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Articles 821 through 920 of 9581:
- We Won't Hand Over Anybody, Says Pakistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 03, 2006)
Mumbai Police Commissioner's statements "propagandistic"
- India Convicts Five Over 1993 Mumbai Blasts (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
An Indian court on Friday convicted five more Muslim men of conspiracy in a series of bomb attacks on Mumbai 13 years ago.
- The Arts Of Humankind (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 30, 2006)
“For a sixteen-year-old youth who had yet to begin to shave,” writes Kumar Mukherji in his memoir of life as a music lover, “the winter of 1942 would best be remembered as the year when he heard Kesarbai [Kerkar], Roshanara Begum and Ustad Bade . . .
- 5-Year Jail For Monica Bedi In Fake Passport Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
Revenue official, Assistant SI and postman get 3-year prison term for helping her
- "Community Involvement Must For Better Sexual Health Information" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
Social taboo stops women from seeking reproductive, sexual health services
- Q&a: Lage Raho... Is A Film About Hope (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 30, 2006)
As the trial for Mumbai blasts unravels, the success of Lage Raho Munnabhai has come as a welcome relief for Sanjay Dutt, the film's lead star and one of the accused in the case. Kudrat Bhatia and Percy Fernandez spoke to Dutt at his house in Mumbai:
- More Than Friends (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Sep 30, 2006)
Mulayam Singh Yadav owes the public an explanation over his growing intimacy with George Fernandes.
- Gram Sabha Passes Resolution Against Special Economic Zone (Hindu, Meena Menon, Sep 30, 2006)
People register protest against land acquisition for Reliance Group's Mumbai SEZ
- Package For Farmers (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Sep 30, 2006)
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on Friday approved a Rs.16,978.69-crore rehabilitation package for farmers in the predominantly suicide-prone districts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra.
- Pervez Reveals Bengali Love (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
Pervez Musharraf fell in love with a Bengali girl in Karachi while in his teens but, alas, she had to go off to East Pakistan with her family and that was it.
- Flashpoint Over Belgaum (Deccan Herald, Jangveer Singh, Sep 30, 2006)
Belgaum has always been an emotive issue for Maharashtra since it went to Karnataka after the reorganization of the States in 1956.
- Mumbai-Malegaon Blasts (Deccan Herald, P.C. Dogra, Sep 30, 2006)
O July 11, seven blasts in seven suburban trains of Western Railway, Mumbai, killed over 229 persons and wounded over 700. Then came Malegaon blasts in a mosque, killing 37 Muslims and injuring many more, who were in the congregation of the devouts . . .
- Sezs: Pil Filed In Supreme Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
They will create shortages: petitioner
Land is being acquired with the help of police
Quash all acquisitions and return land to farmers, court urged.
- ‘Bomb Planters Were Locals, Makers Came From Nepal’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
With Friday’s arrest of four men under MCOCA, the anti-terrorist squad (ATS) seems surer about how the July 11 blasts on suburban trains were plotted and executed.
- Feeling Grounded? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
What would you do when your kid chooses to be anything but cooing and cute on board an aircraft?
- To Trick Or Teach? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 30, 2006)
The pervasive lack of quality at the base of India’s educational pyramid has had tragic consequences.
- Plea To Stop Acquisition Of Farm Land For Sezs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
The Supreme Court was moved on Friday to stop the acquisition of agricultural and cultivable land from farmers in various states for setting up special economic zones (SEZs).
- Centre To Be Neutral On Boundary Row (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
Central government on Friday said it had “broadly” approved the written statement to be presented on its behalf in the court and would adopt a totally “neutral” stance on the matter.
- A Force To Reckon With (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2006)
That’s what the Supreme Court order on police reforms aims at: a law-enforcing system which, insulated from the political class, will be able to serve the public and win its trust and respect.
- A Stretch Teeming With Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
There are two ways of looking at K Kamaraj Road or Cavalry Road as it was known earlier. Depending upon one perspective, it could be a road full of intense traffic and choc-a-block shops or you can treat this as a stretch full of life.
- Msmed Act — Law With Large Impact (Business Line, Manasi Phadke, Sep 29, 2006)
The new MSMED Act can do more by providing SMEs with the most powerful tool: Regional information, data and value-added knowledge.
