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Articles 12621 through 12720 of 27031:
- Bjp Opposes India's Military Role In Nepal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
The BJP has opposed any military intervention by India in Nepal and asserted that both Constitutional monarchy and functional democracy were important for the Himalayan Kingdom.
- Nepal Faces King-Size Questions (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Apr 22, 2006)
India, whose involvement was as inevitable as it was active, should be relieved at the Nepal king finding favour with democracy again. Gyanendra’s announcement is in line with the Indian prescription to tide over the current crisis.
- All Set For First Phase Of Assembly Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
All arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of the first of the three-phased polling for the Assembly elections which will take place in Kerala on Saturday.
- Us, China Pledge To Boost Ties (Deccan Herald, Joseph Kahn, Apr 22, 2006)
President Bush and China's president, Hu Jintao, pledged to cooperate more closely on fighting nuclear proliferation and reducing trade imbalances on Thursday, but broke no new ground on the most delicate issues that divide the two nations.
- Little Lamb In Shadow Of Nawaz (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Apr 22, 2006)
When Gen Pervez Musharraf made that oblique reference to the presence of a foreign hand, refusing to identify the suspect in Balochistan I knew it was coming.
- Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 22, 2006)
Historically speaking, the bikini is a bad joke. Sixty years after its invention, political correctness and the end of the Cold War have made that sort of humour all but impossible to carry off. In 1946, when Louis Réard, a French engineer, strayed . . .
- Patrol Vessel Of Navy Sinks Off Goa's Coast (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
A patrol vessel of the Navy sank off the coast of Goa after a collision with a merchant carrier, an official release said here today.
- Controlling Content (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 22, 2006)
and B ministry takes a step backwards
The Information and Broadcasting ministry needs to tell us why it views freedom enjoyed by television channels in deciding on the content and presentation of their programmes as an aberration.
- India, Us Advance Plans To Deal With Terrorism (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
India and the US have agreed to respond to counter-terrorism assistance requests expeditiously and collaborate to upgrade preparedness and capability to deal with terrorism.
- From Surprise To Victory (Tribune, General (Retd) V. P. Malik, Apr 22, 2006)
While our military operations were gathering momentum and achieving success in recapturing important positions occupied by the enemy every few days, we learnt from the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meetings that the US Administration was . . .
- Informal Mahajot May Jolt Cpm (Pioneer, Ashok Malik, Apr 22, 2006)
As 66 constituencies of the West Bengal Assembly ready for voting on Saturday, April 22, the question uppermost on the Trinamool Congress-BJP alliance's mind is: to what degree will an "informal" mahajot take shape?
- Shielding The Consumerists (Pioneer, Sanjog Maheshwari, Apr 22, 2006)
The consumer protection law may not prima facie appear to be consumer-hostile but the ground realities under which it operates render it totally ineffective against the Government owned boards and organisations.
- Courier Services (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 22, 2006)
The Government's move to amend the Indian Post Office Act, 1896, to ban courier service companies from carrying letters weighing less than 300 grams, is anti-people, regressive and against the spirit of the economic reforms which seeks . . .
- Boucher Clears Nuclear Deal Air (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
The US has said India’s own moratorium on nuclear testing was one of the reasons why the civilian nuclear agreement was signed between the countries and that it looked forward to the continuance of the moratorium.
- Indian Army Communication Network System Launched (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 22, 2006)
DZAN network to give India technological edge over adversaries
* Scientists unveil anti-nuclear, biological and chemical equipment
- Israeli Lobby And Us Interests (Dawn, Kurt Jacobsen and Sayeed Hasan Khan, Apr 22, 2006)
IN the mid-1980s an air-headed action film entitled ‘Delta Force’ popped up on American movie screens.
- In Nepal, The Beginning Of The End (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 22, 2006)
People power has forced Gyanendra to cede executive power. But only a democratically elected Constituent Assembly can bring the people true sovereignty.
- India To Station Mig-29 Fighter-Bombers At Tajikistan Base (Tribune, RAHUL BEDI, Apr 22, 2006)
India’s first overseas military facility in Tajikistan is expected to become operational by the year-end as part of New Delhi’s thrust into oil-rich Central Asia to meet its growing energy needs.
- No Alternative To Talks (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 22, 2006)
Waziristan has become a festering wound for Pakistan. Operations in the tribal area are now more than two years old, but going by the results it seems the end is nowhere in sight, and the militants hiding there continue to create trouble.
