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Articles 6721 through 6820 of 31829:
- Pm Shouldn't Give Me Lessons: Natwar (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Stung by his suspension from Congress, former External Affairs Miniter Natwar Singh, indicted in Iraqi oil scam, on Tuesday night launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Ministerial Council and declared that he was ready . . .
- In Afghanistan, A New Crackdown (Tribune, Pamela Constable, Aug 09, 2006)
Behind an unmarked door on a quiet residential street, a half-dozen young Chinese women in miniskirts shimmy to disco tapes or sit with beefy European men. Next to the fully stocked bar, a plastic Christmas tree pulses with tiny lights.
- Seminar On India-Us Ties (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The Preston University organised a seminar on ‘Indo-US Strategic Relationship’.
- Beefing About Unhygienic, Stale Indian Beef (Daily Times, Zakir Hassnain, Aug 09, 2006)
The sale of unhygienic Indian beef in Peshawar and its adjoining villages is worrying citizens and the government has not taken any step to investigate the issue so far.
- 100,000 Pakistanis Visited India In 2005 (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Aug 09, 2006)
The relative India-Pakistan bonhomie over the past two years has seen a considerable increase in the number of Pakistanis visiting India. While only 9,253 Pakistanis visited India in 2003, the number jumped to 67,416 in 2004 and 94,057 in 2005.
- N Korean Leader Disappears From Public View (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il hasn’t appeared in public since his country test-fired missiles that drew international condemnation, leading to speculation of a possible sense of crisis inside the reclusive nation.
- Wto Talks Failure: Us May Punish India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
In a move that could hurt Indian exports, the US has ordered a review to determine whether to "limit, suspend or withdraw" preferential trade benefits to India, Brazil and 11 other developing countries under the US's Generalized System of . . .
- Hello Brother (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 09, 2006)
On Rakhi, countless dreams are raakh ---- Going by the jokes being circulated through the SMS, Rakhi would seem an apt day for young men to hold 24-hour stag parties in India's towns and cities.
- Iraq Pm Slams Us-Aided Attack On Shia Militia Stronghold As 34 Killed (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Iraq's Prime Minister sharply criticised a US-Iraqi attack on a Shia militia stronghold in Baghdad, exposing a rift with his American partners on security tactics, as 24 people were killed on Tuesday in a series of bombings and shooting.
- Lebanon's Offer Interesting: Olmert (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Lebanon's offer to deploy 15,000 troops along the border with Israel is "interesting" and worthy of further consideration, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday. Israel has long demanded a deployment of Lebanese forces, along with the . . .
- N-Issue: Left Gets Restive Awaiting Govt Response (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Aug 09, 2006)
Even as the Left's negotiation on a comprehensive Sense of House Resolution on the Indo-US nuclear agreement from the UPA Government is still locked in a stalemate, the Left Front's meeting scheduled for Tuesday was cancelled.
- Pakistan And India Among World Bank’S Top Ten Borrowers (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Aug 09, 2006)
The World Bank’s (WB) lending commitments to South Asia reached $3.8 billion in the financial year ending 30 June 2006, a figure that accounts for 16 percent of all loans, grants, and credits by the WB’s two affiliated entities, IBRD and IDA.
- Congress Suspends Natwar Singh For Misusing Post (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The Congress has finally acted against former external affairs minister Natwar Singh. On Tuesday, the party suspended him and issued him a show-cause notice as to why he should not be expelled for his several acts of omission.
- Compensate Indians Displaced From Lebanon (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
The CPM does not merely want India to stop buying arms from Israel because that helps in “enriching the coffers of a country which attacks with impunity its neighbours and massacres their people”.
- Remains Of That Day (Indian Express, ARITRO GANGULY, Aug 09, 2006)
Remains of that day Can the lull after the horror of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 last for ever?
- India A Responsible Actor On Non-Proliferation: Us (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The Bush administration has said that the sanctions imposed on two private Indian firms for allegedly providing Iran with nuclear material did not reflect New Delhi’s non- proliferation record and hailed India as a ‘‘very responsible actor’’ in the field.
- Deja Vu On Israel ? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
All Urdu dailies continue to give extensive coverage of the war in west Asia. India’s policy on Israel has got a special mention in many papers.
- Some Unreliable Sources (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
It was a small item on the international pages, barely meriting a second glance: A Norwegian journalist, Bjoern Benkow, had admitted to fabricating interviews with Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey.
- Politics Of Aggrandisement (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 09, 2006)
I have nothing against the MPs who have prevailed upon the government to curtail parliament’s session by three days. My worry is over the cause for which they have done so.
