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Articles 3821 through 3920 of 43820:
- Police Reform On Table: Bhardwaj (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Union Law Minister HR Bhardwaj said that the Government has completed the process of reforms to ensure that the police are free from political and other external influences. He also stated that the Centre would shortly hold a meeting of all . . .
- Concern For Muslims Overrides Terror Talk (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Sep 24, 2006)
A grim warning of a more intense terrorist strike and the need for maintaining communal harmony formed the focal point of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi's addresses to the party Chief Ministers conference that . . .
- Baluchistan Uprising (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 24, 2006)
The extent to which the so-called ‘‘second War of Independence’’ in Baluchistan has been galvanised in the aftermath of the octogenarian Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti’s ‘‘martyrdom’’ on August 26 can be gleaned from three developments.
- Musharraf Accused Of Weakness (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 24, 2006)
President caved in to U.S. pressure: Opposition
- Sometimes, A Hawk Must Wear Kid Gloves (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Sep 24, 2006)
John McCain is a conservative but his stand on torture is a timely reminder that the free world cannot win the battle against medieval fanatics if it doesn’t remain true to its moral heritage and political freedoms
- Oil’S Well Between Manmohan And Left (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Sep 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has taken note of a positive offer from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of supplying oil to India at a stable price during a meeting the two leaders had in Havana, and suggested to Left leaders that relations with . . .
- The Mush Quotient (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 24, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s remarks to an American television channel that the Bush Administration threatened to bomb his nation into Stone Age in the wake of 9/11 should not surprise.
- Pm, Azad Differ On Infiltration (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Sep 24, 2006)
PM Manmohan Singh's take on cross-border infiltration — that its levels were decreasing — has set him squarely at odds with the official figures last released, which shows a 225% jump in cross-over while comparing the first six months of 2005 with . . .
- Protect Farmers' Interests, Go Slow On Sezs, Says Sonia (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Sep 24, 2006)
The ongoing controversy over special economic zones took a new turn on Saturday with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi disfavoring acquisition of farmlands for other purposes, setting the stage for a course correction by the Centre and party-ruled states.
- Disability Within (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 24, 2006)
It is not without reason that the global polio Technical Consultative Group has singled out India as one of the few countries that continue to carry the risk of transmission of the dreaded illness.
- Go Slow On Sezs, Sonia Gandhi Tells Congress (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Sep 24, 2006)
The ongoing controversy over special economic zones took a new turn on Saturday with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi disfavoring acquisition of farmlands for other purposes, setting the stage for a course correction by the Centre and party-ruled states.
- Crusader For Change (Hindu, ANJANA RAJAN, Sep 24, 2006)
Arvind Kejriwal, Magsaysay award winner, on the RTI Act and his fight against corruption.
- Sonia: Tough Anti-Terrorist Action Should Not Polarise Society (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Sep 24, 2006)
It is not correct to accuse minority communities of terrorist sympathies: Manmohan.
- No Freedom In Pok: Human Rights Watch (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 24, 2006)
"Militant infiltration into India continues"
- Talks Should Never Break Down, Says Musharraf (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Joint statement has "seeds of success and forward movement"
Manmohan a "very positive and a very sincere person"
Appeals to citizens of India, Pakistan to show "understanding and flexibility"
Says he was the "greatest believer in democracy"
- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Sep 24, 2006)
While Orissa exemplifies good governance, elsewhere the rulers are busy exploiting the nation
- Energy Security Remains An Elusive Goal (The Financial Express, N K Singh, Sep 24, 2006)
Few will quarrel with the thrust of the Kirit Parikh Report, but implementation needs more attention.
- Sonia: Do Not Target Minorities In Action On Terror (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, speaking at the Congress chief ministers’ conclave here on Saturday, feared more "fidayeen" elements would target religious, economic and "sensitive objects" while Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked the government . . .
- The Next Palestinian Struggle (News International, RAMZY BAROUD, Sep 24, 2006)
An expert in international law and an old friend of the Palestinian people wrote me with utter distress a few days after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh were reported to have reached an agreement on . . .
- Drifting And Drowning (News International, Masood Hasan, Sep 24, 2006)
It's not only Murree that is collapsing. So is whatever little else that was of any value at one time. Now, like a childhood story, it is just a distant, hazy memory. Somewhere on the long and difficult highway of life, we as a people have gone off . . .
