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Articles 13021 through 13120 of 31829:
- Pakistan's Fault Line (Pioneer, BHARAT VERMA, Apr 29, 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. In its unholy fervour to achieve physical instead of the spiritual purity, the minorities . . .
- The Siege Within (Pioneer, Sushant Sareen, Apr 29, 2006)
The armed insurrection by Pashtun tribes in Pakistan's north-western tribal belt and Baloch tribes in the south-western province of Balochistan is not a new phenomenon.
- Bangladesh Was An Aberration (Pioneer, Irfan Husain, Apr 29, 2006)
Among serious observers of Pakistan, predicting its disintegration has become a bit of a cottage industry.
- R.K. Raghavan: Policing The U.K. (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Apr 29, 2006)
The July 7 blasts in London have prompted Tony Blair to bring about changes on the criminal justice front that could pave the way for more efficient policing.
- Southern Record (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Apr 29, 2006)
South India has an enviable history of reservation in education.
- Jayati Ghosh: Protecting Foreign Investors (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Apr 29, 2006)
Bilateral investment treaties have become potential weapons of multinational companies against developing country governments and societies.
- Who Cares For Myanmar? (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Apr 29, 2006)
Last month, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran spoke at a well-attended lecture organised in Washington by the Heritage Foundation.
- An Open Letter To The Hon'ble Pm (The Economic Times, V RAGHUNATHAN, Apr 29, 2006)
In our country, we have more varieties of haves and have-nots than most. We have the rich haves and the poor have-nots; the urban haves and the rural have-nots; the higher-caste haves and the backward-caste have-nots; the educated haves and the . . .
- Transit Times (Indian Express, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Apr 29, 2006)
It was in April 1997. I was returning after a ten-day orientation course in London. I headed for Heathrow to return to India via Frankfurt, my colleague was to stay for another couple of days. Imagine my consternation when, at the check-in counter . . .
- Behind The Scam (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 29, 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.
- Markets Are Essential, So Is Regulation (Tribune, Johann Hari, Apr 29, 2006)
The first has been conducted in the United States over the past 25 years, increasingly setting corporations free from regulation and safeguards. The second experiment has been conducted in Argentina over the past five years, and lies at the opposite . . .
- Cong Unhappy Over Natwar’S Remarks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The Congress has taken a serious view of former External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh’s recent statements implicating the party in the Volcker controversy. However, it is unlikely to proceed against him in a hurry.
- Parliament Reconvenes In Nepal (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 29, 2006)
Resolution on constituent assembly tabled; debate, vote on Sunday
- A Policy Of Deception On Nepal (Indian Express, S. D. Muni , Apr 29, 2006)
India has turned back from the brink of disaster over Nepal. For years it has remained a confused and uncertain observer of the Nepal crisis that was precipitated by the Maoist uprising and King Gyanendra’s despotism.
- Tamil Nadu Jananayaka Congress Candidate Found Dead In Karur (Hindu, L. Renganathan , Apr 29, 2006)
Election process in the constituency will continue: Collector
- Cricket In The New World (Times of India, BORIA MAJUMDAR, Apr 29, 2006)
Fantasies too have their boundaries. Trying to imagine that the first hot dog seller you meet at a Boston railway station will turn out to be an avid cricket player is one such fantasy. But some fantasies, as they say, come true.
- With A Plot From Bangladesh (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 29, 2006)
Investigation into the Varanasi bombings leads to the fact of Bangladesh's emergence as a base for Islamist terrorism.
- Human Trafficking Racket (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 29, 2006)
FEDERAL Investigation Agency (FIA) has approached Interpol for the arrest of Maj (Rtd) Ajmal, former Swiss Visa Assistant and an important name in human trafficking racket, unveiled by Asher Frances, main culprit in Swiss Visa Scandal. Meanwhile,
- Publisher Withdraws Indian Novelist’S Book (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 29, 2006)
After Kaavya Viswanathan, the 19-year old Indian author confessed that she had lifted material from another published novel, the publishers ordered all copies of her novel withdrawn from bookstores.
- The Solution Is Not Quota (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 29, 2006)
Let me begin with an ordinary, everyday Indian story. It is the story of a little boy called Lakshay who, at the age of three, needed admission in a Delhi kindergarten.
- Himalayan Task (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 29, 2006)
The King retains power with no change in constitution
- Is 'Euston-Ism' The New Left In The U.K.? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 29, 2006)
The only Left bit of the "Euston Manifesto" is its faintly Left jargon. On the other hand, there is a lot in it that neo-conservatives are more likely to find to their taste.
