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Articles 23321 through 23420 of 53943:
- Balochistan Blast (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 07, 2006)
The deaths of 13 people, including three soldiers, in a bus near Quetta on its way to Lahore is horrifying, given that it comes on the heels of two train derailments, both of which may have been caused by sabotage.
- Pm Shows "Spine", Wins Key Battle With Left (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Feb 07, 2006)
India's government has won a crucial victory against its communist "allies" over airport modernisation, and will now move forward more confidently on its own reform agenda, analysts said on Monday.
- Iran Notifies Iaea Of Resuming Enrichment (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
The International Atomic Energy Agency has been formally notified of Iran’s decision to resume full-scale uranium enrichment work, the country’s top national security was quoted as saying on Monday.
- 'Afghans, India Fuelling Unrest In Balochistan’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Balochistan Governor Owais Ghani has accused Afghan warlords and drug barons of arming tribal militants in the province and India of financing them.
- Making Sense Of The Savings Conundrum (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Feb 07, 2006)
Triumphalism is in the air. The Sensex has touched 10,000. Mean-while latest numbers released by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) show the GDP growth rate at 7.5% for 2004-05(up from the earlier 6.9% estimate );
- Nuclear Catastrophe If Kashmir Dispute Lingers On: Chattha (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Feb 07, 2006)
Any further delay in the resolution of the Kashmir issue might result in a nuclear catastrophe in the sub-continent, the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir warned on Monday.
- Exporting Higher Education — Dilemma Of `To Commit Or Not To Commit' (Business Standard, Jandhyala B. G. Tilak, Feb 07, 2006)
The Indian Institutes of Management are in the news again — two years ago on the issue of fees, and now on the issue of `going abroad'. In the former case, the IIMs wanted to raise their fees considerably, which the government argued would make . . .
- Not Funny (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 07, 2006)
The cartoons depict an insensitivity to religious feelings
The series of cartoons of Prophet Mohammed first published in September 2005 in a Danish newspaper and then reproduced in several other European newspapers has triggered rage and . . .
- France Should Call Back Toxic Tub: Sc Panel (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
The Supreme Court Committee to decide on Clemenceau on Monday said it would shortly submit its report to the court.
- The Export Growth Story (Business Standard, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Feb 07, 2006)
Recent increases in exports have been hailed as indicating the emergence of India as an internationally competitive economy. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine recent patterns of external trade, . . .
- Kashmir Battling Low Literacy And High Corruption As Conflict Continues (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 07, 2006)
The Indian-administered part of Jammu and Kashmir is one of the least literate in India, its rate of 54 percent being well below the national level of 65 percent. Ironically, it is the only Indian state where education at all levels is free.
- Russia Ready For N-Venture If Iran Resumes U-Freeze (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
French FM says int’l community not seeking confrontation with Iran
A top Russian diplomat said on Monday it would be possible to create a joint venture to enrich uranium for Iran in Russia only if Tehran resumed its moratorium on enrichment activities,
- Fmc Step Was Needed (The Financial Express, JAIDEEP WAIRAL, Feb 07, 2006)
Last week, the Forward Markets Commission announced certain measures, recognising that the problem created on the NCDEX by manipulators should be nipped in the bud by changing certain procedures.
- Total Switch Over To Cng (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Amanullah Khan Jadoon has said that a project is underway to introduce CNG-run buses in the country, which would cut down oil import bill by about 700 million dollars a year.
- Bjp To Take Up Ec Exposé With Kalam (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Stopping short of demanding the Election Commissioner, Mr Naveen Chawla’s resignation for allegedly running trusts using MPLAD funds sanctioned by Congress MPs, the BJP today asked him to “honestly introspect” on whether he should continue . . .
- Russia To Push For N-Deal With Iran (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Feb 07, 2006)
Teheran signals readiness for talks
Moscow still hopes Teheran will accept its proposal to set up a joint venture to enrich uranium for Iran on Russian territory.
- Managing Transfers (Tribune, K. L. Sharma, Feb 07, 2006)
Every year the fear of transfer hangs like the sword of Damocles over the head of government employees. Aspirants of transfers converge at the state capitals with a flock of well-wishers for the furtherance of their cause.
- Why Sparrows Are Dying Out (Tribune, Michael McCarthy, Feb 07, 2006)
New evidence is pointing at a solution to the greatest wildlife mystery of recent years - why the house sparrow has been vanishing from towns and cities.
- Money And Politics (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 07, 2006)
Does the report that an alleged hawala conduit of Hizbul Mujahideen and Mirwaiz Moulvi Umar Farooq has been busted in the national capital surprise anyone?
