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Articles 4821 through 4920 of 19042:
- Being Branded: Muslims Take Grouse To Sonia (Times of India, Mohua Chatterjee, Jul 20, 2006)
Concerned over an uneasy impression about the community's affinity to terrorism, a delegation of Muslim leaders on Monday petitioned Congress chief Sonia Gandhi about a campaign in the wake of Mumbai blasts branding Muslims, especially youths, as . . .
- The Simi Story (Times of India, YOGINDER SIKAND, Jul 20, 2006)
The identity of those behind the bomb blasts that shook Mumbai remains unclear. Some suspect the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba or the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), or a combination of both.
- 5511 Pak Madarsas Registered (Telegraph, IMTIAZ GUL, Jul 20, 2006)
The Pakistani government has secured the registration of 5,511 madarsas since a new law came into force in August last year making it compulsory for the schools to be registered and their accounts audited.
- Pakistan Failed To Fight Terror: Pallone (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
It must demonstrate commitment to the war on terrorism
Leads point to LeT involvement in the Mumbai bomb blasts, he says
It is affecting peace process
It lacks laws to deter terrorist cells from "looming and growing"
- Wine’S Better, Bully For Beer- (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jul 19, 2006)
In an analogy many journalists may appreciate for reasons other than the author’s cleverness, Glenn Reynolds — his Army of Davids, published this year argues technology allows ordinary . . .
- Dhaka Is Looking Up (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 19, 2006)
Whenever I have visited Bangladesh in the past, I have wondered whether the country would ever make it. The words like “a failed state’ has haunted me and I have often expressed apprehension over the future of 150
- Modi Can’T Fix The Mumbai Mosaic (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Jul 19, 2006)
Narendra Modi was not on the minds of Mumbaikars as much as he was in the electronic media. Mumbaikars continue to be in sort of a State of Siege, enveloped by fear psychosis and driven by rumours rather than by ministerial assurances.
- Offensive Likely To Redefine West Asia Political Map (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
Israel’s assault on Lebanon threatens to weaken Arab moderates throughout the region, bolstering the image of Islamic militants at a time when anger among the Arab public is running high over the war on terror and America’s role in Iraq.
- Shah Bano’S Ghost Over The Rubble (Indian Express, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Jul 19, 2006)
Being a party that swears by Hindutva, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) must have reason to believe in the law of karma, and how it can catch up, in its own sweet way.
- The Onus Is On The Secularist (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 19, 2006)
The terrorist can be isolated only if the community is mobilised. That can happen only when our political leaders give up their habits and strategies of dividing communities.
- Terror Outfit Warns Of More Blasts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
Lashkar-e-Qahar, the terrorist group that claimed responsibility for the Mumbai train bombings, warned on Tuesday that it was planning attacks against government and historic sites in the country in an e-mail to a channel.
- ‘Our Destinies Linked, Need To Reflect On Ties With Pak’ (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 19, 2006)
Heading home from St. Petersburg with a strong international denunciation of the Mumbai massacre and its sponsors in hand, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today underlined the importance of flexibility in dealing with Pakistan and a firm resolve to . . .
- Indo-Canadian Community Lauds Mumbai's Spirit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
The Indian community in Canada has commended the spirit and resilience shown by residents of Mumbai in bouncing back from Tuesday's deadly terrorist attack on the city's rail network.
- In The Name Of Charity (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 18, 2006)
The Jamaat-ud-Daawa, a renamed version of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, operates freely in Pakistan under the guise of a charity organisation.
- India Wanted A Peg To Link Pakistan, Says Kasuri (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 18, 2006)
New Delhi should not doubt Islamabad's sincerity, he says
Counterproductive to point finger at Pakistan'
Peace process in the interest of South Asia as well, he claims
Postponing Foreign Secretary talks `a negative development'
- A Veteran's Reflections On Legal Profession (Hindu, Geeta Ramaseshan , Jul 18, 2006)
Racy in style, the essays piece together fragments of legal history that make fascinating reading
- Israeli Planes Pound Lebanon, 11 Killed (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Israeli warplanes pounded Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people, as diplomatic efforts brought no signs of an early end to the week-old assault launched in retaliation against Hizbollah attacks.
- Rally Ban Before Modi Comes Calling (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
The state government has banned all political rallies in Maharashtra for the next 30 days but would not confirm if the decision was taken with Narendra Modi’s impending Mumbai visit in mind.
