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Articles 1721 through 1820 of 8510:
- Mohanararu Divested Of Duties As Sabarimala Tantri (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Case registered by Mohanararu false, say police
- The Significant Other (Times of India, Namita Devidayal, Jul 25, 2006)
It would be easy for the optimistic liberal to conclude that Mumbai is still at heart, 'Bombay', a cosmopolitan city devoid of bigotry.
- ‘The Only Time I’Ve Slept Badly In My Life Was In Gujarat. Just . . . (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 25, 2006)
‘The only time I’ve slept badly in my life was in Gujarat. Just hearing the descriptions. Never before, never after’
- Australia Taste Of India Owner Arrested For Enslaving Indian Youth (Pioneer, PTI, Jul 25, 2006)
The owner of a chain of Indian restaurants near Sydney has become the first person in Australia to be charged under a new trafficking law for enslaving an Indian youth and forcing him to work without pay for seven days a week.
- Will Islam Reform? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 25, 2006)
All Muslims are not terrorists but all terrorists are Muslims; it is for the community leaders to identify jihadi elements amidst . . .
- A Letter Of Good Intent? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 25, 2006)
Variant interpretations have been placed on the intent behind the letter written by a group of well-known citizens to President Pervez Musharraf, advising him to separate his contentious offices and ensure free and fair elections in 2007.
- Terror Accused Mahdani Most Valuable Ally For Left, Cong (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jul 25, 2006)
If the DMK government in Tamil Nadu is arranging for 1998 Coimbatore blast accused Abdul Nasser Mahdani’s Ayurvedic massages, the Left and the Congress in Kerala have been doing the stretching—prostrate at his feet.
- India Has Fought Terrorism Effectively Respecting Human Rights: Pranab (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here on Monday that India has fought the scourge of terrorism effectively and has respected human rights and "this is an important distinction between the defence and security policies of democracies . . .
- Fear Of Truth (Times of India, Suresh Chander, Jul 25, 2006)
The Indian army is in the news again. This time it's the dal scam. We have had cases of booze selling, fake encounters, falling for the honey trap and such like.
- Columbus’ Hidden Face (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 25, 2006)
Christopher Columbus was a cruel, despotic tyrant who ruled over his subjects with an iron fist, according to new documents which have emerged 500 years after his death. GRAHAM KEELEY reports from Barcelona
- ‘Army Failed To Rein In Radicals In Pakistan’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Pakistan army has failed to rein in radicals in the country’s restive tribal belt and Islamic clerics throughout the region continue to give jehadi sermons asking people to live by the Islamic Sharia.
- Ard Tactics That Won’T Work (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 24, 2006)
The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) — a conglomerate of opposition parties including the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) of Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of exiled premier Nawaz . . .
- Israel Warns Of Full Scale Ground Invasion (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
A besiged Lebanon continued to be bombed from air for the 10th day as Israel called up thousands of reserves after warning it could launch a full-scale ground invasion and airdropped leaflets warning civilians to leave border villages by 2 pm on Friday.
- Partners In Crime (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 24, 2006)
The revelation by a high-level inquiry that a man dubbed as a wanted criminal killed in an encounter by the Karachi police was not what the police claimed he was is extremely disturbing and shows that incidences of extrajudicial killing . . .
- India Shows Its Hand! (Pakistan Observer, Khalid Saleem, Jul 24, 2006)
Why is it that one is not shocked or even surprised at India’s knee-jerk reaction in the wake of the Mumbai blasts? Somehow it all fits in with a set pattern.
- Amendments To Hudood Ordinance Finalised (Daily Times, Mohammad Kamran, Jul 24, 2006)
The government has decided to retain all Islamic punishments in the Hudood Ordinance, including stoning to death (rajam), lashing and amputation for various offences, but has proposed procedural amendments regarding their applicability.
- Time To Get Back To Business (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 24, 2006)
Intelligence sources in New Delhi have been quoted as saying that if there is another terrorist attack India “will act with the hard option”.
- Lahore Street Crime (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 24, 2006)
THE crime situation in the Punjab capital remains precarious, with the provincial government rightly worried about the image of Lahore as . . .
- Empowered Victim (Frontline, AMAN SETHI, Jul 24, 2006)
A woman sarpanch belonging to an Other Backward Classes community in Madhya Pradesh is asaulted and paraded naked.
