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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- A Flagging Political Spirit (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 29, 2007)
APPEARANCES can be deceptive, and it is easy to misinterpret public enthusiasm for political leaders or parties, as witnessed during the PPP’s grand show of Oct 18 in Karachi, as a sign of political participation.
- Muslim Problem Is About Justice (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 29, 2007)
The day we realise that our Muslim problem is not about secularism and communalism but about justice we will come closer to dealing with it. But, as we saw from reactions to Tehelka’s sting operation, we are still a long way from understanding . . . .
- ‘In The Tulsidas Ramayan, Sita Is Not Ram’S Wife But His Sister. Only In The Valmiki Ramayan Is She His Wife’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2007)
Do you think that, over the last 10-15 years, coalition politics has been the antidote to the poison of separatism?
- ‘Israel Planned To Hit Kahuta From India’S Jamnagar Base’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
India and Israel secretly planned to hit nuclear facility in Kahuta near Islamabad in 1983-84 but backed off when the CIA tipped off Pakistan’s then president Gen Ziaul Haq.
- Baloch Nationalists’ Dilemma (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 29, 2007)
ELECTIONS appear to be round the corner as the incumbent — though powerless — assemblies are about to complete their term.
- Pak Army Gets First Sikh Officer (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
One person stood out among the latest batch of cadets that graduated from the Pakistan Military Academy — the country’s first Sikh Army officer Harcharan Singh.
- Class Apart, Some Mps (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2007)
What does globalisation have to do with caste relations in India? How does secularism differ from country to country? Can game theory be used to negotiate stable political coalitions? Read on.
- Unification Of Iraq: Make Walls, Not War (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Those who still favour a centralised state for Iraq like to insist that partition would further destabilise the country.
- ‘India, Israel Planned To Hit Kahuta In 1980s’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
India and Israel had secretly planned to hit Pakistan’s nuclear facility in Kahuta in 1983-84, but backed off when the CIA tipped off then president General Ziaul Haq.
- 'Pak Planned N-Attack Against India' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Pakistan was preparing to use nuclear missiles against India during the Kargil war, a new book has claimed citing an eight year old conversation between the former US president Bill Clinton and Pakistans former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
- Of Magic And Mythology (Hindu, Meena Menon, Oct 29, 2007)
“When I came to India, I thought there would be magicians everywhere. But it was all so modern. I kept asking people about the mango tree magic; they thought I was crazy.”
- Thousands Flee Tense Northwest Pak Town (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Thousands of Pakistanis are fleeing a tense northwestern town and outlying villages amid fears of a showdown between the security forces and an Islamist militant Taliban-style movement, residents said.
- The Rizwanur Tragedy: Love And Utility (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
We are living at a time characterised by what Karl Marx once regarded as "commodity fetishism", writes Avijit Pathak.
- Found Guilty (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 29, 2007)
Tehelka expose is a reminder that justice is still undone.
- Mirroring A Democracy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Give me the liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”
- And Now It's Maulana Fm Radio's Turn (OutLook, B. Raman , Oct 27, 2007)
The tribal anger against President General Pervez Musharraf, which was already running high after the Pakistan Army's commando raid into the Lal Masjid in Islamabad from July 10 to 13, 2007, has further escalated in the wake of the air strikes . . . .
- Hu's China - Iii (OutLook, B. Raman , Oct 27, 2007)
In a despatch on October 21, 2007, the state-owned Hsinhua news agency of China reported as follows:
- Around Midnight (OutLook, Mushirul Hasan, Oct 27, 2007)
Phillips Talbot, president emeritus of the Asia Society in the United States, is the latest author to add his voice to the complex debates on India’s Partition. He saw it all—the progress and impact of the Second World War on the subcontinent . . . .
- Punish The Guilty On Tehelka Tapes: Nris (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Reacting to the Tehelka sting operation on the 2002 Gujarat riots, a coalition of Indian-American organisations, the Indian National Overseas Congress and the Indian Muslim Council-USA have demanded action against the people who admitted on tape to partic
- Arrest Modi, Advani: Lalu (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Railway Minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad today demanded immediate arrest of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and leader of the opposition L.K Advani by accusing them of planning mass murder during the 2002 post -Godhra riots.