- Himalayan Blunder (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 22, 2006)
National Security Adviser MK Narayanan speaks in riddles when he says India and Pakistan are "closer to a final point" on demilitarising Siachen glacier "but there are a lot of issues to be discussed".
- Ruling Coalition Blues (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 22, 2006)
NOTWITHSTANDING Mr Shaukat Aziz’s assertion that the PML will sweep the next general elections, the first workers convention in Peshawar on Thursday must have been something of a disappointment for the party leadership as the function was . . .
- Waziristan Situation (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 22, 2006)
Despite repeated assurances that the situation is about to be brought under control, militants continue to launch attacks in North Waziristan on government installations and security personnel with impunity.
- Jaswant Grills Indian Govt Over Nuclear Deal With Us (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 22, 2006)
Criticising the India-United States nuclear deal, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former foreign minister Jaswant Singh on Thursday accused the Manmohan Singh government of accepting nuclear arms control and a cap on the nuclear tests . . .
- More Of Guantanamo Excesses (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 22, 2006)
THE statement by a senior Pakistani security official that the number of Pakistani nationals being held at the US military detention camp in Guantanamo Bay is higher than previously believed should be a cause for concern.
- Nuclear Numbers (Times of India, Gurmeet Kanwal, Apr 22, 2006)
One of the contentious issues that had threatened to derail the historic nuclear agreement signed by India and the US is the number of nuclear warheads that India needs for credible minimum deter-rence.
- Fernandes Sees Radical Political Changes After Assembly Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
Too many `third fronts' in existence, says the former Defence Minister
Mid-term polls unlikely
Differences in Janata Dal (U) are due to lack of internal democracy
No plan to revive Samata Party
- Assembly Polls Begin In Wb, Kerala (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
Amid unprecedented security, the second phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal in 66 constituencies in four districts began at 7:00 am on Saturday morning.
- India's Freeze On Nuclear Testing Must Hold: U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
Bush regime not to insist on new commitments
Negotiations will be held with the Indian Government directly
Congress aware of deal's benefits to non-proliferation
- Ambush: 40 Held In Pakistan Tribal Belt (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 22, 2006)
Authorities in the tribal belt of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan claim to have detained over 40 persons on Friday following an incident in which at least seven personnel of Pakistan paramilitary forces were killed and 26 others injured as . . .
- First Proof, Then Sanctions On Iran: Russia (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Apr 22, 2006)
Russia has ruled out sanctions against Iran until there is hard evidence that Teheran is pursuing nuclear weapons.
- Sri Lanka For Continuing Talks (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Apr 22, 2006)
Deplores "continued reluctance" of LTTE
- Rajnath For "Direct Action" To Wipe Out Isi Bases In U.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
BJP president Rajnath Singh today asked the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government to initiate ``direct action'' to wipe out ISI bases in West and East UP.
- Varanasi And The Puppet Masters Of Terror (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 22, 2006)
Investigation into the Varanasi bombings has led to the Harkat ul-Jihad Islami, accentuating concerns about the emergence of Bangladesh as a base for Islamist terror groups.
- Second Phase Of Polling In West Bengal Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
Sixty-six constituencies spread across four districts of West Bengal will go to the polls in the second of the five-phase Assembly elections in the State on Saturday. In all, 348 candidates, including 28 women, are in the fray.
- More Curbs On Nuclear Activist (Hindu, Duncan Campbell, Apr 22, 2006)
Nuclear whistleblower and peace activist Mordechai Vanunu has been told that the ban stopping him leaving Israel has been extended for another year and that he is still viewed by the authorities ``as a security risk to the state.''
- Nepal Out On The Streets; Police Fire At Protesters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Over 30,000 people who had walked in from surrounding villages began marching along the main road to the heart of Kathmandu
- Stalemate In Sri Lanka Continues (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Apr 21, 2006)
Norwegian special envoy meets Government and LTTE representatives
LTTE wants `hurdles' cleared by Government
Army blames LTTE for escalation of violence
- Bushehr No Threat To Proliferation: Russia (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
A nuclear power station being built by Russia in Iran presents no threat, Moscow’s top nuclear official said here on Thursday following a US demand for the project to be shut down.
- Russian-Built N-Power Plant In Iran 'No Threat' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
A nuclear power station being built by Russia in Iran presents no threat, Moscow's top nuclear official said here on Thursday following a US demand for the project to be shut down.
