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Articles 15721 through 15820 of 53943:
- Pakistan's Fault Line (Pioneer, BHARAT VERMA, Apr 30, 2006)
The so-called land of the pure, Pakistan, on its creation in 1947 had approximately 13 per cent minorities residing within an Islamic population of 76 million.
- Who Cares For Myanmar? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 30, 2006)
Last month, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran spoke at a well-attended lecture organised in Washington by the Heritage Foundation. The Foreign Secretary was in the US capital to meet Bush Administration officials before the crucial vote in the US . . .
- Pramod Takes Third Surgery Well, Stable (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Senior BJP leader Pramod Mahajan underwent a surgery to wash his abdominal cavity and clear infection, on the eighth day of his admission to the PD Hinduja Hospital here on Saturday.
- Taliban Sets Deadline To Kill Hostage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Saran rejects demand for pullout of Indian citizens from Afghanistan
- Pakistan Takes Principled Position In Us (News International, Editorial, The News International, Apr 30, 2006)
WITH Iranian nuclear issue taking serious dimensions, Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri, while speaking in London, categorically stated that nuclear strike against Iran should never be considered and the issue should be resolved peacefully.
- Mothers Of Nepal Vanquish A Killer Of Children (New York Times, Celia W Dugger, Apr 30, 2006)
As dusk descended on this medieval walled city and its dirt lanes filled with horses cantering home from the mountains, the piercing voice of a woman could be heard over the pounding hooves.
- Sops For Extremists (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 30, 2006)
Extraordinary problems call for extraordinary solutions. That is why the largesse offered by the Jharkhand government to extremists who surrender may not appear all that bizarre.
- Voices Of Silence (Statesman, Jagmohan , Apr 30, 2006)
World Monument Day on 18 April gave us an opportunity to grasp the significance of our architectural legacy
- Stage Set For Iran-West Confrontation (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The stage is set for a major confrontation between the West and Iran after the IAEA said that the gulf nation has failed to comply with a UN deadline to halt uranium enrichment and the US asserted that it would seek sanctions to deny Tehran military . . .
- India Targeting Democrats For Support » (Hindustan Times, Manish Chand, Apr 30, 2006)
With less than a month left before the US Congress goes in for the summer recess, India has stepped up its diplomacy to win over Democratic sceptics to support the civil nuclear deal that is at the heart of improving relations between New Delhi and . . .
- Nasa To Postpone Additional Shuttle Tank Work (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Nasa plans to fly the space shuttle Discovery in July without further changes to the external fuel tank, despite some engineers' concerns that the tank needs more work.
- Centre Blames Assam For Malaria Deaths (Statesman, SANJAY SINGH, Apr 30, 2006)
As Assam reels under a virtual malaria epidemic, with 77 deaths already reported, the Centre has accused the state government of a lackadaisical approach and failure to utilise a consignment of mosquito nets it had dispatched in 2001.
- Roti, Kapada Aur Ctv! (The Economic Times, R K NANDAN, Apr 30, 2006)
The ongoing election campaign in a few states in southern and eastern India has seen political parties striking new lows by promising the moon to the electorate!
- Who Gives A Dam? (Business Standard, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Apr 30, 2006)
The scale and manner in which people are being shortchanged is astonishing.
- Unsc Resolution On Iran Dangerous: China (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
It could be "dangerous" to introduce a UN Security Council resolution to force Iran to halt uranium enrichment activities, the Chinese ambassador to the UN said in Chicago on Saturday.
- Vultures! Who? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 30, 2006)
Discussing vultures may not be a very idea of spending a Sunday morning. Their sheer sight evokes disgust. It is obviously because of their association with death.
- Taliban Threatens To Kill Abducted Engineer (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Taliban abductors of an Indian engineer in Afghanistan this evening threatened to kill him if all Indians did not leave the country by 7 PM (Ist) tomorrow.
- Trai Revises Monthly Ild Data Submission Date For Telcos (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Revising its earlier decision on the request of BSNL, telecom regulator TRAI has directed all telecom operators to submit monthly report of their International Long distance Traffic minutes by 25th of the following month.
- Koirala To Be Sworn-In As Nepal Pm Tomorrow (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Apr 30, 2006)
Nepal's Prime Minister-designate Girija Prasad Koirala will be sworn-in tomorrow following the postponement of the oath-taking ceremony due to his ill health.
