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Articles 1821 through 1920 of 8510:
- Multi-Dimensional Plots Of Change (Hindu, SMITA JAIN, Jul 16, 2006)
`The first and only feminist-activist' theatre group in the country, Pandies is focussing on social change through the medium of theatre.
These workshops are a window into a different world for these children. They are normally never asked their . . .
- `Odhuvar' Held For Attempting To Recite Tamil Hymns Inside Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Court order prohibits him from entering the temple
Tamil activists and political parties supported the odhuvar
Police rounded them up citing the Munsif Court order and invoking Section 151 of Indian Penal Code
- Bush, Putin Urge End To Me Violence, Clash O (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
US President George W Bush and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin appealed on Saturday for an end to the raging violence in the Middle East, but clashed on democracy in talks here and failed to clinch a key trade deal.
- Waris Ahluwalia (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
A jewellery designer-turned-actor, he stars in the latest Spike Lee and Wes Anderson movies, alongside luminaries such as Denzel Washington, Bill Murray and Anjelica Huston.
- What A Downfall Of Jansher! (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 16, 2006)
Jansher, four times world champion in squash, who brought respectability to the game, has been sent behind the bars.
- ‘1,400 Ultras At Large In J&k’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Nearly 1,400 militants are presently active in Kashmir valley, Lt Gen S S Dhillon, general officer commanding (GOC) 15 Corps, has revealed.
- Sc Concerned Over Social Strife, Efficacy Of Laws (Indian Express, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jul 16, 2006)
The timing could not have been better. With increasing social strife and violence threatening to rip apart the society, the Supreme Court has posed a question on the very ability of laws as a tool to better human relations.
- Ghulam Nabi`s Sorry Plight (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 16, 2006)
His job's just got tougher with India downing shutters on talks with Pakistan.
- Forces Launch Intensive Hunt For Unlf Insurgents (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
International border along Manipur sealed off
Police say UNLF insurgents sneaked into Moreh from Myanmar
Manipur People's Army, UNLF's military wing, claims responsibility for killing
Indian traders and shoppers in Namphalong and Tamu, Myanmar . . .
- French Honour For M.S. Swaminathan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
High civilian honour for Ela Bhatt
Pachauri awarded `Officer of the Legion' for his contribution in environment and sustainable development
`Knight of the Legion Honour' for Father Cedric Prakash for social and human rights work
- Nepal Govt, Maoists To Sign Ceasefire Pact (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jul 15, 2006)
The government and the Maoists have agreed to sign the ceasefire and human rights agreement to arrest the dialogue from possible drift.
- West’S Carrots For Iran Include Research Reactors (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
A package of incentives offered to Iran if it agrees to suspend uranium enrichment has been released for the first time and revealed that world powers are prepared to provide Tehran with advanced technology and possibly even nuclear research reactors.
- India In Catch-22 Situation (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Jul 15, 2006)
Israel's offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon and its backers in Syria on Thursday has left policy-makers here scratching their heads because India has enormous political, economic and strategic stakes in the right power balance in the region.
- Malaysia Drive To Deport Migrants (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Malaysia will launch a new operation to deport an estimated 500,000 illegal migrants from the country.
- Al Qaeda, American Style (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
JUST before the first anniversary of the July 7 bombings in London that killed 52 people, Al Qaeda released a video that reflects a significant change in how it operates: terrorism is being brought home.
- Oil-Rich Brunei Must Diversify, Sultan Says In Birthday Speech (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah used his birthday speech on Saturday to call for economic diversification to ensure continued prosperity in the tiny oil-rich . . .
- Radical Shiite Cleric Hints At Militia Attacks To Protest Israel’S Actions (New York Times, Edward Wong, Jul 15, 2006)
The radical Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr said Friday that Iraqis would not “sit by with folded hands” while Israel struck at Lebanon, signaling a possible increase in attacks from his mercurial militia, the Mahdi Army
- Is This Cynicism? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 15, 2006)
We will ensure a corruption-free administration. There will be all-round development.
- Indian Women Take A Stand Against Harassment (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
We are in an environment where every girl has to protect herself in a public space. Women are made to feel that they are asking for it’
- Another Police ‘Encounter’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 15, 2006)
Given the Karachi police’s past record of extrajudicial killings — euphemistically termed ‘encounters’ — it is easier to believe eyewitness accounts of how a suspected criminal already in police custody was shot to death by the officers than rely . . .