- Indian Developers Queue For Ipos, Foreign Funds (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Tens, and even hundreds, of Indian developers are lining up to raise funds through initial public offerings in an attempt to ramp up construction to fill an estimated shortfall of 20 million homes.
- Gandhigiri, Mamu! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 29, 2006)
The talk of a ‘Ramazan ceasefire’ in J&K struck a chord with none of the interested parties. Yet it has threatened to open up some deliciously interesting possibilities.
- Sonia Strikes At Sangh Via Kalam (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi has sought President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s help to get the Madhya Pradesh government to reverse its order allowing employees to participate in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s activities.
- 5 Acquitted In Blasts Blow To Cbi (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Five grateful men walked free from special judge Pramod Kode’s court today in a verdict seen as the first major setback for the prosecution in the 1993 serial blasts case.
- Chindia Bhai-Bhai (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 29, 2006)
The elephant and dragon should learn to dance together. With their high growth and demographic dividend, they are poised to dictate terms to the world.
- Belgaum Stokes Passions In Maharashtra, Karnataka (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Sep 29, 2006)
The old row between Maharashtra and Karnataka over the status of Belgaum is all set to be reignited with political parties here pressing for special two-day Assembly session on the issue.
- Faling Revolution (Daily Excelsior, Jayant Muralidharan, Sep 29, 2006)
What is today described as "Naxalism" in Andhra Pradesh actually began as a Communist-led, Marxism-oriented peasant movement in Telengana in 1944. This Telengana movement was the outcome of a strained social fabric and an iniquitous . . .
- An Ode To Cross Dressers (Deccan Herald, Rachna Bisht Rawat, Sep 29, 2006)
In the tiny hill town of Kotdwar in Pauri Garhwal this is the fortnight of the cross-dressers.
- Damage And Claims (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 29, 2006)
A very important order was given this month by the State Commission for Consumer Complaints Redressal in Delhi.
- Pride And A Lot Of Prejudice In Bangalore (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Sep 29, 2006)
Drawing attention away from development and corruption issues that have dogged Karnataka in recent months, two long simmering plots have been pushed into the forefront of politics in the state.
- Gowda’S Own Country (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 29, 2006)
Going strictly by news coming from government quarters in Bangalore in recent months, it would be easy to forget that this is the metropolis that has almost single-handedly made over the idea of India in the world.
- ‘93 Blasts: 5 Acquitted Due To ‘Weak Evidence’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
One of those acquitted on Thursday, Abdul Aziz Abdul Kader, being frisked by policemen. In a setback to the prosecution, the TADA court acquitted five accused in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case who were charged with heading for arms training to . . .
- Outrageous Strategems (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 29, 2006)
Celebration time for at least some members of parliament. No, they do not belong to the group of celebrities who were involved in the imbroglio over office of profit.
- Qutub Festival Beckons Tourists To The Capital (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Dedicated to the youth and seeking to attract people from all walks of life through its offer of free entry, the annual two-day Qutub Festival begins at the Qutub Minar complex in Delhi on Saturday. Welcoming tourists arriving in the Capital during . . .
- Thank God We Are Acquitted, Say 1993 Mumbai Blast Accused (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
For the first time since the special TADA Court stated to deliver its judgment in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case, five accused who were acquitted for lack of evidence thanked the Judge Pramod D Kode profusely and relieved at the verdict . . .
- Pm Signals Sez Burial (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Sep 29, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi's directive against large-scale acquisition of prime farmland for non-agricultural purposes and full rehabilitation of affected farmers seems to have put a spanner in the rat race to create Special Economic Zones.
- Farmers On The Warpath Against Sez (Hindu, Meena Menon, Sep 29, 2006)
We will commit murder, not suicide, say agitated farmers of Pen taluk in Maharashtra
For 20 years, they have been fighting for water from the Hetawane dam
Why not an agriculture zone instead of SEZ?
- Naco Opens More Hiv Treatment Centres (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has increased the number of centres providing free anti-retroviral treatment (ART) from 54 to 91. Another 9 more centres will get operational soon.
