|
|
|
|
|
|
Articles 12921 through 13020 of 31829:
- Taliban Behead Indian Engineer Before Deadline (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, May 01, 2006)
The black visage of the Taliban was waved to India again today as the terrorist outfit jumped their own deadline and killed their captive K. Suryanarayan, the second Indian worker to be killed in Afghanistan in less than six months.
- Arjun: Up To Manmohan To Decide (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, May 01, 2006)
Sibal's remarks on reservation for OBCs
To appeal to medical students to call off stir
Says Centre is dedicated to CMP
- China's New Push On The African Continent (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 01, 2006)
Hu Jintao's three-nation Africa tour to Morocco, Nigeria, and Kenya might have received only a sliver of the international limelight his much-heralded visit to the United States generated a week earlier, but in China itself...
- Alternative Approaches To West Asian Crises (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, May 01, 2006)
Given the linkages, prioritisation would need to be eschewed in favour of parallel and simultaneous progress on Palestine, Iraq, and Iran.
- Significance Of Mayiladuthurai Find (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, May 01, 2006)
Links between Harappa and Neolithic Tamil Nadu
- More Than A Demat Scam (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 01, 2006)
The order of the capital market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, against several firms and individuals who have participated in the so-called demat scam was both comprehensive and unprecedented in its stringency.
- Some Thoughts, Some Reservations (Indian Express, Fali S. Nariman, May 01, 2006)
A case of great constitutional significance is being argued before a bench of five justices of the Supreme Court, presided over by the chief justice of India.
- Iran Refuses To Blink (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 01, 2006)
With Iran refusing to meet a gun-to-its-head `deadline' to suspend its uranium enrichment activities, the debate over sanctions is virtually guaranteed to flare up again in the United Nations Security Council.
- Deconstructing The Policy Prescription (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, May 01, 2006)
On April 21, 2006 in the run-up to the IMF meeting, finance ministers and central bank governors of the G-7 countries issued a statement that bears scrutiny.
- Cornering Iran (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
The escalating international brawl we are seeing is not between the US and Iran, even though the former may be taking the lead in pointing fingers at Tehran’s nuclear activities.
- Regulation Must Target Market Cynicism (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, May 01, 2006)
Unscrupulous practices dampen genuine retail investor interest in IPOs
One only hopes the market participants and investors — even the most hardened cynics among them — see the true meaning of the regulatory action.
- Will An Oil Boycott Work? (Business Line, C. Gopinath , May 01, 2006)
Could boycotting one top oil company offer solution to runaway petrol prices? Unlikely. Alternative sources of energy need to be aggressively pursued. Lifestyle changes need to be made. Governments need to set taxes at a level that would alter . . .
- A Friend Of India (Hindu, Harish Khare , May 01, 2006)
Very few Americans have endeared themselves to Indians. John Kenneth Galbraith was an honourable exception.
- Collage Of Dances (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , May 01, 2006)
The World Dance Day celebrations at Alliance was a vibrant coming together of Indian dance forms from Kathak to Somana Kunita
- A New Strategy On Iran (Washington Post, DENNIS ROSS, May 01, 2006)
The United States and Iran are playing programmed roles in a minuet on nuclear weapons.
- Taliban Sets Deadline To Kill Hostage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Saran rejects demand for pullout of Indian citizens from Afghanistan
- Behind The Scam (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 30, 2006)
In one of its sternest orders ever, the Security and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has barred 24 market participants from participating in the stock market for their role in the IPO scam.
- Indus Cities Dried Up With Monsoon (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Apr 30, 2006)
It wasn’t raiders from the north but a weakened monsoon that spelled doom for the Indus valley civilisation, suggests a study published this week.
- Boom Time For Medicare (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Apr 30, 2006)
As medical tourism looks set to expand further, India must make use of the opportunity while ensuring that it does not create a health divide.
India's tertiary healthcare sector is on the road to global fame.
- The Himalayan Yawn-Spiracy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The author fails to draw the reader into the intricacies of a conspiracy, and the excitement built up in the Himalayas trickles away in the plains of Delhi, writes Tarun Cherian
- Nepal Parties Ponder Fate Of Monarchy (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Nepali political parties discussed the fate of the once-revered monarchy and proposals to set up a Constituent Assembly today, just days after the king ceded power in the face of mass protests .
