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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Time To Tame The Tigers (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Sep 19, 2007)
India woke up to hear last week that KP had been arrested in Thailand.
- India A Major Hub For Illicit Drugs: Us Report (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Sep 19, 2007)
Listing India among 20 countries that are major hubs for the production or trafficking of illicit drugs, the United States has urged New Delhi to take more effective steps to prevent large diversions of opium grown for pharmaceutical purposes . . . .
- Hindu Dharma Humiliated (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Sep 18, 2007)
Tulsidas's seminal rendition of the Ram story makes no mention of the Lakshman rekha in the episode dealing with Sita's abduction.
- 'India, Pak Among Major Drug-Producing Nations' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2007)
India and Pakistan are among the countries listed in the United States' report about 20 major drug-producing or narcotics-transiting nations in the world.
- Top Ulfa Commander Held (Tribune, Bijay Sankar Bora, Sep 18, 2007)
The most wanted ULFA commander, Prabal Neog, who has been giving the Army and the police a tough time for the past one decade, was arrested by the police in a smooth operation at Mission Chariali in Tezpur town of North Assam this noon.
- Monks Vs Military (Pioneer, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 18, 2007)
Monks have vandalised shops of those supporting the dictatorship in Myanmar, briefly taken local officials hostage and are now threatening to launch a boycott against the military leaders and their families.
- Notes Of A Full Life (New Indian Express, Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta, Sep 17, 2007)
His childhood and youth were filled with pranks, from stealing sweets with a fishing rod, to flying kites across North Calcutta skies, and then to training as a wrestler with enough seriousness to get to the state wrestling finals.
- Resisting Joint Naval Exercises (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Sep 14, 2007)
Despite widespread protests, India joins in the naval exercises conducted in the Bay of Bengal by the U.S. and its regional allies.
- Big Event (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 14, 2007)
The story about India’s Northeast has long gone round in circles. It has all been about death and destruction caused by violent ethnic militancies and the counter-violence by the State.
- Ltte Number Two A Man Of Many Faces (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2007)
A decade ago, a ship loaded with tens of thousands of mortar bombs left the shores of Mozambique, dropped anchor at Madagascar and vanished.
- In The Line Of Fire (Telegraph, Chiranjib Haldar, Sep 13, 2007)
Social scientists have attributed the settlement of Nepalis in northeast India, since the 1820s, to their migratory habits, prompted by the search of either economic opportunities or grazing lands.
- The Survivors (Tribune, B.K. Karkra, Sep 13, 2007)
During my service in the armed forces, I served as many as eight tenures in our North-East.
- Asians Find Common Ground In Buddha (Asia Times, RAJA M, Sep 12, 2007)
A major Indian-Sri Lankan film on Gotama the Buddha [1] was announced at the picturesque seaside hotel Taj Lands End in Mumbai on August 27.
- China Trumps India In Gas Stakes (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
Recent developments in the gas-field projects of Myanmar have highlighted the intense resource diplomacy in the region.
- “Pathmanathan, Second-Most Wanted Man In Sri Lanka” (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 12, 2007)
In a recent special report on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Jane’s Defence Weekly said Kumaran Pathmanathan, reportedly arrested in Bangkok, was the second-most wanted man in Sri Lanka.
- More Than A Train To Dhaka (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 12, 2007)
India is the most populous democracy on this planet, and it has a political system which clearly finds resonance and response in the tumultuous, emotional and diverse multicultural DNA of this country.
- Thais Nab Top Tiger (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
Kumaran Padmanadan, alias KP, who ran the international procurement network of the LTTE, was arrested on Monday evening in Thailand, in what is seen as a major setback for the terrorist organisation in its long armed campaign for . . . . . .
- Utility And Future Of Indian Democracy (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 12, 2007)
Deploring the chaos and disorder with which the Lok Sabha is smitten and the loss of 40 per cent of the time earmarked for parliamentary business, the Speaker, Mr Somnath Chatterjee, while adjourning the House sine die, exclaimed:
- Joined By Partition (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 10, 2007)
As India copes with a domestic political storm, it is tempting to gloss over the deepening structural crisis — centred on civil military relation — in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
- India To Remain Outside Apec Until 2010 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
India and around 10 other countries will remain excluded from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum for at least three years, Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced on Sunday.
- A Stifled Myanmar (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 10, 2007)
Students had spearheaded the 1988 struggle for the restoration of democracy in Myanmar in alignment with Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy.