- Violence In Surat A Day After Mosque Attack (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad ransacked a mosque, breaking furniture and tube lights, at a mosque in Surat’s Udhana Darwaja area this on Thursday evening, ostensibly to protest against the Mumbai serial bomb-blasts.
- Aphc For Gradual Demilitarisation (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
The APHC leadership, while favouring gradual demilitarisation in Jammu and Kashmir, is optimistic that such a step will “automatically build pressure on gun-toting youth for eschewing violence, especially killing of innocent people”.
- Azad Kashmir Poll Results (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 14, 2006)
To no one’s surprise, the ruling Muslim Conference (MC) has emerged as the largest party in Tuesday’s elections in Azad Kashmir. Given the . . .
- Two Girls, Two Boys Shot Dead; 2 Injured (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Two girls and two boys of minority community were shot dead and two others including a minor girl were injured in a militant attack on two families at village Mangnar, about 10 kms from here last night.
- Rise Of Modern-Day Pirates (Deccan Herald, Sean Coughlan, Jul 14, 2006)
Sea-borne raiders still carry an air of derring-do. The need for security is reflection of an increasingly violent threat
- Will We Ever Win The War On Terror? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jul 14, 2006)
To understand the hollowness of the political outrage at what happened at rush hour in Mumbai on 7/11, all we need to do is look at one damning statistic.
- Kashmir Caller Rings In (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
A man claiming to represent al Qaida Jammu and Kashmir announced the formation of the group today in a statement to a local news agency.
- Accused G.I. Was Troubled Long Before Iraq (New York Times, JIM DWYER , Jul 14, 2006)
On the last day of January 2005, Steven D. Green, the former Army private accused of raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdering her family, sat in a Texas jail on alcohol-possession charges, an unemployed 19-year-old high school dropout who had . . .
- Wrong Foot Forward (Pioneer, Rajindar Sachar , Jul 14, 2006)
The Governor of Uttar Pradesh was ill-advised to seek confrontation with the High Court over the transfer of a judicial officer, says Rajindar Sachar
- Agenda At St Petersburg (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 14, 2006)
G7 countries must watch out for Moscow's charm offensive and ask Russian leaders to further democratise, writes Alec van Gelder
- Politics Of Self-Defeat (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jul 14, 2006)
Tuesday's serial blasts in Mumbai, yet another critical reminder of the asphyxiating grasp of terrorism on India, is an ominous signal to the political class in New Delhi that sadbhavana (goodwill) trips to Pakistan cannot obliterate the ideology of hate
- Us House Of Rep Resolution Condemns Terror Mumbai Blasts (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Condemning as "heinous and unjustified" the terror attacks in Mumbai, a resolution introduced in the US House of Representatives has said the strikes were conducted to "cause economic terror" and pledged to strengthen and support the newly-expanded . . .
- Islamist Hardliner Heads For Britain (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Islamist cleric who government advisers wanted banned from Britain is scheduled to fly to London this weekend to attend events alongside Muslim community leaders.
- Medicines Out Of Commoners Reach (Deccan Herald, GOPAL DABADE, Jul 13, 2006)
The government seems to be buckling under pressure from the US to introduce data exclusivity in our pharma laws
- Isi’S Pervasive Role (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 13, 2006)
The court proceedings in the case of missing persons should focus the nation’s attention on the invisible but pervasive entity that the Inter-Services Intelligence is.
- Widen The Net, Tighten The Noose (Pioneer, Ahtesham Qureshy, Jul 13, 2006)
Election Commission must realise that the polling process is not just about mobilising paramilitary forces, says Ahtesham Qureshy
- Victor And The Vanquished (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, Jul 13, 2006)
To keep faith with the Seven-Party Political Alliance, Prachanda will have to break faith with his Maoist comrades in Nepal, in India, and all over the world ----
- Reforms Hobbled By Politics (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 13, 2006)
If only Dr Manmohan Singh, a competent economist and honest politician, is allowed a free hand to do his job, he could emerge an efficient administrator.
- 'We Should Not Be A Haughty Big Brother To Nepal' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Devi Prasad Tripathi, general secretary, Nationalist Congress Party, has been associated with Nepal since his days as a student leader at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Afternoon Tea With “Russia’S Osama” (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 13, 2006)
The afternoon I spent drinking tea with the man who became Russia’s most-wanted terrorist was, considering the circumstances, quite civilised.