- Manmohan To Visit Gujarat, Maharashtra (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Andhra Pradesh gets Rs. 135.48 crore and Gujarat Rs. 96.86 crore from the Calamity Relief Fund
- Sudden Love (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2006)
It is a sad commentary on the state of politics that an indicted Natwar Singh is now the toast of some Opposition leaders.
- Europe And Israel's Acts Of Unilateralism (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Aug 09, 2006)
At the critical moment of decision making, internal contradictions come to the fore and Europe appears to drag its feet.
- You Cannot Kill Ideas With Guns (Hindu, Jackie Ashley , Aug 09, 2006)
Bush and Blair's belief that Islamism could be bombed into submission was deluded. We need to find a middle way.
- Racism By Other Means (Hindu, Sujatha Byravan, Aug 09, 2006)
In the U.S.' racially biased system, the DNA of people of colour would be over-represented in the expanding forensic databanks. This would intensify existing racial inequality.
- Keeping A Watch For The Big One (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Aug 09, 2006)
India's tsunami warning system, intended to prevent a repeat of December 26, 2004, is expected to become operational by September 2007.
- India, A Responsible Nuclear Actor: U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Information not withheld from Congress
Sanctions on Indian firms do not reflect New Delhi's record
"Nuclear deal is good for the U.S.
- Tamil Tigers Lift Water Blockade In Lanka, Blast Kills 3 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Tamil Tigers today lifted a blockade of a canal over which they fought heavy battles with security forces for over two weeks leaving 440 people dead, hours after three people were killed and a Tamil politician injured in a car bomb blast in the . . .
- Very Cross (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 09, 2006)
Art, in its engagement with religion, has always relished hell-brink blasphemy. And Madonna is one contemporary artist whose appetite for it remains insatiable.
- Portrait Of The Goddess As Sonia (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Aug 09, 2006)
Goddess Durga has descended in Kanpur a full month and a half before she is due. In the avatar of Sonia Gandhi.
A cloth banner with a figure of the goddess as Sonia has been blowin’ in the wind at Phoolbag over the past two days. Full with the . . .
- Terror Leader: 'Nobody Can Hand Me Over To India' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The Kashmir issue can never be resolved through talks, believes Syed Salahuddin, leader of the Hizb-ul Mujahideen terrorist group, and chairman of the Jihad Council, an umbrella outfit comprising over a dozen Kashmiri terrorist groups.
- The Expanding Horizons Of Regional Trade Agreements (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 09, 2006)
With the WTO in crisis, and hopes fading for the multilateral route to international trade, there is an inevitable shift to regional agreements.
- Sensex Crosses 11,000, Up 202 Points (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Nearly three months after it fell below 11,000 and three unsuccessful attempts later, the Sensex yesterday closed above the psychologically important mark, on the back of a global rally fuelled by expectations of a pause in US interest-rate hikes.
- West Asia: Use Crisis As An Opportunity (Pioneer, BULBUL ROY MISHRA, Aug 09, 2006)
Israel and Palestine can yet find a solution by hypothetically inter-changing their traditional positions, says Bulbul Roy Mishra
- Who Killed The Vidarbha Farmers? (OutLook, Smruti Koppikar, Aug 09, 2006)
Heartbreaking as they are, suicides - over 90 last month - are only a symptom of the larger and deep agrarian crisis, reminds the award-winning journalist, touching on the role played by our policy-makers and politicians - from Montek Singh . . .
- 'Inshallah, Kashmir Will Become Part Of Pakistan' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
In her first major interview to the mainstream Indian media, the Dukhtaran-e-Millat leader reveals the Talibanesque mindset of a woman who's known as Malka-ul-Maut (Angel of Death)...
- Pre-'53 Status For Kashmir? (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Aug 09, 2006)
The UPA Government is reported to have submitted a 'non-paper' for Gen Musharraf's consideration, offering to roll back Jammu & Kashmir's integration with India ----
- Act Or Perish (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Aug 09, 2006)
The world is not against Islam but the ongoing terrorist strikes in the name of global jihad can be best defined as World War IV, says Prafull Goradia
- Far From A Charming End (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 09, 2006)
I read in the papers that the Union Government has banned snake charmers. It is the first piece of good news that has come out of this Government in the last three . . .
- Indo-Us To Hunt Terrorists In Pakistan! (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 09, 2006)
Statement of the US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher that some of the (terrorist) groups that have designs against India still have pieces in Pakistan is, in our view, both astonishing and highly condemnable.
