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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 14, 2007)
Desperate men do act desperately. Yet that is neither explanation nor justification.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 12, 2007)
Mr Jyoti Basu may have accepted the government’s contention that legal complications stand in the way of returning the acquired land in Singur.
- Curfew In North-East Indian Town (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2007)
An indefinite curfew is in force in the town of Moreh in the north-east Indian state of Manipur, where 15 people died in ethnic violence over the weekend.
- Clashes Leave 11 Dead In Manipur Border Town (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2007)
Ethnic clashes on Saturday between Manipur’s majority Meitei community and Kukis in the border town of Moreh left 11 people dead and one seriously injured, security forces and state police said on Sunday.
- A Million Mutinies (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 09, 2007)
New research reveals that the 1857 uprising encompassed not only the entire Indian subcontinent but also several castes, communities and classes. Bahadur Shah Zafar’s August 1857 Delhi manifesto is path-breaking.
- Indo-Bangla Ties: Need For Rethink (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 09, 2007)
If both countries resolve the outstanding issues, it can set the pace for regional co-operation in South Asia.
- Danda Raj (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 08, 2007)
Have police reforms hit a roadblock? Perhaps, yes. The landmark Supreme Court judgment of September 22, 2006 had ordered comprehensive restructuring of the police force all over the country.
- Rural Health: Pm Unhappy With States Performance (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2007)
Upset with the performance of some states including Karnataka, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has decided to call a special meeting of the National Development Council where the chief ministers are expected to be told to give special emphasis on . . . .
- Manmohan Emphasises Need For Adequate Attention To Health Care (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jun 06, 2007)
To convene a meeting of the NDC to discuss disease control and health issues
Focus on greater investment in medical education, including nursing
Almost all States have effective system of procurement of drugs
- Kingfisher Now Eyes Growing Ne Market With A New Airline (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2007)
Close on the heels of its Air Deccan acquisition, Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines will bid to partner the North Eastern Council (NEC), which is mulling a separate airline for the northeastern region with a private carrier.
- Act With Caution (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 05, 2007)
The use of force is not the best way for a state to win the people’s confidence. If large sections of the people of Manipur are unhappy about yet another extension of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, they have good reasons to feel that way.
- Hole In Mosquito Net? Call In Cbi (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Jun 04, 2007)
Never use the Right to Information Act to ask how many men it takes the government to spot a hole in a mosquito net.
- India Alarm Over Hiv In New Areas (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2007)
India health officials are alarmed by the growing numbers of pregnant women infected with HIV/Aids in the key states of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Bihar.
- Thulasidas Named Air India Cmd, Trivedi Joint Managing Director (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2007)
Ending the prolonged suspense over who would head the country’s unified national carrier — created out of the merger of Air India and Indian — the government has approved the appointment of Air India chief V Thulasidas as chairman and managing . . . .
- Thulasidas, Trivedi To Head Air India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2007)
A major initiative towards the launch of the merged national carriers – Air India – began on Tuesday with the the Government bringing on board senior IAS officers V Thulasidas and Vishwapati Trivedi as Chairman and Managing Director and Joint . . . .
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 26, 2007)
From the beginning, it was clear that the party ruling West Bengal was less than serious about the initiative to restore normalcy to Nandigram.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 24, 2007)
Old may not always be gold in the ever-advancing aviation sector, yet there is merit in the decision to retain the Maharajah as the mascot for the new, enlarged edition of Air India.
- Militants Attack Cong Mla's House In Manipur (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2007)
Unknown militants attacked the private residence of Congress legislator K Meghachandra in Thoubal district of Manipur, but there was no casualty, official sources said on Tuesday.
- Lost In Polarisation (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, May 22, 2007)
Congress hasnt made enough of a difference to lives to stop the pendulum from swinging away.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 15, 2007)
Unlike many of his predecessors, Mr Tony Blair has announced his decision to step down at a moment of his choosing and last Thursday’s statement of intent marks the end of what is arguably the most protracted process of a British Prime Minister’s exit.
- Extrajudicial Killings Indian Security Forces Face Heavy Criticism (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 15, 2007)
Hundreds if not thousands of extrajudicial killings are coming back to haunt Indian security forces who are facing a wave of public revulsion and demands for justice.