- India Needs To Be Ruthless In Its Vengeance (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
As a child, I rarely fell asleep without listening to my grandmother narrate 'good-over-evil' stories from religious scriptures.
- Mayor Sees The Forest For The Trees (Denver Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Imagine for a moment that somebody in the Bush administration had thought of this four years ago.
On Tuesday, the Pentagon announced it would apply the protections of the Geneva Conventions to the 500-some detainees held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, . . .
- Four Years Late To Geneva (Denver Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Imagine for a moment that somebody in the Bush administration had thought of this four years ago.
- A Summit For Global Security And Stability (Hindu, JACQUES CHIRAC, Jul 13, 2006)
We must seize the opportunities of globalisation in this extraordinary period of growth while correcting its unacceptable social and ecological excesses.
- Inbred Duplicity (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 13, 2006)
Assam Police confirmation that the Ulfa’s Rs 25-lakh extortion notice on the Guwahati RBI regional director is “genuine” once again exposes the outfit’s inbred . . .
- Gulmarg Too Under Attack, 7 Tourists Injured (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
In a span of 24 hours after conducting serial blasts at tourists in Srinagar on Tuesday, suspected terrorists yet again today targeted tourism directly and hurled a grenade towards their vehicle at Gulmarg injuring seven tourists, including three women.
- 8 Tourists Injured In Grenade Attack (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Two top Laskhar-e-Toiba militants and a jawan were among six persons killed and 15 injured as militants carried out two more grenade attacks, including one targeting tourists for the second straight day today in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Ice-Cool Under Terror Attack (TIME, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Unlike the hysterical reaction of America and Spain, India's restraint under pressure is exemplary
- Relief For India’S Remand Prisoners (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 12, 2006)
Amendment to the prison law promises to decongest Indian jails, where thousands languish without trial.
- The Realpolitik Of India’S ‘New Deal’ (The Financial Express, Sauvik Chakraverti, Jul 12, 2006)
The curse of ‘politics’ combined with ‘socialism’ and ‘democracy’ has made the state a clientelistic affair
- Where's The Steel In Our National Character? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 12, 2006)
Why doesn't our Government respond with the vehemence of Israelis when our jawans are abducted and mutilated,
- Bush Says Muslim Welcome To Head Un (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
US President George W Bush said he would expect an Asian candidate for being the next UN secretary-general as long as he was willing to "blow the whistle" on human rights abuses.
- The Left’S Plan~b (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Jul 12, 2006)
The Left Front knows how to bark. Will it ever bite? Starting tomorrow for a whole week it will launch a nationwide protest movement against the . . .
- Britain-U.S. Row Over Extradition (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 12, 2006)
Britain is embroiled in a quiet diplomatic tussle with America over the extradition of three high-profile British bankers wanted in the U.S. on fraud charges in connection with the collapse of the erstwhile energy giant, Enron.
- Domestic Imperatives In Iran's Foreign Policy (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jul 12, 2006)
A new exercise in consensus building is under way. The purpose is to present a unified approach and deny the interlocutor space to exploit internal disagreements.
- The Taliban's Hidden Masters (Pioneer, Anil Bhat, Jul 12, 2006)
It is becoming increasingly clear that the kind of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) used against the coalition forces in Afghanistan is similar to the ones used in the Kashmir Valley, pointing as strongly to the Pakistani connection as the suicide . . .
- J & K Government And Common Man's Self-Determination (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 12, 2006)
Ghulam Nabi Azad sat patient as per the power-sharing agreement reached between the PDP and the Congress after the Assembly polls in 2002.
- 8 Killed, 43 Injured In 5 Grenade Attacks In Srinagar (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jul 12, 2006)
Eight persons died and 43 sustained injuries when suspected militants carried out a series of grenade attacks, targeting domestic tourists in Dalgate and Lalchowk areas of Civil Lines in this capital city today.
- Facing Extinction (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 12, 2006)
Despite being home to one of the most celebrated sanctuaries, Uttaranchal's efforts to protect wildlife are proving inadequate, says Hiranmay Karlekar.
- Us Detainees Get Geneva Protection (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
The Bush administration called today for Congress to fix, rather than scrap, the system of military tribunals struck down by the Supreme Court last month, while the Pentagon pledged to treat detainees in accordance with the Geneva Conventions as the . . .
