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Articles 5421 through 5520 of 21681:
- Snowy Pride (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 20, 2006)
When experts, political leaders and concerned citizens put their heads together to discuss just one wild specie one can only imagine the seriousness of the subject.
- ‘Lashkar-E-Qahar’ Hoaxer Held (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Bhopal police have detained a local youth on the charge of dashing off e-mails to a couple of media organisations and the Mumbai police in the name of “Lashkar-e-Qahar” accepting the responsibility of the Mumbai train blasts ....
- 59 Terror Camps Active In Pak, Pok: Intelligence (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Jul 20, 2006)
The 11/7 Mumbai serial blasts have again brought the terrorist training camps being run under the tutelage of Pakistan Army and Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) into sharp focus.
- Problems Within (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 20, 2006)
Parties should avoid politicising security issues
- Bowing To The Inevitable! (Daily Excelsior, Ramu Sharma, Jul 20, 2006)
The Board of Control for Cricket in India had no option but bow to the inevitable when it accepted the concept of Twenty-20 as part of its domestic and international calendar.
- Mike Is On (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 20, 2006)
That United States President George W. Bush was caught swearing during a conversation with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in Moscow has understandably made big news.
- No Takers For Govt's Pak-Hand Theory (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jul 20, 2006)
Ticked off by United States, chastened Prime Minister talks of peace ---- More than a week since terror ripped Mumbai apart, India's inability to produce concrete evidence against Pakistan has rendered its attempts to trap the usual suspect rather feeble.
- India - Pak Peace Process Run Up To The Breaking Point (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Jul 20, 2006)
New Delhi and Islamabad reached an agreement that truck service should be allowed on Srinagar -Muzaffarabad road to give a fillip to trade between the two sides of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Basmati Exports: Punjab, Haryana To Earn Rs 3,000 Cr (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jul 20, 2006)
With the Indian government notifying superfine variety of Basmati for exports—a variety widely sown in Pakistan— and rising international prices of basmati, Haryana and Punjab could earn around Rs 3000 crore from basmati exports this year.
- India Failed To Prove Pakistani Hand In Mumbai Blasts (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jul 20, 2006)
“Indian authorities have provided no evidence to support their charges of a Pakistani connection to the Mumbai bombings. Indeed, the police investigation, which has included police sweeps of predominantly Muslim Mumbai slums and indiscriminate . . .
- Iran Fm Cancels India Trip (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Iran’s foreign minister, who was due in India for a two-day visit beginning on Wednesday, has cancelled his trip because of the situation in the Middle East, India’s foreign ministry said.
- Missed Opportunities (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 20, 2006)
One would have to agree whole-heartedly with what President Pervez Musharraf said of the postponement of peace talks between India and Pakistan during Tuesday's meeting of the National Security Council.
- Q&a: 'Colombo Is Procuring Weapons From Pakistan' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Sri Lanka is on the brink of civil war. R Sampanthan, secretary-general of Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF), which is Lanka's oldest Tamil political party and now a member of the pro-LTTE Tamil National Alliance, indicates that the peace talks . . .
- India And Pakistan Need A Cooperative Security Mechanism (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 20, 2006)
India and Pakistan need a cooperative security mechanism.
- Bharat Mata Ki Jai Banned In J&k District (Pioneer, Sidharth Mishra, Jul 20, 2006)
Don't invoke Mother India, Yatris told ---- The Jammu and Kashmir Government is complementing efforts of terror groups to isolate the State from the Indian mainstream. Don't believe it? Read on.
- Blasts Take A Toll On Indo-Pak Sporting Events (Indian Express, PTI, Jul 20, 2006)
The Mumbai blasts took a toll on Indo-Pak sporting ties with two upcoming tournaments featuring the two countries being deferred indefinitely on Wednesday.
- Banning Blogs, A Big Blunder (Tribune, Roopinder Singh, Jul 20, 2006)
The only thing worse than doing something wrong is to execute the deed ineptly. Some bureaucrats in the Government of India have managed to do both by stopping access to blogs on the Internet recently in the wake of the July 11 Mumbai bomb blasts.
- Pak Fails To Reign-In Terror Outfits: Pallone (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Coming down heavily on Pakistan in the wake of Mumbai serial blasts, a top US lawmaker has said Islamabad’s failure to live up to its promise to reign in terror outfits is threatening the peace process with India.
- In Hieun Tsang's Footsteps (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jul 20, 2006)
Two Buddhist monks retrace the 7th century traveller's journey.
