|
|
|
|
|
|
Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- Malaysia Wages War On Cyber Predators (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Malaysia has “declared a war” on “cyber predators” who target children via chat rooms on the web, promising stricter laws and vigilance to tackle them.
- Special Article (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, Oct 24, 2007)
It has been reported in the press that two policemen, responsible for brutally thrashing a petty criminal in Bhagalpur and then tying his leg to a motorcycle and dragging him down the road have been departmentally punished.
- Disturbing Statements (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Oct 24, 2007)
This is about two statements that India heard on the same day. They must have disturbed many Indians who value the country’s democracy, despite its various flaws.
- Growth Through Social Justice (Frontline, John M. Alexander , Oct 24, 2007)
Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man you may have seen, and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him.
- Mystique Of Moscow (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
THE structure of a megalopolis is clear, simple and immediately recognisable: airports, railway stations, public transport, supermarkets, cinemas, theatres and nightclubs.
- Cities In Economic Globalisation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 24, 2007)
AS recently as the 1970s, many of our great cities were in physical decay and losing people, businesses and their share of the national wealth.
- Janata Dal(s) President H.D. Deve Gowda On The Karnataka Crisis (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Oct 24, 2007)
A CENTRAL figure in the ongoing political change in Karnataka is former Prime Minister and national president of the Janata Dal (Secular) H.D. Deve Gowda, the hardy perennial of regional politics in India.
- Contract Killing (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Oct 24, 2007)
THE killing of 17 Iraqis at Baghdad’s Nissour Square by contractors (read mercenaries) of the United States military firm Blackwater on September 17, once again highlights the controversial role played by the hired guns of the occupation forces.
- ‘Liberate Him From Misinterpretations’ (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Bhagat Singh, who created a stir through his revolutionary ideas and courageous actions, stands alone in the galaxy of martyrs for his maturity as a thinker who had an alternative framework of governance for independent India.
- Denial As Strategy (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 24, 2007)
AS the undeclared one-and-a-half-year-old war in the east and the north rages on, Sri Lanka is faced with a paradoxical situation. By all accounts, the Mahinda Rajapaksa government has cornered the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam . . . .
- Benazir, Pml In War Of Words (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 23, 2007)
Pakistan People’s Party leader Benazir Bhutto and the ruling faction of the Pakistan Muslim League have declared open war on each other over the attack on her, testing President Pervez Musharraf’s recently reached fragile understanding with . . . .
- “We Would Like To See The Transition To A Democratic Government” (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 23, 2007)
Thant Myint-U, 41, grandson of the former United Nations Secretary-General U. Thant, was in New Delhi this week, having recently completed The River of Lost Footsteps, an account of the rise and fall of Burma from a histo rian’s perspective.
- Towards Fair Farm Prices (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
The government’s recent announcements on agricultural prices are significant in that they attempt to balance the interests of the producers and the consumers.
- Unjustified Status Quo (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 23, 2007)
The draft package approved by President Pervez Musharraf for the Northern Areas does not seem to address the basic issue — giving the region’s people fundamental rights and a constitutional identity.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 23, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party has crossed the limits of civilised discourse. No one denies that Dr Manmohan Singh’s position as a titular Prime Minister has now declined to that of a weakling in the wake of a virtual capitulation to the Left on the . . . .
- Rti Bill Antithesis Of Central Act (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
If the idea behind the Central Right to Information Act, 2005, is to let the public have access to every possible information, then intention behind the J&K’s version of the Act, Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2007 . . . . . .
- Government Rejects Bhutto's Demand For Foreign Probe (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
A senior Government official on Monday rejected a call from Benazir Bhutto for foreign experts to help investigate the suicide attack on her homecoming procession.
- Pak Begins Work On Caretaker Govt (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
A 12-me-mber caretaker cabinet will be installed in Pakistan on November 16 to hold parliamentary elections in January 2008.
- Behind The Tragedy In Africa (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 23, 2007)
Genius and malign idiocy often inhabit the psychology of a great man. Dr James Watson is one such individual. One of the outstanding scientists in history, his contribution to the discovery of the structure of DNA won him the Nobel Prize and . . . .