- Call Of The Hills (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2007)
History, culture and nature — there is an interesting mixture of all the three at Khonoma in Nagaland.
- Off Target, Blatter (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2007)
Upgrade inter-state football, professional league can wait, say soccer experts.
- Missing Children (Frontline, Iboyaima Laithangbam, May 12, 2007)
Insurgency-affected Manipur faces another serious problem: the kidnapping of children for ransom.
- Hc Directs Govt To Reinstate St Doctor (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2007)
The Delhi High Court has slammed the Centre for the cavalier manner in which it has terminated the service of a Scheduled Tribe doctor from North East after he failed to establish his tribe identity.
- Army Admits To Staged Encounter In Assam (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2007)
Admitting that the killing of a youth in Assam last week "was unfortunate", Indian Army officials in Guwahati said on Thursday they have ordered a probe to punish guilty officials involved in the fake encounter.
- Significance Of The War Of 1857 (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 11, 2007)
India needs to remember this conjucture when we were able to transcend the smaller loyalites and succeed in building up an overwhelming solidarity, notwithstanding regional specifics.
- Army Admits To Staged Encounter In Assam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2007)
Army officials admits to the killing of 24-year-old Moran in an alleged encounter with soldiers of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles over the weekend in eastern Assams Tinsukia district.
- Bid To Revive ‘Khalistan’ At Uk Meet, Delhi Is Quiet (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, May 11, 2007)
The Manmohan Singh government has not responded to a conference at a gurdwara in Birmingham that sought to revive the Khalistan movement and brought together secessionists from Nagaland, Kashmir and Assam on the same platform.
- Indian Paramilitary Forces Fail To Use (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 09, 2007)
India’s plans to modernise its seven central paramilitary forces (CPMFs) have gone awry.
- Bjp Flays Govt's Policies On J&k, Pak (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2007)
Slams move to redeploy troops, allow anti-Indian outfits to hold rally in Valley
- Gowda: I Won’T Beg To Be Made V-P (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 04, 2007)
In an interview to the Deccan Herald, Mr Deve Gowda spells out his expectations of the BJP in the next few months, although he keeps his strategy close to his chest.
- Crpf Cop Injures 2 In Firing (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2007)
A CRPF constable on patrol duty fired at two of the Water Works Department employees who refused to give him money for buying liquor at the Kot-Bhalwal jail here today.
- Top Unlf Ultra Arrested In Guwahati (Tribune, Bijay Sankar Bora, May 03, 2007)
What is construed to be a major blow to the banned United National Liberation Front (UNLF), a Manipur based separatist militant outfit, the police apprehended its general secretary Narengbam Marjit, alias Thabal, alias Iboyaima, here today and . ..
- Killing Spree (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 03, 2007)
Even in a democracy, there is nothing more fearful than State power. The people of ‘terrorized’ Kashmir and Manipur have lived with this truth for some time now.
- Manipuri Separatist Leader Held (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2007)
Police in India say they have arrested the second-in-command of a leading separatist group operating in the troubled north-east state of Manipur.
- Order Without Force (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, Apr 25, 2007)
The Centre seeks modification of the apex court order on police reforms, while several States have refused to comply with the directives.
- On A Hostile Terrain (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Apr 25, 2007)
The attempted rape of two women at Rajauri by jawans masked as militants is sure to strengthen the claim that this is a regular practice among armed forces to discredit ‘freedom fighters’.
- Hiv Cases Increasing In North-East (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2007)
The prevalence rate of HIV have begun to decrease in some of the southern States, but it is increasing in the northeastern States.
- Second Republic (Times of India, Sauvik Chakraverti, Apr 22, 2007)
Nandigram, Naxal and Maoist insurgencies, Kashmir, Manipur, and the sealing drive in Delhi all point to the fact that we in India are living in a state of 'unlaw'.
- Second Republic (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 21, 2007)
Nandigram, Naxal and Maoist insurgencies, Kashmir, Manipur, and the sealing drive in Delhi all point to the fact that we in India are living in a state of 'unlaw'.
