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Articles 6921 through 7020 of 21784:
- For Nepal & India, The Road Ahead Is Difficult (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 02, 2006)
Among the hurdles: the parties' lack of confidence, as well as New Delhi's anxiety over the U.N. involvement in the disarmament of the Maoists and elections to a constituent assembly.
- A Good Decision All The Same (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 02, 2006)
DESPITE opposition from Washington, Pakistan and Iran have agreed to go ahead with a bilateral pipeline project bringing gas from Iran.
- Terrorist Violence Aimed At Dividing People: Patil (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
The massacre of innocent people in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday and terrorist violence elsewhere are intended to scuttle peace and create divisions among various communities, designs which the Government would not allow to succeed, Union Home Minister . .
- Strengthening Ties (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 02, 2006)
Indo-Uzbek ties should help combat terrorism
- Delayed, But Not Denied (Deccan Herald, Pran Chopra , May 02, 2006)
Can Koirala guide his government to a consensus with the Maoists on reaching and preserving peace?
- High Risk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 02, 2006)
Fighting an evil has its costs, but that is no reason for giving up the fight.
- Dargah Demolition Sparks Violence (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, May 02, 2006)
Striking at two places targetting minorities, the militants gunned down 28 civilians—19 in Kulhand area of Doda district and nine at Lolan Galla in Basantgarh area of Udhampur district since last night. Ten others were injured in Kulhand shoot-out.
- Nepal Bounces Back (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Times, May 02, 2006)
Whatever be the reservations of Natwar Singhs and their ilk in the diplomatic and media world on India’s Nepal policy, New Delhi has won warm appreciation from global think tanks for the ‘roll back of palace coup’ in Nepal.
- Kasula Suryanarayana's Body Brought Home (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
High drama precedes the arrival of the body from Afghanistan
- Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 02, 2006)
ALTHOUGH with Iran’s nuclear crisis hovering over the region’s head, it would remain uncertain whether Pakistan can continue to show an unflagging determination to go ahead with the gas pipeline project against US pressure, till it actually comes . . .
- 34 Hindus Killed In Kashmir (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 02, 2006)
Pakistan condemns ‘act of terrorism’
Hurriyat chairman calls for killers to be arrested
- An Act Of Terrorism (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 02, 2006)
The murder of 22 Hindus in a village in Indian-occupied Kashmir on Sunday is a despicable act of terrorism and deserves unqualified condemnation.
- Pranab’S Nudge Could Bring Japan Defence Tech To India (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, May 02, 2006)
As he arrives on a path-breaking visit here tomorrow, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee is expected to gently push at Japan’s closed but unlocked door on defence technology exports to India.
- Too Early To Celebrate, But There's Hope (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, May 02, 2006)
When K Asif’s masterpiece Mughal-e-Azam and Akbar Khan’s damp squib Taj Mahal — An Eternal Love Story were released in Pakistan over the last few days, they marked the first commercial release of Indian films in Pakistan since the 1965 war, if one . . .
- Hurriyat Forms Group To Meet Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
After day-long deliberations the moderate faction of separatist Hurriyat Conference here today constituted a six-member delegation led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq that would be meeting the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Wednesday.
- The Essential Galbraith (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 02, 2006)
Ideas live longer than men. So with John Kenneth Galbraith, whose ideas defined debate about money and power in the US and, indeed, much of the world in the 60s and 70s.
- Kashmir Issue To Be Discussed With Pm On May 3: Aphc (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
Leaders of the All-Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) plan to discuss various solutions that could settle the Kashmir issue during their meeting with the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, in Delhi on May 3.
- Hurriyat Constituent Groups To Meet Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
Having accepted the fresh invitation for talks with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, the moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference is holding a meeting of its constituent groups here tomorrow to discuss the agenda and composition of its delegation.
- Iran-Pak-India Gas Agreement To Be Signed By June (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
The Union Government today said it expects to sign the final agreement for the ambitious USD 7.4 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project by June this year at a ministerial meeting in Tehran.
- Visiting Pakistan To Defreeze Siachen (Daily Excelsior, Atul, May 01, 2006)
It now looks certain that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Islamabad before the summer is out; it is in a sense returning Gen Pervez Musharraf’s visit to Delhi in April 2005 actually on a self-invitation to watch the . . .