- ‘Collector Acted On His Own, No Order From Gujarat Poll Panel’ (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
No instruction has been issued by the State Election Commission to black out telecast of the Tehelka expose on the 2002 communal riots.
- The Ostrich And The Storm (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Oct 27, 2007)
Notwithstanding the increasing threat of jihadi terrorism in the country, we still do not have a coherent strategy to deal with the menace.
- Despair And Despondence (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Oct 27, 2007)
The Prime Minister is sad, and competitive politics and fractured mandate have been formally identified as the culprits.
- One Dead, 12 Wounded In Bomb Attack In Thailand (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
At least one woman was killed and 12 others were wounded when a bomb exploded in front of a food stall early Saturday in Thailand's restive Muslim-majority south, police said.
- Iran Rules Out Strike By Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The head of Irans elite Revolutionary Guards dismissed the possibility of US military action against Iran and warned that his forces would respond with a more decisive strike if attacked, an Iranian news agency reported on Friday.Z
- India Should Not Be Cynical (Pioneer, Radha Kumar, Oct 27, 2007)
There was solid basis for New Delhi's response to the blasts in Karachi. The two countries are in the process of evolving a mechanism for police cooperation against terrorism and it is in India's interest to make Benazir conform to the . . . .
- Modi Didn’T Go To Massacre Site: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party said on Friday that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi did not visit Naroda Patiya in Ahmedabad immediately after the massacre, post-Godhra carnage in 2002, as claimed by the Tehelka expose telecast on Thursday night . . . .
- Sudan’S Other War A Threat To Darfur (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Oct 27, 2007)
Failures to keep the peace in the scarcely reported north-south conflict send a terrible signal as talks begin in Libya.
- What Yechury Said On Reservation For Muslims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Sitaram Yechury, Member of the Polit Bureau of the CPI(M), has issued the following clarification concerning the CPI(M)’s position on reservation for Muslims attributed to the speech made by him at Kozhikode on October 25, 2007.
- Hundreds Flee As ‘Operation’ Launched In Swat (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Security forces battled with armed supporters of rebel cleric Maulana Fazlullah here on Friday, killing one militant and injuring three others, while bodies of four abducted security personnel were found on a roadside, witnesses and officials said.
- Indian Police Warn Suicide Bombers Planning Attacks In Mumbai (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Three suicide bombers are roaming Mumbai looking for new targets just over a year after a series of explosions tore through the city’s commuter rail network killing 188 people, police warned on Friday.
- The Swat Carnage (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 27, 2007)
THE anachronistic idea which Fata represents — that the tribal area is beyond the jurisdiction of Pakistani laws — is expanding instead of shrinking.
- Transplanting Life (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 27, 2007)
THE newly promulgated Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Ordinance 2007 is being hailed by doctors and the civil society as a promising step to give hope of life to end-stage kidney-failure patients.
- Cda’S Failure To Manage Its Sewers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 27, 2007)
NOT much functions in Pakistan’s capital, not even its sewers. Years of neglected maintenance and upgrading means that human excreta fails to reach the treatment plant.
- Know Your Benazir (Pioneer, Wilson John, Oct 27, 2007)
After last week's suicide bombing in Karachi, a sympathy wave is sought to be manufactured in favour of the 'daughter of the East' even here in India. But does the lady deserve a second chance?
- India Wedding Registration Ruling (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
India's Supreme Court has again insisted that registration of all marriages in the country is compulsory and applies to everyone.
- Bjp Dismisses Gujarat Riot Claims (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
India's main opposition party has dismissed claims that its government in the state of Gujarat supported violence against Muslims in 2002.
- Indian Police Warn Of Suicide Attacks (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Three suicide bombers are roaming Mumbai looking for new targets just over a year after a series of explosions tore through the city’s commuter rail network killing 188 people, police warned Friday.
- Hindus Detail Indian Riots From 2002 (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Five years after one of India's worst episodes of Hindu-Muslim violence, a series of videotaped confessions released Thursday showed Hindu activists acknowledging their roles in the killings and detailing blatant state collusion.
- How The Kashmir Crisis Began (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
It's 60 years exactly since one of the world's most enduring conflict zones, the Kashmir valley, first erupted in violence. The BBC's former Delhi correspondent, Andrew Whitehead, looks back on how the Kashmir crisis started.
