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Articles 6021 through 6120 of 31829:
- Jkp's Si, Crpf's Hc Gunned Down (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
After serial blasts of April 14th and July 11th, militants today struck on J&K Police and CRPF personnel at three places in this capital city with silencer-fitted pistols, killing two of them and leaving two more wounded. Meanwhile, suspected . . .
- The Sant And Society (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 18, 2006)
He is no environmentalist of the conventional type. He does not have the backing of an NGO flush with funds. Fortysix-year-old Sant Balbir Singh of Seechewal village, near Sultanpur Lodhi, is a “karam yogi”, who has proved that determined and honest . . .
- Pune To Panipat With Love (Tribune, K. Rajbir Deswal, Aug 18, 2006)
MY friend living in the U.K. asked me for a “small favour”. This entailed a hassle putting to trouble a horde of men and machines. The job involved arranging to have his daughter’s car brought from Pune, where she worked, to Panipat, where she was . . .
- India To Keep N-Weapon Options Open: Manmohan (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
With an impassioned defence of the Indo-US nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday largely swung the Rajya Sabha in his favour on the issue that had, at one stage, threatened a combined Left-BJP campaign against the government.
- Bjp For Jpc To Monitor Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
"Accord will end the country's weapons programme"
- 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.
- ``Deal Should Not Be Used To Browbeat India'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Address scientists' concerns: UPA allies
- Nuclear Deal Will Widen Energy Options: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
It will reduce the country's dependence on convention energy sources such as oil and coal
Nuclear deal about widening human choices
Security concerns are uncertain, unpredictable .
- Mayor Does His `Bit' For `Stop Smoking' Campaign (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 18, 2006)
First michael Bloomberg, the Mayor of New York, conquered his addiction to smoking.
- The Tempest & The Templar Knight (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 18, 2006)
History does not repeat itself but it does rhyme” (Mark Twain), the rhyme of history with periodic repetitions is actually a divine benevolence to make with the deficiencies.
- Unicef-Sponsored Planning Programme Yields Results (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The district administration and the UNICEF sponsored micro-planning process involving community participation has yielded rich results in Krishnagiri district.
- Us Tries To Counter Hizbollah Rebuilding Efforts (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Concerned that Hizbollah has an early advantage in rebuilding shattered south Lebanon, the Bush administration is trying to speed up aid and encouraging Arab states to step in quickly, U.S. officials said this week.
- ‘Sino-Pak Ties Key Factor To Maintain Peace (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Chairman Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed Thursday said the time-tested relations between Pakistan and China was a key factor responsible for maintaining peace and stability in South Asia.
- No Extraneous Conditions On N-Deal Will Be Accepted: Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
India will not accept any “extraneous conditionality” under any circumstance that will adversely impact the country’s strategic nuclear programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured Parliament on Thursday...
- Re-Forging Instruments To Meet Challenges (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 18, 2006)
The polity will have to promote a new way of conducting its internal disputes in a manner that will not distract the Indian state from dealing with new globally-inspired instigations.
- 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.
- Yasukuni And Japan's World View (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Aug 18, 2006)
With the alarm bells being sounded in the region, Junichiro Koizumi will need to convince neighbouring states that the new brand-Japan is not minted in the old imperial yard.
- Terrorism And Counter-Terrorism Revisited (The Financial Express, RICHARD N. HAASS, Aug 18, 2006)
The arrests in London of 21 terrorists who appear to have planned to blow up a number of airplanes over the Atlantic reminds us of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington of September 11, 2001. 9/11 remains the date that has come to signify . .
- Manmohan: Deviation Not Acceptable (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Aug 18, 2006)
``No question of nuclear autonomy being compromised''
- A Transformed Manmohan (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 18, 2006)
Controlled aggression, a game plan and application of technique At the outset he positioned himself in the Mahatma corner, quoting Gandhi's abiding injunction to wipe every tear from every eye, and declared himself a legatee of the Jawaharlal Nehru vision
- Modern Methods (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Builders have been adopting new construction techniques, materials and organisational practices.