- Sandwiched Staff (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2007)
The government may not be able to rescue a person abducted by militants or stop extortion, but it can certainly wield the National Security Act to punish an employee who negotiates a deal with the militants to save his or somebody else’s skin.
- Naco For Law To Bind Docs Treating Aids (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2007)
In a bid to regulate private practitioners from providing a second line of treatment to HIV-positive patients, the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has proposed to put a law in place, similar to one followed by South Africa.
- Spcial Article (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Apr 18, 2007)
Consider the state of the nation. Then consider the political response to issues that confront it. Begin with the North-east. The entire region is bleeding from separatist insurgencies that started decades ago.
- Apex Court Order On Legal Services Authority (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2007)
Ruling on plea alleging that appointing a retired Judge "falls foul"
Functioning of retired judges not satisfactory: National Legal Service Authority
Ample scope for favouritism in appointment of a retired judge, Bench says
- As Good As New (Frontline, M.S. Prabhakara, Apr 17, 2007)
One hundred and fifty years after it was written, the Assamese play "Ramnabami-Natak" is still refreshingly daring.
- Hiv Infection In Kids Detected Late (Singapore Times, Kounteya Sinha, Apr 16, 2007)
Children continue to be ignored and discriminated against in India's fight against HIV. A study, exploring the barriers to accessing care and treatment for HIV infected children in India, has found that most children are diagnosed for HIV when . . .
- Early Detection Of Hiv In Children Stressed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 16, 2007)
A survey in the high prevalence states has shown that late diagnosis of HIV infection among children deprives them of medical care.
- A Prodigy Of Dance, Art And Culture (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Apr 15, 2007)
The late Prime Minister Morarji Desai might have failed to install Rukmini Arundale, a great exponent of Bharatnatyam, on the exalted seat of President of India.
- Perceptions In Kashmir (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Apr 13, 2007)
The crisis looming in Jammu and Kashmir following the People’s Democratic Party’s threat to withdraw from the state’s ruling coalition has, for the present, blown over.
- Discover Another India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2007)
Chuck foreign destinations. Try and explore the lesser-known facets of our country instead .
- Minority Matters (Times of India, Tahir Mahmood, Apr 11, 2007)
Last week, an Allahabad high court judge, observing that the Muslims "have ceased to be a religious minority community" in Uttar Pradesh, directed the state "to treat any member of Muslim community equal to other non-minority religious communities".
- Militant Sanctuary Busted In Kolkata (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2007)
Two activists of a proscribed Manipur militant group were arrested and a sanctuary of north-east ultras here busted during a joint raid, defence sources said today.
- When The Dying Give Birth (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2007)
Parenthood is a nagging evolutionary force. Nothing weaker could have inspired a growing trend among HIV positive couples to war against all odds and have children.
- Manipuri Militants Held In Kolkata (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Apr 10, 2007)
The arrest of two senior operatives of the banned Manipuri extremist outfit, the PREPAK, from a hotel here on Sunday and two more of their colleagues from Imphal the previous day, have led to apprehensions that Kolkata could be becoming a haven for . ..
- Bank Rolling Politics (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2007)
The Congress’ inability to learn from its own past experience defies understanding. Step-by-inexorable step, it is going down precisely the road it took in 1995, and step-by-step it is heading for the same dire outcome.
- Bank Rolling Politics (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2007)
The Congress’ inability to learn from its own past experience defies understanding. Step-by-inexorable step, it is going down precisely the road it took in 1995, and step-by-step it is heading for the same dire outcome.
- Killing Economy, Growth (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Apr 02, 2007)
The third successive increase in CRR is all set to wipe out UPA government's accomplishments.
- Bridging Gap (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 02, 2007)
An important step towards improving communication, trade and travel across Asia has been taken with India and Myanmar agreeing to construct a 315-kilometre stretch of railway between their two countries.
- Working To A Plan (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Mar 31, 2007)
The "attention-grabbing" attack in Chhattisgarh is an indication of the Maoists' resolve to intensify their activities on various fronts.
- ‘Ulfa Is A Pawn In The Hands Of Bangla’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 28, 2007)
Marwah criticises the Centre’s handling of the ULFA and does not trust that Myanmar will undertake a Bhutan-style operation against the ULFA on its borders.
