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Articles 721 through 820 of 8510:
- Faith At The Heart Of The Pope Controversy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 24, 2006)
An ability and willingness to apologise graciously and appropriately is a virture no one has the right to disparage. So the disagreeable part of the Pope’s indiscretion is better relegated to a closed chapter.
- Second Thoughts (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 24, 2006)
By declaring war on “worshippers of the Cross”, al Qaida militants remind us that Osama bin Laden could be an incarnation, albeit on the other side of the fence, of the 15th-century Spanish Dominican, Tomás de Torquemada, known as . . .
- Supreme Court Cracks The Whip (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Sep 24, 2006)
HERE is some telling feedback from a recent discussion I was witness to:
Quote (a): “If you go by the law book then what are we for”? Asked a local leader of a new entrant in police service, who was strictly going by the law book.
- No Freedom In Pok: Human Rights Watch (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 24, 2006)
"Militant infiltration into India continues"
- Sometimes, A Hawk Must Wear Kid Gloves (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Sep 24, 2006)
John McCain is a conservative but his stand on torture is a timely reminder that the free world cannot win the battle against medieval fanatics if it doesn’t remain true to its moral heritage and political freedoms
- Praying To Be Secular (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Sep 24, 2006)
Vasundhara Raje’s handling of the Haj House issue has upset the Sangh; it’s the dilemma she faces in trying to woo all communities.
- Pilgrims On An Inward Journey (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
The stark landscapes of the Tibetan plateau, and the unrelenting physical challenges of the journey, are captured with a solid, satisfying grace.
- Anti-Blair Protest In Manchester On Eve Of Labour Party Meet (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 24, 2006)
Blair's policies leading the country to disaster: Galloway
- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Sep 24, 2006)
While Orissa exemplifies good governance, elsewhere the rulers are busy exploiting the nation
- Drifting And Drowning (News International, Masood Hasan, Sep 24, 2006)
It's not only Murree that is collapsing. So is whatever little else that was of any value at one time. Now, like a childhood story, it is just a distant, hazy memory. Somewhere on the long and difficult highway of life, we as a people have gone off . . .
- Kargil Boosted Kashmir Cause: Opposing Us Would Be Disastrous, Says Musharraf In Book (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf’s yet-to-be-released book — In the Line of Fire — has painted a bleak picture for Pakistan had it not joined the United States in the war on terrorism and says that the 1999 Kargil standoff with India boosted the cause . . .
- Military Rule: Then And Now (Dawn, Zafar Iqbal, Sep 24, 2006)
There is a great deal of clamour that General Musharraf should remove his uniform.
- Fighting A War For Truth (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 23, 2006)
In a brilliant lecture at the University of Regensburg last week, Pope Benedict XVI made three crucial points that are now in danger of being lost in the polemics about his supposedly offensive comments about Islam.
- Where The Heart Rules The Head (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 23, 2006)
Sridhar K Chari visits the Indira Gandhi Hospital at Shimla and finds that lack of integrated planning and lop-sided development mar a place that can otherwise boast of good doctors and advanced equipment
- Bpo Executive Sells Personal Information To D-Company (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The pesky call centre employee trying to sell you a credit card or mobile phone has suddenly acquired more sinister dimensions: S/he could well be misusing the personal information. A 25-year-old call centre employee from a BPO in Tardeo did just . . .
- A General Intent On Staying On, Come What May (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Among other things, this self-congratulatory book stands l'affaire Kargil on its head and presents an over-the-top reading of what propels India-Pakistan relations.
- Millitants' Execution Sparks Violence In Indonesia (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Christian mobs freed hundreds of prisoners, torched cars, and looted Muslim-owned shops across eastern Indonesia after three Roman Catholics were executed on Friday for a 2000 attack that killed 70 Muslims, witnesses and officials said.
- Nhrc Seeks Report On Ghaziabad Incidents (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of a complaint of unprovoked lathicharge, firing and pelting of stones by police on July 7 and 8 on the villagers of Ghaziabad district, who were protesting against acquisition of . . .
- Farewell To Arms (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 23, 2006)
For many years, I've been involved in the peace business, doing what I can to help people overcome their differences. In doing so, I've also learnt a lot about the business of war: the arms trade. In my opinion it is the modern slave trade.
