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Articles 6521 through 6620 of 53943:
- White House To Hill: Delink N-Deal From India-Iran Ties (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 30, 2006)
As the Left and Right here object to the prospect of the US shifting the nuclear goalposts, the Bush Administration has underlined its own interests in resisting any attempt by the American Congress to reframe the bilateral nuclear agreement with India.
- Sino-Indian Ties: (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Jul 30, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee's recent back-to-back visit to Japan and China and reopening of Nathu La trade route between India and China are watershed developments in Sino-India relations.
- India, Pakistan Seek To Keep Peace Process Alive (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jul 30, 2006)
India and Pakistan resume a badly bruised peace process this week, hoping that the dialogue does not collapse because of bomb attacks in Mumbai blamed on Islamic militants.
- Speedcops Upgunned (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 30, 2006)
What a way to go!
The image of a motorcyle-policeman chasing down overspeeding drivers has long had an aura of universal proportion.
- Scientists Shut Out, Pmo Thinks It’S Know-All (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
“We need to take some risks and if out of 10 rocket launches two fail, that is ok and we can learn from it.” Dr P K Iyengar former chairman Atomic Energy . . .
- A Never-Ending Saga Of Violence (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Jul 30, 2006)
Disproportionate is the general verdict on what Israel is doing in Lebanon but what exactly is a “proportionate” reaction to the “abduction” of two Israeli soldiers?
- Role Of Intelligence Agencies (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jul 30, 2006)
The “agencies” may be doing some good work of which little is known beyond their own walls, but they have gained notoriety for messing up the country’s political system, and for gross violations of human rights.
- Sri Lanka Truce Dead In All But Name: Chief Monitor (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Jul 30, 2006)
A four-year ceasefire between Sri Lanka's government and the Tamil Tiger rebels is dead in all but name and a low intensity war continues to rage, the head of the Nordic mission that oversees the truce said on Saturday.
- Boost To Kerala Tourism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
`Responsible Tourism' to be introduced
The Kerala Government is expecting an investment of Rs. 1,000 crore in the hospitality industry in the State this financial year.
- U.S., U.K. Warn Iran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday delivered their sharpest warning yet to Iran over its alleged involvement in Lebanon and its suspected nuclear weapons programme.
- I Wish To Be Remembered As A Human Being: Kalam (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jul 30, 2006)
``I realise our children have a dream''
Youth have to promote a scientific temper
Collective societal action needed to end the practice of child labour
- Nuclear Deal: Bush Administration To Work With Congress, (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
This is the text of the U.S. Statement of Administration Policy on the nuclear cooperation Bill:
- Iranian Trail To Pakistan (OutLook, B. Raman , Jul 30, 2006)
That the the two arrested for suspected role in terror attacks on Mumbai clandestinely travelled to Pakistan through Iran to undergo a training course in a jihadi training camp, putting the Iran angle under the scanner.
- Jehadi Outlook (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Jul 30, 2006)
In Somalia this year, the United States made the very same mistake, in sheer opportunism, that it made two decades ago in Afghanistan with grave consequences.0
- No Fresh Outbreak Of Bird Flu: Pawar (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Jul 30, 2006)
Meet resolves for better coordination
Move expected to regain control of egg export market
Disease resulted in losses of $200 billion in South-East Asia alone
India developed prototype vaccine with indigenous virus strain
- Pakistan Team Denied Visas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
The Mumbai serial blasts continued to take a toll on Indo-Pak sporting ties with a Pakistan gymnastics team being denied visas for the Asian Championship in Surat beginning on Saturday.
- The Mole And The Fox (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 29, 2006)
Be it New Delhi or New York, I am no early riser. So it is never welcome when the phone rings at 6 am, as it did at Manhattan’s (then) Taj Group Lexington Hotel in the fall of 1997.
- Us Denies Supporting War (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Jul 29, 2006)
The suggestion that the Rome conference on the Middle East gave Israel the green light to pursue its offensive in Lebanon is "outrageous," a senior State Department official has said.
- Bank Staff Strike Over New Payment Service (Reuters, M.C. Govardhana Rangan, Jul 29, 2006)
Half a million workers at state-run banks stayed at home on Friday to protest against a planned electronic cheque-clearing system they fear will cost jobs, denting bond trade.
- Musharraf Under Fire From Ex-Military Men (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jul 29, 2006)
The Pakistani expatriate community in Washington is ablaze with news of how their country’s president, General Pervez Musharraf, has come under an unprecedented attack from elements within the military establishment who want him to hand over power . . .
