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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- 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.
- Welcome Ruling (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 09, 2007)
Lottery had acquired more sinister proportions recently.
- Lottery Ban Upheld (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2007)
Uphelding a policy decision to ban all kinds of lotteries in the State, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday observed that lottery is gambling and is res extra commercium (not considered as trade and commerce).
- Quota Hearing Today, 13 States Get Back With Their Obc Figures (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2007)
At a time when the Centre and Supreme Court have locked horns over who constitute the OBC and just how many of them are there in the country, only 13 states have got back to the Centre with data on their OBC population.
- Obc Population In Up Stands At 7 Crore (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2007)
India's most populous state Uttar Pradesh has 7.02 crore people belonging to the other backward classes while Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have an OBC population of 3 crore each, Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.
- Poaching For Bin Laden (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2007)
In the jungles of India, local animal trappers have a new breed of client: Islamic militants using the trade in rare wildlife to raise funds for their cause. Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark report from Assam
- Indians Stay Hot, Rally Past Jays (Chicago Sun Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2007)
It is so early in the morning that the cooks in the roadside dhabas along India's National Highway 37 are asleep in their kitchens, their tandoors unlit.
- India Counselling Pakistan, Others To Develop Railway Corridors (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2007)
India is teaming up with neighbouring countries including Pakistan to develop global railway corridors to cut down travel time.
- Tourism, A Biggest Job Generating Sector Today: Ambika (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2007)
Union tourism Minister Ambika Soni said that tourism was the highest employment generating sector in the country on Friday.
- How India & Canada Manage Diversities (Hindu, Jairam Ramesh, Apr 26, 2007)
India's approach to managing diversities has been somewhat unique. In fact even as India's electoral system produces new diversities, it is precisely this approach that has kept the country together.
- Call To Promote Communal Harmony For Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2007)
Need for total abstinence from alcohol stressed
Nagaland Governor terms it difficult to enforce prohibition
Urges systematic awareness campaign to fight alcoholism
- 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.
- Retain "All-India" Outlook, Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2007)
Manmohan asks bureaucrats to remain "politically neutral and professionally competent"
Need to reorient bureaucracy in the age of economic reforms
Civil servants asked to acquire new skills, capabilities
- Polls In 11 States Worry Congress (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Apr 21, 2007)
Uttar Pradesh marks the beginning of Assembly elections in 11 states that could completely change the complexion of political India before the general elections are held in 2009.
- 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.
- Militants Take War To Town (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2007)
Militants of the NSCN (Isak-Muivah) have again made a mockery of the ceasefire in Nagaland, killing seven members of the rival Khaplang group since yesterday.
- Northeast India's Tea Estates Are Held To Ransom (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2007)
Tea plantation workers linked to separatist groups in India's northeast have banded together in an extortion racket, kidnapping at least 13 senior estate managers in the last two months, officials said.
- Leave The Mother Alone (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Apr 14, 2007)
A friend from Sri Lanka recently visited Bangalore, and not unexpectedly was in a mood of dark depression.
- 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".
- 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.
- Apang Out, Khandu Is New Arunachal Chief Minister (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Apr 10, 2007)
Gegong Apang’s supremacy in Arunachal Pradesh politics ended today with dissidents in the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) finally managing to shunt him out as Chief Minister with the high command’s approval.
- Dorjee Khandu New Arunachal Chief Minister (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Apr 10, 2007)
Arunachal Pradesh Power Minister Dorjee Khandu was sworn in Chief Minister on Monday after Gegong Apang quit the post ending a 10-day-long political crisis, which was sparked by dissidence within the ruling Congress.
- Translating Views To Reality (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2007)
Documentary film director Amar Kanwar talks to C P Rajendran about the different dimensions of creative spaces.
- Quebec & Kashmir (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2007)
India must heed the lessons from the spirit and skills that underlay Canada's efforts at nation-building.
- Sc Flays Punjab, Haryana (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2007)
The Supreme Court today took a serious view of 12 states, including Punjab and Haryana, for not filing replies to its notices on a petition seeking to lay down uniform guidelines by the Centre and states for the release of life convicts after the . . .
- 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 . . .
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 21, 2007)
Mr Prakash Karat was clearly unaware of how much like a dinosaur he seemed when he spoke in Kolkata on Sunday of referring the Nandigram issue to a Communist Party “Politburo” back in Delhi.
- Delhi Glare On Naga Clashes (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2007)
A Union home ministry team will arrive in the Nagaland capital tomorrow to take stock of the escalation of violence in the state and “streamline” the ground rules of Delhi’s ceasefire with the Isak-Muivah and Khaplang factions of the NSCN.
