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Articles 2521 through 2620 of 31829:
- In The Shadows (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 13, 2006)
What is the Lashkar's agenda in India? Who are its leaders and what is their relationship with the Directorate of the ISI?
- Fortresses Of Faith (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 13, 2006)
The discovery of a madrassa-based Lashkar cell in Gujarat raises difficult questions about such seminaries.
- Despite N Korea, India N-Deal Will Go Through: Us (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Oct 13, 2006)
Despite the lobby opposing the Indo-US civil nuclear deal raising its ante following the North Korean nuclear tests, the Bush Administration has “reassured” India that it was “committed” to the agreement made in March. Like Britain, the US too has . . .
- Let The Koreans Decide Themselves (Deccan Herald, Srikanth Kondapalli , Oct 13, 2006)
India needs to articulate its policies to strengthen the inter-Korean initiatives.
- Kanshi Ram’S Flawed Legacy (Deccan Herald, Rajdeep Sardesai, Oct 13, 2006)
Many years ago, the frenzied search for an elusive sound byte led me to climb a rather perilously shaky electric pole.
- Safety Of Citizens And Animals (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 13, 2006)
Last Wednesday I read a news report about a newly wed woman of Hebbal being run over by a train at an unmanned level crossing. Earlier that day, by sheer coincidence, the Consumer Education and Research Society (CERS) of Ahmedabad was building up a . .. .
- Lure And Kill (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Oct 13, 2006)
What is common to both chikungunya and dengue is the carrier of their causative viruses - the female of the mosquito type Aedes aegypti.
- Marathi Response (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Oct 13, 2006)
Maharashtra reasserts its position on Belgaum as Karnataka decides to make the city an alternative State capital.
- The Dengue Patient (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Oct 13, 2006)
Our health care system is ailing; an immediate and large infusion of public funds is required to set things right.
- Mellow Month (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Oct 13, 2006)
With the Durga Puja festival season comes the hope of a spell of relative mellowness and cordiality among people.
- Afzal Must Not Hang (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 13, 2006)
India's justice delivery system will undermine its own credibility if Mohammed Afzal, accused in the Parliament attack case, is hanged.
- Divorced From Sense (Times of India, HIMANI DALMIA, Oct 13, 2006)
Is it possible for a woman in India to take her husband to the proverbial cleaners? From a legal point of view, no. The pretty young gold-digger of the West would be quite at a loss in India, where she would have to remain married in order to have . . .
- Us Asks Pakistan To Stop Export Of Terror To India (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Oct 13, 2006)
The Bush administration is again leaning on Islamabad to put an end to terrorism directed against India by Kashmiri separatist groups supported by Pakistan.
- North Korean N-Test Failed, Says France (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
France said outright for the first time that North Korea’s proclaimed nuclear test produced such a small blast that it must have failed.
- Lanka Talks Of Peace Amid Heavy Casualty In Jaffna Fighting (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
The Sri Lankan government said on Thursday it remains committed to peace talks with Tamil Tiger separatists, despite raging battles a day earlier that the military said killed 200 rebels and up to 129 soldiers.
- Al-Qaeda Activist Charged With Treason (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
As a teenager, Adam Yedihe Gadahn appeared to be on a spiritual quest. The 28-year-old American charged on Wednesday with treason for allegedly aiding al-Qaeda was raised in a largely nonreligious household.
- India To Be A Leader In Innovation, It (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Most Americans recognise the rising influence of India and China and believe New Delhi would gain on Washington in terms of influence in the world in the next ten years, a study by a US-based think-tank has said.
- Stranger’S Tales (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 13, 2006)
Reading this engaging book brought to mind Graham Greene’s comment that if he wanted to be understood or understand, he would have bamboozled himself into belief.
- Turkish Delight (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 13, 2006)
Literature is powerful because it is also about politics. Words have the power to disturb the settled complacency of the status quo. So it is hardly surprising Literature Nobels have a “political” resonance.
- The Infy Model (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 13, 2006)
Infosys continues to defy gravity, its growth on a seemingly unstoppable upward spiral. Its latest results, months after iconic chairman NR Narayana Murthy stepped down to let the younger turk, Nandan Nilekani, head the company, only add more lustre . . .