- The Great American Disconnect (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Sep 23, 2006)
U.S. President George W. Bush's speech to the U.N. General Assembly highlights the gap between his perceptions and the ground realities.
- Some Things Are So Scary (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 23, 2006)
The mysteries of American foreign policy elude me but surely we need to be more careful before we start talking about bilateral cooperation with a country that we know harbours some of the most evil terrorists in the world.
- September 11: Before And After (Dawn, Shameem Akhtar, Sep 23, 2006)
IF a catastrophe of the magnitude of September 11 were to occur in the horrific manner in which it did in New York, any nation would go mad, and if the victims of this brutal act were to see the hidden hand of militants of whatever persuasion . . .
- Loose Canines (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 23, 2006)
Staring in the eye could be the best way to discourage a chasing canine.
- Chinese Checkers (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Sep 23, 2006)
Unfortunately for Mr Shashi Tharoor, the winning candidate has to be the one who gets the unqualified support of either the US or China, no matter what France, the UK or Russia may think.
- 2nd J&k Shooting: Same Colonel Is Probed (Asian Age, Yusuf Jameel, Sep 23, 2006)
The Jammu and Kashmir government has appointed a district and sessions judge to probe another shooting incident involving the same officer, Col. R.S. Guleria, who was relieved of command of a Rashtriya Rifles battalion in Kupwara district for . . .
- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Sep 23, 2006)
While Orissa exemplifies good governance, elsewhere the rulers are busy exploiting the nation
- Lessons Of The Baloch Jirga (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 23, 2006)
In a development that reflects the widespread alienation of the Baloch following the killing of Akbar Bugti, a grand jirga was convened on Thursday by the Khan of Kalat, Mir Suleman Daud Ahmedzai in which they announced that a case would be . . .
- World Body Report Flays Islamabad For Repressing Democracy In . . . (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Sep 23, 2006)
The Pakistani Government has come under sharp criticism from a world body for repressing democratic freedoms, muzzling the press and practising routine torture in Pakistan-occupied- Kashmir (PoK).
- Praying To Be Secular (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Sep 23, 2006)
Ever since she became CM Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje seemed to be in constant communication with the Gods. Every time the state needed a divine intervention to end human misery, she was at the doorstep of some temple or the other making a public . . .
- Sometimes, A Hawk Must Wear Kid Gloves (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Sep 23, 2006)
Those of us who are supporters of the U.S. war against “Islamic Fascism” (an expression coined by President Bush) need to thank a feisty American senator.
- Sc Orders Police Reforms (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Sep 23, 2006)
In a judgement that would go down as a landmark in the history of reforming criminal justice system and strengthening the rule of law in the country, the Supreme Court today ordered drastic changes in the police administration to make it more . . .
- Pepsi Versus Poverty (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 22, 2006)
There's something deeply disturbing when one compares the Kerala government’s abject failure, as reported in this newspaper on Thursday, on implementing the jobs guarantee programme to the prompt proscriptions it had issued earlier against cola companies.
- Realisation Dawns On Hrw (Pioneer, Hari Om, Sep 22, 2006)
The US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) acknowledged that there is "considerable evidence that Islamabad has provided Kashmiri militants with training, weapons, funds and sanctuary".
- Hudood Laws, Ghamidi’S (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 22, 2006)
Pakistan’s best-known moderate Islamic scholar, Dr Javed Ahmed Ghamidi, has resigned from the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), the constitutional body meant to “advise the legislature [on] whether or not a certain law is repugnant . . .
- Freedom Of Thought In Islam (Dawn, Sidrah Unis, Sep 22, 2006)
Freedom of thought enables an individual to draw an independent and logical conclusion and serves to boost creativity, which is the core of progress.
- Musharraf Indicates He Is Not Ready To Shed Uniform (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
In an indication that he would not relinquish the post of army chief in the near future, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said he has derived strength from his uniform to amend the controversial Islamic laws which no leader including a . . .
- Security Forces Against Ceasefire (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Top officers of the security forces fighting terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir are not in favour of the government announcing ceasefire with ultras during the holy month of Ramzan.
- Thailand In Transition (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 22, 2006)
On the night of September 19, the Thai television channel suddenly started playing the national anthem, and international channels disappeared from the screen. Military vehicles started to appear on the streets.