- No Apec Membership For India Till 2010 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
India, seeking entry into the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, will have to wait for at least another three years as the group's leaders have decided to take up the issue of membership in 2010.
- 'India An Ally In Global Naval Alliance' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2007)
The United States hopes to build an alliance with friendly navies such as India's to form a global force of 1,000 ships and boost maritime security, a top US naval commander said on Friday.
- Buddha Mil Gaya (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Sep 08, 2007)
As part of a cultural and religious exchange programme, a strong contingent of 110 delegates from five Buddhists countries visited Bihar to re-discover the land of Buddha.
- Naval Alliance Not Against Beijing: Us (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2007)
The United States hopes to build an alliance with friendly navies such as India's to form a global force of 1,000 ships and boost maritime security, a top US naval commander said on Friday.
- Ancient Indian Logic (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 08, 2007)
Our communist intellectuals should be made to read Kovalam Madhava Panikkar of whom the Cambridge historian Arthur Hassall wrote that in his “long career as tutor of history at Christ Church” he had “never had a more brilliant student”.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 07, 2007)
It is difficult to understand why defence officials should expend time and energy trying to explain and justify the on-going multilateral naval exercises in the Bay of Bengal.
- 'Tsunami Risk In Bay Of Bengal' (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
Powerful earthquakes could rock the Bay of Bengal, triggering tsunamis that would inundate Myanmar, Bangladesh and possibly India, an Australian geologist has warned.
- Our Violent Streak (Hindustan Times, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Sep 07, 2007)
As part of its celebration of the 60th anniversary of Independence, a leading newspaper ran a series of exhortations from nationalist leaders of the past. One came from Subhas Chandra Bose.
- Bush Thrilled By ‘Son’ (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
President George W. Bush, who sometimes treats his dog Barney like the son he never had, was thrilled about his daughter’s engagement because now he will get a son for real, First Lady Laura Bush said yesterday.
- India Should Secure Its Interests In Central Asia (Tribune, Air Marshal (retd) R.S. Bedi, Sep 07, 2007)
There was a passing reference in the media recently to India quietly deploying an IAF, Mi-17 helicopter unit in Tajikistan.
- 'Another Big Tsunami May Hit India' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
Millions of people living on the Bay of Bengal coast face a tsunami, possibly as devastating as the one in 2004 which killed more than 200,000 people when a 9.3 magnitude earthquake triggered it off Sumatra.
- Bay Of Bengal Faces Tsunami Threat (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
Millions of people living around the northern Bay of Bengal face the threat of a giant tsunami as devastating as the one in 2004, an Australian scientist has claimed.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 06, 2007)
It would be less than accurate, even presumputuous, for the government to package its response to the Sachar Committee recommendations as an “action taken report”.
- Ways Of An Antique Land (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Sep 06, 2007)
Every English-speaking Indian man between 25 and 60 has written about the Hindi movies he has seen, the English books he has read, the foreign places he has travelled to and the curse of communalism.
- Myanmar Soldiers Fire At Monks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
Soldiers in military-ruled Myanmar fired warning shots today to halt a march of 500 Buddhist monks protesting against fuel price hikes in a provincial town, a resident said.
- Our Violent Streak (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
As part of its celebration of the 60th anniversary of Independence, a leading newspaper ran a series of exhortations from nationalist leaders of the past.
- Bush To Howard: I’M A Meat Guy (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
When President George W. Bush dines with Apec host Prime Minister John Howard this week, the Australian leader had better not be serving his country’s famous prawns or fish.
- Naval Exercises With Us Spur Protests In India (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Sep 05, 2007)
Nearly 36 years after it dispatched theSeventh Fleet to the Bay of Bengal with an implied warning of a nuclear assault on India, a US armada began naval exercises on Tuesday with India and three Pacific allies, and the threat this time is being . . . .
- Reaching Out To The Border (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 05, 2007)
Promoting trade with and investment from our East-Asian neighbours could be the key to bolstering the economy of the States in the North East.
- India Fast-Tracks Highway Shortcut To China (Indian Express, ANUBHUTI VISHNOI, Sep 04, 2007)
India is set to fully revive its side of the famous Stilwell road of World War II, which stretches across Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and into China and Myanmar.
- India Must Scramble Fast (Deccan Herald, Bhamy V Shenoy And A Madhavan, Sep 04, 2007)
A foreign policy of cleaving closer to the US at the expense of our neighbours is misconceived.
