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Articles 1521 through 1620 of 8510:
- Justice Matters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2006)
The Union Cabinet has cleared the Bill proposing several changes in the Criminal Procedure Code.
- Stop Talking, Implement Quota: Mk (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Asking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to put a full stop to irrational debates over the implementation of reservation for OBCs, DMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has demanded that quotas should not be “diluted in any manner”.
- Karunanidhi Writes To Manmohan: Quota Should Not Be 'Diluted' (New Indian Express, PTI, Aug 07, 2006)
Even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is engaged in evolving consensus on the quota for OBCs, the DMK has demanded that the reservations should not be ‘‘diluted in any manner’’.
- Women In Bpos To Get Unarmed Combat Training (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Young women employed at call centres in and around the capital are to get training in self-defence in the wake of two murderous attacks on two female employees in Bangalore.
- Us Is Not Making Case For Democracy’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The United States is not making the case for freedom, democracy and western law to the rest of the world, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said.
- Girded By History And Myth (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Aug 06, 2006)
Girish Kasaravalli on his new film, which is about faith and resistance to socio-cultural religious decrees.
The novel is more clear-cut and focuses more on the boy's previous birth. I deviated, added ambiguities. I created a character who cannot . . .
- A Daughter’S View (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Shooting Water; Devyani Saltzman, Penguin Books, 2006, pp 256, Rs 295.
- Indian Gang Strikes Terror In Nepal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Stone walls do not a prison make, especially if they harbour Bihar’s notorious gang lords.
- Mountain In The Molehill (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 06, 2006)
Did you notice that in the entire commotion over the Jaswant Singh mole revelation nobody talked about the one aspect which, if any at all, should have mattered today? And it is not so much as to who the mole was, but whether or not a leakage did . . .
- We Just Pulled Up Our Diapers On Child Rights (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Aug 06, 2006)
It would be funny, if it weren’t so grim. While India jostles politely for membership to the elite G-8, we have just been awarded membership to another, well, exclusive club.
- Loosen Up! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 06, 2006)
It’s not every day that a Prime Minister picks up a telephone and apologises to someone. So when Manmohan Singh called up noted Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir to apologise for the ‘inconvenience’ caused to her on Monday when police . . .
- Force Attention On Terrorism (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 06, 2006)
It is interesting to note the giddy veering of India's political rhetoric from belligerence in the immediate wake of the Mumbai blasts, to conciliation just a couple of weeks later. Interesting, but not surprising.
- Code Revisited (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 06, 2006)
Changes in CrPC are welcome ---- With the tabling in Parliament of the Bill incorporating significant changes in the Criminal Procedure Code, it seems a matter of time before the new provisions comes to the succour of the aggrieved.
- Story Of An Unlikely Heroine (Hindu, ANJANA RAJAN, Aug 06, 2006)
How did Noor Inayat Khan end up as a British spy during World War II?
- No Need Of A Primrose Way (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 06, 2006)
Roads as a notion are alluringly poetic — they can lead to the end of the rainbow just as efficiently as they can lead to a government office. But being tempted by the metaphorical plane has its dangers, particularly if examples of the symbolic . . .
- Force Attention On Terrorism (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Aug 05, 2006)
It is interesting to note the giddy veering of India's political rhetoric from belligerence in the immediate wake of the Mumbai blasts, to conciliation just a couple of weeks later. Interesting, but not surprising.
- 'A Shocking, Crude Attempt' (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 05, 2006)
Asma Jehangir incident leaves a bad taste
- Harassment In New Delhi (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 05, 2006)
It is rather unfortunate that close on the heels of the meeting of the two foreign ministers in Dhaka in which both reiterated their desire for peace between India and Pakistan, prominent human rights activist Asma Jehangir was subjected to an . . .
- ‘Systematic Targeting Of Civilians By Israelis’ (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 05, 2006)
During its ongoing conflict with the Lebanese Hizbollah movement, Israel has systematically targeted civilians and failed to distinguish between combatants and civilians.
- These Mysterious ‘Disappearances’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 05, 2006)
Citizens of the republic continue to vanish without a trace. This national disgrace was highlighted in the Senate on Thursday when the government came in for sharp criticism over the mysterious ‘disappearance’ of Baloch politicians and activists.
