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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Setback In Nepal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
It is truly paradoxical that in the name of chasing a republic, the democratic elections to Nepal’s constituent assembly scheduled for November should have been put off indefinitely.
- Pak Political Drama: So Far So Good - For Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Factually the US made efforts to bring about what has happened in Pakistan recently and they behave as if they own the place, writes M B Naqvi.
- High Court Names String Of Vvips In Sexual Abuse Case (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Oct 09, 2007)
Reprimanding the CBI for laxity in investigating the Srinagar sex abuse scandal, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court today revealed the names of a minister, two legislators, top bureaucrats, police officers and a prominent businessman against whom . . . .
- Iaea Talks To Address Your Concern: Upa Will Tell Left, If It Listens (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Oct 09, 2007)
The Indo-US nuclear deal may have plunged the UPA government into a crisis but that is unlikely to come in the way of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh discussing India’s plans to expand cooperation in the civil nuclear energy sector with IAEA . . . .
- The General Now Lacks Credibility (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Mr Six years ago last month, the United States launched a new relationship with Pakistan - or more precisely with its president, Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Shooting The Messenger (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Oct 09, 2007)
It is indeed strange that in this age of transparency and accountability, an anachronistic law like the Official Secrets Act is used by Government to harass a distinguished soldier and fellow citizen who has done his country proud by . . . .. .
- Suu Kyi’S Release Looks A Long Way Off (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Myanmar’s military junta suggested on Monday that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will remain under house arrest until a new constitution is approved — a dim and distant prospect, according to most analysts.
- Taiwan’S Missiles (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
At its national day military parade this week, Taiwan is expected to showcase a long range cruise missile that promises to undercut China’s overwhelming military superiority.
- Thousands Rally For Democracy In Hk (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Thousands of people in Hong Kong took part in a democracy march and a world-record breaking attempt using umbrellas, calling for a faster pace of democratic reforms and direct elections in 2012.
- Pedalling A Solution (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
When improved cycle rickshaw, with speed gears and ergonomic design, was launched in Agra in 1997, the future of poor man's public transport had started looking up.
- A Tale Of Two Dictatorships (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 08, 2007)
Myanmar should be made to engage more with the outside world like Pakistan.
- Bali Bombers Ready To Face Execution: Report (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The three Bali bombers on death row in Indonesia are ready to face their imminent execution, a report said on Monday.
- General’S Particulars (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
For India, the good news if any from the controversial presidential election in Pakistan is that Pervez Musharraf, in whom New Delhi has invested so much political capital, is likely to be around for another five years.
- “There Should Be Afghanistanisation Of The Development Process” (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 08, 2007)
Afghanistan’s former Foreign Minister,Abdullah Abdullah, on holding talks with the Taliban, and India’s role in his country’s development.
- Officials’ Secret Acts (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Oct 08, 2007)
Why do civil servants have designations with the word ‘secretary’ in them? It is more than a British legacy.
- Indian Girl Can Wear Nose Stud In School, Rules Sa Court (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
A court in South Africa has said that a school's refusal to allow an Indian girl to wear a nose ring violated her constitutional right to abide by her religion and culture.
- Grease Palms And Govern (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Oct 08, 2007)
The Mayawati Government in Uttar Pradesh has sacked more than 10,000 policemen in September 2007 on the ground that their recruitment and selection process was not fair.
- Onion War Breaks Out In Cabinet (Asian Age, Harish Gupta, Oct 08, 2007)
A war of sorts has broken out over onions in the Union government. Union agriculture and food minister Sharad Pawar wants the export of onion to continue, but finance minister P. Chidambaram, more concerned with domestic inflation . . ..
- High On Good Intentions (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Oct 08, 2007)
The National Knowledge Commission has now released its summary report, primarily on higher education.
- Dangers Ahead: Musharraf's Re-Election And After (Deccan Herald, Rajinder Puri, Oct 06, 2007)
Barring a miracle, Pervez Musharraf on Saturday will successfully bulldoze his way to another term as president of Pakistan through a vote by an assembly, largely depleted by angry legislators who resigned in protest against his constitutional violations.
- Uk Police Recover Da Vinci Painting (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Police in the United Kingdom claimed to have solved the country's biggest art heist by arresting four people and recovering a stolen 30-million-pound Leonardo da Vinci painting.