- Manmohan Points To Unilateral Moratorium (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Says India needs the strategic programme as China, Pakistan had nuke weapons
Feels accord holds tremendous potential for both countries
Asserts that ties with U.S. not at the cost of ties with China
On Iran, he says India does not want another nuke
- Tiger Tantrums (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 21, 2006)
It should surprise no one that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam called off its participation in the second round of the Geneva talks with the Sri Lankan Government.
- Ball In King's Court: Karan (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Apr 21, 2006)
Amid indications that Nepal's King Gyanendra may not be tuned to India's roadmap for democracy in the Himalayan kingdom, the Prime Minister's special envoy Karan Singh on Thursday returned to New Delhi and said the ball is now in the King's court.
- Eight Killed In Lanka Violence As Ltte Pulls Out Of Geneva Talks (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka on Thursday indefinitely postponed truce talks with the Government as eight people were killed in continuing bloodshed in the island nation, four of them in a blast on a bridge.
- Musharraf Lacks Conviction (Pioneer, Ghazanfar Butt, Apr 21, 2006)
All delegations that return after interacting with General Pervez Musharraf convey a feeling that a solution to the Kashmir issue is round the corner and India-Pakistan relations are poised for a dramatic improvement.
- New Red Superpower (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 21, 2006)
China is working quietly and meticulously towards stealing a march, militarily as well as economically, over America, Says Frederick . . .
- Army To Help Counter Left Wing Terrorism (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
The Army is concerned over the Left wing terrorism and Maoist problem and is in the process of studying it and giving advise and training to the state police through the Home Ministry, Army chief General JJ Singh said here on Thursday .
- The Truth About Fraud (Hindu, Martin Mears, Apr 21, 2006)
A play written a century ago airs the issues in the Enron scandal like nothing else.
- Muzzling The Media (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 21, 2006)
Scribes under pressure from militants and securitymen
- King Sends Karan Packing (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Apr 21, 2006)
“Failure” seems to be the only likely word to describe the Prime Minister’s special envoy Karan Singh’s foray to the Nepalese capital. He beat a hasty retreat to Delhi this afternoon, leaving a day earlier than scheduled.
- Defying Fear (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 21, 2006)
The people of Manipur are no strangers to terror, but they also know how to defy it.
- Karan Singh Returns With Hope (Tribune, Satish Misra, Apr 21, 2006)
Prime Minister’s Special Envoy Karan Singh today expressed hope that King Gyanendra would make an “announcement” shortly on the political crisis there. “I am optimistic.
- India Holds The Nuclear Line (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has ruled out placing India’s nuclear reactors in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s care, reaffirming a unilateral moratorium on tests without hinting at how things would be in the “distant” future.
- Uk Bill To Reconvene Northern Ireland House (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 21, 2006)
Britain’s government is publishing a bill today that will allow Northern Ireland’s long-suspended legislature to reconvene to try to agree on forming a new administration. The legislation will set a deadline of 24 November.
- Weapons In Space (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 21, 2006)
Russia And USA Must Act In A Spirit Of Openness
The United States has promised to make public in the next few months its new space doctrine, which allows for the deployment of weapons in outer space.
- Al-Qaeda Terrorist Killed In Pakistan: Sources (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
An Arab Al-Qaeda terrorist was killed in a gunbattle with Pakistani soldiers in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan, security sources said on Friday.
- 7 Pak Troops Die In Border Area Ambush (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Militants ambushed a convoy of Pakistani troops in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border Thursday, killing seven and wounding 22, the army spokesman said, in one of the deadliest recent attacks on security forces.
- Nuke Deal Sign Of Stronger Ties, Says Rice (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Continuing to seek Congressional support to the “path-breaking” Indo-US nuclear agreement, secretary of state Ms Condoleezza Rice has said the deal has to be seen in the context of burgeoning bilateral cooperation in military, agriculture and . . .
- There Is No Need For A Cbi Probe, Says Yediyurappa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
State police to continue inquiry into violence in Bangalore after Rajkumar's death
Violence termed a conspiracy hatched by vested interests
Says intention was to defame Government
Asserts that those responsible will not go unpunished
- Should India Intervene In Nepal ? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 21, 2006)
Sections of Indian media have begun to wonder whether it is the endgame for King Gyanendra. He had established a council of ministers under his chairmanship and nominated two old faithfuls of the partyless days — Dr Tulsi Giri and Kirti Nidhi . . .
