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Articles 8221 through 8320 of 53943:
- A Bargaining Chip? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 12, 2006)
Those applauding the introduction of plea bargaining in India have been pointing towards the US as confirmation of its usefulness in disposing of cases speedily.
- No Bailouts, Says Govt To Psu Banks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Each and every public sector bank now is strong enough not to require bailout from the government. “Even the banks, which are 100 per cent government owned are strong enough.
- ‘No Election Alliance Between Ppp And Pml-N’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is not against the Army, but some generals have held the country hostage and the government is on the verge of collapse.
- Train Terror Kills 147 (Asian Age, Yusuf Jameel and Shafqat Ali, Jul 12, 2006)
Terrorists carried out eight serial bomb blasts in packed trains and at railway stations in Mumbai, killing at least 147 people and injuring 480 on Tuesday evening. The bombs on Mumbai’s suburban trains were planted in the first class . . .
- Enough Is Enough! (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
When the first of the explosives went off at the Bombay Stock Exchange on March 12, 1993, by chance I was in the vicinity.
- The Left’S Plan~b (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Jul 12, 2006)
The Left Front knows how to bark. Will it ever bite? Starting tomorrow for a whole week it will launch a nationwide protest movement against the . . .
- Musharraf, Aziz Condemn Mumbai Train Blasts (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Terming the bomb blasts in Mumbai's trains that killed over 100 people as a "despicable act of terrorism", Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have condemned the attacks.
- Incorporating Health Concerns Into Country's Development Goals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Focus on National Population Policy on World Population Day
Expert says enabling conditions like literacy, access to food, work and health motivate families to keep the family size in check
She says with development, people will adopt population . . .
- Dawood Is In Waziristan (Pioneer, B Raman, Jul 12, 2006)
With US mounting pressure on Islamabad to reveal underworld don's whereabouts, Pervez Musharraf has shifted him to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border ---- Mafia don and wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim was living in Karachi with a Pakistani passport . . .
- Blasts Reflect Upa's Failure To Curb Terrorism, Says Bjp (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
BJP president Rajnath Singh has said he was deeply shocked and outraged by the heinous bomb attacks on innocent commuters in Mumbai on Tuesday evening.
- Nuclear Links With India Will Improve Energy Security: Rice (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
It will "ease" New Delhi's reliance on hydrocarbons "from unstable sources''
India and U.S. can accomplish great things in this new century
U.S. is for strengthening nuclear non-proliferation regime
- How Much Will India Endure? (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Yesterday's awful rush-hour bombings of trains in Bombay raise an important and ominous question: How far can India be pushed?
- Britain-U.S. Row Over Extradition (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 12, 2006)
Britain is embroiled in a quiet diplomatic tussle with America over the extradition of three high-profile British bankers wanted in the U.S. on fraud charges in connection with the collapse of the erstwhile energy giant, Enron.
- Maharashtra Tops Jihadi Target (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
148 killed 8 blasts in 11 minutes ---- It was like a chronicle of a tragedy foretold. Mumbai was always a soft target.
- On My Own Trip (Indian Express, SUNANDA MEHTA, Jul 12, 2006)
Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone — The Dhammapada
- Sonia Condemns Mumbai Blasts As Dastardly (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Condemning as dastardly and inhuman the serial blasts in Mumbai, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday night asked the Maharashtra government to apprehend the culprits behind the attacks immediately.
- Kashmir: Tourists, The New Targets (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Jul 12, 2006)
Serial grenade blasts in Srinagar were once again targeted at driving the tourists out of the Kashmir valley.
- Voices Of Concern, Outrage (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
We will work to defeat the evil designs of terrorists and will not allow them to succeed... The Government will take all possible measures to maintain law and order and defeat the forces of . . .
- Surge And Plunge Of The Paris Club (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Jul 12, 2006)
By design or chance, the Paris Club forged links with most other agencies and groups and played the role of a mysterious broker. It had to imbibe the changes in debt regime and operational styles.
- Testing Time For People Affected With Hiv (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Shortage of drug, test kits adds to their woes
- Nuclear Power Is Safer Now, But We Still Don't Need It (Hindu, George Monbiot, Jul 12, 2006)
It's true that another Chernobyl couldn't happen in a new reactor, but the case against nuclear power is as strong as ever.