- Iran Threatens To Strike Back (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards dismissed the possibility of a US military action against Iran and warned that his forces would respond with an “even more decisive” strike if attacked, an Iranian news agency reported today.
- Poll Lifeline For Modi In Riot Sting (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
In Gujarat’s poll arena, it’s the BJP and not the Congress that will be milking the Tehelka sting on Narendra Modi and his riot henchmen.
- 'Punish Those Shown Guilty On Tehelka Tapes' (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Reacting to the Tehelka sting operation on the 2002 Gujarat riots, a coalition of Indian-American organisations, the Indian National Overseas Congress and Indian Muslim Council-USA have demanded action against the persons who admitted on tape to participa
- Cbi Inquiry Requires State’S Request: Cong (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
A day after the Tehelka revelations, the Congress pleaded that the Centre couldn’t do anything more on bringing those involved in the 2002 riots to book.
- Eu Plans A ‘Blue Card’ (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Oct 27, 2007)
FORGET hopes of a new era of European harmony and unity following the agreement in Lisbon last week on a new reform treaty to whip unwieldy European Union institutions into shape: the bloc faces years of anxiety on whether the new institutional . . . .
- Lal Masjid And Fazlullah (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 27, 2007)
The naib-imam of Islamabad’s controversial Lal Masjid, Amir Siddiqi, appointed to his job by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, held a press conference at the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club on Thursday and said the 30 troops killed by . . . .
- India Threatened By 'Failed States': Nsa (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Intelligence inputs available with the Government indicate the possibility of imminent jihadi attacks on country's "economic and iconic targets".
- Bonds Of Marriage (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 27, 2007)
The Supreme Court's directive to all States and Union Territories to enact suitable legislation that will make the registration of all marriages, irrespective of the religion of the couples, compulsory, is a welcome move in the right direction.
- Parties Blast Modi, Seek His Ouster (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Bolstered by the Tehelka sting operation on the post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday urged Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to get Chief Minister Narendra Modi and BJP leader L.K. Advani arrested for their. . .
- Pakistan’S Big B (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
Several newspapers have portrayed a hopeful picture of Pakistan, now that Benazir Bhutto is back in the country.
- Saarc Members Vow To Combat Terror (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The SAARC members on Thursday decided to strengthen cooperation in combating terror and crime, with a meeting of home ministers, chaired by Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, agreeing to a bi-annual meeting of police chiefs.
- Sudden Impact (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
The day is still etched in memory. The year was 1998. As an enthusiastic fresher to college, I had stayed back to attend the last class in economics, curbing my hunger for another hour.
- Surround Festive Sound (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Oct 26, 2007)
You will get much further with the Lord if you learn not to offend His ears. I wish someone would convert Henry Higgins’s cryptic suggestion to Eliza Doolittle into the Eleventh Commandment.
- New Officer Appointed To Probe Attack On Bhutto’S Motorcade (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
A new chief investigator has been appointed to probe the suicide attack on opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, after she claimed the previous officer was complicit in the torture of her husband in 1999, an official said Thursday.
- Foreign Oil Workers Abducted In Darfur (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Darfur rebels on Thursday gave a foreign oil consortium involving India's ONGC a week to pull out or face further attacks after they kidnapped five oil workers including foreigners, during a raid on a Sudanese oilfield.
- “It Revolution More Powerful Than Previous Ones In The Country” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
International conference on nanotechnology in Kumarakovil
India launched the national nanoscience and technology initiative in 2001
It has been identified as the key to unlock a new generation of materials, devices and systems
- Register All Marriages: Supreme Court (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Oct 26, 2007)
Order covers all religions across the length and breadth of the country
- “Education Loan To Be Offered At 3 Per Cent Interest” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The Tamil Nadu Minorities Economic Development Corporation (TAMCO) chairman, Rev. Fr. Xavier Arulraj, has informed that the TAMCO was mulling over giving education loans to the children of minority communities at the rate of 3 per cent from next . . . .
- Ahead Of Polls, Gujarat Riots Haunt Modi (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The victims, the state government, the courts and social activists have all spoken out on the 2002 Gujarat riots, said to be the worst communal strife since Independence.
- Saarc Nations Agree To Work Together To Combat Terror (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Saarc countries on Thursday decided to have regular exchange of information to combat terrorism and to work towards establishing a convention for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters.