- One Year On And What Has Changed? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 12, 2006)
One year ago, between 9am and 10am on July 7, 2005 four suicide bombers detonated their deadly bombs on a packed London transport system. 52 people lost their lives.
- Changing ‘Pre-Emption’? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 12, 2006)
Call intervention by any name, it remains intervention. On Monday, the White House spokesman said “pre-emption” did not necessarily mean war.
- Fight The Tigers, Arm Sri Lanka (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jul 12, 2006)
The story of the Government's firefighting action in Nepal is instructive. While the crisis was brewing, BJP leader Jaswant Singh was invited to Kathmandu by King Gyanendra.
- Apex Court Asks Delhi Hc To Name A Judge (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Delhi High Court to suggest the name of an Additional Sessions Judge to examine the material placed before it by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and other NGOs seeking reinvestigation and transfer of . . .
- A Taliban-Coloured Dawn In Kashmir (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 11, 2006)
Resurgent Islamists have used the prostitution scandal to subvert democratic institutions and processes.
- Seeing The Forest In Spite Of The Trees (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Jul 11, 2006)
The silly news is that there has been a terrible controversy sparked by the claim of a Kannada actress that she had at one time entered the sanctum sanctorum of Sabarimala temple 20 years ago and even touched the presiding deity.
- Why Afghanistan Remains A Dust Bowl Of Violence (Hindu, Peter Preston, Jul 11, 2006)
Afghanistan has never been a `successful' state, and we can't create a new civil society at gunpoint.
The particular difficulty with Afghanistan is that there is no structure in place to build on
Democracy has no roots on Afghan soil
Kabul, . . .
- Infuse Dynamism In Caste-System (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 11, 2006)
The lure of job reservation prevents upward mobility of the backward castes and encourages social stagnation, says Bulbul Roy Mishra.
- Rapes & Murders In Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 11, 2006)
Three US soldiers have been charged with rapes and murders and a fourth with dereliction of duty in the rape and murder of a teenage Iraqi girl and murder of her family in Mahmoudiya.
- The Gaza Blitzkrieg (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 11, 2006)
And a gross violation of human rights
The sad irony of the first anniversary of the 7 July bombings in London is that a state-sponsored blitzkrieg has been launched in another part of the world.
- Aidwa Hails Court Judgment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
The All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) has welcomed the Supreme Court judgment on inter-caste marriages and its direction to the authorities to protect the harassed and tortured couples.
- Saddam Trial To Hear Final Arguments Today (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
The court trying Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity is due to hear final arguments from his defence team today, but court officials say the killing of a defence lawyer may force a delay.
- For Parliamentary Approval To Treaties, Take Entry 14 (Indian Express, Tarunabh Khaitan, Jul 11, 2006)
On 30 June, 2006, the Left parties demanded a constitutional amendment to make it binding on the Executive to get Parliamentary approval before entering any “bilateral or multi-lateral” agreement.
- The World At Their Feet (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 11, 2006)
When in World Cup Germany, do as the Romans do: play as a team, keep a cool head and win the Fifa World Cup trophy for the fourth time.
- Second Gang Rape In A Week (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
A 26-year-old woman was gangraped in Baruipur on Sunday night, the second such incident in the past week.
- Marry Inter-Caste Without Fear (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 11, 2006)
This can happen only in India. Those entrusted with enforcing the law know neither the law nor their duties under the law.
- After Unprecedented Tv Series, Pakistan Rethinks Rape, Sex Laws (Christian Science Monitor, Ashraf Khan, Jul 11, 2006)
More than 1,000 female prisoners are expected to be released this week on bail in Pakistan following a decision by President Pervez Musharraf to review a controversial set of laws affecting women.
- Congress’S Turn (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 11, 2006)
Pressed by the Supreme Court, Congress this week at last will begin considering how to create a legal system for foreigners held at the Guantanamo Bay prison and elsewhere abroad.
- The Reoccupation Of Gaza (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 10, 2006)
There is arguably no modern state that more shamelessly employs the propaganda technique of the Big Lie than Israel. Since July 6, Israel has been deploying its military forces in an operation to reoccupy Northern Gaza, killing dozens of . . .
- A Little “Excess”, A Little “Technique” (Tribune, Robert Fisk, Jul 10, 2006)
Lord Blair is always being completely and absolutely honest with us. He is always absolutely convinced he was right to invade Iraq (even when the rest of the world completely realises the opposite). He is always completely and absolutely certain . . .
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