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Articles 4921 through 5020 of 43820:
- Vande Mataram: Bjp Again Raises Sonia’S Foreign Origin (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
The BJP on Sunday opposed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s scheduled meeting with Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of the Nam Summit in Havana on September 15-16.
- Terrifying Prospect (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 11, 2006)
The bomb blasts in Malegaon, and earlier in Mumbai, seem to belong to a new category of ‘pure’ terrorist acts.
- Developing Nations Summit Gathers Us Foes In Cuba (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement of 116 developing nations will meet in Cuba this week for a summit that will gather some of the United States' fiercest critics just 90 miles (145 km) offshore.
- Security To Be Tightened At Karnataka Dams (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
125 police personnel will guard Krishnaraja Sagar reservoir
- Sudden Death (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 11, 2006)
The death of 54 miners in Bharat Coking Coal Limited's Bhatdih mine in Dhanbad last week is a ghastly reminder that our miners continue to work in the most hazardous conditions.
- Telgi 'Shocked' Over Narco-Analysis News, Denies Meeting Pawar (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
The kingpin of the fake stamp paper scam Abdul Karim Telgi has termed reports on his narco-analysis test beamed by TV channels as "false and baseless" and denied having either met Union Minister Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal . . .
- A Bridge Too Far? (Business Standard, Subir Gokarn, Sep 11, 2006)
In recommending a narrow band for exchange rate movements, the Tarapore report may increase risks of a currency crisis.
- Exploitation Of Osama’S Ghost (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 11, 2006)
Alijazeera tv TV network has released another videotape of Osama bin Laden apparently to let Washington exploit its contents to derive political mileage once again. And there is hardly anything new in his assertions viz-a-viz the United States.
- Ard Blasts Govt Over Bugti’S Killing (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Leaders of the opposition parties, including the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, (ARD), the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (PONM), have warned the people against anti-state conspiracies . . .
- Malegaon Blasts (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 11, 2006)
The Malegaon blasts could not have come at a more inopportune time. They seem to have been carried out virtually in defiance of the government’s resolve — expressed by the PM during the just concluded meet on internal security — to contain terror.
- Paktia Governor Dies In Suicide Blast (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
A suicide bombing killed three people including the governor of Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province outside his home on Sunday, police said.
- That Man From Gujarat (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 11, 2006)
Who's going to lead the BJP in the next elections? Indications from Dehradun — the hill state meeting was perhaps an unwitting admission of the mountainous task ahead — were as follows: not even Rajnath Singh’s best friend would pick . . .
- Face The Birthday Heat (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 11, 2006)
With the reckless self-indulgence that will always be associated with his presidency, the former US president Bill Clinton has chosen this moment to turn 60.
- Business As Usual (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Sep 11, 2006)
Self-appointed historians have been suggesting that just as the assassination of a little-known Austrian prince became the defining moment of the twentieth century, so too was 9/11 for the twenty-first.
- The Bile Also Laughs (OutLook, R. Prasad, Sep 11, 2006)
Showcases the finest of this most discussed and criticised political cartoonist.
- We May Freeze N-Work: Iran To Eu (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Iran is ready to comply—at least temporarily—with a UN Security Council demand that it freeze uranium enrichment and has said so at talks with a European negotiator, diplomats said on Sunday.
- Pm Seeks Greater Nam Unity (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for greater unity among the 116 NAM countries to fight terrorism.
- Nda Deserters Move Sc Against Jharkhand Speaker (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
In yet another twist to the power struggle in Jharkhand, three independent MLAs who had switched over from NDA today moved the Supreme Court challenging the disqualification notice slapped on them by the state assembly Speaker yesterday.
- Outsourcing Opportunities, Continental-Size (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Sep 11, 2006)
With offshore and near-shore outsourcing of traditional IT and back-office work in Europe set to grow 30-35 per cent per annum in the next few years, the Continent is the place to be for countries such as India.
- Pm Rejects Bjp Plea On Musharraf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday virtually rejected the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party’s demand that he should not meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in Havana during the NAM Summit.
- Reduce Delays (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 11, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee recently introduced a new Defence Procurement Procedures (DPP) Manual 2006 to reduce delays in the arms procurement process to ensure that the military does not lack either aircraft, battle tanks, guns or warships.
