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Articles 6921 through 7020 of 31829:
- Analysis - Passions Rise As Flagship India Dam Fills (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Aug 07, 2006)
It is held up as a flagship for the development of modern India, and reviled as a symbol of how the rights of the poor are trampled upon.
- Citizen Narain (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Aug 07, 2006)
Life’s been quite a whirl for Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Director Sunita Narain ever since she unveiled CSE’s second set of tests that showed the country’s soft drinks industry hadn’t improved its act over the past three years with . . .
- Change Is The Only Constant (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Aug 07, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear agreement, in my opinion, will be passed, as there are several economic benefits the two sides can expect from it. Moreover, the Cold War arguments are no longer relevant in today's world.
- Indo-Pak Peace Moot Put Off (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
An Indo-Pak peace conference that was to begin in Lahore on Sunday was put off due to the Pakistani government’s refusal to grant visas to 182 Indian delegates including Magsaysay award winner Sandeep Pandey and documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan, . .
- Half A Million Homeless In India Floods (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Rescuers in India stepped up efforts on Sunday to help hundreds of thousands of people forced from their homes by floods in a southern state as torrential rain hit the country’s financial capital.
- ‘Iran Tried To Import Uranium From Congo’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Iran tried to import uranium for its nuclear programme from the Democratic Republic of Congo but the shipment was intercepted in Tanzania, The Sunday Times reported, citing a senior Tanzanian customs officer.
- Welcome, The Old World Order (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Aug 07, 2006)
It is ironic that even the leaders who call for the new world order and who, one would think, have the power to make it happen, are complicit in perpetuating the old world. From the various pulls and pressures around the world, mainly by the US and . ..
- Manmohan Was Opposed To Nuke Tests: Jaswant (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh on Sunday claimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was opposed to Narasimha Rao government’s plans to conduct nuclear tests.
- Why Are Well-Off Children Unhappy? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 07, 2006)
Parental pressure to succeed has created a lost generation, warns a controversial new book that is taking the US by storm.
- China Increases Pressure On Tibet (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2006)
Beijing – China’s Communist Party has been tightening its grip on Tibet in recent months, resorting to language and measures not seen since the repression of the late 1990s.
- Rhetoric, Atomised (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 07, 2006)
Parliament this week, like last week, is likely to see plenty of “nationalist” criticism of the India-US nuclear deal. In the US, as the nuclear bill goes to the Senate, “nonproliferation” advocates are talking it down again.
- Natwar Moves Privilege Breach Notice Against Pm (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Former External affairs minister K Natwar Singh will invite disciplinary action from the Congress if he goes ahead with his notice for breach of privilege against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the leak of the Justice RS Pathak Inquiry . . .
- Wrong Pest (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 07, 2006)
When denial works, nothing else is needed. The cola companies, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, have confidently denied the possibility of impermissible levels of pesticides in their products.
- Save The Children (Tribune, Kim Sengupta, Aug 07, 2006)
A huge number of the victims of Israeli-Hezbollah war in Lebanon – the dead, the maimed and the dispossessed – are children.
- What We Still Don't Understand About Hizbollah (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
A terrorism expert, who has studied 462 suicide bombings, says such acts have little to do with religious extremism and that the West must engage politically to halt the slaughter.
- The Conflict Will Damage Lebanese Workers (Hindu, Heather Stewart, Aug 07, 2006)
The damage to infrastructure in Lebanon is The damage to infrastructure in Lebanon is estimated to cost at least ś13 billion to repair.
- "Narmada Valley Projects Will Be Completed On Schedule" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
M.P. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan chairs review meeting
- Protests In Indonesia Over Israeli Action (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Aug 07, 2006)
Thousands of Indonesian protesters held rallies in Jakarta and some other major cities on Sunday to denounce the U.S. for supporting Israel in its military offensive in Lebanon.
- Improving Delivery Of Public Services (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
The focus of the recently released, India-specific, World Bank's Development Policy Review, is seen in its title "Inclusive Growth and Service Delivery: building on India's success."
- "For The U.S., The Nuclear Issue Of Iran Is Just An Excuse" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
As Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council,Ali Larijaniis Iran's top nuclear negotiator. In an interview with The Hindu in Tehran on Saturday, he discussed Iran's nuclear programme, its relations with India and the escalating crisis . . .
