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Articles 12921 through 13020 of 27031:
- Naxal Bid To Extend Sway In South Cause For Concern (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Apr 15, 2006)
Emphasis on planning on the lines of the military
Increasing attacks on rail infrastructure
Multiple attacks on police, security apparatus
Affected States to launch joint operations
- Russia To Go For New Round Of Talks On Iran (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Russia will host another round of talks next week with the US, the EU and China on Iran's nuclear programme, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
- Upa Wakes Up (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 15, 2006)
There is much to be said for the commonplace wisdom behind the proverb: Better late than never.
- India To Seek Larger Interaction With Chinese Armed Forces (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Proposing new initiatives to build further confidence in ties, India is seeking larger interaction with the Chinese armed forces by scaling-up the level of joint exercises and training programmes.
- Rumsfeld In The Line Of ‘Friendly’ Fire (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Apr 15, 2006)
The White House has been obliged to publicly support Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as more retired army generals have stepped forward to call for his resignation.
- A.P. Government Toughens Stand On Junior Doctors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Talks ruled out until they called off their agitation
All-party meeting slated for April 16 unlikely to be held
Court directions to be implemented in toto
- Katiyar Out, Bjp Hunt On For Rae Bareli Face-Saver (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Apr 15, 2006)
Once the ruling party in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP is today having a tough time scouting for a credible candidate against Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency.
- U.S. Allies Are Behind The Death Squads (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Apr 15, 2006)
Iraq's U.S. overlords at last seem to have grasped the danger posed by their friends' militias. But it may be too late.
- Unlocking Afghanistan (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 15, 2006)
Karzai wants to move a political Hindukush
- ‘Us Spies Failed To Warn Of Indian Nuke Tests’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
US intelligence failed to warn of India’s nuclear tests conducted in 1974 and 1998 despite tracking its atomic weapons potential for nearly half a century, according to declassified documents.
- Dialogue Needs A Common Language (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Apr 15, 2006)
When Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke recently of a “treaty of peace, security and friendship” with Pakistan, he inadvertently highlighted the different visions of India-Pakistan relations prevailing in Delhi and Islamabad.
- China Not Keen On India’S Unsc Seat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
China has not really been enthusiastic about the idea of India entering the UN Security Council as one of its new permanent members.
- When All Hell Broke Loose (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Apr 15, 2006)
Brand Bangalore is in jeopardy – the police failed to protect citizens, and the government machinery collapsed on Wednesday and Thursday
- Remembering Pudumaippithan (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Apr 15, 2006)
In his birth centenary year, Tamil literature lovers all over the world celebrate the master of the short story.
- Praful Bidwai: Only The First Step To Change (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Apr 15, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi's resignation affirms democratic virtue and should trigger reform of the "office-for-profit" law and a radical rethink in the Congress.
- Us Acts Tough As Iran Shuns Un Request (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Apr 15, 2006)
Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday shunned a U.N. request to end uranium enrichment saying his country would not step back “one iota,” while in Washington Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Teheran “there will have to be some . . .
- The British Sleepwalk Into A Police State (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Apr 15, 2006)
What is being implemented is a calculated, meticulous, and ruthless project to criminalise legitimate political dissent.
- Russia To Speed Up Nuclear Re-Armament (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Apr 15, 2006)
Moscow seeks to counter increasingly aggressive U.S. policies.
- Deceit And Policy (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Apr 15, 2006)
These volumes shed light on the way governments deceive not only adversaries but their own people.
- Two Kissingers (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Apr 15, 2006)
There is a disconnect between intellect and character in Henry Kissinger's personality.
- Jama Masjid Rocked By Blasts, 13 Injured (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Two blasts rocked the historic Jama Masjid complex in Old Delhi on Friday evening, injuring 13 people including a 10-year-old boy.
- Iran May Climb Down Over N-Issue Sooner Than West Expects (Arab News, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Was Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad inspired by a Tehrani folk tale to try and lead the Islamic republic out of what looks like the most serious foreign policy crisis in its history?