- Evil Designs (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 11, 2006)
The date and place were selected for higher impact.
- Vande Mataram To Be Bjp’S Main Poll Plank (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
In view of the assembly elections in four states due next year, the BJP on Sunday came out with its five-month plan with a pledge to make Vande Mataram as its main poll plank focusing on Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s absence from a centenary . . .
- Sending Sappers To Lebanon (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has announced that Pakistan has agreed to send army sappers to Lebanon for the purpose of clearing that country of landmines, cluster bombs, booby traps and other explosive devices.
- Clash Of Ideologies (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 11, 2006)
As Osama is gaining popularity among Muslims, leaders are hesitant in condemning fundamentalist violence.
- The Proxy War (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 11, 2006)
A series of bomb blasts in suburban trains in Mumbai on 11 July has proved once again that terrorists are capable of striking at will, short-circuiting the so-called impregnable surveillance and security cover.
- Jinnah’S Vision Of Pakistan (Dawn, Sharif al Mujahid, Sep 11, 2006)
Jinnah was not a mere political leader, but also a statesman. Indeed, his statesmanship streak influenced and determined his political leadership role increasingly as he negotiated the tortuous road to Pakistan in the 1940s.
- In Violation Of Rules (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 11, 2006)
The so-called agreement reached between the LDA, Lahore’s building control authority, and Shahalam Market traders — two of whom are advisers to the Punjab chief . . .
- Indian Blast Town Wavers Between Hurt And Harmony (Daily Times, Krittivas Mukherjee, Sep 11, 2006)
Everything is possible. But whoever it is, he has to understand that they cannot break the Hindu-Muslim unity of our town’
- Hard Questions, Soft Answers (The Financial Express, JOSEPH S NYE, Sep 11, 2006)
The first round of the war went to the US, the second to terrorists. What now?
- Costly Error (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 11, 2006)
The commerce minister has applied himself single-mindedly to his portfolio, and pursued his ministry’s concerns with characteristic energy and aplomb. One cause he has taken especially to heart is the promotion of special economic zones.
- 'Laden Not Captured Because Pak Does Not Allow Hot Pursuit' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Osama bin Laden is hiding in Pakistan and he has not been caught because Pakistan does not allow hot pursuit of terrorists, a senior Afghanistan official has said.
- Hindi At The United Nations (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, Sep 11, 2006)
More people speak Hindi than French, Russian or Arabic, but Hindi is not an official language of the United Nations.
- The One And The Many (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 11, 2006)
Amartya Sen writes in Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny, “a Bangladeshi Muslim is not only a Muslim but also a Bengali and a Bangladeshi, typically quite proud of the Bengali language, literature and music, not to mention the other . . .
- Army In 21st Century (Daily Excelsior, General (Retd) V. P. Malik, Sep 11, 2006)
For the first time in decades, no convincing reason can be given for a global armed conflict among the major nations of the world.
- Azad: Self-Rule, Demilitarisation Are Nothing But A Stunt (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
People's Democratic Party is likely to nominate Tariq Hameed Qarra as the State's new Deputy Chief Minister even as Abdul Aziz Zargar is likely to continue as Legislature Party leader.
- Time To Rewrite The Future (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Sep 11, 2006)
Domestic violence has plagued marriages since the dawn of history.
- Islamic Rage: A Clash Of Views (Deccan Herald, PRASENJIT CHOWDHURY, Sep 11, 2006)
Radical Islam has taken the place of Communist ideology for America.
- Hudood Changes A Test For Musharraf (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 11, 2006)
Opposition, sections in ruling party against amendments
- Lessons From Malegaon (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 11, 2006)
The fact that Friday's terror attack in Malegaon did not instantly translate into communal riots in that divided and volatile town is no cause for euphoria.
- No Truth Is Eternal (Pioneer, Surajit Dasgupta, Sep 11, 2006)
We humans love definitions. Because that qualifies us as 'scientists'. And we try, with our limited intelligence, to formulate ideas, axioms, conjectures and hypotheses about somebody or something until he or it gets compartmentalised.
- Neo-Colonialism In The Name Of Aid (Pioneer, Azim A Khan Sherwani, Sep 11, 2006)
Rich countries have a moral imperative to combat world poverty to prevent the 'silent' tsunamis of 30,000 children dying from poverty related illnesses every week. 2,800 million people, constituting 46 per cent of humanity, live below the poverty line.
