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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Special Article (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Oct 18, 2007)
It might have been the 150-year dream of the people of Tamil Nadu to take up the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project to cut short the distance navigated by ships sailing from the west coast of the country for ports on the eastern . . . . . .
- Delhi Changing Stance Towards Colombo (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 18, 2007)
India’s arms length policy towards Sri Lanka’s saga of war and peace may be changing, reports from India indicated in the wake of an official visit by President Mahinda Rajapakse to Delhi early this week.
- 34 Tigers, 9 Soldiers Killed In Lanka Clashes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
At least 34 Tamil Tigers and nine soldiers were killed in a series of gun battles in Sri Lanka's embattled northern region, officials said on Tuesday.
- Haqqani Testifies (Daily Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 17, 2007)
At the political level, our military-led government has long denied political space to mainstream, pro-West political parties. The denial creates a vacuum, and anti-West, pro-Jihadi political elements fill the vacuum
- Sri Lanka Clashes May Intensify (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 16, 2007)
The Sri Lankan military on Monday claimed that 137 LTTE cadres had been killed and many more injured in the last two weeks in battles in the north and the east. It said it lost 10 personnel.
- Two Steps Back (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Oct 16, 2007)
The coalition government’s hesitation over India’s nuclear agreement with the United States of America has put off speculation about an imminent general election.
- Ltte Defensive But We’Re For Political Solution: Lanka (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama has said military action by security forces has weakened LTTE in the past few months but the Government is looking at political negotiations to end the country’s ethnic strife.
- Now, A Dictionary Of Demons! (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Interested in knowing about the grandfather of the demon King Ravana? Or may be his children? Ravana, the archetypal 'Rakshasa,' was a gentleman yet ogre and son of a Brahmin, a great scholar of Sanskrit and devout worshipper of Shiva and. . .
- Upa Shrewd On Suu Kyi (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Oct 16, 2007)
After hectic advocacy by Christian Solidarity Worldwide and Burma Campaign, UK, British MPs John Bercow and Baroness Caroline Cox met a Chin group on the India-Myanmar border last month, while Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged an emergenc. . .
- Two Planes Collide At Heathrow Airport (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Two passenger jets clipped each other while taxiing on a runway at London's Heathrow Airport on Monday night, fire and rescue officials said. There were no injuries.
- Tiger Rebels Kill 6 Sri Lankan Soldiers (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
At least six government troops were killed when Tamil Tiger rebels attacked a military position inside Sri Lanka's main wildlife sanctuary, military officials said on Tuesday.
- Colombo, Pti: (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
At least 11 Tamil Tigers and one soldier were killed in fresh violence in Sri Lanka's restive northern region.
- 11 Tamil Tigers, Soldier Killed In Lanka (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
At least 11 Tamil Tigers and one soldier were killed in fresh violence in Sri Lanka's restive northern region, the military said on Sunday.
- Naval Observation Post To Come Up Near Mandapam (Hindu, C. Jaishankar, Oct 15, 2007)
As an urgent step to check smuggling activity in the Gulf of Mannar area, the Indian Navy has decided to establish a Naval Observation Post (NOP) at Seeniappa Dharga near Mandapam in Ramanathapuram district.
- No Piecemeal Approach On Ltte: Lanka Minister (Indian Express, MANU PUBBY , Oct 15, 2007)
In A clear signal that Colombo is hardening its stance against the LTTE, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama has said that it is time to stop a “piecemeal” approach against the Tigers and tackle the situation militarily for a “comprehensive” solution.
- ‘Ltte Moves Arms Via India’ (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
The Sri Lankan military believes that the Tamil Tigers are using India as a transfer point to smuggle weapons to the rebel-held Vanni, following the discovery of a "flying device" in the northern sea off Talaimannar on Thursday, according to a . . . .
- South Block's Lowest Hour (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Oct 13, 2007)
Some FAQs on Burma that the foreign policy establishment would duck in the 'national interest'
- Molehill To Mount Everest (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 13, 2007)
What we have to decide is whether or not the Ram Setu project is worth pursuing.
- Molehill To Mt Everest (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
We Indians have a genius formaking the most trivial of issues into matters of utmost national importance. The latest example of this mania for exaggeration is the hoo-ha created over the Ram Sethu project.
- 11 Tigers Killed: Colombo (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 13, 2007)
The Sri Lanka military on Friday claimed that at least 11 cadres of the LTTE and a soldier were killed in clashes across the northern region. The fighting raged on even as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour . . . .
