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Articles 5121 through 5220 of 18611:
- Taliban Leader Among 11 Killed In Afghan Clash (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Afghan police killed 11 Taliban, including two commanders, in a battle near the southern town of Kandahar in which five policemen were also killed, Afghan government officials said on Monday.
- Advani Wants Syed Salahuddin Deported To India (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 16, 2006)
Indian Opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani on Monday called for deportation of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin from Pakistan to India for trial in various militant acts.
- Bsnl, Mtnl Likely To Settle Dispute (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) appear to be heading for an early settlement on the national long distance (NLD) carriage charges dispute.
- Indian Engineer’S Killing Pak Denies Reports Claiming Isi Hand (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 15, 2006)
Pakistan on Sunday refuted the claims reportedly made by a Taliban commander that Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has sponsored the killing of K. Surayanarayan, an Indian engineer who was abducted and killed last month in Zabul province of Afghanistan.
- Behind Our Back (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 15, 2006)
What is happening across the Line of Control (LoC)? The reference in this behalf is strictly to terrorism and its merchants.
- Fine-Tuning Foreign Policy (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , May 15, 2006)
It the cost of alienating neighbours our foreign policy thrust is directed in mending or amending relations with the United States of America.
- Kabul-Bb See Osama In Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 15, 2006)
AFGHAN Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta has claimed that Osama bin Laden is living in Pakistan close to the Afghan border, but Islamabad is making ‘half-hearted efforts’ to catch him.
- Who Dares Loses (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 15, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi’s public admonition of former Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi for attempting to create a controversy regarding her unflinching support for the Prime Minister seeks to send a strong signal to a section of Congressmen trying to undermine . . .
- One Pays The Penalty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 15, 2006)
The federal judiciary of the United States has finally succeeded in punishing one person for his role in the murder of thousands in the horrific terror attacks of September 11, 2001.
- Righteousness, Religion, And Right-Wing Politics (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 15, 2006)
The protests seen in Srinagar after the uncovering of a prostitution ring illustrate complex cultural anxieties — not just anger over a single crime.
- Politicisation Of A Death Foretold (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 15, 2006)
The dead body of Amir Abdur Rehman Cheema, who stabbed the editor of the journal Die Welt and later died in a jail in Germany, was received with “official honour” and buried at his ancestral village Saroke Cheema near Gujranwala on Saturday.
- New Players In A New Regional Game (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 15, 2006)
As ‘indigenous’ voters emerged a stronger force in Assam, Sanjib Baruah explains how the Congress’s strategic alliance with Hagrama Mohilary paid off .
- Un Driver, Afghan Doctor Killed In Rocket Attack (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
An Afghan driver and a doctor with a German-based group were killed in Afghanistan when militants attacked their Unicef vehicle with rockets, officials said on Saturday.
- State Of The Elections: National, Regional Coverage Is Polls Apart (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, May 14, 2006)
The voters didn’t oblige this time, did they? Starting with the 2002 Gujarat elections, verdicts had been largely television-friendly.
- Congress Expects To Form Minority Government (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Emerges single largest party, but gets fewer seats than it hoped
The party won 15 seats in 1991 Assembly polls
It won nine in 1996, and 11 in 2001
Lack of coordination between allies reason for ordinary show: Congress
- Upa Govt Must Learn From Polls: Brinda (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 14, 2006)
“Seven wins in a row for the CPM in West Bengal are not because of any single individual. It’s the collective effort of the leaders and the cadres” - Brinda Karat
- Small Screen Saver For Dmk (Indian Express, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, May 14, 2006)
At the age of 82, vendetta may not be a luxury that Tamil Nadu’s chief minister designate Muthuvel Karunanidhi can particularly afford.
- Hamas Edges Toward Recognising Israel (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
The Hamas militant group, facing a crippling international boycott and unable to meet Palestinians’ basic needs, is prepared to accept a proposal accepting statehood alongside Israel, a Hamas official said on Friday—a potentially major . . .