- No Need Of Alarm (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 07, 2006)
Iraq's 'civil war' threat is not new ---- There has been a sudden change in the tone of the top echelons of the United States military establishment on the issue of Iraq.
- Flood Situation Continues To Be Grim (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Godavari continues to play havoc in parts of Telangana and Andhra; toll mounts to 63
- 'Anti-Us Crusader' Gets Left Nod (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Aug 07, 2006)
Relations between the Congress and Left allies entered another critical phase on Sunday with the latter extending support to former external affairs minister Natwar Singh in his battle against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the leak of the Justice . . .
- Colas And Farmer (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 07, 2006)
Soft drinks in face of hard truths ---- For the second time in three years, a Delhi-based environmental NGO has tested samples of popular colas and found them contaminated by pesticides at levels that are deemed dangerous for human consumption.
- 10 Israeli Soldiers Die In Hizbollah Rocket Attack (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Hizbollah killed 10 Israeli soldiers today in its deadliest rocket strike yet and Israeli bombs killed 10 Lebanese civilians as Lebanon rejected a draft U.N. resolution to end the 26-day-old war.
- Natwar Singh Dares Congress With Privilege Move (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The simmering fight between Natwar Singh and the Congress leadership came to the surface on Sunday after the former external affairs minister — along with 33 other MPs from SP, AIADMK and TDP — moved a breach of privilege notice against the . . .
- Ipi Gas Deal (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 07, 2006)
Pakistan and India are united on something at last: on the fact that they both want a far lower price than what Iran is demanding.
- Natwar's War Gains Momentum (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Aug 07, 2006)
SP, TDP, ADMK & BJP also to bombard PM with privilege notices ---- As the UPA Government plunged from one crisis to another, Natwar Singh's privilege notice against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh got widespread support from the Opposition and the . . .
- New Ajk Cabinet Sworn In (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The new cabinet of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) was sworn in Monday here at Kashmir House.
- Us Is Not Making Case For Democracy’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The United States is not making the case for freedom, democracy and western law to the rest of the world, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said.
- Adb Refuses Dam Funds (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has refused to provide any funds this year for the Bhasha dam construction project due to “political concerns”, sources have revealed.
- The Global Battle For Ideas Cannot Be Fought With Guns (Guardian (UK), Jackie Ashley , Aug 07, 2006)
Bush and Blair's belief that Islamism could be bombed into submission was deluded. We need to find a middle way
- `Indo-Us Nuclear Deal On Track' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement is on track and slated to be taken up by the US Senate in September this year, the US Assistant-Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Mr Richard Boucher, said on Monday.
- 152 Rebels Slain, Claims Lanka (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
At least 152 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in air attacks by the Sri Lankan security forces in the island’s northeast as the troops took full control over the Muslim coastal town of Muttur...
- Israeli Forces Step Up Bombardment (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Israel on Saturday launched its heaviest bombardment of the nearly month-long conflict in southern Lebanon, carrying out 250 air raids and firing 4,000 shells...
- Jaswant’S Yes And No. What Can It Be? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2006)
It isn’t easy to create a sense of high anticipation and to sustain it for some drama-packed days, only to let it subside into an anticlimax.
- Upa Accused Of Dumping Proposal For 6 New Aiims (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The BJP today accused the Congress-led UPA of putting to cold storage the proposal of the previous NDA government for opening six new AIIMS and upgradation of six existing hospitals to the level of AIIMS.
- Us Slaps Sanctions On 2 Indian Firms (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The US government has imposed sanctions on two Indian and five other companies from Russia, North Korea and Cuba for allegedly supplying banned equipment and technology to Iran.
- Israel Carries Out Heaviest Yet Bombardment Of Lebanon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
America says U.N. resolution designed to halt the war is nearing completion
- Rushdie Vs Greer, Standing Room Only (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
It began as a territorial dispute between a low-budget film production company and a group of Bengali traders determined, they said, to protect the reputation of the community living in Britain’s best-known Asian street.
- Whodunit? (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 06, 2006)
A secondary controversy around the expulsion by Pakistan of Indian diplomat Deepak Kaul has broken out over which side went to the media first with the information.