- The Outrage In Chhattisgarh (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 17, 2007)
The killing of 55 security personnel by Maoist insurgents in a remote camp in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region is the most devastating attack by left wing extremists in the State in recent times.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Centre's Agent In Raj Bhavan (Pioneer, MN Buch, Mar 10, 2007)
Governor of Uttar Pradesh and former Intelligence Bureau chief TV Rajeswar recently sent the President a report recommending a proclamation under Article 356 of the Constitution dismissing the State Government and imposing President's Rule.
- Fakim Wildlife Sanctuary (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2007)
Situated close to the Myanmar (Burma) border in the picturesque north eastern State of Nagaland, the Fakim Wildlife Sanctuary boasts rich flora and fauna.
- Manipur, A Consolation Prize For The Congress (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Mar 08, 2007)
After losing power in Punjab and Uttarakhand, the Congress has reason to cheer about the consolation prize it has won by retaining power in Manipur. In the 60-member House, it got 30 seats - 10 more than its strength in the last Assembly.
- Reason To Look Forward (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 06, 2007)
Even as the media remained preoccupied with the Congress debacle in Punjab and Uttarakhand, an interesting scenario was unfolding in Manipur.
- Fakim Wildlife Sanctuary (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 05, 2007)
Situated close to the Myanmar (Burma) border in the picturesque north eastern State of Nagaland, the Fakim Wildlife Sanctuary boasts rich flora and fauna.
- Dutch ‘Mediator’ In Naga Talks Gaffe (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2007)
Michael van Walt van Praag’s entry into the Naga peace process may have been with Delhi’s consent, but there was nothing remotely official about the Dutchman’s entry into Nagaland this week without the mandatory Restricted Area Permit (RAP) for . . .
- 8 Killed As Naxalites Trigger Landmine Blast (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2007)
Naxalites today killed eight persons, including six security personnel, and injured two in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, the police said.
- Exception In Manipur (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 02, 2007)
By winning the Manipur assembly elections, the Okram Ibobi Singh-led government in Imphal has managed to buck the trend of a Congress in retreat, as may have been evident in the results in the Punjab and Uttarakhand polls.
- Himalayan Concerns (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Feb 28, 2007)
Rainfall extremes such as the Mumbai deluge of 2005 can become more frequent in India under the impact of climate change.
- Manipur Ambush, Army On Hunt (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Feb 26, 2007)
After 40-50 heavily armed terrorists ambushed and killed 16 policemen in Manipur, security forces are combing the area to catch the perpetrators and have recovered a large cache of weapons.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 25, 2007)
Uttar Pradesh is in a flux and ironically enough the predicament of the Congress is now decidedly more acute than that of the Samajwadi Party.
- Burma Captures Indian Rebel Base (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2007)
Troops in western Burma have captured a base used by separatists from neighbouring India after a week of fighting, a rebel spokesman has said.
- Horse-Trading Mantra (Indian Express, SOLI J. SORABJEE, Feb 23, 2007)
Horse-Trading, unethical means, defections are the favourite mantras of governors for recommending President’s rule in a state.
- Mature Response (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 22, 2007)
If there was one positive angle to the fall-out of the Samjhauta Express tragedy it was the restrained reaction of the Indo-Pak leadership: in happy contrast to what followed the blasts in Mumbai’s locals it must, regretfully, be added.
- Pm Chants Peace Mantra In Manipur (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2007)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Sunday chanted the peace and development mantra in the conflict-zone of Manipur...
- Insurgency Will Be Dealt With An Iron Fist, Says Army Chief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2007)
Chief of the Army Staff Gen. J. J. Singh said here on Saturday that the armed forces were pursuing an "an iron fist in a velvet glove" policy in the troubled areas of the North East and Jammu and Kashmir.
- Tamil Nadu Is Home To Adoption Rackets And Child-Labour Gangs (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Feb 16, 2007)
When E Kathirvel and Nagarani, pavement- dwellers in Pulianthope, woke up on an October morning in 1999, they found their 18 month-old son Sateesh missing.
- 83 P.C. Vote In Manipur Second Phase Assembly Poll (Hindu, Iboyaima Laithangbam, Feb 15, 2007)
Braving rain, people line up at booths; voting time extended
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 15, 2007)
President Putin’s weekend remarks in Munich amount to Russia’s severest condemnation yet of the US of A since the heady days of the Cold War.
- 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 . . .
- The Invisible Election (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 14, 2007)
Today Manipur will vote in the second phase of assembly polls. What are the issues? What makes this poll different from those in the past?