- Sc Refuses To Advance Hearing Of Contempt Against Dmk (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to advance the hearing of the contempt petition filed by the AIADMK seeking adequate punishment against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Karunanidhi, Union Minister T R Baalu, State Minister K N Nehru and. . .
- Two Remote-Controlled Aircraft Seized From Ltte: Colombo (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 12, 2007)
The Sri Lanka Navy on Thursday claimed to have recovered two “remote-controlled aircraft”, following an attack on two “small size logistics boats” of the LTTE in the coastal waters north of Thallaimannar.
- Editor Of Dpi Organ Held For Aiding Ltte (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The Tamil Nadu Police’s ‘Q’ Branch has taken Dalit Panthers of India functionary Vanniarasu into custody for “associating with the LTTE” and aiding the banned organisation.
- Failing The Foreign Policy Test (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 12, 2007)
IF the real test of the short-term success of a nation’s foreign policy lies in its neighbourhood, rather than in distant lands or remote or rarefied international fora, then India’s policy has been something of a failure in recent years . . . .
- Protests And Politics (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Oct 12, 2007)
The protest action by the DPA for the implementation of the Sethusamudram project invites strong remarks from the Supreme Court.
- The Distant Thunder (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Oct 12, 2007)
In Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder) Satyajit Ray brought alive, with great sensitivity, the misery inflicted by the Bengal famine of 1943.
- Real Gandhi (Indian Express, VARGHESE K. GEORGE, Oct 11, 2007)
The Organiser is agitated over Sonia Gandhi representing India at the UN.
- Experience Works, The Mba Way (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
For young and mid-career Indian professionals, taking a break to join an MBA course in the US seems to have become a very attractive option.
- U.N. Rights Official Visits Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 11, 2007)
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, on a five-day visit for a first hand assessment of the human rights situation, exchanged views with Defence Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday.
- Sri Lanka Bans Private Arms Deals (Hindustan Times, PK Balachandran, Oct 11, 2007)
The Sri Lankan government has gazetted a regulation banning Sri Lankans from entering into any arms deals whether in the country or abroad, Basil Rajapaksa, President Mahinda Rajapaksa's Advisor, told parliament on Tuesday.
- Monks, Masses And Military (Frontline, S.D. Muni, Oct 10, 2007)
THE military in Myanmar looks firmly in command, having crushed the democratic protests led by monks.
- Karuna Now Removed From His Own Ltte Faction (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
"Colonel" Karuna, the man who revolted against LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran three years ago, has been "removed" from his own faction of the Tigers and replaced by Pillaiyan, a rival within the group.
- Stars Are Witness To Lord Ram (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
By denying the authenticity of the Ramayan, the 'secularists' have not only hurt Hindu sentiments, but also rebuffed history.
- Pil Seeks Cbi Probe Into Killing Of Sri Lankan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
A public interest litigation petition seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the killing of a Sri Lankan fishermen leader by a security guard at Madurai Central Prison, has been filed in the Madras High Court.
- Karuna Group To Split? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 09, 2007)
The breakaway LTTE group led by Karuna is on the verge of a formal split. Karuna, who broke ranks with the LTTE in early 2004, was considered one of the factors which led to the ouster of the LTTE from its strongholds in the east.
- Call To Probe India Union Death (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Sri Lankan trades unionists have urged their government and India to investigate the killing of one of their leading representatives in India.
- Setu Must Have Been Man Made (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Many pieces of evidence from the science of ocean technology back the argument that Ram Setu was man-made.
- Navy Kills 15 Tigers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Sri Lankan Navy on Sunday claimed that it has "intercepted and sunk" yet another arms smuggling ship of the Tamil Tigers in the high seas off the southern tip off Dondra, killing at least 15 rebels onboard.
- Kiss Of Death (Deccan Herald, Sunil K Poolani, Oct 08, 2007)
This is a story about violence and unexpected love; dark treachery and the warmth of true friends...
- Ltte’S Arms-Carrying Ship Sunk: Colombo (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 08, 2007)
The Sri Lanka Navy on Sunday claimed to have destroyed another LTTE arms-carrying ship in the high seas 1,700 km off Dondra Head, the southern extremity of the island nation. There was no comment from the Tigers on the navy’s claim.
- Ltte Ship Destroyed, 24 Believed Killed (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
At least 24 people were believed to have been killed when Sri Lankan Navy on Sunday attacked and destroyed a ship carrying arms for the Tiger rebels, even as a series of gunbattles in the island’s troubled north left eight guerrillas and a soldier dead.
- Lankan Navy Destroys Tiger Ship, 24 Killed (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
At least 24 people believed to have been killed when Sri Lankan Navy on Sunday attacked and destroyed a ship carrying arms for the Tiger rebels, even as a series of gun-battles in the island's troubled north left eight guerrillas and a soldier dead.
