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Articles 1321 through 1420 of 8510:
- A Question Of Faith (Times of India, Javed Anand, Aug 19, 2006)
Since the serial bomb blasts in Mumbai's suburban trains on July 11, there have been numerous and repeated allegations of the targeting of an entire community for the dastardly act of some people who have yet to be identified.
- Tour De World (Deccan Herald, S Raghunath, Aug 19, 2006)
Want to tour the globe? No tickets, no money, just sit back and imagine!
- Why Paswan’S Pill Is A Placebo (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 19, 2006)
On Thursday, Union chemicals and fertilisers minister Ram Vilas Paswan announced changes in the government’s thinking on drug price control. KG Narendranath sifts through the fog to see that it isn’t necessarily good news all around
- Corruption And Profiteering (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Aug 19, 2006)
There was a time when profit was a dirty word in India.
- Data For Leverage (Frontline, Sarah Hiddleston, Aug 19, 2006)
A new front has opened in the attack on generic drugs in the pharmaceutical industry, which could push up the prices of medicines.
- Bunkum Of Resilience (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 19, 2006)
Children in schools are taught that India is a great country and a potential superpower.
- Prisons As Agents Of Change (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Aug 19, 2006)
Decision-makers in India can learn from the experiences of other countries and lend more than cursory attention to the state of our prisons.
- Bush Has A Terror, Fascist Agenda (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 19, 2006)
Hussain Randathani | Director Islamic Research and Development Council Kozhikode
- No Great Shakes (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 19, 2006)
The next time you contact a friend on what you know is his mobile and the recorded response is the erroneous one of “This number does not exist”, just learn to regard it as what it is — a minor glitch and nothing more.
- Living Under Terror Shadow (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
A major breakthrough has been achieved in the probe into the July 11 serial bomb blasts in commuter trains in Mumbai, Union minister for state for home Sriprakash Jaiswal said here on Friday.
- Taliban Plunder Schools To Sow Fear (Daily Times, Terry Friel, Aug 19, 2006)
‘They want the people to be illiterate. They want to undermine society and cause conflict’
- Now Fear Has A New Shape (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 18, 2006)
The new security threat...the tubes of toothpaste and bottles of shampoo have you thinking evil thoughts.
- Us Eavesdropping Program Ruled Unconstitutional (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The US federal judge on Thursday ruled that the U.S. government's domestic eavesdropping program is unconstitutional and ordered it ended immediately.
- Crisis Of Development Economics (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 18, 2006)
As the Planning Commission is busy in preparing the draft of the 12th five -year plan, it has to take into account the uneven growth in the states, region -wise, state-wise and area-wise even within districts.
- Haunting Terror Threats (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Aug 18, 2006)
The war against terror continues and we see 'new' innovative methods deployed by terror groups and clearly the intelligence agencies have foiled and prevented a terror act which cuts across nations, religion and beliefs and is little more than . . .
- Wanted: A Shift System In Courts (Hindu, P.P. Rao, Aug 18, 2006)
The system, which is economical and easy to implement, should be introduced.
- Israeli Soldier May Be Exchanged For 600 Pal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
An Israeli soldier taken captive by Gaza militants in June could be freed in exchange for 600 Palestinian prisoners, the Palestinian authority's diplomatic envoy in Moscow said Thursday.
- Area Of Darkness (Times of India, Harmala Gupta, Aug 18, 2006)
One of the major challenges we face as a palliative care team looking after people with advanced cancer in their homes is helping children prepare for the death of a parent. Nothing is more difficult and more necessary.
- Criminality Spread (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 18, 2006)
A problem that ought to have been accorded utmost priority by the enforcers of the law is being treated as a subject of academic discourse by that fashionable faculty called women’s studies in the three universities of Calcutta, Burdwan and North Bengal.
- China Launches Etiquette Campaign (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
No spiting, littering or speaking loud at public places are part of the guidelines issued by the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) meant for all citizens of the country to enhance hospitality ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
- Nutritional Support For Aids Patients Vital:wfp (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Aug 18, 2006)
The United Nations World Food Programme has called for action among all stakeholders in the fight against AIDS to make food and nutritional support part of the essential package of care for people affected by HIV.