- Farm Sector Growth Is A Mission Possible (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2006)
"We have to learn to convert information into knowledge and that knowledge into equity" -Mangla rai
- Pak Must Destroy Terror Infrastructure: Doval (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 06, 2006)
A quintessential “operations” man and the Bhishma Pitamah of the Indian intelligence brass, Ajit Kumar Doval (IPS 1968 batch, Kerala cadre), is viewed as a national asset.
- Mountain In The Molehill (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 06, 2006)
Did you notice that in the entire commotion over the Jaswant Singh mole revelation nobody talked about the one aspect which, if any at all, should have mattered today? And it is not so much as to who the mole was, but whether or not a leakage did . . .
- Ruthless Dna (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 06, 2006)
Congress reveals its true colours ---- The scapegoating of former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh through the selectively leaked report of the Justice Pathak Inquiry Committee late Thursday evening shows the lengths to which the . . .
- Splendour By The Spans (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The grand stone `bridges' of the Arches National Park, Utah, are awe-inspiring.
- Soldiers Seize Town Captured By Ltte (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 06, 2006)
Sri Lankan soldiers on Saturday said they re-established control over a northeastern town that had been the scene of fierce clashes in recent days, and urged the thousands of civilians displaced by the fighting to return.
- Spare Us The Whims And Fancies (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 06, 2006)
There are some good reasons why a parliamentary resolution on the Indo-US nuclear deal is a bad idea. Unlike practical legislation, resolutions reflect emotion and sentiment, things that ought to be kept in check when dealing with a country’s . . .
- Taxing The Victims (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Aug 06, 2006)
Compassion may hardly be a virtue of income tax authorities, but it is still flabbergasting to know that whatever compensation government pays to the victims of disasters as token relief is taxed by the taxmen.
- Pak Asks Un, Us To Help On Evidence Against Extremists (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Pakistan has sought the help of United Nations and the United States to provide ‘‘incriminating evidence’’ against its banned religious extremists groups to expedite prosecution of members of these outfits.
- Pathak & Action Taken Reports Tomorrow (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 06, 2006)
In a bid to derail the Opposition campaign against the UPA government on the Pathak Authority report, the Centre has decided to table its findings in Parliament on Monday along with its Action Taken Report (ATR).
- Politics Of The Right Of Self-Determination (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 06, 2006)
The Pakistan Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, in an interview with Outlook correspondent Saba Naqvi Bhaumik, said that though Indo-Pakistan relations are moving in the right direction, but the "core issue" of Kashmir has to be settled first. When asked . . .
- Children Protest Against Israel Killings In Lebanon (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Hundreds of schoolchildren under the banner of ‘Bachpan Bachao Andolan’ and the Global March Against Child Labour today joined a protest march against the killing of innocent children, women and old persons by Israel in Lebanon.
- Us Slaps Sanctions On Two Indian Firms (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The US government has imposed sanctions on two Indian and five other companies from Russia, North Korea and Cuba for allegedly supplying banned equipment and technology to Iran.
- A’Hlan Wa Sahlan! (New Indian Express, Jemima Raman, Aug 06, 2006)
As I stepped off the aircraft — and before I could breathe or stretch my travel weary limbs — the words came tumbling from nowhere in particular:
- Sri Lankan Town Deserted And Devastated By Battle (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
After days of heavy fighting in this eastern town, jumpy Sri Lankan soldiers are almost the only signs of life on streets littered with fallen power lines, spent cartridges and dead animals.
- 55 Killed In Lebanon Blitz As Foreigners Flee (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
At least 55 civilians were killed as Israeli jets and gunboats pummelled towns and villages across Lebanon and tens of thousands of people fled a conflict that both sides defiantly warned would have no limit.
- Lebanon Demands Amendments In Proposed Un Ceasefire Draft (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Lebanon rejects a draft of UN Security Council proposed by US and France, which aims to bring about a ceasefire with Israel, and wants the text to be amended, a government source told a French news agency on Sunday.
- Pretexts, Provocations And Consequences (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 06, 2006)
When a series of bomb blasts ripped through seven commuter trains, causing mayhem in Mumbai nine days ago, it was hardly surprising that suspicion immediately fell on Islamist militants, with Lashkar-i-Taiba becoming the main focus of attention on . . .
