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Articles 3121 through 3220 of 9581:
- India Phenomenon (Statesman, AMITAV BANERJI, Jul 27, 2006)
A couple of weeks ago, Time magazine had an eye-catching cover.
- Sex Scandal Reveals The Seedy Side Of Indian Rule In Kashmir (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jul 27, 2006)
The two-year criminal investigation of a Srinagar brothel, allegedly protected and patronised by top Indian and state officials, could undermine what faith Kashmiris have got left in the Indian government.
- After Serial Blast (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 27, 2006)
After Srinagar-Bombay serial blasts, it is becoming increasingly clear that the terrorist organizations based in Pakistan have played the key role in planning and executing the serial blasts.
- Uproar Over Simi, Rss Comparison (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
There was commotion in the Rajya Sabha again this evening leading to adjournment for the day as agitated BJP members trooped into the well of the House objecting to Samajawadi Party member Janeswar Misra’s remarks on the banned organisation SIMI . . .
- What Ails Our Intelligence? (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Jul 27, 2006)
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence has become "a state within a state", answerable neither to the leadership of the Army, nor to the President or the Prime Minister, says the Federation of Americal scientists in its report.
- High Cost Of Reneging (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 27, 2006)
Recent events make it clear that Maharashtra goofed up in not accepting Enron’s offer to sell its shareholding at a 10% discount in 2001.
- Tourism, Not Extremism (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jul 27, 2006)
President Musharraf has appealed to people to shun extremism and promote tourism.
- The Perils Of Estrangement (The Economic Times, Pothik Ghosh, Jul 27, 2006)
In this rather prolonged season of cold-blooded terror and irrational bombing of soft targets, the idea of backlash appears to have caught the imagination of middle India.
- New Vistas In Micro Finance (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 27, 2006)
Finally, there seems to be a will to take a re-look at financial services for the poor. Much lobbying with the government and the RBI by those who work with financial services for the poor resulted in the government announcing on June 26 that it had . . .
- Big Lessons From Small Institutes (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 27, 2006)
Several educational centres in Maharashtra have gone off the beaten track on industry-academia linkage.
- The Oppressed Of The World (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 27, 2006)
Like most Muslims around the world, one, after 9/11, had become convinced of the existence of a well-conceived international conspiracy to destroy Muslim states, subjugate Muslim populations mentally and economically, poison Muslim youth by . . .
- Arrested Men Not From Army, Says Shivraj Patil (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday said the two persons nabbed in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday belonged to the India Reserve Battalion (IRB) and not the Army.
- An Outlandish Option (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 27, 2006)
It is highly irresponsible for a sovereign state to be talking of 'hot pursuit' options of striking another country to take out suspected, or should one say imagined, enemies.
- On Our List, Gujarat Cops Who Didn’T Act: Terror Suspect (Indian Express, Stavan Desai, Jul 27, 2006)
Sohail Md Sheikh, a Pune-based Lashkar-e-Toiba suspect who was arrested yesterday, has told police that his module had been instructed to draw up a list of Gujarat policemen “who didn’t react sufficiently” during the 2002 riots, sources in the . . .
- 3 Jawans In Terror Link (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
For the first time in 16 years of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, the Army has arrested three of its soldiers in Jammu for their alleged links with pan-Islamic terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiyyaba.
- Is Up Going Mayawati's Way? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 27, 2006)
National and international issues hardly ever influence elections in Uttar Pradesh and 2007 is unlikely to be any different, says CP Bhambhri.
- Lessons To Learn (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 27, 2006)
Sound personnel policy and strong political will is needed to bust terror modules and counter jihadi misadventures, says Hiranmay Karlekar.
- More Vigilance (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 27, 2006)
How a country defends its border is determined by its threat perceptions. New Delhi’s decision to strengthen the vigil on the India-Bangladesh border can, therefore, mean only one thing — India’s perception of a worsening security threat from across . . .