- National Technology Day At Bhel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
The Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) celebrated the National Technology Day on Saturday by presenting `young innovators award' to 15 young engineers for their contribution in cycle time reduction, cost saving, war on waste, automation developments
- Two Killed And 41 Wounded In Kashmir Blast (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
At least two people were killed and 41 wounded on Saturday by an explosion apparently aimed at a protest rally by a Hindu nationalist party, police and witnesses said.
- The Wronglish Tree (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 14, 2006)
Last year, in an article on writing in India, William Dalrymple compared our regional literatures to the elephant being touched by blind savants, their sightless groping yielding no proper description or definition.
- Furore Over Bugging In Us (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
A major political furore has broken out on Capitol Hill here over a media report alleging that a government spy agency had been secretly collecting telephone records of ordinary Americans.
- N-Deal: ‘It’S Up To Us To Ensure Passage Of Bill’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Reacting to the statement of Congressman Tom Lantos that India should first negotiate with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) then sign a bilateral agreement with the US before the Congress takes up the proposed India-US Civil . . .
- Prostitution Legal In J&k, Govt Plans To Scrap Old Law (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, May 14, 2006)
As Kashmir seethes in anger over the sex abuse scandal involving top politicians, senior police officers and bureaucrats, the government is planning to repeal an old law with makes prostitution legal in the state.
- Nepal To Clip King's Wings (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Nepal's new government is planning to issue a proclamation that will curtail the king's powers and privileges, the finance minister said on Saturday, but he declined to confirm reports that the monarch might have to pay taxes for the first time.
- Afghan Fm Says Bin Laden In Pakistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden is living in Pakistan while Islamabad’s efforts to arrest him can at best be described as “half hearted”, Afghanistan’s foreign minister was quoted as saying on Saturday.
- Nepal Ultras Unveil Road Map For Peace (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, May 14, 2006)
The first three steps of the strategy have already been implemented, declaring of a ceasefire, drawing up a code of conduct and forming a team for holding negotiations with the government.
- Indo-Pak Relations: ‘Normalisation’, ‘Resolution’ And ‘Jihadism’ (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 14, 2006)
One of the successful foreign policy planks of Pakistan in recent years has been “normalisation” with India, based on a system of “peace dialogue” between the two states.
- China Shifts To A Drive-Through Culture (Christian Science Monitor, Simon Montlake, May 14, 2006)
As Asia adopts American meals-on-the-go, our reporter laments the loss of sit-down dinners and its social rituals.
- Against Left, For Left Front (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, May 14, 2006)
Among the more intriguing theories that were proffered in Kolkata to explain the Left Front's conclusive seventh-term victory last Thursday, one struck me as quite prescient.
- Quota Stir Spreads Hospitals Halt In Gujarat, Orissa (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
The protest by medical students against Union Human Resources Development Minister Arjun Singh's move to impose caste-based quota on institutions of higher learning gathered storm on Saturday with Delhi doctors and medical students deciding to go . . .
- Nepal Govt May Curtail King’S Powers (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Nepal's new government is planning to issue a proclamation that will curtail the king's powers and privileges, the finance minister said today, but he declined to confirm reports that the monarch might have to pay taxes for the first time.
- D-8 Sign 2 Accords To Boost Trade (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Bali Declaration calls for peaceful use of N-energy
Aziz urges Muslim nations to create investment opportunities
- Just A Turn Left, Or About-Turn? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, May 14, 2006)
Last week’s election results are scary for two reasons.
- Friend Of India (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 14, 2006)
With the passing away of the Pulitzer prize winning former editor of the New York Times, Abraham M Rosenthal, on May 11, India has lost yet another friend shortly after the demise of John Kenneth Galbraith in Massachusetts on May 1.
- Al-Qaida Talking Heads (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 14, 2006)
The propaganda blitz by Bin Laden, al-Zawahiri and al-Zarqawi may be aimed at hiding their weakness, writes Fawaz A Gerges
- Iran Ready For Talks, Barring Israel (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Iran is ready to talk with any country except Israel but not under threat of force, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today.
