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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- Ulfa And The Liberal Dilemma (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 12, 2007)
The latest dose of terror administered by the United Liberation Front of Asom is based on realpolitik calculations. The Centre should be in no hurry to dignify violence and death by indulging the outfit in any kind of dialogue.
- 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 . . .
- Talking Point (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 10, 2007)
All negotiations begin as hard bargains. But compromises and conciliations alone can make them successful.
- After Saddam (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 10, 2007)
It is said that those whom the Gods wish to destroy they first make mad. But does this hold true if there is diabolical method in the madness?
- Bringing Alive Indian Handicrafts (Hindu, SUBHA J. RAO, Jan 09, 2007)
Long-forgotten handicrafts from across the country get a life at Crafts Council of India's Kamala exhibition, writes SUBHA J RAO
- Sonia Meeting ‘Good’, Chance Lost For Singh (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Jan 09, 2007)
Upset with the inability of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to find time to address the Naga issue, Thuingaleng Muivah, general secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah), today left for Calcutta en route to Dimapur claiming . . .
- Nscn Leader Meets Sonia (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2007)
Crackdown on Khaplang faction sought
- Ulfa Strikes Again, 7 More Killed As Toll Climbs To 55 (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jan 08, 2007)
Hours after Minister of State for Home Shriprakash Jaiswal was booed away by angry residents of Longsowal where suspected ULFA militants killed eight people on Friday night, another seven Bihar migrants, working as labour hands, were killed this . . .
- Making A Case Against Child-Abusers (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2007)
He posed as a babysitter, and then raped the infant. For 35-year-old Ramkisan Surajmal Harijan, a resident of Chembur's Mankhurd-Ghatkopar Link Road, it was all too simple.
- Edits (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2007)
The dominant impression conveyed by the Ministry of Railways as 2006 ended was that Mr Lalu Prasad has been the only effective member of the UPA government since it was installed in the summer of 2004.
- Two Cheers For The Bill: (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2007)
The forest rights legislation has been welcomed by tribal people and rights activists, but with reservations.
- For Lasting Rights (Frontline, Ashish Kothari, Jan 03, 2007)
The forest rights Bill finally gives forest-dwelling communities a legal basis for their rights to forest resources.
- Chief Ministers Protest: Sc Order On Police Reforms Violates Constitution (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jan 03, 2007)
The Supreme Court’s controversial directions on police reforms that include fixing the tenure of Director-Generals of Police and setting up of a commission to insulate the police from the government, have come in for strident criticism from states.
- Fauji Mayhem (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 03, 2007)
Time for civil-military coordination
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 02, 2007)
History will record that in March-April 2003, the USA, UK, Australia, Italy, Poland and a few other countries launched unprovoked aggression against the Iraqi Republic, a sovereign original signatory of the UN Charter.
- Aids Control Programme To Be Expanded To Tribals (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Dec 29, 2006)
Social assessment shows low awareness
- Ulfa Hopeful Of Talks Next Year (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2006)
The banned ULFA has expressed hope of negotiation with the Centre next year for a "political solution" to the insurgency problem in Assam but insisted that "sovereignty" should be the core issue.
- Height Of Illusion (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 28, 2006)
While vowing to pay more attention to the North-east, BJP national president Rajnath Singh should have pinpointed the region’s intricate problems his party plans to tackle and which the Congress failed to address.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 28, 2006)
The disaster two years ago was natural, one of history’s worst catastrophes. The disaster today, on its second anniversary, is moral, almost a wilful failure of the human factor and quite as extensive as the tsunami.
- Ulfa Hopeful Of Talks Next Year (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2006)
The banned ULFA has expressed hope of negotiation with the Centre next year for a "political solution" to the insurgency problem in Assam but insisted that "sovereignty" should be the core issue.
- Delhi, Dispur Silent Spectators, Alleges Ulfa (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Dec 26, 2006)
The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) on Monday accused the Central and Assam Governments of remaining silent spectators to the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah)'s demand for inclusion of large areas of eight districts of Assam . ..
- Security Ties With Myanmar (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2006)
Visiting Myanmar Home Minister Major General Maung Oo assured Home Minister Shivraj Patil that his nation will co-operate with India to share information at field and national level on insurgent movements, border management, and drug trafficking.
- More Aids Counselling Centres Proposed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2006)
Plans to establish 4,955 ICTCs that will carry out 21 million AIDS tests a year
- The Bandh That Wasn’T (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 22, 2006)
It would be naive to suppose that the Yuletide spirit alone prompted Mamata Banerjee to call off her bandh.
- Muivah In Delhi For Talks With Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2006)
Less than a week before Christmas, top Naga rebel leader Mr Thuingaleng Muivah, landed here late last night from his base Amsterdam at an apparent invitation from the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to carry forward the long-standing peace talks . . .
- Beig Talks Coalition Etiquette, Mufti Harps On Self-Rule (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2006)
In a virtual show of strength following the clash between the Congress and the PDP ministers in a recent cabinet meeting, the PDP organised a large public meeting here today where . . .
