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Articles 2521 through 2620 of 22138:
- Saran To Be Pm’S Envoy On Nuke Deal (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
The Union government on Thursday appointed Mr Shiv Shankar Menon as the new foreign secretary. The 57-year-old officer of the 1972 batch of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is currently India’s high commissioner to Islamabad.
- I'm British, But... (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Sep 01, 2006)
The book shows what attracts Muslims particularly those who live in Western societies, to a radical Islamic world-view.
- Muslims Against Terrorism (Times of India, YOGINDER SIKAND, Aug 31, 2006)
The dastardly bomb blasts in Mumbai have been strongly denounced by scores of Muslim organisations and leaders across the country. The Urdu press has given wide coverage to their statements. Unfortunately, however, these voices have hardly been . . .
- People’S Poison (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 31, 2006)
Something as banal as breathing clean air is obviously not a priority in Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s Resurgent Bengal. Otherwise, why should Calcuttans be repeatedly denied that most basic of biological necessities, and by none other than the state . . .
- Clouds Over Iranian Pipeline (Daily Excelsior, Chandra Mohan, Aug 31, 2006)
Once again reports are floating that the 2600-km Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline is very much on, recreating the dream of energy Nirvana in India. Paeans are being sung about it in Islamabad.
- Nc For Early Resolution Of Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Favouring early resolution of Kashmir issue, opposition National Conference today appealed to the Centre and Pakistan to address the long-standing problem without delay to "relieve" the people of Jammu and Kashmir from "sufferings".
- 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 . . .
- Al Qaeda's Presence (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 31, 2006)
It seems just a coincidence that two important persons in different corners of the country have discussed on the same day Al Qaeda's possible links with Jammu and Kashmir.
- Muslims And Modernity (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 31, 2006)
To enjoy social dignity as rest of India, Muslims will have to switch over to modern education, says Ather Farouqui.
- In Qatar, Pm Envoy Pushes For Tharoor’S Un Bid (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 31, 2006)
India’s special envoy to West Asia Chinmay Gharekhan is on a 10-day tour of the region to ostensibly express support for the Palestinians and the Lebanese, but also with the added mission to garner support for the candidature of Mr Shashi Tharoor . . .
- When Does Private Turn Public? (Business Line, Amit K. Vyas, Aug 31, 2006)
The Delhi High Court has held that "unless a private company is a subsidiary of a public company it cannot be treated as a public company."
- Caution On Asean Fta (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 31, 2006)
It would be dangerous to sacrifice domestic producers' interests at the altar of free trade negotiations.
- India Thwarts Nepal's Bid To Import Arms (Pioneer, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 31, 2006)
A move by Nepal to import missiles and other weapons from a third country was shot down by India, which refused permission to a plane transporting the hardware to fly over Indian territory.
- Death Of A Teacher (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 31, 2006)
Professor Harbhajan Singh Sabharwal's 'televised' death has had a profound impact on the nation's conscience because it is perhaps the first time ever that reality television has captured the essence of student politics in Indian campuses.
- Centre Gives Rs. 250 Crore For Flood Relief In State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Shivraj Patil undertakes aerial survey of areas affected by floods.
- India Should Tread Cautiously (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 31, 2006)
The Pakistani army operation, which killed Baluch leader Akbar Khan Bugti, is a grievous political blunder on Islamabad’s part. The scale of violence in Baluchistan, and political protests in the rest of Pakistan, clearly indicate that.
- Cuba: Brief Break (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 31, 2006)
Cuban President Fidel Castro, recovering from an illness, is expected to be back at work very soon.
- Two Abvp Leaders Surrender In Ujjain (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
In case relating to assault on professor Nath; CID begins probe into Sabharwal's death
- Question Mark Over Fate Of 1,700 Delhi Schools (Hindu, Sandeep Joshi, Aug 31, 2006)
Shadow of Operation Sealing looms large as deadline set by Supreme Court approaches
- Jailed On Return From India, Iranian Scholar Ramin Jahanbegloo . . . (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Ramin Jahanbegloo, a prominent Iranian political philosopher and the current occupant of the prestigious Rajni Kothari chair in Democracy at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) in New Delhi, has been set free in Tehran after . . .