- ‘Coke Standards In India Same As Us’ (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The Coca-Cola company, the largest soft drink manufacturer in the world, is working with Indian laboratories to create capacity for testing of not only beverages but other food items to ensure that pesticide residues were under the norms set by. . .
- Are You Sure It's Not A Sellout, Ask Elders (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The much-awaited debate on the Indo-US nuclear cooperation in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday saw non-UPA parties expressing grave concern that the US was trying to limit India's strategic weapons development programme by putting up . . .
- India On The Right Track (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 18, 2006)
Interview with Dr. Georges Vendryes, French nuclear scientist.
- Uk Terror Plotter Has Jaish Links (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Two suspicious containers from Pakistan forced evacuation of a Seattle port terminal in North America after a sniffer dog indicated they could contain explosives.
- Pm Answered Us, Says Left; No, Says Nda (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
An evidently satisfied Left described Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s reply to the Rajya Sabha discussion on the Indo-US nuclear deal as one with “very important assurances” that effectively set the bottom line for future negotiations with the US.
- July 18 Or Bust, Assures Pm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday asserted that India would not accept any conditionalities outside the July 18 statement and that the Government will draw the necessary conclusions in case of any deviation from the joint statement.
- 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.
- Watch How This Argument Can Unfold (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Aug 18, 2006)
Here’s a notion that should thrill atheists: Intelligent Design. Now usually that’s their hairiest bugbear ever since blind faith entered the arena thousands of years ago when a bunch of terrified cave dwelling ancestors of ours decided to ascribe . . .
- Pm Wins Over Scientists, Left | Coverage (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The Left parties and eminent nuclear scientists, who expressed apprehensions over the Indo-US nuclear deal on Thursday welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurances in Rajya Sabha but the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party said they did . . .
- N-Autonomy To Stay: Pm (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted before the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that India would make its "own assessment" of its nuclear weapons programme and that would be the "cardinal principle" of the country’s nuclear policy.
- In Rs, Natwar Not Allowed To Speak (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Former external affairs minister K. Natwar Singh was not allowed to speak on the Indo-US nuclear deal in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.This led to a string of protests from the Opposition party, the BJP.
- Let And Al Qaeda (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 18, 2006)
Now even the National Security Advisor is openly talking about the links between these two and how the LET has become as great a threat to regional and international peace and security as Al Qaeda...
- No Country But A Religion (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Aug 18, 2006)
A joke was going round Britain in the fifties about a National Serviceman (National Service was compulsory then and even a Commonwealth citizen like me had to ask for deferment) who tried to get out of Sunday church parade by registering as a Muslim.
- Upa Giving In To Us,set Up Jpc, Says Sinha (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Initiating the short duration discussion on the Indo-US nuclear deal in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, senior BJP MP and former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha accused the government of succumbing to . . .
- Jaish Denies Link To Uk Terror Plot (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
An aide to the leader of banned militant group Jaish-i-Mohammad denied on Thursday that a British national arrested in Pakistan in connection with the plot to blow up US-bound airliners had ever been a member of the group.
- Musharraf Sets Peace Accord Parameters: ‘Indian Pm Sincere’ (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Aug 18, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has set ‘doable’ parameters, short of independence, for resolving the Kashmir dispute, which, he says, can yield a friendship treaty with India and the withdrawal of the case from the United Nations Security Council, an . . .
- Principle Of Legality In Islam (Dawn, Sidrah Unis, Aug 18, 2006)
In modern systems of criminal justice, the principal that protects against the abuse of power by the judges and the state, guaranteeing the security of individuals, while informing them of what is illegal and what is its punishment, is Nullum . . .
- Purified By Opposition (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 18, 2006)
The only good news from Thursday’s nuclear debate in the Rajya Sabha is that the prime minister has finally stood up to defend the constitutional right of his government to conduct foreign policy.
- Anganwadi Workers' Struggle (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Aug 18, 2006)
Anganwadi workers and helpers stage an agitation for recognition as government staff.