- Operation Sukoon (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jul 27, 2006)
India’s evacuation of its citizens from Lebanon is set to conclude on Thursday when 376 Indians, 400 Sri Lankans and 17 Nepalese make the crossing from Beirut to Larnaca in Cyprus on three warships engaged in the sea and air lift dubbed ‘Operation Sukoon’
- Mumbai's Storm Water Drains To Be Upgraded (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Rs. 475 crores will be released soon for the first phase
Funds for the metro railway have also been approved in principle
In the last one year, there were a lot of improvements in the city and the Mithi river was cleaned up
- Rbi Lifts Curbs On Two Dccbs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has lifted the restrictions placed on the Srikakulam and Vizianagaram District Cooperative Central Banks under Section35 (2) of B.R. Act, 1949, with immediate effect.
- Varanasi: Cosmopolitan And A Role Model (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jul 27, 2006)
The most spectacular yield of the recent affirmation of communal harmony in Varanasi is undoubtedly the Muslim effort at introspection — possible only because of Hindu support.
- Travel Advisories Upset Goa Tourism Industry (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
The travel advisories issued by a few countries about visiting India in view of the Mumbai bomb blasts have upset the Goa tourism industry.
- Pakistan Warns Against "Hot Pursuit" (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 27, 2006)
``Country's defence in strong hands''
Musharraf reiterates offer of co-operation in Mumbai blasts probe
The country's defence is in strong hands, he says
- Foreign Buys News Is Order Of Day On Bse (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
It was a busy day on the Dala street with quite a few major announcements on overseas acquisitions made by Indian companies, reports DH News Service from Mumbai.
- 3 Killed In Assam Blast (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Three people were killed and four others were injured in an explosion at Maibong Railway Station in Assam’s North Cacher Hills district on Wednesday.
- Court In Uae Releases Indian Ship Crew In Murder Case (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
An appeal court ordered the release of an Indian ship captain facing life imprisonment in the UAE, and five crew members, who were sentenced to five years in jail on a murder case.
- Indian In Coma In Lebanon Hospital (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Tanveer Ansari, arrested in connection with the serial bomb blasts of July 11 in Mumbai, is suspected to have been involved in the conspiracy to attack the headquarters of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Nagpur. Ansari may be brought to the . . .
- Kasuri Hopes Talks Will Restart (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri is hopeful that the composite dialogue between India and Pakistan will resume soon.
- India Tightens Nepal, Bangladesh Borders (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Two of the Mumbai perpetrators belong to Nepal-bordering state
- War Without A Resolution (Pioneer, Ramamohan Rao, Jul 26, 2006)
Today the nation pays its homage to martyrs of the Indian armed forces, who made the supreme sacrifice during the Kargil operations seven years ago.
- Target The Stimulus (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 26, 2006)
War on Maoism must begin in AP ---- The killing of Burra Chinnaiah, better known by his nom de guerre, 'Madhav', in the jungles of Prakasam district, is the most salient evidence that Andhra Pradesh's renewed war against red terror is working.
- Manmohan To Make Statement On Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
No decision on dates to discuss nuclear deal
Mumbai blasts, terrorism to be discussed in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday
"Office of profit" Bill in Upper House on Thursday
Manmohan to make statement in both Houses on nuclear deal .
- India-Pakistan Trust Deficit (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jul 26, 2006)
Although the Mumbai blasts may have clouded the India-Pakistan peace process, both sides have kept front and back channels open.
- Holy Cows Don't Die (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Jul 26, 2006)
The Marxist Government in Kerala seems more concerned about the safety of the Malayali diaspora and minorities at home than the State's people
- Under Upa, Terror Has Broken All Records: Advani (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
A spirited attack on the Government's "failure" to combat terrorism left the treasury benches fumbling for words in Lok Sabha on Tuesday during a marathon six-hour debate on a BJP-sponsored adjournment motion.
- Indo-Pak Officials To Meet ‘Informally’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
The Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan are likely to meet “informally” on the sidelines of the upcoming two-day South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Standing Committee meeting to be held at Dhaka (Bangladesh) from July 31.
- Kalam To Address J&k Joint Session (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam will address the joint session of the Jammu and Kashmir legislature here on July 28.
- Jaw-Jaw Better Than War-War (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 26, 2006)
I am somewhat worried by the lack of out-of-box thinking within the Indian and Pakistani media.
- Two Key Arrests In Mumbai Blasts (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
The Mumbai police has arrested two key persons in connection with the Mumbai blasts.
- Time For Active Management (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 26, 2006)
The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has been instrumental in converting Singapore into a vibrant regional fund management centre.
