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Articles 7921 through 8020 of 53943:
- International Conference On Biotechnology (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
An international conference on "Biotechnology - Promises and Realities," will be organised by the PSGR Krishnammal College for Women on July 14 and 15.
- Travel Exhibition Begins Tomorrow (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
India International Travel Mart (IITM), a travel and tourism exhibition, will be held in Bangalore from July 15 to 17 at the Kanteerava Indoor Stadium. "Around 20,000 visitors are expected to take part. The exhibition is open to all," said Anurag . . .
- Bjp Condemns Blasts In Mumbai, Srinagar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Members staged a rasta roko at Ameer Ahmed Circle
Traffic in the circle was affected for nearly half-an-hour
Government to check the menace of terrorism
- Arms & The World (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 14, 2006)
No progress in efforts to curb small arms trade
- Tiger Reserve Wins Accolades For Better Management (Hindu, K.S. Sudhi, Jul 14, 2006)
Conservation and management measures through community participation prove successful
- J&k ‘Al-Qaeda’ Hails Serial Blasts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The al-Qaeda on Thursday announced formation of its unit in Jammu and Kashmir and hailed the bomb blasts in Mumbai, reports the local Current News Agency (CNS).
- Improve Infrastructure: Lakhera (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The Union Territory has shown the way in tsunami relief, says Lt. Governor
- Kannada Out Of Bounds In Border Area Schools (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
But for the people living in the border areas of Gulbarga district, the ‘Suvarna Karnataka’ celebration has no meaning at all as most of these villages do not even have Kannada medium schools.
- Bounties Of Nature (Deccan Herald, SURYAKANT WAGHMORE, Jul 14, 2006)
Last week when it rained heavily in Mumbai, someone asked me how I was coping. I was surprised at that question, as I was rather enjoying the rain. For someone who comes from a drought-prone village of Northern Karnataka, getting wet or seeing water . . .
- E-Governance For Convenience (Deccan Herald, S Raghunath, Jul 14, 2006)
Computers can make office work simpler, but can't change attitudes
- 21 Killed As Islamists Rid Capital Of Warlords (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Somali Islamic fighters on Sunday declared "absolute" victory over the remaining warlords in the lawless capital Mogadishu after deadly clashes that claimed at least 21 lives, marking the end of the notorious warlords' rule in the Indian Ocean city.
- Indo-Pak Peace Process Still On Track (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The India-Pakistan composite dialogue may have reached a bumpy section, but the peace process is not expected to be derailed due to the Mumbai blasts.
- Mumbai Terror Link In Nepal? (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jul 14, 2006)
Can two disgraced Pakistanis, caught in Nepal five years ago in an explosive-smuggling scandal also involving a Pakistani Embassy official, be holding the key to the tragic blasts in Mumbai on Tuesday that killed at least 200 people? Nepal Police . . .
- Moral Boost For Mr. Putin (Japan Times, Editorial, Japan Times, Jul 14, 2006)
Russia's most wanted man is dead.
Shamil Basayev, the leader of Chechen rebels who has masterminded acts of terror that have claimed hundreds of lives, was killed this week in an explosion.
- China Chooses Its Own Pace (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
China might be North Korea's largest trade and economic partner, but expectations that Beijing would exert influence over the reclusive regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and succeed in persuading him to abandon his nuclear ambitions are misplaced,
- 137 Dead In Russian Plane Crash (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Up to 137 people died Sunday when a Russian passenger plane veered off a runway, slammed into a concrete wall and burst into flames while landing in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, officials said.
- 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 . . .
- Iran, Syria Called 'Playing With Fire' (Washington Times, Nicholas Kralev, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel's ambassador to Washington said yesterday that Iran and Syria are "playing with fire" and "will bear the consequences" if Hezbollah transfers two kidnapped Israeli soldiers to either of its patron nations.