- 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.
- Naga Leaders To Hold Peace Talks In Delhi (Deccan Herald, Deepak Upreti, Dec 21, 2006)
Top-rung self-exiled Naga insurgent leaders are arriving here to hold talks with the government in yet another attempt to resolve the decades-old insurgency in Nagaland...
- 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.
- Killer Virus Stunts Economy (Hindustan Times, Sanchita Sharma, Dec 21, 2006)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection can bring down household incomes by at least 10 per cent, with poor agricultural labourers bearing the brunt of it, a National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) study on the socio-economic impact of . . .
- What Ails The Jawan (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Dec 20, 2006)
Yet another killing of an army captain by a jawan in the North-east makes it clear that the image of the disciplined and apolitical Indian garrison is under severe stress.
- 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.
- Lashkar Tentacles In Manipur (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2006)
The arrest of three Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives hailing from Manipur this morning has confirmed what was hitherto mere speculation — that the Pakistan-based outfit has set its eyes on the Northeast.
- Special Article (Statesman, Faizan Mustafa, Dec 16, 2006)
The Sachar Committee report has initiated a new debate on the social, economic and educational status of Muslims in India. The findings are indeed shocking and revealing.
- Minority Rights (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 16, 2006)
The Sachar Committee report has initiated a new debate on the social, economic and educational status of Muslims in India.
- U.K. Rights Group Lauds Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 14, 2006)
A British human rights group has hailed Tamil Nadu as a good model for protection of minority rights but said the Union Government had failed to "replicate" it in other conflict-prone States such as Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Nagaland.
- India Failed To Do A Tamil Nadu In Kashmir, Says Ngo (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2006)
A British NGO that works on minority issues says India did a good job of integrating its Tamil community but failed to copy the success in areas like Jammu and Kashmir.
- Reasons For Hiv Propagation (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2006)
A UNAIDS and World Health Organization (WHO) study has found that "poor knowledge of HIV" especially "among homosexual groups," male prostitution, and unsafe drug abuse practices are main drivers of HIV propagation.
- Trends In Bangladesh (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2006)
With a little over a month to go for the scheduled elections, the interim government in Bangladesh ~ virtually personified by its President, Iajuddin Ahmed ~ has begun to stew in its own juice.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 13, 2006)
With a little over a month to go for the scheduled elections, the interim government in Bangladesh ~ virtually personified by its President, Iajuddin Ahmed ~ has begun to stew in its own juice.
- Complex Challenge (Hindu, Sevanti Ninan, Dec 10, 2006)
The red ribbons on channel logos and the back to back special programming on December 1 each year affirm that media in general is alive to its role in fighting HIV-AIDS.
- Four Cops Among 5 Killed In Ulfa Attack At Dibrugarh (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Dec 09, 2006)
Five persons, including four policemen, were killed on the spot as suspected ULFA militants blew up a vehicle hired by the police at tengakhat in Dibrugarh district of Upper Assam today.
- Why We Need A Proper Census Before Deciding On Quotas (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 08, 2006)
Anti-reservationists cite sample survey figures, but only a census that identifies backward castes will give a correct picture. Sample surveys don’t work
- Lashker, Jaish Expand Terror Network To B’Desh, Nepal (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2006)
Pakistan-backed terrorist groups Lashker e Taiba and Jaish e Mohammed are using territory and elements in Bangladesh and Nepal for movement of terrorists and finances, according to a status paper on internal security presented in Parliament.
- Deport All Illegal Migrants From Bangladesh: Bjp (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Dec 06, 2006)
Buoyed over the Supreme Court order on the illegal Bangladeshi migrants, the main Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday demanded that illegal migrants living in any part of the State should be sent back to their homeland at the earliest.
- The Gun Isn't A Child's Toy (Pioneer, Maneka Gandhi, Dec 05, 2006)
In year 2000, People for Animals went to the Delhi High Court asking for a judicial ban on selling airguns or, if they were sold, they should be sold in gun shops and the arms' licence should be mandatory.
- Act For Peace (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 04, 2006)
It cannot be a happy situation for a people to live continually under the army’s shadow.
- Pm ‘Rules Out’ Integration, But Nscn Says Talks Agenda To Stay (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2006)
The crucial next round of Indo-Naga talks between the NSCN (I-M) and the Centre — scheduled to begin on Monday in Amsterdam — could well be in for another impasse following Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s not-too-indirect indication here on . . .
- Lashker, Jaish Expand Terror Network To B’Desh, Nepal (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2006)
Pakistan-backed terrorist groups Lashker e Taiba and Jaish e Mohammed are using territory and elements in Bangladesh and Nepal for movement of terrorists and finances, according to a status paper on internal security presented in Parliament.