- India To Raise 300 Battalions In Police Force (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Tuesday announced the raising of 300 more battalions in the central police force. He also asked the state governments to raise police strength in proportion to the population and also offered assistance to . . .
- Empty Vessels Making Noise (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 26, 2006)
Banging on metal plates and gongs, BJP chief Rajnath Singh and NDA MPs put up an entertaining tamasha outside Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday.
- Terrorism Is A Battle Within The Muslim Community (Indian Express, Asif Jalal, Jul 26, 2006)
Till yesterday the debate was why and how Indian Muslims are free from the contagious effect of the so-called jehad sweeping the Islamic world, having no concern, barring some in Kashmir, with the business of Al Qaeda, the ISI and terrorism.
- Nature’S Wrath? More Man’S Folly (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Jul 26, 2006)
July is Mumbai’s nemesis. Exactly one year ago on this day, Nature unleashed 944 mm of rain on the unsuspecting metropolis, claiming 400 people. This year, Mumbai has already lost over 180 innocent citizens to a dark void of insane violence.
- Not By Shouting (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 26, 2006)
Price rise and Mumbai blasts are matters of grave concern to the people of this country.
- ‘Indo-Pak Talks Being Derailed’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 26, 2006)
The National Herald group’s Qaumi Awaz, in its editorial dated July 24, says that ‘‘after the war of words breaking out between India and Pakistan post the Mumbai blasts, not only is the attention on the war against the cancer . . .
- Can Mumbai Take Any More? (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jul 26, 2006)
Bombs and floods in the course of just one year are not something we can just shrug off.
- Varanasi In The Time Of Terror (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jul 26, 2006)
State action against terrorism will succeed if Muslims have the confidence that the community as a whole will not be called to account for terror executed by a few. Communal harmony is not a pseudo-secular cliché, it is a necessity in the . . .
- Mumbai Blasts Echo In Parliament (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
We say POTA is anti-terror but you say POTA is anti-Muslim: Advani
BJP presses for revival of POTA while the Government accuses the Opposition of using the terrorist attack to indulge in partisan politics
Prime Minister should spell out the . . .
- Congress Responsible For Spread Of Terrorism: Rajnath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Defends Chhattisgarh Government's peace campaign
- Batting For Palestine (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 26, 2006)
In the face of Israeli raids on Lebanon, the CPM believes that India cannot be a bystander.
- Seeking Sanity In The Real Estate Market (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 26, 2006)
"Today, though the real estate sector is growing at a blistering 30 per cent annually, our cities are crumbling with little or non-existent infrastructure — all a result of haphazard or no urban planning." — MR DEEPAK S. PAREKH, CHAIRMAN, HDFC
- Govt’S No To Pota (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
With the government rejecting the Opposition demand for revival of POTA to deal with terrorism, the adjournment motion on Mumbai blasts was defeated by a voice vote in the Lok Sabha as the BJP-led NDA staged a walkout.
- Open Up That Fortress Of Your Mind (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Jul 26, 2006)
Babanrao Haldankar’s music reflects the talim he received from stalwarts of two great traditions: Mogubai Kurdikar of Atrauli-Jaipur and Ustad Khadim Hussain of Agra.
- Rbi Raises Rates To Fight Inflation (Reuters, Anirban Nag and Surojit Gupta, Jul 26, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised its main policy rate by a quarter of a percentage point as expected on Tuesday, pushing it to its highest in four years as it sought to fight mounting price pressures in the fast-growing economy.
- Proxy War Shows No Signs Of Abatement (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 26, 2006)
On July 26, the nation will pay its homage to martyrs of the Indian Armed Forces who made the supreme sacrifice during the Kargil operations seven years ago. Will the nation observe it as the final Vijay Diwas ? Unlikely.
- Cry For Evidence Only A Cover Up (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Jul 26, 2006)
So, for now, the Indo- Pak peace process remains impacted, whatever the Pakistan Government or for that matter the US may say.
- Mumbai Blasts: Two More Arrested (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Two youths suspected to be LeT operatives were arrested by the police in connnection with the July 11 bomb blasts on suburban trains in the city.
- Government To Tone Up Intelligence To Combat Terror (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
The government on Tuesday said it would raise the strength of security and the police forces, tone up intelligence from the village level and improve coordination between different agencies to counter terrorism in the country.