- Scotch For Secrets (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jul 29, 2006)
On returning to London from Delhi, one of the two British journalists covering the Congress’s 1968 split who were refused government accreditation told me that the official snub meant nothing in professional or personal terms.
- Bird Flu: India Wary Of Saarc (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Jul 29, 2006)
India is reluctant to share its container facilities with its SAARC neighbours fearing fresh outbreaks of the virus from poorly-packed cargos, even as it has agreed to cooperate with 10 other Asian nations to make South Asia impregnable against the . . .
- Goalposts Shifted? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 29, 2006)
The Bill seems to have created more unease than jubilation
- Airstrikes Intensified, Un Pulls Out Observers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Israel on Friday dismissed suggestions of major UN involvement in any potential international force in Lebanon and said more professional and better-trained troops were needed for such a volatile situation.
- Q&a: 'We Need A Land-Use Policy For Forests' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 29, 2006)
Raman Sukumar , professor and chairman, Centre for Ecological Sciences at the IISc, Bangalore, recently won the International Cosmos Prize, a top international award in ecology.
- Oil-For-Food: Guns On Other 'Beneficiaries' (Times of India, Manoj Mitta, Jul 29, 2006)
About eight months after launching its investigation against Natwar Singh, Enforcement Directorate has turned its attention to about 130 other "beneficiaries" from India figuring in the Volcker report.
- Want To Buy A Fake Vacation? (Deccan Herald, KIM MURPHY, Jul 29, 2006)
Want to buy a degree or purebred alley cat? Anything’s possible, as long as you don’t care if it’s real....
- A Bollywood Beat Steeped In Culture (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 29, 2006)
Salsa had its time in the sun. And it doesn’t seem so long ago that every other club had a weekly swing dancing night. Even Irish step dancing had its moment, what with “Riverdance’’ and that shirtless Flatley guy and all. Now, if Priya Pandya’s . . .
- The Business Of Diplomacy And The Diplomacy Of Business (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 29, 2006)
"India's real challenge and opportunity remain at home," thinks Sanjaya Baru, media advisor and spokesperson for the Prime Minister, in Strategic Consequences of India's Economic Performance. Ron Suskind in The One Percent Doctrine critiques . . .
- While Talking West Asia, Watch North Korea (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 29, 2006)
The fires of West Asia must not be allowed to distract the world’s attention from the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, which it demonstrated by its recent test of a long-range missile.
- N Korea Threatens To Quit Asean (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
North Korea has said it could quit the Associaton of South East Asian Nations if the organisation condemns the Communist regime’s missile tests, a South Korean official said on Friday.
- Has Wto Lost Its Meaning? (Business Line, Geethanjali Nataraj, Jul 29, 2006)
Collapse of the Doha Round
The bottomline is that countries should follow unilateral trade policies suited to their own domestic needs but within the framework of the changing international trade . . .
- Protecting The Rights Of Hiv-Affected Children (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Workshop held to create awareness on HIV/AIDS-affected children
Most affected children are from poor families
Need for educating children in rail stations and bus stands on HIV/AIDS
Change of mindset towards affected children sought
- Only Hizbollah Can Defend Against Israel (News International, Jonathan Steele, Jul 29, 2006)
A rally of well-dressed middle-class ladies, perhaps 40 in all, protested outside the UN's offices here on July 26, calling for a ceasefire. Representing the Lebanese Council of Women, they handed out leaflets appealing to Kofi Annan to get something . .
- Shahi Imam Denounces Israeli Attack On Lebanon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Appeals for support from Muslim organisations
- Oil Falls As U.S. Takes Step To End Mideast War (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Oil prices fell more than a dollar on Friday as the United States and Britain sped up diplomacy for a U.N. resolution aimed at halting a 17-day war between Israel and Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas.
- Let May Target Nuclear Facility, Says Narayanan (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
National security advisor MK Narayanan said on Friday that the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) could target one of the country’s atomic energy installations.
- Will Try To Retain Spirit Of July Pact, Says Bush (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jul 29, 2006)
The Bush administration shares India's concerns about attempts to shift goalposts in the civilian nuclear deal and will work with senators to ensure the legislation does not depart from the spirit of the July 18 agreement, a senior administration . . .