- Chinese Fdi Hitting `National Security' Barrier (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 28, 2006)
New economic policy meets old paranoia; Beijing feels its firms being singled out
- Sez: Farmers Plan Satyagraha (Hindu, Meena Menon, Sep 28, 2006)
Over 10,000 hectares in 45 villages to be acquired for the project
- ’93 Verdict: Memon Aide Guilty In Centaur Blast (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The special TADA court trying the 1993 serial blasts case on Wednesday found accused No 44, Mushtaq Musa Tarani (40), guilty of all 12 charges against him, including planting an RDX-laden suitcase in room No 3078 of Centaur Hotel on March . . .
- Ongc -Hpcl In Oilfield Tie-Up (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd and its partners have been awarded a contract for the development of offshore fields off Mumbai (known as Cluster 7) by Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC).
- Economic Links With India (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Sep 28, 2006)
The freezing of the composite dialogue between India and Pakistan which was to resume this week has come at a time when Pakistan was proposing to enlarge the range of goods importable from India in its ‘positive list.’
- Pretexts, Provocations And Consequences (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Sep 28, 2006)
When a series of bomb blasts ripped through seven commuter trains, causing mayhem in Mumbai nine days ago, it was hardly surprising that suspicion immediately fell on Islamist militants, with Lashkar-i-Taiba becoming the main focus of attention on . . .
- A Litmus Test Of Impartiality (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Sep 28, 2006)
Fairness of the investigations into the Malegaon blasts will decide whether the Indian state can re-establish its secular credentials and win Muslim hearts.
- Suicide Notes From The Country (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 28, 2006)
Farmer's suicides, a charged political issue, received a lot of attention again at the recently concluded Congress conclave. But standard political solutions are typically not informed by basic economic logic.
- Put Some Steel Into The Relationship (Pioneer, Asheesh Shah, Sep 28, 2006)
Delhi must do much more to translate French goodwill for India into tangible gains for its economy, says Asheesh Shah.
- Blackboard Bungle (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 28, 2006)
It's a paradox, but the most regressive policies are pushed through in precisely those places that are supposed to be the hot spots of India's emergent economy.
- Polio Cases Cripple Maharashtra Efforts (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Sep 28, 2006)
Maharashtra has lost the war to emerge as India’s polio-free state after two children were found infected by the polio virus.
- `Do Not Tolerate Terrorism Sponsors' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Pranab calls for practical measures to fight terrorism
- Bomb Planter Bares Tiger Memon's Role (Times of India, Swati Deshpande, Sep 28, 2006)
His cherubic face belies both his age and his involvement in Mumbai’s biggest terror strike to date. On Wednesday, Mushtaq Tarani, the eighth bomb planter to be held guilty in the 1993 blasts case, stood deadpan in the dock as special Tada judge . . .
- Cong, Bjp Sit On The Fence At Border (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Maharashtra’s border row with Karnataka has resulted in an interesting political scenario in the state. Regionally strong players like the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have gone ballistic against the Janata Dal (S)-BJP . . .
- Cooperation First, Then Safeguards (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Sep 28, 2006)
AEC Chairman Anil Kakodkar talks about the options before India vis-a-vis the U.S. Bill on the nuclear deal.
- Gandhigiri — A Philosophy For Our Times (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Sep 28, 2006)
The use of the term Gandhigiri highlights the fact that in an unjust world, change necessitates the use of force. It also emphasises that Gandhiji stood for action in the face of oppression. Not passive contemplation or individual salvation.
- Ongc Eyes 46.5 Mn Barrels Oil Production (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp on Wednesday said it expects oil production of 46.5 million barrels, and gas output of 2.7 billion cubic metres from the development of three offshore marginal fields.
- Anything Goes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 28, 2006)
That policemen are not exactly paragons of honesty is not such a big secret.
- Another Memon Aide Held Guilty (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
A Tada court in Mumbai on Wednesday convicted Mohammed Mushtaq Musa Tarani, a close associate of Tiger Memon, the brain behind the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts conspiracy, on all charges, including triggering a blast in a five-star hotel at Juhu in . . .
- Munna Bhai's Dream Run To Spur Heritage Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Gujarat Government, Centre embarking on a tourism project to develop Ahmedabad-Dandi highway
- The Power Of Shakthi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Navarathri is the celebration of Shakthi, the embodiment of supreme power,writes Prathibha Nandakumar.
- No Room For Chauvinism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 27, 2006)
For Karnataka, it is a historic event. The State legislature is holding its first session outside Bangalore, in the northern town of Belgaum that borders Maharashtra.
