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Articles 121 through 220 of 265:
- A Slice Of American Pie (Indian Express, NIRANJAN RAMAKRISHNAN, Apr 25, 2006)
A character in a recent episode of Boston Legal said: “When the weapons of mass destruction thing turned out not to be true, I expected the American people to rise up .
- Biggest Crisis For Bush As Poll Ratings Slide (Hindu, Paul Harris, Apr 24, 2006)
A White House shake-up is just the beginning as George W. Bush's party fights to keep control of Congress.
- Cbi Questions Mea Official (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday grilled Rakesh Kumar, the dismissed special secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs, a day after he expressed willingness to help the agency in probing charges of human trafficking against him.
- Advani Challenges Govt To Introduce Telangana Bill (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani whose “Bharat Suraksha Yatra” is passing through Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday pledged his support to a separate Telangana state.
- Manmohan's Silence On Muslim Quota Ominous: Bjp (Hindu, Y. Mallikarjun, Apr 20, 2006)
Biggest achievement of BJP was smashing single party dominance in polity, says L.K. Advani
National security compromised by vote bank politics'
Criticises Congress' silence on Volcker report
`Need for comprehensive ban on conversions'
- Assam: Peaceful Battle (Frontline, Sushanta Talukdar, Apr 19, 2006)
All political parties barring the ruling Congress have predicted a hung Assembly in Assam.
- Scam In Iccr (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Apr 19, 2006)
A CBI enquiry has been ordered into the recent ''irregularities'' alleged to have been committed at the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) under former director general Rakesh Kumar.
- Congress, Allies Communalising Issues: Advani (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Apr 18, 2006)
Advani accuses Government of playing vote bank politics `Government is proposing religion-based reservation in the Army'
- The Power Of Public Opinion (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Apr 17, 2006)
The polling in Assam is over and the results will be announced in a month. Expectedly, before the 'numbers' are made public, 'alliances' will be struck and power sharing agreements signed between parties that contested the election.
- Tight Security For Final Ballot In Assam (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Security personnel carrying automatic weapons guarded polling centres across Assam on Monday as voting began for the second and final phase of elections.
- "Check Invasion Of Bangladeshis" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Erstwhile NDA Government made "earnest efforts to stop infiltration," says Advani
Sonia, Manmohan remarks on illegal immigration "hypocritical, dishonest and misleading"
Warns of more divisions in the country due to " unchecked invasion"
- Immigration Reform (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 07, 2006)
President Bush says he’s committed to “comprehensive reform” of America’s broken immigration system: legislation that would both increase enforcement to stem the flow of illegal immigrants into the country and provide a legal way to, as Mr Bush puts it,
- Yatras To Highlight "Failure" Of Cong-Led Coalition: Bjp (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
BJP today said it was forced to undertake the twin-yatras to highlight the "failure" of the Congress-led coalition on all fronts and to protest against politics of "minority appeasement" being practised by it.
- U.S. Near Deal With China On Illegals (Washington Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Apr 05, 2006)
The Department of Homeland Security is near an agreement with China to return up to 39,000 Chinese illegally living in the U.S. to the communist country, which previously had refused to accept deportations.
- Mea's Most Wanted Seeks Refuge In Munich Hospital (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
With the CBI looking out for him for his alleged role in human trafficking to Germany, Rakesh Kumar, senior IFS officer and Special Secretary (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs, got himself admitted in a Munich hospital on Tuesday.
- Uncomfortable Facts On Migrants (Deccan Herald, Paul Krugman, Apr 04, 2006)
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," wrote Emma Lazarus, in a poem that still puts a lump in my throat. I'm proud of America's immigrant history, and grateful that the door was open when my grandparents fled R
- Voting Begins In India's Assam; Security Tight (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Thousands of people lined up on Monday to vote in Assam as troops protected polling booths from possible rebel attacks at the start of the biggest electoral test for the federal coalition.
- Congress Surrendering To Immigrants, Says Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
BJP leader L. K. Advani on Sunday accused the Congress of "surrendering" to the immigrants on the issue of infiltration into Assam.
- Polling Underway In Assam (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Only seven per cent votes were cast on Monday in the first three hours of polling till 10 am in phase one of Assam Assembly elections with rains playing spoilsport, official sources said.