- Whose Victory? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 06, 2007)
IT is now a matter of opinion whether Friday’s short order on the presidential election today has served to remove the political uncertainty that has surrounded the nation since the July 20 decision on the CJ’s case.
- Mediaeval Way To Power (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 06, 2007)
TODAY Pakistan is in the grip of a war of succession between the army and the politicians.
- When Taxman Was Unclear About Nuclear Power (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 06, 2007)
When the air was thick with nuke talk, Dr Manmohan Singh had to assuage the fears of the anxious by saying, “I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power.”
- Errors And Prejudice (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Oct 06, 2007)
For the Commissioner to revise any order of the Assessing Officer, the phrase “prejudicial to the interests of the Revenue” has to be read in conjunction with an erroneous order passed by the Assessing Officer.
- Presidential Poll Today, Result After Sc Verdict (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri, Oct 06, 2007)
The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday allowed the present assemblies to conduct the presidential election on Saturday (today), but directed the Election Commission (EC) to keep the results classified until a final decision is reached on the . . . . . .
- Malice In Blunderland? (Indian Express, T S R SUBRAMANIAN, Oct 06, 2007)
I was intrigued to know, via newspaper reports, that the CBI, which is prosecuting Maj Gen V.K. Singh (retd), had told the concerned court that it had not read his book. Presumably, the prosecution is for violation of the
- Musharraf’S Stamp On The Security Apparatus (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 06, 2007)
The pakistani military hierarchy has undergone a major reshuffle, with the old guard of Vice Chief Hayat and chairman, joint chiefs, Ehsan ul Haq, being replaced by Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and Tariq Majid respectively.
- Benazir’S Faustian Bargain (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Oct 06, 2007)
Under tremendous pressure to coopt Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party in his political game-plan, Gen Pervez Musharraf has conceded to a major demand of Benazir by offering a National Reconciliation Ordinance which will provide indemnity . . . .
- Basu Jumps Buddha Gun (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Lalbazar has lived up to its crimson name and moved to Alimuddin Street without telling Writers’ Buildings.
- Responsible Policing (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 06, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s vision of a more accountable police force with a “culture of excellence” is the most stirring call yet towards genuine police reforms, something that the country badly needs.
- Courting A Fine Balance (Indian Express, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 06, 2007)
India is a live democracy, and it is the duty of every live democracy to encourage protest in all its forms. Tragically for India, the Supreme Court has declared the right to strike and to hold a bandh unconstitutional.
- Mush Signs Amnesty Deal (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Oct 06, 2007)
General Pervez Musharraf on Friday promulgated the "National Reconciliation Ordinance" to formalise the deal he cut with exiled premier Benazir Bhutto, ending all corruption cases against her and other politicians and bureaucrats who held public . . . .
- Mockery Of An Election (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Oct 06, 2007)
Musharraf is about to clear the last hurdle to complete legitimacy - a 'proper' election. But in the perception of the ordinary Pakistani, he would remain as tarnished as before
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 06, 2007)
The virus is spreading and from Bankura to Birbhum, rural Bengal appears to be falling apart. Whether it is land acquisition or a decrepit rationing system, pulling the trigger to quell protests has of late become the standard response of a . . . .
- Pakistan: America’S Choice (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 06, 2007)
America faces a stark choice in Pakistan this fall: do we support democracy and the rule of law or do we support a failing military dictator? President Bush seems to have made his call and chosen to back the dictator, Pervez Musharraf.
- Abused Women Suffer In Silence Till They Decide To End Their Lives (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
When she arrived in Southall after her arranged marriage to Manjit Sidhu, Navjeet found herself in an alien place but with the familiar cultural biases of Punjab. Soon, she began to slip into despair and depression, which got worse in the following years.
- History's Lessons Not Learned (Pioneer, Premen Addy , Oct 06, 2007)
Michael Wood's six-part documentary, recently telecast by BBC to mark the 60th anniversary of India's independence, is a triumph of television. Camera and narrative, themes and events, have been woven into a seamless robe of the story-teller's art.
- Going Back To The Nwfp (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 06, 2007)
THE journey from Lahore to Peshawar in April 2007 was, as ever, replete with childhood memories. As the fields grew greener on approaching Attock, and the Indus and the Kabul rivers met, the heart lifted in anticipation of the inimitable . . .