- Pakistani Minister Says Bombs Show Need For Talks (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Bombings which killed more than 160 people in Mumbai, India on Tuesday showed that Pakistan and India need to resolve disputes that can be exploited by extremists, Pakistan's foreign minister said.
- Doubts Over Mexico Election (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 12, 2006)
There is evidence that Left-leaning voters have been scrubbed from key electoral lists in Latin America.
- Too Many Planes, Too Few Pilots (Hindu, T.S. Shankar, Jul 12, 2006)
The shortage of qualified pilots is cause for concern.
- Domestic Imperatives In Iran's Foreign Policy (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jul 12, 2006)
A new exercise in consensus building is under way. The purpose is to present a unified approach and deny the interlocutor space to exploit internal disagreements.
- Terror Revisits Mumbai As 147 Die In Serial Blasts (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Terror had a plan in mind as it visited Mumbai on Tuesday. The powerful explosions that killed at least 147 rush-hour commuters and tore apart seven local-train compartments were methodically executed to shock the country’s financial capital and . . .
- Aiadmk, Allies Hold Aloft The Banner Of Revolt (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Cadres stage demonstration , demanding upgrading of hospital
- Manmohan For Reconstruction Of University System (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Underlines need to recognise private sector contribution in its expansion
Lays foundation for the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
Universities have not grown commensurate with need
- Kasuri, Rice Discuss India-Pakistan Dialogue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
No discussion on Agni-III test
- Manmohan Condemns Attacks, Appeals For Calm (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jul 12, 2006)
Lashkar hand suspected; objective is to raise communal violence
Objective is to raise "tempo of communal violence" in India: sources
Emergency security review meeting held at Manmohan's residence
- Annan, Bush Join World Leaders In Condemning Mumbai Blasts (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
United States President George W Bush, United Nations chief Kofi Annan were among several world leaders who expressed outrage over the Mumbai bomb blasts and urged urgent coordinated action against the scourge of terrorism.
- The Taliban's Hidden Masters (Pioneer, Anil Bhat, Jul 12, 2006)
It is becoming increasingly clear that the kind of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) used against the coalition forces in Afghanistan is similar to the ones used in the Kashmir Valley, pointing as strongly to the Pakistani connection as the suicide . . .
- Same Group May Be Behind Both Attacks: Duggal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
The Centre has pointed to the possibility of the same group perpetrating the blasts in Srinagar and Mumbai.
- The Pawar Behind A Village School (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 12, 2006)
The other day, I went back to school. Crossing the threshold of the zilla parishad primary school in Tirde village, 20-odd km from. . .
- Zizou, Don’T Tell Us What Made You Mad (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 12, 2006)
Long years ago I had a coaster which stated an eternal truth. It simply said ‘‘Use your head—it is the little things that count’’. Somewhere along the way the coaster disappeared. Did it reach Zidane without an explanatory note?
- ‘In Public Interest Data Exclusivity Shouldn’T Be Made A Law’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 12, 2006)
Laws in our country are enacted either for the good of the people or because an international treaty requires them.
- Tata In Talks For Using Ge Plastic For Small Car (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Tata Motors Ltd is exploring the possible use of re-engineered plastic supplied by General Electric Co for its Rs one lakh small car it hopes to launch in two years.
- 147 Dead, 439 Injured As Blasts Rock Mumbai Trains (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
At least 147 people were killed and 439 injured in a string of seven terror blasts that tore through first class compartments of suburban trains around 6 pm during the peak hour traffic here today.
- Iran Dashes Hopes Of A Breakthrough (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani warned on Tuesday that talks on his country’s atomic programme will be a ‘‘long process,’’ urging patience and dashing hopes of a breakthrough on the international standoff.
- Anger Destroys Reason (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 12, 2006)
Delusion arises from anger. The mind is
bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is
bewildered. One falls down when reasoning
is destroyed.
Bhagavad Gita
- Up To Form Comm To Verify Claims Of Ayurvedic Cure For Aids............. (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh Government will consitute a team of ayurveda specialists to examine the findings of a doctor, who claimed that he had invented an ayurvedic medicine to cure HIV/AIDS.
- Politics Overtakes Secretary General's Contest (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, Jul 12, 2006)
India seems to have raised many hackles by announcing that Shashi Tharoor, UN under secretary general for communications and public . . .
- J & K Government And Common Man's Self-Determination (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 12, 2006)
Ghulam Nabi Azad sat patient as per the power-sharing agreement reached between the PDP and the Congress after the Assembly polls in 2002.