- "Missing" Youth (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 07, 2006)
The report that there are more than 5000 Kashmiri young persons in militant training camps in "Azad" Kashmir (as the occupied territory across the Line of Control is locally known) is both informative and alarming.
- 5000 Troops Pulled Out From J&k (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
More withdrawals soon: Pranab
In an apparent gesture to Pakistan to further come forward with confidence-building measures (CBMs), the government has allowed the Army to move a brigade (about 5,000) troops from Jammu and Kashmir following ...
- India Delinks Russia From Wto Membership On Trade Issues (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
On the insistence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, India has agreed to delink the support to Russian membership at WTO from the settlement of trade payments by Russia. Both countries today agreed to set up a joint study group (JSG) to finalise . . .
- Pm Keeping Foreign Ministry Port Folio (Daily Excelsior, Sita, Feb 07, 2006)
It should come as no surprise that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has chosen to be his own external affairs minister. Not having inducted a successor to Kunwar Natwar Singh in the last Sunday's cabinet changes, he also said that he is ''not overburdened''.
- Left Alone (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 07, 2006)
Alas, shriller than Iran
A notable quality in the Left criticism of the Indian vote at the International Atomic Energy Agency against Iran is consistency.
- Importing Wheat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 07, 2006)
From surplus to scarcity again
The government decision to import five lakh tonnes of wheat, forced by the rising prices in the southern states, shows it has mishandled the country’s food security. Last time wheat had to be imported was six years ago.
- A French Ship Kicks Up Dust (Deccan Herald, Aravind Sitaraman, Feb 07, 2006)
Le Clemenceau raises many questions that encompass critical issues like business, economy, environment, health, and labour safety.
- India’S Vote At Iaea (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Feb 07, 2006)
THE International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) decided by 27 votes in favour to three against with five abstentions to refer the case of Iranian noncompliance with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards to the Security Council.
- Expulsion Of Mps: The Speaker And The Courts (Hindu, Mahendra P. Singh, Feb 07, 2006)
Even though the expelled MPs deserve no sympathy or leniency in punishment whatsoever, for upholding the rule of law the Speaker should respond to the notices of the Supreme Court.
- Kashmir Solidarity Day In Bangladesh (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 07, 2006)
Apart from Pakistan and Azad Kashmir, the Kashmir Solidarity Day was also observed in Bangladesh on Sunday to reiterate their support to the Kashmiris’ right to emancipation from the Indian yoke.
- Asia Will Be The Future Of Business, Says Kalam (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 07, 2006)
Sets out a roadmap for cooperation between Delhi and Manila
"With Western markets getting saturated, Asia provides a huge opportunity to business to expand market share"
Recommends setting up good e-business infrastructure
- Onus On India To Suggest "New Ideas" To Resolve Kashmir (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Giving a warning of sorts, President Pervez Musharraf has asked India to suggest "new ideas" to resolve Kashmir issue if it rejects his proposals of self-governance and demilitarisation, failing which Pakistan would ask the international community . . .
- Why Berlusconi Must Lose (Hindu, Tristram Hunt, Feb 07, 2006)
In Typically vulgar style, Silvio Berlusconi committed himself last week to sexual abstinence until the Italian general election on April 9.
- War On Terror And Rights Violation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 07, 2006)
A Negative linkage between human rights and the war on terror is something against which rights groups in the West, especially the US, have been agitating for quite some time.
- Question Mark Over Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Feb 07, 2006)
Unless Washington blinks on the fast-breeder reactor and voluntary safeguards, the agreement will not fly in India
- Israel Too Threatens Iran (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 07, 2006)
Israel’s Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said tht Iran will be made to pay a high price if it doesn’t halt its uranium enrichment plans for development of nuclear weapons.
- Protests, Shutdown Against Prophet’S (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Entire Valley wore a deserted look today in wake of the shutdown call, while protests were also held across Kashmir to express resentment against the publication of caricatures of Prophet Mohammad in ‘Jyllands-Posten’, a Danish newspaper and some European
- At Close Quarters (Hindu, V. R. Lakshminarayanan, Feb 07, 2006)
A close-up view of India's first Prime Minister provided by his security officer
- Hamas Leaders In Cairo For Talks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Hamas not to recognise Israel but to abide by peace pacts
Militant outfit under growing international pressure
- Islamist Leader Deported (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Feb 07, 2006)
Singapore will, invoking its Internal Security Act (ISA), proceed against a Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leader for having "planned to hijack a plane and crash it into Changi airport," the state-of-the-art international hub here, in 2001.
