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Articles 4721 through 4820 of 23072:
- From Medicine Man To Murderer (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 22, 2006)
Abdul Karim Tunda's extraordinary journey offers deep insight into the factors behind the Lashkar-e-Taiba's growth in India.
- Israel Warns Of Full-Scale Invasion (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Israel waged deadly strikes against Lebanon for the 10th day today and mobilised more troops after warning that it could launch a full-scale ground invasion ~ despite mounting international calls for a ceasefire.
- It Takes Two To Tango (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jul 22, 2006)
It's time someone reminded Gen Pervez Musharraf, the military ruler of Pakistan, that the bilateral peace process is not a Kashmiri papier mache doll to be gift wrapped and handed over to him by whoever . . .
- Founder Of Lashkar's India Operations Held In Kenya (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 22, 2006)
Abdul Karim `Tunda' was among top 20 terrorists whose extradition India demanded in 2001-2002
RAW inputs led to arrest
Believed to have shuttled between Dhaka, Kathmandu and Lahore
Circumstances of arrest not known
A victory for aggressive diploma
- Truth & Falsehood (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Jul 22, 2006)
Everyone praises the truthful and runs down liars. But when it comes to the nitty-gritty, we have to concede that liars get a better deal in life than the truthful.
- Tigers On The Brink Of Extinction (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 22, 2006)
There’s a massive drop in key habitat areas of the tiger. More protection has been urged to save the animal.
- Hsbc Securities Dealer; Son Put Fanaa Tune On His Cell Week Before Blast (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Bharti Merchant insists she has never been an outdoors person. ‘‘Sabzi bhaaji leke aana bas,’’ says the 44-year-old woman sitting on a floor mat in her Kandivli home in a plain lilac sari, her head resting on the wall behind, her hair tied in a loose . .
- A Voyage To Sri Harikota (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 22, 2006)
The road to Sriharikota (SHAR), across Pulicat lake takes us to the launch pad of Indian Space technology. It transports us from a familiar world to a world familiar with rockets and satellites.
- Stemming Research (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 22, 2006)
Bush’s veto on stem cell research is silly but there’s a rare research opportunity for India
- Indian Resilience (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jul 22, 2006)
The biggest challenge before the Maharashtra and central government in the aftermath of the Mumbai blasts was to prevent a communal backlash at any cost. Riots, instigated by hatred, were exactly what the terrorists had hoped for.
- Friendly Warnings (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jul 22, 2006)
British politicians are widely regarded as the wittiest and best read in the world.
- If Ahmad Shah Were Here (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Jul 22, 2006)
History books tell us that Ahmad Shah Abdali of Afghanistan attacked India repeatedly in the eighteenth century and pillaged the country barren. These never-ending invasions gave birth to a desperate coinage in Punjab: “Khaada Peeda . . .
- Peace In The Region (Tribune, Major-Gen Ashok K. Mehta (retd), Jul 22, 2006)
Last month I was in Dublin and Belfast, Northern Ireland in the UK to study how a successful peace process there compares with peace processes in India’s neighbourhood.
- Israel Warns Of Full Scale Ground Invasion (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
A besiged Lebanon continued to be bombed from air for the 10th day as Israel called up thousands of reserves after warning it could launch a full-scale ground invasion and airdropped leaflets warning civilians to leave border villages by 2 pm on Friday.
- Reality Hits Home (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jul 22, 2006)
UP, Bihar weren’t recruiting grounds for Kashmir jihad. Why is it different for Mumbai?
- Minister Surrenders Before Bellary Court (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Tourism, Textiles, Aviation and Infrastructure Minister B Sriramulu, who was facing an arrest warrant, surrendered before the First JMFC court in a one-and-a-half year-old case here on Friday and secured bail.
- What You See (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 22, 2006)
What people desire, hope or long for can influence how they perceive visually ambiguous stimuli. As if we didn't secretly know this.
- Uk Leader Plays 'Hindu Card' For Support (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Conservative Party leader David Cameron took many by surprise by turning up at a religious function of prominent Indian preacher Morari Bapu in Leicester and lavishing praise on Britain's Hindu community.
- Us Terror Plot: Pakistani Gets 30 Years In Jail (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
A Pakistani convicted of supporting an Al-Qaida plot to blow up US gas stations was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Thursday in a case Washington has called a victory in its war on terror.
