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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Nepal Nationalises King's Palaces (Pioneer, Yuvraj Acharya, Aug 25, 2007)
Nepal Government has nationalised the Kathmandu palace where the king and his family live, the latest in a series of steps that have undercut the power and dismantled the royal trappings of the world's last Hindu monarchy.
- Gyanendra Moves Out Of Palace (Telegraph, J. HEMANTH, Aug 25, 2007)
A day after the Nepal multi-party government decided to nationalise royal properties, King Gyanendra and Queen Komal moved out of the Narayanhitti Palace.
- Nepal King Vacates Narayanhiti Palace (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 25, 2007)
A day after the Nepalese government decided to nationalise its royal property, which includes seven palaces including the Narayanhiti, King Gyanendra and Queen Komal deserted the Narayanhiti Royal Palace on Friday.
- Class Struggle (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2007)
By calling for closure of colleges and universities in Kathmandu and threatening strong action if recently arrested comrades are not freed, Maoist student groups in Nepal have made it clear that they intend holding the country's campuses to ransom.
- Kill The Deal To Help China (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Aug 22, 2007)
Of the many things the Army teaches you, foremost is contingency planning, especially meeting the unforeseen.
- Floating Casinos Threaten Goa's Hippie Paradise (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2007)
The palm-fringed beaches of Goa attract millions of tourists lured by the white sands, dreamy blue water and trance parties held alongside the pounding surf.
- Maoist Students Want Varsities Shut In Nepal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
Nepal's student crisis continued for the fifth day on Friday with Maoist students calling for closure of colleges and universities in Kathmandu Valley and threatening stiffer measures if their arrested members were not freed by the end of the day.
- 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.
- Indian Among Six Killed In Nepal Floods (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
At least six people, including an Indian, were killed in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in southern Nepal's Terai region, officials said on Friday.
- Fresh Rain Worsens S Asia Floods (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Fresh rains in north India have flooded new areas and worsened the situation in regions already badly hit by some of the worst floods in 30 years.
- Aid Worker Diary: Indian Floods (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
In India, as flood waters recede, aid agencies, non-governmental organisations and governments are stepping up their efforts to help the thousands who have lost homes, livestock and livelihoods.
- Poor In India Hard Hit By Floods (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Losing everything he owns has become a routine disaster for Shankar, 25, a landless laborer in the northeastern state of Bihar, who this month saw his home and belongings destroyed in some of the worst floods to hit north India in decades.
- Maoist Students Want Varsities Shut In Nepal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Nepal's student crisis continued for the fifth day on Friday with Maoist students calling for closure of colleges and universities in Kathmandu Valley and threatening stiffer measures if their arrested members were not freed by the end of the day.
- Nepal Must Hold Poll On Nov 22: Envoy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
Indian ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shanker Mukherjee has said the eight-party alliance coalition government will lose its credibility if Nepal fails to conduct the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections on November 22.
- Nepal Dailies Defy Maoist Vandalism, Back On Stands (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
Two popular Nepal dailies, forced off the stands last week by Maoists, made a triumphant comeback Thursday after the court and a growing public condemnation of the attack forced the rebels to withdraw.
- 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.
- Abu Salem Sings Under Narco Test (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
Bollywood big daddy Subhash Ghai had paid gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Anees between Rs 20 and 25 lakh in extortion money, incarcerated don Abu Salem told investigators under the influence of truth serum in Bangalore in December 2005.
- Maoists Turn Kathmandu Into War Zone (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Minutes after India's Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee said Nepal's government must improve the law and order situation and hold elections in time or lose its validity, two Maoist organisations turned the capital into a battle zone on . . . .
- Secret Military Meet In Sydney (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Top military brass of 19 countries, including India and the USA, had a “secret meeting” in Sydney in the run up to an Asia-Pacific summit in the city next month, the Australian Army Chief revealed today.
- India's Model Democracy (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Considering that when India set out to be democratic, successful democracies tended to be white, rich, Christian and with a single dominant language, its success over 60 years is significant in two ways.
- Deadly Landslide In S Asia Floods (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Five people are confirmed dead and 55 are missing believed dead after heavy rain triggered a landslide that buried Dharla village in the Indian Himalayas.