- Only Democracy Can Break Pakistan Terror Link (Hindu, Benazir Bhutto, Aug 18, 2006)
A democratic Pakistan, free from the yoke of military dictatorship, would cease to be the petri dish of the pandemic of international terrorism.
- Data For Leverage (Frontline, Sarah Hiddleston, Aug 18, 2006)
A new front has opened in the attack on generic drugs in the pharmaceutical industry, which could push up the prices of medicines.
- Tilt And Turmoil In The Andamans (Frontline, Pankaj Sekhsaria, Aug 18, 2006)
The earthquake and tsunami of December 2004 caused huge changes in the coastal systems of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- The ‘Islamabad Declaration’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 18, 2006)
The context was global but the issues highlighted at the recent International Judicial Conference in Islamabad could easily be Pakistan-specific. Among other measures, the August 14 ‘Islamabad Declaration’ called for greater judicial review of . . .
- Hudood Amendment Bill In Na Today (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Aug 18, 2006)
The government is to present a bill amending the Hudood Ordinances in the National Assembly today (Friday).
- Judicial Activism (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 17, 2006)
The 23-point 'Islamabad Declaration' adopted at the conclusion of a four-day international judicial conference on the theme of 'Justice For All' is a perfect wish-list of all the things that Pakistanis, particularly Pakistani women and children,. . .
- To Sri Lanka, Once More With Caution (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 17, 2006)
An enormous humanitarian tragedy is waiting to happen in South Asia. The ‘no war no peace’ syndrome in Sri Lanka is slowly escalating into a full-fledged undeclared war. For India the stakes are high; they lie at the intersection of India’s . . .
- Shortcuts To Success (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 17, 2006)
Open any newspaper these days, and as likely or not the pictures of 'successful' O- and A-level candidates from various schools will peer out from the pages.
- 5 Militants, Soldier Killed In Machhil Gunbattle (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
While at least five infiltrating militants and a soldier have died in a fierce gunbattle on the LoC in Machhil sector of Kupwara, troops have apprehended eight young boys, who were leaving for a militant training camp in PoK, from Kangan area and . . .
- The Recall Roll Call (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 17, 2006)
Laptop owners around the world were thrown into a tizzy when Dell announced on Monday that it was recalling 4.1 million batteries after several incidents of laptops catching fire.
- Guenter Grass Faces Flak Over His World War Role (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Storm grows over belated SS confessions by the German Nobel Prize winner
- Veils And Jails (Frontline, RAFIA ZAKARIA, Aug 17, 2006)
The Hudood Ordinances expose how Generals past and present have used the regulation of female sexuality to their strategic advantage.
- Access To Information (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 17, 2006)
Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one."
- Doubters Spoil Pakistan's Party (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 16, 2006)
Some are asking if Islamabad's role in the uncovering of the alleged terror plot in London was as crucial as is being made out.
- `People Power' Is A U.S.-Owned Brand? (Hindu, Mark Almond, Aug 16, 2006)
The U.S. and the Western media back protests over controversial elections when it suits them, but are silent over those in Mexico.
- Black Day In Ihk (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 16, 2006)
India's Independence Day was observed as Black Day on the call of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference in occupied Kashmir on Tuesday by the people to focus their struggle for freedom from the Indian yoke.
- Film Tie-Up (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 16, 2006)
China will team up with American and British film producers to make a movie on the Nanjing massacre of 1937.
- Top Honour For Kashmir, Manipur Documentaries (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Films win John Abraham award in SIGNS 2006
Vipin Vijay winner in environmental section
Corporation will support festival: Mayor .
- The Ugly Politics Behind War (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Aug 16, 2006)
Each party will have its own defence for a war. The vested interests will have their own version.
- Second Look At Army Act (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 16, 2006)
Not withstanding many amendements in the Army Act in 1992, serving and retired officers and jawans still remain dissatisfied, and in the perception of many, the Act still remains archaic and outdated.
- Men At Work (Times of India, Janaki Nair, Aug 16, 2006)
Newspapers can perhaps be forgiven for headlining the murder of Tanya Banerjee, a BPO employee in Bangalore, but their interpretation of the event was disturbing.