- Wise Move (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, May 01, 2006)
It is to be welcomed that the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on May 3. Its acceptance of the Prime Minister's invitation speaks of wisdom and maturity.
- Out Of Power (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 01, 2006)
Shortage spells doom for growth ---- The severe power shortage in northern States could have been dismissed as a regular occurrence every summer when demand far outstrips supply but for the fact that the situation this April is more grim than in the previ
- Rewards And Brickbats For Ifs Officers (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , May 01, 2006)
India’s 26th foreign secretary, Shyam Saran, will be demitting office in June. He has been a "crisis manager" ever since foreign minister K. Natwar Singh was forced to quit the office following the Volcker report.
- Outrage In Afghanistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 01, 2006)
The Taliban thugs have done it again. They have killed the Indian engineer, K. Suryanarayana, whom they had abducted on Friday.
- Witness The Spineless (Hindustan Times, Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi , May 01, 2006)
I have to hand it to you, Shyan Munshi: you got nerve. But maybe someone should turn you around to check if you got a spine.
- Protecting Privilege (Times of India, RAJA SEKHAR VUNDRU , May 01, 2006)
On January 2, 1981, The Times of India, Ahmedabad, reported that medical students of B J Medical College, Ahmedabad, launched an agitation against reserved seats for scheduled caste candidates.
- Telling The Taliban (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
The Taliban’s brutal killing of K. Suryanarayan, an Indian telecommunications engineer working for a Bahrainian company in Afghanistan, is a test of Delhi’s political resolve.
- Taliban Behead Indian Engineer Before Deadline (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, May 01, 2006)
The black visage of the Taliban was waved to India again today as the terrorist outfit jumped their own deadline and killed their captive K. Suryanarayan, the second Indian worker to be killed in Afghanistan in less than six months.
- Narmada: The Cost Of Delaying Rehabilitation (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, May 01, 2006)
The Supreme Court judgment of October 2000 reiterated a clear link between rehabilitation and construction for the future. That is now sought to be changed.
- Significance Of Mayiladuthurai Find (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, May 01, 2006)
Links between Harappa and Neolithic Tamil Nadu
- Some Thoughts, Some Reservations (Indian Express, Fali S. Nariman, May 01, 2006)
A case of great constitutional significance is being argued before a bench of five justices of the Supreme Court, presided over by the chief justice of India.
- Governments To Aid Engineer's Family (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, May 01, 2006)
Rajasekhara Reddy visits the victim's house; says he will personally assure the family's well-being
- Team Leaves For Delhi Today (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, May 01, 2006)
A Pakistani delegation headed by Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan is leaving for New Delhi on Monday for talks with India. The two-day talks that begin on Tuesday will discuss the key issue of Jammu and Kashmir and other aspects of peace and security.
- A Friend Of India (Hindu, Harish Khare , May 01, 2006)
Very few Americans have endeared themselves to Indians. John Kenneth Galbraith was an honourable exception.
- Taliban Sets Deadline To Kill Hostage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Saran rejects demand for pullout of Indian citizens from Afghanistan
- Boom Time For Medicare (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Apr 30, 2006)
As medical tourism looks set to expand further, India must make use of the opportunity while ensuring that it does not create a health divide.
India's tertiary healthcare sector is on the road to global fame.
- The Himalayan Yawn-Spiracy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The author fails to draw the reader into the intricacies of a conspiracy, and the excitement built up in the Himalayas trickles away in the plains of Delhi, writes Tarun Cherian
- Zawahri Lashes Out At India, Pak (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Al Qaida’s deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri said hundreds of suicide bombers had “broken America’s back” in Iraq and accused President George W. Bush of giving a “strong impetus” to India’s nuclear programme while “doling out orders” to Pakistan, . . .
- Taliban Axe Hangs On Indian (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The Taliban today threatened to kill an Indian telecom engineer it has taken hostage unless all Indians working in Afghanistan quit the country by tomorrow evening.
- Nepali Cong Activist Dies At Aiims (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Pradhyumna Kharka, 32 , a Nepali Congress activist who suffered bullet injuries during a pro-democracy demonstration in Nepal, succumbed to his bullet injuries at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences here on Saturday.