- America Props Up Shaky Leaders (Daily Excelsior, Rajesh Khajuria, Jul 12, 2006)
The situation the United States and its allies face in Afghanistan and Iraq is one almost without precedent.
- 8 Killed, 43 Injured In 5 Grenade Attacks In Srinagar (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jul 12, 2006)
Eight persons died and 43 sustained injuries when suspected militants carried out a series of grenade attacks, targeting domestic tourists in Dalgate and Lalchowk areas of Civil Lines in this capital city today.
- World Leaders Condemn Mumbai Explosions (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Terming the bomb blasts in Mumbai's trains that killed over 100 people as a "despicable act of terrorism", Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have condemned the attacks. "Pakistan strongly condemns the series of bomb . . .
- India, Pak In $25-M Quake Aid Pact (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) setting out the modalities of releasing $25 million from India to assist Pakistan's earthquake victims to source reconstruction material from India.
- It Cannot Be Work Of Sane Kashmiris: Tourism Sector (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Saying that the grenade attacks on tourists in Srinagar couldn’t be the work of any ‘‘sane Kashmiri’’, the tourism industry in the Valley today demanded a probe into the incidents.
- Guru As Guiding Light To Achieve Harmony (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 12, 2006)
Everyone experiences the soul inside the body. The 'I' is different from body, sense organs, mind, vital airs and also knowledge. We refer to 'my' hand, 'my' eyes, 'my' mind and 'my' knowledge, thereby differentiating the soul from the body and . . .
- Italy's Cup (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 12, 2006)
After a month of frenetic action both on and off the field, we now know who holds the bragging rights in world football for the next four years. In a see-saw battle, Italy prevailed over France after the two teams were tied 1-1 after 120 minutes of . . .
- Peace Being Held Hostage (Deccan Herald, Robert Macfarlane, Jul 12, 2006)
Israel’s current military offensive against Gaza has two stated objectives: the release of a soldier captured by Palestinian fighters on June 25th and an end to Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli towns near the Gaza border.
- ‘95 Per Cent Of Our Launch Vehicles Are Indigenous, We Are . . . (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 12, 2006)
G Madhavan Nair, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation and Secretary, Department of Space, Government of India, tells Indian Express Editor in Chief Shekhar Gupta about the new sense of confidence with which the Indian space research is . . .
- Forced Service Will Prove Ineffective (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 12, 2006)
You can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make it drink. Then why is the Goa government proposing a compulsory five-year rural posting for doctors passing out of state-funded medical colleges?
- 163 Killed In Mumbai Train Bombings (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Seven explosions ripped through packed commuter trains during rush hour on Tuesday in India's commercial capital, killing at least 163 people and injuring over 460 in what officials said was a well-coordinated bomb attack by terrorists.
- Spilling Palestinian Blood (News International, IMTIAZ GUL, Jul 12, 2006)
If somebody believes they can force us militarily, they are befooling themselves. We defeated them in the past and we will defeat them again.
- One Year On And What Has Changed? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 12, 2006)
One year ago, between 9am and 10am on July 7, 2005 four suicide bombers detonated their deadly bombs on a packed London transport system. 52 people lost their lives.
- Diamer-Basha Dam Royalty Issue (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 12, 2006)
While addressing a public meeting in Gilgit on July 4, President Pervez Musharraf said that the Northern Areas (NA) would get royalty from the Diamer-Basha Dam.
- Recognising Us Duplicity (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Jul 12, 2006)
It is difficult to understand how the US expects the Pakistani state to continue giving it unflinching support on the war against terrorism when it uses every opportunity to challenge its . . .
- Afghan Mission A Major Step For Nato: Rumsfe (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Tuesday the expansion of a Nato peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan was historic for the alliance which will soon take over some of the most dangerous parts of the country.
- Widening The Gulf Of Mexico (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jul 12, 2006)
Last week’s presidential election in Mexico had for months been touted as a crucial stage in the phenomenon whereby Latin America has democratically been drifting leftwards during the past decade.
- Deadly Fokker Crash (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 12, 2006)
Monday’s plane crash near Multan has revived the debate over the airworthiness of the national carrier’s ageing fleet of Fokker F-27s. The PIA chairman has been quick to insist, no doubt out of the best of motives, that the fleet is fit and will . . .