- It's Wrong To Blame Israel (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 16, 2006)
With both Israel and the Hizbullah claiming victory after Monday's ceasefire, it will be pertinent to note that the world as a whole has failed to take the right side in the war by mindlessly criticising the Jewish nation for ensuring the safety . . .
- Peace Within Striking Distance (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Aug 14, 2006)
Even if the rest of India has not noticed, a historic breakthrough has taken place in the peace talks with the Nagas. After nine years of negotiations between New Delhi and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah), the Phizo doctrine . . .
- India Halts Army In Peace Gesture To Assam Rebels (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
The Indian army will suspend counter-insurgency operations against separatist rebels in the troubled northeastern state of Assam to help peace moves, a senior state official said on Sunday.
- Wife Stands By Rape-Accused Mla (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
Gaganjit Singh, Tamil Nadu governor S.S. Barnala’s son and Punjab legislator, was remanded in police custody for a day after he was accused of raping a domestic help-cum-masseuse hailing from Bengal.
- Let Dignity Replace Load Of Shame (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 14, 2006)
What is the most disgusting sight around us? It is scavengers carrying human and animal excreta in baskets on their heads.
- Candle In The Wind (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 14, 2006)
At last,” I remarked when I received, from Lahore, an invitation to bring with me five more persons to join the Pakistan independence day celebrations. This was not from any big organisation. Still it reflected a thaw of sorts. Never had such a gesture be
- Waiting For Democracy (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Aug 14, 2006)
Lack of a stable political system in Pakistan even after 59 years of independence is a cause for concern.
- Caveat Emptor Is Still The Norm In India (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Aug 14, 2006)
What happened to caveat emptor? That is the title of a discussion by Professor Gunnar Trumbull of the Harvard Business School on his new book Consumer Capitalism: Politics, Product Markets, and Firm Strategy in France and Germany.
- Good Policing And Fair Trials — Not Rhetoric On Stilts (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 14, 2006)
Dear home secretary: Trust me, I really do get it. We face a significant terrorist threat from an international network that feeds on division, distrust, real and perceived injustice, and converts it into suicide and murder... I believe that at times . .
- The Barbarians With Wings (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 14, 2006)
America's ‘Air Power' has caused social calamity far greater than any barbaric act in history.
- Where Militants Earn Goodwill Of People (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Aug 14, 2006)
Youngmen aid and abet them
- Let Each Decide (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 14, 2006)
Is the empowerment of choice inimical to progress? We know and can rebut the authoritarian argument on human rights. It is much harder, and equally necessary, to discern and reject the do-gooder argument that undeniable indicators of . . .
- Enforce The Amendments (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Aug 14, 2006)
There is a popular Hindi saying: "Der aaye durust Aye" (late arrival, but to the right place).
- Truce Hopes Emerge In Fog Of War (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 14, 2006)
The buildup to the ceasefire, if it takes place at all in real terms, has been violent and bloody. Israel has redoubled its offensive against Lebanon with south Beirut coming in the line of fire again after a gap of a little over 24 hours.
- Addressing The Digital Underside (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Aug 14, 2006)
There is enormous ignorance about the dangers from misuse of digitised data and we need privacy polices and statutes to protect citizens.
- War Of Extermination (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 14, 2006)
The current events in the occupied Palestine and Lebanon once again have shown the utter moral bankruptcy of western nations and their hypocrisy.
- The Garden Of Forking Paths (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
Reading Pankaj Mishra’s Temptations of the West is like undertaking one of those long journeys that the author himself probably likes to embark on. There are high roads, forking paths that branch out of the high road, culverts and the occasional . . .
- Amendments To Hudood Ordinances (Dawn, Maheen A. Rashdi, Aug 14, 2006)
THE Law Reforms Order, 2006 has seen the release process – still in progress — of nearly 1,300 female prisoners from 55 jails all over Pakistan.
- Cause To Celebrate? (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
Yet another independence day is before us. In the days leading to this August 14 there has been the usual welling up of patriotic fervour.
- Seductive Alchemy (Hindu, RAKHSHANDA JALIL, Aug 13, 2006)
East and West, past and present, old and new: opposites seem to co-exist harmoniously in Istanbul.