- The Passionate Reader (Indian Express, Jyoti Punwani, Sep 27, 2006)
The thin body wrapped in a shroud on whom I threw three handfuls of soil was not the Baqar Mehdi I knew.
- Bomb Hunter (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 27, 2006)
One of India's top crime scientists speaks out on the need for new investments in counter-terrorism technologies.
- Terror Gets Its First Death Punishment: Oct 20 For Afzal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
A sessions court today ordered that Mohammad Afzal, convicted in the December 13, 2001 Parliament attack case, be executed on October 20.
- Jessica: How Evidence Was Destroyed (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
When he tries, Shyan Munshi — prime witness in the Jessica Lal murder case — can speak good Hindi, good enough to give him the confidence to go for a role in an 'Indo-British production'; he can even show off the differences between Mumbaiya Hindi . . .
- Malegaon: Fractured Truths (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 27, 2006)
Weeks after the Malegaon terror strikes, the police struggle to determine the identity of the perpetrators.
- 5 Cops Held Guilty For Abetting '93 Blasts (Times of India, Swati Deshpande, Sep 27, 2006)
On Tuesday, five of the eight policemen accused of involvement in the biggest terror attack on Mumbai became the first men in uniform to be found guilty in the 1993 serial blasts case. The remaining three were acquitted. Special public prosecutor . . .
- India Has To Fight Pak To Halt Terror: Advani (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Deriding the setting up the joint Indo-Pak mechanism on anti-terror, Leader of the Opposition L K Advani on Monday said it was ridiculous for India to seek support of Pakistan to fight terrorism, as that country is involved in spreading the menace here.
- Defence In Offence (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 27, 2006)
The schizophrenic nature of the UPA Government's national security policy was evident yet again when, addressing a gathering at Harvard University, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee denounced Pakistan as the regional fount of jihad. Speaking of how . . .
- In The West's Own Interest (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 27, 2006)
Pakistan is unarguably the west's most important ally. This Anglophone country, with its deep institutional and social connections to Britain and to the US is naturally placed to be these countries' key interlocutor and partner in countering . . .
- Navaratri Crescendo Builds Up In Gujarat (Deccan Herald, Shubha Narayanan, Sep 27, 2006)
Every street, chowk and neighbourhood seems intoxicated with joyous festivities. While, Navaratri is a celebration time for all Hindu communities across India, in Gujarat, it strikes a unique chord, as it is a celebration of youth – more of spirit . . .
- Don't Let Power Go To Your Head (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Sep 27, 2006)
The Mahabharata narrates the story of Nahusha who became king of the gods with his austerities. But he lost it when power went to his head. He fell to earth as an enormous python and had to wait for deliverance for thousands of years, until Dharma . . .
- Made In Cuba, Unmade In Pak (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Islamabad’s assertion that those wanted by India have a ‘different status’ in Pakistan has put serious question marks on the proposed joint anti-terror institutional mechanism.
- Munnabhai Has Come To Our Rescue (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 27, 2006)
Lage Raho Munnabhai has received so much acclaim for proving the power of sequels and for its rediscovery of Gandhi that another radical aspect has got overlooked. It comes in a sub-plot that helps trigger the films denouement and concerns a . . .
- Is The Realty Valuation Plan Anti-Consumer? (The Financial Express, Kala S. Sridhar, Sep 27, 2006)
Although it will improve transparency in deals, it is still subject to myopic floor size index restrictions.
- India Accuses Pakistan Of Being ‘Nursery Of Global Terrorism’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Accusing Pakistan of being a “nursery of global terrorism”, India has asked Pakistan once again to stop all cross-border terrorism as promised and dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism still intact on its soil.
- Cancel The Call (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 27, 2006)
The 10-month flip-flop on policy details after taking the decision to increase foreign investment limits in telecom to 74 per cent was bad enough, but worse now seems round the corner as the government may reverse the decision and go back to the . . .
- Settle Through Talks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 27, 2006)
The Supreme Court has advised the chief ministers to resolve inter-state river water and boundary disputes among themselves through dialogue and discussion.
- Mumbai Blasts: 5 Cops Convicted (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
A sacked sub-inspector of the Maharashtra Police and four constables under his charge have been found guilty in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
- South Asia's Most Militarised Society (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 27, 2006)
A study details the effects on Sri Lanka of the 23-year-old ethnic conflict.
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