- Trouble Feared In Jharkhand Today (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Jharkhand could well be heading towards imposition of President’s Rule.
- Terror In Malegaon (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 11, 2006)
Friday's bombings outside Noorani Masjid and 'Bada Kabristan' in Malegaon, which have left at least 38 people, including a large number of children, dead and scores injured, once again underscores the fact that our internal security situation is . . .
- Looking For Gandhism (Deccan Herald, Ashwini Y S, Sep 11, 2006)
Hundred years have gone by since Gandhi initiated a strong movement, but do his principles and theories still make a difference to the present day Indian?
- Security To Be Tightened At Reservoirs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
125 police personnel will guard Krishnaraja Sagar reservoir, watchtower to be built
Two entry gates at KRS dam closed for public
Metal detectors to be installed at Belur, Halebid, Shravanabelagola
- Upa, Left Parties Stage Protest In Jharkhand (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
The United Progressive Alliance and Left parties on Sunday staged a peaceful and symbolic demonstration near the official residence of Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Inder Singh Namdhari.
- "Tata Motors Must Look For Alternative Site" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Mamata says State is "robbing" peasants
- Developing Nations Summit Gathers U.S. Foes In Cuba (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement of 116 developing nations will meet in Cuba this week for a summit that will gather some of the United States' fiercest critics just 90 miles (145 km) offshore.
- West Asia In Turmoil (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 11, 2006)
On the morning of September 11, 2001, as hijackers crashed airplanes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, few would have guessed the dramatic repercussions of these actions on West Asia.
- Caste To Class (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 10, 2006)
The conundrum of caste is befuddling. It is the bete noire of the enlightened, the alibi of the ineffective administrator, the safe haven of the orthodox upper class, and the bugbear of the indigent rustic.
- A Lifelong Revolutionary (New Indian Express, GEETA DOCTOR, Sep 10, 2006)
It’s strange to contemplate how distant we have become from a country such as Egypt. Even Cairo — that once lively capital of intrigue and adventure, burnished by Francophile longings and Nasserite glory in the after-glow of empire — has now become . . .
- Upa Soft On Terrorism: Bjp (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
With the Malegaon blasts sending shockwaves across the country, the BJP today sought to put the ruling UPA in the dock accusing the Congress-led coalition of being soft on terrorism due to its votebank politics and appeasement tactics.
- Copying: Weakens Fibre Of Society (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Sep 10, 2006)
The unabashed and blatant use of unfair means, both during examinations and later on in the marking is a shocking and ghastly reminder of the fact that our educational and examination system, in most places has become decayed and putrid.
- The Ujjain Shocker (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 10, 2006)
Few incidents have exposed the partisan role of the police more eloquently than the attack on college teachers in Ujjain, which resulted in the death of Professor H.S. Sabharwal.
- Us For Quick Sanctions On Iran (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The United States wants the UN Security Council to begin talks next week on a draft resolution that sets out sanctions against Iran for its nuclear activities, US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said on Friday.
- Pakistan Risks Creating Safe Haven For Al-Qaeda, Taliban (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Five years after President Pervez Musharraf bowed to US pressure to withdraw support for the Taliban in Afghanistan, his government has signed a peace deal with Pakistani Taliban.
- Not Osama Or Us But Kursi’ (Indian Express, Editorial, The News International, Sep 10, 2006)
He can’t see Quetta or Peshawar through his windshield. That’s almost a million miles away.
- India’S Communal Instability Worries Pakistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 10, 2006)
Three bomb attacks in the textile town of Malegaon in Maharashtra, India, have killed 37 people and injured nearly 150, all of them Muslims.
- Saluting The Fallen (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 10, 2006)
The military community, veterans especially, will raise only two cheers to the defence minister for visiting War Cemeteries in France and Germany and paying homage to Indian soldiers who died in 1914-18.
- India For Rendering Borders Irrelevant (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Observing that economically flourishing India is a "great opportunity" and not a threat to neighbours, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran today said New Delhi favours increased connectivity to render borders irrelevant and a number of proposals have been . . .
