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Articles 4621 through 4720 of 18611:
- Bombs Kill Dozens In Iraq, Leaders Wrangle (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Bombs killed dozens of people in Iraq on Monday, adding to pressure on rival factions in the country's new government to agree on interior and defence ministers who can tackle the relentless violence.
- Pakistan, India Fishermen Face Less Jail Risk (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Anguished Pakistani fishing families were on Monday awaiting the return of their menfolk from jail in India but such scenes could soon become much more rare.
- Aid Trickles Into Quake-Hit Java (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Aid trickled in today for survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people on Indonesia’s Java island, but tens of thousands of homeless still foraged on their own for food and shelter.
- Bush Vows To Win War For Fallen (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
President Bush stood among the graves of nearly 300,000 veterans at Arlington National Cemetery yesterday and said that the United States must continue fighting the war on terror in the name of those who have already given their lives in the cause.
- Bend It At Their Beck And Call (Pioneer, Vivek Gumaste, May 30, 2006)
The tense atmosphere of a communal riot and the political grandstanding that accompanies it preclude an honest, objective assessment of the incident.
- Wincing Over Da Vinci Code (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, May 30, 2006)
Three Vatican-affiliated satra-pies have unilaterally banned the Hollywood blockbuster, The Da Vinci Code, thereby affirming paramount loyalty to Il Papa as opposed to the Indian nation.
- Help Indonesian Brothers (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 30, 2006)
Pakistan has done well in immediately responding to the needs of the earthquake-hit people of Indonesia.
- Government Should Respond To Bugti (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 30, 2006)
Central Information Secretary and spokesman of the Jamhoori Watan Party Amanullah Kanrani has said that Nawab Akbar Bugti is ready for dialogue to sort out differences with the government and restore peace in Balochistan.
- Kargil Pride Turned Into Shame (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 30, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that he came to know of the Kargil operation from his Indian counterpart Atal Behari Vajpayee in May 1999. In an interview with Indian news agency PTI, he squarely blamed Gen Pervez Musharraf for what he . . .
- Sifting Musharraf’S Good Points (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 30, 2006)
The pmln and the pppp got together with sundry other opposition parties in Lahore on Sunday to remember the day Pakistan tested its nuclear device in 1998.
- India’S Insecurity~ii (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, May 30, 2006)
If the state of India’s external security is a cause for serious concern, the country’s internal security situation is equally dismal.
- The Great Leap Backward (Business Line, Jack Nathan, May 30, 2006)
The Cabinet room was crackling with excitement. Small groups huddled together exchanging whispers, as they waited for Mr Dharma Raja, the Prime Minister, to come in.
- Cbi Arrests Businessman (Times of India, M Saleem Pandit, May 30, 2006)
Contrary to reports that 30 people had been put through the identification and interrogation exercise in the Kashmir sex scandal, the CBI told the court on Monday that the identification parade of only 12 persons had been conducted, out of whom . . .
- Doctors' Strike Hits Medical Services In M.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Services remained affected in hospitals affiliated to Madhya Pradesh's medical colleges as the junior doctors' strike in protest against 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in higher education institutions continued unabated.
- Pakistan Rallies Around A.Q. Khan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , May 30, 2006)
Renewed interest in America on nuclear proliferation network
- Family Health Survey Puts Figure At 32 Per Cent (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, May 30, 2006)
Even as the Supreme Court takes a look at the basis of Government's quota contention, a Health Ministry household survey belies the Mandal Commission's claims that OBCs constitute over half of the total population.
- 'Need To Expand Military Cooperation In Naval Exercises' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
India and UK on Monday discussed the entire gamut of maritime security in the backdrop of terrorism, conducting multilateral naval exercises and expanding the scope of military to military co-operation when chief of Royal Navy and first Sea Lord . . .
- Is India Rally Over, Or Pausing? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 30, 2006)
In recent years, as any investor in either India or Intel knows, the tables have turned. Since the end of 2003, Intel investors have lost about 40 percent of their money, while those in India are up around 80 percent....
- Keep Creamy Layer Out Of Quota, Says Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Forced to tread a middle path on the controversial OBC reservation issue, the BJP today said it favoured quota for OBCs in higher educational institutions and wanted that the ‘creamy layer’ be kept out and economically weaker sections of upper . . .
