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Articles 10221 through 10320 of 23072:
- Bush Visit To South Asia (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Mar 09, 2006)
Some change in US thinking on Pakistan
NEVER before has the visit of an American President to South Asia created such a political storm as the recent one by President George W. Bush to Afghanistan, India and Pakistan.
- Yesterday’S Foe, Today’S Friend (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 09, 2006)
Vaiko walks into Jaya’s parlour
- Ammonium Nitrate Used In Varanasi Blasts (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
The explosive material used in the twin blasts at the temple city of Varanasi was Ammonium nitrate and not RDX, official sources said here.
- Budget Commits To Promote 50 Handicraft-Centric Villages (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 09, 2006)
The Budget announcement that 50 villages with a handicrafts base would be developed as tourist spots once again shows how India has long paid lip-service to the development of the tourism industry but has done little by it.
- Varanasi Wakes Up To A New Dawn (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
Life goes on. And with vigour in Varanasi. If the 3/7 serial blasts in the temple town were meant to create panic and hatred, its perpetrators were given a royal rebuff.
- Iaea Sending Iran Report To Unsc Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
VIENNA MEET Tehran warns Washington of ‘harm and pain’, White House calls statement provocative
- What Is Sacred? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 09, 2006)
When terror is precision-timed for symbolism, careful scrutiny of the site and the situation is revealing.
- The Night America Voted Against All That’S Wrong With America (Indian Express, SANDIPAN DEB, Mar 09, 2006)
There was something different about Oscar 2006. And it was not only the fact that, possibly for the first time in history, we had a winner — George Clooney — who didn’t thank anyone.
- Pieces In Terror Jigsaw, Two Top Lashkar Men Shot In Up, Delhi (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Mar 09, 2006)
Within hours of the terror strike in Varanasi, two top-ranking Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were killed by the police in Lucknow and Delhi.
- In Islamabad, On A Turning Wicket (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Mar 09, 2006)
Pakistan should not define its interests solely in terms of competing with a much larger neighbour, says Pakistan should not define its interests solely in terms of competing with a much larger neighbour, says HUSAIN HAQQANI
- Varanasi Bombings (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
The terrorist objective is to widen the religious divide
- Violation Of Duty Time Limits By A-I Poses Safety Threat (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Mar 09, 2006)
Gross violation of Flight Duty Time Limit (FDTL) by Air-India as prescribed by the Director -General of Civil Aviation is continuing unabated posing a serious threat to safety.
- Oh India! Do Not Beat Around This Bush (Times of India, AMJAD K. MARUF, Mar 08, 2006)
It is too early for us to rejoice at the fact that Bush visit has turned out to be in India’s favour.
- The Other India (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 08, 2006)
George Bush is spending a day in Hyderabad during his three-day India visit. His predecessor, Bill Clinton, went to Bangalore and Mumbai when he came calling in 2000. So did Chinese prime minister Zhu Rongji in 2002.
- Blasts Kill 16 In Varanasi, Red Alert Sounded Across India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
In an outrageous serial terrorist strike on the holy city of Varanasi, the ancient Sankat Mochan temple packed with Tuesday worshippers of Lord Hanuman was rocked by a huge blast and two bombs exploded soon after at a nearby train . . .
- Varanasi Blasts Were Handiwork Of Terrorists: Official (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
The bomb blasts in this temple town, which killed 20 people and injured 50 others, was the handiwork of terrorists and the Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a probe into the incident by the special task force of the state police, a senior . . .
- Centre And Up Will Bring Guilty To Justice: Sonia (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said that the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government will jointly work out the blasts in the temple city and bring its perpetrators to justice.
- In Temple Town, Blasts Drown Pealing Of Bells (Indian Express, Tarannum Manjul, Mar 08, 2006)
When two-year-old Shivangi’s parents took her to the Sankatmochan temple in Varanasi for the Tuesday darshan, never in their worst imaginings could they have foreseen that their little girl would be one of the 12 people who died in the blasts that. . .
- High Alert In Delhi After Varanasi Blasts (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
A high alert was sounded in the capital on Tuesday following the blasts in the temple town of Varanasi in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh in which at least four persons have died.
- Nuke Deal With India: Us Was Not Sure Till Last Moment (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswamy, Mar 08, 2006)
The United States was not sure until the very last minute whether a civilian nuclear energy deal with India was going to be possible and if a "good deal" was not on the cards, Washington was going to walk away from it.