- Osama’S Whereabouts Not Known: Fo (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said 1Saturday that no body has any information about the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden and it is also unknown whether he is alive or dead.
- Means And Ends (OutLook, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 14, 2006)
For the most part, the war in the high mountains of Jammu
- ‘Chance To Settle Siachen Dispute’: Singh’S Visit To Islamabad (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, May 13, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s forthcoming visit to Islamabad would be a good opportunity for India and Pakistan to resolve the Siachin dispute, said a former Indian foreign secretary.
- Indian Airports To Mount Vigil Against "Human Bomb" (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
A "human bomb" could attempt to hijack a plane in India, intelligence agencies have warned, prompting security forces to seek state-of-the-art body scanners, an official said on Friday.
- Sir Creek: India Confident Of Progress (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 13, 2006)
India is confident that meaningful agreements on Sir Creek and the Siachen could be reached with Pakistan, according to Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Shivshankar Menon.
- Dmk Scored Over Aiadmk In Direct Contests Too (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, May 13, 2006)
Of 96 constituencies won by DMK, 81 were captured by defeating AIADMK
- Pdp In Search Of Identity (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 13, 2006)
A story is much in circulation these days. This refers to late National Conference leader Mirza Afzal Beg's penchant for waving green flag or handkerchief at public meetings during his days with the Plebiscite Front.
- Pakistan Is Not A Failed State Yet (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, May 13, 2006)
It must be very baffling for the common man in Pakistan to be told one day that his country is doing a marvellous job in fighting the global terrorism, and next day he is told that his country is a cradle of terrorism.
- Economics Has A Way Of Catching Up With Populist Politics (Business Line, D. Murali , May 13, 2006)
There is indeed free in politics, so much so, that debate is not on whether, but which `free' is all right. But, eventually, economics catches up. Three reads provide a perspective on the politics and economics of reforms, federalism and regionalism.
- Why Won’T India Move On Kashmir? (Daily Times, Shaukat Qadir, May 13, 2006)
There were three main reasons for Musharraf’s strong position
- A Scientist Truly Amulya (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 13, 2006)
Prof Amulya K N Reddy, who died on Sunday, the 7 May, 2006, in Bangalore, belonged to that rare breed of people who are unclassifiable.
- Protests Over Sex Scandal Gather Momentum (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , May 13, 2006)
CBI takes over case; in Friday sermons, Imams of mosques castigate those involved in the scandal
- Watershed In Tn (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 13, 2006)
It was a contest between chemistry and arithmetic
- ‘Indian Airports Prone To Terrorism’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Western passengers criticise use of body scanners as violation to privacy
- Three Nepal Royalist Ministers Arrested (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Nemesis finally began catching up with King Gyanendra’s key accomplices, with the new government of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Friday arresting . . .
- India To Release Six Pakistanis (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
India plans to release six Pakistani prisoners next week as part of peace efforts between the two South Asian rivals, said an official on Friday.
- Scandalous Yes, But What's The Protest About? (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, May 13, 2006)
We got to know of the sex-for-money racket being run by a couple of pimps and young women looking for easy money at the shopping mall near our apartment complex from the morning papers.
- China Makes Chopsticks Dearer, Japan Worried (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Walk into any Japanese noodle shop or restaurant and chances are high you’ll soon be eating with a pair of disposable wooden chopsticks from China.
- Friend Of India (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 13, 2006)
With the passing away of the Pulitzer prize winning former editor of the New York Times, Abraham M Rosenthal, on May 11, India has lost yet another friend shortly after the demise of John Kenneth Galbraith in Massachusetts on May 1.
- Palestine Starving (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, May 13, 2006)
Israeli and Western governments are denying the Palestinian Authority funds after the Hamas victory in the elections.
- Rumsfeld's Ways (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, May 13, 2006)
The Defence Secretary has argued for a high-tech U.S. military with limited manpower, with personnel from "allied powers" bearing the arms.
- Bla Does Exist (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 13, 2006)
SIix policemen of the Anti-Terrorist Force were killed and 13 others injured in five powerful explosions which rocked the firing range of the Police Training College in Quetta on Thursday.