- Luck Runs Out For Rs 22-Lakh Maoist Leader (Telegraph, G.S. RADHAKRISHNA, Jul 24, 2006)
Andhra police commandos today shot dead the state’s top Maoist leader who had a Rs 22-lakh reward on his head after a tip-off about a rebel meeting deep in the forests between Guntur and Prakasham districts.
- A Rich Legacy (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
ONE of the highlights of the tricentenary celebrations of the Danish Halle Mission (Tranquebar Mission) in Chennai in early July was an impressive week-long . . .
- Forest Rights And Promises (Frontline, Ashish Kothari, Jul 24, 2006)
The revised Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Bill, 2006, has many positive points.
- Profit Bill Debate Tomorrow (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
The controversial Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Amendment Bill, 2006, better known as the office of profit bill, will be first debated in the Rajya Sabha expectedly on Tuesday.
- The Two Presidents In Adversity (Dawn, Anwar Kemal, Jul 23, 2006)
Poles apart in many ways, George W. Bush and Pervez Musharraf have at least one thing in common: they are presidents in adversity. Both are under attack at home and abroad and their policies are being denounced by their opponents.
- Project On Preventing Torture (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring (SICHREM) and People’s Watch, a human rights organisation in Tamil Nadu on Saturday launched the Karnataka Chapter of the National Project on Preventing Torture in India.
- Discontent Sows Seeds Of Jihad Among Indian Muslims (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Jul 23, 2006)
These are bad times, says the chief priest of a small mosque in the heart of the Muslim quarter of Asia's largest slum in India's biggest city.
- Inhuman Sacrifices (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 22, 2006)
Islamists have harvested the public outrage against the Srinagar sex scandal.
- Tectonic Tremblor (Statesman, AK SEN SARMA, Jul 22, 2006)
Disasters don’t always bring out the best in human nature from those in power. Starvation has been used as a weapon, relief has been made conditional to suitable political conduct, relief needs of marginal groups have been neglected or a territorial . . .
- Blame It On The Third World (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 22, 2006)
Many in the West find it convenient to see their problems as the result of "contamination" by the Third World. Such commentaries sound patronising, even racist.
- Cop By Day, Prostitute By Night (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 22, 2006)
In the Maori language of New Zealand’s original inhabitants, Auckland is known as Tamaki-makau-rau, meaning the city of 100 lovers.
- 5.01 Per Cent Increase In Foodgrains Output Likely (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jul 22, 2006)
Rice and oilseeds perform better, wheat output low
Output in 2005-06 fell short of target
Rice output estimated to be higher
- Friendly Warnings (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jul 22, 2006)
British politicians are widely regarded as the wittiest and best read in the world.
- If Ahmad Shah Were Here (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Jul 22, 2006)
History books tell us that Ahmad Shah Abdali of Afghanistan attacked India repeatedly in the eighteenth century and pillaged the country barren. These never-ending invasions gave birth to a desperate coinage in Punjab: “Khaada Peeda . . .
- Israel Warns Of Full Scale Ground Invasion (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
A besiged Lebanon continued to be bombed from air for the 10th day as Israel called up thousands of reserves after warning it could launch a full-scale ground invasion and airdropped leaflets warning civilians to leave border villages by 2 pm on Friday.
- India: Dangerous For Children? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2006)
A recent poll, which was part of a Reuters AlertNet campaign to focus on neglected humanitarian crises, names India as the sixth most dangerous place . . .
- Smuggling Of Pds Rice Through Krishnagiri Continues Despite Checks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Law & order Combating smuggling of PDS rice has become a Herculean task for the official machinery, writes S. Prasad .
- Kashmir Demilitarisation Proposal Supported (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
US Congressman Dan Burton has said that demilitarisation will be helpful in resolving the Kashmir conflict.
- The Seamy Side Of The Hudood Laws (Dawn, Qazi Faez Isa, Jul 22, 2006)
“The Hudood Ordinance was authored by one man and it can be changed” profoundly observes General Pervez Musharraf after ruling Pakistan for almost seven years.
- We Can't Afford To Put Capitalism On Autopilot Mode (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 22, 2006)
In The Twilight of the Nation State, Prem Shankar Jha outlines the evolution of capitalism and its influence on social, economic and political institutions. Kees van der Pijl, in Global Rivalries from the Cold War to Iraq, explores how capital . . .
- Mission To Colombo (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 22, 2006)
India's Foreign Secretary on an unannounced visit conveys the message that India will not shy away from its obligations.
