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Articles 3721 through 3820 of 23072:
- Know What They Did That Summer (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 12, 2006)
One of the great mysteries of our contemporary history is, just what happened between India and Pakistan in the summer of 1990?
- 5 Policemen Killed In Assam Blast (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Five policemen were killed and another wounded on Friday when suspected separatist militants attacked a police convoy in the restive north-eastern Indian state of Assam, an official said.
- India’S Airports: No More Soft Landings (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 12, 2006)
In the wake of the attempted terrorist strike in the UK skies, there is renewed talk of plugging loopholes and beefing up airport security across the world. In India, too, the conversation is turning to the dos and don’ts for passengers.
- What Is Left Unsaid (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Aug 12, 2006)
It is not easy to give the full flavour of the speech that the chairman of a large company gave at his annual meeting with shareholders last month, but let me give it a shot.
- The Pm And The O (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Aug 12, 2006)
Congressmen treat India’s Prime Minister as if they were dealing with Dr Manmohan Singh
- Familiar Terrain (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 12, 2006)
Pankaj Mishra’s book is for the Western audience, not for the intelligent common reader in India
- Trojan Parasite (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 11, 2006)
Ever wondered why malaria, tuberculosis and cholera — diseases traditionally endemic in developing countries — have dogged us for centuries though medical innovation has helped contain other less rampant diseases?
- Lhasa: Old Myth And New Reality (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 11, 2006)
When the mystical and exotic Lhasa became earth under the feet, there was slight disappointment.
- ‘World Spared Unimaginable Mass Murder’ (Indian Express, Vijay Rana, Aug 11, 2006)
It all began at 2 am this morning when British anti-terrorist squads began to raid premises in London, Birmingham and High Wycombe.
- Israel Holds Off On Lebanon Offensive For Talks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Israel plans to allow more time for US-led diplomatic efforts to resolve its dispute with Hizbollah before carrying out its decision to expand a ground offensive in Lebanon, a cabinet minister said on Thursday.
- Tibet Rail To Be Extended Closer To India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
China's newly built railway line to Tibet will be extended by around 270 km from Lhasa to the region’s second largest city of Xigaze, close to the Indian border, a local official said in Lhasa today.
- Nuances Of Emerging India (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 11, 2006)
Established in 1881 by the Cambridge Mission, St Stephen’s College of Delhi aligned itself with the nationalist movement of India from its early days. The bond deepened when C.F.
- Centre Gives In, Agrees To ‘Short Discussion’ On N-Deal (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Aug 11, 2006)
The Natwar-heat off its back, the government today conceded to the Left pressure to have a short-duration discussion on the Indo-US civilian deal in Rajya Sabha on August 17. The BJP’s plan to lead another march to the Rashtrapati Bhavan to . . .
- Israel Takes Over Lebanese Town (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Israeli forces today took control of the Lebanese hub of Marjayoun ahead of possible strikes on Beirut as Tel Aviv said it was holding off a major offensive till the weekend to give diplomats at the UN more time to work out a peace plan.
- Japan’S Dilemma: War Dead Or War History? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2006)
Indians celebrate August 15 as the date the curtain finally came down on the British Raj. In Japan, the date marks the official end of what the Japanese call the Greater East Asia War (World War II). The coming August 15 could be a turning point in . . .
- Operation Bojinka, 2006 (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 11, 2006)
The latest terrorist plot in the UK, whose discovery was announced by the Scotland Yard on August 10, 2006, has all the elements of the thwarted Bojinka of 1995
- Kerala’S Cola Karma (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Aug 11, 2006)
What is common to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, All Quiet on the Western Front, Animal Farm, Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl, Arabian Nights, Black Beauty, Candide, Canterbury . . .
- Understand The Jihadi Mindset (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Aug 11, 2006)
What is the link between Kashmir, Iraq, Chechnya, Afghanistan and West Asia?
- Us In Uncharted Security Territory (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The American government raised the security alert on passenger planes to its highest level for the first time today after Britain said it had foiled a plot to blow up flights to the US.
- In A Male Bastion, Asgari Bai Held Her Own Tune (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2006)
Just last year, and not for the first time, she had announced she’d sell them all - the Padmashri, Tansen and Shikhar Samman, Sangeet Natak . . .