- Israel Blockades Lebanon; Wide Strikes By Hezbollah (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel imposed a full naval blockade on Lebanon on Thursday and put Beirut’s international airport out of commission, and the militant group Hezbollah loosed a hail of rockets and mortar shells that killed two Israelis and sent thousands into bomb shelt
- Bush Would Let Secret Court Sift Wiretap Process (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
After months of resistance, the White House agreed Thursday to allow a secret intelligence court to review the legality of the National Security Agency’s program to conduct wiretaps without warrants on Americans suspected of having ties to terrorists.
- India Exposed By Missile Failure (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The failure in rapid succession this week of a satellite launcher and a new ballistic missile have shown up the technological and budgetary difficulties faced by India's space establishment - civilian and military.
- 350 Rounded Up In Maharashtra (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Jul 14, 2006)
The anti-terrorism squad of the Maharashtra police has rounded up at least 350 persons in different parts of the state as pressure mounts on the government to show results.
- 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.
- Centre Gives New Life To Agni-Iii (Pioneer, Rahul Datta, Jul 14, 2006)
The Government has given the go-ahead to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientists to conduct at least two tests of the Agni-III intermediate range ballistic missile in late August.
- Calls To Karachi And Dubai Being Probed (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Jul 14, 2006)
Mumbai cops release names of 2 suspects ---- With Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and SIMI connection to 7/11 Mumbai serial bomb blasts having been more or less . . .
- 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 . . .
- Israel Shows The Way (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Attacks Lebanon in hot pursuit of cross-border terrorists ---- Israel struck Beirut airport and blockaded Lebanese ports on Thursday, expanding reprisals that killed 52 civilians in Lebanon since Hizbullah captured two Israeli soldiers and killed . . .
- It's War By Any Other Name (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert described what is happening in Lebanon as saying. "This is an act of war."
- Israelis Blockade Lebanon (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel imposed a full naval blockade on Lebanon on Thursday and put Beirut's international airport out of commission, and the militant group Hezbollah unleashed a hail of rockets and mortar shells that killed two and sent thousands of Israelis into . . .
- 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.
- Israel Attacks Beirut Airport (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel intensified its attacks against Lebanon today, imposing a naval blockade, twice hitting Beirut's airport and blasting two Lebanese army air bases near Syria. Hezbollah fired more than 100 rockets into Israel, which said one also struck the port cit
- China Has Days Left To Solve N Korea Crisis, Us Warns (Taipei Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
A US envoy warned yesterday that Washington was likely to give Chinese diplomatic efforts over North Korea's nuclear and missile programs only a few more days before seeking a tough UN resolution, as South Korea said it would halt aid to the North until i
- 3 Suspects Sought In Connection With India Train Blasts (New York Times, Somini Sengupta , Jul 14, 2006)
India, Friday, July 14 — Indian authorities rounded up hundreds of people for questioning on Thursday and released photographs of two suspects in connection with the train bombings here that killed about 180 people this week. A third suspect was named
- Six Bangladeshis Arrested (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Jul 14, 2006)
Police, acting on information from Central intelligence agencies, have arrested six Bangladeshi nationals from central parts of this metropolis on Wednesday evening. Initial investigations have reportedly “created a flutter” among intelligence circle.
- Israel Attacks Beirut Airport Again (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel struck Beirut airport again on Friday and bombed Lebanese roads, power supplies and communication networks in a widening campaign after Hezbollah guerrillas seized two Israeli soldiers and killed . . .
- 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 . . .
- Al-Qaeda Applauds Mumbai Bombings (Taipei Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Abu al-Hadeed, claiming to represent the terrorist network in Kashmir, called on Indian Muslims to fight for freedom through 'jihad' and to promote Islam
- For Energy Security, Think Nuclear (International Herald Tribune, Graham Allison , Jul 14, 2006)
Who is the No. 1 producer of energy in the world today? Russia. Measured in barrels of oil equivalent, Russia produces over 20 million barrels of oil and gas a day.
