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Articles 9721 through 9820 of 31829:
- How Mumbai Came To Discover Vidharbha (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jun 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's upcoming visit to Vidharbha has had an impact even before he's reached the place. It would, however, be a limited and transient impact if he does not see through the charade.
- Probe Ordered Into Forest Department Scam (Hindu, G. Satyamurty , Jun 28, 2006)
Unaccounted timber worth over Rs 30 lakh legalised by unauthorised permits
Ranger suspended
Conservator's order ignored
- Sc Notices On Petition Challenging J&k Hc Order (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
The Supreme Court today issued notices on a petition challenging the J&K High Court order banning plying of vehicles which are 15 years old.
- Killing Questions (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 28, 2006)
The National Assembly speaker's refusal to permit two questions that sought details of purchases of limousines and expenditures on foreign trips taken by parliamentary delegations is very . . .
- Noon-Meal, Victers Programmes Enthuse South African Team (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Delegation studying education system in the country
Seven-member team is on a visit to India and Thailand to study human resource practices, education management information systems
- 2 British Soldiers, 13 Taliban Killed In Afghan Violence (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Militants killed two British soldiers in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, while 11 suspected Taliban fighters and two Afghan troops died following an insurgent ambush, officials said.
- Congress Panel Moves On U.S.-India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jun 28, 2006)
A key committee on Tuesday took the first step toward approval by the U.S. Congress of a nuclear cooperation deal with India that lawmakers said would promote historic new ties between the two democracies.
- A Mirror Up To... (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 28, 2006)
Parting thoughts of a Vice-Chancellor
The President, as the university’s Visitor, is said to be concerned over the legacy of Tagore and the need to revive the glory that was Visva-Bharati.
- Misguided Missile (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 28, 2006)
The apprehension of living in a dangerous and unpredictable world struck deeper roots in our collective psyche when the Communist thugs of Pyongyang, taking a cue from Iran, decided to test-fire a 15,000-km intercontinental ballistic . . .
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil... (Pioneer, B Raman, Jun 28, 2006)
Both India and China are being nice to each other. But that could be . . .
- First Vote Won Hands Down, Nuclear Deal (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 28, 2006)
Warding off many deal-breaking amendments, the juggernaut of Indo-US nuclear cooperation rolled out of the House International Relations Committee in Washington tonight with solid support from both Republicans and Democrats.
- Ayatollah No To Talks With Usa (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said negotiations with the USA on the nuclear programme would be of no use to Iran, state television reported today.
- The Bobby Buckles (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 28, 2006)
The British police ~ typified by the London Bobby ~ had long been a universal role model. Seldom taking recourse to firearms so unlike the American “copper”, and generally getting the job done using reputation and authority rather than a truncheon . . .
- A Time For Blends (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 28, 2006)
Tata Coffee’s buyout of US-based Eight O’Clock Coffee is a deal of only $220 million, less than the $430-million its parent firm Tata Tea paid for UK-based Tetley six years ago.
- Has Indian Advertising Come Of Age? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 28, 2006)
“Let us prove to the world,” wrote William Bernbach in his 1949 manifesto for ‘creative revolution’, “that good taste, good art, good writing can be good selling.
- Pakistani And Kashmiri Militants Fight Over Supermacy In Jail (Press Trust of India, Anil Bhat, Jun 28, 2006)
The high-security Kotbalwal Jail here has become a virtual war zone with Pakistani and local militants fighting amongst each other in the last few days in a bid to establish supermacy over each other.
- The War That Was (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 28, 2006)
The news media’s ability to cover the Vietnam War without censorship was unlike anything that has been seen since, correspondents who covered that conflict for The Associated Press said during a reunion.
- Furthering Competition On Long Distance Service (The Financial Express, V SRIDHAR, Jun 28, 2006)
To reap the benefits of competition, other than licences, we also need policies and infrastructure
- Bush Lobbies For N-Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
US President George W Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns met several Congressmen and Senators yesterday in a last-minute lobbying . . .
- Cops Thrash Woman In Labour, Killing Baby (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Jun 28, 2006)
In a bizarre incident, a woman constable entered ‘labour room’ and started beating up nine-month pregnant Dalit woman, Raj, a resident of Kuttiwal village in Ajnala tehsil, leading to the death of her male child after delivery.