- Over 300 Indians Arrive From Lebanon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
More passengers to arrive in Chennai on Saturday
- It's A Battle Of Survival For Israel (Pioneer, DAVID DANIELI, Jul 22, 2006)
Constantly threatened by bullies, the once landless race of god-fearing Jews learnt that the only way to survive in a hostile neighbourhood was through vigorous nationalistic assertion ------
- Big Nation, Timid Response (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jul 22, 2006)
Hindus need to be more assertive if they want the country to be terror free ----- Contrast Israeli action with the Indian . . .
- Balochistan: Only Musharraf Could Do It (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 22, 2006)
Some vested interests have been trying to keep the Balochistan issue alive despite efforts by successive governments to normalize the situation and pacify sentiments.
- Arab League May At Least Just Meet (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 22, 2006)
There is no let-up in Israeli aggression against its unarmed neighbour – Lebanon. On the pretext of securing release of just two soldiers, the Jewish State has so far killed 350 civilians most of them children and women. Over 70 people were killed . . .
- Past Endurance (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Jul 22, 2006)
A terrorist attack in New York results in the launching of a campaign against the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Bomb blasts in London generate a whole new debate on threat of Islamic radicalism in the UK.
- Israel-Lebanon Fighting: (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
US to send Rice to Middle East for political solution
- North Korea: Testing Times (Frontline, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jul 22, 2006)
North Korea test-fires a series of seven missiles amidst U.S. Independence Day celebrations, heightening old animosities.
- Political Myopia (OutLook, G. Parthasarathy, Jul 22, 2006)
National security and foreign policy are being influenced by considerations of domestic vote banks. Establishing 'secular credentials' does not mean ignoring the ISI's role in radicalizing Indian Muslim youths, or the root-causes - Ayodhya 1992 and . . .
- Mission To Colombo (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 22, 2006)
India's Foreign Secretary on an unannounced visit conveys the message that India will not shy away from its obligations.
- Dead & Dying (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 22, 2006)
Personal biographies become identical with their (men's) medical biographies: Philip Roth.
- Arresting The Tide Of Terror (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Jul 22, 2006)
In every theatre of terrorism, the separation of the terrorist from the larger community is the first imperative of effective counter-terrorism responses.
- Some Little Big Policies (Business Standard, Surjit S Bhalla, Jul 22, 2006)
A big-ticket reform idea: let the salary of a professor be delinked from that of the Dilli ka babu.
- Govt. Can't Ignore Electoral Compulsions: Pm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
"In a democracy, we have to balance various interests," Manmohan tells NGOs and social activists
- Train To Lhasa (Frontline, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jul 22, 2006)
The Qinghai-Tibet railway is an engineering marvel and the Chinese government hopes it will bring about an economic renaissance in Tibet.
- Palestine Under Siege (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Jul 22, 2006)
Israel sticks to its doctrine of disproportionate response by pounding Palestine in retaliation for the abduction of a soldier.
- A Black And White World (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 21, 2006)
The Corporation That Changed The World (Orient Longman, Rs 295) by Nick Robins
- Hurdles In Last Mile (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2006)
The Hindu has done the nation a great service by carrying the editorial "Hurdles in the last mile" (July 20).
- At Their Master’S Service (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 21, 2006)
Gandhi’s “experiments with truth”, as Louis Fischer once jovially remarked, can well be called “experiments with food”.
- The Grand Life In Art Deco (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 21, 2006)
The grand life in art deco The interesting thing about Bindu . . .
- On Books And Bookshops (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 21, 2006)
A good bookshop is the embodiment of a paradox.
- A Protracted Colonial War (Hindu, Tariq Ali, Jul 21, 2006)
In his last interview — after the 1967 six-day war — the historian Isaac Deutscher, whose next-of-kin had died in the Nazi camps and whose surviving relations lived in Israel, said:
- Labour No More Cheap In Factory Of The World (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jul 21, 2006)
The shortages China is experiencing in migrant workers coupled with its rapidly greying demographic profile constitute a challenge to the sustainability of its current economic model.
- ‘Us’ And ‘They’ (Statesman, AMIYA K SAMANTA, Jul 20, 2006)
The American vision of the world is more sharply divided between “us” and “they” than that of any other great power.
- Capital For Innovation (Business Standard, Nitin Desai , Jul 20, 2006)
We need an ecosystem that connects technologists with risk-taking entrepreneurs and investment managers.