- Tata Acquires Eight O'clock Coffee (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Company bought from venture capital fund Gryphon Investors for Rs. 1,015 crore Company bought from venture capital fund Gryphon Investors for Rs. 1,015 crore
More manned level-crossings also planned
Bangalore division of SWR has proposed 20 overpasses
- Distress Compounded (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 09, 2006)
A comprehensive study of the socio-economic impact of HIV and AIDS in six high prevalence Indian States has yielded compelling data.
- Over 2.5 Lakh Evacuated As Floods Wreak Havoc In Gujarat (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Aug 09, 2006)
Diamond city reels as most telephone lines go dead and power is cut off .
- The Mirror Cracked (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 09, 2006)
We all have our faults and weaknesses. Yet, we do expect our public figures to be flawless and hold them to a standard higher than we may apply to ourselves.
- India Makes It To Final Microsoft 12 (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
India has made it to the final 12 in the software design round of Microsoft Imagine Cup India 06. India’s entry is from Team Sonique comprising Deepak Jagdish, Mohit Gupta, Rahul Sawhney and Shreyas Nangia.
- 33-Lakh Affected By Floods In Ap, Gujarat (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The flood situation was grim on Tuesday in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, with nearly 33 lakh people affected by rains and swollen rivers in both states even as an alert was sounded in Maharashtra's Marathwada and Vidarbha regions after 70 people died . . .
- Israeli Minister Says Russian Weapons Arming 'Terrorists' (New Indian Express, PTI, Aug 09, 2006)
Israeli Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter said in an interview published on Tuesday that "all the terrorists surrounding Israel" are using Russian weapons.
- Narayanan-Vajpayee Letters On Gujarat Riots Summoned (New Indian Express, PTI, Aug 09, 2006)
Notwithstanding the reservation of both the Rashtrapati Bhawan and government, the Central Information Commission on Tuesday called for the classified correspondence exchanged between former president K R Narayanan and Prime Minister Atal Bihari . . .
- Bofors & Volcker (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 09, 2006)
Last week the Pathak Commission probing the Volcker Report gave the Congress party a clean chit. Also last week, Mr Arun Singh emerged from the shadows after two decades to remind us of Bofors.
- Arabs Warn Draft Resolution Would Only Complicate Crisis (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
A draft Security Council resolution on ending the war between Israel and Hizbollah would only complicate the crisis and result in “grave ramifications” for Lebanon and the entire region, Qatar's foreign minister said Tuesday.
- Pm, Sonia Talk Nuke Deal, Quota With Allies (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Beset by a host of problems and against the background of the political storm over the Pathak report, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi held consultations with leaders of different constituents of the UPA on Tuesday.
- A Many-Sided Threat (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Aug 09, 2006)
The Government of India has postponed the scheduled talks between the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan and so is the proposed visit of the Prime Minister to Pakistan.
- Eu Complains To Wto About India (British Broadcasting Corporation, bbc correspondent, Aug 09, 2006)
The European Union has accused India of misusing trade legislation and unfairly protecting manufacturers from imports.
- India Floods Close Energy Plants (British Broadcasting Corporation, bbc correspondent, Aug 09, 2006)
Floods in western India have forced the closure of a natural gas plant and some petrochemical factories, officials say.
- Water Flows To Sri Lanka Farmers (British Broadcasting Corporation, bbc correspondent, Aug 09, 2006)
Water has begun flowing to farmers in north-east Sri Lanka after a canal reopened that was at the centre of fighting between the army and rebels.
- Let’S Not Treat Students As Guinea Pigs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 09, 2006)
Education has always been a happy hunting-ground for politicians. After coming to power, the first thing a party does is mould the education system in the way it thinks fit.
- Tata Tea Eyes U.S. Firms, Sees Sales Grow (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Tata Tea Ltd., the world's second-largest branded tea firm, said on Tuesday it expects consolidated turnover to more than double in three years and is eyeing acquisitions to expand abroad.
- Ultrasound (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 09, 2006)
Exposure to ultrasound can affect fetal brain development, a new study suggests. But researchers say the findings, in mice, should not discourage pregnant women from having ultrasound scans for medical reasons.
- Taleban 'Kill Woman For Spying' (British Broadcasting Corporation, bbc correspondent, Aug 09, 2006)
Taleban fighters have killed an Afghan woman and her son and then hung their bodies in public for spying for foreign forces, a senior Afghan official says.
- Floods Maroon Thousands In India; 150 Killed (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Swirling floodwater inundated several towns and cities in western and southern India on Tuesday as the military deployed helicopters and boats to help hundreds of thousands of marooned people.