- One Man's Radio: Another's Enemy! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 13, 2006)
In the 1960s’ USA, when flying had started becoming more common than rail travel, country singer Johnny Cash did a requiem on trains, which ended with the words “I’ll miss you when you’re gone!” While television has become familiar enough to be . . .
- Intelligence Abuse (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Oct 13, 2006)
This absorbing work has attracted wide attention among both the supporters and the opponents of the current U.S. administration.
- Ibm Sees Brisk Business In India (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
IBM, the world's largest computer services company, aims to increase its share of business in India as banks, retail and small and medium-sized firms spend more on technology in Asia's fourth-largest economy.
- Us Determined To See N-Deal Through (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
In a major relief for New Delhi, the US on Thursday indicated its determination to thwart the attempts of non-proliferation ayatollahs to use the North Korean tests for killing the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- N Korea's N-Test Complicates Indo-Us Nuke Deal (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
North Korea's nuclear test has complicated the implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, with a bill on the agreement set to come up in the lame duck session of the Senate that gets underway in about four weeks.
- Ir's Path-Breaking Ppp Initiatives (The Economic Times, Raghu Dayal , Oct 13, 2006)
For IR (Indian Railways), these are the best of times. By dint of a record freight output and, consequently, a healthy bottom line, it has acquired high credibility of late.
- Chickungunya Outbreak (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Oct 13, 2006)
Chikungunya is spreading fast across the country in an epidemic form presenting a big challenge on the public health front.
- Us ‘Determined’ To Fulfil Commitments On India Nuke Deal (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Amid concerns that North Korea’s nuclear test could impact the implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, the US administration has said it is ‘‘determined’’ to fulfil commitments it has made to New Delhi on nuclear commerce.
- Ril Topples Ongc As India’S Largest M-Cap Company (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Reliance Industries (RIL) has replaced ONGC as India’s largest corporate entity in terms of market capitalisation with a more than one per cent surge in its share price.
- Hyderabad Bride Bazaar Is Global (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Sleuths who raided the office of Qazi Waheed Qureshi were shocked to discover that Hyderabad’s "bride bazaar" had been catering to "clie-nts" from across the world, including the US, Somalia and Ethiopia.
- 200 Tigers Dead: Lanka (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
The Sri Lankan military on Thursday claimed to have killed over 200 Tamil Tiger rebels in heavy fighting that also left at least 44 soldiers dead and over 430 injured.
- Manmohan, Finnish Pm For Strengthening Un (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Finnish counterpart Matti Vanhanen today issued a joint appeal for strengthening multilateral institutions like the United Nations and the World Trade Organisation (WTO), saying that this was the . . .
- Pak Army Is Nation’S Largest Business Conglomerate (Tribune, RAHUL BEDI, Oct 13, 2006)
The US may be talking of the gradual democratisation of Pakistan, but the country’s army may be in no mood to relinquish power given its proliferating commercial interests.
- Part Of Daily Life (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Oct 13, 2006)
India’s GDP is reported to be growing at more than 8 per cent, notwithstanding the inflation, the petrol price hike, the hazards of tsunami, drought and other natural disasters.
- The Dialogue Of Cultures (Daily Excelsior, EDUARDO FALEIRO, Oct 13, 2006)
In the present age, international exposure is a requirement of an increasing number of jobs. The trend is likely to expand further in view of the ongoing globalization of the world’s economy, transnational movements of people and the emergence of . . .
- Nobel For Writer Who Defended Rushdie (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Oct 13, 2006)
Turkey’s most famous author, Orhan Pamuk, 54, who defended Salman Rushdie against Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa, was today named the winner of this year’s Nobel prize for Literature.
- Army Uncorks Pent-Up Rage (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Anti-army sentiments in Assam burst forth again with several thousand people blocking NH 37 in Doomdooma today to protest the detention of 20 residents after suspected Ulfa militants triggered a blast in which a soldier suffered minor injuries.
- Scurry To Plug Blood Scam (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
The state health department has issued a confidential circular asking all blood banks across the state to re-examine the blood which was earlier tested with faulty kits supplied by Calcutta-based businessman Govind Sarda.
- Lessons From The Field (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 13, 2006)
About the second Iraq war, it could be argued that the United States of America won the war only to lose the peace.
- Self Rule, A Step Towards Secession (Daily Excelsior, Rameshwar Singh Jamwal, Oct 13, 2006)
A lot is being discussed about self governance and demilitarization, both at National level and at State level as well, PDP, the chief propagandist of these borrowed terms, from none other than General Parvez Musharraf, has renewed its vigour for . . .