- Papal Call For A New Crusade (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 24, 2006)
Pope Benedict XVI has given fresh impetus to post-9/11 Islamophobia by recalling a vision of Islam which was relevant in the 14th century
- Musharraf Puts Us On Defensive (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 24, 2006)
President Bush, White House spokesman and former US Deputy
- Barbs Of Truth (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 24, 2006)
Kurt Vonnegut is like Mark Twain or Chekhov, extremely funny when depressed.
- Democratic Federalism (The Economic Times, C P Bhambhri, Sep 24, 2006)
The military regime in Pakistan has not learnt any lesson from its own history and has followed the same policy of ruthless suppression of sub-nationalist movement in Balochistan. It has forgotten that the birth of Bangladesh as a separate country . . .
- Delhi's Disastrous Rise To Riches (Business Standard, Sunil Sethi, Sep 24, 2006)
The confrontation between angered citizens and the police in Delhi this week, in which four people died, is a perfect example of the kind of blind ignorance that seizes governments from time to time—myopia would perhaps be too kind a word.
- Mind Your Language Politics (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 24, 2006)
The Minister for the Preservation of Local Languages is a portfolio that Basavaraj Horatti seems to be hankering for. No such ministry exists yet, but that hasn’t stopped him, as Karnataka’s Education Minister, from issuing a diktat to strike . . .
- Manmohan Chastises Police For Alienating Muslims (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged regional leaders on Saturday to recruit more Muslims into the police and intelligence agencies to help counter a growing sense of insecurity in the minority community.
- President Musharraf And The Taliban (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf said at the joint White House press conference with President George W Bush on Friday that his deal with a grand jirga in North Waziristan had been misrepresented in the press.
- Palestinians Inching To Recognise Israel (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 24, 2006)
Assembly that the new Palestinian Government will recognise Israel. Addressing the UN General Assembly, he also reaffirmed that any future Palestinian government will commit to all the agreements that the PLO and the Palestinian Authority have concluded.
- Astro Logic: Thaksin Ouster 'Follows Planet Pluto's' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Thailand is as bad as India when it comes to astrology.
- Cooking Up An Identity Crisis (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 24, 2006)
Give them a loophole and they will, to mix metaphors, take a mile. The passing of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2006, earlier this week, is a consequence of loophole- hunters within the state’s ruling party deciding to play . . .
- Musharraf Unveils Strategy To Curb Extremism (News International, Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has announced a six-point strategy to curb extremism and said extremism paves the way for terrorism.
- Anchoring A Sinking Ship Don't Shoot The Mes (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 24, 2006)
Fantasy author Terry Pratchett unintentionally summarised the dilemma of the semi-educated, quasi-religious middle of the road Pakistani when he said 'the trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and . . .
- The Charades Of Power Politics (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 24, 2006)
Given that Pakistan came into being as a separate state in the name of the Muslims of the subcontinent, it is not surprising that Islam has played a defining role in the shaping of the polity.
- U.S. Detained Venezuela’S Foreign Minister: Chavez (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said his foreign minister was detained by U.S. authorities at a New York airport Saturday for more than hour as he tried to return to the South American country.
- The Havana Puzzle (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Sep 24, 2006)
Even if the general delivers, can we hope for any sort of continuity in the post-Musharraf era?
- Crying Wolfowitz (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 24, 2006)
When President Bush appointed former Deputy Defence Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz as head of the World Bank 18 months ago, it was as if John Ashcroft had been tapped to run the American Civil Liberties Union.
- Military Rule: Then And Now (Dawn, Zafar Iqbal, Sep 24, 2006)
There is a great deal of clamour that General Musharraf should remove his uniform.
- Protests Against Minister's Remarks Against Tipu Sultan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Various organisations demand dismissal of the Minister Various organisations demand dismissal of Shankaramurthy from the Cabinet
Criticism
The BJP is trying to expand its political base by raking up religious and linguistic issues . .. .
- `Bhoomi Puja' Conducted For Kalasa-Banduri Nala Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Rs. 100 crore will be released immediately for work to begin, declares Yediyurappa.
- Yale Courses Now On The Net For Free (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Yale University said on Wednesday it will offer digital videos of some courses on the Internet for free, along with transcripts in several languages, in an effort to make the elite private school more accessible.
- The Great American Disconnect (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Sep 23, 2006)
U.S. President George W. Bush's speech to the U.N. General Assembly highlights the gap between his perceptions and the ground realities.