- Pakistan-Bashing By Indian Media (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 18, 2006)
Mumba blasts have exposed claims about objectivity, neutrality and freedom of the Indian media. As the bodies were being removed from the sites of the carnage, the Indian media, both print and electronic, unleashed an orchestrated and malicious . . .
- Israel Escalates Bombings In Beirut (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
War plane also blasts Palestinian Foreign Ministry building in Gaza City
- Mumbai Echo In Moscow: G-8 Warns Terror Sponsors (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 18, 2006)
Pakistan not named but world leaders say ‘united with India’, vow to bring to justice perpetrators, organisers, sponsors
- $ 18.6b Exports Target Fixed In Trade Policy (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
The government has fixed export target of 18.6 billion dollars and import estimate of 28 billion dollars for the current financial year. The government has failed to achieve the export target of 17 billion dollars and exports stood out . . .
- Make Them Bite The Dust (Pioneer, B Raman, Jul 18, 2006)
Government should revert to the 'talk-talk, hit-hit' policy to fight terrorism, which it sensibly followed till the mid-1990s ---- In cautiously-worded remarks after a visit to Mumbai on July 14, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been quoted as . . .
- Pakistan On Notice (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 18, 2006)
While eschewing harsh rhetoric, India has unequivocally put Pakistan on notice that it will be difficult to continue with the process of détente unless cross-border terrorism is brought to an end.
- Trade Policy Still Envisages $10b Gap (Daily Times, Sajid Chaudhry, Jul 18, 2006)
Trade Development Authority of Pakistan set up
Import of used machinery allowed
Govt to set up ‘carpet cities’, export zones
- Muslim Leaders Meet Sonia (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Several Muslim leaders today met the Congress president and UPA chairperson Mrs Sonia Gandhi and sought her intervention to check the “witch-hunting” against Muslims in the guise of “counter-terrorism measures” after serial terror blasts in Mumbai.
- Israel Army Enters Lebanon (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Israeli army troops have crossed the border into southern Lebanon to conduct a ground offensive against the Hezbollah stronghold, an Israeli government spokesman said today.
- Pm Urges India Not To Quit Talks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has urged India to keep intact a two-year-old peace process between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
- Maulana Fazlur Rehman’S Supple Approach (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 18, 2006)
The secretary-general of the Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA), Maulana Fazl ur Rehman, coming out of the alliance’s Supreme Council meeting, once again demonstrated a nuanced and supple approach to the growing government-opposition confrontation when . . .
- Irresoluteness, A National Disease (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Jul 18, 2006)
The Mumbai blasts, which have claimed over 200 lives and maimed or injured over 700 people, constitute a terrible tragedy for the victims and their families.
- Stolen Secrets (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jul 18, 2006)
The ‘Naval War Room Leak’ case has many dimensions. Like for instance the dangers from the reported sale of more than 10,000 computer pages of information on the country’s security on land, in the air and on the sea.
- Israelis Feel Mumbai’S Sorrow, India’S Pain (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
In Israel, a country in a region where the vocabulary of terrorism has an unfortunately high currency, the 7/11 attacks have been followed with deep concern and interest.
- Sloppy Probes Let Suspects Walk Free (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Imagine a police officer informing a court that he does not recognise an accused he himself had arrested. This surprisingly happened in a case involving an ISI agent.
- Israeli Bombs Hit Beirut Airport, Streets Again (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Israel struck Beirut airport again on Friday and bombed Lebanese roads, power supplies and communication networks in a widening campaign after Hizbollah guerrillas seized two Israeli soldiers and killed eight.
- Pakistan Willing To Talk With India On Terrorism (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 18, 2006)
Stands by January 2004 commitment, says Aziz Ahmad Khan
"Will not allow its territory to be used by terrorists
Mumbai blasts "a criminal act, a tragic incident"
- Asia’S Changing Strategic Scenario (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jul 18, 2006)
The recent testing of seven missiles by North Korea and the varying reactions of the major powers to this event have once again highlighted the tensions which have been building up in Northeast Asia and the strategic realignment which is taking . . .
- Reluctant Rulers (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 18, 2006)
Prafull Goradia analyses why India is soft towards Islamist terror, while Israel leaves no stone unturned to retaliate against jihadi violence.
- Bush Curses Hezbollah At G-8 Luncheon (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
It wasn’t meant to be overheard. Private luncheon conversations among world leaders, picked up by a microphone, provided a rare window into both banter and substance — including President Bush . . .