- New Arrivals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2007)
Encyclopaedia on Srimad Bhagavatam: T. Rengarajan; Om Publications, 2783, (Ist Floor), Bhagat Singh Gali No. 6, Chuna Mandi, Pahar Ganj, New Delhi-110055. Rs. 2000.
- Iraqi Refugees Look For A New Address In India (Times of India, Himanshi Dhawan, Sep 03, 2007)
The crisis in Iraq - with two million people having fled the country and another 2.2 million displaced - has now reached India's doorstep as 157 Palestinian and 34 Iraqi nationals struggle to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives.
- China Will Adopt A Flexible Attitude: Former Chinese Envoy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2007)
Official Chinese media continues to be critical of civilian nuclear deal
Willing to undertake creative thinking on nuclear issue: Foreign Ministry
“China willing to explore cooperation with all countries for the peaceful use of nuclear energy”
- A Political Thrust Needed (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 31, 2007)
Union Commerce Secretary G.K. Pillai has expressed optimism about India signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) at the November summit to be held in Singapore.
- India-Asean Fta Likely By November (Hindu, Sandeep Joshi, Aug 29, 2007)
Commerce Secretary G. K. Pillai on Tuesday said the India-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is likely to be signed at the forthcoming ASEAN Summit.
- Record Opium Crop Helps Taliban Fund Resistance (Tribune, Anne Penketh, Aug 29, 2007)
IN an annual survey of opium production released on Monday, the UN reported that Helmand province had produced 48 per cent more opium compared to its record-breaking crop last year.
- India-Asean Trade Agreement Likely To Be Signed In November This Year (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2007)
The India-Asean Free Trade Agreement is likely to be signed at the Asean Summit in November this year, Commerce Secretary G K Pillai said on Tuesday.
- Myanmar Junta Hires Thugs, Criminals To Crush Protests (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2007)
Rather than stir up memories of their bloody 1988 crackdown by putting troops on the streets, Myanmar’s junta is relying on gangs of paid thugs and criminals armed with brooms and spades to crush a rare outbreak of dissent.
- Terror’S New Face Babu Bhai Sits In Up Jail, Joins Dots From Dhaka To Hyderabad Via Delhi (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Aug 28, 2007)
Forty eight hours after the twin blasts in Hyderabad, investigators are looking at questioning a 40-year-old born in a village in West Bengal, who is now sitting in a Lucknow jail.
- 100 Jailed For Burma Stir (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
At least 100 people have been detained over last week’s anti-government protests in Burma, according to exiled dissidents who released a report on Monday documenting the cases.
- Top Dissidents Arrested In Myanmar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
Hundreds of demonstrators, undaunted by the arrests of at least 13 top pro-democracy activists, marched on Wednesday to protest massive hikes in the price of fuel, taking their challenge to Myanmar’s military government to the streets for. . .
- Myanmar On Boil Over Fuel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
Myanmars military junta arrested 13 top dissidents and deployed gangs of spade-wielding supporters on the streets of Yangon on Wednesday to halt protests against soaring fuel prices and falling living standards.
- Fifteen Al-Qaida Activists Arrested In Manipur (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
Assam Rifles personnel, acting on a tip-off, nabbed them from a house at Moreh Ward number 3, about 120 km from Imphal.
- A Really Big Deal (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 21, 2007)
Perhaps the real problem with the nuclear deal is its being described as a pact between India and the US, which raises the hackles of those who premise their brand of identity politics on opposing the US.
- N-Deal Protests Won’T Hit Indo-Us War Games (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Aug 21, 2007)
In spite of the Left ultimatum over the nuclear deal and a protest threat, the UPA Government is going ahead with the multinational naval exercises involving two US Navy aircraft carriers and one nuclear submarine in the Bay of Bengal next month.
- Anti-Americanism Blinds The Left (Tribune, Premvir Das, Aug 21, 2007)
THE Ugly American” was, of course, a Hollywood movie of the 1960s but if recent political dramatics in our country are anything to go by, the USA, for some, continues to be the dirty bully that it has always been; this despite the fact that . . . .
- 15 Suspected Al-Qaida Activists Held In Manipur (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
Fifteen suspected Al-Qaida activists, who entered India from Bangladesh and were on their way to Myanmar, have been detained by security forces at the border town of Moreh in Manipur’s Chandel district, official sources said today.
- India Promotes 'Goodwill' Naval Exercises (Asia Times, Sudha Ramachandran, Aug 20, 2007)
A month from now, the Bay of Bengal will come alive to one of the biggest naval exercises to be held in these waters when the navies of India, the United States, Australia, Singapore and Japan conduct a five-day joint exercise.