- No New Offensive Till Weekend: Israel (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Israel will hold back on its new ground offensive in Lebanon until the weekend to give ceasefire efforts another chance, senior officials said on Thursday. This comes a day after the government approved a major expansion of the monthlong war.
- Air Security In Us On Red Alert For 1st Time (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The US government raised the security alert on passenger planes to its highest level for the first time on Thursday after Britain said it had foiled a plot to blow up flights to the United States.
- Foiled Mid-Air Terror Attack Cripples London Airport (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
A suspected Al-Qaeda plot to simultaneously blow up 10 US-bound flights from London using explosives smuggled in handbags was foiled by the British police, triggering a worldwide security alert and chaos at airports on Thursday.
- British Muslims Fear Backlash Over Terror Plot (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
News of a thwarted plot to down trans-Atlantic airlines sent a now-familiar shiver of anxiety through Britain’s Muslim community on Thursday.
- The Abortion Wars In The Us Rage On (Indian Express, Sujatha Byravan, Aug 11, 2006)
Ever since the US Supreme Court’s landmark decision on Roe vs Wade in 1973 established that most laws against abortion violate a constitutional right to privacy, the battle-line between the pro-life and pro-choice camps has been drawn.
- Lest We Take Our Eyes Off Nepal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2006)
While hot war unfolds in Lebanon, and India and Pakistan’s nuclear-backed dispute over Kashmir episodically dominates the news from South Asia, monumental changes are underway in Nepal. It is a country in post-conflict transition.
- High Drama As Verdict Is Put Off (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The final verdict in the long-drawn 1993 Mumbai serial bombing case will be delivered on September 12, although Special Court judge Pramod Kode, who had been presiding over the trial for the last 10 years, commenced dictating the judgment on Thursday.
- No Pakistani Hand In India Terrorism: Boucher (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher has categorically ruled out Pakistani involvement in supporting terrorist acts in India.
- Plot To Bomb Planes Busted (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
An alleged plot to kill thousands of people by detonating explosions on up to 10 transatlantic flights from UK airports was disrupted overnight. British home secretary John Reid on Thursday said such an attack could have caused civilian casualties . . .
- A Tale Of The Times (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Some interesting reads in Kannada...
- There's Much More To It (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Kashi is not simply about its temples
- Women Re-Enact March Against Apartheid (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 11, 2006)
It was a seminal moment in the history of apartheid, a day on which 20,000 women risked arrest or worse by marching on Pretoria's Union Buildings, singing : "You have touched the women, Strijdom. You have struck a rock."
- Let Founder Saeed Detained In Lahore (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 11, 2006)
Hafiz Saeed, head of the Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD) and founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, (LeT) has been placed under house arrest in Lahore, a spokesman for the group said.
- Manmohan's Aerial Survey Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Prime Minister to fly over Adilabad areas; the Krishna is rising
- Maoists Abduct Two Orissa Government Employees (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Two Government employees were abducted by Maoists in Orissa's Gajapati district on Wednesday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik told the State Assembly on Thursday.
- Upa, Left, Tdp To Raise Speaker Issue Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Having taken a serious view of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee questioning the impartiality of Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, the UPA, Left parties and Telugu Desam Party on Thursday came together and decided to raise the issue . . .
- Us: Plot Suggestive Of Al Qaeda (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
A plot to bomb multiple airliners flying between Britain and the United States was "suggestive" of an action by the Al Qaeda network, US homeland security chief Michael Chertoff said on Thursday.
- Fools Do Not Grow On Trees (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 11, 2006)
Fools abound in abundance.
- Fuel & Fear Make Carpool Cool In Mumbai (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
India is waking up to a new way of commuting to beat soaring fuel prices, cramped public transport and, of late, terrorist strikes — the carpool.
- Blair’S Us Tilt Comes Under Glare (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Aug 11, 2006)
Is Tony Blair’s pro-US foreign policy to blame for young British Muslims turning to terrorism in protest against his actions in Iraq and now in Lebanon?
- Beirut: Time For Another Requiem? (Hindu, Shail Mayaram, Aug 11, 2006)
What is going to be the fallout of the most recent Israeli onslaught? A human tragedy. A colossal loss of a civilisational heritage.
- Al-Qaeda Plot To Blow Up Us-Bound Planes Foiled (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
A suspected Al Qaeda plot to simultaneously blow up 10 US-bound flights from here using explosives smuggled in handbags was foiled by the British police, triggering a worldwide security alert and chaos at airports.