- A Curse Comes True (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Oct 05, 2007)
Nepal's Maoists are working hard to fulfil Gorakhnath's bleak prediction about the Shah dynasty
- 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 . . . .
- Benazir Does A Volte Face, Seeks Deal (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, in a dramatic volte-face, pulled back from a threatened mass walkout from parliament and voiced hope today of a breakthrough deal with President Pervez Musharraf.
- Day Later, Bhutto Hopes Deal With General Will Work (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, in a dramatic volte-face, pulled back from a threatened mass walkout from parliament and voiced hope on Thursday of a breakthrough deal with President Pervez Musharraf.
- Why Nobody Wants To Buy Booker Books This Year (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 05, 2007)
After 38 years, the novelty is starting to wear off and the bad news is that the market has stopped responding.
- Bjp Should Let Jd(s) Be In Power (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Oct 05, 2007)
Political activity is quite unpredictable in coalition politics and results from Karnataka will surprise all political parties including the JD(S).
- General’S Re-Election Not The Real Issue (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Oct 05, 2007)
Barring a miracle President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday will successfully bulldoze his way to another term as President through a vote by an assembly largely depleted by angry legislators who resigned in protest against his constitutional violations.
- Good Intelligence Prevents Major Calamities (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Much depends on the type of leadership and work culture of our intelligence agencies. Until and unless they build up the ethos and pride of an elite organisation, their performance will remain substandard.
- Waiting For Justice (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 05, 2007)
A Patna trial court has sentenced three former legislators, including a powerful ex-MP, to death and given life imprisonment to two others for leading and inciting a mob to lynch an IAS officer.
- Whose Game Is It? (Dawn, Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha, Oct 05, 2007)
SEPTEMBER 29 has been marked as another dark day in Pakistan’s history. It was a day when the state’s coercion was used against innocent journalists and lawyers.
- Ready To Drop Cases Against Sharif, Says Musharraf (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Less than a month after packing off Nawaz Sharif to Jeddah on his brief return from exile, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday expressed readiness to drop the cases pending against the deposed premier.
- Death For Ex-Mp, 2 Others (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
A Patna sessions court today awarded death sentence to former member of Parliament Anand Mohan Singh along with former minister Akhlaq Ahmed and Prof Arun Kumar for inciting a mob leading to the lynching of a district magistrate nearly 13 years ago.
- 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 . . . .
- N Korea To Disable N-Facilities By Dec (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
North korea has endorsed an agreement to dismantle all of its nuclear facilities by year-end, according to a joint six-nation statement released by China in Beijing on Wednesday, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
- Death For Former Mp In Lynching Case (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Oct 04, 2007)
The Patna District and Sessions Court on Wednesday awarded capital punishment to a former MP and two former legislators for lynching Gopalganj District Magistrate G. Krishnaiah in Muzaffarpur district almost 13 years ago.
- 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.
- For Bihar Dm’S Murder, A Former Mp Gets Death, His Wife A Life Term (Indian Express, J P Yadav, Oct 04, 2007)
Thirteen years after the murder of Gopalgunj District Magistrate G Krishnaiah, a Patna trial court today sentenced to death former MP Anand Mohan and two other politicians, former MLA Akhlaq Ahmad and Arun Kumar Singh.
- Stop This Farce (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
By enforcing an undeclared bundh in Tamil Nadu over Sethusamudram issue, the DMK government has shown a lofty contempt for the judiciary.
- No Work, No Pay For Mps: Dealing With Disorder (Deccan Herald, Rajindar Sachar , Oct 04, 2007)
Why should the principle of no work, no pay not be implemented in Indian Parliament?
- Buddhadeb In Line Of Fire Over Death Of An It Pro (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Oct 04, 2007)
The probe over the death of an IT professional could be one more headache for Bhattacharya.
- ‘No One Country Or One Leader Defines Or Runs Europe’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 04, 2007)
It was a busy week for David Miliband, Great Britain’s youthful new foreign secretary. He addressed the Labour Party conference, acknowledging the successes and “scars” from 10 years of Labour government and saying that Britain must strengthen its . . . .
- Karunanidhi Tries To Mend Fences: Sc Order Reached Late, We Obeyed (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
With party leaders and allies openly questioning judicial verdicts, even levelling charges of “crossing limits”, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today issued a statement which sought to mend fences by stating that last-minute directions . . . . .
