A Tribute To All Who Fought Apartheid:
Mandela
Whoops of joy reverberated across
Parliament Square here on Wednesday
morning when Prime Minister Gordon
Brown unveiled a statue of Nelson Mandela
as a tribute to one of the world’s
most famous living symbols of freedom.
Concern Over Civilian Explosives
Stockpile
Poor control over production and use
of ammonium nitrate facilitating
terrorism: experts Explosives black
market flourishing Production
facilities have proliferated . . . .
N-Deal Must Be Debated
As finance minister during 1991-95,
Manmohan Singh drastically slashed
funding to the nuclear power programme,
disabling new projects and halting
uranium exploration.
Stellar Hopes Of Indian Reality Show
Student
Eighteen-year-old Arvind Aradhya from
the Indian city of Bangalore has stars
in his eyes these days.
Our Tryst With Secularism
One feels stumped when one finds that
Muslim fundamentalists are taking a
leaf out of the BJP book of hatred and
hostility.
Don't Get Fooled By China
There is a lot of talk of India
getting closer to US if it goes ahead
with the nuclear agreement and
becoming a subordinate ally of
Washington. But in reality the reverse
is true.
‘Intelligence Warning On Terror Plot
Failed To Spark Police Action’
Andhra Pradesh Director-General of
Police M.A. Basith and Hyderabad
Police Commissioner Balwinder Singh
received warnings of an imminent
terror strike just five days before
Saturday’s blasts, sources in the
Union Ministry of Home Affairs have
told . . . .
Sino-Indian Trade: Growing Concern
A ballooning trade deficit with China
means that grey clouds are threatening
to mar the sunshine that India-China
trade has been spreading in its wake
thus far.
Bjp, Seek Don’t Hyde
On Sunday L.K. Advani took a decisive
first step in restoring the
electability of the BJP and, for that
matter, the NDA.
Pakistan’s Islamist Press Calls For
Jihad
Fresh demands for violence against
India escalated weeks before Hyderabad
bombings “Musharraf’s regime should
discard the pro-U.S. policy” “Make
jihad, martyrdom part of the
curriculum”
Karat’s Boomerang
All actions have unintended
consequences. CPM leader Prakash
Karat’s main objective in threatening
to pull down the Manmohan Singh
government on the nuclear issue was to
break the gathering momentum behind
the Indo-US partnership.
Brown Honeymoon Losing Lustre?
The prospects of a snap general
election in October receded on Monday
after a poll showed that Prime
Minister Gordon Brown’s “honeymoon”
with the voters had started to fade a
bit.
Benazir-Musharraf Pact
Begum Benazir Bhutto’s one statement
is that she has reached an
“understanding” with President General
Pervez Musharraf. Another is that she
expects him to shed his uniform.
U.K. To Ignore U.S. Pressure
Britain
intends to go ahead with its plans to
draw down its remaining troops in Iraq
despite American pressure on it to
stay on until the situation on the
ground improves.
'Mayawati Is A Strong Administrator,
And Her Return As Cm With A Majority
Is What Uttar Pradesh Needed'
Today's guest is somebody who tries
very hard to stay out of headlines.
But there are millions of rumours
about him.
Intelligence Had Warned Of Strikes
India’s Intelligence services learned over five months
ago that an eight-kg consignment of
military-grade explosives had been
delivered to a Harkat
ul-Jihadi-e-Islami terror cell
preparing for strikes in
Hyderabad.
Faulting 123 For Nothing
Some sections of our political
establishment, especially those who
were in power till May 2004, have come
out with a lot of objections to 123
deal based on their deep suspicions of
US motivations derived from the
history of first five decades of . . .
. .
Left Angry Over Nuclear Deal
I wish the Left had made national
development, not the Indo-US nuclear
deal, an issue for parting ways with
the ruling Congress.
Deal Will End Our Isolation
Never in independent India's history
has a foreign policy issue been so
hotly and comprehensively debated as
the July 2005 India-US civil nuclear
Agreement that seeks to end, not just
American, but global nuclear sanctions
against India.
Deal With The Us
Never in independent India's history
has a foreign policy issue been so
heatedly and comprehensively debated
as the July 2005 Indo-US Agreement
that seeks to end not just American
but also global nuclear sanctions
against
India.
Abe’s Japan Rediscovers Bengal
It is not often that visiting foreign
leaders choose to stop by Kolkata.