- Imperfect Sympathy (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Aug 31, 2006)
The ban on child labour in eateries and households may not become effective in the absence of adequate rehabilitation mechanisms.
- Aiims To Conduct Tests On Jharkhand Girl (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
"Initial investigations reveal nothing in the eyes that can lead to stone formations"
- People With A Difference (Indian Express, J. L. Gupta, Aug 31, 2006)
The seven days in Switzerland were splendid. One evening we found ourselves in front of the Federal Palace — Switzerland’s Parliament — in Berne.
- Jawans Get Relief In Medical Scheme (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Aug 31, 2006)
Lakhs of ex-servicemen superannuated before January 1996 and denied post-retirement treatment facilities in government hospitals have got a major relief from the Supreme Court.
- Ministries Can’T Build (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 31, 2006)
The numbers are scary enough — 66 per cent jump in cost, thanks to Central government project delays, as reported by this newspaper on Wednesday. But the actual numbers are scarier.
- Sc Pulls Up Judges Who Won't Budge (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
It is a day of shame for the judiciary, said the Supreme Court on Wednesday on learning that even senior judicial officers, apart from ministers, politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, journalists and NGOs, are facing eviction proceedings for . . .
- Undertrial Has Cops Rushing For Court Relief (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
An undertrial has driven the Delhi police up the wall. The inspector in charge of Patiala house lock-up - where prisoners brought from Tihar are temporarily housed everyday for their deposition in court - filed an application before the court of . . .
- Jobless Growth? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 31, 2006)
Despite the rapid growth of the Indian economy since the 1990s reforms, the widespread impression is that of its limited employment potential. Reports of jobless growth surface often, with the analysis of statistics published by the . . .
- Sumith Nakandala, Former Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 31, 2006)
Interview with Sumith Nakandala, former Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka.
- All Held By Dutch Police Have Mumbai Links (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The government has confirmed that all the 12 passengers, detained from a Mumbai-bound flight that was escorted back to Amsterdam due to their ‘suspicious behaviour’, were of Indian origin. The passengers, who are being interrogated by the Dutch . . .
- Importance Of N-Deal (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Aug 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stunned everyone into silence, in Parliament, Press rooms, think tanks and retirement homes with his candour and determination as he spoke in the Rajya Sabha on August 17, 2006, on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- The Media Again (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2006)
In the matter of the 12 men arrested aboard the Northwest flight in Amsterdam, the Indian media has shown once again that it has no independence of thought and individuality, as it totally embraced the Government's point of view.
- Lethal Traffic (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2006)
The seizure of more than 4,000 kg of the so-called 'love drug' Methaqualone from a warehouse in Badarpur area of the Delhi-Haryana border should serve as a wake-up call for the Government. It comes close on the heels of another big seizure early . . .
- India Asks Iran To Honour $ 25 Bn Lng Deal (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 30, 2006)
India and Iran today re-explored each other, but New Delhi failed to extract an assurance from Tehran for honouring the $ 25 billion LNG deal the two countries had signed in June 2005.
- Air Janata (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 30, 2006)
Chartered flights have long suffered the perception of being the exclusive privilege of the rich and famous.
- Ramadoss Trips Over Law Again, Loses Sack Race (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Aug 30, 2006)
Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' penchant for sacking senior officials has earned him a rap from the judiciary for the third time in a row.
- Rain God Spurns Empty-Handed Pm In Orissa (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The Prime Minister's two-day visit to Orissa was literally a damp squib.
- Tea, Coffee And Me (Business Standard, Subir Roy, Aug 30, 2006)
If there is anything I have over the years liked more than the cup that inebriates, and that’s saying a lot, it is the cup that cheers.
- Is The Problem With Quotas Over? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 30, 2006)
Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi
The solutions to the teachers’ shortage will sound the death knell for the IITs
The Bill that sanctions 27 per cent reservations for OBCs allows the IITs, IIMs and . ..
- High Risk Of Disease In Indian Flood’S Wake (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Medical teams fanned out across parts of India’s desert state of Rajasthan to check the spread of disease after floods claimed at least 150 lives in the past week, officials said on Monday.
