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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- A New Mood Of Confidence In The Party (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 18, 2007)
'Shahzeb "Sunny" was only 17 years old when Benazir Bhutto left Pakistan, but the pharmacy shop assistant in Layari, a vast Dharavi-like neighbourhood in this city, is in no doubt the Pakistan People's Party leader is "the best".
- Licensed To Kill (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2007)
HORRIFYING incidents like the Khalra murder and the Connaught Place shooting expose the real face of the Indian police and show how ugly it is.
- Let Men Do Their Bit (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Oct 18, 2007)
For 30 years, vasectomy has been a political taboo, and the entire burden of family planning has been on women. But modern vasectomy techniques are a success in the West. India needs to try them
- Punjab Cops Echo Nsa On Pak Role (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 18, 2007)
A day after confirming that forensic teams have found traces of RDX used in the blast at Shringar cinema that killed six and injured 32, Punjab police said Pakistani intelligence agency ISI could have been behind the explosion.
- Pakistan Inciting Sikh Radicals, Alleges India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
India’s top national security official has accused Pakistan of trying to stir up Sikh militancy in Punjab, striking a sour note ahead of direct talks this week between the South Asian rivals.
- ‘I Will Rid Pakistan Of Extremism, Dictatorship’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Former premier Benazir Bhutto pledged on Wednesday that she would return to Pakistan to rid it of extremism and dictatorship by bringing in democracy. Ms Bhutto is due to arrive in Karachi today at around 1:00pm.
- After Ludhiana (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
The bombing of a cinema hall in Ludhiana is more than a statistical intrusion upon Punjab's decade-long terror-free record.
- Theatre Blast: Huji Name Crops Up (Times of India, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 17, 2007)
Forty-eight hours after the blast in Ludhiana's Shringar theatre killed six and injured 32 others, Punjab DGP NPS Aulakh said on Tuesday that it was RDX that was used in the explosion.
- The Return Of Bb (Daily Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 17, 2007)
No one apart from BB has given much evidence that they fully comprehend, let alone have answers for, the complex and daunting problems we face today as a nation
- Will Putin Change The Strategic Map? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 17, 2007)
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, is in Iran and the world is tense with expectations of a change in the regional strategic map.
- Callous About Security (The Economic Times, P R RAMESH, Oct 17, 2007)
A senseless government and political seat-warmers at its helm are ensuring that 2007 turns out to be a good year for blood-thirsty jehadis.
- Easy Loans, But With A Trick (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
EASY access to money can be tempting – and deceptive. Even when they involve exorbitant costs, offers of a readily available loan or an unrealistic rate of profit requiring little documentation is something most people – especially those . . . . .
- The Village And Canal (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 17, 2007)
No one thought the picturesque villages near Wagah would one day see an exodus.
- Avoid Carping Criticism Of Witnesses, Supreme Court Tells Lower Courts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
“Judges must have the humility to recognise that they are not infallible”
Judicial restraints necessary for orderly administration of justice
Disparaging strictures may result in injustice
- Crisis Of Governance (Deccan Herald, Balraj Puri, Oct 16, 2007)
The root cause of existing discontent in Pakistan is the present unitary form of government.
- Have In-House Mechanism To Check Terror: Centre (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
In the backdrop of the Ludhiana bomb blast, the Centre today asked the owners of cinema halls and shopping complexes to have an in-house mechanism to prevent terror strikes.
- The Alarm Punjab Didn’T Hear (Telegraph, BHAVNA VIJ-AURORA, Oct 16, 2007)
The Union home ministry had warned Punjab less than a month ago that Ludhiana, one of the richest industrial towns in the state, could be a prime target for terror strikes.
- Memories Linger On (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2007)
It was about two months since the new Vice-Chancellor had taken over the reins of one of the leading universities in Punjab.
- Migrants Were The Target: Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Punjab Chief Secretary Ramesh Inder Singh said here that the choice of place for the attack where the Bhojpuri movie was being watched in a jam-packed hall of mostly migrant workers, pointed to the fact that migrant labourers could have been the target.
- Movie Theater Bombing Kills At Least 6 People In India (Chicago Sun Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
A bomb ripped through a packed movie theater in northern India on Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding at least 30 others, authorities said.
- India Cinema Blast Was 'Terrorist' Attac (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Indian police said on Monday that an explosion that killed six people and injured 32 in a packed cinema hall in northern India was a “terrorist” bombing.