- Kalam Advocates Increasing Seats In Educational Institutions (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
As a debate rages over the issue of reservations in elite academic institutions, President A P J Abdul Kalam today recommended increasing the number of seats in centres of higher education to cater to the requirements of the country's knowledge industry.
- Ima Supports Doctors' Stir, Health Services In Tailspin (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Expressing solidarity with medical students in their anti-quota agitation, Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Friday asked resident doctors and faculty associations in hospitals in Delhi to go on a 24-hour strike with immediate effect and called a . . .
- If The Twain Had Met (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 12, 2006)
Empire of Dragons has all the trappings of a semi-historical travelogue.
- Home Again (Telegraph, M.J. Akbar, May 12, 2006)
Heart-rending, heart-warming fiction, or hard history? Telinipara, around which this moving family chronicle unfolds, is of course no imaginary spot.
- Terror On The Mountains (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 12, 2006)
On the politics and practice of massacres in the Jammu region in the wake of the killings in Doda and Udhampur districts.
- Interview: (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 12, 2006)
To what factors do you attribute your record victory from Bhaderwah?
It was a triumph for the coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, and its policies.
- Orientalism And Its Discontents (Frontline, Shelley Walia, May 12, 2006)
The book ignores the rigour of Edward Said's work and his explorations of critical issues of cultural representation.
- Frayed Truce (Frontline, V.S. Sambandan, May 12, 2006)
The April 25 attack on the Army chief has cast a shadow on the fragile peace process in the country torn by years of civil strife.
- India Has Become A Nation Of Clerks To The World, Says Joshi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
The former Union Minister laments country's loss of civilisational glory
- Microsoft's Problem Bringing Vista Online (Hindu, John Naughton , May 12, 2006)
It will not have escaped your attention that Microsoft is labouring to finish the next version of its Windows operating system, Vista. A version aimed at the corporate market is supposed to be ready for Christmas, with the consumer edition following . . .
- Caroe's Lessons (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, May 12, 2006)
The book dips into archival material to trace the strategic thinking of Sir Olaf Caroe, a distinguished Foreign Secretary of the Raj.
- Time To Deliver On Promises (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 12, 2006)
Regaining power is easier than retaining it. The victory of the Democratic Progressive Alliance led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is essentially a vote for change in Tamil Nadu.
- Dmk Manifesto Hero Of 2006 Poll (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Just before campaigning started in Tamil Nadu for the assembly election, it was a foregone conclusion that J Jayalalithaa would return to power, a feat achieved only by M G Ramachandran in the past.
- ‘Look Before You Don’T Leap’ (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, May 12, 2006)
The strife-ridden battleground of Indian politics has entered a phase of curious and paradoxical stalemate: the government is ceding space but there is no one to occupy it.
- Singh Sees Rising Militancy In Ihk (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 12, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has claimed that the freedom struggle in Occupied Kashmir, considered as militancy by him, is once again on the rise.
- Destination Moon (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2006)
The memorandum of understanding signed on Tuesday between the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, Mr G Madhavan Nair, and the Administrator of the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Mr Michael Griffin, is . . .
- Valley Of Death And Despair (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2006)
Pranab Mukherjee must be applauded for rejecting the call for demilitarisation of Kashmir, says Cecil Victor.
- When Right To Life Is Questioned... (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2006)
It's time for Hindus to change, if they want to survive in Jammu & Kashmir, their mindset of depending too much on state for security, says RK Ohri
- Un Diplomats Owe Millions In Parking Tickets (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
An example of global good citizenship it’s not: A solid 83 per cent of the UN’s member states are parking scofflaws in their host city, to the tune of $18 million in unpaid fines due the City of New York.
- Scintillating Sari (Deccan Herald, SHAILAJA NIKAM, May 12, 2006)
Wearing traditional dresses in foreign countries can win admiration and resentment
- Indian Kidnapped In Nigeria (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Two expatriate oil workers, including an Indian, on Thursday were kidnapped in the southern Nigerian oil city of Port Harcourt, company and army sources said.
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