- Sonia's Truck With Gujarat (Pioneer, R.K. Misra, Aug 11, 2006)
In a low key visit, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi bravely bumped over pot-holed roads to get a first hand impression of the miseries of the marooned in Surat.
- Drifting Away (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 11, 2006)
Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin's latest outburst only confirms that he is drifting away with each passing moment.
- Varanasi Blast: Charges To Be Framed On Aug 24 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
A court here today fixed August 24 as the date for framing charges against Mohd Waliullah — the mastermind of March 7 Varanasi twin blasts — besides remanding him in judicial custody by 14 more days.
- Top Defence Slots (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 11, 2006)
It is imperative that the defence minister initiates immediate action to thwart any snowballing of controversy over the appointment of the next Chief of the Air Staff, the seeds of which appear to have been, sadly, sown.
- Israel To Put New Offensive On Hold Until Weekend (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Israel will hold off on a new ground offensive in Lebanon until the weekend to give ceasefire efforts another chance, senior Government officials said on Thursday, a day after Israel's Security Cabinet approved a major expansion of the monthlong war.
- Suspected Al Qaeda Plot To Blow Us-Bound Planes Foiled; 21 Arrested (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
A suspected Al Qaeda plot to simultaneously blow up 10 US-bound flights from here using explosives smuggled in handbags was foiled by the British police, triggering a worldwide security alert and chaos at airports.
- Heathrow Preempts Horror Re-Run (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
A suspected Al-Qaida plot to simultaneously blow up 10 US-bound flights from here using explosives smuggled in handbags was foiled by the British police, triggering a worldwide security alert and chaos at airports.
- Hand Luggage Banned On Flights From Uk (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
All passengers to be hand searched, all items to be X-rayed
- Europe Cancels London-Bound Flights After Terror Plot Foiled (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Airlines across Europe cancelled flights bound for London's Heathrow Airport on Thursday while some airports said they were ready to take on diverted traffic after British authorities said they thwarted a terror attack aimed at aircraft flying . . .
- Sri Lankan Govt Needs Strategic Vision To Resolve Conflict (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 11, 2006)
"The two main parties in the Sri Lankan conflict have to demonstrate the political commitment and resolve the conflict rather than pretend they are interested in a process of negotiations and play for time."
- Vishwapati Trivedi (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 11, 2006)
It oscillates between the second and third slot in the industry, depending upon which parameters you use, but Indian Airlines’ chief Vishwapati Trivedi is still important enough for market leader Jet Airways chief Naresh Goyal to buttonhole . . .
- Paradox Of A ‘Command-Market’ Economy (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Aug 11, 2006)
Pushing a billion people into a different growth path is a matter of scale, which only governments can provide. China scores over India, whose politicians and bureaucrats blame the . . .
- Setback To Indo-Pak Peace Process (Tribune, T R Ramachandran, Aug 11, 2006)
Even though India has not frozen the Indo-Pak peace process, the dialogue at the level of Foreign Secretaries has been kept in abeyance following the serial blasts in Mumbai.
- British Troops In Afghanistan 'In Most Intense Conflict In 50 Years' (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
British soldiers in Afghanistan are engaged in fighting that is more intense and prolonged than any other conflict during the past 50 years, the British commander of all foreign troops in Afghanistan warned yesterday.
- Nat-War Goes On (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 11, 2006)
It oscillates between the second and third slot in the industry, depending upon which parameters you use, but Indian Airlines’ chief Vishwapati Trivedi is still important enough for market leader Jet Airways chief Naresh Goyal to buttonhole him . . .
- Food Security: China's Success Story (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 10, 2006)
China has hugely improved the availability of, and access to, food through a combination of a sound agricultural policy, development of rural infrastructure, and investment in research and development in the farm sector.
- Revolution In A Bottle (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
Kerala’s Marxists are silly banning Coke-Pepsi. Plus, they could be doing their state great harm
- Ahmadinejad Keen On Energy Ties With India (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 10, 2006)
``Our relationship not one to be affected by a mistake''
Iranian parliament's views on LNG deal will be known shortly
Ahmadinejad says he supports Iran-Pakistan-India natural gas pipeline
- Fixing The Afghan Wobble (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
On August 1, there was an important security development in Afghanistan. By inducting an additional 8,000 troops in six southern provinces of Afghanistan, the NATO extended its security operations in what is considered to be the most challenging . . .