- Oop Bill Undemocratic (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Aug 05, 2006)
Legislators are more concerned about their own interest than that of the citizens who elect them.
- Mqm-Govt Rift Over, For Now (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 05, 2006)
Predictably, after a weeklong brinkmanship, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the government have patched up and the MQM has decided to withdraw the resignations of its ministers.
- On Brink Of Civil War (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 05, 2006)
American generals have admitted that Iraq is close to civil war. Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, Gen John Abizaid, chief of the US Central Command, said that Iraq was closer to civil war than ever before.
- War Of Media Deception (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 05, 2006)
Here are some interesting points raised this week by a leading commentator and published in a respected daily newspaper: "The Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert embeds his soldiers in Israeli communities, next to schools, beside hospitals, close to . . .
- A Garrison State (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Aug 05, 2006)
This history of the Pentagon traces the story of how the United States became besotted with military power.
- Nehru's Legacy In Foreign Affairs (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Aug 05, 2006)
The volume contains material that throws light on the culture of prevarication that has marked the handling of foreign affairs.
- Code Revisited (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 05, 2006)
Changes in CrPC are welcome ---- With the tabling in Parliament of the Bill incorporating significant changes in the Criminal Procedure Code, it seems a matter of time before the new provisions comes to the succour of the aggrieved.
- Education For Few (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Aug 05, 2006)
The new education bill proposed by the UPA will exclude disadvantaged groups from quality schooling and pass the burden to cash-strapped State governments.
- Govt Committed To Peace, But Hurriyat Not Interested: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Aug 05, 2006)
Claiming that peace process initiated by the Centre with India and Pakistan was on, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today claimed that there was an "overall" improvement in security scenario of the State and situation has vastly improved than what . . .
- The Bravest Of The Voices (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
In an auditorium in Delhi, usually filled with the sounds of classical music and dance, I heard the voices, last week, of India’s poorest, bravest, most exploited citizens.
- History From Below (Frontline, Shelley Walia, Aug 05, 2006)
In this new book, Howard Zinn seeks to give voices of struggle the place they deserve in history.
- India: Empowerment Via The Kitchen (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 05, 2006)
Can the tedious task of making rotis (Indian bread) help in fighting discrimination? Amita Khaparde, a Dalit, believes so. "Especially if those rotis stand for self-respect and social acceptance for a class of marginalised women." She says, "Dalit . . .
- West Asian Crisis (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Aug 05, 2006)
The visual images of distraught Indians being evacuated from Beirut following Israeli air raids on suspected positions of militants groups Hizbullah and Hamas has once again brought to the fore India's political and economic stakes in West Asia.
- Twin Evils (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 05, 2006)
As often stated in these columns Naxalism and terrorism have emerged twin threats to the country. Our State has been a major victim of militant activities. It is only too well known that perpetrators of violence invariably come from the other side . . .
- Loosen Up! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 05, 2006)
It’s not every day that a Prime Minister picks up a telephone and apologises to someone.
- Circle Of Protection (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 05, 2006)
It is easy to welcome amendments to the law: they bring the law up to date on means to address the newest practices evolved to abuse or evade it since the last time it was amended.
- Sorry, Asma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 05, 2006)
Asma Jahangir, a noted human rights activist of Pakistan, should have been an honoured guest in the Indian Capital. Instead, the Delhi police searched her room and subjected her to questioning, ostensibly as part of increased surveillance against . . .
- Nato’S New Role In Afghanistan (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
On Monday, 31 July, NATO took up its first military combat role since its founding in 1949 – not in Europe, for the security of which it was established during the Cold War, but in Afghanistan.
- Now, Only Women Judges To Try Rape Cases: Crpc Bill (Times of India, Dhananjay Mahapatra, Aug 04, 2006)
Women judges for rape victims, a witness protection regime, victims' right to appeal against acquittal of accused and recognition to video recording as evidence — these are some of the pathbreaking provisions proposed in a Bill cleared by the . . .
- Pakistan Circa 2006 (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 04, 2006)
The sharp criticism of the controversial Hudood Ordinance — which criminalises sex outside marriage — by civil society and human rights groups, has compelled the Pakistani cabinet to approve a set of draft amendments.