- Blinking On Iran (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 28, 2006)
No US Government since 1979 has had a serious political strategy regarding Tehran and the Bush Administration is no different, says Richard Perle.
- When Soya Knocks Meat Out (Pioneer, Maneka Gandhi, Jun 28, 2006)
Development means, "progress". It means replacing the inferior with the superior.
- Us Bill Sets India Strict Conditions (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jun 28, 2006)
The Hyde-Lantos Bill to "exempt from certain requirements of the (US) Atomic Energy Act of 1954 a proposed nuclear agreement for cooperation with India" has laid out very stringent and intrusive norms of good behaviour that cover India’s relations . . .
- India Must Help Contain Iran, Says Amended Us Bill (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jun 28, 2006)
The House International Relations Committee (HIRC) on Tuesday commenced a “markup” hearing on House Resolution (HR) 5682, a modified version of HR 4794 that seeks to exempt from certain requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 a proposed . . .
- A New Name For Jklf? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 28, 2006)
The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front became a household name in early 1990s. Millions of people of Jammu and Kashmir were attracted to its ideology and they thought that at last they had a party and ideology which could help them to et to their destination
- Compassion, Source Of Happiness (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Jun 28, 2006)
Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis movement, once advised his analysts to “model themselves during treatment on the surgeon, who puts aside all his feelings, even his human sympathy”.
- Close To Civil War? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 28, 2006)
Militias may not be fighting each other but Iraq is teetering on the brink of civil war, with an alarming rise in killings and kidnappings.
- 10,000 More Troops To Guard Afghan Border (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Jun 28, 2006)
Rice in Pakistan on anti-Taliban mission
* Calls Karzai ‘extraordinary leader’, Musharraf a ‘moderate force’ in Muslim world
* Says increased Taliban activity not ‘political resurgence’
- Saddam To Face Trial For Killing 100,000 Kurds (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Saddam Hussein and six co-defendants will stand trial starting Aug. 21 for his 1980s military campaign against Kurds, Iraq’s High Tribunal said Tuesday.
- Power Plant, Bridges Destroyed In Israeli Air Strike (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
The Israeli Air Force has bombed the Gaza Strip yet again, destroying three bridges and power plant, while its tanks entered the city on Wednesday.
- A Journey To Nowhere (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 28, 2006)
If the number of buses started between India and Pakistan were to be the criterion, the relationship would have been normal. The fact is that the
- An Expanded Vista (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jun 28, 2006)
Relations between India and the United States of America are once again at the crossroads.
- ‘Eu Transferred Terror Suspects To Us Agents (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
The European Union’s top justice official on Tuesday acknowledged suspected terrorists had been transferred to US intelligence agents on European territory, and said governments had a duty to determine whether these actions were illegal.
- Worldview | A Grand Bargain Between U.S., Iran? (Philadephia Inquirer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
The most fascinating part of my trip to Iran in late May was how much Iranian officials wanted to talk about holding talks with the United States.
- Much More Than Personal Drama (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 27, 2006)
For Lakshmi Mittal, the Indian-born steel magnate, the deal Sunday to acquire rival Arcelor caps decades of effort to rise from obscurity to build a global steel conglomerate.
- Pigeon English (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 27, 2006)
Birds- Instead of cruelpractices like starvation and poisoning of pigeons, cities must adopt healthier ways.
- Proving His Mettle (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 27, 2006)
The developed world will now sit up and take note of Mittal.
- Nuke Bill Expected To Strengthen India's Point Of View (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jun 27, 2006)
The House International Committee today takes up for fine-tuning the Civilian Nuclear Energy legislation amidst optimism that there will be no dilution in the bill which is expected to strengthen India's point of view in the landmark Indo-US civilian . .
- Uighur Terrorism In Pakistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 27, 2006)
The Chinese embassy in Islamabad has reportedly complained that members of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) are planning to kidnap senior Chinese diplomats and consular officers in the country.
- Computers To Become Emotionally Aware (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
MIND-READING Computer: What does it do? Analyse a combination of facial movements Applications From improving peoples driving skills to helping companies tailor advertising to peoples moods. Will help tell if driver is confused, bored or tired . . .
- Democracy’S Basic Elements Exist: Pm (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Pakistan has all the essential elements of democracy.
- Rice Urges Joint Pak-Afghan Anti-Taliban Drive (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The United States wants to coordinate better cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan against Taliban fighters in their border region, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.