- A History Of Censorship In India (Business Standard, Devangshu Datta, Jul 22, 2006)
In 1988, the home ministry cited the concerns of various religious forums to justify demands for a ban on Salman . . .
- Dead & Dying (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 22, 2006)
Personal biographies become identical with their (men's) medical biographies: Philip Roth.
- Ltte Vs Unicef (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 22, 2006)
THE Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is listed as a terrorist or unlawful organisation in several countries. Amazingly, this has done little to temper the penchant of the Tigers for legalese and hair-splitting on international law.
- Palestine Under Siege (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Jul 22, 2006)
Israel sticks to its doctrine of disproportionate response by pounding Palestine in retaliation for the abduction of a soldier.
- Fun For Outside Allies (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jul 21, 2006)
When senior CPI(M) leaders are seen lobbying energetically for the extensions of secretaries to the government of India, a coalition in which their party is not an intrinsic part of the government but . . .
- Massacre Of Innocent (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2006)
Like the editorial "Massacre of the innocent" (July 19), the Independent Citizens' Initiative, which studied the Salwa Judum campaign in May 2006, strongly condemns the Maoist attack on the Erraboru camp in Dantewada district on July 17.
- Against The Grain (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 20, 2006)
Ulfa, Centre persist with hijinks
It is becoming increasingly clear that while the people of Assam crave a return to peace, neither the Ulfa nor the Centre are as keen, both disregarding a pledge to exercise restraint until “direct talks”.
- ‘Us’ And ‘They’ (Statesman, AMIYA K SAMANTA, Jul 20, 2006)
The American vision of the world is more sharply divided between “us” and “they” than that of any other great power.
- Lebanon Diary (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
My friend Omar left Beirut two nights ago. His family’s house, close to the sea, was rocked by the sound of explosions and air strikes all night and all day long. After having to spend many an hour sheltered in their corridor, Omar and his family . . .
- The Real Trouble Maker (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 20, 2006)
The hidden hand of Iran fomenting trouble must be exposed and checked if peace is to return to West Asia, says Dore Gold.
- Salvation For Salwa Judum (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Jul 20, 2006)
On July 17 over 500 Maoists swoo-ped down on the Errabore base camp in Chattisgarh’s Dantewara district and killed 27 Salwa Judum activists. More than 100 houses were razed, one man was burnt alive, fleeing tribals were shot or hacked to death.
- Women In Armed Forces (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 20, 2006)
A woman’s femininity and vulnerability must never be compromised, not even at the altar of woman empowerment.
- Indian Myanmar Relations (Daily Excelsior, MAHENDRA VED, Jul 20, 2006)
Myanmar and Andhra Pradesh may seem two far off places on the map of South Asia. But drawing a straight line across the Bay of Bengal, planners in New Delhi and Yangon have hit upon an imaginative way of linking them.
- Reddy Drops Bribe Bomb Again (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
On a day of dramatic developments, Mr Reddy, who got up to speak on the Ashraya housing issue, grabbed the opportunity to shout that the allegations made by him outside the House were true
- 5511 Pak Madarsas Registered (Telegraph, IMTIAZ GUL, Jul 20, 2006)
The Pakistani government has secured the registration of 5,511 madarsas since a new law came into force in August last year making it compulsory for the schools to be registered and their accounts audited.
- Dhaka Is Looking Up (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 19, 2006)
Whenever I have visited Bangladesh in the past, I have wondered whether the country would ever make it. The words like “a failed state’ has haunted me and I have often expressed apprehension over the future of 150
- A Controversial Survey On India (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 19, 2006)
India has been judged the sixth most dangerous country for children — even more dangerous than Afghanistan, the Palestinian Territories, Myanmar, and Chechnya!
- The Onus Is On The Secularist (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 19, 2006)
The terrorist can be isolated only if the community is mobilised. That can happen only when our political leaders give up their habits and strategies of dividing communities.
- Setback For Peace (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jul 18, 2006)
Another attempt to bring the United Liberation Front of Asom to the negotiating table seems to have failed.
- ‘Rights Getting A Raw Deal In Cambodia’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 18, 2006)
Democratic freedoms and human rights are getting eroded in Cambodia, despite a rosy economic picture promoted by the government, a leading human rights group said today.
- G-8 Outraged At Mumbai Blasts (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Leaders attending the summit of the world’s top industrialised countries today deplored the Mumbai blasts and said they were united with India in their resolve to intensify efforts to fight terrorism.