- Nepal On A Knife-Edge (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandaran, Oct 08, 2007)
This is the way the peace cookie crumbles. Those outside the parliamentary game clamour to be let in. And they are, on the promise that they will stick to the rules.
- Sri Lankan Killed By Prison Guard (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Oct 06, 2007)
A Sri Lankan national was shot dead by a security guard in front of the Madurai central prison on Friday.
- India ‘Sees’ Pakistan Behind Fake Currency (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Oct 06, 2007)
India said on Friday that it had strong suspicions that a sudden increase in fake currency notes currently circulating in Indian markets had their origin in Pakistan.
- Antidote To Correct The Present Anomalies (Business Line, Priya Mohan, Oct 06, 2007)
Conducive regulatory environment, encouraging banks to act as market makers, creating a sound secondary market for easy entry and exit of investors through easy liquidity, educating investors and providing them with the right package of tax sops . . . .
- World Spice Congress To Offer Intellectual, Business Forums (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
The World Spice Congress, which has been organised jointly by the Spices Board of India and the All India Spices Exporters Forum since 1990, is going to take place for the ninth time in Goa from January 28-30, 2008.
- Family First, Nation Later (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Oct 05, 2007)
More by coincidence than design, the Congress, by making Mr Rahul Gandhi the general secretary of the party, has tried to capitalise on the increasingly recognised global success of India's youth power. But no one with a sense of history has . . . .
- Religion As A Force For Good (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 05, 2007)
The Burmese monks' protests against the military junta prove the merit in religion.
- Recall Diplomat: Lanka To Iceland (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
The Government of Sri Lanka on Thursday urged the Icelandic government to "recall immediately" its visiting Foreign Ministry envoy, angered by his meeting with the LTTE leaders in Kilinochchi earlier this week without permission from the government.
- A Bit Of Faith In Politics (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 04, 2007)
It has become fashionable in certain smart circles to regard atheism as a sign of superior education, of highly evolved civilisation, of enlightenment. Recent best-sellers by Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and others suggest that religious faith . . . .
- 'Ltte To Affirm Creation Of Free State' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Sri Lankan rebel group LTTE is planning to announce the formation of an independent Tamil state in the beginning of next year, the government said on Wednesday.
- 'Ltte Set To Announce Formation Of Free State' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Sri Lankan rebel group LTTE is planning to announce the formation of an independent Tamil state in the beginning of next year, the government said on Wednesday.
- For Credible Power-Sharing Acceptable To All Communities (Hindu, N. Ram , Oct 04, 2007)
In an interview recently given in Colombo to The Hindu, United National Party (UNP) leader and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe speaks about the relevance of the experiences of the J.R. Jayawardene administration from 1977 to 1988 to . . . .
- United National Party’S Special Statement (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
The United National Party believes that long-lasting peace is possible only through a negotiated political solution based on a credible power-sharing proposal acceptable to all communities.
- Ltte Denies Taking Bribe (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Oct 04, 2007)
"There is absolutely no truth in the allegation among the southern political parties that we have entered into a deal with Mahinda Rajapaksa and accepted a large sum of money during and after the 2005 presidential polls," LTTE's political wing . . . .
- Bridging North-South Divide (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 04, 2007)
The Tamil Nadu CM irritated many Indians by rhetorically wondering whether Rama had studied engineering while responding to the demand that the chain of sand bars linking India and Sri Lanka should not be disturbed by the Sethusamudram project since . . .
- 12 Killed In Sri Lanka, Air Raid On Top Ltte Leader's Hideout (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
At least 12 people, including a woman Tamil Tiger rebel and an armyman, were killed and many others injured in separate clashes in Sri Lanka, while a hideout of a senior LTTE leader was destroyed in an air raid today, the Defence Ministry said.
- China Keeps Arms Spend Under Wraps (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Centuries ago, Chinese general and military strategist Sun Tzu proclaimed, "all warfare is based on deception". To this day, China actively pursues this strategy, keeping its defence expenditure, arms imports, capabilities and strategic intentions . . . .
- Sri Lankan Air Force Raid Top Ltte Leader's Hideout (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
At least 12 people, including a woman Tamil Tiger rebel and an armyman, were killed and many others injured in separate clashes in Sri Lanka, while a hideout of a senior LTTE leader was destroyed in an air raid on Tuesday, the Defence Ministry said.
- Ltte Denies Taking Money From Prez (Hindustan Times, PK Balachandran, Oct 03, 2007)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have denied that they had taken money from Mahinda Rajapaksa ahead of the December 2005 Presidential elections, to help him become the President of Sri Lanka.