- State Government To Retain Services Of Daily Wage Workers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Government should withdraw circular issued by Chief Secretary B.K. Das: MLAs
The Karnataka State Government Daily Wage Workers/Employees' Federation had announced a protest in Bangalore
No dearth of funds to provide subsidy for seeds: . . .
- Bush, India Hope For Hurdle-Free Run (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 27, 2006)
Confident of winning a crucial vote tomorrow in the House International Relations Committee, the Bush administration is now seeking widest possible support for “marking up” the bill on nuclear cooperation with India.
- Us Congress Expected To Clear Indian N-Deal In First Vote (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
US lawmakers are expected to give conditional backing this week to a US civilian nuclear deal with India in the first congressional vote on the controversial agreement since it was first adopted nearly a year ago.
- Victim Of Situation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The Ramayana is a kaleidoscopic presentation of the ethics of living where the Supreme Being Himself teaches by example the manner of upholding moral values at all costs and in all circumstances.
- When The Shareholder Held All The Aces (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jun 27, 2006)
Shareholder revolt obliged the Arcelor management to enter into negotiations with Mittal
- We’Re Buying, Can We Sell? (Indian Express, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Jun 27, 2006)
Twelve years ago I passed by a tiny Belgian mountainside town called Huy to write about an Indian steel success story.
- Animals, Agriculture, And City Planning (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Jun 27, 2006)
Providing multipurpose farmland within urban areas could help alleviate poverty besides improving the aesthetics of our cities.
- Mittal And The Art Of Deal-Making (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 27, 2006)
The decision of the board of Arcelor to recommend to its shareholders a merger with Mittal Steel — creating Arcelor-Mittal, to be headquartered in Luxembourg — may bring to a close one of the most strenuously contested takeover attempts in recent . . .
- Karnataka Government To Retain Services Of Daily Wage Employees (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Mlas demand that the circular issued by the Chief Secretary be withdrawn
The Karnataka State Government Daily Wage Workers/Employees Federation had announced a protest in Bangalore
Members in Assembly were sore that the daily wagers were not . . .
- Stirring The Hudood Pot (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 27, 2006)
A Pakistani TV show has sparked a debate on the contraversial Hudood ordiances.
Participants in the TV programme were united in making recommendations for amendments
Contrastingly, the ruling MMA will not support even amendments to the Hudood laws
- Top Lankan General Is Blown Up By Suicide Killer (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
A suicide bomber on a motorcycle rammed into a car carrying Sri Lanka’s third-highest ranking military officer on Monday and blew himself up, killing the general and three other people, officials said.
- News From The Silent Mountain (Business Standard, Nilanjana S Roy, Jun 27, 2006)
In 1965, the CIA dreamed up one of its more harebrained schemes. China had detonated its first atomic bomb in 1964, just after Narinder ‘Bull’ Kumar led an Indian team to a successful ascent of Nanda Devi, the second highest peak in India.
- Money And Inflation (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 27, 2006)
Mr Chidamabaram’s economists need a refresher course.Inflation is defined by the secular fall in the value of money, or the secular rise in the money-prices of all real goods and services. Obviously, the first difficulty with measuring inflation in . . .
- Us Committee To Take Up Fine-Tuning Of Bill On Nuke Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The House International Committee will take up tomorrow the fine-tuning of a bill on the landmark nuclear deal with India amidst indications that the 'mark-up' could involve substantive and procedural changes, including termination of the pact if . ..
- Falsifying History (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Jun 27, 2006)
Attempts to colour the culture and religion of ancient Israel in Islamic hues will make future negotiations over Jerusalem more difficult, says Daniel Pipes
- Soft Underbelly Of Electoral System Exposed (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jun 27, 2006)
Errors in voter lists are more than just bureaucratic bungling.
- Top Us Senator Vows To Scuttle N-Deal (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
A senior United States senator has vowed to do everything he can to scuttle the legislation on the India-US nuclear deal when it is brought to the Senate floor.
- Terror Strike In Sri Lanka (Frontline, V.S. Sambandan, Jun 27, 2006)
ON June 16, Sri Lankans in the Sinhalese-majority north-central Anuradhapura district buried their dead in a mass grave.
- Universities: Renaissance Or Decay? (The Financial Express, RALF DAHRENDORF, Jun 27, 2006)
European universities, as also those in developing countries like India, need to loosen rigid structures.