- Politics Amidst Turmoil (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2006)
Four months after the December 2005 election, Iraq's parliamentarians finally picked nominees to fill the seven top spots in the governmental structure.
- Karvy Dp Handled 95% Fake Account (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Asking Karvy-DP not to open accounts till further notice, Sebi has found that 95 per cent of the fictitious and “benami” demat account holders in the Yes Bank and IDFC IPO scams were with Karvy.
- I'm Not Bush's Poodle: Musharraf (Hindu, Declan Walsh, Apr 29, 2006)
Pakistan's General Pervez Musharraf, facing a surge of anti-American sentiment, on Thursday warned that covert U.S. air strikes against Al-Qaeda inside Pakistan were an infringement of national sovereignty.
- Kaavya’S Novel Off The Shelves (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Apr 29, 2006)
The budding literary career of Kaavya Viswanathan received another deadly blow when her publishers, Little Brown, announced they will withdraw her first novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life from bookstores.....
- The Overseas Class (Deccan Herald, Richard C Paddock, Apr 29, 2006)
They nurse the sick in California, drive fuel trucks in Iraq, sail cargo ships through the Panama Canal and cruise ships through the Gulf of Alaska. They pour sake for Japanese salarymen and raise the children of Saudi businessmen.
- Pakistan Matinee (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Apr 29, 2006)
An enforced 40-yr-drought has finally ended in Pakistan. Its people have been allowed to enjoy Indian films in theaters. I was in Lahore recently to witness the release of Akbar Khan’s Taj Mahal. The law banning other Indian films still holds, but . . .
- Extremist Positions (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 29, 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. But no one is complaining, not when few Malayalis can tell — or care . . .
- Accord On New Cbms (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 29, 2006)
Even though basically of a technical nature, the four confidence-building measures, including the finalisation of “ground rules” along the international border, agreed to by Pakistan and India on Thursday, constitute a step forward in the on-going . . .
- How Kaavya Got Caught & Got Pulled (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
How Kaavya got caught & got pulled
- Indian-American teenage author’s dream story knocked off shop shelves
April 28: The fiction about an Indian-American teenager pushed relentlessly to succeed by ambitious parents has a happy ending.
- Cong In Spot On Natwar (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The Congress is mulling over the continuous outbursts of K. Natwar Singh, undecided on whether the former minister should be “reined” in through disciplinary action or mollified in some way as the oil-for-food scam noose tightens around his neck.
- Taliban Abduct Indian Contractor (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Taliban militants kidnapped an Indian mobile phone contractor in southern Afghanistan on Friday, according to a provincial official and the Taliban's purported spokesman.
- Cong Sends Stern Message To Natwar (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Reeling under a sulking Natwar Singh's sniper attacks, Congress on Friday sent a stern message to him and distanced itself from the Volcker controversy.
- Iran Won't Bow To Nuclear Pressure: Ahmadinejad (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed on Friday that his country "will not bow to injustice and pressure," the day before the expiry of a UN deadline to suspend sensitive nuclear work.
- Us Asks Cong To Clear Sale Of F-16 Jets To Pakistan (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Apr 29, 2006)
THE Bush administration will formally ask the U.S. Congress to approve the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, Undersecretary of State R. Nicholas Burns said on Thursday.
- Get A Life, Kaavya (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 29, 2006)
If there is anything worse than being identified as a cheat, it is attempting to rationalise sharp practice by taking recourse to psycho-babble.
- Who Gives A Dam? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Apr 29, 2006)
The scale and manner in which people are being shortchanged is astonishing.
- ‘My Popularity Has Gone Down’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Talibanism spilling over into settled areas: Musharraf
Says US covert strikes are infringing on Pakistan’s sovereignty
* I’m nobody’s poodle
* I have a lot of teeth to bite back with
* Baloch rebels are mercenaries, pgymies, merely pinpricks
- Nepal Parliament Reconvenes After Four Years (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Nepal’s Parliament reconvened on Friday for the first time in four years, with legislators proposing a ceasefire with the country’s Maoist rebels and elections to a constitutional assembly.
- Another Blow To Lanka Peace (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 29, 2006)
Following Tuesday’s suicide attack on the army headquarters in Colombo and retaliatory air strikes by the military on Tamil targets in the north-east of the island, Sri Lanka’s fragile truce is once again on the verge of collapse.