- Top Ltte Leader Killed In Air Raid, Says Colombo (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 03, 2007)
Sri Lanka on Tuesday claimed to have killed a “very senior leader” of the LTTE in the north in an air raid.
- 12 Killed In Sri Lanka, Air Raid On Top Ltte Leader's Hideout (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
At least 12 people, including a woman Tamil Tiger rebel and an armyman, were killed and many others injured in separate clashes in Sri Lanka, while a hideout of a senior LTTE leader was destroyed in an air raid today, the Defence Ministry said.
- How To Make Poverty Sexy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 03, 2007)
WITH everyone’s attention focussed on General Musharraf’s re-election it seems silly to bring to your notice the rather dull issue of Pakistan’s progress on the UN Millennium Development Goals.
- New Arrivals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Unlearn Before U Learn — Seven critical factors to get out of the Rut: Kamekish; Promilla & Co., publishers in association with Biblophile South Asia, C-127, Sarvodaya Enclave, New Delhi-110017. Rs. 550.
- Jihad Reaches Maldives (Pioneer, B Raman, Oct 03, 2007)
The Maldives is slowly, but surely, turning into a sanctuary for Islamist terrorists, thanks to the easy access to arms from Pakistan and money from Saudi Arabia. Last Saturday's bombing shows the fire. . .
- No Deal With Ltte (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
The Sri Lanka government has rubbished allegations that it had tried to win over the Tamil Tigers by paying Rs 200 million before the 2005 presidential election.
- Rajapaksa Reiterates Commitment To Talks (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 01, 2007)
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has asserted that terrorism in the country is nurtured by funds from overseas and urged the international community to help his government cut off the flow of funds to the terrorists.
- Towards Darkness (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Thee following is an excerpt from the book, Values Devalued: Indira to Rao, by BP Saha, printed here with the permission of the writer.
- Reactors Are Not Soft Targets (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
What prompts this piece is a spate of articles on the rising potency of the LTTE’s air arm and its alleged impact on our nuclear reactors in Tamil Nadu.
- Cong's Sandesh Censures Govt's Affidavit On Ram Setu (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The Congress party's official magazine Sandesh has criticised its own Government's affidavit on the Sethusamudram Canal Project (SSCP) and called it as "distinctly unfortunate, unfair and downright derogatory" not only to Hindus but also to those. . .
- Lankan Army Sinks 3 Tiger Vessels (Pioneer, Ravi Nessman, Sep 29, 2007)
Naval attack craft waged a three-hour sea battle on Friday with 20 Tamil Tiger boats off the eastern coast of Sri Lanka, sinking three of the rebels' vessels and killing one of their top naval commanders, the military said.
- Violence On The Rise In Sri Lanka (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 29, 2007)
Violence has been on the increase in northern and eastern Sri Lanka in the last week with Tamil Tigers launching sporadic attacks targeting both civilians and military personnel.
- Ongc Rejects Lanka Offer (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) chairman and managing director R.S. Sharma said on Friday that the company has turned down an offer from Sri Lanka to operate a block in the Mannar basin.
- Testing The Sethusamudram’S Waters (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The Sethusamudaram Canal Project (SCP), which was to become operational by end-2008 before controversy hit it, is expected to reduce the sailing distances of ships plying between Kolkata and Tuticorin by 340 nautical miles (nm).
- Ltte Bid Foiled (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 29, 2007)
The Sri Lankan military has claimed that at least 18 cadres of the Tamil Tigers were killed in fighting in the north and the east in the last 24 hours.
- Ltte Dissident Karuna ‘Leaves’ Sl (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
The controversial LTTE dissident, Colonel Karuna, is believed to have left Sri Lanka recently, following trenchant international criticism of the activities of his group, the Tamileela Makkal Viduthalai Puligal (TMVP), in the eastern . . . .
- Where Fusion Cannot Work — Faith And History (Hindu, Romila Thapar, Sep 28, 2007)
If there is strong religious faith among millions of people, it does not require to be protected through massive political demonstrations and the killing of innocent persons. Nor do archaeology and history have to be brought in to keep that faith intact.
- Letter From India: A Tale About Monkeys, A Hindu God And Truths In India (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
The question of whether an army of monkeys really did build an ancient bridge between India and Sri Lanka is likely to reverberate through politics here for several months to come.
- Unhcr Hails Breakthrough On Millions (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
United Nations refugee agency has welcomed as “major breakthroughs” recent decisions by Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka to grant citizenship to some three million people who live in the three Asian nations without any official identity.
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