- Morality Matters (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Oct 04, 2007)
An argument one frequently hears in defence of the Government's failure to condemn the savage violence Burma's ruling junta has unleashed on the country's completely peaceful movement for democracy, is that concern for morality must yield to . . . .
- Putin Plans To Stay In Command (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
If Mr Vladimir Putin becomes Russia's Prime Minister, as he indicated he might, it would allow him to square the circle -- letting him keep his promise of stepping down as President without relinquishing power.
- Ex-Mp Anand Mohan Gets Death (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
A former MP and JD-U leader Anand Mohan was sentenced to death by a local court which also awarded life imprisonment to his wife, also an ex-MP, on Wednesday in a murder case where the then Gopalganj District Magistrate was lynched by a mob 13 years back.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 04, 2007)
Incontrovertibly now, Kolkata’s Police Commissioner, Prasun Mukherjee, is under a cloud in the Rizwan-ur Rehman-Priyanka Todi matter.
- Rajnath To Sonia: Drop Gandhi From Name (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
BJP president Rajnath Singh on Wednesday asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi to drop Gandhi from her surname, if she did not believe in Lord Ram, a faith that was characteristic of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Lal Masjid Reopens (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 04, 2007)
IT’S easy to understand why there will be mixed reactions to the Supreme Court’s orders on Monday to reopen Lal Masjid from Wednesday.
- Against The Tide (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Oct 04, 2007)
GENERAL Musharraf’s legal and so-called democratic credentials may be poor but his probity for good governance is superior to that of his political opponents.
- Protecting Ipr (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 04, 2007)
The next corporate battle for supremacy will neither be on the streets of Bangalore nor Mumbai for market share, nor in Dalal Street or Wall Street for large sums of money on beneficial terms.
- Moral Ambiguity Of “Deal” Making (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 04, 2007)
According to Sheikh Rashid, the railways minister, President General Pervez Musharraf’s government has decided to withdraw the corruption and misuse of power cases against “all those in public life” who have neither been tried nor convicted by the courts.
- Hide Your Love Away (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 04, 2007)
Rizwanur Rehman's charming smile refuses to fade from people's memory. After his body was found on September 21 on train tracks in the heart of Kolkata, there have been numerous candlelight vigils, angry protests and demonstrations demanding the . . . .
- Eklavya's Dharma (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 03, 2007)
The selection of Eklavya: The Royal Guard as India's official entry to the Oscars - it will compete in the 'Best Foreign Film' category - has run into controversy with the makers of Dharma, which narrowly lost the race and its makers took the. . . . .
- Is It Contempt? (Indian Express, Jayanth Jacob, Oct 03, 2007)
The editorial in People’s Democracy deals with the subject of contempt in the context of Delhi High Court holding four Mid Day journalists guilty of contempt of court.
- Simply Shastri (Indian Express, R. VENKATARAMAN, Oct 03, 2007)
The day after Lal Bahadur Shastri’s birth anniversary, R. Venkataraman remembers the man who embodied the reassuring answer to a nation’s troubled question: ‘After Nehru, who?’
- After Mush, Gen Kiani (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Oct 03, 2007)
On a day of dramatic developments today opposition members resigned from the national and provincial assemblies, President Gen. Musharraf designated his successor and the Supreme Court admitted two petitions challenging Musharraf's candidature.
- Government Yet To Appoint Army Dgst (Hindu, Ravi Sharma , Oct 03, 2007)
Though the Army may be feeling hard done by the proposed allocation of 156 additional senior-level posts between the three services, it has been unable to convince the bureaucracy even on an existing key appointment for almost nine months.
- Human Rights Commissions In India (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, Oct 03, 2007)
It is nearly 15 years since the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was established in India through the adoption of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, by Parliament.
- Nudge Burma's Junta To Reform (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Oct 03, 2007)
India has to do more for democracy and human rights in Burma, so says everybody.
- Alms And The Girls (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 03, 2007)
A sullied hand tugs insistently at your clothes. You turn to see a little arm outstretched — peremptory and tentative at the same time — a small head of tousled, matted hair, patchy and pallid skin coated with many days of unwashed dirt, bare . . . .
- Down A Slippery Slope (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Oct 03, 2007)
General musharraf may have won a legal battle when Pakistan’s Supreme Court made it possible for him to run for president without giving up his position as army chief. But ‘legal’ is not the same as ‘legitimate’.
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