeli Pm Okays War Expansion (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered the army to expand its ground offensive into Lebanon on Friday, saying there was a lack of progress in UN talks on a truce, political sources said.
- Us Warns Of Terror Attacks In India (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 12, 2006)
The US Embassy here has warned of a series of bombing in or around New Delhi and Mumbai between today and August 16 by “foreign terrorists” and dropped a bombshell that the Al-Qaida could also be involved in such strikes.
- Is A Partition Of Iraq In The Offing? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 12, 2006)
They have a new constitution, a new government and a new military. But faced with incessant sectarian bloodshed, Iraqis for the first time have begun openly discussing whether the only way to stop the violence is to remake the country they have . . .
- Ultras Were In Final Stage To Bomb Planes (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Terrorists had planned to blow up 10 US-bound planes by mixing a British sports drink with a gel-like substance and were hoping to stage a practice run followed by actual attacks "within days", security officials said today.
- Terror Trail (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 12, 2006)
For obvious reasons we in this State ought to know each and every facet of terrorism.
- If Only We Could Ban All Our Problems. Specially In Kerala (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 12, 2006)
Why don’t they ban toddy instead? That opaque white country liquor, served in used beer bottles, which inundates Kerala’s innards. Making it float up, right to the top, of the chart that measures alcoholism in our states.
- Dysfunctional Democracy (News International, IMTIAZ GUL, Aug 12, 2006)
India gets its nuclear deal with the United States through Congress. Pakistan is hamstrung by conditions imposed on its purchase of F-16s (such as a commitment on not to transfer technology) on the one hand, and by reservations and opposition . . .
- Don't Ignore The Ominous Signs (News International, Praful Bidwai, Aug 12, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Indifferent To Heritage (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 12, 2006)
Driving along the Siraj Covered Bazaar, aka Siraj Covered Market, Islamabad's first residential area market where virtually everything could be found under one roof, just two days ago, I was met by a most unsettling and worrisome . . .
- Uk Terror Arrests (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 12, 2006)
From the arrests of 21 people (all born and raised in Britain) by the UK police on Wednesday, it seems that a major terrorist plot to attack the United States may have been averted.
- Tourism Industry Hit By Rains, Floods (News International, Javed Aziz Khan, Aug 12, 2006)
With destroying the whole infrastructure in the five districts of the NWFP, the October 8 earthquake along with the recent torrential rains and floods wrecked the most picturesque areas of the province, resulting into a severe setback to the . . .
- Implications Of The F-16 Deal (Dawn, Javid Husain, Aug 12, 2006)
As was to be expected, the Pakistan Foreign Office welcomed on August 3 the approval by the US Congress of the sale of F-16 aircraft to Pakistan and rejected the impression that unprecedented conditions had been accepted by Islamabad to acquire them.
- A Horrendous Plot (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 12, 2006)
Thanks to international coordination in the war on terror, a plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airlines in mid-air has been foiled.
- Nuclear Deal: Why Avoid Sense Of Parliament? (Hindu, Prakash Karat, Aug 12, 2006)
Why is the UPA Government unwilling to have the nuclear deal discussed in Parliament so that a common viewpoint emerges which can be the sense of Parliament? What is clear is that the Government has begun to adjust our foreign policy to the . . .
- Some Food For Thought For World Jurists (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 12, 2006)
A galaxy of chief justices, judges and jurists from all over the world have gathered in the Federal Capital at the invitation of the Chief Justice of Pakistan to share their views on the theme of the judicial . . .
- Sonia, Pm, Us: Natwar Rages Against The Dying Of His Cong Light (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 12, 2006)
‘Not a leaf moves in the Congress without Sonia Gandhi’s approval and knowledge,’ declared former external affairs minister and suspended Congress veteran Natwar Singh today, insisting that he had kept the Congress chief informed of all that . . .