- Security Agencies Want Cattle Haats To Be Shifted To 5km Inside Wb (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Apr 01, 2006)
Faced with large scale illegal immigration of Bangladeshi nationals and rampant cattle smuggling, the security agencies have written to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to shift cattle haats (markets) to five kms inside West Bengal.
- A Useful Dialogue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 27, 2006)
The visit of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia of Bangladesh to India was important for several reasons.
- Minority Confusion Boosts Cong's Confidence In Assam (Pioneer, Sanjay K Jha, Mar 27, 2006)
Despite the initial jitters, the Congress appears to have come back into the reckoning in Assam primarily because of a three-corned contest.
- Cross-Border Policing (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 25, 2006)
It is to be hoped that unlike the media focus the top-level deliberations of the premier investigative agencies of Pakistan and India were not Dawood-centric.
- Agreement On Crime Control (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 24, 2006)
The agreement reached between India’s Central Bureau of Investigation and Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency to fight some categories of crime is a major development in their bilateral relations.
- India-B’Desh Train On Anvil (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
As part of the confidence-building measures (CBMs), India and Pakistan have agreed to expedite the disposal of pending Interpol references in each others’ country, which included that of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and setting up of Joint . . .
- India, Pak To Expedite Disposal Of Pending Interpol References (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
As part of the confidence-building measures (CBMs), India and Pakistan have agreed to expedite the disposal of pending Interpol references in each others’ country, which included that of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and setting up of Joint Study . . .
- India, Pak. To Share Criminal Investigation Expertise (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Pending Interpol references to be disposed expeditiously
Group to look into human trafficking, counterfeit currency, illegal immigration
- India, Pak To Expedite Disposal Of Pending Interpol References (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Taking another important step in building mutual trust, India and Pakistan today agreed to expedite disposal of pending Interpol references in each others’ country which included that of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
- Bangladesh Says Trade Gap, Militant Charges Hurt India Ties (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Mar 23, 2006)
Bangladesh urged India on Wednesday to cut its huge trade surplus with Dhaka and stop making "misleading charges" about hosting Indian militants to help improve edgy ties between the traditional friends.
- India, B'desh Set For Talks As Border Issues Loom (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
Neighbours India and Bangladesh begin talks on Tuesday that are expected to focus on New Delhi's concerns over illegal immigration and Islamic militants operating from Bangladeshi soil.
- Visit To Make Perceptible Improvement In Indo-Bangla Ties: Zia (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
Arriving here on a three-day visit, Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia today hoped her trip here would create conditions for "perceptible improvement" in the content of bilateral ties and usher in a "new phase" in friendship and cooperation.
- ``Russia Can Help In Pipeline Project'' (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Mar 18, 2006)
We'll consider suggestions: Fradkov
Enhanced civilian nuclear cooperation figures in talks
No separate accord for Tarapur supply: officials
Study group set up for economic cooperation
$10 billion trade target for next five years
- Court Seeks Status Report On Bangladeshi Immigrants (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Petition alleges inaction in preventing illegal entry of immigrants and seeks their deportation
- Tackling Maritime Terrorism (Tribune, R.B. Suri (retd), Feb 08, 2006)
INDIA'S is inherently linked with the oceans. For instance, 90 per cent of India’s trade by volume and 77 per cent by value is sea-borne. India’s crude oil imports are almost completely transported by sea.
- 30,000 Illegal Immigrants From Bangladesh In State: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
"The problem has the potential of posing a grave danger"
DMK, AIADMK flayed for maintaining silence on the matter
BJP to highlight failures of Centre, State during poll campaign
Ganesan to begin a tour of northern districts on Tuesday
- Khokhrapar-Munabao Train To Run On Feb 4 (News International, Muhammad Khalid, Jan 22, 2006)
Rejecting Indian concerns regarding construction of an overhead shelter at the Zero Point railway station, the director-general of Pakistan Rangers, Maj-Gen Jawed Zia, has said that it is not a violation of the Border Ground Rule, 1962.
- Who Is 'Containing' Whom? (OutLook, Seema Sirohi, Jan 17, 2006)
All this neo-con talk of containing China by promoting India has only served to alert the dragon. Perhaps the most unfortunate formulation for India might have been the American offer to help it to become "a world power."