- Season Of Infections (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 30, 2006)
The woes list of Delhiites seems to have gotten longer. Joining the weather, terrorism and prices is the dengue-chikungunya spreading mosquito, Aedes aegypti, which is reportedly multiplying in abnormally large numbers.
- Indians To Spend 50% More On Travel Abroad: Survey ........ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Willing to go places, literally, and having the required money in their pockets, Indians are going to spend on their travel abroad as never before.
- Uzbekistan's Tryst With Human Rights (Daily Excelsior, M Rama Rao, Aug 30, 2006)
Uzbekistan is replacing death sentence with penalties like life imprisonment and long-term imprisonment for various crimes.
- Deport Ulfa Rebel: Bsf (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Aug 30, 2006)
The Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday asked its Bangladeshi counterpart to deport Anup Chetia, the general secretary of the proscribed United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA).
- India To Not Carry Out Racial Profiling Of Air Travellers (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Asserting that India would not carry out any racial profiling of air travellers, the Civil Aviation Ministry today said it was implementing a pilot project to receive advance information regarding passengers arriving in the country's airports from . . .
- Never Ending Soap (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 30, 2006)
Judging from Ulfa chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa’s indecision and delay on direct talks with the Centre, he seems disinclined to give up the high life in Bangladesh.
- Big Blunder (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 30, 2006)
Pakistan needs to negotiate with the Baluchs.
- More Securitymen Killed By Naxals Than By J&k Militants: Centre, States Discuss Today (Indian Express, Raman Kirpal, Aug 30, 2006)
Chief Secretaries and Director Generals of Police of 13 Naxalite-affected states are reaching New Delhi tomorrow for a meeting with Union Home Secretary V K Duggal to assess how states have fared in pooling intelligence on Naxal movement and the . . .
- Pakistan's Baloch Crisis (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 30, 2006)
In the last weeks of his life, Akbar Khan Bugti twice told a confidant he wished to die the death of a martyr.
- 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
- From Bullets To Ballots In Kashmir? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 30, 2006)
Is the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen contemplating turning to politics? If he takes the peace road, Syed Salahuddin could face opposition from within his own organisation too.
- Hsbc Offers Factoring For Indian Smes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited has widened its product suite for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India by offering them factoring services.
- Secrecy Is Dead, Long Live Secrecy (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Aug 30, 2006)
In the nine months since the enactment of the Right to Information Act, 2005, the Government's Ministries have done much to undermine the Central Information Commission and, by implication, the Act itself.
- Bismillah Khan (Frontline, PARTHA CHATTERJEE , Aug 30, 2006)
Peerless shehnai player Ustad Bismillah Khan leaves behind a repertoire of sublime music.
- Trouble In The Neighbourhood (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 30, 2006)
Sandwiched between conflict zones in Sri Lanka and Pakistan, India has to achieve the right balance in neighbourly priorities — deciding how far to go in dealing with the Tamil Tigers while . . .
- Army Training Police Personnel, Ex-Servicemen To Counter Naxals (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The Indian Army is on course to train 14,000 personnel in anti-Naxal operations by May next year in six affected states, including 92 companies of police personnel and 5,000 ex-servicemen. It has so far trained about 6,400 personnel in . . .
- "There Cannot Be A Black To White Evolution In Nepal" (Hindu, Suresh Nambath and K. Ramachandran, Aug 30, 2006)
The country faces the twin challenges of bringing into the political mainstream the left-wing Maoists and keeping in check a right-wing monarch, according toKanak Mani Dixit, Editor ofHimal, who was in the forefront of the pro-democracy struggle.
- Editor Of Surat Eveninger Arrested (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
NIV rules out Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Surat .
- More The Men, Less Safe The World (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Aug 30, 2006)
The preference for male babies in India and China has skewed national sex ratios to levels that could spawn increased anti-social behaviour and violence and destabilise society, researchers warned on Monday.
- Iran Seeks India's Support For Nuclear Programme (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
In a bid to garner Indian support for Tehran's "peaceful" nuclear programme, visiting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari on Tuesday met senior Indian officials, including Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and National Security adviser MK Narayanan.