- Indian Worker, Driver Kidnapped In Afghan South (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Afghanistan (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped an Indian telecommunications worker and his Afghan driver in southern Afghanistan on Friday and Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility.
- U.S. Reports A Surge In Global Terrorism (Los Angeles Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The State Department's annual report on global terrorism, released Friday, concludes that the number of reported terrorist incidents and deaths has increased exponentially in the three years since the United States invaded Iraq, largely because of . . .
- Change In Nepal (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Apr 29, 2006)
Within a matter of days, if not hours, Nepal has emerged out of an unprecedented crisis to knock at the doors of a kind of opportunity it has never had before. It is not certain yet that it will be able to sustain the chance till its fruition.
- Us Warns Naxalites May Pose A Long-Term Challenge In India (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Apr 29, 2006)
The United States today warned Naxalites in the eastern India are "growing in sophistication and lethality and may pose a significant long-term challenge.
- Nepal Parliament Reopens, Ailing Pm-Designate Absent (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Apr 29, 2006)
Nepal's parliament opened on Friday for the first time in four years, but the country's 84-year-old prime minister-designate was too ill to attend the opening or his swearing-in ceremony.
- Musharraf:'i'm Nobody's Poodle.' (Christian Science Monitor, Tom Regan, Apr 29, 2006)
Facing a rising tide of anti-American sentiment in his country, Pakistan leader General Pervez Musharraf says that covert US airstrikes against Al Qaeda targets in Pakistan are "an infringement of national sovereignty." In an interview with the British
- Regulatory Shake-Up (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 29, 2006)
Fulfilling just the kind of regulatory role it was set up for, the Securities and Exchanges Board of India (SEBI) has come down hard on unscrupulous stock market players who used benami demat accounts to corner large chunks of shares meant for . . .
- Manmohan Singh To Meet Hurriyat Next Week (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Kashmiri separatists will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh next week before he heads for the revolt-hit region to discuss possible solutions to the conflict.
- Puppet Masters (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 29, 2006)
Investigation into the Varanasi bombings leads to the fact of Bangladesh's emergence as a base for Islamist terrorism.
- Loud Thinking About 9th Wonder (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 29, 2006)
PRESIDENT Pervez Musharraf has emphasized the need for exploiting potential for joint ventures and investment between Pakistan and China in the energy sector, pledging to turn the country into a trade, industry and energy corridor for the benefit of . . .
- Hamas On A Tightrope (International Herald Tribune, George S. Hishmeh, Apr 28, 2006)
It is the tradition here that any new government be given a grace period of 100 days before judgement is voiced about its direction and effectiveness. But this has not been the case with the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority.
- Another Inconclusive Round (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 28, 2006)
Pakistan and India concluded on Wednesday the fourth round of expert group talks on nuclear confidence building measures, aimed at reducing the risk of nuclear accidents but the desired progress does not seem to have been made since differences . . .
- Affirmative Action: The American Experience (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Apr 28, 2006)
"Affirmative action" in the US is aimed at the minorities. As such, in India it should focus on Brahmins. They constitute no more than 3 per cent of the population.
- High Oil Prices To Pose A Risk To Economy: Adb (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
The Asian Development Bank said on Thursday it expects India's economy to grow 7.5 percent this fiscal year but high oil prices posed a risk and may prompt the central bank to tighten monetary policy to curb inflation.
- ‘Us-India Deal Will Not Trigger Arms Race With Pakistan’ (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 28, 2006)
Noted South Asia expert and author Stephen P Cohen told the Senate here on Wednesday that the Indo-US nuclear deal need not trigger an arms race with Pakistan, and it is certainly not a green light to India to build a thousand or more nuclear weapons.
- India Is Where Micro Finance Action Is (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
For the whole of last month all those connected with the micro finance industry have been very concerned about developments in Andhra Pradesh (detailed in my column in the edition of March 26, 2006) and how the state government and the RBI would . . .
- Bush Administration Slammed In Senate Over Indian Nuclear Deal (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Senate lawmakers criticised the US administration Wednesday for not being transparent with lawmakers on a controversial civilian nuclear deal with India.
- How Near Is India To Its Taxable Capacity? (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Apr 28, 2006)
While direct tax collections are on the rise, the contribution of indirect taxes as a percentage of GDP has stagnated the past four years.
- Blending Socialist Ideals With Market Imperatives (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Apr 28, 2006)
China concedes that FDI has had the most favourable impact on the development of its economy in the opening up process.