- Fight Terror At Home, Its Causes Too (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 18, 2006)
New Delhi’s decision to indefinitely postpone foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan is intended as a sharp reminder to Pakistan that it needs to dismantle the infrastructure of terror.
- Midnight Knock (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 18, 2006)
The idea is to prevent further acts of hate, not to sow the seeds of more hatred.
- Not The Same (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 18, 2006)
Multiculturalism seems to have its privileged identities. A recent British survey has revealed that Hindus in Britain do not feel good about being lumped together with other “brown-skinned” Britons as “Asians”.
- Some Arab Govts Blame Hezbollah (Times of India, HASSAN M FATTAH, Jul 18, 2006)
With the battle between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah raging, key Arab governments have taken the rare step of blaming Hezbollah, underscoring in part their growing fear of influence by the group's main sponsor, Iran.
- G8 Leaders Call Mumbai Blasts Barbaric (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jul 18, 2006)
Although the G8 summit of industrialised countries was predictably preoccupied with the escalating violence in the Middle East, India was able to persuade the world's most powerful leaders to look beyond the region and denounce the recent terrorist . . .
- Simi Activists Held In Assam (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Two SIMI activists were arrested from Fakiragram yesterday for having possible connection with the Mumbai blasts, while the state was put on high alert against terror strikes.
- Death Dance In Tit-For-Tat Strikes (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Hizbollah today killed eight people in the Israeli city of Haifa in its deadliest rocket attack on the Jewish state, and Israeli planes killed 36 people in Lebanon in a fifth day of strikes.
- The Terror Within (Times of India, Ranjan Roy, Jul 18, 2006)
For years, we've heard pompous exhortations from our leaders about how no Indian was ever found to be part of any international Islamic terror group. A true tribute to secular politics and democracy in a country that has . . .
- When Legislators Break The Law (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 18, 2006)
IT becomes a matter of considerable concern when legislators decide to take the law into their own hands. Regrettably, Friday’s incident in which an MNA representing a Karachi-based party angrily refused to hand over the . . .
- Keep Back Channels Open (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jul 18, 2006)
The pause in the Indo-Pakistani dialogue was inevitable, given the devastating nature of the terrorist attacks on the Mumbai trains and their suspected links to groups in Pakistan.
- A World Awash In Tools To Kill (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 18, 2006)
Just as gun crimes are frequent when people have lots of guns, so bombings are frequent when people have access to lots of bombs. India, just by itself, proves that truism: A series of blasts in 1993, also in Mumbai, killed 250. And in 2005 three . . .
- Anxieties Of A World City (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jul 18, 2006)
Even a week after a monsoon evening was blown apart in a dissonance of mangled metal and torn bodies, India is still searching for . . .
- ‘It (A Breakthrough) Is Expected As Early As Possible. I Can’T Say When, But It May Happen Today Also’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 18, 2006)
Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, you must be busy with meetings after meetings, visits after visits.
- Reid Uses New Laws To Ban Two Islamist Groups For 'Glorifying Terrorism' (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Two UK-based Islamist militant groups, al-Ghurabaa and the Saved Sect, were yesterday named as the first extremist groups to be banned in Britain under new anti-terror laws.
- Death Dance In Tit-For-Tat Strikes (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Hizbollah today killed eight people in the Israeli city of Haifa in its deadliest rocket attack on the Jewish state, and Israeli planes killed 36 people in Lebanon in a fifth day of strikes.
- Rally Ban Before Modi Comes Calling (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
The state government has banned all political rallies in Maharashtra for the next 30 days but would not confirm if the decision was taken with Narendra Modi’s impending Mumbai visit in mind.
- Ripples In Pak Over Pm Remark (Telegraph, IMTIAZ GUL, Jul 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s reference to the role of Pakistan-based elements in the Mumbai blasts has alarmed Islamabad and analysts who fear such “accusations” might derail the peace process.
- 2 Ministers Had Pressed For Caution (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jul 17, 2006)
At least two Union Cabinet ministers had, at an emergency meeting after the Mumbai terror blasts, urged the government to exercise caution in identifying a particular community as the culprits without sufficient evidence and proof.
- Pm To Put Pak In Dock (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jul 17, 2006)
When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets the leaders of the G8 industrialised nations here tomorrow, he will put Pakistan in the dock for its complicity in the recent Mumbai blasts and urge them to lean on Islamabad to take action against the . . .