- Myanmar Allows Un Rights Expert's Visit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Myanmar's military junta has agreed to the visit of an independent human rights expert from UN to look into recent pro-democracy protests and action taken by the government against the demonstrators.
- On The Brink Of All Out War (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
The government claims that at least 280 rebels have been killed since September and more than 20 soldiers have been killed in various battles over the same period.
- Us Schools Hit By Sex Crimes (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The young teacher hung his head, avoiding eye contact. Yes, he had touched a fifth-grader’s breast during recess. “I guess it was just lust of the flesh,” he told his boss.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 22, 2007)
It might be another case of too little too late, yet the Iraqi government’s move to bring the “contractors” ~ private mini-armies engaged by the Americans to provide security to their personnel ~ within the purview of its legal system will have . . . .
- Cbi Sleuths Revisit Rly Tracks, Grp In The Dark (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today visited the spot in Patipukur again where Rizwanur Rehman’s body was found. But this time, GRP officials had not been put in the loop.
- ‘Nepal Maoists May Rejoin Govt Soon’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Home minister Mr Krishna Prasad Sitaula has claimed that the Maoists would rejoin the government after the Dashain, the biggest festival celebrated by people of Nepal.
- Look Northeast Policy (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Oct 22, 2007)
Amidst the Incredible India@60 blitzkrieg in New York was an event that didn’t attract the attention it should have.
- Bhutto Wants Foreign Help In Probe (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Sunday asked the government to seek foreign help in probing Friday’s bomb blasts, which killed nearly 140 people.
- A Resolution Too Far (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 22, 2007)
The Turks are a proud, prickly people, easily offended by criticism. That much is clear from the row over a resolution, passed by a committee of the United States House of Representatives on October 10th, calling the slaughter of Armenians . . .
- Rahman Case: Cbi Continues Probe (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Investigations by a Central Bureau of Investigation team into the death of Rizwanur Rahman, a computer graphics teacher whose body was found lying by the side of the railway tracks near the city on September 21, entered its second day here on Sunday.
- Into This Side Of Eden (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The Grand Nirvana Lake Resort situated on National Highway 47 is 16 km. from Alleppey and 65 km.
- A Veggie Around Vegas (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Oct 22, 2007)
THE US is one country where the grass eaters like me have enough to eat to maintain the pressure of wind in stomach and the prestige of self-righteousness.
- A Reminder To Americans (Pioneer, Anil Bhat, Oct 22, 2007)
I never thought I would lose my country, and I never dreamed it would lose me."
- No Abating Of Terrorism (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 22, 2007)
The gruesome attack on the convoy of Ms Benazir Bhutto at Karachi makes one wonder why terrorism is showing no signs of abating and, on the contrary, is able to perpetrate such horrors at will and at the time and places of its choosing.
- Inflation: Lessons From China (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 22, 2007)
Some sections of the US media have been concerned about inflation in China.
- A Different View (New Indian Express, GEETA DOCTOR, Oct 22, 2007)
In the way of back-handed compliments Ashvin Mehta used to be described as the “Indian Ansel Adams” when he produced the images of the Himalayas, the coastline and ocean fronts of the Indian sub-continent and other carefully compiled portfolios.
- Investigation Into Rizwanur Case Going Well - Cbi (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The investigation into the mysterious death of Muslim computer graphics designer Rizwanur Rahman is progressing well, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said.
- Can Benazir Bring Democracy To Pak? (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 22, 2007)
Terrorists, through their latest attacks, have justified Benazir Bhutto’s much-maligned deal with President General Pervez Musharraf. She used to say that she wanted to return to Pakistan because terrorism was finishing all chances of the . . . .
- Under Siege (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 22, 2007)
Afghanistan, Iraq and now Pakistan — all three countries are up in flames. The Al Qaeda that the US forces went in to combat has strengthened roots, or as in the case of Iraq, entered that hapless country for the first time.
- Item Number (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Oct 22, 2007)
Trust a Calcuttan to come up with the perfect political metaphor. We were chatting about the political mood of Muslims over tea and savouries on Id, and the conversation turned inevitably to the fate of Rizwan ur Rehman, the young man whose . . . . .