- Zawahri Lashes Out At India, Pak (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Al Qaida’s deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri said hundreds of suicide bombers had “broken America’s back” in Iraq and accused President George W. Bush of giving a “strong impetus” to India’s nuclear programme while “doling out orders” to Pakistan, . . .
- Taliban Axe Hangs On Indian (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The Taliban today threatened to kill an Indian telecom engineer it has taken hostage unless all Indians working in Afghanistan quit the country by tomorrow evening.
- Military Says In Full Control Of Waziristan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
324 militants including 76 foreigners and 56 soldiers killed in 9 months
* 39 operations conducted since July, 142 militants arrested
- Army Backs Mush Over Al-Qaeda Statement (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The entire Pakistani army is behind President Pervez Musharraf, a senior military spokesman said on Saturday in reaction to a call by Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri for Musharraf's overthrow.
- India Concerned As Taliban Threaten To Kill The Hostage (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Taliban militants will kill an Indian engineer being held hostage in southern Afghanistan if all Indians don’t leave Afghanistan within 24 hours, a purported spokesman for the insurgent group said on Saturday.
- Us Giving Impetus To Indian N-Plan, Says Angry Qaida (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Al-Qaida number two Ayman al-Zawahiri has lashed out at US President George W. Bush, accusing him of giving a “strong impetus” to India’s nuclear programme while “doling out orders” to Pakistan.
- Pakistan Matinee (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Apr 30, 2006)
An enforced 40-yr-drought has finally ended in Pakistan. Its people have been allowed to enjoy Indian films in theaters.
- Extremist Positions (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 30, 2006)
In Kerala, militant fundamentalism is now hogging the inviting political space that the two coalition fronts have kept open, for a legitimacy that it never managed to have before.
- Voices From Nepal (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Apr 30, 2006)
Nepal is one of those unrecorded stories that only emerge when there is a crisis.
- Transit Times (Indian Express, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Apr 30, 2006)
It was in April 1997. I was returning after a ten-day orientation course in London.
- When Naxals Painted Another Bihar Town ‘Red’ (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Apr 30, 2006)
Jo jahan hain wo wahin rahein. No body should venture out. We do not want bloodbath as we don’t have enmity with common man. We have come here to loot the police station and bank,” announced Maoists from the different public address system at several . .
- Nepal Events Overtake India (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Apr 30, 2006)
Before and after King Gyanendra took over in Kathmandu New Delhi has been diligently “waiting and watching” the developing crisis in that unhappy country. And now it transpires that it hasn’t watched hard enough and has waited for too long.
- Life In Jail Is Enlightening, A Journey Within (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 30, 2006)
Six days after getting bail in a disproportionate assets case, Mumbai’s supercop Daya Nayak had an “encounter” with R Venkatesh of Deccan Herald.
- U.S. Came Close To Declaring Pakistan A "Terrorist" State In 1992 (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 30, 2006)
Letter blamed Islamabad for supporting militants in India
Letter talked of the complicity of ISI and Army in training terrorists
Pakistan warned that it would be listed among State sponsors of terrorism
A meeting in 1992 resolved to further . . .
- Silent Sentinels (Hindu, KALYANI CANDADE, Apr 30, 2006)
The mangroves of Choroa Island in Goa are a birder's paradise.
- Coming Home To One's World (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Apr 30, 2006)
Gulammohammed Sheikh on sorting out his India through art and the intrusion of politics into a once-insular field.
- Faking Memoirs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The author fails to draw the reader into the intricacies of a conspiracy, and the excitement built up in the Himalayas trickles away in the plains of Delhi, writes Tarun Cherian
- Bush Says Diplomacy With Iran Has Just Started (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
US President George W Bush said that diplomacy aimed at halting Iran's nuclear program has only just begun and a top aide said the world must prepare to impose targeted sanctions on Tehran.
- Stage Set For Iran-West Confrontation (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The stage is set for a major confrontation between the West and Iran after the IAEA said that the Gulf nation had failed to comply with a UN deadline to halt uranium enrichment and the US asserted that it would seek sanctions to deny Teheran military . .
- Laura’S Theme (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 30, 2006)
President George W Bush’s approval ratings might be at their lowest ever. Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Ronald Rumsfeld might not be the flavour of any month insofar as the majority of the American people are concerned.