- Death Down Under (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 10, 2006)
The tragedy in Dhanbad’s Bhatdih colliery, where at least 50 miners have perished in a blast, confirms misgivings that mine safety is yet to be fool-proof even three decades after the landmark Chasnala disaster.
- Un Raps India For Polio Failure (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 10, 2006)
Alarmed by the polio situation in the country, the UN has written to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and the World Health Organisation has shot off a letter to the health minister, Dr Anbumani Ramadoss, expressing concern over the . . .
- Dividing Iraq Will Be A Mistake: Bush (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
President Mr George W Bush says he believes dividing Iraq into three separate regions ~ Kurdish, Shi’ite and Sunni ~ with a central government in Baghdad would be a mistake.
- Strengthen The Alternative World Order (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 10, 2006)
NAM needs to be revitalised as a dynamic and effective mechanism to coordinate, aid, represent and defend the interests and priorities of its member-states that are mostly Third World countries
- Quota Will Not Help Obcs (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 10, 2006)
The UPA Government's move to impose caste-based reservation in higher education is not the right approach to solve the problem of socio-economic inequality in our society.
- Curriculum With Emphasis On S&t (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 10, 2006)
Federal Minister for Education Javed Ashraf Qazi has said that the revised educational curriculum with emphasis on science and technology related contents would be notified within weeks.
- Atal Hails Rajnath (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 10, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Saturday praised BJP president Rajnath Singh, saying the party was growing very well under his leadership. Vajpayee's observation about Singh in his concluding remarks at the BJP's national executive . . .
- Kicking Up A Rao (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 10, 2006)
Apart from committing a gross breach of diplomatic propriety, Sri Lanka's Tourism Minister Anura Bandaranaike is guilty of tasteless sexist prejudice for attacking India's High Commissioner Nirupama Rao.
- Muslims Must Rebut Charges (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 10, 2006)
Hossain Miya, a prosperous Muslim villager in Manik Bandopadhyay's novel, Padma Nadir Majhi, which the Kolkata theatre group, Pratikriti, staged last week, promises beleaguered Hindu fishermen refuge on his island where there is neither masjid nor . . .
- For Whose Peace? (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Sep 10, 2006)
At Havana, the media attention will be riveted on the Manmohan Singh-Pervez Musharraf sideline talks. In the media circus that will ensue, few will recall the original slogans behind non-alignment and, like on previous occasions, the event will pass . . .
- Bjp Blames Upa For Rise In Terrorism (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The politics of "vote bank" and "appeasement policy" of the UPA and the Left parties have led to the rise in terrorism activities in the country.
- Refix The Centre-State Federal Model (The Financial Express, N K Singh, Sep 10, 2006)
The sooner this is done, the better would be the prospect for faster economic growth movement
- When Government Falls Prey To Businessmen (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Sep 10, 2006)
For instance, the Haryana government is willing to hand over vast tracts of land to an Indian MNC
- Why Did I Go To India? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 10, 2006)
Sept 3: I'm going for a simple reason: India matters so much in the modern world…and is an incredibly diverse society... People are free to be Indian and Muslim, or Indian and Sikh, or Indian and Hindu, without any contradiction.
- Leaders Must Know When To Step Down (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 10, 2006)
Tony Blair’s stony silence on the precise date when he will step down as prime minister does little to enhance his considerably sullied reputation.
- Flowers And Guns (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 10, 2006)
Guns and roses or, for that matter, flowers and insurgency, are an incongruous combination. But in Mizoram, the two are intertwined, as if destined to be made for each other.
- Ban Fiis, Not P-Notes (Business Standard, Surjit S Bhalla, Sep 10, 2006)
The recent controversy around the banning of P-Notes is best understood by looking at the origins. It all began in the early nineties, when the policymakers received a wake-up call regarding the state of their economy, and their socialist policies.
- Balochistan Blast (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 10, 2006)
The extremely precarious nature of the law and order situation in Balochistan, especially following Nawab Akbar Bugti's death was indicated by Friday morning's powerful bomb blast in Rakhni Bazaar right on the border with Punjab.
- Breaking The Code (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 10, 2006)
After reports of alleged spying by some members in the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), Cabinet Secretary B K Chaturvedi has sent a stern circular to all secretaries, reminding them of basic ground rules for officers coming into contact . . .
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