- Violent Blow To Kashmir Tourism (Deccan Herald, Altaf Hussain, Jul 20, 2006)
Most houseboat owners and hoteliers in Kashmir fear that the tourism industry may not pick up again.
- Hurdles In The Last Mile (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 20, 2006)
When future historians write on the negotiation of the India-United States civil nuclear deal, they will marvel at the way the American side made full use of its legislative process to rewrite vital portions of a settled agreement while the . . .
- A `Business Model' To Help The Tiger (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jul 20, 2006)
The "Tigers Forever" initiative expects biologists to provide a guaranteed return in the form of a 50 per cent increase in tiger populations in key areas.
- ‘Nda Paid $200 Million To Kandahar Hijackers’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Senior Congress Member of Parliament R K Anand and former BJP leader Madanlal Khurana on Wednesday made the extraordinary allegation that the NDA government had paid a huge ransom to the Kandahar hijackers to ensure the release of a Swiss tycoon....
- But, What About Fifa? (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
As Zinedine Zidane slips his toothbrush into his travel bag for Thursday’s head-butt hearing, it’s hard not to recall how World Cup 2006 partially coincided with Snoopy’s bid for a US Supreme Court job in Peanuts.
- Snowy Pride (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 20, 2006)
When experts, political leaders and concerned citizens put their heads together to discuss just one wild specie one can only imagine the seriousness of the subject.
- Write On! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 20, 2006)
One of the paradoxes of Indian democracy is that precious little information emerges from the backrooms of its power elite.
- ‘Lashkar-E-Qahar’ Hoaxer Held (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Bhopal police have detained a local youth on the charge of dashing off e-mails to a couple of media organisations and the Mumbai police in the name of “Lashkar-e-Qahar” accepting the responsibility of the Mumbai train blasts ....
- Coventry Man Questioned On Mumbai Blasts (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
A taxi driver of Pakistani origin from Coventry in the UK has been questioned in connection with Mumbai train blasts that killed about 200 people last Tuesday, the police said today.
- Fresh Waves Spark Panic In Tsunami Zone, Toll Goes To 531 (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Four strong quakes on Wednesday morning with magnitudes of 4.9 to 5.4 prompted hundreds of people to flee for higher ground in Indonesia. The death toll rose to 531, with more than 270 missing.
- Attacks No Deterrent, This Tour Operator Loves Kashmir (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Jul 20, 2006)
The limp in his walk is conspicuous and his right foot is still plastered. But the smile on his face is intact. As it was a month ago before he was hit in a militant attack.
- Indian Myanmar Relations (Daily Excelsior, MAHENDRA VED, Jul 20, 2006)
Myanmar and Andhra Pradesh may seem two far off places on the map of South Asia. But drawing a straight line across the Bay of Bengal, planners in New Delhi and Yangon have hit upon an imaginative way of linking them.
- Kfc Ad Under Fire In China (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 20, 2006)
American fast-food giant Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is facing Chinese wrath for its latest television advertisement showing an old Taoist surrounded by his followers excitedly munching chicken burgers and claiming it as a “masterpiece”.
- Missed Opportunities (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 20, 2006)
One would have to agree whole-heartedly with what President Pervez Musharraf said of the postponement of peace talks between India and Pakistan during Tuesday's meeting of the National Security Council.
- Trading Terror For Votes (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jul 20, 2006)
The serial blasts in Mumbai on July 11 necessitate a second look at India's response to the terrorist challenge facing it.
- Caught In The Middle (Deccan Herald, P R KUMARASWAMY, Jul 20, 2006)
With neither side not ready for a compromise that would bring about a ceasefire along the Israel-Lebanon borders, the death and destruction brought about by the weeklong conflict has all the ingredients for a civil war.
- Bharat Mata Ki Jai Banned In J&k District (Pioneer, Sidharth Mishra, Jul 20, 2006)
Don't invoke Mother India, Yatris told ---- The Jammu and Kashmir Government is complementing efforts of terror groups to isolate the State from the Indian mainstream. Don't believe it? Read on.
- Banning Blogs, A Big Blunder (Tribune, Roopinder Singh, Jul 20, 2006)
The only thing worse than doing something wrong is to execute the deed ineptly. Some bureaucrats in the Government of India have managed to do both by stopping access to blogs on the Internet recently in the wake of the July 11 Mumbai bomb blasts.