- "Islam Gives Many Rights To Women" (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jul 29, 2006)
Women's group plans roaming school to teach Quran
"Quran does not give permission to kill innocent people"
Muslim women are not aware of their rights
- Delhi Airport Opens Rapid Exit Taxiway (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
This would increase the handling capacity of the airport to as many as 40 to 45 planes per hour .
- Beware The `New Order' Israel Is Imposing (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 29, 2006)
No peace or stability can emerge in West Asia through occupation, subjugation, and the military slaughter of civilians.
- Only Hizbollah Can Fight Israeli Invasion (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Jul 29, 2006)
Attempts to impose an international force would risk destroying Lebanon's government and revive the danger of civil war.
- "Connectivity, The Key To Empowering Rural India" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Infrastructure had to be enhanced for information revolution to reach villages: Modi
- 'Fly As A Guest, Not Passenger' (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 29, 2006)
Etihad Airways, based in Abu Dhabi, is the National Airlines of the United Arab Emirates. Launched in 2003, it is arguably one of the fastest growing international airlines. Geert W Boven, CEO of the airline, spoke on Etihad’s vision and future plans.
- India Losing Out On N-Deal (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 29, 2006)
In principle I am against the bomb. When India exploded it, I paraded on the streets of Delhi, along with 5,000 people, to register my protest.
- In A World Of Wealth, Poverty Is A Necessity (Hindu, Jeremy Seabrook, Jul 29, 2006)
Forget Doha — the existing development model robs the poor of a meaningful role in the relief of their own penury.
- Tourism Promotes National Integration: Modi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Says he wants to make Gujarat a tourist destination of India "One should feel the warmth and hospitality of Gujarat's people by visiting the State"
- J&k Bank's Stocks, Net Profit Up (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir Bank today reported 29 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 62 crore for the first quarter ended June this year and also bank’s stock prices registering an increase of rupees 32 per share, thereby closing it at rupees 384 on . . .
- India Can Become Developed Nation Before 2020: Kalam (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam today said if the current progress of the country continues then the goal of becoming a developed nation before the year 2020 would not remain merely a dream.
- How The Left Learnt To Love Our Bombs (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 29, 2006)
Remember a time when you associated communists, at least of the internationalist variety like those in India, with being against nuclear weapons.
- Panic Reaction (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 29, 2006)
How should one interpret Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's fears about hot pursuit by India? Normally New Delhi should have reacted angrily.
- N-Deal: Cpm Wages Lone Battle For A Resolution (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Jul 29, 2006)
The move of the CPI(M) and some smaller parties to put the government on the mat by moving a ‘‘sense of Parliament’’ resolution on the Indo-US nuclear deal has lost steam. No major UPA partner seems interested.
- Lashkar’S Mumbai Chief Walked Out Of Home 5 Yrs Ago, Family Clueless (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Police are yet to pin down the role of alleged Mumbai LeT chief Faizal Ataur Rehman Sheikh (30) in the serial blasts of Terrible Tuesday, but a bizarre coincidence has added another twist to the case—the chairman of the housing society where . . .
- Peace Must For J&k’S Progress, Says Kalam (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, Jul 29, 2006)
Stressing the need for restoration of peace and prosperity, the President, Dr A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, here today put forth nine-point “prosperity mission” for Jammu and Kashmir that could be undertaken on the basis of its core competence.
- 3 Hard-Drives Stolen From Defence Headquarters (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Month after NSC cyber break-in, theft from locked room; case registered by Delhi Police, no arrests yet
- Indians Entertain On Gala Night (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Indian diplomats performed a Bollywood skit that took a dig at North Korea and Pakistan’s rogue nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan at the annual gala dinner of the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) yesterday.
- Probe Sought On Delayed U.S. Report On India (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Democratic lawmakers on Friday requested an investigation into why the State Department delayed word of sanctions on two Indian companies for Iran-related dealings until after the U.S. House of Representatives approved a nuclear agreement with New Delhi.
- Nepal Rebels Extend Ceasefire By Three Months (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Jul 29, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels extended their ceasefire by three months on Friday in a bid to support peace talks aimed at ending a decade-old insurgency that has killed thousands.
- Rice To N. Korea: Rejoin Nuke Talks (Asian Age, Jun Kwanwoo, Jul 29, 2006)
US secretary of state Condoleezza Ms Rice urged North Korea to rejoin negotiations on its nuclear programme on Friday as ten world powers held Asian security talks without the communist regime.
- Q&a: The Fifteenth Day (OutLook, Editorial, Outlook, Jul 29, 2006)
Who is winning this war?