- Bush, Republicans Forge Terrorism Interrogation Deal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
U.S. President George W. Bush bowed to pressure from leading senators in his Republican party on Thursday, revising a bill for interrogating terrorism suspects that critics had said would allow abusive treatment.
- Training Teachers For Quality Education (Daily Excelsior, K.K. Khullar, Sep 22, 2006)
Of the famous four pillars of education teacher education occupies the prime position, the other three being pedagogy, objectivity and commitment.
- Game Of Musical Chairs (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Sep 22, 2006)
The game of political 'musical' chairs continues in Jharkhand as the NDA and Arjun Munda is thrown out and Madhu Kode a independent MLA becomes the Chief Minister as the game of 'numbers' in a coalition structure pushes the state from one disaster to . .
- Help Them (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 22, 2006)
Of late there have been a spate of reports of nomadic Gujjars and Bakarwals moving down the high mountains along with their cattle. These reveal an exciting aspect of social and economic life of the State.
- Us Troops Can Enter Pak, Says Bush (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 22, 2006)
President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that he would order US troops into Pakistan to hunt Osama bin Laden if he had actionable intelligence that the Al-Qaida leader was hiding there.
- Us & Iran Needn’T Be Us & Them (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 22, 2006)
The crucial distinction is in separating the Tehran regime from the people when drawing up the list of sanctions, says the noted dissident in this ‘Letter to America’
- Repeal This Law (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 22, 2006)
It is time that homosexuality is decriminalised in India. Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code makes homosexuality illegal; a crime that is punishable with up to 10 years in prison.
- We Won't Hesitate To Send Troops To Pakistan For Osama: Bush (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
I will not allow sovereignty of Pakistan to be breached: Musharraf .
- It Was A March To Nowhere (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 22, 2006)
It was the invite for the midnight march by women that did me in — “come in something you always wanted to wear on the streets but could not”.
- Reform Of The U.N. Security Council (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 21, 2006)
Why is it that the Security Council remains so rigid and outdated?
- Law And Justice In An Independent Nation (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Sep 21, 2006)
If the rule of law must run close to the rule of life, a transformation of the system is needed.
- What A University Ought To Be (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 21, 2006)
What is the point of going to university? To learn and to get a degree, of course. But a university should be much more than that.
- No Ceasefire Until Conditions Are Met: Hizb (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 21, 2006)
"Unless there is a result on Kashmir... all these meetings [Manmohan-Musharraf] are meaningless"
- Cornering North-East Insurgents (Daily Excelsior, M Rama Rao, Sep 21, 2006)
India is talking with Myanmar to clear out camps of Indian insurgents on its soil much in the manner that Bhutan did against ULFA some years ago. Both Isak-Muivah and the Khaplang groups of Naga underground, People's Liberation Army of Manipur, . . .
- The Case Of The Phantom Pil (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 21, 2006)
PILs are definitely being misused... The courts have realised that they need to control them. There must be a screening process.
- Israeli President Faces Censure In Sex Case (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Israel's President Moshe Katsav is likely to be indicted on three charges, including sexual harassment, as per the evidence collected by police investigators, a media report said today.
- Pm’S ‘Please Pak’ Move Wrong (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 21, 2006)
The editorial in the latest issue of Organiser sharply attacks the latest turn in the tortuous India-Pakistan peace process following the Manmohan-Musharraf Havana talks last week.
- Manmohan May Be Right (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Sep 21, 2006)
Confidence building measures cannot succeed if Governments of India and Pakistan adopt hostile position against each other, says CP Bhambhri.
- Optimism About Kashmir (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 21, 2006)
AS on many occasions in the past, President Pervez Musharraf seemed optimistic about a solution of the Kashmir issue when he said, during the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, that it was “within reach”.
- Hizb Offers Truce During Ramazan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
The biggest militant group fighting Indian rule in held Kashmir on Wednesday offered a conditional cease-fire during Ramadan, which is set to begin next week.
- Pak Cell Signals Infiltrate Into J&k, Aid Terrorists (Tribune, S.P.Sharma, Sep 21, 2006)
Terrorists operating in Jammu and Kashmir are taking advantage of the wide reach of Pakistani mobile signals here to maintain contact with their patrons across border.
- Musharraf For Peace, Justice, Harmony (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 21, 2006)
IN his wide-ranging address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called for resolution of the Palestine . . .