- Clinton Lauds Commitment Of Indian Companies (Hindu, Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar, Dec 01, 2006)
Lowering the prices of AIDS drugs needed to treat children commendable
- Lashker, Jaish Expand Terror Network To B’Desh, Nepal (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2006)
Pakistan-backed terrorist groups Lashker e Taiba and Jaish e Mohammed are using territory and elements in Bangladesh and Nepal for movement of terrorists and finances, according to a status paper on internal security presented in Parliament.
- 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.
- ‘India Epicentre Of Terror In Asia’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2006)
Pakistan sponsored terrorism is posing a major hurdle to the Indo-Pak peace process, and is a threat to the country’s security, said Army Chief General JJ Singh, delivering the BC Joshi Memorial Lecture at the University of Pune today.
- ‘Uninformed Homosexuals, Drug Abuse Spreading Hiv’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2006)
Poor awareness among homosexuals and the increasing use of contaminated drug syringes are the main reasons for the rise in HIV infections in northeast India.
- A Tenuous Peace Under Strain (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 22, 2006)
The recent spurt of violence involving the two factions of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) has put fresh strains on the tenuous peace in Nagaland.
- The Last Big Push (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2006)
Accused of being “in a state of denial,” US President George Bush rejected calls for a phased withdrawal of American troops from Iraq and instead has come up with a plan that will give it one “last big push” recognizing “the conditions on the ground.”
- He Looked At India With Foreign Eyes (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 18, 2006)
It is Nehru who was responsible for the continuance of the colonial mindset in post-colonial India
- 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 . .
- Myanmar In Transition (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Nov 16, 2006)
While public and media attention in India remains focused on events in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and the forthcoming visit of President Hu Jintao of China, New Delhi seems to be paying scant attention to developments in Myanmar, with whom . . .
- Myanmar Faces Instability (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Nov 16, 2006)
While public and media attention in India remains focused on events in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and the forthcoming visit of President Hu Jintao of China, New Delhi seems to be paying scant attention to developments in Myanmar, with whom . . .
- 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 . . .
- 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.
- Action Replay (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 09, 2006)
Rebels in India’s North-east have a history of degenerating into mindless killers.
- Into The Tigers' Claws (OutLook, B. Raman , Nov 09, 2006)
One of the most important principles of counter-terrorism is that the state should maintain a moral high ground even while dealing with terrorists. Some of the methods being used by the Rajapakse government run the risk of playing into the LTTE's hands.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 07, 2006)
It would be a gross understatement to call them crib deaths. Nothing short of infant mortality has struck Kolkata with as many as 23 newborns dying in 48 hours at the BC Roy Memorial Hospital.
- 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.
- The Long-Drawn Naga Dialogue (Hindu, M.S. Prabhakara, Oct 31, 2006)
Does the process of talks between the Government and the NSCN(I-M) take into account the pressures and compulsions of the parties concerned?
- Challenge And Response (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 31, 2006)
Both the Mysore Police and the Intelligence Bureau deserve credit for preventing what could have ended in one more of the horrific acts of urban terrorism in India.
- Needed, A Roadmap (Pioneer, Syed Zarir Hussain, Oct 30, 2006)
Unless Naga rebels show flexibility and the Government works overtime with some amount of seriousness, fresh turmoil in Nagaland seems inevitable
- 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.
- Thousands Flee As Nagaland Militants Clash (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Oct 28, 2006)
Over 4,000 people have fled their houses in Nagaland's Zunheboto district after a gunbattle broke out between the rival militant factions — National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak Muivah) and the NSCN (Khaplang).
- Additional Gates Foundation Commitments (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation signed an agreement with India committing an extra USD 23 million over the next 3 years in addition to USD 58 million focusing on HIV Prevention Response and intervention to key populations.
- Get More Assertive On Naga Front (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 25, 2006)
The search for a formula, at least an interim one, to address the conflicting and seemingly intractable positions on the Naga issue should not be allowed to weaken.
- 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.
- Nscn (I-M) Harps On `Federation' (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Oct 24, 2006)
"It should be incorporated in Constitutions of India and Nagalim"
India should be forthcoming on "substantive issues"
Submits 30-point issues to Government.
- Insurgency Along Border Unabated: Army Chief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
As India and Pakistan today announced resumption of the Composite Dialogue process through the Foreign Secretary-level talks, Chief of the Army Staff Gen J.J. Singh categorically said that the terror infrastructure in our neighbouring country was . . .
- Pak Sponsored Anti-India Terror Unabated: Jj Singh (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Even as India and Pakistan today announced resumption of their composite dialogue aimed at restoring peace and tranquility between the two, Army chief Gen JJ Singh maintained that Pak-sponsored anti-India activities continued unabated with the . . .
- 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.
- Gen. J.J. Sees 20% Fall In Kashmir Violence (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
The Chief of Army Staff, Gen. J.J. Singh, on Tuesday said the Army’s "iron fist, velvet glove" policy had "yielded rich dividends" in Jammu and Kashmir where, he said, violence had come down by about 20 per cent.
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