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Articles 6821 through 6920 of 43820:
- 100 Tigers Killed In Renewed Battle (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 18, 2006)
At least 100 cadres of the LTTE have been reported killed in fresh fighting with security forces in the Jaffna peninsula in the last 24 hours even as the area has remained virtually cut off from the rest of the world for the past six days.
- Amendments To Right To Information Act Opposed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Access to file notings "will improve efficiency" of agencies
- Terrorism And Counter-Terrorism Revisited (The Financial Express, RICHARD N. HAASS, Aug 18, 2006)
The arrests in London of 21 terrorists who appear to have planned to blow up a number of airplanes over the Atlantic reminds us of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington of September 11, 2001. 9/11 remains the date that has come to signify . .
- Manmohan: Deviation Not Acceptable (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Aug 18, 2006)
``No question of nuclear autonomy being compromised''
- A Transformed Manmohan (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 18, 2006)
Controlled aggression, a game plan and application of technique At the outset he positioned himself in the Mahatma corner, quoting Gandhi's abiding injunction to wipe every tear from every eye, and declared himself a legatee of the Jawaharlal Nehru vision
- No Breach In Prime Minister's Security: Patil (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Everyone deployed in his security is vetted'
- I Head Entire Kashmir: Attique Khan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 18, 2006)
Asks India to let Kashmiris live as per their free will
- Are You Sure It's Not A Sellout, Ask Elders (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The much-awaited debate on the Indo-US nuclear cooperation in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday saw non-UPA parties expressing grave concern that the US was trying to limit India's strategic weapons development programme by putting up . . .
- India Inc Gives Poor Rating To Upa Govt (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The frown on the brows of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could get deeper.
- India On The Right Track (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 18, 2006)
Interview with Dr. Georges Vendryes, French nuclear scientist.
- Pm Answered Us, Says Left; No, Says Nda (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
An evidently satisfied Left described Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s reply to the Rajya Sabha discussion on the Indo-US nuclear deal as one with “very important assurances” that effectively set the bottom line for future negotiations with the US.
- Middle Stage Of Democracy (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 18, 2006)
Social mobilisation that began in the south has spread throughout the country with backward classes pushing aside historically dominant castes, giving rise to regional parties
- On Backfoot, Govt Sets Up Jpc On Oop (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
With President APJ Abdul Kalam so far withholding his assent to the Office-of-Profit Bill, the Government on Thursday sprang a surprise in Lok Sabha by announcing the setting up of a joint parliamentary committee to examine the constitutional and . . .
- Kalam Unveils Memorial To Soldiers In Chandigarh (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
President and supreme commander of India’s armed forces, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, on Thursday, opened the country’s first memorial dedicated to soldiers who were killed in the four wars and other security operations since Independence.
- Trickle-Down Or Leapfrog? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 18, 2006)
Robert Browning must, undoubtedly, be the permanently reigning muse in Yojana Bhavan. After all, if achievements have fallen short of targets in Plan after Plan, it must be because planners have been drawing inspiration from his lines: “Ah, but a . . .
- Pm Wins Over Scientists, Left | Coverage (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The Left parties and eminent nuclear scientists, who expressed apprehensions over the Indo-US nuclear deal on Thursday welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurances in Rajya Sabha but the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party said they did . . .
- Institutional Autonomy In Peril (Pioneer, Kishore Gandhi, Aug 18, 2006)
Crass politicians are destroying the country's premier educational institutions for the sake of vote-bank politics, says Kishore Gandhi
- Complex Case Of J&k Light Infantry (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 18, 2006)
Recent reports of three soldiers of the Indian Army having links with Lashkar-e-Tayyeba makes stories about moles sound more credible.
- N-Autonomy To Stay: Pm (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted before the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that India would make its "own assessment" of its nuclear weapons programme and that would be the "cardinal principle" of the country’s nuclear policy.
- French Window (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 18, 2006)
The French Institute of Pondicherry is emerging as a major player in Indo-French cooperation.
- Israel's Divided Left (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 18, 2006)
As opposed to the first Lebanon War, in which Left-wing anti-war demonstrations gathered strength within days, this time around they were limited to a small circle of leftists who view themselves as "radical."