- Aid Worker Diary: Indian Floods (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
In India, as flood waters recede, aid agencies, non-governmental organisations and governments are stepping up their efforts to help the thousands who have lost homes, livestock and livelihoods.
- Targeting Migrants (Frontline, Pravir Malik, Aug 16, 2007)
Islamists in Kashmir appropriate the issue of the rape and murder of a girl to whip up a wave of xenophobia.
- Talking Water On Pages (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
In the 21st century world, water is the most contentious of elements, its ownership more disputed than land and space.
- Monsoon Flooding Spreads West Across India And Pakistan (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Torrential monsoon rains that have killed more than 2,000 people in north-east India, Bangladesh and Nepal in recent weeks are now devastating north-west India and neighbouring Pakistan.
- Aid Worker Diary: Indian Floods (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
In India, as flood waters recede, aid agencies, non-governmental organisations and governments are stepping up their efforts to help the thousands who have lost homes, livestock and livelihoods.
- The Best And Worst Of Times (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
The journey to Mangu Singh's family home from India's capital takes only two hours, but it's a trip to a different planet.
- Rain Fury: 19 More Killed In Hp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
The over century-old railway station at Koti on the Shimla-Kalka track was washed away in a cloud burst and 19 persons were killed at various places over the past 24 hours as rain havoc continued in the state for the second day today.
- Redeploy, Don't Pull Out Troops (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Colonel V Vasant and his radio operator Lance-Naik Ganapat Shashikant were gunned down while thwarting terrorists attempting to infiltrate across the Line of Control in the Uri Sector of Jammu & Kashmir on July 31.
- Sc Cautious, Govt Lax On Bangladeshi Migrants' Threat (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
For the Supreme Court, the illegal Bangladeshi migrants are a security threat, but not for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government. Millions of illegal migrants do not constitute any threat to the country's internal security if one . . . . .
- In Chhattisgarh, Maoists Prevail (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Aug 13, 2007)
The Chattishgarh Assembly held a secret sitting for the first time. No visitors or journalists were allowed inside the House.
- Rbi Nod To $1 Lakh Deposit Abroad (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Indian residents can now transfer up to $100,000 per financial year in their overseas bank accounts without getting the consent from RBI.
- The Osama Scourge (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Aug 11, 2007)
India's place in Al Qaeda's operations map was confirmed this week through a video message issued from the organisation's very top.
- Maoists Go On Rampage In Nepal; Loot Weapons From Police (Pioneer, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 11, 2007)
While top leaders of Nepal's Maoist party were busy here trying to curb a brewing revolt among its rank and file, a group of dissidents attacked a police post north of Kathmandu in defiance of the peace pact the party had signed last year . . .
- We Can’T Be Soft On Terror (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Aug 11, 2007)
The Sanjay Dutt case brings to focus several issues. Besides focusing attention on our legal system, it also highlights the issue of national security and our "soft" approach to matters of national security for the sake of vote banks.
- Redeploy, Don't Pull Out Troops (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
Colonel V Vasant and his radio operator Lance-Naik Ganapat Shashikant were gunned down while thwarting terrorists attempting to infiltrate across the Line of Control in the Uri Sector of Jammu & Kashmir on July 31.
- Monsoon Fools Meteorologists (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 11, 2007)
Indias 132-year-old meteorological department has miscalculated the June-to-September monsoon three of the past five years, endangering farm production in a country where agriculture accounts for a fifth of the $ 854 billion economy.
- Who Monitoring Situation In Assam, Bihar (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Aug 11, 2007)
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has begun to replenish stocks of drugs and emergency kits in the flood-affected areas of Bangladesh and Nepal.
- Tales From A Himalyan Hill Station (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
High on a hotel terrace in Darjeeling, an alarming noise pierced the Himalayan mists.
- India Should Rope In The Neighbours (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 11, 2007)
Floods are as much a natural phenomenon in India as they are in the rest of the world. But their calamitous impact on large parts of the country is clearly a problem of political will; or more precisely its absence.
- Maoists Storm Police Post In Nepal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
Nepal's former Maoist rebels stormed a poorly equipped police post north of Kathmandu, tied up the policemen and stole their weapons, officials said on Friday, in the first such case since they signed a peace deal last year.