- Truce In Fata? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 27, 2006)
A day after militants announced a month-long ceasefire in North Waziristan, a suspected car bomber killed at least six soldiers in the agency's capital, Miramshah, on Monday. What is one to make of all of this?
- Shaukat For Realistic, Pragmatic Approach In Foreign Policy (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Jun 27, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that foreign policy is the extension of domestic policies and our diplomats should make concerted and sustained efforts to leverage the successes of our economic, political and social policies achieved during . . .
- Abbas Orders Israeli Soldier Found (International Herald Tribune, STEVEN ERLANGER, Jun 27, 2006)
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, ordered his security services on Monday to find a kidnapped Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip as the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, warned of a "comprehensive and ongoing military action" in Gaza by . . .
- Alarming Rise In Drug Addiction (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 27, 2006)
Drug addiction in Peshawar and other major cities in the country is on the rise as a result of influx of the heroin, hashish and other drugs from Afghanistan, where poppy production has registered unprecedented increase since US occupation of the . . .
- India, Sa, Brazil Collaboration On Aids Vaccine (Statesman, Devirupa Mitra, Jun 27, 2006)
India, Brazil and South Africa are planning to collaborate in the development of a HIV/AIDS vaccine.
- Imposing Democracy By The West (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 27, 2006)
President Abdullah Saleh of Yemen has questioned the rationale behind imposing democracy on the developing world especially in the Muslim countries of Asia, Middle East and North Africa by the West and said ‘we know what democracy is’.
- Maleeha Lodhi May Join Un Chief Race (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jun 27, 2006)
Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf is likely to field former journalist Maleeha Lodhi, now Pakistan’s high commissioner to London, as his government’s candidate for the post of United Nations Secretary-General.
- Bush May Backtrack On Right To Bugging (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
President George W Bush may be considering backtracking on his insistence that the US government can eavesdrop on telephone calls made by Americans without a special warrant from a counterintelligence court, a top Republican senator said.
- Washington Rejects Seoul Request To Engage Pyongyang In Direct Talks (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
South Korea has urged the United States to engage in direct talks with North Korea, but Washington has refused, according to a news report on Monday.
- Heavy Mittal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 27, 2006)
Sunday's announcement of the merger of Mittal Steel with . . .
- Sacrilege At Tirupati Hills (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Jun 27, 2006)
The current initiative of Sri Swarupanandendra Swami of the Visakhapatnam-based Sri Sarada Peetham to mobilise Hindu seers to protect dharma in the face of rising depredations by evangelists has not come a day too soon.
- Some Language Questions (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Jun 27, 2006)
More than half the world's languages may vanish in the next 100 years; However, Kannada, being a vehicle of the region's culture, will not be one of them ---- Kannada is not banned in Bangalore Club. We know why.
- Moscow Is The Priciest: Survey (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Moscow has eclipsed Tokyo as the world's most expensive city, a new survey says. The Russian capital moved up three spots from a year ago thanks to a recent property boom, according to a survey released Monday, while the Japanese capital slipped to . . .
- Accord On The Anvil (Times of India, DILEEP PADGAONKAR, Jun 27, 2006)
This week American law-makers are widely expected to offer a sugar pill with a bitter coating to facilitate Indo-US cooperation in the field of civil nuclear energy.
- Consular Cousins (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 27, 2006)
Thirteen years after the Pakistan consulate shut down in Mumbai following the demolition of Babri masjid, it will soon be back in business.
- Us House, Senate Panels To Vote On Indo-Us N-Deal (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jun 27, 2006)
The US’ House of Representatives Committee on International Relations and the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs will vote on the India-US nuclear deal on June 27 and 28, respectively.
- Danger Signs (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Jun 27, 2006)
American and EU forces must stay in Afghanistan to counter extremism and help the government of President Hamid Karzai to forge security which is a prerequisite for state-building and human development.
- Plug The Leaks (Tribune, Premvir Das, Jun 27, 2006)
The Navy, traditionally called the Silent Service, is in the news and for all the wrong reasons. A spate of accidents, one of them leading to the sinking of a warship, has dogged the sailors and if that were not enough, along comes the ‘War Room Leak’ . .
- Mending Fences With Washington (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Jun 27, 2006)
Forget transatlantic squabbles over the US-led Iraq war and the accompanying tough talk by European Union leaders on making the 25-nation bloc a “counterweight” to the United States.
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