- America's Dark Underbelly (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2007)
It's up to us to wake up our somnambulant Congress to challenge administration policy every day. Let the war's last supporters filibuster all night if they want to. There is nothing left to lose except whatever remains of our country's good name.
- Pm Reminds Partners: You Too Okayed N-Deal (Indian Express, Seema Chisti, Oct 19, 2007)
Conceding that the Indo-US nuclear deal was “something that didn’t work out the way you wanted it to” and that it did have an “effect” on his government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today reminded his UPA partners that “they were part and . . . .
- Azad Urges Media To Highlight Development (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad here today sought media’s cooperation in reaching out to people across the country and lamented that news about the negative aspects of society overshadowed developmental issues.
- Benazir Ready For Return (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said she would return to Pakistan tomorrow to end eight years of self-exile and lead her party into national elections despite threats of al Qaida inspired suicide attacks.
- Constitutionalism And Judicial Governance (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, Oct 18, 2007)
The judiciary’s effort to infuse accountability in the functioning of government institutions and the growth and development of human rights jurisprudence have demonstrated the importance of judicial governance.
- Bhutto To Return Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Former premier Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday vowed to return home on Thursday after eight years of self-imposed exile.
- Licensed To Kill (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2007)
HORRIFYING incidents like the Khalra murder and the Connaught Place shooting expose the real face of the Indian police and show how ugly it is.
- After 8 Years, Bhutto To Return Home Today (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto said she would return to Pakistan on Thursday to end eight years of self-exile and lead her party into national elections despite threats of Al-Qaida inspired suicide attacks.
- 'Asean Will Never Suspend Myanmar' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
ASEAN will urge Myanmar's military junta to end its bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters but it will "never" suspend the country from the regional grouping, Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Alabar has said.
- On Guard In Kashmir (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Oct 18, 2007)
Much has been written and said about demilitarisation in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Hrw Seeks China's Intervention In Myanmar (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Noting that China is one of Myanmar's largest investor, a United States human rights watchdog has urged Beijing to use its influence to help end "state repression" in Myanmar.
- On Way Home, Benazir Sings 'No Deal' Tune (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Claiming that she has not struck any deal with Pakistan's military regime, former premier Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday vowed to return home on Thursday after eight years in self-imposed exile to bring democracy and human rights to the . . . . .
- Killer Cops (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The gunning down in 1997 of two innocent businessmen in Delhi in broad daylight in the mistaken belief that they were gangsters was an outrageous case of police high-handedness and atrocity.
- Let Men Do Their Bit (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Oct 18, 2007)
For 30 years, vasectomy has been a political taboo, and the entire burden of family planning has been on women. But modern vasectomy techniques are a success in the West. India needs to try them
- 1 Million Will Greet Bhutto In Karachi Today (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Oct 18, 2007)
Over a million people will welcome former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto when she returns to her homeland on Thursday morning, ending eight years in exile, her party said.
- No Deal, Says Bhutto (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Claiming that she has not struck any deal with Pakistan’s military regime, former Premier Ms Benazir Bhutto today vowed to return home tomorrow after eight years in self-imposed exile to bring democracy and human rights to the “represse . . . .
- ‘I Will Rid Pakistan Of Extremism, Dictatorship’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Former premier Benazir Bhutto pledged on Wednesday that she would return to Pakistan to rid it of extremism and dictatorship by bringing in democracy. Ms Bhutto is due to arrive in Karachi today at around 1:00pm.
- The Fata Lull (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 18, 2007)
CALM has returned to the Mirali sub-district of North Waziristan, at least temporarily.
- Analysing Violence And War (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 18, 2007)
THE questions people ask about violence and war are phrased by their preconceptions. Why are some developing countries prone to violence?
- Law Vs People’S Will (Dawn, I.A. Rehman, Oct 18, 2007)
QUITE a few political crises in Pakistan have been caused by its rulers’ use of legal instruments to defy the demands of propriety in a society that professes to be democratic.
- Country With A View (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 17, 2007)
I was delighted to visit India last week. I greatly enjoyed working with my Indian colleagues in my last job as deputy secretary general at the UN.