- Bihar Flood Situation Remains Grim (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
According to an official report of the disaster management department, the toll in the flood fury touched 126 in the state...
- Deluge And Disaster (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 10, 2007)
The southwest monsoon which had battered Karnataka about a month ago is back again after a brief respite.
- Left Caps Protest (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
Only the naïve would be surprised by the Left's somersault over the India-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement.
- 173 Dead, Rs.22 Mn Lost In Uttar Pradesh Floods (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
The flood toll in Uttar Pradesh has risen to 173 while preliminary estimates have put losses at Rs.22.23 million, officials said on Thursday as they stepped up efforts to contain outbreak of diseases like dengue and encephalitis.
- Indian Printer In Nepal Currency Bid For First Time (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
With Indian companies' interest in Nepal growing after the political changes since last year, an Indian firm is in the fray, for the first time, for a currency note printing contract from the country's central bank.
- Tutankhamen-Like Curse Led To Palace Massacre, Speculates Nepal (Pioneer, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 10, 2007)
One of the most gripping tales to have captured public imagination is the legend of Tutankhamen's curse, the superstition that the mummy of Egypt's boy-king took its revenge on the violators of its tomb, causing the death of the British excavators . . . .
- Anti-Liquor Stir: Lok Satta Discusses Action Plan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
At a roundtable organised here on Thursday, the Chittoor district unit of the Lok Satta Party discussed the action plan to be followed vis-a-vis its statewide campaign against liquor belt-shops.
- Un Official Says Climate Change Could Destroy Swathes Of Indian Farmland (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
As exceptionally heavy rains continued to cut a wide swath of ruin across northern India, a top United Nations official warned on Tuesday that climate change could destroy vast swaths of farmland in this country, ultimately affecting food production . . .
- Flooded South Asia Cries Out For Food Aid As Health Fears Ri (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
India battled on Wednesday to bring food and drinking water to millions of flood victims as South Asia's swollen rivers recede leaving a death toll of around 1,900 and a trail of destruction and fears of epidemics.
- India Should Rope In The Neighbours (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
Floods are as much a natural phenomenon in India as they are in the rest of the world.
- Tibetans Shun Path Of Peace In Fight For Freedom (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
Thousands of Tibetans rallied in the Indian capital yesterday in the first protest of an aggressive new campaign to highlight Chinese abuses in Tibet in the run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
- Defence Ties With Mongolia Expanded (Tribune, RAHUL BEDI, Aug 10, 2007)
India is quietly expanding its defence and security links with Mongolia in a bid to monitor China’s space and military activities in the region.
- Uae To Deport Top Dawood Henchman (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
Tahir Merchant alias Tahir Taklya, one of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's closest associates who is also an accused in the 1993 serial blasts, is likely to be extradited to India from the UAE within two months, a senior police officer said.
- Floods Death Toll Rises To 521 In South Asia (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
The death toll from two weeks of heavy rains across South Asia rose sharply as rescuers reached remote submerged villages in northern India amid a respite in the annual monsoon.
- Tomb Curse On Nepal Royals? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
One of the most gripping tales to have captured public imagination is the legend of Tutankhamen's curse, the superstition that the mummy of Egypt's boy-king took its revenge on the violators of its tomb, causing the death of the British excavators . . . .
- Pugwash Initiative On Kashmir (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 09, 2007)
Colonel V. Vasant and his radio operator Lance-Naik Ganapat Shashikant were gunned down while thwarting terrorists attempting to infiltrate across the Line of Control in the Uri sector of North Kashmir on July 31.
- Colombo Conference: Initiatives On Kashmir Peace (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 09, 2007)
The Government’s unwillingness to assert that there can be no troop reduction in J&K unless Pakistan’s terror infrastructure is dismantled, gives the impression that New Delhi can be persuaded to move ahead with redeployments.
- Floods Find India Wanting As Climate Change Looms (Daily Times, Simon Denyer, Aug 09, 2007)
Global warming is likely to cause even heavier monsoons with more devastating storms in the region, and India needs to wake up fast to the risks
- Indians Held Captive In Kathmandu (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Two Indians are languishing in a Kathmandu hotel where they have been held captive for over three months for no fault of theirs.