- Lebanon: A Killing Field (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 06, 2006)
All sane minds the world over must be appalled by the call by Rabbis’ Council in the West Bank for killing all civilians in Gaza and Lebanon.
- Us Sanctions On Russian Groups Due To Iran And Venezuela (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
US sanctions against Russian aircraft maker Sukhoi and arms exporter Rosoboronexport over their dealings with Iran could be linked to a contract to modernise Tehran’s air force jets, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Saturday.
- Attack On The Idea Of India (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Aug 06, 2006)
How ironic that Tony Blair should be the first major political leader to point out that the nature of our Kashmir problem has changed.
- Israel Bombs North Beirut, Severs Strategic Road Link (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Dozens of civilians reported buried in rubble after airstrikes, aid struggles to reach Beirut after bridges, roads destroyed
- Pakistan, India Expel Diplomats (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Indian visa councillor caught with ‘sensitive documents’
- Choice Was Clear, Historic Change Is On The Way (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 06, 2006)
giving its nod to the N-deal, the US House of Representatives has taken Indo-American ties to a broader, deeper level
- Cliches At 22 (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Terrorist, John Updike’s new novel, is set in a declining factory town in New Jersey ironically named New Prospect.
- The House They All Built (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 06, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party would not be itself if it stopped playing politics with history. As the real intentions of the BJP in raking up a controversy about an American “mole” in P.V. Narasimha Rao’s PMO become clear, Sonia Gandhi and Prime . . .
- Natwar At War (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Aug 06, 2006)
Slaps privilege notice on PM * Plans massive Jat jalsa to flex muscle ---- Treated as an untouchable by a party which he served for more than four decades, Congress veteran Natwar Singh has decided to declared war on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh . . .
- Force Attention On Terrorism (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 06, 2006)
It is interesting to note the giddy veering of India's political rhetoric from belligerence in the immediate wake of the Mumbai blasts, to conciliation just a couple of weeks later. Interesting, but not surprising.
- Code Revisited (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 06, 2006)
Changes in CrPC are welcome ---- With the tabling in Parliament of the Bill incorporating significant changes in the Criminal Procedure Code, it seems a matter of time before the new provisions comes to the succour of the aggrieved.
- 'N Korea Moves Second Missile From Launch Site' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
North Korea may have removed a long-range missile from a launch site, lowering the possibility of the communist regime immediately carrying out further tests, a South Korean official said on Friday.
- Singh Sets Terms For Left Nuclear Inputs (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to address the concerns of the Left on the Indo-US nuclear deal on Thursday.
- Centre Tilting Towards U.S.: Basu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
'Not keeping to an independent foreign policy line as spelt out in the CMP'
- Tigers Halt Operation Amid ‘Humanitarian Disaster’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
No ceasefire declared yet
Govt accuses Tigers of massacring 100 refugees
- Natwar Has 'Nuclear Arms' Ready (Pioneer, PTI, Aug 06, 2006)
Isolated in the Congress in the wake of the Pathak report, former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh appears to be mobilising political parties opposed to the Indo-US nuclear deal in a move aimed at embarrassing the party and the coalition. . .
- Tigers Halt Attack, Pull Back (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels said they had halted an offensive on a government-held town in the east today and were pulling back, a sign that conflict on the island may be easing off.
- Krishna Water Release From August 15 (Hindu, M. Malleswara Rao, Aug 06, 2006)
We will refer Palar project design to Tamil Nadu, says Rajasekhara Reddy
High-level team led by Stalin holds talks with Chief Minister
Lining work on Telugu Ganga canal to be stopped to facilitate water release
- U.S. Sikhs Win Battle To Build Gurdwara (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
In a major victory for Sikhs in the United States, a San Francisco court has held that the community has the right to build a gurdwara in its neighbourhood.
- Iran Wants Nuclear Talks, But Not At Gunpoint (Hindu, N. Ram , Aug 06, 2006)
No problem with India's nuclear deal, only with U.S. `double standards'
- Force Attention On Terrorism (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Aug 05, 2006)
It is interesting to note the giddy veering of India's political rhetoric from belligerence in the immediate wake of the Mumbai blasts, to conciliation just a couple of weeks later. Interesting, but not surprising.
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