- Case For Kotla (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 20, 2006)
No need for another stadium ---- Thirty years ago, following a dispute over allocation of tickets, the Mumbai (then Bombay) Cricket Association (MCA) broke ties with the Cricket Club of India, withdrew Test cricket from the Brabourne Stadium and . . .
- 6 Chargesheeted For Varanasi Blasts (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
The Varanasi police has filed chargesheets against the six accused, including the mastermind Mohd Waliullah, in the Sankat Mochan temple blast case and another related case of recovery of a pressure cooker bomb from Godowlia locality on March 7.
- In Hieun Tsang's Footsteps (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jul 20, 2006)
Two Buddhist monks retrace the 7th century traveller's journey.
- Casting A Spell (Indian Express, Norris Pritam, Jul 20, 2006)
It may sound bizarre. But it is true. Pakistan is promoting its tourism to the strains of Indian patriotic songs! Yes, the audio promo of the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) opens with ‘Aao baccho tumhe dikyane jhanki Hindustan ki’, . . .
- Terror Under Upa (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 20, 2006)
Two front page reports, several inside articles and the editorial in the latest issue of Organiser are devoted to the multiple terror strikes in Mumbai on July 11, and the common thrust is an attack on the UPA government’s ‘‘appeasement’’ policy.
- Cong, Bjp Strategists At Work For Next Session (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Jul 20, 2006)
Congress and BJP are going to closely mark out each other's moves at closed-door meetings to strategise their battle plans for the monsoon session of Parliament opening on Monday.
- Being Branded: Muslims Take Grouse To Sonia (Times of India, Mohua Chatterjee, Jul 20, 2006)
Concerned over an uneasy impression about the community's affinity to terrorism, a delegation of Muslim leaders on Monday petitioned Congress chief Sonia Gandhi about a campaign in the wake of Mumbai blasts branding Muslims, especially youths, as . . .
- Israeli Forces Cross Over (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Israel struck Lebanon from the air and made limited attacks across the border on Wednesday, killing 41 civilians, as thousands awaited evacuation to flee a conflict that has entered its second week with no end in sight.
- Brand Prahlad: Now Acting Too (Hindu, ANJANA RAJAN, Jul 20, 2006)
It's time for the ad world to wake up to social responsibility, says Prahlad Kakkar.
- Java Jolted Again, Tsunami Toll At 550 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
A strong earthquake caused tall buildings to sway in the Indonesian capital today, sending panicked residents fleeing to the streets just days after a deadly tsunami struck the main island of Java in which 550 people have been reported killed so far.
- Airbus Offers Redesigned A350 In A Challenge To Boeing (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
Airbus thought seriously of calling it the A280, a deliberate echo of the A380, the troubled giant that is the biggest passenger jet ever made. But the midsize plane it announced here on Monday goes by the name A350 XWB, as in extra wide body.
- Support From G-8 (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 19, 2006)
India has reasons to be happy with the outcome
- Tsunami Death Toll Rises To 327 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
At least 327 people were killed, officials said, with another 160 or more missing. The area hit by Monday’s disaster was spared by the devastating 2004 Asian tsunami...
- Scoring Points Over Mumbai (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 19, 2006)
The lead editorial this week in ‘People’s Democracy’ on the Mumbai serial blasts is largely an attack on the Sangh Parivar for what the CPM believes is an attempt to score political points from a tragedy.
- Stalling Talks Playing Into Terror Hands: Musharraf (Indian Express, KJM Varma, Jul 19, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today said “stalling” of the Indo-Pak peace process in reaction to the terror attacks in Mumbai and Srinagar “tantamount” to playing into the hands of terrorists.
- Yet Another Bushfire (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 19, 2006)
Possibly the only world leader with three books dedicated to his speech inefficiencies (The Bush Dyslexicon, The DubyaSpeak Compendium and George W Bushisms:
- Dhaka Is Looking Up (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 19, 2006)
Whenever I have visited Bangladesh in the past, I have wondered whether the country would ever make it. The words like “a failed state’ has haunted me and I have often expressed apprehension over the future of 150
- Mumbai Stops In Its Tracks To Remember (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
People stood quietly on roads and pavements as 270 sirens across the city went off a minute before 6.25 p.m.
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