- Musharraf:'i'm Nobody's Poodle.' (Christian Science Monitor, Tom Regan, Apr 30, 2006)
Musharraf:'I'm nobody's poodle.'
Pakistan leader says US airstrikes infringe Pakistan's sovereignty.
- Taliban Threaten To Kill Engineer (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Apr 30, 2006)
Taliban rebels, who kidnapped Hyderabad-based telecommunications engineer K Suryanarayana on Friday evening, have communicated through the media that they would kill him if the Indian government did not announce a decision to withdraw all Indian citizens
- Cbi Wants Key Accused Home, Seeks Mea Aid (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday petitioned the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to revoke the passport of Ravi Shankaran, a kin of Navy Chief Arun Prakash, in a bid to pave the way for his deportation from London.
- Pak-Us Strategic Dialogue (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 30, 2006)
AT a joint news briefing with US Under Secretary Nicholas Burns on the conclusion of the Pak-US strategic dialogue on Friday, Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan talked of Pakistan not being oblivious of its security and the requirements of minimum . . .
- Nothing Is Ruled Out In Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The only thing that can be said with a measure of certainty is that — barring a late swing — no one party is likely to get a majority on its own, say Yogendra Yadav and Sanjay Kumar
- Al-Qaeda Claims Karachi Us Consulate Bombing Responsibility (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Seven people were injured in a collision between a coaster and dumper near Pakistan Steel Mills Sunday morning here.
- Indian Items On Positive List (News International, Editorial, The News International, Apr 30, 2006)
According to reports, Pakistan has cleared another 240 items that can be imported from India. The positive list, which shows importable items from India, is increasing steadily under consistent demand and pressure of New Delhi.
- Economic Initiatives (News International, Editorial, The News International, Apr 30, 2006)
While the country's economy has been put on the path of high growth, the government's emphasis on enhancing the availability of water for boosting farm output, developing energy resources to meet the growing needs of this vital production input . . .
- Challenge Of Coexistence With India (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Apr 30, 2006)
Having been created in the teeth of India’s opposition, whose Hindu majority considered the division of “Bharat Mata” (Mother India) a sacrilege, Pakistan has had to contend with India’s hostility from its very birth.
- Chirac’S Commendable Move (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 30, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac’s proposal for setting up a special World Bank account to channel money to the Palestinians could help relieve the current financial crisis in the occupied territories.
- Kalam Calls For Evolving 'Enlightened Citizenry' Round The Globe (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
President APJ Abdul Kalam has called for the evolution of an enlightened citizenry round the globe, with the introduction of moral value system in education and by making religion graduate into a universal spiritual force.
- India’S Icici Bank Net Profit Up 28% (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
India’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank beat forecasts on Saturday by posting a 28 percent jump in its quarterly net profit but said its retail loans growth rate could slow.
- Taliban Threatens To Kill Abducted Engineer (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The fate of an Indian engineer kidnapped by Taliban in Afghanistan on Friday evening remained unknown as India stepped up efforts to secure his safe release on Saturday.
- Icici Bank Q4 Net Up 28 Pct, Beats F'cast (Reuters, M.C. Govardhana Rangan, Apr 30, 2006)
India's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank beat forecasts on Saturday by posting a 28 percent jump in its quarterly net profit but said its retail loans growth rate could slow.
- Iran's Nuclear Progress (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Apr 30, 2006)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continues to help the Bush administration's effort to convince the U.N. Security Council that more concerted action is needed to stop Iran's nuclear program.
- Make The System Work (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
This time, Iran made the International Atomic Energy Agency's watchdog job easy. Iran did not even make a pretense of complying with the UN Security Council's 30-day deadline to stop enriching uranium and provide more information about its program.
- Afghan Women Call For Ousting War Criminals (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (Rawa) staged a protest rally here on Friday marking the April 28, 1992, control of Afghanistan by “Islamic fundamentalists”.
- Colombo Will Not Fall Into Ltte Trap, Says Envoy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
"The Tigers will suffer the consequences for the recent attacks"
Air strikes were a "deterrent" and limited in scope
There has been some denting of LTTE's capacity
Sri Lanka wants India to extend support for a negotiated settlement
- For A World Free From Chemical Weapons (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2006)
Let us,today, renew our collective commitment to eliminate chemical weapons.