- Mischief With Tatas (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 20, 2006)
Khaleda hasn’t changed one bit
The Khaleda Zia government has committed harakiri by playing politics with $3 billion that the Tatas wanted to invest for building steel, power and fertiliser plants, and also for raising untapped coal resources . . .
- Sitting Ducks For Jihadis (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 20, 2006)
We need a leadership that has the courage to take on terrorists shunning the pernicious policy of appeasement, says Anuradha Dutt.
- Chinese Firms May Be Barred From Port Race (Times of India, SUBODH GHILDIYAL, Jul 20, 2006)
With an all-round warning that the presence of companies with Chinese links in the development of ports will seriously compromise Indian maritime security, the Union government is likely to disallow Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) . . .
- Crime In Karachi (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 20, 2006)
The alarming rise in the crime rate in Karachi can be gauged from the daily numbers of car-snatchings and mobile-phone thefts.
- Casting A Spell (Indian Express, Norris Pritam, Jul 20, 2006)
It may sound bizarre. But it is true. Pakistan is promoting its tourism to the strains of Indian patriotic songs! Yes, the audio promo of the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) opens with ‘Aao baccho tumhe dikyane jhanki Hindustan ki’, . . .
- Terror Under Upa (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 20, 2006)
Two front page reports, several inside articles and the editorial in the latest issue of Organiser are devoted to the multiple terror strikes in Mumbai on July 11, and the common thrust is an attack on the UPA government’s ‘‘appeasement’’ policy.
- 5511 Pak Madarsas Registered (Telegraph, IMTIAZ GUL, Jul 20, 2006)
The Pakistani government has secured the registration of 5,511 madarsas since a new law came into force in August last year making it compulsory for the schools to be registered and their accounts audited.
- Pakistan Failed To Fight Terror: Pallone (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
It must demonstrate commitment to the war on terrorism
Leads point to LeT involvement in the Mumbai bomb blasts, he says
It is affecting peace process
It lacks laws to deter terrorist cells from "looming and growing"
- Tremor In Java Again (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
An earthquake of 5.9 magnitude occurred in West Java, Indonesia, on Wednesday with its epicenter in Ujung Kulon, about 150 km west of Jakarta.
- Manmohan Hopeful Bush Will Set Right Nuclear Deal (Hindu, N. Ram , Jul 19, 2006)
"We shouldn't blow it out of proportion"
- Support From G-8 (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 19, 2006)
India has reasons to be happy with the outcome
- Tsunami Death Toll Rises To 327 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
At least 327 people were killed, officials said, with another 160 or more missing. The area hit by Monday’s disaster was spared by the devastating 2004 Asian tsunami...
- ‘Those Who Kill Innocents Have No Religion’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 19, 2006)
The aftermath of the blasts created a scenario which the vernacular media could have exploited by pursuing a narrow, sectarian outlook and queering the communal pitch.
- Dhaka Is Looking Up (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 19, 2006)
Whenever I have visited Bangladesh in the past, I have wondered whether the country would ever make it. The words like “a failed state’ has haunted me and I have often expressed apprehension over the future of 150
- Pakistan Will Help Probe Blasts: Musharraf (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
Asserting that "stalling" of the India-Pakistan peace process over the Mumbai terror attacks would amount to playing into the hands of terrorists, President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday said Pakistan would help with the probe into the attacks if . . .
- "We Can't Just Arrest Anyone Who Prays Five Times And Has A Beard" (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 19, 2006)
Khurshid Kasuri, Pakistan's Foreign Minister, believes the postponement of the India-Pakistan Foreign Secretaries talks will strengthen those who do not want the peace process to succeed. In an interview on Monday, he said both countries must press . . .
- Blasts Erase Chances Of K-Dialogue (Deccan Herald, Zahoor Malik , Jul 19, 2006)
The recent Mumbai and Srinagar explosions have blasted the chances of an early resumption of talks between the Centre and Kashmiri separatists.
- U.S. For India, Pakistan Continuing Cooperation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
Richard Boucher terms the Mumbai blasts as a horrible tragedy
- War On Terrorism A Long Haul: Pm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
Striking a realistic note on the challenge of tackling terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday made it clear that fighting the terror threat is going to be a long haul, even as he claimed that last week's serial blasts in Mumbai had not . . .
- ‘Our Destinies Linked, Need To Reflect On Ties With Pak’ (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 19, 2006)
Heading home from St. Petersburg with a strong international denunciation of the Mumbai massacre and its sponsors in hand, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today underlined the importance of flexibility in dealing with Pakistan and a firm resolve to . . .