- Nepal Dispute Ends As Govt Blinks First (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 10, 2006)
The festering dispute between Nepal’s seven-party government and the Maoists over decommissioning the guerrilla soldiers that aggravated this week after Prime Minister Koirala championed accommodating King Gyanendra in the future political system, . . .
- "We Are Still Interested In Dialogue Based On Justness And Fairness" (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 10, 2006)
Those who think only about bombs, war, and attacking others are the root cause of everything that is wrong in the world, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells The Hindu in an exclusive interview.
- Who Killed The Vidarbha Farmers? (OutLook, Smruti Koppikar, Aug 10, 2006)
Heartbreaking as they are, suicides - over 90 last month - are only a symptom of the larger and deep agrarian crisis, reminds the award-winning journalist, touching on the role played by our policy-makers and politicians - from Montek Singh . . .
- Urban Chaos (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Aug 10, 2006)
Over the years, cities and towns have become terribly chaotic. The progressive degeneration of urban infrastructure questions the fundamentals of the urban development concept.
- Is West Ready To Open The Labour Market? (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Aug 10, 2006)
One of the most important dimensions of globalisation is liberating the labour markets from the Western sovereign regulations and encouraging the free flow of human resource to carry out what may be termed `brown collar' work in the West, says . . .
- Slouching Towards The Apocalypse (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 10, 2006)
What with killer heat waves, killer hurricanes and killer droughts, it's arguable that we've already passed that point.
- No-Trust Against Aziz On 23rd (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Aug 10, 2006)
Committee formed to draft motion, corruption to be main charge
No Opp decision yet on motion against president
- Lessons From L'affaire Natwar Singh (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 10, 2006)
The sooner Mr Natwar Singh sheds his hubris which has brought him to this pass the better will he be able to salvage what little political respectability he still thinks he can lay claim to.
- `Move To Sideline Pandalam Palace In Sabarimala Affairs' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Ayyappa Dharma Samrakshana Samiti holds mass fast
- Sonia Visits Flood-Ravaged Areas In Andhra Pradesh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Centre to release Rs. 200 crore from the Calamity Relief Fund
- Sonia Visits Flood-Hit Areas, Consoles Victims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Centre to release Rs. 200 crores from the Calamity Relief Fund as immediate relief for State .
- 'Frame A Clear Healthcare Policy' (The Economic Times, GIREESH CHANDRA PRASAD, Aug 10, 2006)
Buoyed by strong growth of medical tourism and the spread of health insurance, corporate hospitals are on the expansion mode.
- 13 Years Through Trial And Terror (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Aug 10, 2006)
Today, after 13,000 pages of evidence and 686 witnesses, it’s judgment day for the 123 accused in the Bombay Blasts Case of 1993. But a verdict already seems to have been passed on the Mumbai Muslim, targeted over and over again
- 1993 Blast Case: Court To Deliver Verdict Today (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The 1993 serial bomb blasts case has finally come to an end with a TADA court all set to start dictation of its verdict from today in the presence of all the 123 accused, including actor Sanjay Dutt.
- Heart Talk (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 10, 2006)
How much of medicine is gender biased? A lot, it seems, going by the findings of a recent study: Women who suffer the same symptoms of heart disease as men are being sent home with a clean chit for want of medical evidence.
- Politics In Hockey (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Pakistan faced utmost humiliation and disappointment at the 28 Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament where it finished 5th and yet we did not see any shame or remorse from any of the hockey charlatans.
- Enervating Israel's Neighbourhood (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 10, 2006)
The ongoing Israeli attack on Lebanon is only one episode in the long battle started more than six decades ago between the band of mountebanks and political usurpers put together by industrial nations of the West and the members of one of the most . . .
- Kudos For Karat (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
A rather unexpected recipient of some praise — albeit left-handed — in the pages of Organiser is CPM general secretary Prakash Karat. It appears in a long article on the government’s “total isolation” over the nuclear deal issue.
- Pm Lays Out Contours Of Bimstec Cooperation (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 10, 2006)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today unveiled his vision of linking South Asia to Southeast Asia. He made a strong pitch for using BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) to improve . . .
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