- India Yet To Rise To Potential (Tribune, B G Verghese, May 30, 2006)
India is beginning to attract international notice but has seldom acted in keeping with its potential and power.
- High Court Directs Cbi To Speed Up J&k Sex Scandal Investigation (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , May 30, 2006)
Media restrained from highlighting unverified names and facts
It also directed the CBI to complete the identification of all persons named by the victim by the next hearing.
The next hearing has been fixed for June 2
- Pro-Obc Means Anti-Cong (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , May 30, 2006)
Not many people remember Charan Singh, the man who appointed B.P. Mandal to head a commission in the late ’70s to collect data on the Other Backward Classes (castes), belonged to the Congress Party till the mid-1960s.
- The Pakistan Connection (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, May 30, 2006)
India has to be prepared for attacks on its personnel working on Afghan-Pak border from the Taliban
- Air Raid Kills 50 In Afghanistan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
More than 50 Taliban guerrillas were killed in a US-led air strike on a mosque in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand on Monday.....
- More Seats In Reserve (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, May 30, 2006)
As the days roll on there is no sign of any discussion or debate on the issue of quotas for those who form the bulk of India.
- Six Visits, And The Hint Of A Breakthrough (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, May 30, 2006)
Unlike his predecessor, Manmohan Singh perhaps prefers the slow-and-steady initiative on Kashmir. It seems to be finally showing results, in spite of bureaucratic sloth,
- Once Again, In Indonesia (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 30, 2006)
"All things have second birth; The earthquake is not satisfied at once," wrote William Wordsworth in The Prelude.
- Terrorism Is Main Issue At Talks: Duggal (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , May 30, 2006)
Drug and narcotics trade also on agenda
"We have our sights on building a good foundation for our future generations"
Both sides hoping to build on progress already made
- Bjp Backs Quota But Wants Benefit For Poor Among Forward Castes (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , May 30, 2006)
Reiterates support for socially backward sections at national executive
Seen as an effort to ensure party does not lose forward castes support in U.P.
For common civil code, ban on forced religions conversions, review of Article 370
- Bank Seeks Possession Of Property In Mary Roy Case (Hindu, GEORGE JACOB, May 29, 2006)
Recovery of dues from company run by her brother is basis of the action
- Isro To Launch More Foreign Satellites (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Speaking on the occasion, Chhattisgarh Governor K M Seth stressed the need for programmes to address the issues of nearly 260 million people below the poverty line.
- India To Corner Pak On Terror At Secy-Level Talks (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
With Jammu &Kashmir witnessing a spurt in terrorist violence led by Pakistan-based outfits, India will ask the neighbouring country on what steps the latter has taken to dismantle the terror infrastructure on its soil during the home secretary-level . . .
- Bda Is Yet To Effect Changes In Comprehensive Development Plan (Hindu, Divya Ramamurthi, May 29, 2006)
By the end of the next month, we should be ready to send the plan to the Government, says official
It is 10 months now after the draft plan was placed before the public
- 7 Killed In Lanka's Park Blast (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
The Wilpattu national park is well-known for leopards and elephants and is located in the government-held areas between Madawachchi and Anuradapura western borders.
- Through The Looking Glass In J&k (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 29, 2006)
New Delhi's dialogue with the All Parties Hurriyat Conference has reached an impasse. What could now lie ahead?
- Talks On Quota Deadlocked (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
The minister also told the agitating students on the Prime Minister’s behalf that their demand for setting up the commission too would be examined, while also assuring them that no action would be taken against the striking students, interns and . . .
- Signals On The Naga Front (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 29, 2006)
Considering that no breakthrough was on the cards anyway, the May 19-20 round of talks in Amsterdam between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) has not been a total disappointment.
- Another Step (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 29, 2006)
The PM must implement the promises he made
- Need For Interaction And Crisis Management (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, May 29, 2006)
On 17 May 2004, the nation watched with disbelief as stock prices dropped 10 per cent within minutes after trading started for the day. A Sebi official later said that the ‘‘velocity of the fall in stock prices was second only to the great crash . . .