- Don’T Politicise Troop Reduction In J&k (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 24, 2007)
The threat of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to break up the ruling alliance, if Jammu and Kashmir is not demilitarised and if the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act is not repealed, has again raised the ultra-sensitive issue of the . . .
- Mufti Firm On Troop Drawdown (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Mar 22, 2007)
Having taken its demand of troops reduction in Jammu and Kashmir to a high pitch, the PDP is likely to insist on a "mechanism" to force a pullout during tomorrow's meeting between its leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Ulfa Hideouts Put Arunachal On Edge (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Mar 21, 2007)
The Union Government on Tuesday said the ULFA has set up bases in Arunachal Pradesh to facilitate their movement. “Reports indicate that the ULFA has established temporary camps and hideouts in Arunachal Pradesh,” Union Minister of State for Home . . .
- Shakeup In Up (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 20, 2007)
As Uttar Pradesh is in the election mode, the Election Commission is leaving no stone unturned to ensure totally free and fair elections in the state.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 17, 2007)
It is no reflection on his several very able predecessors to suggest that Mr Gopalkrishna Gandhi has upheld his constitutional responsibility with a measure of dignity and restraint that few previous incumbents can claim.
- Urban Ideas (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 15, 2007)
Mumbai's Biharis are central to Raj Thackeray's political imagination. They offer him an excuse to espouse an agenda of political chauvinism.
- Wanted: Foreign Aid (Telegraph, SUDIPTA BHATTACHARJEE, Mar 15, 2007)
Manipuris have had several reasons to take umbrage. Contrary to their expectations, the anti-incumbency factor played truant during the elections.
- Quattrocchi Trail (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Mar 15, 2007)
Mystery surrounds the government's efforts to get Ottavio Quattrocchi, a key accused in the Bofors payoff case, extradited from Argentina.
- Congress's Do's, Allies' Don'ts (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Mar 14, 2007)
The Assembly elections in Punjab and Uttarakhand may have been morale dampeners for the Congress. But the point of greater import is that these elections have lessons for the ruling party:
- Consolation Prize (Frontline, Sushanta Talukdar, Mar 14, 2007)
The Congress, which used Manipur's territorial integrity as its campaign plank, returns to power with increased strength.
- `Warning Signals' (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Mar 14, 2007)
PRAKASH KARAT, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), points out that the Punjab and Uttarakhand election results are warning signals for the secular forces in general and the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) . . .
- Mid-Term Worries (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Mar 14, 2007)
The Assembly election defeats come as a warning against the neoliberal policies of the Congress and the UPA government.
- Are Small States Better For Its People? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 14, 2007)
The brutal assassination of Sunil Mahatao, JMM MP from Jamshedpur, causes us to revisit the argument on smaller states.
- Is Edusat A `Turkey In The Sky'? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 13, 2007)
EduSat beams lectures to 10,000 classrooms in technical universities and primary schools across the country. But is the initiative a success?
- Irrelevant Jirgas From Uncontrolled Territories (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 13, 2007)
An Afghan delegation arrived in Islamabad on Sunday to discuss the holding of Afghan-Pakistan jirgas (traditional tribal councils) to tackle the trouble along the rugged borders of the two countries.
- Letter From New Delhi: The Unimportance Of Being Tainted (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Mar 10, 2007)
It is an open secret that governments go to any extent to stay in office. But when they do so by trampling on the principles of morality, they look ugly and power-crazy.
- Six Killed, 18 Injured In India Separatist Attacks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2007)
Five people were shot dead in a bakery and another person killed by a bomb in separate late night attacks by militants in India’s restive northeast, officials said Friday.
- Six Killed In Rebel Attacks In Manipur, Assam (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2007)
Six people were killed and 18 wounded in two different separatist attacks, including a powerful bomb explosion, in India's northeastern states of Manipur and Assam, officials said on Friday.
- ‘Majority Of Girls Trafficked In India Are Minors’ (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Mar 09, 2007)
Human trafficking has been on the rise despite campaigns and efforts to stop it, and over 62 per cent of girls trafficked in India land up in brothels before the age of 18.
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