- Changing ‘Pre-Emption’? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 12, 2006)
Call intervention by any name, it remains intervention. On Monday, the White House spokesman said “pre-emption” did not necessarily mean war.
- Air Crash Victims Laid To Rest Amid Tears (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
The Nimaz-e-Janaza of three victims of PIA Fokker plane crash including the niece of PML acting president MNA Makhdoom Javed Hashmi were offered at two different places in the tehsil.
- Apex Court Asks Delhi Hc To Name A Judge (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Delhi High Court to suggest the name of an Additional Sessions Judge to examine the material placed before it by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and other NGOs seeking reinvestigation and transfer of . . .
- New Ideas For Boosting Exports (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, The News International, Jul 12, 2006)
As the new Trade Policy is on the anvil, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has directed the Commerce Ministry to work out practical proposals for boosting the exports of the country.
- Rice Urges Congress To Vote N-Deal Before August (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jul 12, 2006)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday urged both Houses of the US Congress to vote on the US-India civil nuclear cooperation before the month-long summer recess in August.
- Twin Failures (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 12, 2006)
The failure of the GSLV launch vehicle and the loss of the INSAT-4C satellite, coming as it did soon after the failure of the first test launch of Agni-III has hit our sense of achievement and control over these important programmes.
- Merci, Zizou... (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 12, 2006)
If you can't beat 'em, don't butt 'em ---- It was not just millions of people around the world who caught soccer fever the past six . . .
- Invest More Funds (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 12, 2006)
GSLV, Agni are bound to take off ---- Failure in a national endeavour can no doubt have a depressing impact on both Government and the people.
- Pirates Sequel Records $132 Million Debut (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Johnny Depp's boozy, woozy buccaneer Jack Sparrow has plundered the US and Canadian box office, with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest taking in a record US $132 million in its first three days, according to studio estimates.
- Warm Up To The Future (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Jul 12, 2006)
A number of sceptics in this country have questioned whether the Indo-US nuclear deal is really about civil nuclear energy.
- India, Pak Sign Mou For $ 25m Quake Aid (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
India and Pakistan today signed a memorandum of understanding specifying modalities for the release of reconstruction material worth $ 25 million to Islamabad for affected areas of the Pakistan occupied Kashmir devastated by a powerful earthquake . . .
- 147 Killed As Ultras Target Suburban Trains (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
One hundred and forty seven persons were killed and 439 injured in Mumbai in a series of blasts late this evening in seven 'local' trains ferrying commuters home from work and a busy suburban subway.
- Bombed: Head To Heart (Telegraph, Satish Nandgaonkar, Jul 12, 2006)
Terror coursed through India from its northern tip at noon to its financial heart at sundown, as synchronised grenade attacks in Srinagar gave way to multiple blasts on packed commuter trains in Mumbai, leaving over 147 dead.
- Militant Held With Rdx, Cash (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
A militant was today arrested in South Delhi and 2.5 kg RDX seized from his possession, police said.
- Gulf Kannadigas Fly High On Hope (Deccan Herald, Gopal Sutar, Jul 12, 2006)
DIRECT LINK- The Chief Minister has assured Kannadigas in the Gulf of improved infrastructure in coastal Karnataka
- Pak Rakes Up Kashmir Issue At Saarc Meet (Tribune, K J M Varma, Jul 12, 2006)
Pakistan today raked up the Kashmir issue at the SAARC Finance Ministers' meeting here with India hitting back by voicing concerns on terrorism and stressing the need to remove "double standards" in mounting a collective challenge to "eliminate the . . .
- Mps' Meet Likely To Grill Pranab, Drdo Over Agni-Iii Failure (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
The failure of the maiden test firing of the Agni-III intermediate range ballistic missile(IRBM) is likely to figure prominently during the Parliamentary Consultative Committee of Defence meeting here on Wednesday.
- World Leaders Condemn Mumbai Blasts (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
The United States, Britain, Pakistan, Afghanistan and South Africa tonight voiced outrage and condemnation of the Mumbai bomb blasts saying they were terrorist acts designed to strike at innocent people.
- Diplomacy Or Defense? Us Tries Both Against Nuclear Wannabes (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
In a concrete and steel mini-city 2,400 feet below the surface of Cheyenne Mountain, some of the 1,100 US and Canadian military and civilian personnel assigned to NORAD here were witness last week to an amazing contrast.
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