- The Republic Of Deceit (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Apr 28, 2006)
Saddam Hussein became a victim of his past, for the world regarded his claim to removing all traces of WMD as a ruse, says Daniel Pipes
- Prescott's Problem (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 28, 2006)
The report that Britain's Deputy Prime Minister, Mr John Prescott, has confessed to having had a two-year-old "relationship" with a secretary, Tracey Temple, does not come as a profound surprise. Politicians in Britain, as in most other . . .
- Courtiers Hailed As Democrats (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Apr 28, 2006)
Today's historic meeting of Nepal's Pratinidhi Sabha presents a challenge not just to the kingdom's three main contenders for power - King Gyanendra, the constitutional parties led by Prime Minister designate Girija Prasad Koirala, and Comrade . . .
- Subsidies That Save (The Economic Times, EDMUND S PHELPS, Apr 28, 2006)
Was France’s recent wave of protests against an amendment that would have increased employers’ freedom to fire young workers a blessing in disguise?
- Quotas In Private Sector (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Apr 28, 2006)
NO sensible Indian would disagree with the view that a lot needs to be done to improve the conditions of those belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.
- Graffiti And The Ec (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 28, 2006)
Graffito, singular: writing on wall; plural, graffiti. Man has been urged through the ages to read the writing on the wall. Graffiti have thus emerged as an integral part of human civilization.
- Third Time (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 28, 2006)
If there is a method in madness, Egypt needs to discover it quickly.
- Guj Hc Sought Ban On 'Anti-National' Nba (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Apr 28, 2006)
As the debate rages on the Narmada Bachao Andolan's bid to scuttle raising the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam on the allegation that the Madhya Pradesh Government had failed to rehabilitate displaced persons . . .
- Bush Admin Draws Flak For Not Being "Transparent" On Nuke Deal (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
The Bush administration has come under fire from US senators who have accused it of not being transparent with them on the landmark Indo-US civil nuclear deal and for having "reneged" on a promise to share drafts of the agreement, but cautioned that . . .
- Natwar Picks Holes In March 2 Indo-Us Nuclear Deal (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
After attacking the Government over its handling of Nepal situation, former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh today picked holes in the March 2 Indo-US civil nuclear deal, saying it contained elements that were absent from the joint . . .
- Games Hr Consultants Play (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 28, 2006)
When team-building exercises were started in the Indian corporate sector, one game entailed asking members of a group to imagine they were in a boat which was so overcrowded that it was in danger of sinking unless one person was thrown out so that . . .
- Poll Pax (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 28, 2006)
An event becomes a non-event.
- Ovl Acquires Brazilian Oil Field For $170m (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
ONGC Videsh Ltd has made its maiden entry in Latin America by buying a 15 per cent stake for about $170 mn in a Brazilian oil field BC -10 from Royal Dutch/Shell. OVL had originally bought US energy giant ExxonMobil's 30 per cent stake in . . .
- Npt And Indo-Us Civil Nuclear Deal (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Apr 28, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal may get derailed if the non-proliferation lobby in the US Congress insists on India signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). India has always held the view that the NPT is discriminatory and it holds little . . .
- India-Cyprus : Forging New Ties (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Apr 28, 2006)
The recent visit of Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulus to India was aimed at giving a new perspective to the country's long standing political ties with India.
- India Rejects Pak Proposal To Dimilitarise J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
India today rejected Pakistan’s proposal to demilitarise Jammu and Kashmir by pulling out heavy artillery, guns, rockets and mortars, saying it was its soverign right to keep troop formations in the State.
- Us Policy Is Bin Laden's 'Indispensable Ally': Ex-Cia Analyst (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
The former head of the CIA unit hunting Osama bin Laden unit said that US policy in the Middle East has given a boost to Al-Qaeda and its leader.
- 'Over 1,000 Cia Secret Flights Over Europe' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
The CIA has conducted more than 1,000 clandestine flights in Europe since 2001, and some of them secretly took away terror suspects to countries where they could face torture, European Union lawmakers said.
- Ovl To Pick-Up Stake In Brazilian Oil Field (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Signs agreement with Shell; acquisition to cost $170 m
- Getting Serious On Rehabilitation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 28, 2006)
The Prime Minister's decision to constitute a three-member Sardar Sarovar Project Relief and Rehabilitation Oversight Group follows the Supreme Court's authorisation to him to act in the matter.
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