- Pravasi Centres To Be Opened In Embassies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Emigration laws to be amended to tackle recruitment rackets
- "Make Public The Nuclear Deal With U.S." (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 07, 2006)
The Government of India should put aside its present policy of reticence and share with the people of India all that they are legitimately entitled to know.
- Iran Tells Iaea To Remove Nuclear Monitoring Gear (Reuters, Paul Hughes, Feb 07, 2006)
Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency to remove some surveillance equipment from its nuclear facilities by mid-February, a defiant response to an IAEA vote reporting Tehran to the U.N. Security Council.
- Aids Vaccine Trial (Hindu, R. Prasad, Feb 07, 2006)
The Phase I clinical trial of the AIDS test vaccine was initiated last week at the Tuberculosis Research Centre (TRC) here.
- Clemenceau: Committee Decision To Be Referred To Supreme Court Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
``Court order will be a turning point in environmental awareness''
- Us Keeping Watch On Al-Qaeda Escapees In Yemen (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
The US is keeping a close watch on the jail escape in Yemen of 23 al Qaeda operatives, including one of the masterminds of the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000 that left 17 American sailors dead.
- ''No Group Can Veto Foreign Policy'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
The Congress on Monday said it respected the allies and supporting parties' views but "no single group can or should have a veto of any kind" especially on the foreign policy.
- Through The Prism Of Sense (Indian Express, MIRZA A. BEG, Feb 07, 2006)
Muslims have, and should, strongly condemn the poor taste and bigotry of the Danish paper as well as the other papers that have re-published the offending cartoons. People of goodwill from other communities would also join in condemnation because . . .
- Complete Roadworks In Three Months, Agencies Told (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Government to focus on Bangalore's infrastructure
The State Government on Monday asked officials of civic agencies to complete roadwork in Bangalore City within three months.
- Sri Lanka Set To Break Talks Impasse On Feb 22: Norway (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
The Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels will meet in Geneva on February 22 to end a three year deadlock in the peace process, Norway announced today ending speculation on the date for talks.
- A Colossal Poem In Stone (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Besides the magnificent monolith of Bahubali, Sravanabelagola also boasts of many monuments, hills and caves of interest to the discerning spiritual tourist, writes B M Chandrasekharaiah.
- Pakistan To Welcome Substantial Troop Cut (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday said it would welcome the proposed withdrawal of Indian troops from occupied Kashmir if it was part of a significant reduction from the disputed territory.
- Sri Lanka, Rebels To Talk Peace In Geneva Feb 22-23 (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Feb 07, 2006)
Sri Lanka's government and the Tamil Tiger rebels will hold peace talks in Geneva on Feb. 22-23 seen as a last chance to avoid a slide back to a two-decade civil war.
- Musharraf To Brief Chinese Leaders On Indo-Pak Peace Moves (Press Trust of India, Anil K Joseph, Feb 07, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is expected to visit China next week to boost their "all weather" strategic partnership and brief the Chinese leadership on his peace initiatives with India, diplomatic sources said here today.
- Israeli Experts Say Can ‘Cripple’ Iran’S N-Infrastructure (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
With Iran saying it would resume its nuclear enrichment programme in defiance of global calls to halt it, Israeli defence experts have claimed that their Air Force has the ability ‘‘to cripple’’ Tehran’s nuclear infrastructure by striking at the ‘‘weak’’
- Pakistan Dismisses Afghan Charges On Cross-Border Infiltration (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Brushing aside Afghanistan's charge about infiltration of Taliban militants from its territory, Pakistan today claimed it had made more efforts than any other country in the war on terrorism.
- Israeli Envoy Upbeat On Solving Iran Nuclear Issue (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Feb 07, 2006)
The Israeli Ambassador to the United States expressed optimism on Monday that international diplomacy in the next few months could curb Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program.
- Iaea Inspectors Due In Iran To Oversee Enrichment (Indian Express, Paul Hughes, Feb 07, 2006)
Iran said on Monday inspectors from the UN’s nuclear watchdog will visit in the next few days to oversee the resumption of uranium enrichment—a process that can be used to make bomb-grade material.
- Senior Nuclear Scientists Support Aec Chief's Contention (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Amid criticism that US was shifting the goalpost, senior nuclear scientists today came out in strong support of Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar's contention that the fast breeder programme should be kept out of the . . .
- More Than Just Scheming (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 07, 2006)
Anyone who has lived and travelled in India knows that real poverty is not to be seen in its cities, visual evidence to the contrary notwithstanding.
- Tatas In Jv For Automotive Batteries (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Tata AutoComp Systems of India and GS Yuasa International, Asia's largest automotive battery manufacturer, announced on Monday a 50:50 joint venture to form Tata AutoComp GY Batteries Pvt. Ltd. This will manufacture batteries for OEMs and . . .