- The Outlaws (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 21, 2006)
The writer is a freelance columnist and former newspaper editor
- Uniform Needed For Big Issues: Musharraf (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Sep 21, 2006)
President says he will not touch Hudood Ordinances without uniform
Pope’s comments irresponsible g Pakistan has right to civil N-tech
- V.P. Presents Memo To Kalam (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Former Prime Minister V.P. Singh, accompanied by CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan and rebel SP MP and actor Raj Babbar, noted jurist Rajendra Sachchar several notable socialists like Surendra Mohan and Lok Jan Shakti Party leader Ranchandra . . .
- Nepal Schoolkids Caught In Maoist ‘Power Play’ (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Sep 20, 2006)
Even as Nepal’s government began consultations with Maoist leaders to resume peace talks, the student union of the rebels forced schoolchildren – some of them as young as 10 years old –to attend a five-hour rally under the scorching sun on Monday..
- Coup Bypasses Party Circuit (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
The Thailand coup went largely unnoticed in the country’s popular tourist districts, where foreigners packed beer bars and cabarets oblivious to the activity about 3 km away.
- `Terrorism A Rights Violation' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Terrorism too is a form of human rights violation, said Justice S. Thangaraju, Member of the State Human Rights Commission, here recently.
- European Union Not To Mediate On Kashmir Issue (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Sep 20, 2006)
India, Pakistan talks in right direction: Asko Numminen
- Indians Struggle To Digest Claims Of Poisoned Foods (Reuters, Nita Bhalla, Sep 20, 2006)
Under the scorching afternoon sun, Babu Khan crouches over his crops gently pulling out stray weeds from his small plot on the fringes of Simbhaoli, a town in Uttar Pradesh.
- We Back Musharraf’S Ideas, Hurriyat Tells Eu (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Leaders of the All-Party Hurriyat Conference have told a five-member delegation of the European Union that they favoured Pakistan President, Gen Pervez Musharraf’s ideas which could resolve the Kashmir issue.
- Musharraf Seeks Peace, Justice For Muslims (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Sep 20, 2006)
In a consistent pursuit to acquire peace and justice for Muslim world, President General Pervez Musharraf in his landmark speech on the opening day of 61st United Nations General Assembly session has again called upon the world community to take . . .
- Still Missing (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 20, 2006)
For the past four months five families have set up camp in front of Karachi Press Club to protest the disappearance of five of their relatives who they say were abducted last year by intelligence agencies.
- Letter And Spirit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 20, 2006)
Whose business is it to protest against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and to demand that it be struck down?
- Kashmir Solution Within Reach: Musharraf (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
UN General Assembly session and President Musharraf’s visit are being covered jointly by Dawn’s correspondents Masood Haider, Anwar Iqbal and Qudssia Akhlaque
- Help To End Conflicts Afflicting Islamic World: Musharraf (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Pakistan in the forefront of fighting terrorism, he tells U.N. Assembly
- Rising Hopes From The Rising Sun (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 20, 2006)
Japan’s new prime minister Shinzo Abe faces different expectations from different sections. The good news for us is that he’s an Indophile .
- In Nepal, Time To Check The Dangerous Drift (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 20, 2006)
The road map for the formation of an interim government with Maoist participation is more or less in place. But powerful forces are intervening to derail the process.
- Nepal's Unsteady Foot Forward (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Sep 20, 2006)
Rumours travel like bushfire in Nepal. Whether it was Madhuri Dixit or Hrithik Roshan, and what they said or did not say, anti-India riots were rigged instantly across the country.
- What’S Law Got To Do With It? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 20, 2006)
The campaign to decriminalise same-sex relations has received high visibility with the release of writer Vikram Seth’s public letter demanding a “reading down” of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.
- Follow Terror Leads (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 20, 2006)
To prevent terrorists from being able to drive a communal wedge, every single lead linking up with possible terrorist violence must be investigated, according to the CPM. A front page editorial in People’s Democracy refers to two such . . .
- Acceptable (J&k) Solution Is Within Reach: Musharraf (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Sep 20, 2006)
Fresh from his Havana meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today told the United Nations General Assembly that “an acceptable solution of this long-standing dispute (over Jammu and Kashmir was) within reach”.
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