- More Bombings Likely: Intelligence Agencies (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 16, 2007)
Even as the Punjab police struggle to develop leads into Sunday’s movie-theatre bombing in Ludhiana, intelligence services have warned that worse could be on the way.
- Upa Blames Bjp On Terror Attacks (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
The terror attacks in Punjab and Rajasthan on Monday acquired a political hue with Congress-led UPA blaming BJP-ruled states for not paying proper heed to its advice to beef up security and the saffron party rubbishing the charge.
- Polls’ Fairness Is Crucial (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Oct 16, 2007)
WHILE to all appearances the fate of the country hangs in the balance, for the chief of Pakistan’s ruling party, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, it is time for banter and bluff.
- Instil Confidence In The Nations Food Producers (Deccan Herald, PANDURANG HEGDE, Oct 16, 2007)
A drastic shift in policy in favour of commercial and export-oriented crops is denying the countrys small farmers access to growing food crops, threatening food security.
- No False Dignity (Deccan Herald, S Raghunath, Oct 16, 2007)
For a daring spirit of enterprise, a Punjabi stands apart.
- New Face Of Terror (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 16, 2007)
Moderate Muslims should stand up against terror.
- Upa Blames Bjp On Terror Attacks (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
The terror attacks in Punjab and Rajasthan on Monday acquired a political hue with Congress-led UPA blaming BJP-ruled states for not paying proper heed to its advice to beef up security and the saffron party rubbishing the charge.
- Upa Blames Bjp On Terror Attacks (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
The terror attacks in Punjab and Rajasthan on Monday acquired a political hue with Congress-led UPA blaming BJP-ruled states for not paying proper heed to its advice to beef up security and the saffron party rubbishing the charge.
- Sikh Outfits, Jihadis Behind Blast (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Involvement of Sikh separatists in collaboration with Islamic jihadi groups is being suspected behind the blast that killed seven people and injured 32 at the Ludhiana multiplex last night.
- Anarchy Everywhere (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Oct 16, 2007)
When protesting farmers are fired at in Nandigram and Singur, it is not a democratic system of governance.
- Patil Asks Authorities To Expedite Projects At Nanded (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Pakistani cement’s arrival in India is set to prove a boon for the construction industry. Pakistani cement, which is scheduled to hit Indian market by the end of October, is expected to lower the cement prices here considerably with Pakistani. . .
- Blast Meant To Scare Away Migrants From Up, Bihar? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
A theory doing the rounds is that the Ludhiana terror attack was an attempt to scare away migrant workers from UP and Bihar, who not only are a mainstay of Punjab’s farm and industry but have emerged as a distinct community and political voice as . . . .
- Terror At Ludhiana (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2007)
One again Punjab has had to suffer the bitter taste of terrorism after so many years following Sunday night’s cinema blast at Ludhiana.
- Upa Blames Bjp On Terror Attacks (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
The terror attacks in Punjab and Rajasthan on Monday acquired a political hue with Congress-led UPA blaming BJP-ruled states for not paying proper heed to its advice to beef up security and the saffron party rubbishing the charge.
- Police Clueless; 25 Questioned (Tribune, Jupinderjit Singh, Oct 16, 2007)
Twenty hours after the Shingar blast, the police remains clueless about the accused, the kind of explosives and the mode of triggering the blast even as the top brass of the Punjab Police and intelligence agencies are camping here, trying. . .
- Blast Breaks Seven Years Lull In Punjab (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
There were scenes of chaos and confusion as the explosion rocked the Shringar cinema hall here on Sunday evening. People panicked and ran helter-skelter and one of the eyewitnesses, Ram Avatar, who had a providential escape as he had gone to the . . . .
- 6 Killed In A Blast In Ludhiana Cinema (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Terror struck Ludhiana tonight when at least six people were killed and 25 others injured in a blast in one of the three cinema halls in a multiplex located in a busy shopping area of this industrial town.
- Polls’ Fairness Is Crucial (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Oct 15, 2007)
While to all appearances the fate of the country hangs in the balance, for the chief of Pakistan’s ruling party, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, it is time for banter and bluff.
- Cinema Blast Kills 6 (Deccan Herald, Rajesh Deol, Oct 15, 2007)
A powerful blast ripped through a jam-packed multiplex in the Punjab city of Ludhiana killing at least six people and injuring more than 30 others on Sunday evening.