- Saarc Vows To Combat Terror (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Viewing terrorism as a “serious threat” to South Asia’s peace and development, SAARC countries today decided to have regular exchange of information to combat the menace and push efforts for establishing a convention for mutual legal assistance. . .
- India, China Making Progress In Border Negotiations: Mukherjee (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
India and China have established a Working Group to prepare a framework for the settlement of their vexed boundary issue, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced on Thursday.
- Gujarat Genocide Was Planned: Tehelka (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
In what could become a major embarrassment for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on the eve of assembly elections in the state, Tehelka, on the basis of a series of sting operations, today claimed that Gujarat 2002 was “not a spontaneous . . .
- Register All Marriages: Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all the states and union territories to make provisions in three months for compulsory registration of marriages, irrespective of his or her religious affiliations.
- 30 Killed In Pak Blast (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
A blast tore through a security forces vehicle in restive northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 30 people and wounding dozens more.
- Cpi(m) For Religion As A Criterion For Quota (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member and Rajya Sabha MP Sitaram Yechury on Thursday said his party favoured an amendment to the Constitution for including religion as a criterion for providing reservation benefits.
- Tehelka Blames It On Sangh Parivar, Modi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Tehelka on Thursday claimed that it had “irrefutable” evidence that the killings of Muslims post-Godhra train carnage in Gujarat was “not a spontaneous swell of anger but a genocide” planned and executed by top functionaries of the. . .
- Cpi(m) For Religion As A Criterion For Quota (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member and Rajya Sabha MP Sitaram Yechury on Thursday said his party favoured an amendment to the Constitution for including religion as a criterion for providing reservation benefits.
- U.S. Slaps New Sanctions On Iran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Key military, banking institutions cut off from U.S. financial system
- Blast Kills 30 In Northern Pakistan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
At least 30 persons were killed today in a powerful explosion that ripped through a paramilitary Frontier Constabulary truck in Pakistan’s restive town of Swat in the Northwestern Frontier Province, reports said.
- Saarc Nations For Evolving Treaty On Mutual Legal Aid (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
Acknowledging that terrorism remains a serious threat to sustainable peace and development of South Asia, Saarc countries underlined the need to give an added push to evolving a treaty on mutual legal assistance with the home or interior ministers. . .
- Harvest Of Hatred (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 26, 2007)
ALTHOUGH the Coimbatore serial blasts case of 1998 involved major offences, including criminal conspiracy, multiple murders and use of deadly explosives, the Special Court avoided pronouncing any capital punishment on Wednesday and Thursday.
- Pakistan Blasts Remain A Whodunit (Hindustan Times, KAMAL SIDDIQI, Oct 26, 2007)
As investigations into the horrific bomb blasts that greeted the homecoming of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto still make little headway, many uncomfortable questions are being asked.
- Every Us Govt Since ’70s Secretly Helped Pak Become Nuke Power (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Every successive American government, from President Jimmy Carter to incumbent President George W. Bush, has turned a blind eye to Pakistan’s nuclear programme and allowed Islamabad to build nuclear facilities at . . .
- I Stand For Moderate Face Of Islam: Musharraf (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Oct 26, 2007)
Emphasising that Islam must not be interpreted to serve personal agenda, President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that he is being branded as a weak Muslim because he calls for moderation and enlightenment.
- Sharif Can’T Contest Poll, Says Aziz (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said there is no bar on any politician to engage in political activities or contest election except exiled premier Nawaz Sharif.
- Sc: Register All Marriages (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The Supreme Court today gave states and Union Territories three months to make registration of marriage compulsory for all religions.
- Suicide Strike On Pak Army (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
A suspected suicide bomber killed 21 Pakistanis in an attack on an army convoy on Thursday in the northwest, where a Taliban-style movement has taken root.
- Sc: Register All Marriages (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The Supreme Court today gave three months’ final deadline to the states and Union Territories to frame laws to make the registration of marriages compulsory, as a majority of them have failed to comply with its earlier order of February 2006. . .
- Kashmir Integral To The India Story (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 26, 2007)
Today the relationship between India and the state of Jammu and Kashmir completes sixty years. It was on this day, October 26, 1947, that the ruler of the state, Maharaja Hari Singh, signed the Instrument of Accession with the government of . . . .
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