- Can The Revolution Outlive Castro? (Daily Times, Mahir Ali, Aug 09, 2006)
It probably would not be considered particularly ageist to contend that no nation’s fortunes ought to be linked to a supreme leader having been in office for several decades.
- Israel Threatens To Extend Offensive (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Hezbollah fighters and Israeli ground troops were battling in south Lebanon as diplomats bickered at the United Nations over moves to end four weeks of bloodshed and destruction.
- Us Reinforcements In Iraq To Escalate Killings (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 09, 2006)
Despite United States’ desperate political and military manoeuvres in Iraq including military reinforcements on the pretext of sectarian violence, the war-torn country continues sink deeper and deeper in the quagmire.
- A Convenient Blinker (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 09, 2006)
Anti-semitism is a very convenient phrase. Once it used to stand for philosophies and state policies that tended to persecute or discriminate against the Jewish people in Europe.
- The War Of Terrorisation (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Aug 09, 2006)
Five years on from 9/11, what the Muslim World is beginning to witness is the transformation of the war against terror into a War of Terrorisation of Muslim polities and Muslim civil societies -- and all this under the continuing guise of the war against
- The 60-40 Ratio (News International, Naeem Sadiq, Aug 09, 2006)
As a citizen of Pakistan, I would like to have the right not to hand over my mobile phone to every other kid who rides a motor bike and keeps a TT in his pocket to facilitate negotiations.
- Towards A Nuclear-Free South Asia (News International, M B NAQVI, Aug 09, 2006)
The writer is a veteran journalist and freelance columnist.
- Roll Call Of Dishonour (Daily Excelsior, Indranil Banerjea, Aug 09, 2006)
Accusations without substance are irresponsible. An accusation to play petty politics is another name for opportunism.
- Indian Health Groups Welcome New Rural Hiv Push (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Aug 09, 2006)
Indian health groups welcomed a government plan on Tuesday to involve tens of thousands of rural politicians in the fight against an HIV/AIDS epidemic, which has made deep inroads in the countryside.
- In Reverse Gear? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 09, 2006)
Not very long ago three journalists belonging to this city had participated in a lively debate organised by a leading private television channel of Pakistan. It was at the peak of bonhomie between India and Pakistan.
- Lebanon - Israel Conflict - A Proxy War? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 09, 2006)
Before analyzing the more than three weeks old Israel attacks on Southern Lebanon, three factors in the global security environment needs to be taken into consideration.
- Tsunami Damaged Marine Turtles And Their Habitats.......... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The December 2004 Tsunami has damaged marine turtles and their habitats in India and 10 other countries, a UN report has said.
- Us Defends India’S Non-Proliferation Record Despite Sanctions (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The George Bush administration has defended India’s non-proliferation record despite imposition of sanctions against two Indian private firms for business dealings with Iran last Friday.
- Gujarat Riot Victims Hunt For Bodies, Justice (Reuters, RUPAM JAIN NAIR, Aug 09, 2006)
After a tip from a local streetsweeper, Amina Habib Rasool and a few friends began digging through a rubbish tip, looking for the remains of sons and husbands four years after they were slaughtered by a Hindu mob.
- Cong Gives Up, Suspends Natwar (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
After its carrot and stick approach failed to cut any ice with the rebellious Natwar Singh, the Congress on Tuesday midnight suspended him from the primary membership of the party and decided to serve a show cause on him.
- Floods Maroon Thousands In Indian Cities, 200 Killed (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Swirling floodwaters inundated several towns and cities in western and southern India on Tuesday as the military deployed helicopters and boats to help hundreds of thousands of marooned people.
- Themes In Art And Mysticism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
This volume is a tribute to Bettina Baumer, a renowned Indologist, one of the foremost expounders of Kashmir Saivism and a well-known figure in the field of inter-religious dialogue.
- Waiting For The General's Story (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 08, 2006)
There is already a buzz about Pervez Musharraf's soon-to-be-released autobiography,In the Line of Fire.
- India-Us Nuke Pack On Track: Boucher (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The Indo-US Nuclear agreement is right on track and is moving swiftly ahead to be taken up by the US Senate in September this year, US Assistant Secretary of State Richard A Boucher said on Monday.
- No Need To Get Mushy (Times of India, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 08, 2006)
All over the world, but notably in the Islamic countries and Europe, the ongoing conflict in Lebanon has become the occasion for another outburst of visceral anti-Americanism.
- "Give Us A Price, Not A Package" (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Aug 08, 2006)
Vidharbha's farmers are unhappy with the "relief packages" announced by the State and the Centre. They want the larger issues driving the suicides addressed.
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