- Six Policemen Killed In Manipur (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2007)
At least six policemen have been killed and several others injured when their convoy was attacked by rebels in the Indian state of Manipur, officials say.
- 80 % Vote In Manipur Phase I Poll (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Feb 09, 2007)
Voting by and large peaceful in 19 constituencies in three districts
- Manipur First Phase Polls Today (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Feb 08, 2007)
Manipur will go to the first phase of Assembly elections on Thursday amid tight security as underground outfits continued to target candidates.
- Sonia Statement A Gimmick: Naga Council (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Feb 07, 2007)
"Nagas want to be under one administrative unit" "Peace talks delayed for lack of sincerity on the part of Government"
- Nagaland's Annual Plan Fixed At Rs. 900 Crore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2007)
The Planning Commission on Tuesday fixed Nagaland's annual Plan for 2007-08 at Rs. 900 crore at a meeting between its Deputy Chairman, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, and State Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio.
- 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.
- Myanmar Army Launches Offensive Against Nscn-K (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2007)
Naga insurgent group National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) has said more than two of its guerrillas were killed in a crackdown by the Myanmarese army in that country.
- Myanmar Crackdown On North-East Rebel Bases Kills 15 (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2007)
A dozen Myanmarese soldiers and three militants died in fresh fighting when Myanmar launched a massive military crackdown to evict anti-India guerrillas from its soil, a rebel leader said here today.
- 15 Killed As Myanmar Crack Downs On Indian Rebels (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2007)
A major military crackdown by Myanmar has sent Indian separatists fleeing and left a growing death toll, a rebel leader told AFP on Monday.
- 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.
- Boosting The Morale Of The Jawans (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Jan 28, 2007)
As India celebrated Republic Day on Friday, two issues need to be addressed urgently.
- Dangerous Puppet (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 28, 2007)
The rebirth of ULFA as global jihad's Hindu auxiliary is a matter of concern for India
- U.S., Australia And U.K. Ask Citizens To Keep Off Assam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2007)
The United States, Australia and the United Kingdom have advised their citizens to review travel plans to the northeast, especially Assam, in view of the series of bomb blasts and recent attacks on migrant Bihari workers.
- Uniforms In The Raj Bhavans (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 20, 2007)
The inclination to appoint security hands as Governors is very much at odds with the democratic spirit as also with the dynamics of reconciliation in insurgency-affected States.
- Feeling Left Out (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 20, 2007)
The recent attacks on Bihari labourers by the United Liberation Front of Asom are criminal acts, and deserve to be treated as such by the security forces, and by the people of Assam.
- Jd(u) Rebels Who Participate In The Samata Convention Will Face Action (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jan 19, 2007)
Janata Dal (United) will take action against rebels who participate in the January 21 Samata Party convention here.
- After Pm Warning, Ulfa Sets Off Blast In Guwahati (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jan 18, 2007)
The day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned the ULFA against its dwindling support and the damage its violence had caused to the dialogue process, the militant group struck in the heart of Guwahati, setting off an explosion that left at least . . .
- Cooling The Hills (Telegraph, Nishit Dholabhai, Jan 18, 2007)
A few years ago, when some over-enthusiastic Naga students publicly punished Bihari labourers in Kohima for carrying inner line permits, an exodus of these workers began from Nagaland.
- Talking Tough To Ulfa (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 18, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took an uncompromising stand towards the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) during his visit to Assam. Even while keeping the door open for further dialogue, he said that the government would not tolerate violence.
- Invisible War (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 17, 2007)
India is in the midst of an invisible war. It is an unrecognised war. The government tinkers with terrorism in various fronts.
- 7 Ulfa Cadres Held On Way To Burma (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2007)
Assam Rifles personnel have caught seven members of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom, including two women, in Tang area of Mon district in Nagaland. Security sources in Nagaland told this newspaper that the seven Ulfa cadres were caught . . .
- Indian, Second Identity (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Jan 17, 2007)
How can we become a unified society when castes, sub-castes and religions have political patrons to promote their respective interests, asks CP Bhambhri
- The Other Factor In Ulfa Mayhem (Deccan Herald, Sreeram Chaulia, Jan 16, 2007)
The mayhem unleashed by ULFA cadres on poor immigrant labourers from other parts of the country can be traced back to terrorist camps located in Myanmar.
- Nscn (K) Kills Nscn (I-M) Man (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2007)
Following fresh attacks against the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) insurgents by cadres of the NSCN (K), security measures have been tightened in Manipur and Nagaland where the outfits have strong bases.
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