- Up Sliding Into Lawlessness: Centre (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
The serial bomb attack on the Sankat Mochan temple is the latest of a string of incidents suggesting the slide of the country's largest state into lawlessness.
- Canada Moves To Revamp Air India Bomb Inquiry (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Canada's new Conservative government took a first, tentative step on Tuesday on its pledge to revamp the inquiry into the troubled Air India bombing investigation.
- India On Alert To Prevent Trouble After Bomb Blasts (Reuters, Sharat Pradhan, Mar 08, 2006)
Armed police mounted vigil at temples and public places across India on Wednesday and leaders appealed for calm as Hindu groups called for a strike in Uttar Pradesh to protest against bomb blasts that killed 15.
- Up Didn’T Respond On Security Upgrade For Temple (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Mar 08, 2006)
Sankatmochan temple, the site for tonight’s terror attack, was one of the temples on the list of important religious places where the Centre had carried out extensive security surveys after the Lashkar-e-Toiba attack at Akshardham in Gujarat in September
- 'Intelligence Agencies Had Warned Of Blasts' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Intelligence inputs had been received that terror groups were likely to "create trouble" at either Varanasi's Sankat Mochan or Kashi Vishwanath temples, home ministry officials here said.
- Blasts In Sankatmochan Temple And Railway Station Kill Dozen, Several Injured (Indian Express, CR Jayachandran, Mar 08, 2006)
PM, Kalam appeal for peace • BJP slams ‘competitive minorityism’ • Shameful, say Muslim law board and Jamiat
- Terror Evening Leaves 20 Dead (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Terror struck this temple town this evening when two bomb blasts in quick succession rocked the Sankatmochan Shrine and the Cantonment Railway Station here this evening killing at least 20 people and injuring over 50, some of them seriously.
- Rbi Relaxes Forex Access (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed select Full Fledged Money Changers, Urban Cooperative Banks and Regional Rural Banks to undertake wider range of transactions relating to release/remittance of foreign exchange (FE) for various non-trade . . .
- Hours After Blasts, Three Let Men Gunned Down (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Hours after the blasts in Varanasi, a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist was shot dead in an encounter with the police in Gosaiganj area on the outskirts of the city early on Wednesday morning.
- A Landmark Deal Between (Daily Excelsior, K.N. Pandita, Mar 08, 2006)
The nuclear deal between the strongest and the largest democracy in the world essentially stems from 9/11. No doubt it has come belatedly, but certainly it reflects mature statesmanship of highest level.
- Up:security Beefed Up In Allahabad (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Security has been tightened in the holy city of Allahabad following the blasts in Varansi this evening.
- Guj:state On High Alert After Blasts In Varanasi (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
High alert has been sounded in Gujarat and security at all major temples have been beefed up after bomb blasts rocked temple town of Varanasi this evening, police officials said.
- Varanasi Blasts: Bandh Paralyses Normal Life (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Normal life here was paralysed today as the BJP-sponsored bandh to protest the twin terror attacks in the city went underway amidst tight security, especially at places of worship, including the famous Kashi Viswanath temple-gyanvapi mosque.
- Budget Commits To Promote 50 Handicraft-Centric Villages (Times of India, NARAYANI GANESH, Mar 08, 2006)
Say 'India' and immediately, a potential tourist thinks of palaces and monuments, handicrafts and textiles, festivals and fairs, regional cuisine and street food, ancient temples, mosques and churches, folklore and fantasy.
- The Road Not Travelled (Times of India, ROBERT D BLACKWILL, Mar 08, 2006)
As President Bush visits India, the vital national interests and democratic values that the two countries share suggest that they will move ever closer together in the decades ahead.
- Sonia, Patil Assess Situation In Varanasi (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil tonight visited the Sankat Mochan temple, which was rocked by a powerful blast.
- Tackling Al-Qaeda (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Mar 08, 2006)
Over four years have passed since 9/11. According to dependable intelligence sources Osama bin Laden throughout this period remained holed up in the tribal belt that lies between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- Breaking The Mould? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 08, 2006)
Among the points raised by President Pervez Musharraf during his talk with editors on Monday and earlier in his CNN interview was his criticism of the ‘India-centric’ attitude in Pakistan.
- Self-Correction Is In National Interest Now (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 08, 2006)
In his meeting with the editors of Pakistan’s leading newspapers and electronic media on Monday, President Pervez Musharraf used the word “Indiacentric” to describe a foreign policy stance that he intends to shun in the future.