- French Journo Held For Smoking In Airport (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
A journalist with the French daily 'Le Monde' was detained after being allegedly roughed up by CISF personnel at the city airport for lighting a cigarette inside the premises in the wee hours of Wednesday.
- Mind Over Marshals (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 30, 2006)
On December 5, I was traveling to Bucharest via Frankfurt to take up an assignment as our country’s Ambassador in Romania. The Air India flight to Frankfurt from Delhi was delayed; I was to connect with a Lufthansa flight to Bucharest but missed it . . .
- No Racial Profiling Of Air Travellers: India (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Asserting that India would not carry out any racial profiling of air travellers, the Civil Aviation Ministry said it was implementing a pilot project to receive advance information regarding passengers arriving in the country's airports from the . . .
- Azad Leaves Out His Favourites (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
In a surprise development, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today elbowed out his blue-eyed boys who were eyeing a berth in his ministry.
- Ulfa May Utilise Ceasefire To Regroup, Army Tells Mha (Indian Express, Rajeev Bhattacharyya, Aug 30, 2006)
The ongoing suspension of operations against the outlawed ULFA is being used as an opportunity by the outfit to regroup and strengthen its links, the army has informed the Home ministry.
- Fighting Terrorism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 30, 2006)
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran must have been driven by circumstances to state publicly that India is not receiving the necessary cooperation from the countries like the US and Britain to fight terrorism.
- Pak’S Double Game (Tribune, Pamela Constable, Aug 30, 2006)
ISLAMABAD – For the past five years, Pakistan has pursued a risky, two-sided policy toward Islamic militancy, positioning itself as a major ally in the Western-led war against global terrorism while reportedly allowing homegrown Muslim insurgent . . .
- ‘The Middle Way Is A Pragmatic Approach’ (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Aug 30, 2006)
Beijing can no longer afford to ignore the issue of Tibet. We are confident that it will be resolved, if not in this decade, maybe in the next few decades.
- 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 . . .
- Balochi Uprising (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 29, 2006)
The targeted killing of 79-year-old Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, Balochistan's most prominent and charismatic leader since Pakistan came into being in 1947, along with two grandsons and associates by Gen Pervez . . .
- India: The Siege Within (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Aug 29, 2006)
Senior citizens who lived through the traumatic days of partition must be feeling a sense of déjà vu when they hear Muslim clerics launching a shrill attack on our National Song Vande Mataram, 56 years after India became a secular, democratic republic.
- War Not The Way Out Of Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis: Saran (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
As fighting between government forces and LTTE continued, India on Monday said war was not the only way out and the ethnic issue needed to be resolved within the framework of a united Sri Lanka.
- Cbi Arrests 2 For Posing As Gavit, His Aide (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The CBI has arrested two persons for posing as Union minister Manikrao Gavit, after the CBI gave him and his personal assistant a clean chit for allegedly chatting with an underworld don, Surinder Bhati, who is lodged in a UP jail.
- Apex Court Clears Way For Demolition (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Aug 29, 2006)
Three floors of TCS textiles building to go .
- Drugs Worth Rs 200 Cr Seized (Tribune, Nalini Ranjan, Aug 29, 2006)
The Delhi police today claimed to have seized a huge consignment of a banned drug worth Rs 200 crore from a container depot in the Badarpur area of South Delhi near the Delhi-Haryana border.
- Abuse Of Domestic Child Labour Alarming: Study (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Aug 29, 2006)
A new study has revealed shockingly high levels of emotional, physical and sexual abuse among children working as domestic help in Indian homes.
- Rs. 200-Crore Narcotic Haul In Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Alleged kingpin of pilferage racket at Tughlakabad container depot in police custody
- Ratification Of Treaties (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Aug 29, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh government’s insistence on maintaining executive privilege in dealing with the Indo-US nuclear deal raises two kinds of questions.
- Baloch Leader's Killing A Tragic Loss: India (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 29, 2006)
A "blatant interference" in internal affairs, says Pakistan
India terms killing "unfortunate"
India's concern ill-advised: Pakistan.
- Bugti’S Borderlands (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 29, 2006)
Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti might be a bigger threat to Pakistan after being killed by the Pakistan army in an encounter last week. That insightful comment from General Asad Durrani, a former chief of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence, sums up an . . .
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