- A Certain Amount Of Light (Dawn, Feryal Ali Gauhar, Aug 13, 2006)
Fidel Castro Ruz, along with an armed group of 123 men and women, attacked the Moncada army barracks in Santiago de Cuba in Guatanamo province.
- Digital Encounters (Hindu, VIBHUTI PATEL , Aug 13, 2006)
Vivan Sundaram's exhibit, "Re-take of Amrita", uses digital technology to create art from photographs, paintings and historical documents.
- Need Stressed To Solve Youth’S Problems (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Pakistani youth are not in the forefront of supporting important developments in the country unlike their counterparts of many fortunate nations.
- Al Qaeda Again Draws Pakistan Into World Attention On Terror (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Al Qaeda’s ability to continue to draw international Jihadis to Pakistan, thus creating a sort of nexus, has once again put the country under the spotlight.
- Chinese Typhoon Victims Try To Pick Up The Pieces (Reuters, Ben Blanchard, Aug 13, 2006)
A procession of mourners clad in white sackcloth wound through Jinxiang village in east China as victims picked their way through the devastation brought by Typhoon Saomai.
- Human Rights (Tribune, Y.K. Sabharwal , Aug 13, 2006)
The growth and development of mankind depends on how well the human societies regulate their internal affairs and how they work for common welfare and the dignity of each individual.
- When Terrorism Is A 'No-Go Area' (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Aug 13, 2006)
The British government foiled the Al Queda plan to blow up 10 US bound flights in mid-air.
- A Wounded Independence (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Aug 13, 2006)
"Freedom is a matter of mind and heart", said Dr S Radhakrishnan in an Independence Day broadcast to nation as the President of India and added "If the mind is narrow and heart bitter, there is no freedom whatever else we may have."
- Managing The Peace (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Aug 13, 2006)
The Maoists will not give up their absolute control over all 75 districts of Nepal. Yet they want peace ----- Let everybody be clear - we'll never surrender our arms - Baburam Bhattarai alias Mukti Manab, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist leader . . .
- A City In Perpetual Crisis (Business Standard, Sunil Sethi, Aug 13, 2006)
Forty-eight hours in the megalopolis, stuck mostly in traffic jams, is enough to make one’s thoughts turn as dark and threatening as the furious black clouds rolling overhead. A few days of heavy rain and the city looks battered—as if hit by a . . .
- Un Resolution On Lebanon (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 13, 2006)
QATAR’s foreign minister is right when he says that Resolution 1701, passed unanimously by the UN Security Council on Friday, contains “imbalances in favour of Israel”, but to expect anything else would be unrealistic.
- Power At The Cost Of Merit (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Aug 13, 2006)
Last month President Musharraf spoke long, tiresomely long, on radio and TV and patted himself on the back for the success of his policies and the achievements of his administration in the economic field. Economy has its priority for though man cannot liv
- It's Between The Two Pms (Pioneer, Gautam Sen, Aug 13, 2006)
Apart from both being 'PM,' one by virtue of his initials, the other due to the political office he occupies, General Pervez Musharraf and Mr Manmohan Singh share a common dilemma. It is this shared dilemma that leads one to routinely . . .
- The Lifeline Of Maoist Violence (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 13, 2006)
In 2002, a former Maoist district commander estimated that the Maoists needed Rs 10 million every month to keep the war going.
- End Of Revolution (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Aug 13, 2006)
It's too early to assess the consequences of the decision of Maoists in Nepal to take part in parliamentary democracy.
- Uk Muslims Fear Backlash Over Airline Terror Plot (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Muslim leaders here reacted with anxiety and scepticism after 24 people, all British citizens with many believed to be of Pakistani origin, were arrested overnight in connection with a plot to down US-bound planes.
- Dysfunctional Democracy (News International, IMTIAZ GUL, Aug 12, 2006)
India gets its nuclear deal with the United States through Congress. Pakistan is hamstrung by conditions imposed on its purchase of F-16s (such as a commitment on not to transfer technology) on the one hand, and by reservations and opposition . . .
- Don't Ignore The Ominous Signs (News International, Praful Bidwai, Aug 12, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
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