- 21 Killed In Indian Temple Town Blasts (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Three separate bomb blasts ripped through the Indian city of Varanasi on Tuesday, killing at least 21 people and wounding 62 at a crowded temple and a railway station.
- India, Pakistan Fail To Reach Accord On Air Services (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
New Delhi not agreeable to plea for quantum jump in flights, destinations
- Rajnath Singh Leaving For Varanasi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh is leaving for Varanasi, where 12 persons were killed and 20 injured in blasts at the Sankat Mochan temple and the cantonment railway station on Tuesday evening.
- General Alert Issued (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Manmohan, Patil condemn blasts
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister Shivraj Patil have condemned the blasts in Varanasi on Tuesday. Dr. Singh appealed to the people to maintain peace and calm.
- Pak, India Civil Aviation Talks Inconclusive (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Extensive round of Pak-India talks to review Civil Aviation existing bilateral arrangements concluded inconclusive in New Delhi on Tuesday.
- Uneasy Calm Prevails In Varanasi » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Residents in Varanasi are trying to return to normal after blasts ripped through the city Tuesday night.
- Pakistan And India Agree To Expand Air Service Agreement (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 08, 2006)
Pakistan and India have agreed to expand the scope of the existing air service agreement between them.
- 21 Die In 3 Explosions In Indian Holy City (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Officials fear communal violence
Three separate bomb blasts ripped through the holy Hindu city of Varanasi in India on Tuesday, killing at least 21 people and wounding 62 at a crowded temple and a railway station.
- Senate Surprises (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 08, 2006)
Monday's voting by the provincial assemblies brings to a close the election to 45 seats of the Senate. Predictably, the government and its allied parties are the main beneficiaries, together gaining more seats than they had lost in the ballot . . .
- Bush Visit To Pakistan, India May Have Done Harm: Nyt (Dawn, Masood Haider, Mar 08, 2006)
Saying that President Bush’s visit to “Pakistan and India may have done real harm”, the New York Times chided Mr Bush for “sticking” President Musharraf with the unwelcome task of explaining to Pakistanis why his friend and ally, Mr Bush, had . . .
- Bomb Blasts Rock Varanasi, 21 Killed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Over 62 injured; terrorists target Sankat Mochan temple, railway station; security stepped up . . .
- Was Gandhi Hindu? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 08, 2006)
Gandhiji was born of Hindu parents and was cremated by Hindu rites; but was he Hindu in any narrow sense? India has had an assassinated former prime minister born of a Zoroastrian father who was also cremated by Hindu rites.
- India And America (Economist, Editorial, Economist, Mar 08, 2006)
WE HAVE made history today, Manmohan Singh, India’s prime minister, told George Bush after a joint press conference in Delhi on Thursday March 2nd. They had just clinched what Mr Bush likewise called an historic agreement on nuclear power.
- Deal Won’T Affect N-Scheme: Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
The Prime Minister today assured Parliament that the implementation of the Indo-US deal on civilian nuclear energy will not lead to the capping of India’s strategic nuclear programme or affect the three-stage nuclear programme.
- On Convergence In Accounting Standards (The Financial Express, RAJIV MEMANI, Mar 08, 2006)
The recent ‘roadmap’ agreement between the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and the EU has built the momentum for a worldwide convergence in accounting standards.
- Twin Blasts Kill 20 In Varanasi (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Two blasts in quick succession rocked Sankatmochan temple and the Varanasi Cantonment railway station here this evening, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 50, some of them seriously. Bomb disposal squad personnel helped avert . . .
- What’S In It For The Us? (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 08, 2006)
“What is in it for America?” That was how the national security adviser, M. K. Narayanan, reacted after the Bush administration proposed the nuclear deal to the Indians at Blair House, the official guest house of the American president, during the . . .
- High Alert In Capital In Wake Of Blasts (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
A high alert was sounded in the Capital today following the twin blasts in the temple town of Varanasi in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh in which at least four persons have died. Security has been tightened at temples, public places and vital . . .
- Golden Night For Movie Outsiders (Tribune, Andrew Gumbel, Mar 08, 2006)
This year’s Oscars host was a Hollywood outsider. Four of the five films made more than pocket change at the box-office.
- King Refuses To Listen (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Mar 08, 2006)
The call was from Nepal. “Dang-Ghorai has given the first martyr of Nepal’s third revolution.
