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Articles 12021 through 12120 of 31829:
- Declaration Of Nepal As Secular State Criticised (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2006)
Nepal parliament's proclamation declaring the world's only Hindu Kingdom as a secular state has evoked a mixed response with the majority Hindu groups saying the decision has hurt the community.
- Planning For Poverty (Tribune, G. S. Grewal, May 21, 2006)
Constitutionally speaking, India is not a welfare state. At least the Preamble does not contain this expression.
- Iran's Iraq Strategy (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, May 21, 2006)
From the moment the first U.S. warheads detonate over an Iranian nuclear installation, the United States will be at war with the Islamic Republic.
- No Islamistan In India (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, May 20, 2006)
Earlier this week, when noted Shia cleric Kalbe Jawwad announced that a group of Muslim organisations, including Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, had decided to come together and launch the People's Democratic Front, little did he realise that it would . . .
- History, Heresy, Conspiracy (Pioneer, Ashok Malik, May 20, 2006)
In 1804, two centuries before Dan Drown found his way to bestseller lists, the mystic and poet William Blake scripted his literary tour de force, Jerusalem.
- N-Deal With India On Track: Us (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, May 20, 2006)
The Bush administration on Thursday brushed aside suggestions that the US-India civilian nuclear deal was in “serious trouble” and expressed confidence that it will be approved by members of the US Congress.
- Eat Dairy Products To Have Twins, Says Study (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2006)
New York, May 20(PTI) Want twins? Take milk and eat dairy products, a new study says.
- The Other Ooty (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2006)
Pagoda Point at Yercaud offers some picturesque orchards and a bit of history
- Why Free Trade May Not Deliver (Daily Excelsior, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, May 20, 2006)
Prime Minister Dr Manmo-han Singh has suggested the formation of a Pan-Asia Free Trade Area including China and Japan.
- Killing Farm Economy (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, May 20, 2006)
Fear is often a constructive emotion. But much of it may be set off by unfortunate memories.
- Victims Of A Surrogate War (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, May 20, 2006)
The inhuman killing of telecom engineer K. Suryanarayana in Afghanistan, where he was working on behalf of a Bahrain firm, by the barbaric forces known as the Taliban has closely followed a rush of video/audio tapes carrying anti-US and anti-India . . .
- Tamil Nadu: Minister Palanivelrajan Dead (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2006)
The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Minister P T R Palanivelrajan suffered a massive heart attack while travelling in a train and died at a private hospital at Dindigul early this morning.
- Montenegro Readies For Independence Vote (Tribune, MATTHEW MCALLESTER, May 20, 2006)
On the rippling waters of the unspoiled Bay of Kotor sit the warships that make up what remains of the once-formidable Yugoslav Navy.
- Iran Still Persecutes The Baha’Is (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, May 20, 2006)
A nation's progress should be judged not on the basis of its achievements in science and technology but in the field of human rights.
- The Siachen Question (Tribune, Lieut-Gen Harwant Singh (retd), May 20, 2006)
Times change, people change, the world has changed, policies are being realigned, free trade, etc, is the current mantra.
- Getting The Name Right (Deccan Herald, KAUSALYA RAMASESHAN, May 20, 2006)
Changing a name is exciting for the person concerned and others around him
- When Money Is Evil (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, May 20, 2006)
During his recent visit to India, Meghnad, Lord Desai of St Clement Danes and his pretty, Punjabi second wife Kishwar Ahluwalia (nee Rosha) gave me his recently published book The Route of All Evil: the Political Economy of Ezra Pound (Saber).
- Going Bananas (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 20, 2006)
A very important food crop might go extinct
- Iran-U.S. Tussle Fuels Anxieties In Oil Heartland (Hindu, Atul Aneja , May 20, 2006)
While their dependence on the U.S. is extensive, the GCC countries are in no position to adopt a confrontational posturevis-à-visIran.
- After The Hype (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 20, 2006)
There are unresolved questions on how the agreement with the new management of Dunlop was rushed through a few days prior to the assembly election, raising hopes that the factory which has been closed for several years throwing thousands out of work . . .
- The Haitian Miracle? (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, May 20, 2006)
This spring’s presidential election in Haiti sadly re-enforced the country’s blighted reputation.
- Npt Under Attack (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 19, 2006)
It is not surprising that the United States is now picking holes in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that has been in force for over 35 years.