- "There Is A Fury Building Up Across The Country" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
In this excerpt from a much longer interview, Arundhati Roy updates her essay on the Narmada issue,The Greater Common Good, published in 1999 inFrontline. The interview was done byShoma Chaudhuriover a period of several days, in person and on email.
- Maneka To Head Energy Globe Jury (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Apr 29, 2006)
Maneka gandhi, M.P. has been appointed chairperson of the International Energy Globe Jury to decide and present the annual Energy Globe Award — World award for Sustainability.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2006)
In the report "State to press for final order on Cauvery dispute" (Karnataka edition, April 27, 2006, page 1, and on inside pages elsewhere), the reference to the setting up of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal by the Supreme Court in 1991 was wrong.
- Of Mail Regulation And Monopoly (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2006)
The Central Government has proposed the Draft Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bill, 2006, and announced its intent to give Indiapost the exclusive right to carry letters weighing up to 300 grams.
- "Unity Paramount For Solving Global Problems'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
40th Anniversary of Unity International Foundation
- Election Commission Issues Notices To Dmk, Congress (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Apr 29, 2006)
Alleged code violation at rally in Chennai during Sonia Gandhi's visit
- Iran: Nuclear Row (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Apr 29, 2006)
The Iranian government shows no signs of winding up its nuclear programme despite escalating threats from Washington.
- India Hints A Giftwrap Of Revival Package (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Apr 29, 2006)
With Nepal taking the first major step towards popular rule when its Parliament was reconvened after four years today, India has decided to propose a package for the country’s economic recovery.
- Bending Over Backwards (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 29, 2006)
THE third round of talks between Pakistan and India on conventional confidence building measures ended on Thursday with little success, as New Delhi rejected Islamabad's proposal for demilitarisation of Occupied Kashmir while also turning down its . . .
- Pakistan's Fault Line (Pioneer, BHARAT VERMA, Apr 29, 2006)
The so-called land of the pure, Pakistan, on its creation in 1947 had approximately 13 per cent minorities residing within an Islamic population of 76 million. In its unholy fervour to achieve physical instead of the spiritual purity, the minorities . . .
- The Siege Within (Pioneer, Sushant Sareen, Apr 29, 2006)
The armed insurrection by Pashtun tribes in Pakistan's north-western tribal belt and Baloch tribes in the south-western province of Balochistan is not a new phenomenon.
- Southern Record (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Apr 29, 2006)
South India has an enviable history of reservation in education.
- Political Consensus (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Apr 29, 2006)
The history of reservation for OBCs underscores a strong political commitment to the policy of positive discrimination in their favour.
- Jayati Ghosh: Protecting Foreign Investors (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Apr 29, 2006)
Bilateral investment treaties have become potential weapons of multinational companies against developing country governments and societies.
- Who Cares For Myanmar? (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Apr 29, 2006)
Last month, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran spoke at a well-attended lecture organised in Washington by the Heritage Foundation.
- What Affirmative Action Can Be All About (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Apr 29, 2006)
Corporates should make affirmative policy a part of their recruitment and outsourcing strategy
- Operation Clean-Up (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 29, 2006)
490-point dip in the Sensex and then an eye-popping recovery only signals a combination of jitters and greed signifying an overheated market.
- Energy-Cum-Trade Corridor (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 29, 2006)
ON Thursday Pakistan and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide umbrellas for agreements furthering bilateral energy, industrial and trade cooperation. Earlier addressing a group of China's private and public sector leaders . . .
- C.P. Chandrasekhar: Driven By Debts (Frontline, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Apr 29, 2006)
Everyone belonging to India's middle and upper classes has experienced its effects, but few analyse its implications. The country has been through a retail credit transition, making it a haven for the would-be borrower who is relentlessly pursued by . .
- Let’S All Share (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Apr 29, 2006)
But for a minor glitch, it could well be one of the best explained, best researched Sebi orders.
- Sri Lankan Foreign Minister To Visit India (Indian Express, Rajeev Bhattacharyya, Apr 29, 2006)
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera is expected to visit India on May 7, at a time when India is looking with concern at the escalation of violence in the neighbouring country.
- Behind The Scam (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 29, 2006)
In one of its sternest orders ever, the Security and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has barred 24 market participants from participating in the stock market for their role in the IPO scam.