- Karachi Receives Heaviest Downpour (Pakistan Observer, John Thakur Das, Aug 18, 2006)
Karachi authorities this evening declared emergency in the city following heavy rains that killed five persons and injured many while there was a complete chaos on the roads that were submerged in water. Life was totally paralyzed as low lying . . .
- Charter Mark For Better Governance (The Financial Express, S SADAGOPAN, Aug 18, 2006)
It’s helped to improve service delivery by government departments in the UK
- Message From Imphal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 18, 2006)
The bomb explosion in Imphal, Manipur, on Janmashtami at the ISKCON temple, which killed four people and injured 40 others including the international director of the religious society Damodar Swami, was the first of its kind and, therefore, holds . . .
- An Ip Requirement? (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
IT is easy to assume that since India has safeguarded intellectual property rights it is therefore bound to allow data exclusivity (DE).
- 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).
- India-Us Nuclear Deal: Bjp, Govt Allies’ Plea Turned Down (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Aug 18, 2006)
The government has turned down a plea for a resolution to set parameters for India’s negotiations with the US on a nuclear deal.
- Water Release From Kandaleru Stepped Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
It might reach zero point by Saturday or Sunday morning, say PWD officials
- The Tourism Impact (Business Standard, Arvind Singhal, Aug 17, 2006)
The recent extended weekend that started on Friday evening for many and concluded on Wednesday for some gave yet another insight into the changes undergoing in India.
- India Breaks Cease-Fire (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
The two and a half year long cease-fire between Pakistan and India disrupted at the Line of Control (LoC) Tuesday when two people were injured after the Indian side opened fire at Bandi Abbas in district Poonch.
- 15,000 Lebanese Troops Move South (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Lebanon’s government on Wednesday ordered 15,000 troops to move south to take full control, with UN peacekeepers, when Israeli troops withdraw after a 34-day war with Hizbollah guerrillas.
- Al-Qaida Gains Strength In Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
In the dusty plains of western Iraq, al-Qaida is gaining strength. Daily attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces are on the rise and there is little sign of progress in convincing the population to support the national government.
- Iran Says It’S Ready To Negotiate Nuclear Freeze (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Iran said today it was ready to discuss suspension of uranium enrichment, barely two weeks before a UN Security Council deadline to halt the sensitive nuclear work or risk sanctions.
- Rain Toll Rises To 58 In Mp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
The toll in rain-related incidents in Madhya Pradesh rose to 58, even as the spectre of flash floods in Ahmedabad forced evacuation of 30000 people on Wednesday.
- Boys Will Be Boys (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 17, 2006)
If we go by the assessment that the Left parties and the BJP are determined to embarrass the government on the nuclear issue, there is no reason to expect much light from today’s Rajya Sabha debate on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- 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 . . .
- Solar System Count Now Set To Swell To 12 Planets (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
They will be Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Charon and, provisionally, `2003 UB313'
- `Mismanagement Of Dams Led To Floods' (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Aug 17, 2006)
Expert says the authorities waited for the dams to fill up before releasing the water
- Indian Student Faces Racial Insult In Us (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 17, 2006)
Virginia-born Shekhar Ramanuja Sidarth is a campaign activist working for former US Navy Secretary James Webb who hopes to defeat Virginia’s incumbent Republican Senator George Allen in the upcoming Senate elections.
- As India Debates N-Deal, China & Pak Move To Close Rival Pact (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 17, 2006)
As India’s nuclear debate enters the Rajya Sabha tomorrow, Beijing and Islamabad are moving towards deeper bilateral atomic energy cooperation.
- This War Had No Name (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 17, 2006)
After four weeks of exile and a constant rain of Israeli bombs and rockets, the people of Lebanon imposed the ceasefire which took the UN Security Council four weeks to declare.
- Not Really A Century (Deccan Herald, A S Venkatarangan , Aug 17, 2006)
These days, even birthdays are treated with cricketing analogies.