- In The Name Of Charity (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 18, 2006)
The Jamaat-ud-Daawa, a renamed version of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, operates freely in Pakistan under the guise of a charity organisation.
- "Give Evidence" (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 18, 2006)
Postponement of Foreign Secretary talks "negative development"
Composite dialogue process an important engagement
Pakistan cooperating with the international community in the "war on terror'
- India Wanted A Peg To Link Pakistan, Says Kasuri (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 18, 2006)
New Delhi should not doubt Islamabad's sincerity, he says
Counterproductive to point finger at Pakistan'
Peace process in the interest of South Asia as well, he claims
Postponing Foreign Secretary talks `a negative development'
- Let Blasts Not Derail Peace Move: Mufti (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and patron of Peoples Democratic Party, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, on Monday said respecting people’s overwhelming urge for reconciliation and harmony, India and Pakistan should act with great caution and not . . .
- Nuke Deal Likely To Fructify By Year-End: Boucher (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
The United States has said the historic Indo-US civilian nuclear deal is on track and the "unique" agreement could receive the final approval by the end of this year if everything moves in tandem.
- Indo-Us N-Deal May Be Implemented By This Year-End (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jul 18, 2006)
The United States has said the historic Indo-US civilian nuclear deal is on track and the "unique" agreement could receive the final approval by the end of this year if everything moves in tandem.
- Exfiltration Bid Foiled In Jammu, Four Bangaldeshis Arrested (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Security forces have foiled an exfiltration bid with the arrest of four Bangladeshi nationals who were trying to cross over to Pakistan from the Akhnoor forward belt, official sources said here today.
- Speeding Up The Run Rate (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 18, 2006)
The BCCI’s decision to introduce Twenty20 cricket in India isn’t a bad idea -- as long as it doesn’t dilute the longer versions of the game.
- Pakistan-Bashing By Indian Media (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 18, 2006)
Mumba blasts have exposed claims about objectivity, neutrality and freedom of the Indian media. As the bodies were being removed from the sites of the carnage, the Indian media, both print and electronic, unleashed an orchestrated and malicious . . .
- Grand Jirga (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 18, 2006)
The formation of a 45-member grand jirga in North Waziristan Agency looks like a useful measure for the normalisation of the situation in the volatile region.
- ‘Plantation Sector Has Been Neglected’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jul 18, 2006)
Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State for Commerce, is of the view that the plantation sector has been neglected for a long time and that is necessary to set up a separate department to look into the problems even as the UPA government is trying to . . .
- Mumbai Echo In Moscow: G-8 Warns Terror Sponsors (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 18, 2006)
Pakistan not named but world leaders say ‘united with India’, vow to bring to justice perpetrators, organisers, sponsors
- $ 18.6b Exports Target Fixed In Trade Policy (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
The government has fixed export target of 18.6 billion dollars and import estimate of 28 billion dollars for the current financial year. The government has failed to achieve the export target of 17 billion dollars and exports stood out . . .
- A Route To Trade? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 18, 2006)
Re-opening the Nathu la Pass is high on political symbolism rather than promotion of business interests
- Make Them Bite The Dust (Pioneer, B Raman, Jul 18, 2006)
Government should revert to the 'talk-talk, hit-hit' policy to fight terrorism, which it sensibly followed till the mid-1990s ---- In cautiously-worded remarks after a visit to Mumbai on July 14, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been quoted as . . .
- Bird Flu Vaccine Offers Protection Above 90%, Immune Response Good (Hindu, R. Prasad, Jul 18, 2006)
Bhopal laboratory is now studying the duration of protection
Vaccine tested for safety, other parameters
Little chance of bird flu after vaccination
- Pakistan On Notice (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 18, 2006)
While eschewing harsh rhetoric, India has unequivocally put Pakistan on notice that it will be difficult to continue with the process of détente unless cross-border terrorism is brought to an end.
- Trade Policy Still Envisages $10b Gap (Daily Times, Sajid Chaudhry, Jul 18, 2006)
Trade Development Authority of Pakistan set up
Import of used machinery allowed
Govt to set up ‘carpet cities’, export zones
- If Not Pota, What? Bjp Asks Upa (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of soft-peddling on the issue of terrorism and questioned his statement that POTA was not the only solution to deal with terror.
- G8 Backs India In Fight Against Terror (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
India has a couple of reasons to cheer about and something to be worried at as the G8 Summit concluded here on Monday.
- Kashmir Body Chief Summons Foreign Ministry Officials (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Hamid Nasir Chattha, chairman of the Parliament’s Special Committee on Kashmir, has summoned senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to brief parliamentarians on the Kashmir issue with special reference to developments after the Mumbai blasts.