- Millions Left Homeless By Asia's Monsoon Floods (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Women and children were seen screaming for help from treetops yesterday as monsoon floods struck three countries in south Asia, leaving at least 280 people dead and 20 million washed out of their homes.
- Washed Away By Corruption (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 09, 2007)
In the end, it took one mighty nudge from the United Nations to put the news about the critical flood situation in north Bihar, east Uttar Pradesh and Assam back on the national agenda.
- Redeploy, Don't Pull Out Troops (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Aug 09, 2007)
Colonel V Vasant and his radio operator Lance-Naik Ganapat Shashikant were gunned down while thwarting terrorists attempting to infiltrate across the Line of Control in the Uri Sector of Jammu & Kashmir on July 31.
- Fear Of Epidemics Follow Lethal Floods In Southern Asia (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Millions of people who have been left marooned by torrential monsoon rains south of the Himalayas face an uncertain future cut off from their submerged villages amid fears that epidemics would spread unchecked in the waterlogged region . . . .
- Maoists Set Terms For Poll (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Aug 08, 2007)
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) has demanded declaration of Nepal a republic and adoption of a fully proportional system of election for the upcoming Constituent Assembly polls as preconditions for its participation in the process.
- Break Away (Telegraph, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 08, 2007)
The kings of Nepal are no ordinary monarchs. They are supposed to be incarnations of the Hindu god, Vishnu. So, a new national anthem for Nepal, that has dropped all references to the king, is a revolution of sorts.
- Un Warns Of Looming Health Crisis In S Asia (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
Millions of people marooned by severe floods in South Asia, including India, face a looming health crisis unless they receive clean water supplies within days, United Nations agencies said today.
- Uncertainty In Nepal (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Aug 08, 2007)
Considerable confusion over the political and security situation pervades the air in Kathmandu.
- Mukherjee Meets Koirala To Discuss Politics, Election (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee on Tuesday discussed the current political developments in Nepal with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala here.
- Nepal Army Sacks 2 ‘Lesbian’ Soldiers (Telegraph, J. HEMANTH, Aug 08, 2007)
The Nepal army has sacked two women soldiers, charging them with being lesbians.
- Indians Held Captive In Kathmandu (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
Two Indians are languishing in a Kathmandu hotel where they have been held captive for over three months for no fault of theirs.
- On Familiar Turf (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Paintings that are pleasing without being particularly brilliant or evocative.
- Maoists Tell Leadership To Quit Govt (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Pressure continues to mount on the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) leadership to pull out of the government, as majority of leaders during the party’s fifth plenum yesterday said the party should immediately launch “people’s revolt”.
- Fear Of Epidemics Follow Lethal Floods In Southern Asia (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Millions of people who have been left marooned by torrential monsoon rains south of the Himalayas face an uncertain future cut off from their submerged villages amid fears that epidemics would spread unchecked in the waterlogged region, say relief . . .
- Double Murder: 2 Waiters Held (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
A case of double murder in Leh,which had sent shock waves in this tourist spot, has been solved with the arrest of two waiters who killed two persons, including a manager, to loot cash and valuables, the police said here.
- Rain Triggers Landslides, Yatris Stopped At Ramban (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Due to heavy rain and landslides at many places, the batch of Amarnath yatris, which left from Jammu this morning, was stopped temporarily at Ramban on the Jammu-Srinagar highway.
- After The Deluge, What? (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 07, 2007)
Floods have claimed over 1,100 lives in 38 districts in India, besides ravaging Bangladesh and Nepal. According to Unicef, which calls the floods the worst in living memory, 14 million people have been affected across 6,000 villages in India.
- Millions Left Homeless By Asia's Monsoon Floods (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Women and children were seen screaming for help from treetops yesterday as monsoon floods struck three countries in south Asia, leaving at least 280 people dead and 20 million washed out of their homes.
- A Unique Record Of Collecting Newspapers (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Here is a journalist with a different ambition. He collects newspapers from various parts of the globe with an aim to create a world record.
- Talk To Nepal About Tackling Floods, Nitish Tells Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said he had asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to expedite dialogue with Nepal for finding a permanent solution to the recurring floods in the state.
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