- Art Of The Deal: It's Different In China (International Herald Tribune, Heather Timmons and Donald Greenlees , Jul 14, 2006)
China Mobile Communications' planned purchase of Millicom International Cellular of Luxembourg was such a sure thing that invitations had already been issued for a party in China to celebrate it.
- Israel's Two-Front Battle (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Kidnapping Israeli soldiers to use as bargaining chips for the release of Arab prisoners is horrible behavior for groups that claim international recognition and political legitimacy, as Hamas and Hezbollah do.
- 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 . . .
- Japan Yields To Resolution By China, Russia (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
In an apparent compromise to China and Russia, Japan intends to draw up a U.N. draft resolution that condemns North Korea's July 5 missile test-launches but may not include strong measures such as sanctions, which Tokyo had earlier pushed, several governm
- Advantage Iran (Asia Times, Ehsan Ahrari, Jul 14, 2006)
Iran is the source of much discussion and dismay in the West. Yet it is reportedly becoming quite popular in the world of Islam. What is the reason for this ostensibly split vision of Western governments and Muslims at large regarding Iran?
- Iran Demands Patience From West On Nuclear Incentive Offer (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran said in a defiant speech on Thursday that the West should be patient in awaiting his country’s response to a package of proposed incentives in return for freezing its nuclear program.
- Accused G.I. Was Troubled Long Before Iraq (New York Times, JIM DWYER , Jul 14, 2006)
On the last day of January 2005, Steven D. Green, the former Army private accused of raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdering her family, sat in a Texas jail on alcohol-possession charges, an unemployed 19-year-old high school dropout who had . . .
- Denver's Dnc Bid Gets Boost (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
New Orleans drops its candidacy, citing the $70 million cost of hosting the Democrats.
Minneapolis and New York are still in the running.
- Indian Firms Waking Up To Hiv Threat (Reuters, Jonathan Allen, Jul 14, 2006)
Jitendra Shekhawat has never been to a condom party before, but he has a great idea for an ice-breaker -- he blows up a condom until it explodes.
- 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
- The Intelligent Way To Assuring Security (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Jul 14, 2006)
Strengthen national security capabilities, while checking alienation to cut down resentment
- Cause Of Central Asia Conflict (Daily Excelsior, Tanveer Jafri, Jul 14, 2006)
The centuries old Arab-Palestine conflict in Central Asia has taken a dangerous turn.
- 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 . . .
- Wto's Lamy Heads To G8 Over Troubled Trade Talks (Reuters, Robert Evans, Jul 14, 2006)
World Trade Organisation chief Pascal Lamy will go to St Peterburg on Sunday to talk to Group of Eight (G8) leaders about the troubled Doha Round, WTO spokesman Keith Rockwell said on Thursday.
- Israel Strikes Beirut Suburb, Tightens Blockade (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israeli jets destroyed roads and junctions in Hizbollah's southern Beirut stronghold on Friday hours after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered a more intense response to the group's capture of two Israeli soldiers.
- Japan Still Wants U.N. Sanctions On N.Korea - Abe (Reuters, George Nishiyama, Jul 14, 2006)
China and Russia are moving closer to Japan's position on a U.N. resolution over North Korea's missile tests, but Tokyo still wants the resolution to include sanctions, Japan's top government spokesman Shinzo Abe told Reuters on Friday.
- President, Pm Discuss Security (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called on President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Thursday afternoon. The meeting lasted for nearly half an hour.
- Should Foreign Varsities Be Regulated? (The Economic Times, P V Indiresan, Jul 14, 2006)
Stringent regulations will constrain them
Foreign universities are keen to come to India and the Indian government is even more keen to control them the same way it does everything.
- Pak Ready To Assist India: Musharraf (Rediff on the Net, K J M Varma, Jul 14, 2006)
Amidst India's strong suspicion of Pakistani hand in Mumbai train blasts, President Pervez Musharraf has said his country is willing to assist with investigations being held to determine the culprits behind the incidents.