- Pm Urges India Not To Quit Talks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has urged India to keep intact a two-year-old peace process between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
- Maulana Fazlur Rehman’S Supple Approach (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 18, 2006)
The secretary-general of the Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA), Maulana Fazl ur Rehman, coming out of the alliance’s Supreme Council meeting, once again demonstrated a nuanced and supple approach to the growing government-opposition confrontation when . . .
- Irresoluteness, A National Disease (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Jul 18, 2006)
The Mumbai blasts, which have claimed over 200 lives and maimed or injured over 700 people, constitute a terrible tragedy for the victims and their families.
- Stolen Secrets (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jul 18, 2006)
The ‘Naval War Room Leak’ case has many dimensions. Like for instance the dangers from the reported sale of more than 10,000 computer pages of information on the country’s security on land, in the air and on the sea.
- Pakistan Willing To Talk With India On Terrorism (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 18, 2006)
Stands by January 2004 commitment, says Aziz Ahmad Khan
"Will not allow its territory to be used by terrorists
Mumbai blasts "a criminal act, a tragic incident"
- Asia’S Changing Strategic Scenario (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jul 18, 2006)
The recent testing of seven missiles by North Korea and the varying reactions of the major powers to this event have once again highlighted the tensions which have been building up in Northeast Asia and the strategic realignment which is taking . . .
- Pm Concludes 'Successful' Visit To G8 (Rediff on the Net, V Mohan Narayan, Jul 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday concluded his three-day visit to St Petersburg on a 'highly successful' note with world leaders coming strongly against terrorism and showing 'deep understanding' of India's concerns on energy security.
- Fight Terror At Home, Its Causes Too (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 18, 2006)
New Delhi’s decision to indefinitely postpone foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan is intended as a sharp reminder to Pakistan that it needs to dismantle the infrastructure of terror.
- This Won't Do (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 18, 2006)
No soft options in fighting jihad ---- Caught unawares by the Mumbai bombings, the UPA Government has been floundering for a convincing response since Terror Tuesday. Prime Minister Manmohan . . .
- Formation Of Tribal Jirga (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 18, 2006)
Sunday's announcement that a grand inter-tribal jirga will become functional later this week is a significant step towards restoring peace to North Waziristan through dialogue rather than confrontation.
- Pm Asks Bush To Fix The Nicks (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Seeking “constructive solutions” to “some concerns” of India in proposed US legislation granting waivers for nuclear commerce, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today met US President Mr George W Bush and pressed for a “permanent reconciliation” of . . .
- G8 Leaders Call Mumbai Blasts Barbaric (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jul 18, 2006)
Although the G8 summit of industrialised countries was predictably preoccupied with the escalating violence in the Middle East, India was able to persuade the world's most powerful leaders to look beyond the region and denounce the recent terrorist . . .
- Simi Activists Held In Assam (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Two SIMI activists were arrested from Fakiragram yesterday for having possible connection with the Mumbai blasts, while the state was put on high alert against terror strikes.
- When Legislators Break The Law (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 18, 2006)
IT becomes a matter of considerable concern when legislators decide to take the law into their own hands. Regrettably, Friday’s incident in which an MNA representing a Karachi-based party angrily refused to hand over the . . .
- Keep Back Channels Open (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jul 18, 2006)
The pause in the Indo-Pakistani dialogue was inevitable, given the devastating nature of the terrorist attacks on the Mumbai trains and their suspected links to groups in Pakistan.
- Surprised At Kargil (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 18, 2006)
F C. Fuller, a well known military historian, records, “he, if he wishes to understand war, must examine the nature of surprise in its thousand and one forms as it pursued its relentless course throughout history.”
- Economic Growth Best Antidote For Poverty (The Financial Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jul 18, 2006)
India, Bangladesh, Pakistan have shown strong growth and sharp reduction in poverty levels
- A World Awash In Tools To Kill (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 18, 2006)
Just as gun crimes are frequent when people have lots of guns, so bombings are frequent when people have access to lots of bombs. India, just by itself, proves that truism: A series of blasts in 1993, also in Mumbai, killed 250. And in 2005 three . . .
- ‘It (A Breakthrough) Is Expected As Early As Possible. I Can’T Say When, But It May Happen Today Also’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 18, 2006)
Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, you must be busy with meetings after meetings, visits after visits.
- Pakistan Needs To Show Firm Commitment, Says Manmohan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday demanded “firm commitment” backed by action from Pakistan on not allowing terrorists to use its soil for attacks on India, a news report said.
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