- From The Pages Of History (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 30, 2006)
Dr Syed Mahmud, Minister of External Affairs, who arrived here by air today after a four-week tour of West Asia (Middle East) declared that the “explosive situation” and tension in that part of the world were created and encouraged by outsiders.
- Us Giving Impetus To Indian N-Plan, Says Angry Qaida (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Al-Qaida number two Ayman al-Zawahiri has lashed out at US President George W. Bush, accusing him of giving a “strong impetus” to India’s nuclear programme while “doling out orders” to Pakistan.
- Facts Still Incomplete And No One Knows Why (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Apr 30, 2006)
The way television channels have hyped the attack on Pramod Mahajan and his subsequent hospitalization for two days… crossed the limits of sanity.
- Yechury Wants Maoists To Help Build New Nepal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Describes three-month ceasefire as positive
- Nepal Events Overtake India (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Apr 30, 2006)
Before and after King Gyanendra took over in Kathmandu New Delhi has been diligently “waiting and watching” the developing crisis in that unhappy country. And now it transpires that it hasn’t watched hard enough and has waited for too long.
- Laloo Guests Crowd Trains To Delhi (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Apr 30, 2006)
The mess has been created by the political hangers-on, who are desperate to make their presence felt at Laloo Yadav’s daughter, Chanda’s wedding in Delhi, slated for April 30.
- Faking Memoirs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The author fails to draw the reader into the intricacies of a conspiracy, and the excitement built up in the Himalayas trickles away in the plains of Delhi, writes Tarun Cherian
- India And Pakistan Once Came Close To Resolving Divisive Issues (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 30, 2006)
Former Indian foreign secretary Salman Haider has said that in the 1980s and 1990s, it appeared as if an agreement between India and Pakistan on “one or more of the divisive subjects might be within reach”.
- Who Cares For Myanmar? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 30, 2006)
Last month, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran spoke at a well-attended lecture organised in Washington by the Heritage Foundation. The Foreign Secretary was in the US capital to meet Bush Administration officials before the crucial vote in the US . . .
- Taliban Sets Deadline To Kill Hostage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Saran rejects demand for pullout of Indian citizens from Afghanistan
- Mothers Of Nepal Vanquish A Killer Of Children (New York Times, Celia W Dugger, Apr 30, 2006)
As dusk descended on this medieval walled city and its dirt lanes filled with horses cantering home from the mountains, the piercing voice of a woman could be heard over the pounding hooves.
- Voices Of Silence (Statesman, Jagmohan , Apr 30, 2006)
World Monument Day on 18 April gave us an opportunity to grasp the significance of our architectural legacy
- India Targeting Democrats For Support » (Hindustan Times, Manish Chand, Apr 30, 2006)
With less than a month left before the US Congress goes in for the summer recess, India has stepped up its diplomacy to win over Democratic sceptics to support the civil nuclear deal that is at the heart of improving relations between New Delhi and . . .
- Eu For Observer Status In Saarc (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The European Union has expressed an interest in joining the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) as an observer, the Bangladesh foreign ministry said on Friday.
- Taliban Demand Indians Quit Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Taliban insurgents on Saturday threatened to kill a kidnapped Indian telecommunications worker unless Indians left Afghanistan.
- Coming Soon: A Safari Park In The Heart Of Delhi (Hindu, Lakshmi B. Ghosh , Apr 30, 2006)
A safari park right here in the heart of the Capital? Sounds hard to believe? Well, Delhi University thinks otherwise.
- Taliban Claim To Have Killed Indian Hostage (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Police in Afghanistan on Sunday found the body of an Indian engineer kidnapped two days ago by Taliban militants, a killing that earned swift condemnation from New Delhi.
- Pak-Us Strategic Dialogue (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 30, 2006)
AT a joint news briefing with US Under Secretary Nicholas Burns on the conclusion of the Pak-US strategic dialogue on Friday, Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan talked of Pakistan not being oblivious of its security and the requirements of minimum . . .
- Indian Items On Positive List (News International, Editorial, The News International, Apr 30, 2006)
According to reports, Pakistan has cleared another 240 items that can be imported from India. The positive list, which shows importable items from India, is increasing steadily under consistent demand and pressure of New Delhi.
- Taliban Threatens To Kill Abducted Engineer (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The fate of an Indian engineer kidnapped by Taliban in Afghanistan on Friday evening remained unknown as India stepped up efforts to secure his safe release on Saturday.