- Six Killed, 25 Injured In Ludhiana Cinema Hall Blast (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Terror struck Ludhiana on Sunday night when six people were killed and 25 injured in a blast in one of the three cinema halls in a multiplex in a busy shopping area of this industrial town.
- 6 Die In Punjab Cinema Blast (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Terror struck Ludhiana on Sunday night when at least six people were killed and 25 others injured in a blast in one of the three cinema halls in a multiplex located in a busy shopping area of this industrial town.
- Quality Of Justice (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Even if a generalisation is involved, a Supreme Court Judge’s remark that the Punjab and Haryana High Court and subordinate courts in Haryana have been disposing of second appeals in “a cavalier manner” is a serious charge which . . . . . .
- Cinema Blast A Terrorist Attack, Say Police (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Police said on Monday that an explosion that killed seven people and injured 32 in a packed cinema hall in Ludhiana was a "terrorist" bombing.
- Real Vs Reel (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Movies reflect life. But Hindi movies have always been different: escapist and melodramatic at best.
- Amid Reels Of Nuisance, A Clip That Made News Sense (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
In all the nonsense that news channels pass off as news, sometimes you do come across the odd report/clip that’s worth a dekho. Let me give you an example.
- Blast In Ludhiana Cinema Hall Claims Six Lives (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Six people were killed and at least 20 injured when a powerful blast took place inside Shingaar cinema hall in Ludhiana, crowded with the weekend audience on Sunday evening.
- Another Woman Falls Prey To 'Hammerman' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
In yet another wee-hour attack incident in Baljeet Nagar in west Delhi, a woman was found dead at her residence with her head smashed on Sunday.
- Blast Rips Through Ludhiana Movie Hall: 7 Killed, 40 Injured (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Barely three days after a blast at the Ajmer Sharif dargah, a powerful explosion rocked a cinema hall in Ludhiana on Sunday night —- after peaceful Id festivities throughout the country —- killing at least seven persons and injuring about 40.
- Terror Strikes Ludhiana; Six Killed (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Terror struck Ludhiana on Sunday night when at least six men were killed and 30 others injured in a blast in one of the three cinema halls in a multiplex located in a busy shopping area of this industrial town in Punjab.
- Flatlining Production (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
India produces around 70 million tonnes. Out of this, around 35 million tonnes is sold by farmers in the market. The rest they keep for self-consumption, seed and animal feed.
- Sc Reduces Amarinder’S Foreign Stay (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2007)
Amid high-pitched arguments on alleged “political vendetta” in Ludhiana City Centre scam case against former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, the Supreme Court today reduced the period of his stay abroad to one month from the 50 days. . .
- Cbi Nabs Mutual Fund Scamster (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
The CBI has arrested a promoter of M/s INCAN Mutual Fund Benefit Ltd, Lucknow and its group companies for his involvement in duping investors to the tune of Rs 72 crore.
- Amid Reels Of Nuisance, A Clip That Made News Sense (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 13, 2007)
In all the nonsense that news channels pass off as news, sometimes you do come across the odd report/clip that’s worth a dekho.
- Spoon-Feeding (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2007)
Love for cutlery is too girly a thing to happen to a man.
- The Tough Battle For Waziristan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 13, 2007)
The tough battle for Waziristan
- Will The Lottery Agent Fall Into Service Tax Net? (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 13, 2007)
A bumper draw of sorts is currently on, with more than Rs 2,000 crore as the sum at stake.
- Us Will Sponsor Pak Poll Observation (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The US Government on Thursday said it will sponsor poll observation programmes in Pakistan as part of the global community's efforts to assist the country in holding a free and fair general election.
- Four Nris Win Canadian Polls (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The enterprising people of Punjab have proved their mettle once again and that too in a foreign land. Four Punjabis — Harinder Takhar, Vic Dhillon, Dr Kuldeep Kular and Amrit Mangat — have won the Canadian provincial polls, the results of which . . . .
- The Human Cost (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Oct 12, 2007)
A new book on Partition examines the human cost of the catastrophic event.