- Trade Through Nathu La Begins (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Trading finally commenced today between India and China through the recently re-opened Nathu La Pass on the Indo-China border.
- India Tightens Border Security After Mumbai Blasts (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
India is stepping up vigil on its borders with Nepal and Bangladesh after investigations into the Mumbai bombings revealed militants and weapons were being smuggled from these areas, officials said on Tuesday.
- Next Ninety Days (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Jul 26, 2006)
What follows is largely conjecture. Consider the West Asian crisis. It has led some media commentators to speculate on whether it heralds World War Three.
- Teeth For Forces On Bangla Border (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Jul 26, 2006)
The security set-up along the border with Bangladesh has been rejigged with a record number of battalions of the Border Security Force being deployed.
- Raze Dawood Mall? Cops Duck Again (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Mumbai police do not have the manpower — or is it the mettle? — to tackle Dawood Ibrahim.
- Office-Of-Profit Bill Tabled In Rajya Sabha (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Reeling under intense controversy over offices of profit being held by sitting MPs for months, the Congress-led UPA government today started the process of again ensuring the passage of the office-of-profit Bill in Parliament in the same form in . . .
- Beyond The Ceasefire (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jul 26, 2006)
The hostilities in west Asia make it imperative that the prime minister, Manmohan Singh travel to Havana in September to attend the next non-aligned summit.
- Crying Wolf (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 26, 2006)
It is distressing that at a time when tension over terrorist attacks is running high across the country, people are making hoax calls warning of bombs in various public places.
- Govt, Opposition Lock Horns On Profit Bill (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jul 25, 2006)
Even as the monsoon session of Parliament got underway today, the UPA government and the Opposition found themselves locked in a confrontation over the controversial Office of Profit Bill.
- Parliament Condemns Mumbai Blasts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The monsoon session of Parliament began on Monday with a condemnation of the Mumbai blasts, a reiteration that the people of India would never allow the nefarious designs of terrorists to succeed, and a word of praise for the fortitude with which . . .
- Unani Doctor Held For Mumbai Blasts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The Mumbai police on Sunday night arrested a Unani doctor in the July 11 train blasts case and said he was suspected to be part of a larger conspiracy. He was remanded to police custody till August 4
- Price Rise, Terror Rock Parliament (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The Monsoon Session of Parliament began today without transacting any business, with unrelenting Opposition in the Lok Sabha disrupting the Question Hour, demanding a discussion on the government’s “failure” to check terrorism and the rise in the . . .
- Ansari Was Urged To "Do Something" In Mumbai: Ats (New Indian Express, PTI, Jul 25, 2006)
With the arrest of Tanvir Ansari in the Mumbai serial blasts case, police on Monday claimed to have busted an important sleeper module of Lashkar-e-Toiba in the city.
- Not By Musharraf Alone (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 25, 2006)
After the Mumbai blasts and the meandering investigations by the government, one thing stands out. India has no easy options in dealing with either of the twin challenges that confront the nation — terrorism and relations with Pakistan.
- Upa Politicising War On Terrorism, Says Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
BJP leads delegation to submit memorandum to President
Leaders beat `thalis' with spoons to focus on rising prices, farmers' suicides
"Burden on common man had become unbearable"
Office-of-Profit: "use Article 143 to seek apex court opinion"
- Rahul Mahajan Allowed To Shift To Mumbai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
A special court here on Monday allowed Rahul Mahajan, son of the slain Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Pramod Mahajan, to shift to Mumbai after July 31.
- Pakistan Downplays Nuclear Report (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 25, 2006)
Islamabad expanding facility: U.S. newspaper
- Terrorism Motion May Backfire On Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
In the political battle between the Government and the Opposition, perhaps the unkindest cut came from Parliamentary Affairs Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi here on Monday.
- Hoax Calls Spread Panic In City (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Some anonymous pranksters played havoc with the nerves of hundreds of students and teachers of at least half-a-dozen schools and a college in Bangalore City with bomb threat calls on Monday, all of which proved to be hoaxes, but not before setting . . .
- The Significant Other (Times of India, Namita Devidayal, Jul 25, 2006)
It would be easy for the optimistic liberal to conclude that Mumbai is still at heart, 'Bombay', a cosmopolitan city devoid of bigotry.
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