- 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
- Buffett Effect And New Face Of Money (The Financial Express, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Jul 14, 2006)
With wealth creation and its perception being redefined, it is influencing the social behaviour of the rich
- Plumbing Depths (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
It isn’t only the central and state governments who are running scared of the Right to Information Act, 2005, with an increasing number of citizens seeking information earlier kept under a veil of secrecy by public authorities.
- New Imf Loan Facility (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 14, 2006)
A small step towards the bigger changes
- A Misconceived War For Talent (The Economic Times, Arun Maira, Jul 14, 2006)
Three stories have made news in the economics media in recent weeks.
- Bush Calls Up Pm To Express His Sympathy (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
As messages of sympathy and condemnation pour in from around the world, US president George Bush called up PM Manmohan Singh on Thursday to express his sympathy with the victims of the Mumbai blasts. On Thursday, the UN Security Council also . . .
- Why Mumbai Is Under Attack (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 14, 2006)
The Mumbai terror strikes were waiting to happen. With some forward planning the police could have anticipated them and placed their forces on alert, rather than have waited for such a tragedy to take 200 lives in India’s commercial capital.
- On N-Referral To Unsc, Ahmadinejad Won’T Blink (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The Iranian President said on Thursday Iran would not abandon its right to nuclear technology in a defiant statement after Tehran’s case was referred back to the UN Security Council in its atomic dispute with the West.
- North, South Korea Talks Collapse (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Talks between the two Koreas collapsed in acrimony on Thursday with North Korea saying its neighbour would ‘‘pay a price’’ for the failure and the South withholding any aid to the impoverished North.
- Pak Offers Help In Mumbai Blasts Probe (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jul 14, 2006)
Pakistan’s foreign minister Khurshid Kasuri backed off from linking the terror attacks in India to resolution of disputes and Islamabad offered New Delhi unqualified help in probing the bombings after an UNSC directive to member states to cooperate . . .
- U.K. Hindus Want To Be Rid Of "Asian" Tag, Says Study (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 14, 2006)
They feel aggrieved that their sensitivities are not shown the same respect as those of other faiths
The term "Asian" did not recognise the unique cultural and social traditions of Hinduism
- Us Lifeline To Pak Terror (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Jul 14, 2006)
The sale of F-16s to Pakistan will ensure that the lifeline the US provides to the principal source of global terror is not snapped.
- Wake Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 14, 2006)
Pious platitudes can never compensate for the lack of effective action.
- Masterly Inactivity (Times of India, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 14, 2006)
In the aftermath of the Mumbai blasts, government's response as well as the international community's reaction to terrorist acts is under scrutiny. Prime minister Manmohan Singh has promised that government will win the war against terror.
- Where Is The Political Will? (OutLook, KPS Gill, Jul 14, 2006)
You cannot prevail over terrorism by merely using strong language in Parliament or in the media. It is perhaps difficult to find even one politician in the country who holds the national interest above the interest of his
- 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.
- Pak Planned Kargil Even Before Vajpayee's Visit: Musharraf (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has confirmed what the world had suspected for long -- that Pakistan's Kargil invasion had been planned even as the then Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was preparing for his journey of peace by bus to Lahore in . . .
- Us House Of Rep Resolution Condemns Terror Mumbai Blasts (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Condemning as "heinous and unjustified" the terror attacks in Mumbai, a resolution introduced in the US House of Representatives has said the strikes were conducted to "cause economic terror" and pledged to strengthen and support the newly-expanded . . .
- Violence Upsurge (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 14, 2006)
The security forces, or sections of them, cannot be allowed to get away with attributing the recent upsurge in violence in Jammu and Kashmir to the “healing touch” policy promoted by the former chief minister.
- China Fails To Bring N Korea To Talks: Us (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
A "baffled" China has made no breakthrough in urging North Korea to disarmament talks, a senior US diplomat said on Thursday as regional fissures over how to deal with Pyongyang's missile tests widened.
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