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Articles 121 through 220 of 442:
- Some Day We Shall Go Home: Adinno Phizo (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Feb 14, 2007)
In an interview with Deccan Herald, Adinno, daughter of late A Z Phizo, and currently head of Naga National Council (NNC)talks about her father’s struggle, how she carries it on and why she is pessimistic about the fate of the current peace-process . . .
- Bsf Wants No Habitation On Bangla Border (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Feb 09, 2007)
The Border Security Force (BSF) has proposed a "no-habitation zone" of 150 yards along the long Indo-Bangla border in West Bengal, Meghalaya, and Tripura so it can effectively manage it and stop illegal infiltration.
- India’S North-East In Ferment (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 03, 2007)
India's north-east is like Balochistan in Pakistan or Tibet in China. All three territories are in ferment.
- J&k Top State In English-Medium Education: Report (Times of India, Akshaya Mukul, Jan 30, 2007)
Here's a surprise. Jammu and Kashmir is the only state in the country — outside of northeast — where more students study in the English medium than any other language.
- Model’S Release (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 29, 2007)
Kashmiri model Tariq Ahmad Dar and his family would be more than entitled to take the view that all’s well that ends well and try to get on with their lives after his release from custody.
- Humiliation Sucks (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 24, 2007)
The Congress leadership issue in Meghalaya must surely have gone beyond the confines of a joke.
- Massacre Of Bihari Migrants (Frontline, Sushanta Talukdar, Jan 19, 2007)
The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) states in its fortnightly publication Freedom:
- Reforming Neighbours (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Jan 19, 2007)
India is in a better position now, with positive changes in its neighbouring countries along the Himalayas.
- Meghalaya Seized 100 Detontators Near Indo-Bangla Border (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2007)
Meghalaya police have arrested two persons from state's Bagli village near the Indo-Bangladesh border for possession of illegal explosives.
- Ulfa Strikes Again: Blast Kills Child, Dozen Hurt (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2007)
A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured Hindi-speaking people that they were safe in Assam, a blast rocked Ganeshguri, a local wholesale vegetable market run by traders from north India, killing a child and injuring over a dozen people.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 12, 2007)
It is an accident of Bengal’s contemporary economic history that the Chief Minister spelt out what is effectively a policy statement vis-a-vis Nandigram after enough died and more suffered from the effects of arson and violence.
- Blunderbuss In Bengal (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 12, 2007)
It is an accident of Bengal’s contemporary economic history that the Chief Minister spelt out what is effectively a policy statement vis-a-vis Nandigram after enough died and more suffered from the effects of arson and violence.
- Ulfa Impact: No Brick Kilns, No Masons (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2007)
Attacks on brick kiln labourers by the Ulfa in upper Assam districts means a double loss ~ no bricks and no masons.
- Cash Boost For Tribal Families (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2007)
Amelia Sohtun has 17 children and she has recently received a cash reward of several hundred dollars for mothering them.
- Antony: No Joint Operations With Myanmar To Flush Out Ulfa (Indian Express, Jayanth Jacob, Jan 11, 2007)
With ULFA cadres regrouping and acquiring sophisticated weaponry, Defence Minister A K Antony today ruled out any joint operation with Myanmar to flush out the militants. Meanwhile, the army is conducting more combing operations besides stepping up . . .
- We Need Experts, Not Activists, Said Govt, Rejecting All 9 Names Proposed By Sc Panel (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jan 10, 2007)
Does the editor of an environment magazine have the expertise to decide on diversion of forest land? Is it proper to have a foreign national on such a panel? Is a botany scientist with 300 papers more qualified than a doctorate who has written on . . .
- Mps Urge Ulfa To Opt For Talks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2007)
Members of Parliament from Assam said the Ulfa attacks on migrants was an attempt to divide society on communal lines and replace Indian workers with those from Bangladesh.
- Nine Injured In Meghalaya Bomb Blasts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2007)
At least nine people were injured in two bomb blasts in gambling dens at Lad Rymbai in Meghalaya's Jaintia Hills district on Wednesday afternoon.
- Meghalaya: 3 Blasts Leave 13 Injured (Indian Express, TILAK RAI, Jan 04, 2007)
At least thirteen people were injured in three separate bomb blasts that rocked two districts — Khasi and Jaintia Hills — of Meghalaya since last night. The first blast occurred at around 9 p.m. at a garment shop located in Shillong’s Police Bazaar . . .