- Sensex 20,000 And The Camels, Humps (Times of India, JUG SURAIYA, Oct 12, 2007)
As the Sensex soars towards the 19,000 mark (Why stop at 19,000? Why not 20,000? Why not 25,000?), a lot of us who have nothing to do with the stock market are soaring on a surge of euphoria along with it.
- Waiting For Benazir Bhutto (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 12, 2007)
An application form for aspirants to the post of Prime Minister of Pakistan is the latest joke doing the rounds on the Internet.
- Backward Still (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The 55th round survey (1999-2000) of the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) has been in the news since 2005 when a few scholars and columnists thought they had made a “discovery”.
- ‘Beeba’ Takes On Bb (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 12, 2007)
IN a recent interview to Dawn News, President Pervez Musharraf displayed his growing understanding of Punjabi by mentioning Chaudhry Shujaat Husain very fondly as being ‘beeba’.
- Mother Of All Deals (Dawn, Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha, Oct 12, 2007)
THE news is not that dog bit man but that man bit dog. The news is not that Pervez Musharraf swept the elections but that eight parliamentarians voted for former justice Wajihuddin Ahmed.
- Bb’S Return And Musharraf’S Concern (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 12, 2007)
President General Pervez Musharraf has asked the PPP chairperson Ms Benazir Bhutto not to return to Pakistan on October 18 but choose some date after the Supreme Court has delivered its verdict on the merits of his being re-elected from the same . . .
- Punjab Eyes Metro (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The Parkash Singh Badal government has rightly initiated two significant infrastructure projects: a metro rail service at Ludhiana and a 1,800 MW thermal plant in Mansa district.
- Punjab Leaders Meet Pm, Sonia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
Punjab Congress leaders have urged the centre to give priority to the farmers from the state in finalising proposals for the Rs 25,000 additional central assistance in agriculture, announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his Independence Day speech.
- Punjab Fails To Get Urgent Hearing In Sc (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
The Punjab government today failed in its attempt to get urgent hearing on its petition by the Supreme Court against the Punjab and Haryana High Court order permitting Capt Amarinder Singh to visit abroad in connection with a business deal. . .
- Time To Break The Silence (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2007)
IT is time the silence was broken on the issue of child domestic labour in Pakistan. Attiqa, a 10-year-old, has been tortured viciously by her employer, a well-off contractor in Badami Bagh. Her eyelashes, eyebrows and hair were chopped off. . .
- Isn’T Human Life Precious? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 11, 2007)
THE Ravi is never more than the outline of a river for the most part of the year. That it should be as deadly as any other stream in the country is not just surprising. It is also terrifying and shocking.
- Nwfp: ‘Liberation’ After Mma? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 11, 2007)
A terrorist strike on Tuesday in Peshawar’s CD Market in Nishtarabad damaged 20 shops and wounded 25 innocent people, five of them seriously.
- Farm Policy Flurries (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 11, 2007)
While the hike in MSP for key crops is a positive, the blanket ban on export of all non-basmati rice varieties needs to be reviewed.
- Mush Has Won. Or Has He? (Pioneer, B Raman, Oct 09, 2007)
Gen Pervez Musharraf has won last Saturday's presidential poll without shedding his uniform.
- A Heritage In Transition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Marg Publications has a distinctive reputation in nurturing Indian art scholarship that is also accessible to the layperson, and the current volume follows this commendable furrow with elegant panache.
- The Return Of ‘She’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 09, 2007)
Their romantic obsession with their Sindhi identity notwithstanding, the Sindhis at once raise their eyebrows at the mention of the Sindh card.
- Advani’S Bouquet, Party’S Brickbats For Ally Akali Dal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Continuing his efforts to mend BJP’s ties with its allies ahead of a possible Lok Sabha poll, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha L K Advani met Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal at his Prithviraj Road residence on Sunday evening.
- Interim Government To Be Formed: Aziz (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
An interim government will be formed in Pakistan after the National Assembly completes its term on November 15 to conduct a free and impartial general election, said Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Sunday while ruling out any political role . . . . .
- For The Joy Of Doing Nothing! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
It is around noon at Kalka railway station, not too far from Shimla. As I step towards the exit gate, a handful of taxi drivers offer their services. “Solan, Sir”, one of them enquires.
- Incredible Lives (Pioneer, Utpal Kumar, Oct 08, 2007)
The two had as much similarity as they were different. Both came from that part of Punjab which later merged with Pakistan, and both bore the brunt of Partition.
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