- Colombo Will Not Fall Into Ltte Trap, Says Envoy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
"The Tigers will suffer the consequences for the recent attacks"
Air strikes were a "deterrent" and limited in scope
There has been some denting of LTTE's capacity
Sri Lanka wants India to extend support for a negotiated settlement
- "There Is A Fury Building Up Across The Country" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
In this excerpt from a much longer interview, Arundhati Roy updates her essay on the Narmada issue,The Greater Common Good, published in 1999 inFrontline. The interview was done byShoma Chaudhuriover a period of several days, in person and on email.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2006)
In the report "State to press for final order on Cauvery dispute" (Karnataka edition, April 27, 2006, page 1, and on inside pages elsewhere), the reference to the setting up of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal by the Supreme Court in 1991 was wrong.
- Iran: Nuclear Row (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Apr 29, 2006)
The Iranian government shows no signs of winding up its nuclear programme despite escalating threats from Washington.
- India Hints A Giftwrap Of Revival Package (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Apr 29, 2006)
With Nepal taking the first major step towards popular rule when its Parliament was reconvened after four years today, India has decided to propose a package for the country’s economic recovery.
- Bending Over Backwards (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 29, 2006)
THE third round of talks between Pakistan and India on conventional confidence building measures ended on Thursday with little success, as New Delhi rejected Islamabad's proposal for demilitarisation of Occupied Kashmir while also turning down its . . .
- India To Boost Co-Habitation Of Maoists (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Apr 29, 2006)
As the Nepal conundrum continues to stare in the face of policy-makers here, there is one thing which New Delhi is going to encourage: co-habitation of Maoists in the Nepalese political set-up.
- R.K. Raghavan: Policing The U.K. (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Apr 29, 2006)
The July 7 blasts in London have prompted Tony Blair to bring about changes on the criminal justice front that could pave the way for more efficient policing.
- Who Cares For Myanmar? (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Apr 29, 2006)
Last month, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran spoke at a well-attended lecture organised in Washington by the Heritage Foundation.
- Energy-Cum-Trade Corridor (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 29, 2006)
ON Thursday Pakistan and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide umbrellas for agreements furthering bilateral energy, industrial and trade cooperation. Earlier addressing a group of China's private and public sector leaders . . .
- Maharashtra Groups Pressing For Central Rule In Parts Of Belgaum? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Dharam Singh, Kharge urge Chief Minister to call all-party meet
- Scorpene Deal: Court Issues Notices To Centre, Cbi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Petition seeks probe into alleged payment of kickbacks
Centre, Defence Ministry went ahead with deal despite knowing about involvement of middlemen: petitioners
Division Bench directs respondents to file replies by May 30
- With A Plot From Bangladesh (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 29, 2006)
Investigation into the Varanasi bombings leads to the fact of Bangladesh's emergence as a base for Islamist terrorism.
- The Solution Is Not Quota (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 29, 2006)
Let me begin with an ordinary, everyday Indian story. It is the story of a little boy called Lakshay who, at the age of three, needed admission in a Delhi kindergarten.
- Metro At Last (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 29, 2006)
Public transport will be revolutionised with the metro
- Facts Still Incomplete And No One Knows Why (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Apr 29, 2006)
“The way television channels have hyped the attack on Pramod Mahajan and his subsequent hospitalization for two days… crossed the limits of sanity.
- What Is This Law About? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 29, 2006)
Does Vasundhara Raje need a poll debacle to withdraw the recently passed Freedom of Religion Bill 2006, as Jayalalithaa had to do after the drubbing she and her party received during the 2004 Lok Sabha . . .
- Accord On New Cbms (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 29, 2006)
Even though basically of a technical nature, the four confidence-building measures, including the finalisation of “ground rules” along the international border, agreed to by Pakistan and India on Thursday, constitute a step forward in the on-going . . .
- Pressed For Freedom (Pioneer, Praveen Kumar, Apr 29, 2006)
There is nothing new about attacks on journalists. There have been several brutal attempts to curb freedom of the Press.
- Alone Again, Naturally (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Apr 29, 2006)
It’s been lonely at home this past week. First, my wife and daughter decided to push off to Jaipur on work for a couple of days, but they’re still to come back a week later.
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