- Bear Hug (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 19, 2006)
The capital market seems to have marked the anniversary of May 17, 2004 a day later.
- Economic Growth Best Medicine For The Ill (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 19, 2006)
If India is to improve the health of its people, policies promoting growth will have to take precedence
- A Brave New Left On The Horizon? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 19, 2006)
Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee riding the crest of a popular tsunami is raring to go, even if it means breaking loose from the stalwarts of the Left living in the past. The chances of a schism within the CPI(M) are very real with Mr Bhattacharjee . . .
- India's U.S.-Style Lobbyists (International Herald Tribune, Anand Giridharadas, May 19, 2006)
Gaining political influence in India was once a simple affair: You handed over a suitcase of cash, in nonsequential notes.
- Pakistan’S Economy A Success Story: Us (Pakistan Observer, Dr Jassim Taqui, May 19, 2006)
The United States is working through a three-pronged strategy to help the seven countries of South Asia — Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka — become more free, stable and prosperous, Assistant Secretary of . . .
- Taliban Storm Afghan Town: 100 Killed; Karzai Criticises Pakistan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
About 100 people were killed in two of the most violent days in Afghanistan since the 2001 ouster of the Taliban, as hundreds of insurgents attacked a southern town and fighting flared across the country.
- Bush Requests $1.9b To Bolster Borders (US News & World Report, SUZANNE GAMBOA, May 19, 2006)
President Bush sent Congress a $1.9 billion request Thursday to increase border security as supporters of sweeping immigration legislation reasserted control in Senate debate.
- Claims And Reality (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 19, 2006)
With the annual budget only about two weeks away, the usual reports about the shape and size of the forthcoming budget, its theme and direction, its targets and emphasis have started appearing in the media.
- Iran Gas Pipeline Project (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, May 19, 2006)
The United States is against the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline and that is why it is making efforts to help New Delhi meet its energy needs, says a senior American official.
- A War Of Diminishing Returns (Hindu, R. Hariharan, May 19, 2006)
The LTTE's fight now stands reduced to a turf war to establish its rights over the northeast. Its continued escalation of violence means increased loss of international sympathy for Sri Lankan Tamils.
- A Dutch Story For Our Times (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, May 19, 2006)
The Name Ayaan Hirsi Ali may not ring a bell in India, but in Britain and indeed across Europe she became a bit of a celebrity for her relentless attacks on Islam and Muslim immigrants whom she blamed for social tensions in the Netherlands, . . .
- What Is The Way Out? : Crisis In The Muslim World-Ii (Dawn, Shahid M. Amin, May 19, 2006)
With regard to the Iran crisis, the issue here is that the US and several other countries are convinced that Iran is trying to achieve nuclear weapons capability.
- The Bengal Paradox (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 19, 2006)
Latin Americans did not invent magic realism. West Bengal politics did.
- Focus On Distribution (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 19, 2006)
There is a flurry of activity on the power front, or so it would appear. Reportedly, the power ministry has set the onerous task of commissioning as many as 53 generation projects totaling 20,300 MW in the current fiscal.
- 64 Months Into The White House (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a £7.5 perch in my lake,” George W Bush told a German newspaper reporter who wanted to know which was his best moment as president of the USA.
- Economics Of Nuclear Power (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, May 19, 2006)
There are many critics of Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
- Their Plane To Pakistan (Pioneer, Samuel Baid, May 19, 2006)
With pressure mounting on Musharraf to democratise, 2007 is going to prove crucial for Pakistan and its neighbours, says Samuel Baid
- Iran's Secrecy Widens Gap In Nuclear Intelligence (New York Times, WILLIAM J BROAD, May 19, 2006)
South of Tehran, the desert gives way to barbed wire, antiaircraft guns and a maze of buildings, two of them cavernous underground halls roughly half the size of the Pentagon.
- India Sees Role In U.N. Slate (Betsy Pisik) (Washington Times, Betsy Pisik, May 19, 2006)
India is seeking an expanded role for the General Assembly in the selection of the next U.N. secretary-general, potentially curbing the power of the five veto-wielding members of the Security Council.