- G8 Summit Stands By India (Hindu, N. Ram , Jul 18, 2006)
"We are outraged by the barbaric terrorist acts and stand in solidarity"
- Disguised In Love (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 18, 2006)
Sometimes an old trick doesn't work ---- Human enterprise, it seems, knows no limit when it comes to love and war, two areas . . .
- 460 Killed In Naxal-Hit States In Six Months (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today said at least 460 persons, including 90 security personnel and 181 civilians, had been killed in nine Naxal-affected states between January and June this year.
- Beastly End Of A Beauty (OutLook, Raja Menon, Jul 17, 2006)
The story of a gentle petite Indian girl in brutal captivity, who astonished friend and foe with her courage and beauty has been written about earlier, but never researched so comprehensively as in this book.
- Where We Can Trip (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jul 17, 2006)
Mumbai has been targeted along its febrile nervous system. Quite sensibly, in my opinion, most of us do not care about who did it or why.
- 76,000 Farmers To Benefit From Waiver Of Crop Loans (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Certificates will be distributed to the ryots in a phased manner, says Minister
- Advertisements Cannot Sell The Army (Tribune, Rakesh Datta, Jul 17, 2006)
According to recent reports the Indian Army plans to spend nearly Rs 8 crore on image building to attract the youth, including young professionals, to join the armed forces.
- Indian Soaps: Victims Of Dorian Grey Syndrome (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jul 17, 2006)
Let’s begin with the most inconsequential yet most irritating fact about our television shows: they just don’t grow up.
- Moderates On Both Sides Must Assert Themselves (Hindu, Foqia Sadiq Khan, Jul 17, 2006)
In this view from across the border on the Mumbai train blasts, the writer argues that Pakistan needs to make a greater effort to deal with terrorist networks while India must immediately act to prevent a Gujarat-like backlash and over the longer . . .
- Limit To Tolerance, But Options Are Limited Too (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 17, 2006)
Despite the Musharraf regime's equivocation on terrorism, India will gain nothing by allowing the authors of the Mumbai blasts to disrupt the peace process with . . .
- Russia’S West Encounter (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 17, 2006)
Driving from the Pulkovo airport to a hotel on the edge of the Gulf of Finland, you cannot escape the grand sweep of Russia’s past and its hopes for a new future. Built by Peter the Great three centuries ago as Russia’s ‘‘window to the . . .
- The Failed States Index: A Critical Appraisa (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 17, 2006)
The Failed States Index published by the Fund for Peace would not have been newsworthy, but for Pakistan’s position at no.
- Time To Repeal Hudood Laws (News International, Dr Farzana Bari, Jul 17, 2006)
After twenty six years of a relentless campaign of human rights groups against the Hudood ordinances and other discriminatory laws such as Qisas and Diyat and the law of evidence, the government finally vindicated their stance by acknowledging . . .
- A Faultline In Pashupati-To-Tirupati Red Zone (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Jul 17, 2006)
salwa judum: ---- Far from the terror-struck trains of Mumbai, deep in the jungles of the age-old Dandkaranya region, the doughty tribals of middle India are already showing the way: Waging their own war against terror.
- Tough Time For Rape Accused Ahead (Times of India, Dhananjay Mahapatra, Jul 17, 2006)
Last week, in two separate judgments, the Supreme Court expressed itself strongly against courts showing leniency towards rape accused and those who file frivolous PILs.
- Pakistan’S Politics: Need For Balance (Dawn, Shahid M. Amin, Jul 17, 2006)
IT seems that a culture of cynicism and disenchantment has developed in Pakistan over a period of time.
- The Greatest Pashtun (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jul 16, 2006)
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988) was without a doubt the greatest political genius the Pashtun people have yet produced. Understanding the political economy of the Pashto/Pakhto speaking peoples, as well as the Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkmen and . . .
- What Is Ltte Upto Now? (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Jul 16, 2006)
The comment by LTTE's ideologue and Chief Negotiator Anton Balasingham: that it "deeply regrets" Rajiv Gandhi's killing has been interpreted differently by different sections. Many have construed it to be a confession by LTTE for the assassination . . .
- Rules For A Global Road (Hindu, SHASHI THAROOR, Jul 16, 2006)
That is the paradox of the UN: to be both stage and actor — to devise, agree upon and execute programmes in which all the world's peoples have a stake and all enjoy the opportunity to participate.
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