They would rather head to
Bangalore,
Mumbai, Chennai or Hyderabad.
Japan Seeks Wider Defence Network
Trade, bilateral relations and other
economic issues will figure
prominently in Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe's visit to India.
Sex Education Runs Into Trouble
The Indian government's recent attempt
to introduce sex education for school
children has provoked a vigorous
debate.
Facts And Fiction On The Nuclear Deal
Nuclear sanctions will end only after
India concludes a safeguards agreement
with the IAEA, the NSG ends global
sanctions on India and the US Congress
approves the “123 Agreement”.
Looking Beyond Ballot-Box Democracy
The question whether it makes sense to
insist on a one-size-fits-all model
has become one of the most hotly
debated issues in the wake of attempts
to impose the Westminster model on
other countries.
U.K. Rejects Sadr Claim
British Army on Tuesday reacted with
anger to claims that it had been
“defeated” in
Basra
and was being forced to “retreat”
because of the growing resistance from
militant Iraqi groups.
Men Of Straw
During the discussion on the Act that
gave India independence, Winston
Churchill said, "Power will go into
hands of rascals, rogues and
freebooters. Not a bottle of water,
not a loaf of bread shall escape
taxation.
The Manchurian Candidates
The current opposition of the Left to
the Indo-US nuclear deal and to
India’s developing strategic relations
with the US takes one’s mind back to
the days before the visit of Chinese
President Hu Jintao to India in
November last year.
Two Pms, One Problem: China
The visiting Japanese prime minister,
Shinzo Abe, and his host, Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh, find their
carefully planned party this week to
celebrate the world’s newest strategic
partnership ruined by their domestic
political opponents.
'China's Interest Is Our Interest'
The current opposition of the leftist
parties--particularly, the Communist
Party of India (Marxist)--to the
agreement (the so-called 123
agreement) with the
US
on civil nuclear co-operation and to
India's
developing strategic relations . . . .
.
China Denies Reports Of Nuclear Deal
With Pakistan
China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday denied reports that
Beijing and Islamabad were in the
process of negotiating a civilian
nuclear energy agreement along the
lines of the Indo-U.S. deal.
“Delay In Safeguards Talks Will Not
Affect Nuclear Deal”
There is no deadline for the
conclusion of a safeguards agreement
with the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) and any delay in
negotiations caused by differences
between the United Progressive
Alliance and the Left parties will . .
. .
Let's Believe In Ourselves
The Left Front leaders and a few
others have expressed their concerns
about India concluding the nuclear
agreement and moving closer to the US.
Calculators Are Out But Topplers Have
Got Their Timing Hopelessly Wrong
The jury is still out on whether the
UPA Government will survive the
current crisis, or, even if it does,
how battered it will emerge from it.
Deal Breather, Not Deal Breaker
Saturday’s statement by the Communist
Party of India (Marxist) on the Indo-U.S.
nuclear deal is as unyielding as the
Left parties’ earlier stand but the
recommendation that the Government not
proceed “till all the objections are
considered” opens . . . .
Trade Ties That Bind
During his visit to Pakistan in
December,1996, Mr Jiang Zemin, the
then Chinese President, made a speech
titled Carrying forward generations of
friendly and good neighbourly
relations and endeavouring towards a
better tomorrow for all in . . . . .
India's Silent Warriors
Secrecy and intelligence agencies are
synonymous. Very rarely does the
general public get a peek into the
shadowy world of spooks and their
death-defying deeds shrouded behind
the iron curtain of state secrets.
Tension In U.K.-U.S. Ties
Britain’s much- flaunted “special
relationship” with the U.S. has come
under strain over British plans to
pull out most of its troops from Iraq
by the end of next year even as
Americans are sending in more forces
and are keen for their . . . .
Travellers Face Heathrow Disruption
A bumpy landing awaits travellers
arriving at Heathrow airport over the
next few days as a week-long protest
by climate-change campaigners against
air travel picks up momentum.
Secularism Has A Long Way To Go
IT is a straight question which should
have been addressed long ago.
Indian Secularism Has A Long Way To Go
It is a straight question which should
have been addressed long ago.
One Million Cars Go Off Beijing Roads
Unique experiment to tackle traffic
congestion and pollution for Olympic
Games Cars to ply on alternate days
Air quality to be monitored during
experiment.
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