- Strengthening Terror (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, May 19, 2006)
Withdrawal of Israeli civilians and soldiers from West Bank will not only destabilise the region, but also affect America's interest, says Daniel Pipes
- Chanchu Hits China, Toll Up To 47 (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Tropical Storm Chanchu pummeled southern China on Thursday, killing at least eight people to bring its death toll in Asia to 47 while flooding scores of homes in an area where officials evacuated more than 1 million people.
- Pak Will Continue With Mischief (Rediff on the Net, VIJAY DANDAPANI, May 19, 2006)
Pakistan's categorisation as a failed State by Foreign Policy magazine has predictably drawn the ire of most Pakistanis. Equally, many Indians have reacted with (mostly silent) glee best described by the German word schadenfreude.
- Assembly Elections In Five States (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, May 19, 2006)
There is something positive for all the UPA constituents which had contested the recent assembly polls. If the Left parties chalked up landslide wins in their traditional bastions West Bengal and Kerala, Congress managed to overcome . . .
- Iran Pulls Curtain On Atom Sites (International Herald Tribune, WILLIAM J BROAD, May 19, 2006)
Due south of Tehran, the desert gives way to barbed wire, anti-aircraft guns and a maze of buildings, two of them cavernous underground halls.
- Pak, Libya To Strengthen Economic, Trade Ties (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Thursday said Pakistan and Libya shared identical views on important regional and global issues and hoped his visit would open up new avenues of cooperation between the two countries in economic, political, defence and . . .
- U.S. Indictment For Big Law Firm In Class Actions (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
The nation's leading class-action securities law firm, Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman, and two of its partners were charged yesterday with making more than $11 million in secret payments to three individuals who served as plaintiffs in more than . . .
- Us Hopes India Will Support Fmct (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, May 19, 2006)
The United States has expressed hope that India will support the draft international treaty introduced by Washington in the UN's Council of Disarmament to halt production of fissile materials.
- State Reserve Police Deployed (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Personnel of the State Reserve Police were deployed in Dabhoi town of this district today following recovery of bodies of two Muslim children from inside a car, police said.
- Project Afghanistan: Pakistan And Nato (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 19, 2006)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) wants closer military and political relations with Pakistan.
- Gamble Could Prove Counter-Productive (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 19, 2006)
Affirmative action must begin at the level of schools so that 'backward' students get equal opportunities in employment, says RC Acharya
- Anybody Listening In Pakistan? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, May 19, 2006)
On the face of it the "Charter of Democracy" signed by Ms Benazir Bhutto and Mr Nawaz Sharif in London seems to be a hopeful sign for the neighbouring country.
- Tata Steel Net Profit Improves (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
The company controlled costs despite higher input prices
Reduced use of imported coal
Recommends 130 p.c. dividend
Jamshedpur expansion project on schedule
- Victims’ Kin Demand Revival Of Death Penalty (Tribune, KIM MURPHY, May 19, 2006)
Prospects of a guilty verdict in the trial of the only surviving hostage-taker in the 2004 Beslan school siege have now turned the debate here to Russia’s 10-year-old moratorium on the death penalty.
- Buddhadeb Ministry Sworn In At A Glittering Ceremony (Hindu, Marcus Dam, May 19, 2006)
Chief Minister calls for a `totally corruption-free' administration
Main concern is to increase peoples' purchasing power
To work for greater industrialisation
Not to allow hire-and-fire policy of corporates
- Is There A Global Food Shortage? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 19, 2006)
World agriculture has so far been able to produce enough food to meet the needs of 6.5 billion people.
- Eu Film Festival In India (Daily Excelsior, Santosh Mehta, May 19, 2006)
The Eleventh European Union (EU) film festival just concluded in New Delhi. It will now go to Kolkata, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram.
- America's War On The Yuan (Business Line, K.Subramanian, May 19, 2006)
Hawks in the US were expecting the latest bi-annual `Report to Congress on International Economic and Foreign Exchange Rate Policies' released by the US Treasury to brand China as a "currency manipulator." K. SUBRAMANIAN looks at the circumstances . . .
- Arun Prakash (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
"We are watching the situation in Sri Lanka very carefully"
Indian Navy and its Sri Lankan counterpart are in regular touch with each other
There has been no incident of LTTE boats intruding into Indian territory
- Navy Engaged In Joint Patrolling To Check Trans-National Crimes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Chief of Naval Staff lays stress on need for "maritime domain awareness"
India on verge of launching initiative for cooperation and pooling of resources by maritime neighbours
Demand from neighbours for training, hardware and . . .