- Us And China At Odds On N Korea (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
American students having trouble with pesky math equations or intricate English grammar are increasingly turning to tutors all the way in India for help with their homework.
- European Union Non-Committal On Support To Indo-Us Nuclear Deal (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
The European Union (EU) on Thursday said it understood India’s increasing energy needs, but gave no commitment on supporting the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
- Assume They're Not Here (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 13, 2006)
Politics can be the art of make-believe, but what is happening on the question of allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) into retailing invites disbelief.
- Other Investments & Private Equity (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
The equity investor today has a very wide choice of investment vehicles with a menu of alternatives.
- Having Trouble With Homework? Call India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
American students having trouble with pesky math equations or intricate English grammar are increasingly turning to tutors all the way in India for help with their homework.
- Apollo: On A Roll (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Oct 13, 2006)
Tyre companies faced a tough environment in the September quarter. Natural rubber prices reached a high of Rs 106-107 a kg, twice the levels seen in the previous year.
- Desai Inherits Literary Success (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2006)
She had spent the last eight years as a hermit, struggling to write The Inheritance of Loss, the follow-up to her acclaimed debut.
- China For Strong Un Response To N Korea (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
A special envoy of Chinese President Hu Jintao told President George W. Bush on Thursday that China wanted a strong U.N. response to North Korea’s claimed nuclear test, a White House spokesman said.
- Indian Army Seizes Arms In Calcutta (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
The Indian Army on Thursday seized thousands of rounds of ammunition and more than 500 anti-personnel mines, media reports said.
- Pakistan Not Behind Blasts’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Experts quoted in a US think-tank report have rejected claims that Pakistan’s intelligence agencies were involved in the Mumbai or London blasts.
- N. Korean Test Calls For Patient Diplomacy (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Editor, Foreign Affairs Two wrongs do not make a right. No doubt the North Korean test explosion is a high stakes gamble that has heightened tensions, aggravated dangers to peace and stability in East Asia and driven North Korea itself into . . .
- Staggering Death Toll In Iraq War (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 13, 2006)
A new study has contended that nearly 655 thousand Iraqis have died because of the US invasion of the oil rich country. The study by Dr Gilbert Burham of the Johns Hopkims Bloomberg School has opted to calculate the casualty figures on the basis of house
- N-Test Provokes Global Rethink On North Korea (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 12, 2006)
As the international community debates the success of North Korea’s nuclear test, one thing is certain: the hermit regime’s actions have succeeded in grabbing the world’s attention.
- Bsnl To Spread Mobile Service Network In Villages (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
It will cover areas in Chitradurga telecom district
Over 44 new towers will be set up in rural areas
As many as 16 more base terminal stations will be installed.
- Pakistan-West Relations On A Skid? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 12, 2006)
It must be clear to the US and its Western allies that by not delivering on what he was expected to do, Gen Pervez Musharraf is willy-nilly contributing to a more ferocious form of terrorism, not only in his own country but in the entire region.
- General Musharraf Is Still Riding High (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 12, 2006)
After a one-hour-long meeting with President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday, General David Richards, commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, was careful not to repeat the sentiments of his subordinates in Afghanistan regarding Pakistan’s alleged . . .
- Making `Allowances' (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 12, 2006)
The usage of the expression `salary', indicating the remuneration fixed for work done, is comparatively of recent origin only in the commercial history of the world.
- N Korea No 2 Threatens More Tests (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
North Korea's No 2 leader threatened more nuclear tests if the United States continued its "hostile attitude" against the communist regime, a news report said, amid mounting tensions.
- Should We Bid Adieu To Cost Audit? (Business Line, A. R. Ramanathan, Oct 12, 2006)
Totally scrapping cost audit or retaining the system in the present form are extreme positions that should be avoided
- British Bridge (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 12, 2006)
While prime minister Manmohan Singh has been stressing that maintaining India's currently impressive economic growth rate would require massive upgradations of infrastructure, he understandably underplayed such riders when making his pitch in London . .
- Us On Alert For Chikungunya (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Oct 12, 2006)
This is one buzz hyper-growing India can do without. Word is getting around the United States that travellers to and from India need to watch out for chikungunya.