- "A Country Like India Must Have A Land Use Plan" (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Sep 23, 2006)
George B. Schaller, a pioneer in field biology, says it is possible to achieve economic growth without destroying the environment and losing wildlife. In an interview in Bangalore recently, he says even India and China, the two most populous . . .
- Sc Bench Goes Tough On Student Politics (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Students leaders, who want to use education institutions as their stepping stone to political success, may have to put some effort into becoming “decent.”
- Kashmir Issue Has To Be Resolved Between India And Pakistan: Bush (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Making it clear that the issue of Kashmir has to be resolved between India and Pakistan, President George W Bush on Friday said US can only help create conditions for peace and cannot "force" nations to reach agreements.
- Disability Within (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 23, 2006)
It is not without reason that the global polio Technical Consultative Group has singled out India as one of the few countries that continue to carry the risk of transmission of the dreaded illness.
- How Islam Differs With Christianity (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Sep 23, 2006)
There is more at stake in the clash of civilisations between the West and Islam than just religion. It is about the survival of a free world, based on unfettered spirit of inquiry, and triumph of reason. These concepts have emerged from Christian Europe,
- Papal Call For A New Crusade (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 23, 2006)
Pope Benedict XVI has given fresh impetus to post-9/11 Islamophobia by recalling a vision of Islam which was relevant in the 14th century
- Stay The Course (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 23, 2006)
Even before India and Pakistan have had a chance to give concrete shape to the joint "anti-terrorism institutional mechanism" announced by the two sides in Havana, a torrent of criticism has come from the Bharatiya Janata Party and a host of . . .
- General Knowledge (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Sep 23, 2006)
Unlike other boys his age, my son is an avid viewer of TV news channels, particularly parliamentary proceedings. That has me worried because this over-exposure coupled with an aversion to books and dictionaries is giving him a distorted world-view.
- Jollygood Bollywood (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandaran, Sep 23, 2006)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, dead as he is, was dying to be saved. It was convenient to consecrate him. That way he could be deified and desecrated at the same time. Neither those who swore by his legacy nor those who swore against him feared his spectral
- Court And The Cop (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 23, 2006)
The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to implement a slew of measures to streamline the police administration in the country.
- Pakistan’S Dilemma (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Sep 23, 2006)
Despite knowing that Al Queda and Taliban are dangerous, Pakistan cannot wage a war against them.
- Student Poll: Sc Nod To Lyngdoh Panel Report (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
To keep off the influence of political parties, money and muscle power from campus during student union elections , the Supreme Court today ordered the implementation of report by the former Chief Election Commissioner, Mr J.M. Lyngdoh, in the . . .
- Bush Offers Pak Help On J&k (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
US President George W. Bush, with Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf standing at his side, said on Friday his country is prepared to help India and Pakistan in any way to resolve their long-standing dispute over Kashmir.
- Fighting A War For Truth (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 23, 2006)
In a brilliant lecture at the University of Regensburg last week, Pope Benedict XVI made three crucial points that are now in danger of being lost in the polemics about his supposedly offensive comments about Islam.
- Manmohan Refuses To Meet Tna Team (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 23, 2006)
The front has been kept at arm's length by the political leadership The LTTE would have used a meeting with Dr. Singh to show that its ties with India were on the mend.
- War Is Not An Option: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Joint mechanism a two-tier system
An experiment to find a solution to long-standing problems
- 'Buy The Book!' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Did Armitage threaten to bomb Pakistan back into the stone age? Did Mush buckle under that? Would Bush launch strikes into Pakistan? No answer, just usual book promotion that seems to be the new flavour of the week.
- Centre's Economic Policies Identical To Nda's: Dasgupta (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Gurudas Dasgupta, CPI leader in the Lok Sabha, on Friday warned of a "much bigger confrontation" with the Union Government if it failed to listen to the Left parties.
- Baloch Leaders For Pre-1947 Status (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 23, 2006)
A grand jirga of 95 Baloch tribal chiefs and 300 other prominent Baloch leaders has said it will move the International Court of Justice against what it termed the violation of its "territorial integrity, exploitation of Balochistan's natural . . .
- Q&a: 'Muslims At The Receiving End Of Lanka War' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 23, 2006)
Rauf Hakeem, leader of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), the main Muslim political party in the country was in New Delhi recently to discuss issues concerning internally displaced people in Sri Lanka. Hakeem, who represents Sri Lanka's 7 per cent . . .