- Mumbai Inspector Helps Nab Jewel Thief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Police round up two persons from lodge
Implements give away culprit
The two have been in Mumbai police records
One of the accused said to have confessed to police
- Charter For Democracy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 19, 2006)
Pakistan’s two former Prime Ministers, Ms Benazir Bhutto and Mr Nawaz Sharif, living in exile, deciding to jointly launch a drive against Gen Pervez Musharraf’s rule may influence considerably the course of politics in India’s neighbourhood.
- Not Out Of The Box (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, May 19, 2006)
The Buddhist-Marxist confrontation may well turn ugly
- What We Need To Tell Iran (Washington Post, David Ignatius, May 19, 2006)
How do you answer a letter from an Iranian president that catalogues the perfidies of U.S. policy and then sweetly asks America to "return to the teachings of the prophets"?
- Bush Losing His Cards On Iran (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 18, 2006)
Russia and China will ‘definitely not approve’ the use of force against Iran over its nuclear programme, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after meeting with Chinese leaders in Beijing on Tuesday. ‘We believe that we should not isolate . . .
- Kashmir Solution Vital For Peace, Progress (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 18, 2006)
Almost every peace-loving and friendly country of India and Pakistan both has come many a times, to re-evaluate their stances in 0order to facilitate the resolution of the issue of Jammu and Kashmir — a predominantly Muslim majority State which . . .
- Tehran Offers Eu Own Nuclear Deal (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Iran on Wednesday offered greater European access to its economy if its nuclear programme was accepted, the exact opposite of a deal currently being put together by the European Union.
- Us Concerned Over Iran Gas Pipeline Project (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Citing Tehran's "unpredictability" as the reason for its concern over the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, the United States has said it was making efforts to help New Delhi with its energy needs.
- The First Day (Deccan Herald, V Pradeep Kumar, May 18, 2006)
Academics are idiosyncratically different, but a few can bring the best out of their students.
- Indians In Afghanistan (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, May 18, 2006)
Lauding its “determination and courage” in fighting terrorism and stopping nuclear proliferation, former US Secretary of State Colon Powell joyously declared that Pakistan was a “major non-NATO ally” on March 16, 2004.
- Danger Looms In Afghanistan (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, May 18, 2006)
Lauding its "determination and courage" in fighting terrorism and stopping nuclear proliferation, former US Secretary of State Colin Powell joyously declared on March 16, 2004, that Pakistan was a "major non-NATO ally".
- Breaking The Iran Nuclear Impasse (Hindu, Praful Bidwai, May 18, 2006)
After Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landmark letter to George W. Bush, many in Teheran expect more overtures favouring a diplomatic solution. India must strongly back these moves, not passively tail Washington's hardline agendas.
- Sao Paulo Violence Eases, 115 Killed (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Widespread violence eased on Tuesday after five days of attacks on police headquarters, buses and public buildings that paralysed South America's largest city and left 115 people dead.
- Nri Gujaratis To Pitch For Narendra Modi's Us Visa (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
US-based Association of Indian American of North America (AIANA) will pressurize American President George W Bush to grant US visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi enabling him to attend a Gujarati conference in New Jersey.
- Hamas Puts Forces Into Gaza (International Herald Tribune, Greg Myre, May 18, 2006)
The Hamas-led Palestinian government on Wednesday deployed a new security force in a move that directly challenges the authority of the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, who last month vetoed the creation of the security service.
- ``Do Not Open The Door To Naxals'' (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, May 18, 2006)
Gandhian takes up cause of landless labour
Corporate houses to pay a nominal rent of Rs. 60 an acre per annum
Government failed to publicise original GR among farmers, says Vaidya
- Us-India Nuke Deal Net Gain For Non-Proliferation: Boucher (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Admitting that the Indo-US nuclear deal was a "real-world agreement" that was not "perfect", a senior US State Department official has asserted that it would still be a "net gain for non-proliferation".
- Gen Beg’S Wisdom (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 18, 2006)
Former army chief Gen Mirza Aslam Beg often speaks his mind, proving that it is not necessary for a general to be in power to spew pearls of wisdom.
- No Security Guarantees For Iran: Us (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Shehzada Alam said that the mobile number portability system (MNP) will be implemented from November 2006.
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