- Iraq To Crack Down On Foreign Security Guards (Hindu, Julian Borger , Oct 17, 2007)
Firms will be made liable under Baghdad law: Minister
- Economic Intelligence Vital In Tackling Organised Crime: Ib (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
Organised crime networks like the D-Company of Dawood Ibrahim (designated by the US as global terrorist) have made inroads into the economic framework of the country by entering into diverse activities such as infotainment sector . . . . . .
- Nuclear Power Will Hurt India’S Development (Asian Age, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Oct 17, 2007)
The independence that India gained sixty years ago had a mission beyond liberation from the British.
- Scourge Of Private Security (Asian Age, Inder Malhotra, Oct 17, 2007)
Does anyone remember that after the thunderous cries of "Shock and Awe" at the start of the invasion of Iraq, there followed, at the time of that country’s occupation, the boasts about the "Mission" having been "Nearly Accomplished"?
- Profits Of Doom (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Oct 17, 2007)
AT around noon on Sunday, Sept 16, an Iraqi doctor was on her way to pick up her pathologist husband from a Baghdad hospital. Her 20-year-old son was behind the wheel.
- ‘National Reconciliation’, Really? (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
South Africans, who coined the words ‘Truth and Reconciliation’ to make peace between the enforcers of the apartheid regime and the majority black population so that, in the words of the incomparable Nelson Mandela, ‘we might . . . .
- Fight For Equality (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 17, 2007)
A commemorative stamp released by the United States Postal Service highlights a quiet, defining moment when American public schools shifted toward racial equality.
- A Penological Barbarity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 17, 2007)
Death sentence on death sentence is an inviolable command of a compassionate culture.
- Army Scores Propaganda Points Against Ulfa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
The Army has repelled an ULFA strike in Assam, not in a battle of bullets or bombs, but in a war of propaganda.
A woman, who accused a soldier of molesting her, has now agreed to withdraw the complaint she lodged in the local police station.
- Sri Lanka Clashes May Intensify (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 16, 2007)
The Sri Lankan military on Monday claimed that 137 LTTE cadres had been killed and many more injured in the last two weeks in battles in the north and the east. It said it lost 10 personnel.
- Unbeatable Logic (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 16, 2007)
There are not too many bedroom secrets that India’s married couples can share with the world.
- Reconciliation Without Truth (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 16, 2007)
ONE of the successes of political liberalism is that it can coerce consumers to buy a shiny apple with a worm in its centre and convince them that it is still a delicious treat.
- Eu Meet To Focus On Myanmar, Iran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
European Union foreign ministers meeting on Monday will assess ways to punish the military junta in Myanmar for its crackdown on opposition forces and to sway Tehran from developing nuclear weapons.
- Land-Grabbing Bonanza (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 16, 2007)
LAND-GRABBING around the metropolitan suburbs in developing countries is commonplace.
- Nuclear Deal & A Snap Poll Option (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Oct 16, 2007)
Many commentators are disappointed and bewildered by the government’s failure to risk a snap poll in an effort to save face as well as the N-deal.
- Ec Shifts Top Gujarat Officials (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Taking a serious note of representations followed by its own fact-finding, the Election Commission on Monday ordered the transfer of eight top Gujarat police and civil officers, including director-general of police P.C. Pande.
- Your Slip Is Showing (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Central banks are expected to be like Caesar's wife, completely without blemish. By and large the Reserve Bank of India too fits into that mould.
- Blood On The Tracks (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 16, 2007)
West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Saturday met Rizwanur Rahman's family.
- Deal Of The Week (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The Grand Nirvana Lake Resort situated on National Highway 47 is 16 km. from Alleppey and 65 km. from the Cochin International Airport.
- East With Bits Left Out (Telegraph, Sanjib Baruah, Oct 15, 2007)
Most countries do public diplomacy abroad. In its standard use, the term refers to cultural and educational programmes, radio and television broadcasts, and citizen exchanges to promote foreign policy goals.
Previous 100 Human Rights Articles | Next 100 Human Rights Articles
Home
Page
|
|