- No More Appeasement (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 30, 2006)
Whatever the genesis of the current rampant extremism in Pakistan, and whether or not Pakistani and American interests coincide in resisting this phenomenon, President Musharraf is right in saying that the fight against terrorism has to be fought for . .
- Signs Of Sunrise (Frontline, P. Sunderarajan , Apr 30, 2006)
Fresh incentives and a series of policy initiatives from the Ministry of Textiles have brightened the growth prospects of the textile industry.
- Pakistan's Fault Line (Pioneer, BHARAT VERMA, Apr 30, 2006)
The so-called land of the pure, Pakistan, on its creation in 1947 had approximately 13 per cent minorities residing within an Islamic population of 76 million.
- Who Cares For Myanmar? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 30, 2006)
Last month, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran spoke at a well-attended lecture organised in Washington by the Heritage Foundation. The Foreign Secretary was in the US capital to meet Bush Administration officials before the crucial vote in the US . . .
- Indonesia Author, Nobel Candidate Pramoedya Dies (Reuters, Jerry Norton, Apr 30, 2006)
Indonesia's best-known author and perennial Nobel candidate Pramoedya Ananta Toer died on Sunday, the family said.
- Taliban Sets Deadline To Kill Hostage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Saran rejects demand for pullout of Indian citizens from Afghanistan
- Pakistan Takes Principled Position In Us (News International, Editorial, The News International, Apr 30, 2006)
WITH Iranian nuclear issue taking serious dimensions, Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri, while speaking in London, categorically stated that nuclear strike against Iran should never be considered and the issue should be resolved peacefully.
- Mothers Of Nepal Vanquish A Killer Of Children (New York Times, Celia W Dugger, Apr 30, 2006)
As dusk descended on this medieval walled city and its dirt lanes filled with horses cantering home from the mountains, the piercing voice of a woman could be heard over the pounding hooves.
- Voices Of Silence (Statesman, Jagmohan , Apr 30, 2006)
World Monument Day on 18 April gave us an opportunity to grasp the significance of our architectural legacy
- Stage Set For Iran-West Confrontation (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The stage is set for a major confrontation between the West and Iran after the IAEA said that the gulf nation has failed to comply with a UN deadline to halt uranium enrichment and the US asserted that it would seek sanctions to deny Tehran military . . .
- India Targeting Democrats For Support » (Hindustan Times, Manish Chand, Apr 30, 2006)
With less than a month left before the US Congress goes in for the summer recess, India has stepped up its diplomacy to win over Democratic sceptics to support the civil nuclear deal that is at the heart of improving relations between New Delhi and . . .
- Tough Agenda For Nepal Mps (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Nepalese legislators headed back to work on Friday after a four year-break—their jobs reinstated by a monarch whose regime was left teetering by weeks of unrest, but their power to carry out the reforms they’ve promised unclear.
- J&k Producing 500 Doctors Every Year (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Apr 30, 2006)
In the last decade or so, the number of MBBS graduates that India produces every year has multiplied by several thousands and the number is going up each day.
- Roti, Kapada Aur Ctv! (The Economic Times, R K NANDAN, Apr 30, 2006)
The ongoing election campaign in a few states in southern and eastern India has seen political parties striking new lows by promising the moon to the electorate!
- Eu For Observer Status In Saarc (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The European Union has expressed an interest in joining the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) as an observer, the Bangladesh foreign ministry said on Friday.
- Who Gives A Dam? (Business Standard, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Apr 30, 2006)
The scale and manner in which people are being shortchanged is astonishing.
- Unsc Resolution On Iran Dangerous: China (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
It could be "dangerous" to introduce a UN Security Council resolution to force Iran to halt uranium enrichment activities, the Chinese ambassador to the UN said in Chicago on Saturday.
- Us Expats Learn Indian Ways (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Among the many things American expats -- and their spouses -- are taught before they take on that plum India posting is to “never” come on time for dinners hosted by their Indian opposite numbers.
- Taliban Threatens To Kill Abducted Engineer (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Taliban abductors of an Indian engineer in Afghanistan this evening threatened to kill him if all Indians did not leave the country by 7 PM (Ist) tomorrow.
- Musharraf:'i'm Nobody's Poodle.' (Christian Science Monitor, Tom Regan, Apr 30, 2006)
Musharraf:'I'm nobody's poodle.'
Pakistan leader says US airstrikes infringe Pakistan's sovereignty.