On the 15th day of the war, Hizbullah is functioning and fighting. That by itself will go down in the annals of the Arab peoples as a shining victory.
- A Common Stance In Wto For South Asia (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 29, 2006)
Regions such as Asean, Mercosur have gained from such a strategy; is the same possible for South Asia?
- Israel Disgraces Itself (News International, Praful Bidwai, Jul 29, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Rice Leaves Malysia For Mideast Diplomacy Drive (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice left Malaysia on Saturday, returning to the Middle East on a new diplomatic drive to end 18 days of fighting between Israel and Hizbollah.
- Bush, Blair Speed Up Diplomacy On Lebanon Crisis (Reuters, Steve Holland, Jul 29, 2006)
President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, pressured for a Lebanon cease-fire, sped up diplomacy on Friday for a U.N. resolution aimed at halting the violence and establishing a multinational force.
- U.N. Looks To Vote Next Week On Iran Nuclear Measure (Reuters, Evelyn Leopold , Jul 29, 2006)
France introduced a draft resolution to the full U.N. Security Council on Friday that demands Iran suspend nuclear activities by Aug. 31 or face possible sanctions.
- Bush Backs International Force In Lebanon (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jul 29, 2006)
Backing an international force to return peace in Lebanon, US President George W Bush today said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would visit the region tomorrow for talks with the warring countries.
- Terrorists And Fellow Travellers (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, Jul 29, 2006)
There are, it is often remarked, none so blind as those who will not see.
- Half Shut, Yet Half Open (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 29, 2006)
But the Mukherjee report is the nearest to a definitive closure on the Netaji mystery till date -------- The report of the Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry probing into the alleged disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was submitted to the . . .
- Un Asks Us To Shut Down Secret Detention Facilities (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
The US should immediately shut down any secret detention facilities and grant prompt access to the Red Cross to any person detained in connection with an armed conflict, a UN rights panel said in a report released on Friday.
- Ahd Seeks 'Bird-Flu Free' Tag In August (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Keeping its fingers crossed for no more outbreak of bird-flu cases, Ministry of Agriculture's Department of Animal Husbandry is likely to seek 'bird-flu free' certificate in first week of August.
- Pakistan Is Not Lebanon (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jul 29, 2006)
When one thinks of terrorism and Pakistan, one is reminded of the husband who complains against a neighbour for making eyes at his wife. It never occurs to him that it is his own responsibility to command the loyalty of his spouse.
- Peace Process Sidelined (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Jul 29, 2006)
The multiple bomb blasts in Mumbai on July 11 resulted in the death of nearly 200 people.
- President Rejects Mqm Ministers’ Resignations (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Jul 29, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Friday rejecting the resignations submitted to him by the MQM federal ministers has asked them to continue to work with the government for strengthening the political and democratic institutions in the country.
- Us House Vote (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 29, 2006)
The overwhelming vote in the US House of Representatives ratifying the India-US nuclear deal is a reflection of America's blatant double standards.
- N Korea Threat To Quit Asean (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
North Korea warned today that it could quit the Association of South-east Asian Nations’ Regional Forum (ARF) if the organisation condemns the communist regime’s missile tests, a South Korean official said.
China and South Korea do not recognise . . .
- Bush, Blair Want Peacekeeping Force (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
US President, Mr George Bush and British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, said today they want an international force dispatched quickly to West Asia but said any plan to end the fighting must address long-running regional disputes to be effective.
- Jaswant Singh's 'Pmo Mole' Theory Rubbish: Narayanan (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
It has been almost a week since former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh referred to the existence of a mole in the Prime Minister's Office in 1991, who was allegedly funnelling nuclear secrets to the United States of America.
- Former Intelligence Official Says Secrets Were Leaked To Us (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
A former Chief of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) has alleged that top security secrets were leaked to the US during the P V Narasimha Rao regime.
- Tsunami And The Tide Of Globalisation (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 28, 2006)
Before your research in oceanic history, you also wrote about the 1857 Uprising. South Asia is now preparing to mark its 150th anniversary. Would you say that 1857 saw the beginnings of a pan-Indian consciousness?
- More Questions Than Answers (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 28, 2006)
The government’s decision to reject the price at which Reliance Industries (RIL) agreed to sell gas to Anil Ambani’s Reliance Natural Resources has an obvious repercussion on Anil Ambani’s Reliance Energy whose 7,400 mw power project at Dadri in . . .
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