- Indonesia Quake Toll Rises To 4,611 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
20,000 injured, 1,00,000 homeless; US, Australia pledge aid worth $5m
- Racism Fears Dog World Cup (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 29, 2006)
Only a fortnight before the World Cup starts, racism has shot to the centre of public debate in Germany. While anti-racism campaigners have warned black and Asian fans against visiting parts of Berlin and the former communist east Germany....
- Report Says Guantanamo Has Juvenile Detainees (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 29, 2006)
More than 60 children, some as young as 14 years, have been held at the US detention camp for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, a human rights group here claimed in a report today.
- ‘A Few Good Men’ Can Fight Terror (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 29, 2006)
The past fortnight has seen a spate of violent incidents in the Kashmir Valley. Tourists are also being targeted.
- Quotas Turn Caste Politics Upside Down (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, May 29, 2006)
SP, BSP show unusual restraint over Lucknow’s medics’ strikes but their eye is on the upper-caste vote, and next year’s elections
- The Part Is Not The Whole (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , May 29, 2006)
Exciting news. Tycoons presiding over international finance capital have taken to reading what was hitherto subversive literature; they have been bowled over by Marx.
- Wrong Code (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 29, 2006)
It does not take much to grab attention. By banning the film, The Da Vinci Code, Goa, Punjab, and Nagaland have managed to inject the flagging debate on fiction versus religious sentiment with some more life for some more time. Punjab’s decision . . .
- No More Forced Unions (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, May 29, 2006)
Within days of Montenegro’s successful referendum on independence, prime minister, Milo Djukanovic, will be arriving in Brussels to open talks on joining the European Union, while other Montenegrin diplomats arrive in New York to seek admission as . . .
- Indonesia Quake Toll Shoots Past 4600 (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Rescue workers dug desperately for survivors today and hospitals struggled to cope with the thousands of injured, a day after an earthquake killed more than 4,600 people on Indonesia’s Java island.
- No Headway To Govt-Medicos Talk, Anti-Quota Stir On (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
The striking anti-reservation medicos on Sunday talks with the government but the exercise failed to make headway as the students and resident doctors insisted the Centre give its response in writing to their demands and decided to continue their . . .
- Advani Backs Docs, Seeks Review Of Reservation Policy (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
The realisation has finally dawned on the BJP that it cannot hope to politically benefit from its unequivocal backing of the proposed OBC quota in higher education.
- Race Against Time In Shaken Java (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Rescue workers dug desperately for survivors on Sunday as residents returned to ruined homes on Indonesia's densely populated island of Java a day after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 3,300.
- Govt To Examine Demand For Experts Panel On Quota (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Government will examine the demand for setting up an expert committee to review the reservation policy, Union Minister Oscar Fernandes said on Sunday.
- Reservation Or Retrogression? (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, May 29, 2006)
Politics is about creating 'vote-banks' and the 'reservation' game being played is essentially to divide the other backward classes (OBC) as also to check mate Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav in the Assembly election early next year.
- Gilgit People Damn Pak's Bhasha Dam Project (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, May 29, 2006)
People of Gilgit are up in arms against Pakistan Government over the proposed Bhasha Dam, whose benefits will to go to North Western Frontier Province (NFWP). It would inundate 32 villages of Gilgit and render 30,000 people homeless.
- Indo-Pak Talks In Islamabad Tomorrow (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Barely days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's bold initiative to set up five working groups on Kashmir, Union Home Secretary V.K. Duggal left for Islamabad for the Home Secretary-level talks with Pakistan to provide an impetus to the composite . . .
- Hizb Condemns Attack On Tourists In J&k (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Condemning the attack on a bus carrying tourists that left four persons dead, the Hizbul Mujahideen group on Sunday said the strike was part of a "conspiracy" to defame terrorists.
- Quotas By Fiat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 29, 2006)
Blaming the politicians for keeping caste biases alive, Prof Andre Beteille insists that reservations will lead to social polarisation.