- United In Their Disapproval (Tribune, Bruce Wallace, Oct 12, 2006)
North Korea’s announcement that it had tested a nuclear device is pushing Japan, China and the two Koreas into a new era that challenges existing assumptions about security and diplomacy in a region riven by deep historical grudges and modern rivalries.
- No Attack, But No Talks Either: Us (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Oct 12, 2006)
The United States offered public assurances on Tuesday that it does not intend to attack North Korea. But Pyongyang said Washington's threat of sanctions "unlike anything that they have faced before," was tantamount to a war call and warned of . . .
- Two Dead As Aircraft Crashes Into Manhattan Building In Us (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
At least two people were killed when a small aircraft crashed into a 52-storey building on Manhattan's Upper East Side in overcast weather on Wednesday in what appeared to be an accident, officials said.
- Us Pushed N Korea To Brink: Cpm (Deccan Herald, Shruba Mukherjee , Oct 12, 2006)
Terming the nuclear test conducted by the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea as an unfortunate act, the CPM said on Wednesday that the US was singularly responsible for creating deep sense of insecurity pushing Pyongyang into taking such steps.
- ‘Us Pressure Would Mean War’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
North Korea will view US pressure to rein in its nuclear programme as "a declaration of war", the isolated communist regime said on Wednesday in its first official statement since announcing it had carried out a nuclear test.
- No Parallel Between N. Korean And Indian Nuclear Ambitions: Us (Tribune, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Oct 12, 2006)
The United States, like its close ally Britain, has refused to draw a parellel between the nuclear programmes of North Korea and India and lauded New Delhi as a "responsible actor" in the field of non-proliferation.
- China:waking Up To Aids (Frontline, PALLAVI AIYAR, Oct 12, 2006)
The poor but scenic Yunnan province is in the forefront of China's battle against AIDS.
- Atomic Adolescent (New Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Oct 12, 2006)
India was quick in its condemnation of North Korea’s nuclear test on Monday.
- Manmohan Calls For "Inclusive Globalisation" (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 12, 2006)
University of Cambridge awards him honorary degree of Doctor of Law
- Blair's Long Goodbye (Frontline, Hasan Suroor, Oct 12, 2006)
At the annual Labour Party conference Prime Minister Tony Blair signals that he will step down in a year's time.
- N Korea's N-Test Complicates Indo-Us Nuke Deal (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
North Korea's nuclear test has complicated the implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, with a bill on the agreement set to come up in the lame duck session of the Senate that gets underway in about four weeks.
- Japan Slaps Sanctions On N. Korea (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Oct 12, 2006)
Ahead of any United Nations decision on imposing sanctions against North Korea for conducting a nuclear test, the Shinzo Abe Government in Japan outlined its move to impose its own sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
- Human Rights Versus Section 377 (Hindu, Anil Divan, Oct 12, 2006)
India must march in step with other democracies in removing legal restrictions on sexual orientation. With Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises homosexuality, posing a threat to public health by impeding programmes for the . . .
- Infosys Ceo Sees Benefit From U.S. Outsourcing (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
Infosys Technologies Ltd. should benefit from U.S. companies seeking to cut costs by hiring overseas technology services, even though overall spending may be sluggish, Infosys's CEO said on Wednesday.
- Defeat Extremists At Next Year’S Elections: (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Oct 12, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday urged the nation to vote for moderates in next year’s general elections.
- We’Ll Use Force If Provoked, Warns N Korea (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
North Korea warned today that it will regard increased pressure from the United States as a “declaration of war” that will be met with “physical measures,” as Japan announced tough new sanctions against the country.
- Free Dialysis Service Launched At Csi Hospital (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
In a gesture that would benefit kidney patients in the city, the "Capt. V.V.K. Mani Memorial Free Dialysis Service" was inaugurated at the Church of South India Hospital (CSI) here on Tuesday, in the memory of the former Regional Manager of The Hindu . .
- Number Of People Killed In Iraq Since 2003: Study (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
American and Iraqi public health experts have calculated that about 655,000 Iraqis have died as a result of the March 2003 US-led invasion and subsequent violence, far above previous estimates.
- "Writing Can Be A Dangerous Activity" (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Oct 12, 2006)
Kiran DesaionThe Inheritance Of Loss, the Man Booker Prize, and the process of writing novels.
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