- Security Stepped Up At All Airports (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Carrying of liquids, gels, sprays and pastes by air travellers has been banned
- Pakistan Had A Big Role In Uncovering Plot (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 12, 2006)
Its arrests of suspected terrorists played crucial role in uncovering plot
- India Bans Liquids, Gels At Airports (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
According to the new guidelines, all liquids/gels are barred, but one handbag is allowed per passenger. Women have been given concession as they can carry their purse/vanity bag besides a handbag. Mobile phones can be carried in hand.
- Mumbai Blasts And Beyond (Deccan Herald, Michael Krepon , Aug 12, 2006)
There is no steady-state equilibrium during this transitional stage of India-Pakistan relations
- Gaza Hopes In Ruins A Year After Pullout Beg (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
As Palestinian farmer Hassan Abdel-Dayem looks across his fields to the rubble of former Jewish settlements, he sees an Israeli armoured vehicle trundling past.
- Darfur Crisis Forgotten As ‘Peace’ Turns To (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Is Darfur the world’s latest forgotten crisis? A May peace deal signed by only one of three negotiating rebel factions and rejected by tens of thousands of people in Sudan’s vast west has given the world an excuse to remove the conflict from top . . .
- Lankan Mly Hits Ltte Positions (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
The Tamil Tigers said on Friday the Sri Lankan military had attacked their northern territory and bombed a training camp in the east, killing many rebels, as the battlefront of the worst fighting since a 2002 truce spread.
- Key Figure Among 24 Arrested In Pakistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Pakistan said on Friday it had arrested 24 people, including an al-Qaeda operative with links in Afghanistan, in connection with the alleged UK terror plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners.
- Key Powers Agree On Lebanon Ceasefire Resolu (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Israel began an expanded ground offensive in southern Lebanon on Friday after expressing dissatisfaction over an emerging ceasefire deal.
- Security Council Unanimously Passes Resolution Calling For Ceasefire . . . (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
The UN Security Council on Saturday unanimously passed a resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah and the deployment of a 15,000-strong international force in Lebanon.
- Airport Security Strengthened (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
The Centre on Friday put in place strict security measures at all airports across the country in the wake of a worldwide alert as Britain foiled a terror plot to bomb passenger jets mid-air.
- Nda Apprises Kalam Of Its `Concerns' On Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
A National Democratic Alliance delegation led by the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, met President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam on Friday to apprise him of their "concerns" on the India-U.S. nuclear deal and seek his intervention to prevail . . .
- Corporation Council Accuses Centre Of Scuttling Vizhinjam Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Chinese companies cannot be considered a security threat'
- Sreesanth Is Brand Ambassador For Muthoot (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Group plans to invest Rs. 210 crore in infrastructure and hospitality sectors
- Lebanon: France, Us Close To Deal On Un Plan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
The United States and France were close to an agreement on Friday on a UN resolution aimed at halting the bloodshed in Lebanon and Israel, but objections from combatants could force another delay.
- Not A Leaf Moves In The Cong Without Sonia's Knowledge: Natwar (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Suspended Congress leader Natwar Singh on Friday said Sonia Gandhi has so far not said anything against him and "neither will I say anything against her.
- Natwar Back In Rebel Mudra (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Aug 12, 2006)
praises Nehru, slams PM ---- Suspended Congress leader and former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh on Friday gave unmistakable hints that he would not relent in his campaign against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Britain Identifies 19 Of 24 In Mass Murder Plot (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
'Key person' among 7 more arrested in Pakistan ---- British officials on Friday identified 19 of the suspects accused of planning to blow up US-bound aircraft in the biggest terrorist plot to be uncovered since 9/11.
- Natwar Praises Sonia, Spits Venom On Pm (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 12, 2006)
Having failed to get a positive response to his request for an appointment with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday, a combative and belligerent K. Natwar Singh hit out at him today but was careful not to say anything critical about Congress . . .
- End Of Revolution (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Aug 12, 2006)
It's too early to assess the consequences of the decision of Maoists in Nepal to take part in parliamentary democracy.
- Nasrallah New Arab World Hero (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 12, 2006)
"Nasser in 1956, Nasrallah in 2006" — the Arab street has found a new hero, a figure that it has been looking for to act as a catalyst to unite the Arab world and infuse it with an agenda and a common mission. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the . . .
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