- Humour In House (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Dec 26, 2006)
Humour in Parliament has become a rarity today. One reason is the kind of competitive politics played out on its hallowed floors.No doubt, journalists on the beat must have their antenna in the right direction to pick up sparks of wit that may . . .
- Bihar, N-E, Tn To Be Thrust Areas In Highway Phase Iii, Govt Ok . . . (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Dec 21, 2006)
The Government is set to clear the entire Phase Three of the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP III) where seven new road projects are to be included for Bihar, taking the length of roads in the state under NHDP III from 113 km to 890 km.
- Higher Education, Lower Development (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 21, 2006)
Education, especially higher education, seems to be in focus in the Eleventh Five Year Plan. Rightly so.
- Worrying Signals (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 20, 2006)
Year 2006 saw a consolidation of the trend, discernible since 2002, of decreasing militancy-related violence in Meghalaya.
- Rasta Roko (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2006)
The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, the world’s largest and richest urban body, which presides over the country’s financial capital, is in poll mode with its elections coming up on February 1.
- Cpm Shines In Bengal, Cong Sweeps M’Rashtra (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2006)
The CPM on Thursday retained the Islampur Assembly seat in Murshidabad district when its candidate Sayeeda Farhat Afroz won the byelection in West Bengal defeating Trinamool Congress candidate Chaudhury Abdul Karim by 7,511 votes.
- Telangana Gets Endorsed, Siddaramaiah Scrapes Through (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2006)
In what was seen as a referendum on the demand for a separate Telangana State, TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday won the Karimnagar Lok Sabha by-election with a huge margin.
- Bengal Blast Slur On Ndfb (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2006)
An arrested member of the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) was the “lynchpin” of the militant squad that triggered the November 20 train explosion at Belakoba in North Bengal, Assam police said today.
- Communal Award (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 30, 2006)
Mr Modi’s cold-blooded politics
Narendra Modi’s response to the Prime Minister’s compensation package for the victims of the Godhra riots is almost as cold-blooded as the fanatical fury that marked the pogrom in the spring of 2002.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 30, 2006)
Narendra Modi’s response to the Prime Minister’s compensation package for the victims of the Godhra riots is almost as cold-blooded as the fanatical fury that marked the pogrom in the spring of 2002.
- New Aids Map Shows Hot Zones Spread Over 20 States, 163 Dists (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Nov 28, 2006)
Contrary to conventional wisdom that high prevalance of HIV/AIDS is restricted to southern states and some places in the North-East, a new classification done by the National Aids Control Programme (NACO) shows that the disease is spread across as . . .
- Youth Killed In Chase, Guna Village Takes On Police For ‘Martyr’ (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Nov 21, 2006)
A village where the residents lived in awe of police once has found a great leveller in death, an unnatural death of a youth who drowned in a pond while trying to escape the arm of law.
- Reserved To Be Backward (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Nov 17, 2006)
Every Indian has a right to education. Therefore, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stressed that Muslims needed to have wider access to education - he recently said so at the conference of the state commissions for minorities - there was an element . .
- Behind Unity’S Refrain (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 17, 2006)
Meghalaya leadership issue still strident
- Federal Mechanism Mooted To Take On Islamists, Ne Ultras (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Nov 15, 2006)
Alarmed by reports of the deepening nexus between Muslim fundamentalist organisations and Indian insurgent groups operating from Bangladesh, security chiefs of the North-eastern States have suggested setting up a Standing Committee on . . .
- Are They Atomic Ghosts? (Deccan Herald, K. S. Parthasarathy, Nov 09, 2006)
Uranium corporation of India must dispel undue public fears about the radio active elements.
- The Unloved Sisters (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Nov 09, 2006)
The challenge for the new Union minister for the North-east lies in understanding the specific needs of individual states, writes Sumanta Sen.
- Problems On The Education Front (OutLook, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Nov 09, 2006)
The link between compulsory education and elimination of child labour was underscored at the time when the SSA was launched.
- Assam Blasts Pinned On Ulfa (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
A top Government team headed by the Federal Home Secretary and attended by Army and Central forces pinned the blame for the twin blasts in Guwahati killed 14 people and injuring 48 others on United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).