- End Modern Slavery (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 14, 2006)
The Scientific American (January 2006) has cited an ILO study to claim that at least 12.3 million people the world over are subjected to forced labour.
- Making A ‘Menace’ Of Migrants (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 07, 2006)
Do you know how many illegal Bangladeshi immigrants there are in India? Are there 30 million of them? What about 20 million? Or is the figure as low as 10 million?
- Jobs And Sops (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 07, 2006)
Basu becomes source of embarrassment
How Jyoti Basu could use a rally organised by the coordination committee of state government employees to announce a “cabinet decision’’ to recruit 40,000 people in various departments of the government and . . .
- Making A ‘Menace’ Of Migrants (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jan 02, 2006)
Do you know how many illegal Bangladeshi immigrants there are in India? Are there 30 million of them? What about 20 million? Or is the figure as low as 10 million?
- Making A ‘Menace’ Of Migrants (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jan 01, 2006)
Do you know how many illegal Bangladeshi immigrants there are in India? Are there 30 million of them? What about 20 million? Or is the figure as low as 10 million?
- Human Trafficking (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 29, 2005)
Foreign Minister Khursheed Mahmud Kasuri has said that the Government was trying its level best to control human trafficking which is bringing bad name to the country and innumerable sufferings to those going abroad through clandestine means.
- Bjp Sees Drift In Foreign Policy (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 28, 2005)
Advani says India is doing what the U.S. wants it to do; Vajpayee puzzles observers
- Crackdown Won’T Halt Immigration (Tribune, Michael A. Fletcher, Dec 24, 2005)
The bill passed by the House late Friday to step up border enforcement and crack down on the millions of undocumented workers in the country would be doomed to failure if enacted because it does not acknowledge the inexorable economic forces that . . .
- India Realizes West Bengal And Northeast Becoming A Far Larger ‘Kashmir’ – India Deploys Thousands Of New Troops In The Border (India Daily, Anil Rane, Dec 18, 2005)
It is a late awakening but never the less better late than never. Bangladesh is the new capital of Islamist movements.
- No Visa Power For India Inc In Russia (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Dec 08, 2005)
Russia must ease up its visa regime for Indian businessmen if it is serious about enhancing the economic content of its relations with India. While Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have given a united call . . .
- Naidu Leads Regional Parties In Election Campaign For Agp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
"Assam will lose its identity if illegal immigration continues" "Though endowed with vast natural resources, Assam was neglected most when the Congress was in power at the Centre and in the State"
- Economy Will Make Russia Fight For Immigrants (Business Line, Zhanna Zainchkovskaya, Nov 28, 2005)
Russia will not be able to develop the vast expanses of Siberia and the Far East without immigrant workforce. Even the optimistic UN forecast predicts the Russian population will drop to 138 million by 2025.
- Can The South Asian Region Do It Too? (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 23, 2005)
The time to learn some political lessons from the countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion is now.
- Curb Influence Of Money: Advani (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
BJP chief and Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani called for an end to the prevailing cynicism that nothing could be done regarding money power and corruption in the country. He also reiterated his decision to quit as party chief by the end of December,
- Indo-Nepal Border Regulation (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Nov 16, 2005)
India and Nepal have agreed to regulate human movement along their borders, which run a good 2412 kilometres.
- Human Trafficking: Need For A Global Response (Tribune, D.J. Singh, Nov 06, 2005)
Human trafficking is the fastest growing means by which people are forced into slavery.
- A Challenge For Azad (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2005)
THE bomb blast in Srinagar in which 10 people were killed on Wednesday is a grim reminder of the challenge facing the new Chief Minister.
- Immigration Debate (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
THE sleeper issue in the 2008 presidential election is immigration. Actually, as a recent straw poll shows, it’s waking up.
- Turkey And Eu: Rough Road Ahead (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Oct 09, 2005)
The opening on October 3 of Turkey’s negotiations to join the European Union was supposed to be a solemn affair, a ceremony marked by dignified speeches and toasts to the beginning of a new era in relations between Ankara and the 25-nation bloc.
