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Articles 4021 through 4120 of 20008:
- Israeli Commandos Snatch Hizbollah Members In Raid (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Israeli commandos snatched at least three Hizbollah members from a stronghold deep inside Lebanon on Wednesday, in a raid Lebanese security sources said killed at least seven civilians.
- Bend In The Cauvery (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 02, 2006)
The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal has muddied the waters of the Cauvery, one of the seven sacred rivers of India which is known as the ‘Dakshina Ganga’, by adopting dilatory tactics to put off giving its final verdict. Established in 1990 on . . .
- Karachi Caves In Under Rains (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 02, 2006)
At least eight persons were killed and scores others were injured as incessant rains on Sunday paralysed Karachi with choked drainage and sewerage system.
- Hospitals In Lebanon Ill-Prepared For Long War (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Aug 02, 2006)
Supplies of saline water and glucose are beginning to run out "The last thing I remember was that an explosion had hurled me high in the air after which I fell heavily to the ground"
- Venice Of The East? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 02, 2006)
Some politicians and 'leaders' in the past -- obviously quite mistakenly -- have tried to compare Karachi with Venice.
- Pak Rejects Indian Allegation Over Safta (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Pakistan Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan Tuesday rejected the Indian allegation that Pakistan was not implementing SAFTA in letter and spirit.
- Bush Fundamentalism Is Courting Disaster (Hindu, Karen Armstrong, Aug 02, 2006)
Affinity with the Christian Right has led to banning stem cell research and turning a blind eye to civilian deaths in Lebanon.
- Truth That Liberates (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The Upanishads that contain eternal truths and revelations throw light on the gaps present in mankind's inquiry about the mysteries of the universe and creation.
- Grim Situation (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 02, 2006)
Karnataka must evacuate people from low-lying areas.
- Skewed Approach (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Aug 02, 2006)
The Planning Commission's blueprint for the Eleventh Plan reflects the reformer's mindset.
- Karnataka's Mining Scandal (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Aug 02, 2006)
Charges of corruption against the Chief Minister forces the government to order an inquiry into the irregularities in iron ore mining.
- Hp: Trade Unionists' Murder (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Aug 02, 2006)
Three trade union activists, employees of a sub-contractor for the Chamera Hydroelectric Project III, are murdered.
- Ksrtc Launches Two Luxury Bus Services (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Meghdoot and Mayura sleeper coach introduced
- Intelligence And Effort (Telegraph, André Béteille, Aug 02, 2006)
The government’s recent move to expand numerical quotas in the Central universities and institutions for teaching and research in engineering, management and medicine in favour of the other backward classes has led to much acrimony and some . . .
- Work On Kalasa Banduri To Begin In October (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The State government will launch work on the Kalasa Banduri irrigation project in October this year, Water Resources Minister K S Eshwarappa announced on Tuesday....
- U.P. Cabinet Nod For Taking Metro Rail To Ghaziabad (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Two stoppages in Ghaziabad -- one at Kaushambi and the other at Vaishali
- Six Children Dead As Bus Plunges Into Sonepat Canal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
22 children have been miraculously rescued by villagers, police and Army divers; two of the rescued admitted to hospital
- India Seeks Access To Chittagong Port (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Ahamed makes plea during meeting with Khaleda Zia
- 24 Soldiers Killed In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 02, 2006)
At least 24 personnel of the Sri Lanka Army and Navy were killed late on Monday night and Tuesday in presumed LTTE reprisal attacks involving the blast of an army bus and the main naval base in Trincomalee.
- Did Wild Birds Bring Avian Flu To India? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Aug 02, 2006)
A "smoking gun" that could convincingly pin the blame on wild birds is lacking. Even at the global level, unravelling the role of wild birds in the spread of H5N1 is not proving easy.
- Of Old Strengths In A New Era (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Aug 02, 2006)
Interview with John Bellamy Foster, editor of Monthly Review.
- Militias Mar Lebanon’S Democracy (Indian Express, Shylashri Shankar, Aug 02, 2006)
The war between Israel and Lebanon raises an important question about democracy in the Middle East.
- Power Struggles Stem Our Growth Impetus (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Aug 02, 2006)
Even as global uncertainty is curbing India’s business confidence, policy signals are amiss
- Eventful Quarter (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 02, 2006)
The corporate sector prospects depend on how the Government manages the twin objectives of fiscal prudence and ending oil sector distortions.
- Kolkata Gets Bangalored (Business Standard, Subir Roy, Aug 02, 2006)
Residents of Kolkata beware! The city they so treasure and which has undergone a rejuvenation in recent years shows early signs of being afflicted by the Bangalore disease.
- The New Face Of India`s Public Sector (Business Standard, A K Bhattacharya, Aug 02, 2006)
Indian Oil Corporation is now planning to enter the retail sector.
- Waiting For Iran (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 02, 2006)
The endgame in the Iranian nuclear imbroglio may have begun, going by the UNSC resolution passed last Monday, giving Tehran a month to suspend its uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities.
- Indian Imprint On Armenia (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The remote village of Odzun reveals an Indian connection.