- Search For A Way Out (Arab News, editorial, Arab news, Apr 15, 2006)
Cui Tiankai may only be China’s assistant foreign minister but his arrival yesterday in Tehran is a welcome sign that Beijing is now prepared to join with Moscow to play a role in the crisis over Iran’s uranium-enrichment program.
- Lanka Burns, Tigers Want Talks Put Off (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
The Tamil Tiger rebels on Thursday requested the Norwegian facilitator to postpone the second round of direct talks with the Sri Lankan government in Geneva and set a new date after April 22 to enable its Eastern commanders to have discussions with . . .
- Missing Pak Scribe With Us, Says Family (Telegraph, IMTIAZ GUL, Apr 14, 2006)
As the Pakistani army launched a new anti-terror operation in the tribal region of North Waziristan, the family of a local journalist Hayatullah Khan, who disappeared last December, fear that he has been handed over to the US.
- Chinese Puzzle (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 14, 2006)
The State is a land of people with unstinted flight of imagination.
- Gyanendra’S Time Is Up (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Apr 14, 2006)
That he has managed to get Marxist leader Sitaram Yechury, former National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra and US President George W. Bush on the same side of the debate on Nepal reveals all you need to know about King Gyanendra’s ham-handed power . . .
- Naxal Menace: Manmohan For Coordination (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Apr 14, 2006)
Calls for improved use of intelligence on weapons, membership, locations and links
Naxal movement may have lost its intellectual attraction but it has spread to over 160 districts
Naxalites are trying to establish `liberation zones' where they . . .
- Needed Correction (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 14, 2006)
No need for alarm
The savage but much-needed correction in the stock market on Wednesday and Thursday, after the increased margin requirements took effect on Tuesday, was only to be expected.
- Bridge Between Asia And Europe (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 14, 2006)
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev outlines the ways for his country to reach higher levels of attainable development
- Briefs (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
Pakistan deploys troops in Karachi
- Unsc To Decide After Iaea Reports On Iran (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
Members of the UNSC could not agree on their response to Iran's announcement of uranium enrichment and have agreed to consider the issue only after IAEA report on Tehran's compliance to the demand that it stop all nuclear programmes.
- Chase Your Passion, Not Pension' (Business Line, D. Murali , Apr 14, 2006)
Last week, a big bank remained closed, because its employees struck work to press for pension hike. The showdown happened on Sunday, with the Government yielding to the demands. And the protest was called off.
- The Line Is Busy (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Apr 14, 2006)
Even as the telecom market grows exponentially (40 per cent last year), the regulation of this vital industry is coming up short. For many months now, mobile phone service providers have been demanding more spectrum allocation—for free, to be . . .
- Vvip Flights (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 14, 2006)
Cause turbulence everywhere
- Infosys Q4 Profit Rises 21 Pct, Below Forecasts (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
Infosys Technologies Ltd. posted a lower-than-expected 20.6 percent rise in quarterly profit on Friday as overseas clients shipped back more work but rising wages and a stronger rupee squeezed margins.
- Sri Lanka Back From Brink But Cautious On Peace (Reuters, Peter Apps, Apr 14, 2006)
Sri Lanka took a step back from the brink of civil war on Friday after Tamil Tiger rebels agreed to go to talks in Geneva, but with a new date yet to be agreed many remain cautious about hopes for a lasting peace.
- Baisakhi- Birth Of Khalsa (Daily Excelsior, Mohan Singh Kala, Apr 14, 2006)
On the festival of Baisakhi people from all walks of life meet in festive mood on the 1st day of Baisakhi Associated with the harvest of Rabi Crop., Baisakhi is celebrated with fun and frolic in Northern India particularly in Punjab.
- Importance Of Sac Set To Grow: Tyagi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
He says if IAF gets aerospace command, SAC will be in charge of it
Says proximity to trade and oil routes makes SAC important
IAF wants to build Thanchavur into a key base
2005-06 statistically the safest year for IAF
- Elbaradei For Political Solution (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Apr 14, 2006)
IAEA chief optimistic about his visit
- Pm Says Maoist Rebellion Gravest Threat (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Apr 14, 2006)
A war being waged by Maoist rebels represents the gravest threat to India's internal security since independence, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday.