- Luckily For Us, The Devil Has Refused Our Surrender (New Indian Express, S Gurumurthy , Sep 23, 2006)
‘‘India has suffered its first strategic setback in the fight against terrorism,’’ writes Ajit Doval, the former chief of Intelligence Bureau. India has suffered this strategic setback not because of Pakistan; nor because of Al-Qaeda or Lashkar-e-Toiba.
- The Rise And Fall (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 23, 2006)
Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Chairman of the Democratic Reform Council in Thailand: On 19 September 2006, General Sonthi and others launched a military coup and overthrew the elected but divisive prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra.
- Age, Money And Record Will Matter (Hindustan Times, SATYA PRAKASH, Sep 23, 2006)
Elections in colleges and universities will not be the same any more. On Friday, the Supreme Court accepted the report of the JM Lyngdoh Committee on elections to students’ unions.
- Pmk Design To Change Jipmer Status, Free Medical Care Alleged (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Leaders of political parties hold a demonstration to protest autonomy decision
Apolitical activities interrupted although other sections given full liberty, say leaders
Centre had not responded to Chief Minister's efforts to revoke suspension orders.
- Pakistan Defers F-16 Deal: Paper (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 23, 2006)
Pakistan delayed signing the Letter of Acceptance (LoA) for the F-16 deal with the United States on the issue of the aircraft being stripped down for this sale and on conditionalities of usage, a newspaper said on Friday.
- Mulford Hopeful Of Senate Nod For Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The United States Ambassador, David C.Mulford, on Friday termed the civilian nuclear agreement between his country and India the most important diplomatic initiative in the past 50 years.
- A Sensational Week (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 23, 2006)
So many amazing things have happened in the week gone by that it is difficult to pinpoint which was the most significant event. I find it more feasible to discuss these events and leave it to the readers to determine their relevant importance.
- Bush Presses Gen On Taliban, Fixes 3-Way Talks With Karzai (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 23, 2006)
Public praise and private pressure. The tough love that has marked US President George W. Bush’s engagement with Pakistan’s General Pervez Musharraf since 9/11 appears unchanged after five years.
- Kashmir To Be Resolved By India, Pakistan: Bush (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Making it clear that the issue of Kashmir has to be resolved between India and Pakistan, President George W Bush today said US can only help create conditions for peace and cannot "force" nations to reach agreements.
- Mind Your Language Politics (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 23, 2006)
The Minister for the Preservation of Local Languages is a portfolio that Basavaraj Horatti seems to be hankering for. No such ministry exists yet, but that hasn’t stopped him, as Karnataka’s Education Minister, from issuing a diktat to strike out . . . .
- Cooking Up An Identity Crisis (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 23, 2006)
Give them a loophole and they will, to mix metaphors, take a mile. The passing of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2006, earlier this week, is a consequence of loophole- hunters within the state’s ruling party deciding to play . . .
- Assertive Japan? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 23, 2006)
Shinzo Abe’s election as leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) paves the way for his election as Japan’s new prime minister. Mr Abe comes from a political family but comes to the job with little political experience.
- Tougher Than They Thought (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 23, 2006)
According to an apocryphal account, a Taliban preacher told his Friday congregation soon after the American invasion of Afghanistan:
- Maharaj Hari Singh -A Visionary (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 23, 2006)
On 23rd September 1895, Raja Amar Singh Ji was blessed with a son. Little was known at that point in time, that, this child would, one day, rule the State of Jammu & Kashmir and emerge as the leader of all the Princely States of India.
- We’Ll Hunt Taliban, Qaeda: Musharraf To Bush (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Sep 23, 2006)
US president says Musharraf committed to fighting terrorism
Musharraf committed to holding free and fair polls in 2007
US and Pakistan want long-term broad-based strategic relationship
US willing to help resolve Kashmir
- Reckless Breeding Must Stop (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 23, 2006)
There must be times when you get seriously worried over the state of affairs in our country and think, if you could help in changing them for the better, what would you do? I think it is the duty of every citizen to ponder over questions like why . . .
- ‘I Can, I Must, I Will’ (Deccan Herald, Sarjit Ramesh, Sep 23, 2006)
Thirty-eight-year-old Digambara Jain muni Tarun Sagar, the “revolutionary saint”, keeps his precepts for good living clearly off the beaten track.
- After Temple Tryst, Subhas Back To Marx & Dialectics (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Exactly a week after his temple tryst at Tarapith, the maverick state Transport minister, Subhas Chakraborty, had to finally swear by Marx, not by Goddess Kali, on Friday.
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