- Quiet Fortitude (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 04, 2006)
There has been a resurgence of interest in the role of women in World War II. One area where women did contribute in significant numbers . . .
- Muslim World Demands Lebanon Ceasefire, Peace Role (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Leaders from the Muslim world, spearheaded by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, today sought an immediate end to Israeli attacks on Lebanon and inclusion of Muslim forces in any future peacekeeping operation.
- Un Mission Predicts Progress In Nepal Talks (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 04, 2006)
As he ended up his week-long assessment trip to Nepal today, Mr Kofi Annan’s envoy and UN mission chief, Mr Staffan de Mistura said he was “cautiously optimistic” that the peace talks between the government and Maoists would go forward, he also . . .
- Friday Feature: Basic Islamic Values (Dawn, Bilal Ahmed Malik, Aug 04, 2006)
The Quran and the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) nourished the Islamic concept of freedom. Never did he deny his followers the basic freedoms. Muslims could always speak their minds while in his presence.
- Oic For Immediate Truce In Lebanon (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Leaders from the Muslim world on Thursday while strongly condemning the “relentless Israeli aggression” demanded an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in Lebanon, release of all Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners and called for deployment of . . .
- Gen Zahid Nabbed: A Positive Signal (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 04, 2006)
Leaders from the Muslim world on Thursday while strongly condemning the “relentless Israeli aggression” demanded an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in Lebanon, release of all Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners and called for deployment of . . .
- Is The Proposed Hudood Amendment A Charade? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 04, 2006)
In its Wednesday meeting, the federal cabinet approved “in principle” the draft bill seeking to amend the Hudood laws.
- Qana An Error, Says Israel, As Toll Revised Downwards (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The Israeli military did not know civilians were in a Lebanese building they bombed on Sunday and would not have attacked if it knew, a report said today.
- ‘Oh Fire, Be Thou Cool’ In Lebanon (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 04, 2006)
Israel pressed the first full day of massive ground and air attacks on Lebanon on Wednesday pushing 8000 troops in the south, besides causing massive destruction of Lebanese infrastructure.
- Nato's Challenge In Afghanistan (News International, Rahimullah Yusufzai, Aug 04, 2006)
Within 24 hours of the transfer of command from the US-led coalition to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in six southern provinces in . . .
- Goings-On At An Airport (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 04, 2006)
Within hours of the appearance of my column I was contacted by the superintendent at the airport and various other officials asking for the date and time, flight number, etc.
- Oic Wants Immediate Ceasefire In Lebanon (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Demands investigation into Israeli violations
Some Muslim nations ready to join UN force
- Hot Pursuit (Tribune, Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Aug 03, 2006)
Has hot pursuit become hot air? Gen Pervez Musharraf’s latest warning to India against hot pursuit is that it will be “paid back in the same coin”. The Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson even said: “This could trigger a nuclear war”.
- Is It Selfish To Want Peace? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 03, 2006)
Visaka Dharmadasa was one of the many silent sufferers of the conflict in Sri Lanka till she found out in 2003 that her son, a soldier in the Sri Lankan army, missing since 1998, was actually dead.
- Unsexing The Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 03, 2006)
Condoleezza Rice is a woman and she is trying her bit to bring to an end the Israel-Lebanon crisis.
- Two Militants Killed While Making Ied, 3 Injured (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Two militants were killed and three others injured when they were manufacturing an IED which exploded accidentally in a village in Tral. Elsewhere, two more militants were killed in separate encounters at Awantipora and Bandipore while as four . . .
- What Passing Bells For Those Who Die As U.N. Peacekeepers? (Hindu, Ramesh Thakur, Aug 03, 2006)
The Israeli contempt for U.N. peacekeeping and the deaths of unarmed international observers will make countries much more reluctant to contribute to a bolstered or replacement force.
- Illogical, Illegal And Ill-Fated (News International, Nasim Zehra, Aug 03, 2006)
Continuing with her theme on the pangs of birth of a new Middle East the US Secretary of State aboard her plane en route to Asia tried to downplay the expectations of a quick fix in Lebanon or the Middle East.