- Interview - India Sees New Strategic Sea Lane In Andaman Sea (Reuters, Bill Tarrant, Sep 30, 2005)
Indian naval exercises with Thailand and Indonesia are aimed in part at ensuring security for a new sea route linking the Indian and Pacific oceans, a top Indian general said.
- Visas Hurdles Impacting Indian Investment In Russia (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2005)
Problems in getting business visas are proving to be a major hurdle in the flow of Indian investment to Russia even as bilateral trade between the two countries is showing a decline, top officials said here on Friday.
- Delimitation Can Wait (Statesman, News Service, Sep 08, 2005)
Considering the way illegal migrants have ‘advanced’ Bangladesh’s borders 10 to 15 kilometres inside India,
- Illegal Immigrants Dumped In Sea (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
At least 45 Africans, on an illegal cruise to Yemen, drowned when armed smugglers forced them to jump into the waters, officials said on Monday.
- No Room For Complacency (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 24, 2005)
The regularity with which the India-Bangladesh boundary erupts in clashes between the two border security forces is alarming.
- Iran To India, Stateless (Telegraph, DEVADEEP PUROHIT, Aug 19, 2005)
Sabar Ali has a driving licence, but the government of India is denying him voting rights.
- The Difficult Road To Cafta (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Aug 13, 2005)
On July 27, the US House of Representatives approved the Central American Free Trade Agreement with a wafer thin majority.
- Breaking The Ice With Bangladesh (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 11, 2005)
India's relations with Bangladesh are so problematical that there were no expectations of a breakthrough during the recent visit of Minister of External Affairs Natwar Singh to Dhaka.
- Accept Sc Ruling On Migrants Act: Advani (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2005)
Advani said that the Group of Ministers set up by the Centre made the people wary that it was trying to introduce some other version of the IMDT Act.
- Trespassers Should Be Prosecuted (Pioneer, Prakash Singh, Jul 27, 2005)
The Supreme Court, through a landmark judgement, has done what the NDA Government wanted to do but did not, and what the UPA Government, blinded by vote-bank considerations, was always opposed to.
- Nda To Raise Imdt Act In Parliament (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
Internal security, including attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, Ayodhya, to be discussed
- Cop At Large (Tribune, Zahur Zaidi , Jul 22, 2005)
My four-year-old son is convinced that his dad can do anything. You might not find it unusual because universally all four years olds feel the same for their dads.
- Just Time (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 22, 2005)
Twenty years is an unconscionably long time to pronounce judgment on a murder — or even a double murder.
- New View Of Terror (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jul 22, 2005)
A young lady is full of excitement. An airline has offered her a cheap ticket, she is going to “do” Russia. She is first going to St Petersburg, and then hop on to Moscow.
- Future Tense (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 18, 2005)
Assam becomes a cauldron of passions as the Supreme Court scraps a 1983 migration law
- Bangladeshi Migrants: Bjp For Religious Discrimination (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2005)
AASU warned the BJP against dividing illegal B’desh migrants on the basis of religion and to deport them irrespective of their identity
- A Divisive Issue Persists In Assam (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 15, 2005)
The striking down by the Supreme Court of the contentious and deeply divisive Central legislation, the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act of 1983,
- Migrants Issue Back Under The Spotlight (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jul 14, 2005)
Implications for Assam of the Supreme Court order striking down the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act.
- Imdt Act Is The Biggest Barrier To Deportation, Says Supreme Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
Describes the influx of illegal immigrants as an aggression on Assam
- Volkswagen Chase (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 14, 2005)
Customarily, it is the government that takes people for a ride.
- Assam Verdict (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 14, 2005)
THE anti-foreigners agitation in Assam is several decades old, and a predecessor of later, violent, insurgent movements.
- Illegal Migrants Act Struck Down (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Jul 13, 2005)
Tribunals under the Act to identify illegal migrants from Bangladesh cease to exist
- An Act Dogged By Controversies (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jul 13, 2005)
Parties indulged in the game of claims and counter-claims over the past 22 years
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The law was operative only in Assam
There was provision for tribunals
- Eu To Deport Illegal Immigrants (Tribune, John Lichfield, Jul 08, 2005)
Britain and four other large EU countries will organise joint charter flights to return illegal immigrants to their home countries.
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