- Aids And Gender: Gutsy Women Rebuild Their Lives (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Mar 08, 2006)
In a country that doesn’t even blink an eye while burning a bride for dowry, it is not hard to understand what it means to be a woman infected with HIV/AIDS. In 1986, when the first case of HIV/AIDS was identified in Chennai, the infected person, . . .
- Indian Englishes (Telegraph, Stephen Hugh-Jones, Mar 08, 2006)
Is British English better than Indian English? The sensible and conventional answer these days is; “What do you mean ‘better’? They’re two branches of one language, each valid in its place.”
- Terror Strikes Varanasi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
20 dead, 50 hurt in blasts Alert in states PM, Kalam appeal for calm
- Is The Indian Market Overvalued? (The Economic Times, Ruchir Sharma, Mar 07, 2006)
With the price graphs of many stocks resembling the north face of Mount Everest, domestic investors in emerging markets are increasingly suffering from acrophobia.
- Punctuating The English Language (Hindu, Dominic Dromgoole , Mar 07, 2006)
Good punctuation is mourned as a lost art. But the best writing is full of mistakes — and that's why it's exciting.
- Analysis - India-U.S. Ties Surge But Some Mistrust Lingers (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Mar 07, 2006)
A successful visit to India by U.S. President George W. Bush has dramatically bolstered ties between the two countries but decades of mistrust will not be erased overnight
- Tax Free, Zero Deficit Budget Worth Rs 14436-Cr (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, Mar 07, 2006)
Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig, Incharge Finance and Planning didn’t impose any fresh taxes nor increased or reduced the existing taxes in his fourth successive zero deficit and revenue surplus budget worth Rs 14,436 crore presented . . .
- Chidambaram's Focus On Stability And Growth (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Mar 07, 2006)
The Budget is as good as one can expect given the Government's constraints, including political
The Finance Minister has tried to trigger this growth impulse through increased investment. As he said, big bang Budgets are not necessary . . .
- Trade Framework Signed With Australia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Energy, mining and infrastructure development included
Energy, mining and infrastructure development included
- Bank Of China Launches New Service (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (BOCHK) announced here on Monday the launch of personal renminbi (RMB) cheque service that will enable customers to experience a new way of consumption when they travel to the Chinese mainland.
- Dealing With Hamas (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 07, 2006)
Hamas does not appear to be in any hurry to re-examine its policy towards Israel.
- Emerging Nations Threaten G7 Dominance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 07, 2006)
The new kids on the block must battle the old guard over dwindling resources.
- Don't Compare India's Case With Iran: Burns (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns on Monday said that with the signing of a historic civil nuclear deal with the US, New Delhi was moving towards obligations with International Atomic Energy Agency.
- Demystifying Growth (Hindu, S. L. Rao, Mar 07, 2006)
Provides a framework for understanding India's experience in pursuing economic growth with equality
- Living With The Kiwis (Telegraph, ADRITA MUKHERJEE, Mar 07, 2006)
For an émigré, settling into a new country is a process that goes on for a lifetime
- Plain-Speaking In Pindi (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 07, 2006)
US gives up the parity theme
THE just concluded visit of Mr George W. Bush to South Asia has proved to be path-breaking.
- This Is My Own, My Native Land (Tribune, Meera Malik, Mar 07, 2006)
LIKE all educated middle class Indians (the so-called intellectuals) I take it upon myself to criticise the government, the opposition, the water and the electricity department, the law and order, the car park system… the list is endless.
- Economic Condition Of Muslims (Hindu, Mujibur Rehman, Mar 07, 2006)
Offers insight into the current socio-economic status of Urdu-speaking Indian Muslims
- Nothing Historic About N-Deal, Claims Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Stating that there was nothing 'historic' in the Indo-US Nuclear deal signed between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President George Bush, the BJP today said there were more losses than gains for India.
- Friends, Not Allies (Telegraph, Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, Mar 07, 2006)
An entente with the US does not compromise India’s independent, or non-aligned, foreign policy, argues Chandrashekhar Dasgupta The author is former ambassador to China
- Taste Of Kashmir: Pak Loses It To Dubai (Indian Express, ANAND BODH, Mar 07, 2006)
Dubai is going to have the taste of Kashmiri Wazwan as department of tourism is all set to hold the Kashmiri Food Festival there from March 25 to 31. Apart from promoting Kashmiri cuisines the festival will also focus on trade and tourism.
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