- Court Drama Snarls Myanmar-India Romance (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
On nearly all counts, India-Myanmar bilateral relations are on the upswing, with fast-growing military, trade and investment links.
- Exit Iran's Oil Minister, And A Pipeline Too (OutLook, Siddharth Srivastava, Aug 20, 2007)
India's quest to expand the use of natural gas as a major energy source has experienced several recent setbacks.
- India's Silent Warriors (Asia Times, B Raman, Aug 20, 2007)
Secrecy and intelligence agencies are synonymous. Very rarely does the general public get a peek into the shadowy world of spooks and their death-defying deeds shrouded behind the iron curtain of state secrets.
- Anand To Play Aronian In Final (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
As expected, Viswanathan Anand chose to reserve his energies ahead of the much-anticipated final of the World rapid chess championship against Armenian Levon Aronian and drew all league games played on Saturday at Mainz.
- Other Travails (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Aug 18, 2007)
The literature on the Partition of India is driven by those who had to flee religious persecution, whether Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan or Muslims in India.
- 13 Militants Held From Homes Of Manipur Mlas (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
In a pre-dawn cordon and search operation conducted in the high-security and VIP area of Babupara, Manipur Police arrested 13 militants belonging to various valley-based outfits from the official residences of three sitting Congress MLAs . . . . .
- Enemies Of Peace (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Aug 18, 2007)
In Assam, terrorist attacks on government installations and killing of innocent civilians in the run-up to Independence Day celebrations have become an annual event. It was, therefore, surprising that the Assam government failed to prevent the . . . . .
- India Promotes 'Goodwill' Naval Exercises (Asia Times, Sudha Ramachandran, Aug 17, 2007)
A month from now, the Bay of Bengal will come alive to one of the biggest naval exercises to be held in these waters when the navies of India, the United States, Australia, Singapore and Japan conduct a five-day joint exercise.
- Exit Iran's Oil Minister, And A Pipeline Too (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Aug 17, 2007)
India's quest to expand the use of natural gas as a major energy source has experienced several recent setbacks.
- Court Drama Snarls Myanmar-India Romance (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
On nearly all counts, India-Myanmar bilateral relations are on the upswing, with fast-growing military, trade and investment links. All, that is, but on one count: the unsettling revelations emerging from a case being heard in an Indian court about . . .
- India Has Its Own 'Soft Power' - Buddhism (Asia Times, Sudha Ramachandran, Aug 17, 2007)
As the Sino-Indian battle for influence in East and Southeast Asia intensifies, India is backing its political and economic diplomacy with soft-power diplomacy.
- Over A Cup Of Tea (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
A Hindi dignitary of Tanjore has decided to present Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru with a golden sceptre.
- Asean, Made In China (Pioneer, Dmitri Kosyrev, Aug 16, 2007)
The Association of South-East Asian Nations has just turned 40. In 1967, it was a club of South-East Asian nations running scared of Mao's China, yet unwilling to surrender their independence to the US. Forty years later, the association bears . . . .
- Pakistan Allows Iaf Duo To Land In Karachi (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Aug 14, 2007)
In a rare show of camaraderie, Pakistan has allowed an Indian Air Force duo to land in Karachi in order to help them better the world record for round-the-world navigation in a microlight aircraft.
- India Fears Violence May Mar Independence Day Bash (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
From the mountains of Kashmir to the forests of central India and the troubled towns of its remote northeast, troops are on the streets in a major security crackdown ahead of Independence Day celebrations.
- A Vital Interest (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 11, 2007)
India’s tortuous relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which is celebrating its 40th birthday this week, illustrate that legend and history do not always synchronize.
- Dengue Alert For South-East Asia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
The South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged the countries in the region to take prompt action to contain and prevent outbreaks of dengue, a mosquito-borne viral illness.
- Two Killed In Assam Bomb Attack (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
At least two people have been killed and several others injured when a bomb exploded in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, police said.
- India's 'Forgotten' War (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
More than 15 years ago, Tombi studied advertising in Delhi. These days, he is putting his communication skills to a different use in the remote Indian state of Manipur.
- Singaporean Pm Says Southeast Asian Nations Must Integrate To Survive (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
Southeast Asian nations must integrate or risk becoming irrelevant in a global economy in which investors are focused on the emergence of Asian giants China and India, Singapore's prime minister said Tuesday.
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