- Interest Rate On Short-Term Crop Loans To Be Cut To 7%: Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Order will be issued within two to three days, says Finance Minister
Loans can be obtained for `kuruvai' and `samba' season
Steps taken to woo all sections to use services of banks
Plea to CM make Tamil a compulsory subject
- Bin Laden Not In Pakistan: Sherpao (Daily Times, Javed Afridi, May 29, 2006)
Interior minister rules out operation in Upper Dir
Asks Afghan leaders to mind their own business, put own house in order
- Let All Know (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 29, 2006)
"(a) & (b) Plastics are polymers of long-chain hydrocarbons derived from petroleum.
- Find True Peace Through Caring (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, May 29, 2006)
Maria Sharapova, the 2004 Wimbledon Champion spoke words of great wisdom after she lost to Mary Pierce in the US open of that year.
- Set A Target (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 29, 2006)
An article on this page recently has reiterated the need for focussed development of tourism in the Jammu region.
- Insurgency And Friendship Cannot Go Together (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, May 29, 2006)
Certain issues bordering on civil-military relations have been rattling the military mind for quite sometime.
- Jihadis Stand To Gain Most (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, May 29, 2006)
Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee's rejection of demilitarisation of Jammu & Kashmir is a step in the right direction.
- South Africa Metal Workers Plan Revolt Against Mittal (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Even as it is smarting from the blow to its pride following Arcelor's decision to merge with Russia-based Severstal, Mittal Steel faces a possible revolt by union workers in distant South Africa against its lay off policies.
- Jam Speaks Of Foreign Hand In Balochistan (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousuf has said that foreign hand is involved in the ongoing terrorism and subversion in Balochistan. In an interview with Pakistan Observer in Islamabad on Saturday, he categorically said that no one will be . . .
- Army Chief Rules Out Troops Withdrawal From Siachen (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Chief of the Army Staff Gen J J Singh has ruled out withdrawal of troops from Siachen unless Pakistan agreed on the actual ground position.
- Hunt For Survivors On As Java Quake Toll 4,611 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Thousands take part in relief effort
* Pakistan dispatches aid goods
- Quota Debate And The Orwellian Doublespeak (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , May 29, 2006)
The Government has shut the quota debate by pronouncing that it has decided. But this, says P. V. INDIRESAN, is iniquitous as it has ordained that no institution — even if it has no government patronage — can admit students free of caste bias.
- Woman Dies In Quetta Rocket Attack (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
Over 30 rockets were fired in various parts of Balochistan on Saturday, killing one woman and injuring three other people in the capital.
- Indian Press Silent About Disappeared Kashmiris: Roy (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
Noted Indian author Arundhati Roy has said that there are 10,000 disappeared people in Kashmir, but nobody talks about them in the mainstream Indian media.
- Minority Government In Tamil Nadu (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, May 28, 2006)
The DMK's manifesto and alliance arithmetic enable M. Karunanidhi to take charge as Chief Minister for the fifth time in Tamil Nadu.
- Towards An Alternative (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, May 28, 2006)
Voters in Tamil Nadu have begun to think of an alternative to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which have alternately ruled the State for 40 years.
- Agha Shahid Bugti Among 15 Booked For Gas Pipeline Blast (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP)’s secretary general, Senator Agha Shahid Bugti, his son Tabish Bugti and Central Secretary .
- Affirmative Action (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 28, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh government should be commended for its prudent dealings in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Why Peace? (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, May 28, 2006)
Autonomy" and "self rule" have entered the rubric of the Kashmir peace process. During this week's Round Table Conference for which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh travelled to . . .
- Hurriyat Doesn't Represent Kashmir (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 28, 2006)
The vast Gilgit-Baltistan area, comprising over 28,000 square kilometres, is both geographically and historically crucial in the contemporary context.
- Talk To The Real People (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, May 28, 2006)
The discourse on Jammu and Kashmir is currently and overwhelmingly defined by those who resort to terrorism, their sponsors and their front organisations.
- Manmohan's Failure (Business Standard, T N Ninan, May 28, 2006)
The most important strategic issue facing India is not a nuisance called Pakistan; it is not nuclear elbow-room via a deal with the United States; and it is not getting a permanent seat in the Security Council. Instead, it is the rise of China.
- An Alliance To Contain China (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, May 28, 2006)
The latest U.S.-Japan security accord focusses on China and stresses joint preparedness in the military domain.
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