- 5,000 Troops In J & K Redeployed (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Feb 07, 2006)
Nothing to do with Bush visit: Pranab Mukherjee
They have been sent back to West Bengal, says Minister
More troops can be moved out: Army chief
Pakistan welcomes withdrawal
- Danish Embassy In Tehran Pelted With Rocks (Hindustan Times, Nasser Karimi, Feb 07, 2006)
Hundreds of angry protesters hurled stones and fire bombs at the Danish Embassy in the Iranian capital to protest publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
- It’S All About Politics, Mr Pm (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Feb 07, 2006)
Judge me by my actions. That was Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s response in his press conference last week to the argument that he was the weakest prime minister India had ever seen.
- Under A Mushroom Cloud (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Feb 07, 2006)
The cat is out of the bag. The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) says it does not need too much of international cooperation to expand nuclear power generation in this country. It wants the nation to wait two or more decades for a large nuclear . . .
- Betty Friedan And The Problem That Had No Name (Indian Express, PATRICIA SULLIVAN, Feb 07, 2006)
Betty Friedan, the writer and activist who almost single-handedly revived feminism with her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique, died of congestive heart failure Saturday, her 85th birthday, in Washington.
- When Alan Meets Gordon (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Feb 07, 2006)
They really are the odd couple of economic policy. On one side of the Atlantic is Alan Greenspan, who last week stepped down as chairman of the Federal Reserve after nearly two decades of mastering the financial universe.
- 'Iaea Vote Won't Affect Ties With India' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Iran on Monday said India's vote against it at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would not affect bilateral ties.
- India Consents To Russia’S Accession To Wto (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
India and Russia on Monday established a new milestone in bilateral trade and economic relations,
- ‘Death’S Going To Kiss Me. Every Single Day I Know She’S By My Side’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 07, 2006)
‘Death’s going to kiss me. Every single day I know she’s by my side’
Paulo Coelho’s books have been translated into more than 50 languages and he inhabits the bestseller lists in 150 countries. His writing, which includes the almost cult book
- Bangalore All Set To Turn Into ‘Spiritual Valley’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
The three-day programme coinciding with the 50th birthday of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will witness a galaxy of policy-makers, religious and industry leaders from India and abroad.
- All About Dementia (Hindu, MADHUMITHA BALAJI, Feb 07, 2006)
A user-friendly review of the current knowledge on dementia
With the advent of modern medicine and thereby a growth in the elderly population worldwide, dementia poses a major concern to the international community of today.
- Growing Closer Apart (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Feb 07, 2006)
Essays debating the issues of syncretism and pluralism in the sub-continent today to objectively reassess their importance in coping with the political and cultural future
- India To Gain In Changed Weltanschauung Of Us (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 07, 2006)
India is being projected as the principal beneficiary of the US State Department’s imminent re-organisation of its South Asia bureau.
- Let People Know About Nuclear Deal With U.S.: Former Ambassadors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Eight former Bangalore-based Ambassadors have expressed disquiet over the secrecy surrounding the negotiations with the United States on separation of civilian and military nuclear facilities.
- Airport: Gmr Gives 500 Cr Guarantee (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Though GMR had the option of matching GVK’s bid for Mumbai, it opted for Delhi where its bid, at 43 per cent, was behind Reliance’s 45.99 per cent.
- A Succesful Fight Against Bird Flu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Pennsylvania researchers have produced a bird flu vaccine made from a genetically engineered human cold virus which has provided cent percent protection to vaccinated mice and chickens.
- Metaphorical Fiction (Hindu, K. Kunhikrishnan, Feb 07, 2006)
This novel by the Nobel laureate portrays perverse sexuality and passionate violence. The narration is disturbing and metaphorical with feminine sexuality in a bizarre form. It is emotionally intense with sadism, frustration and chaotic passion, set in th
- Hagiology (Hindu, V.N. Vedanta Desikan, Feb 07, 2006)
The Annals of the Srirangam shrine" would be the appropriate English equivalent of the title of this book.
- Sc Panel To Submit Report On Clemenceau Soon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
SDI, a French company which bought the carrier, has already told the apex court that it will abide by the committee's interim recommendation that the ship should not enter India’s 220-mile exclusive economic zone until the matter is disposed of.
- Iran Will Get The Bomb, Sooner Or Later (Deccan Herald, DAVID E SANGER, Feb 07, 2006)
Hours after the United States and Europe prevailed in a contest over officially reporting Iran’s history of clandestine nuclear activity to the United Nations Security Council, US President George W Bush issued a statement on Saturday from his ranch, ...
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