- Money For Militants Sent On Bus Rooftops (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Money sent to separatist elements in Jammu and Kashmir from here through a hawala racket was often transported on the rooftop of state-run buses to avoid detection, investigations into the scam have revealed.
- Beastly End Of A Beauty (OutLook, Raja Menon, Jul 17, 2006)
The story of a gentle petite Indian girl in brutal captivity, who astonished friend and foe with her courage and beauty has been written about earlier, but never researched so comprehensively as in this book.
- Battle For Survival (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 17, 2006)
Israel has no place left to turn to, and no choices either at this late hour but to fight back the Islamist forces, writes P David Hornik
- Hizbollah Retaliates; Attacks Israel, Kills 8 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Hizbollah rockets killed eight persons in the Israeli city of Haifa on Sunday and bombs shook Beirut as Israel pursued a five-day-old assault in Lebanon aimed at crippling the Shi’ite Muslim group.
- Where We Can Trip (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jul 17, 2006)
Mumbai has been targeted along its febrile nervous system. Quite sensibly, in my opinion, most of us do not care about who did it or why.
- Postponement Of Talks (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 17, 2006)
The postponement of foreign secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan by New Delhi following the Mumbai attacks is a most unfortunate and regrettable development.
- World Of Political Untouchables (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Jul 17, 2006)
Although social divides in India are crumbling, political inequality is thriving as never before, says S Gurumurthy.
- Qaida Training Militants In Kashmir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Al Qaida is training Kashmiri militants to undertake terrorist attacks in the Valley, according to a document available with UNI.
- People Show The Way (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 17, 2006)
If there is a saving grace in the Mumbai blasts, it lies in the courage and determination of the common man ----
- Peace After War (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, known for his caution and restraint —-often more than . . .
- Pm Calls For New Pathways To Peace (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the international community "must adopt zero tolerance for terrorism anywhere" and looked forward to discussions on terrorism at the G-8 summit at St Petersburg in Russia.
- Eight Killed As Hizbollah Rocket Barrage Hits Haifa (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 17, 2006)
Syria is strengthening militia's hands, charges Israel
- Midnight Knock (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
The idea is to prevent further acts of hate, not to sow the seeds of more hatred.
- Dialogue Derailed (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 17, 2006)
India-Pak peace talks have been suspended
- Bjp To Ring Bells To Mark Protest (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
The BJP, led by former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, is set to ring "alarm bells" to protest against the government’s failure to tackle terrorism on the opening day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament on July 24.
- Not The Same (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 17, 2006)
Multiculturalism seems to have its privileged identities.
- Moderates On Both Sides Must Assert Themselves (Hindu, Foqia Sadiq Khan, Jul 17, 2006)
In this view from across the border on the Mumbai train blasts, the writer argues that Pakistan needs to make a greater effort to deal with terrorist networks while India must immediately act to prevent a Gujarat-like backlash and over the longer . . .
- Limit To Tolerance, But Options Are Limited Too (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 17, 2006)
Despite the Musharraf regime's equivocation on terrorism, India will gain nothing by allowing the authors of the Mumbai blasts to disrupt the peace process with . . .
- Mumbai: What Next? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Striking similarities between the recent Varanasi and Mumbai blasts have come to the fore following forensic reports on last Tuesday's serial blasts in Mumbai. Not just the explosives used in the terror attacks but the modus operandi of the ultras . . .
- Pak Opposition Allies Likely To Probe Kargil (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
A conglomerate of Opposition moderate political parties in Pakistan has said it would constitute a commission of inquiry into the Kargil misadventure by the Army if the government failed to do so.
- Pm Seeks Words And Deeds From Pak (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Asking Pakistan to give “firm commitments backed by action” on not allowing its territory to be used by terrorists against India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday appeared unenthusiastic on bringing back the tough POTA law to counter terrorism.
- India Seeks ‘Firm’ Pak Commitment On Terrori (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
India on Sunday demanded “firm commitment” backed by action from Pakistan on reining in terrorists, as investigators made slow progress in solving last week’s deadly train bombings.
- Elections In Azad Kashmir (News International, Dr Shabir Choudhry, Jul 17, 2006)
A ‘drama’ in name of elections in Azad Kashmir has been in full swing. The state of Jammu and Kashmir was at one time known as ‘base camp’, to ‘liberate’ the other Kashmir which was under the ‘occupation’ of India.
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