- Pm Threat No. 1 Tag On Maoists (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 14, 2006)
Spring Thunder has struck Delhi, a day after its disruptive potential was acknowledged in Calcutta and 39 years after the clarion call rose in Naxalbari in Bengal.
- Pak Forces Kill Al-Qaeda Terrorist (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
Pakistani forces have killed an Egyptian Al-Qaeda terrorist wanted by the US over the 1998 American Embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya, a Cabinet minister said on Thursday.
- Nuclear Assertion (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 14, 2006)
Iran not helping diplomacy to succeed
- Cops, Lawyers Fight It Out In Nepal Streets (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas on lawyers protesting against Nepal ruler Gyanendra's rule on Thursday, wounding three of them, as demonstrations and an opposition general strike continued for the eighth day.
- Taking Another Swipe At The Left (Telegraph, Bhaskar Chatterjee, Apr 14, 2006)
When a person purchases a book priced at no less than Rs 500, he expects it to broaden his mind and enrich his analytical faculty.
- Justice In Three Weeks! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 14, 2006)
Rajasthan court has shown the way
- Get The Real Picture (Telegraph, Kaushik Roy, Apr 14, 2006)
On 1 October 1949, a fifty-six-year-old fat, balding peasant named Mao Zedong proclaimed the foundation of the People’s Republic of China from a building in the forbidden city. Mao not only became the ruler of the world’s most populous . . .
- Need For Restraint (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 14, 2006)
IT IS not surprising that the world has reacted so strongly and negatively to the Iranian president’s announcement of his country’s successful move to enrich uranium for nuclear fuel. Coming less than a fortnight after the UN Security . . .
- Politicising A Tragedy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 14, 2006)
Vandalism and acts of arson were not the only unfortunate occurrences in the wake of Tuesday’s bomb blast in Karachi’s Nishtar park;
- India Willing To Settle Kashmir Along Loc’ (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 14, 2006)
A French academic has said that India is willing to accept the Line of Control, as it stands today, as the permanent dividing line between the two Kashmirs. He also believes that a pragmatic compromise around a soft border is possible.
- Non-Proliferation To Nuclear Anarchy (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 14, 2006)
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has announced to the world that his country has joined the club of nuclear states after successfully enriching uranium for the first time.
- George, Grounded (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 14, 2006)
A Nitish Kumar victory in November has seen a George Fernandes exit in April. With Sharad Yadav running away with the presidentship of the Janata Dal (United), George Fernandes — the man who took on prime ministers and may well have imagined . . .
- Afghan Bazaar Sells Us Army Secrets (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
A shopkeeper outside the US-led coalition headquarters in Afghanistan was selling computer memory drives on Wednesday containing seemingly sensitive military data stolen from inside the base — including the Social Security numbers of four . . .
- What Moves The Media (Deccan Herald, Minu Jain, Apr 14, 2006)
While fashion shows are played up, issues concerning the socially underprivileged are ignored in much of the media
- War Clouds (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 14, 2006)
India needs to keep a watch on the situation in Lanka
- Maintaining Strategic Ambiguity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 14, 2006)
While nuclear experts appear to agree that Iran has achieved an important technological breakthrough by enriching uranium to the 3.5 per cent level, strategic thinkers have not reached a consensus on the significance of this development.
- Big India’S Special Link With Small Cyprus (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Apr 14, 2006)
The President of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos, is on a five-day visit to India. Cyprus has historic links with India, and can gain from greater co-operation with it
- 'Musharraf Govt Scared To Hold Elections' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 14, 2006)
A leader of exiled former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto's party said President Pervez Musharraf's military regime is not holding elections, fearing an adverse verdict, and is removing opposition leaders through politically motivated charges.
- Heard The One About The President? (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
The misdirected email or text message is a hazard of our age. It can sour relationships and upset the closest of our friends.
- Pakistan Unlikely To Back New Kashmir Insurgency: Study (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 13, 2006)
If the political process between India and Pakistan now underway fails, the revival of the Pakistan-supported armed insurgency in Kashmir is not an option that President General Pervez Musharraf would favour, according to a new study.