- Partners In Terror (Pioneer, Utpal Kumar, Nov 04, 2006)
It is bewildering to see human rights organisations queuing up to get Afzal's death sentence commuted. But they turn a blind eye to the fact that many of Delhi blast victims are yet to get compensation even a year after the dastardly act
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 02, 2006)
Police reform seems to be the flavour of the season. The apex court has specified benchmarks, the Prime Minister has pontificated, now an expert group’s report is with the home ministry.
- Good Riddance (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 31, 2006)
No tears need be shed over Union tribal affairs minister PR Kyndiah being moved out of the ministry for Development of North East Region (DoNER).
- Good Riddance (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 30, 2006)
No tears need be shed over Union tribal affairs minister PR Kyndiah being moved out of the ministry for Development of North East Region (DoNER).
- Guilty Of Complicity (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 28, 2006)
It is truly astonishing that a man who has lied so often and so obviously on the subject, should still be constantly sought out for his opinion and assessment on the course of terrorism in the South Asian region and, in fact, the world.
- Uneven Rainfall (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Oct 25, 2006)
The total seasonal rainfall during the year's southwest monsoon (June 1 to September 30) for the country as a whole was 99 per cent of its long-period average (LPA), which, being within plus or minus 10 per cent of the LPA, can be termed as a `normal' . .
- Monitoring Monsoon (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Oct 25, 2006)
The skewed pattern of rainfall experienced across the country during this year's monsoon appears to be an anomaly.
- Tourism Could Rejuvenate Rural Economy Of North East: Minister ........ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Tourism was the key sector which could rejuvenate the rural economy of north east by giving the people their economic empowerment, Meghalaya’s Art and Culture Minister R G Lyngdoh said here today.
- ‘States, Uts Have Failed Rti Act’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Oct 14, 2006)
India’s public servants have failed the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The verdict has come from a leading think tank which assessed the implementation of the Act that came into force exactly one year ago.
- Changing Patterns (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Sep 27, 2006)
The cumulative rainfall during the monsoon in northeastern India has been significantly in deficit.
- Gogoi Hopes Ulfa Will Give Up Violence, Opt For Negotiations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
"When operations were suspended, ULFA took to extortion and killings of civilians"
Number of civilians, security personnel killed has gone up this year
"Insurgency has pushed Assam into economic backwardness"
Army offensive plans to cut ULFA . . .
- Cornering North-East Insurgents (Daily Excelsior, M Rama Rao, Sep 21, 2006)
India is talking with Myanmar to clear out camps of Indian insurgents on its soil much in the manner that Bhutan did against ULFA some years ago. Both Isak-Muivah and the Khaplang groups of Naga underground, People's Liberation Army of Manipur, . . .
- The New Govt Will Complete Its Full Term (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 17, 2006)
The UPA knows how to handle bureaucrats. My government will listen to the grievances of common people, not thekedars." Madhu Koda, Jharkhand’s CM designate
- Once Pakistan, Always Pakistan? (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
The United States through its officials who speak on “condition of anonymity”, the media and through private and semi-private think-tanks is encircling Pakistan with accusations of sponsoring Islamic “fundamentalists” from Afghanistan to Bangladesh.
- Bengal Chamber To Singur (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 14, 2006)
A method in Mamata Banerjee’s rant
- Rain Deficit In The Northeast (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 14, 2006)
Much of the verdant northeastern region of India, some of it ordinarily inundated at this time of the year, has experienced deficient rainfall.
- Staying Awake (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 14, 2006)
Intelligence is the weakest link in the fight against terror and insurgency and the need to overhaul and strengthen the system should not be grudged.
- Meghalaya Political Games (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2006)
By ruling out another change of guard in Meghalaya, the central leadership of the Congress has sent a message of stability to the State and also a firm signal to potential dissidents elsewhere.
- North-East-From Guns To Flowers (Daily Excelsior, Som Dutt, Sep 06, 2006)
Once trouble-torn North East Region (NER) has today become a vital hot spots for exploring valuable production horticulture sector. The socio-economic upliftment of the local inhabitants is seen everywhere.
- Meghalaya Soliloquy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 31, 2006)
Leadership change a constant refrain
Meghalaya Congress legislators know which side their bread is buttered. On 16 June dissidents managed to oust chief minister DD Lapang and install JD Rymbai, but hardly a month later another group, this . . .