- Pak-Us Strategic Dialogue (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 30, 2006)
AT a joint news briefing with US Under Secretary Nicholas Burns on the conclusion of the Pak-US strategic dialogue on Friday, Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan talked of Pakistan not being oblivious of its security and the requirements of minimum . . .
- Al-Qaeda Claims Karachi Us Consulate Bombing Responsibility (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Seven people were injured in a collision between a coaster and dumper near Pakistan Steel Mills Sunday morning here.
- President Should Know Answer As Well (News International, Editorial, The News International, Apr 30, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf, in an interview, has expressed concern over the so-called ‘Talibanisation’ of Tribal Areas. According to him, people are going for Mullah Omer and the Taliban have influence in Waziristan and it is spilling over into our . . .
- It's Pakistan's War (News International, Editorial, The News International, Apr 30, 2006)
When Ayman Al Zawahiri said in a video message released yesterday that the Pakistani people and army should rise up against their government, it's as if the Al Qaeda No 2 were corroborating President Musharraf's published statement the previous day . . .
- Challenge Of Coexistence With India (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Apr 30, 2006)
Having been created in the teeth of India’s opposition, whose Hindu majority considered the division of “Bharat Mata” (Mother India) a sacrilege, Pakistan has had to contend with India’s hostility from its very birth.
- Chirac’S Commendable Move (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 30, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac’s proposal for setting up a special World Bank account to channel money to the Palestinians could help relieve the current financial crisis in the occupied territories.
- Kalam Calls For Evolving 'Enlightened Citizenry' Round The Globe (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
President APJ Abdul Kalam has called for the evolution of an enlightened citizenry round the globe, with the introduction of moral value system in education and by making religion graduate into a universal spiritual force.
- Bush Promises Yokota To Press N. Korea To Return Abductees (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Washington (Kyodo) U.S. President George W. Bush, meeting with the mother of abductee Megumi Yokota at the White House, promised Friday to press North Korea to return abductees and respect human rights.
- Pakistan Counts Dead In Fighting Al Qaeda, Taliban (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Apr 30, 2006)
The Pakistani military said on Saturday it had killed 324 pro-Taliban militants and al Qaeda in North Waziristan, while losing 56 soldiers in the tribal region since the middle of last year.
- Iran's Nuclear Progress (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Apr 30, 2006)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continues to help the Bush administration's effort to convince the U.N. Security Council that more concerted action is needed to stop Iran's nuclear program.
- Make The System Work (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
This time, Iran made the International Atomic Energy Agency's watchdog job easy. Iran did not even make a pretense of complying with the UN Security Council's 30-day deadline to stop enriching uranium and provide more information about its program.
- A Dangerous Deal With India (Washington Post, Jimmy Carter, Apr 29, 2006)
During the past five years the United States has abandoned many of the nuclear arms control agreements negotiated since the administration of Dwight Eisenhower.
- Us Interested In Final Settlement To Kashmir (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The US has an "interest" in seeing if a "final settlement" of the Kashmir issue can be reached and was trying to help build on the progress made by India and Pakistan on the Composite Dialogue.
- For A World Free From Chemical Weapons (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2006)
Let us,today, renew our collective commitment to eliminate chemical weapons.
- "There Is A Fury Building Up Across The Country" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
In this excerpt from a much longer interview, Arundhati Roy updates her essay on the Narmada issue,The Greater Common Good, published in 1999 inFrontline. The interview was done byShoma Chaudhuriover a period of several days, in person and on email.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2006)
In the report "State to press for final order on Cauvery dispute" (Karnataka edition, April 27, 2006, page 1, and on inside pages elsewhere), the reference to the setting up of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal by the Supreme Court in 1991 was wrong.
- Iran: Nuclear Row (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Apr 29, 2006)
The Iranian government shows no signs of winding up its nuclear programme despite escalating threats from Washington.
- I’M Not Bush’S Poodle: Musharraf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
General Pervez Musharraf, facing a surge of anti-American sentiment, on Thursday warned that covert US air strikes against al-Qaeda inside Pakistan were an infringement of national sovereignty.
- India Hints A Giftwrap Of Revival Package (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Apr 29, 2006)
With Nepal taking the first major step towards popular rule when its Parliament was reconvened after four years today, India has decided to propose a package for the country’s economic recovery.
Previous 100 Indo - US Relation Articles | Next 100 Indo - US Relation Articles
Home
Page
|
|