- Carnage In Qana (Tribune, Robert Fisk, Aug 02, 2006)
They wrote the names of the dead children on their plastic shrouds. “Mehdi Hashem, aged seven - Qana,” was written in felt pen on the bag in which the little boy’s body lay.
- Annan Criticises Weak Unsc Statement On Qana (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has criticized a Security Council statement, which failed to condemn Israel over the killing of more than 50 Lebanese civilians in an Israeli raid.
- Ltte, Navy Clash Again (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Tamil Tiger rebels attacked a government troop ship and killed fourteen sailors today, a pro-rebel website said, as Sri Lanka’s military pounded rebel positions in an attempt to seize control of a key reservoir from the guerrillas and restore water . . .
- 2 Nato Soldiers Killed In Afghan (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Two British Nato soldiers were killed and another was presumed dead after an ambush in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, a day after the alliance assumed command from the US-led coalition.
- Israel's Terror (Frontline, AIJAZ AHMAD, Aug 02, 2006)
The U.S.-Israel axis goes all out to remove the last impediments to building a "New Middle East".
- Summer Of Shelling (Frontline, Atul Aneja , Aug 02, 2006)
From the war zone in Lebanon, an account of the distress and the relief effort.
- Lebanese Quagmire (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The way Israel positions itself in the world political order is not a prescription for peace in the region.
- In 'Liberated' Iraq (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 02, 2006)
The country is sliding into a civil war, but this reality is overlooked by the U.S. despite heavy casualties in sectarian violence.
- Un Resolution On Iran (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 02, 2006)
The timing couldn’t have been worse.
- Lessons Of A Failed Intervention (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 02, 2006)
On a midsummer’s day 50 years ago, the new president of Egypt was scheduled to make a speech in Alexandria.
- Greek, Latin Or Turk (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 02, 2006)
Xenophobia has no place in today’s world
- Rain Havoc In Karachi (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 01, 2006)
Complete collapse was inevitable in a city where the infrastructure barely copes even at the best of times.
- Tightened Monetary Policy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 01, 2006)
WHILE reiterating its dual responsibility to ensure price stability and promote economic growth, the State Bank of Pakistan has further tightened its monetary stance, initiated in early 2005, to contain inflationary pressures.
- Bureaucratic Capture Of Market Regulation (Business Standard, M GOVINDA RAO, Aug 01, 2006)
A great thing about Indian bureaucrats is that they take any challenge as an opportunity.
- Picture Of Indifference And Neglect (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 01, 2006)
I am in Tamenglong, up in the hills in Manipur. An idyllic setting.
- Heavy Rains Paralyse Karachi, 8 Killed (Pakistan Observer, Amanullah Khan, Aug 01, 2006)
Karachi received heavy rains during last 24 hours disrupting the entire civic life, besides killing 8 people in rain related accidents.
- Tigers Trash Truce, 50 Killed In Clashes (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
A senior rebel leader declared Sri Lanka’s ceasefire “null and void” today as soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels traded artillery shells and gunfire and the air force struck insurgent positions, killing at least 50 fighters, the army said.
- Nature Of Economic Change (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Aug 01, 2006)
Economic change is for the most part a deliberate process shaped by the perceptions of the actors .
- The ‘Dying City’ Vis-A-Vis The ‘National Capital’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 01, 2006)
Sir, ~ I have just shifted to Delhi after living in Kolkata for the last forty years and I would like to make a comparative study of the so-called “Dying city of Calcutta” and our “National Capital ~ Delhi”.
- Force-Feeding Mallika To Gujarat Won't Do (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Aug 01, 2006)
The Centre and the Gujarat Government are headed for a major confrontation on the Planning Commission's controversial decision to allot a Rs 10 crore pilot project to noted dancer Mallika Sarabhai for making a series of Gujarat-centric documentaries . . .
- Narmada Rehabilitation: Osg Report And After (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Aug 01, 2006)
The Oversight Group's Report gives the impression that the status of rehabilitation work in the Narmada Valley is reasonably satisfactory. The facts are otherwise. The report needs to be summarily rejected.
- Bend In The Cauvery (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 01, 2006)
The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal has muddied the waters of the Cauvery, one of the seven sacred rivers of India which is known as the ‘Dakshina Ganga’, by adopting dilatory tactics to put off giving its final verdict.
- My Driver's Son (Times of India, Anand Kurian, Aug 01, 2006)
My driver's eldest son is eight years old. That sentence doesn't tell the full story. It is true that he is eight years old and that he is the eldest of the three children in the house but he is not quite my driver's son.
- Heading For Un-Isation Of The Wto? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 01, 2006)
Members need to focus on trade liberalisation, re-haul decision making and moderate expectations.
- Déjà Vu (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 01, 2006)
The finance minister has taken a firm stand on outsourcing of non-core banking activities in the face of Friday’s bank unions’ strike and the Left’s walkout in Lok Sabha.
- Prudence Over Pep (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Aug 01, 2006)
Caution over exuberance seems to be the hallmark of the first quarter review of the Monetary Policy.
- Our World And Theirs (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Aug 01, 2006)
We can’t live without them, we can’t live with them.