- Political Will Vital To End Terrorism: Kaarthikeyan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Third World War will be due to religious fanaticism
- Asma Jehangir's Room Searched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
``There was no warrant and no woman constable was present''
- Welcome Changes (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 03, 2006)
The government's intention, as reported recently, to amend the infamous Hudood ordinances in parliament's next session is most. . .
- Getting What You Want (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 03, 2006)
Instead of blaming others for failures in life, one must be more focussed towards achieving objectives, says Vinayshil Gautam.
- Bjp Wants Shivraj Patil To Quit Over Delhi Murders (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
BJP on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Home Minister Shivraj Patil in the wake of rising incidences of murders in the national capital alleging the government had failed to protect life and property of citizens.
- Chaos Looming Within, Outside Help Doesn’T Seem So Bad (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Aug 03, 2006)
Nepal has become almost a pilgrimage spot for experts in conflict management. The UN took the lead last week with the visit to Kathmandu of a high-powered seven-member team headed by Staffan De Mistura; the week before, a team from the Carter Center . . .
- In Praise Of Salwa Judum (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 03, 2006)
A lengthy editorial in this week’s Organiser accuses the UPA government of joining hands with ‘‘left and civil liberty groups’’ in giving a bad name to Chattisgarh’s controversial Salwa Judum movement and warns that ‘‘any rethinking on its efficacy . . .
- Domestic Slaves (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Aug 03, 2006)
Child domestic workers are victims of various forms of abuse but the government is yet to come up with a law to protect their rights.
- Of Moles And Other Species (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Aug 03, 2006)
As Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Jaswant Singh must take the nation into confidence, says Anuradha Dutt
- Ordnance Board To Produce `Cargo Ammunition' With Israeli Company (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Ministry sees substantial export potential; rights group against cargo ammunition
- Challenges Of Consumerism (News International, Tayyeba Ali, Aug 02, 2006)
In today's technological boom, where inventions consistently outdo one another, it is difficult to keep pace.
- Signals From G8 (Frontline, Vladimir Radyuhin , Aug 02, 2006)
The G8 summit proves that the West needs Russia more than Russia, with its vast oil reserves and booming economy, needs the West.
- Rights Violations Down: Minister (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Describing violation of human rights as a complex issue, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Beigh has said there has been a gradual decline in the incidents of violence and excesses by the security forces.
- Trigger-Happy Pros (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 02, 2006)
It was obviously a mistake, this business about a militant “neutralised” in Jammu and Kashmir being a Pakistan army major operating in mufti. Still, it projected the Indian army poorly in a situation where its public image has ever been patchy.
- Peace Talks’ Resumption (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 02, 2006)
EVEN though it cannot be called a breakthrough, it is a matter of some satisfaction that the secretary-level talks between Pakistan and India in Dhaka have been described as “positive” by Foreign Secretary Riaz . . .
- Barnes Rebuts Jaswant: Never Wrote Or Got Note (Indian Express, PALLAVA BAGLA, Aug 02, 2006)
Another hole in mole story: Ex-US envoy Barnes says I wasn’t even in India, don’t know anything about ‘leak’
- U.S.' Latest Plans On Cuba (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 02, 2006)
The latest U.S. scheme for Cuba has classified sections that are believed to contain plans of attack and assassination.
- Blood Wedding (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 02, 2006)
The Lebanese village of Qana is not a place of weddings, miracles and saviours any more.
- Ulfa Should See Reason (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 02, 2006)
In June, when the People's Consultative Group (PCG) concluded the third round of talks with the Union Government on behalf of the United Liberation Front of Asom, the assumption naturally was that at long last direct talks between the Government . . .
- Of Old Strengths In A New Era (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Aug 02, 2006)
Interview with John Bellamy Foster, editor of Monthly Review.
- The Government Must Ensure Passage Of Hudood Amendment Bill (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 02, 2006)
The government has come up with a draft law seeking to amend the controversial Hudood Ordinances.
- Horn Of Africa: A Perfect Storm (Pioneer, GWYNNE DYER, Aug 02, 2006)
Americans have created another first-rate crisis for themselves and Africa by backing the warlords in Somalia, says Gwynne Dyer
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