- Markets Are Essential, So Is Regulation (Tribune, Johann Hari, Apr 29, 2006)
The first has been conducted in the United States over the past 25 years, increasingly setting corporations free from regulation and safeguards. The second experiment has been conducted in Argentina over the past five years, and lies at the opposite . . .
- Faster, Higher, Out Of Reach (Tribune, Vijay Mohan, Apr 29, 2006)
For 25 years it was India’s elusive eye in the sky, keeping a constant watch over the enemy deep inside his own territory and yet remaining beyond his reach.
- Parliament Reconvenes In Nepal (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 29, 2006)
Resolution on constituent assembly tabled; debate, vote on Sunday
- Human Development Indices Differ Considerably For All-India, Sts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Study carried out by Institute of Human Development
Loss of productive sources the main reason
HDI represents three dimensions - economy, education, health
- Inspired By Hills (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 29, 2006)
At Whole-South Mountain's Kingfisher-Hue, fallen rain perfects the failing flare of dusk... Confucian and Taoist: though different ways, they merge here in all this forest and cloud, our two minds joined together in such joy as we talk and laugh . . .
- A Policy Of Deception On Nepal (Indian Express, S. D. Muni , Apr 29, 2006)
India has turned back from the brink of disaster over Nepal. For years it has remained a confused and uncertain observer of the Nepal crisis that was precipitated by the Maoist uprising and King Gyanendra’s despotism.
- Cricket In The New World (Times of India, BORIA MAJUMDAR, Apr 29, 2006)
Fantasies too have their boundaries. Trying to imagine that the first hot dog seller you meet at a Boston railway station will turn out to be an avid cricket player is one such fantasy. But some fantasies, as they say, come true.
- 'Bhasha Writers Are Closer To Indian Reality' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 29, 2006)
Krishna Sobti has enriched Hindi fiction with her path-breaking novels like Mitro Marjani and Ai Ladki. Whether it's the theme of Partition or a mother-daughter relationship, Sobti has brought them alive through her strikingly indivi-dual style of . . .
- Human Trafficking Racket (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 29, 2006)
FEDERAL Investigation Agency (FIA) has approached Interpol for the arrest of Maj (Rtd) Ajmal, former Swiss Visa Assistant and an important name in human trafficking racket, unveiled by Asher Frances, main culprit in Swiss Visa Scandal. Meanwhile,
- Submit To God (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The scriptures have prescribed various paths to liberation keeping in mind the different propensities of spiritual seekers and their capacity to follow these means.
- Plagiarism And Absurd Explanations (Deccan Herald, Robert Zelnick, Apr 29, 2006)
We should find a way to treat Kaavya Viswanathan and William H Swanson as we do errant students.
- Metro At Last (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 29, 2006)
Public transport will be revolutionised with the metro
- The Indus Opportunity (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Apr 29, 2006)
By co-operating with India on water projects on the basis of the 1960 Indus Treaty, Pakistan stands to gain much
- Is 'Euston-Ism' The New Left In The U.K.? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 29, 2006)
The only Left bit of the "Euston Manifesto" is its faintly Left jargon. On the other hand, there is a lot in it that neo-conservatives are more likely to find to their taste.
- Who’Ll Police The Police? (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Apr 29, 2006)
A number of cases of gross miscarriage of justice have come to light recently.
- Karvy Dp Handled 95% Fake Account (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Asking Karvy-DP not to open accounts till further notice, Sebi has found that 95 per cent of the fictitious and “benami” demat account holders in the Yes Bank and IDFC IPO scams were with Karvy.
- I'm Not Bush's Poodle: Musharraf (Hindu, Declan Walsh, Apr 29, 2006)
Pakistan's General Pervez Musharraf, facing a surge of anti-American sentiment, on Thursday warned that covert U.S. air strikes against Al-Qaeda inside Pakistan were an infringement of national sovereignty.
- Kaavya’S Novel Off The Shelves (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Apr 29, 2006)
The budding literary career of Kaavya Viswanathan received another deadly blow when her publishers, Little Brown, announced they will withdraw her first novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life from bookstores.....
- Iran Vows To Defy U.N. Resolution On Uranium Enrichment Plan (Hindu, WILLIAM J BROAD, Apr 29, 2006)
IAEA delivers report to Security Council; debate next week
- Unrestrained Wit (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Apr 29, 2006)
As students, we speak and act with no restraint, which wins us appreciation
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