- India Violates All Norms (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 30, 2006)
Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam has deplored Indian Government’s statement on Akbar Bugti’s demise and said that it’s not only against the well-established norms of interstate relations but also a blatant interference in the internal . . .
- Three Mines To Boost Uranium Supplies (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Aug 30, 2006)
Three new small uranium mines and one processing plant will come up in Jharkhand within the next two years to feed the existing and upcoming nuclear reactors, as the country is facing a steep shortage in uranium fuel.
- Weatherman Forecasts Rainy Days Ahead (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Cumulative rainfall for the country during monsoon so far normal but distribution highly uneven
- Bsf, Bdr Considering Wagha-Like Retreat (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Aug 30, 2006)
Shillong coordination meeting to discuss border management
- Bsf, Bdr Exploring Better Inter-Working (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) are meeting in Assam to find ways to work better together and are considering a range of initiatives that would better confidence between the two forces bickering over one issue or the other.
- Delhi Told To Mind Its Own Business: Bugti’S Killing Unfortunate: India (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
In a reaction to Indian government’s statement regarding the situation in Balochistan province, Pakistan on Monday told India to mind its own business and focus on putting its own house in order.
- Icar Awards For 42 Scientists, Six Farmers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Honoured for contributing to the growth of agriculture science and farm research
- Crisis In Punjab As 6 Power Units Collapse (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Power crisis worsened in various parts of Punjab as all six units of the Ropar Super Thermal Plant “collapsed” around noon today following a steep dip in the voltage owing to a major fault in the 220 KV line between Ropar and Kohara.
- Govt May Supply Syringes To Addicts (Times of India, Kounteya Sinha, Aug 14, 2006)
Drug addicts in India may soon get their supply of drugs and syringes from the government itself.
- India, Bangla Border Clashes Continue (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
Indo-Bangla border tensions escalated with heavy mortar attacks from the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) to cover mass troop movement along Assam killing 2 women and retaliatory fire from Border Security Force (BSF) resulted in the death of 5 BDR soldiers.
- Security Heightened Across Country For I-Day (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Security has been heightened across the country ahead of Independence Day in view of intelligence inputs of terrorist plans to disrupt the celebrations.
- Torchlight On A Blindfolded Face (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 10, 2006)
By trying to keep the truth about missing militants and death squads under wraps, the defence establishment is seriously harming the cause of peace in Assam, writes . . .
- Tackling Ulfa-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 10, 2006)
The asymmetric secessionist war of the United Liberation Front of Asom has gravely endangered national security ever since its inception in 1979.
- Implausible Jaunts (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 04, 2006)
Meghalaya practices need to be curbed
Thanks to a notice, filed under the Right to Information Act by a Shillong daily on travelling allowances of ministers and IAS and Meghalaya Civil Service officials, the public now has an idea about how much . . .
- The North-East Mosaic (Daily Excelsior, Sanchet Barua, Aug 03, 2006)
The foremost feature of the social order of the North-Eastern region is its plurality.
- Let Targeting Sensitive Spots (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Senior Indian officials took umbrage to US comments absolving Pakistan on the 7/11 Mumbai blasts and said they have actionable intelligence that the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was behind the terrorist attack and of plans to attack sensitive spots.
- Meghalaya Coal Mining Excesses (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The Supreme Court (SC) accepted a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) requesting intervention to stop rampant coal mining and limestone quarrying off natural caves in Meghalaya claiming that the Federal Government has not responded to their pleas.
- A Crusade In Meghalaya To Save ‘Treasure Troves’ (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Aug 01, 2006)
The Supreme Court recently admitted a public interest litigation (PIL), which sought restrictions on the rampant coal mining and limestone-quarrying in Meghalaya to save the state’s natural caves. The PIL was lodged by the Meghalaya Adventurers’ . . .
- Bangla New Terror Route? (Times of India, Pradeep Thakur, Aug 01, 2006)
Bangladesh is fast emerging as the hub of all anti-India operations from training terrorists and facilitating their infiltration into India to smuggling arms and ammunition, counterfeit currency and narcotics into the country.
- Feeling For Wildlife (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
Two impressive perspectives on the basis of insights gained as conservationists.
- Feeling For Wildlife (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Two impressive perspectives on the basis of insights gained as conservationists.
- Dissidence Replay In Shillong, Cm Shaky (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Dissidence has flared up again in the Congress-led government in Meghalaya, raising the spectre of a second leadership change in less than six weeks.
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