- North Korea’S Missile Men (Tribune, Barbara Demick, Aug 01, 2006)
When North Korea first test-launched a missile capable of reaching Japan, the son of the country’s leader lavished praise and gifts on the researchers who had labored away on the project behind locked doors.
- Bjp To Take Up Bofors Issue Again (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Armed with former Union Minister and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s close aide Arun Singh’s remarks, the BJP today said the Bofors issue had become “alive” once again and the party would take up the issue during the current Monsoon Session . . .
- Model Crorepati (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 01, 2006)
N R Narayana Murthy is a mentor in more ways than one. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Infosys Technologies, he announced the disbursement of Rs 126 crore to 55,000 employees, cementing his credentials as a wealth sharer.
- A Multi-Dimensional Monetary Policy (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Aug 01, 2006)
The Monetary Policy is not one-dimensional but is seen more as a vehicle that enhances various segments of the financial market, improves credit delivery, nurtures credit culture and enhances the quality of financial services.
- India-Us Nuclear Deal — Good Intentions, Bad Bargain (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 01, 2006)
In their anxiety to secure the country's energy security, India's leaders seem to have convinced themselves that the nuclear deal is in the best interest of the country. Yet, the impression is unavoidable that the Government has been taking too many . . .
- Recipe For Renewal (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 01, 2006)
Some senior Congress leaders have privately urged Ms. Sonia Gandhi to 'review the Congress ideology and policy'.
- The Creation Retold (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 01, 2006)
Charles Darwin is perhaps the world’s best known scientist. Every schoolboy knows him as the originator of the theory of evolution.
- Senior Sri Lanka Rebel Says War Back On, 28 Dead (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Aug 01, 2006)
Eighteen soldiers were killed on Monday night when a fragmentation mine blew up their army bus in restive east Sri Lanka, hours after a top Tamil Tiger accused the government of restarting the country's two-decade civil war.
- Sri Lankan Army Faces Fierce Resistance (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 01, 2006)
The bloodiest battle between LTTE and the army since the signing of the ceasefire agreement
- Crusade Against Corruption Finds Recognition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Kejriwal awarded for activating India's Right to Information movement at grassroots Mr. Kejriwal was cited by the Magsaysay Foundation for "activating India's Right to Information movement at the grassroots, empowering poorest citizens to fight . . .
- Tree Of Life (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 01, 2006)
Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
Rabindranath Tagore
- Stanley Medical College Doctors To Train Peers In Biomedical Waste . . . (Hindu, R. Sujatha, Aug 01, 2006)
The Dean will be the head for all government medical colleges
- A Multi-Dimensional Monetary Policy (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Aug 01, 2006)
The Monetary Policy is not one-dimensional but is seen more as a vehicle that enhances various segments of the financial market, improves credit delivery, nurtures credit culture and enhances the quality of financial services.
- Qana Massacre And The Security Council (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 01, 2006)
The primary role of any Chapter VII resolution or expanded U.N. peacekeeping force must be to protect Lebanon from Israeli aggression.
- Rain Mayhem (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
Dozens killed and the country's largest two cities paralysed -- and more mayhem to follow.
- Boon Or Bane? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 01, 2006)
Thirty-five years after it was first conceived and many setbacks and controversies later, the Tehri hydroelectric plant in Uttaranchal has finally been commissioned.
- Kisan Sabha Seeks Setting Up Of Upper Kuttanad Development . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Demands urgent steps to save agriculture
- Tirupur Municipality To Open Special Counters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The Tirupur Municipality will open special counters from Wednesday to receive applications and fee for regulation of unapproved layouts.
- Plan To Plant 15.94 Lakh Saplings Under Social Forest Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Services of different Government departments to be utilised for the purpose
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan to take up responsibility of planting three lakh saplings at various schools
Efforts being made to involve village samakhyas
- A Crusade In Meghalaya To Save ‘Treasure Troves’ (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Aug 01, 2006)
The Supreme Court recently admitted a public interest litigation (PIL), which sought restrictions on the rampant coal mining and limestone-quarrying in Meghalaya to save the state’s natural caves. The PIL was lodged by the Meghalaya Adventurers’ . . .
- The End Of The Road In Lebanon (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
Garbage. Garbage piled on garbage.
- Farm Labourer Gives Birth To Quadruplets (Hindu, Rajesh Nair, Aug 01, 2006)
"Survival of babies depends on post-natal care" "Except breathing problem that she reported three days before the delivery,everything was normal"
- Court Reserves Ruling On Filing Charge Sheet Against Mayawati (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Arguments over in Rs.175-crore Taj Heritage project scam case
CVC's report prejudicial to Mayawati: counsel
It cannot interfere with CBI probe
No closure report filed, says Solicitor-General
Bench seeks status report on assets case
- A Night Of Death And Terror In Lebanon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The dead lay in strange shapes. Several had open mouths filled with dirt. Faces were puffy. A man’s arm was extended straight out from his body, his fingers spread.
- Flotsam Of The Indian Navy (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Jul 31, 2006)
Navy war room leaks signify certain grave institutional weaknesses that crept into the system after the triumph in the 1971 war; these have to be corrected urgently ------
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