- Traditional Science For Survival (Deccan Herald, SUBRATA SINHA, Aug 17, 2006)
It is not just returning to the roots, but a safe route for survival and development.
- Al Qaeda Leader Was Plot’S Mastermind: Pak Official (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
A senior Pakistani intelligence official told reporters here on Tuesday night that a leader of Al Qaeda based in Afghanistan was the mastermind of the reported plot in Britain to blow up American airliners.
- Man-Made Floods (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 17, 2006)
Floods are normally deemed to be natural disasters caused by excessive downpour, but this does not seem to be the story when it comes to the recent inundation of vast tracts of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka . . .
- Nuke Numbers: Deal Adds Up (Indian Express, Amitav Mallik, Aug 17, 2006)
The Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal has led to much debate in both countries. While the US is primarily concerned about the dilution of its non-proliferation agenda, India is apprehensive about aspects like the cost and implications of . . .
- Different Case (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 17, 2006)
The stock market has rebounded sharply from its recent lows on the back of a resurgence of net inflows by foreign institutional investors, on the one hand, and buying by mutual funds on the other.
- Pm Faces Latest Hurdle To N-Deal (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Aug 17, 2006)
Top retired nuclear scientists may not be the only ones to have serious misgivings about the direction in which the Indo-US nuclear deal is heading in the US Congress.
- 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.
- Change Their Life (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 17, 2006)
Few will agree with United States President George W. Bush's haughty intervention in Iraq. But only the cynic will disapprove of his definition of terrorism.
- Musharraf Urged To Quit As Army Chief (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Politicians and jurists here have urged President Pervez Musharraf to quit army chief's office, saying the Supreme Court should conduct elections through a neutral caretaker government.
- Manipur Iskcon Temple Attacked, 4 Dead (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Janmashtami celebrations in Manipur turned bloody on Wednesday when a grenade was tossed into the Iskcon temple crowded with more than 20,000 devotees.
- A Page From The Past: Nooyispeak On America (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 17, 2006)
Indra Nooyi is in the news for being named CEO of PepsiCo. That was three days ago. Nooyi has had her place in the news before, for reasons very different.
- The Us-Pak Weapons Deal: No Bang For The Bucks (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Aug 17, 2006)
America’s decision to sell F-16 Falcon fighter jets to Pakistan stands to profit no one. And doesn’t benefit long-term relations between the countries either
- Bullying The Middle East (News International, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 17, 2006)
The US government is playing the role of an international "bully" to change the entire complexion of the Middle East which carries in its bowels an unlimited treasure of oil that is an absolute necessity for America's existence as a superpower.
- Going On Sixty (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Aug 17, 2006)
The transition from colony to republic was bridged by the generations of Indians born before independence who managed the professions, the economy and its institutions, the schools and colleges and the great engines of State for the first 50 years.
- Welcome To The Bihar Of China (Times of India, Ranjan Roy, Aug 17, 2006)
"Welcome to the Bihar of China," says a Chinese official as the Airbus touches down at Lanzhou airport. Visions of Patna airport race through the mind. Betel stains, a rickety bus to the terminal and baggage being thrown wildly on the conveyor belt.
- Pakistan's Problems Lie In Its Very Creation (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , Aug 17, 2006)
Pakistan President, General Pervez Musharraf, on the eve of independence of his country, talked about the "unfinished business" of partition. He, probably meant annexation the Muslim majority state of the Indian Union - Jammu and Kashmir.
- Walking Away Option For India If N-Deal Changed (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will on Thursday make a statement in Parliament on the current status of the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal to address political concerns about it.
- Pm Consults 2 Top Scientists (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was today updated by two top scientists on the Indo-US civilian nuclear cooperation agreement — a politically explosive issue on which the Rajya Sabha is scheduled to have a short duration discussion tomorrow, to be . . .
- The Cynical Way (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Aug 17, 2006)
“I used to know when I was being deeply cynical and when I wasn’t,” said a friend who made it into London before they closed Heathrow airport for the terrorist scare. “Now, I don’t.”
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