- 7 Troops Killed In Miranshah (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Eight militants also killed
* Militants attack paramilitary convoy, injure 22 troops
- Us Wanted Qaeda Man Killed (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
One Levies soldier and a suspected Al Qaeda operative were killed and two Levies men seriously injured during a shootout in Bajaur Agency on Thursday.
- Why That Many Power Failures? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 21, 2006)
Karachi is again in the grip of prolonged power outages and unannounced loadshedding. According to reports, residents in all parts of the city are experiencing long power breakdowns, which in many cases happen more than once a day.
- Without Kashmir, Mr Mukherjee? (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday that the Indo-Pakistan peace process hadn't "failed or slowed down." The coincidence of Pakistan's cautious welcome the same day of India's offer to alter its Kishanganga Dam project . . .
- Brushing Up Ppp (News International, Editorial, The News International, Apr 21, 2006)
Organizational changes recently introduced in the PPP indicate the party is being geared up to brace for the forthcoming elections, or alternately prepare itself for a . . .
- Ignoring Implications (News International, Editorial, The News International, Apr 21, 2006)
The Tripartite Commission, comprising senior military commanders and diplomatic representatives of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the US-led Coalition Forces in Afghanistan, gave NATO-ISAF full member status of the Commission at its meeting in Rawalpindi . .
- For A Democratic Future (Dawn, Imran Khan, Apr 21, 2006)
MICHAEL SCHUEUR, former head of the CIA’s Al Qaeda Unit, warned in an opinion piece in the Washington Times that if the US keeps pushing Gen Musharraf to “do US’s dirty work against his country’s national interest”, he could be toppled and . . .
- Cong Taking Left's Help At Centre To Serve Nation: Sonia (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
The Congress-led UPA government has been taking outside support from Left parties not to remain in power at the Centre, but to serve the nation on the basis of its Common Minimum Programme (CMP), Congress President Sonia Gandhi said today.
- Bush, Hu Discuss Global Security, Taiwan And Other Issues (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Opposing any unilateral change in the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, US President George W Bush today told his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao to deepen cooperation in addressing threats to global security, including nuclear ambitions of Iran . . .
- Asean Ministers Search For New Ways To Force Change In Myanmar (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Southeast Asian foreign ministers meeting on Bali island said they are unhappy with the slow pace of democratic reform in military-ruled Myanmar, and hope to come up with new ways to force the regime to change.
- Restructuring Intelligence Apparatus (Daily Excelsior, Surendra Sharma, Apr 21, 2006)
The government of Indiais in the process of setting up a high-powered coordination committee to monitor functioning of intelligence agencies. We have half-a-dozen intelligence agencies to keep the government informed about the external and . . .
- Beyond The Fence (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 21, 2006)
The election schedule has not yet been finalised. It is likely to be done in the first week of May.
- Qaida Man Shot In Pak (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Pakistani security forces today shot dead a militant named by officials as an al Qaida member believed to have escaped a US air strike in January.
- Bush, Hu Find No Breakthroughs On Trade, Iran (Reuters, Steve Holland, Apr 21, 2006)
President George W. Bush failed to win a commitment from Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday on immediate steps to reduce China's $202 billion trade surplus with the United States.
- Terror Infrastructure Across Border Intact, Says Army Chief (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Even though upbeat at reduced violence levels in Jammu & Kashmir, Army Chief General JJ Singh today expressed deep concern at continuance of infrastructure for training of militants across the border in the northern State.
- Party Propaganda (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 20, 2006)
Election Commission Must Brave The Storm
- Prosecutors Try To Nail Saddam (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Iraqi prosecutors pressed ahead today with efforts to prove that Saddam Hussein’s signature was found on documents directly implicating him in the killings of 148 Shi’ites in the 1980s.
- Two Aides Quit In Bush Shake-Up (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
President George W. Bush’s press secretary Scott McClellan resigned today and senior adviser Karl Rove gave up the policy-development part of his job in a White House shake-up.
- India A Different Proposition: Blair (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 20, 2006)
Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday rejected attempts to draw parallels between India and Iran over the nuclear issue, and said that India was a "`very, very different proposition.''
- Officers, Not Gentlemen! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 20, 2006)
No medals for corruption in Services
- India Steps Up Efforts To Resolve Nepal Crisis (Press Trust of India, V Mohan Narayan, Apr 20, 2006)
India today launched a fresh initiative to resolve the political crisis in Nepal where authorities clamped curfew to thwart opposition from holding a massive rally here tomorrow.
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