- Foreign Militants Killed In Waziristan Raid (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Pakistani gunship helicopters destroyed a suspected militant compound in a restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan late on Wednesday, killing a number of foreign insurgents, the military said.
- Six Insurgents Killed In Afghanistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Coalition and Afghan forces, backed by military aircraft, killed six insurgents on Wednesday in northeastern Afghanistan, the US military said. The operation took place in the Pech River Valley in the northeastern Kunar province, the military said . . .
- Afghanistan Facing Disaster: Report (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Apr 13, 2006)
The insurgency in Afghanistan is growing and is threatening to further destabilize a country already suffering from the consequences of decades of war and internal strife, warns a US think-tank.
- Bare Breasts And Bare-Faced Politics (Asia Times, Sudha Ramachandran, Apr 13, 2006)
India's morality stormtroopers were steamed up last week in response to two incidents of "wardrobe malfunction" at the Lakme India Fashion Week in Mumbai.
- How Will The Ban Help? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 13, 2006)
The government has begun to betray its sense of desperation and helplessness in the strategy it has adopted vis-‘-vis the insurgency in Balochistan.
- Pak To Keep N-Deterrent (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Pakistan, worried about a nuclear cooperation deal between rival India and the US, today said it will maintain a credible nuclear deterrent for its security.
- "Bad" Al-Qaeda Terrorists Will Continue To Be In Prison: John (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
About three dozen "bad" al-Qaeda terrorists held in secret CIA prisons are likely to remain in captivity as long as the "war on terror continues", US Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte has said.
- Dialogue In The North (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 13, 2006)
Leading jui(f) figure Maulana Abdul Rehman was right in asserting that it was 'high time' the government and the Waziristan tribesmen resolved the ongoing crisis 'through peaceful and political means'.
- Belated Explanation By Paf (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 13, 2006)
The controversy over decision of the Pakistan Air Force about growing beards by the serving personnel keeps on re-surfacing with regular interval but the PR department of the force has not thought it appropriate to clarify the situation.
- The Lion In Winter (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 13, 2006)
Mr George Fernandes' defeat in the Janata Dal (United)'s presidential election, is a sad event in the life of a person who has done much to change the character of politics in the country.
- Jessica Lall's Killing Haunts Movers And Shakers (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Apr 13, 2006)
A seven-year-old murder trial has returned to haunt prominent members of the capital's elite, with an influential politician's son, a leading socialite, a budding actor and senior police officers under the spotlight.
- Robot Act: Radioactive Leak In Japan's N-Plant (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Water containing radioactive material has leaked at an experimental nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in northern Japan, but no radioactivity was released into the atmosphere, the operator announced on Wednesday.
- Iran Intends Big Scale N-Fuel Enrichment (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Iran intends to move toward large-scale uranium enrichment involving 54,000 centrifuges, the country's Deputy Nuclear Chief said on Wednesday, signaling its resolve to expand a programme the international community has insisted it halt.
- Govt To Review Decision To Raise Dam Height (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Yielding to demands made by Narmada Bachao Andolan activist Medha Patkar, the Centre on Wednesday decided to review its decision to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam.
- States Prod Centre On Maoist Menace (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Apr 13, 2006)
With the Maoist menace assuming alarming proportions, affected States are clamoring for urgent central assistance to deal with the reign of terror let loose by these ultra elements.
- Pakistan’S New Campaign Against India (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Apr 13, 2006)
Having got used to excessive pampering at the hands of the US it is perhaps not at all surprising that a sense of disappointment and even frustration seems to have struck Pakistan, following the ‘successful’ India visit of President George Walker Bush.
- A Kingsize Mess (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 13, 2006)
The deepening strife in Nepal is spiralling out of the control of King Gyanendra — or, for that matter, anyone else.
- End Of The Georgian Calendar? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 13, 2006)
Writing political obituaries in India is always a hazardous task, considering the incredible resilience of our politicians.
- Saddam Trial Adjourns Until Monday (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
The trial of Saddam Hussein adjourned after only five minutes Wednesday after handwriting experts who were supposed to testify failed to appear in court.
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