- No Country But A Religion (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Aug 18, 2006)
A joke was going round Britain in the fifties about a National Serviceman (National Service was compulsory then and even a Commonwealth citizen like me had to ask for deferment) who tried to get out of Sunday church parade by registering as a Muslim.
- Paying Proposition (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 18, 2006)
Rural income increases have to come from efficiencies and productivity gains, rather than forcing consumers to pay more.
- Purified By Opposition (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 18, 2006)
The only good news from Thursday’s nuclear debate in the Rajya Sabha is that the prime minister has finally stood up to defend the constitutional right of his government to conduct foreign policy.
- Kalyan Foresees Bright Prospects For Bjp In Ensuing Up Election (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Aug 18, 2006)
Against all odds, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh foresees a bright prospect for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the poll-bound state.
- Mischief Afoot (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 18, 2006)
In the guise of "connecting knowledge with real life situations", propagandists of the Congress masquerading as academicians are planning to feed young, impressionable minds with monumental lies by including them in NCERT textbooks.
- Message From Imphal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 18, 2006)
The bomb explosion in Imphal, Manipur, on Janmashtami at the ISKCON temple, which killed four people and injured 40 others including the international director of the religious society Damodar Swami, was the first of its kind and, therefore, holds . . .
- Take Oop To Supreme Court (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Aug 18, 2006)
The Office-of-Profit (OoP) Bill, passed by both Houses of Parliament for the second time on July 31 and sent to the President for his assent, has been pending with APJ Abdul Kalam. This is reportedly making the Congress-led UPA Government restive . . .
- Lebanese Troops Deployed In Hezbollah Heartland (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Lebanese troops deployed in south Lebanon on Thursday, linking up with UN peacekeepers to take control of Hezbollah strongholds. Hezbollah fighters melted away as Lebanese troops crossed the Litani River, security sources and witnesses said.
- Changes To N-Deal With Us Unacceptable: India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The Indian government said on Thursday it would not be cowed by the US into changing the terms of their civilian nuclear deal, amid concerns Washington was trying to cap India’s atomic weapons programme.
- Mushahid Slams ‘Expansionist Designs’ Of India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Pakistan’s major grievance against India is not over Kashmir, but its “expansionism” and short-sightedness, Pakistan Muslim League Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Sayed said on Thursday.
- India-Us Nuclear Deal: Bjp, Govt Allies’ Plea Turned Down (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Aug 18, 2006)
The government has turned down a plea for a resolution to set parameters for India’s negotiations with the US on a nuclear deal.
- Pakistan’S Frequent-Fall Problem (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 18, 2006)
Yesterday this newspaper quoted General Pervez Musharraf as saying that foreign terrorists would not be allowed to operate from Pakistan or train in Pakistan’s territory.
- Speed And Content Of Economic Reforms (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Aug 18, 2006)
The record of reforms is mixed and there is uncertainty about the process, is the consensus of economists who discussed the Indian economy recently. They are agreed that India can grow at a much higher rate, provided some sectors — farm and . . .
- Salahuddin Stresses Demilitarisation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The Pakistan based chief of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Syed Salahuddin, on Thursday said that the proposal of self-rule could be discussed only after complete demilitarisation across the Line of Control.
- 15,000 Lebanese Troops Move South (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Lebanon’s government on Wednesday ordered 15,000 troops to move south to take full control, with UN peacekeepers, when Israeli troops withdraw after a 34-day war with Hizbollah guerrillas.
- Al-Qaida Gains Strength In Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
In the dusty plains of western Iraq, al-Qaida is gaining strength. Daily attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces are on the rise and there is little sign of progress in convincing the population to support the national government.
- Strengthening Ideological Moorings (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 17, 2006)
Ajk Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan has announced a number of measures to draw the State of Jammu and Kashmir closer to Pakistan ideologically.
- Judicial Activism (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 17, 2006)
The 23-point 'Islamabad Declaration' adopted at the conclusion of a four-day international judicial conference on the theme of 'Justice For All' is a perfect wish-list of all the things that Pakistanis, particularly Pakistani women and children,. . .
- Boys Will Be Boys (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 17, 2006)
If we go by the assessment that the Left parties and the BJP are determined to embarrass the government on the nuclear issue, there is no reason to expect much light from today’s Rajya Sabha debate on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- A Heroine For All (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 17, 2006)
AS an active participant in the women’s movement in India, I congratulate Pamela Philipose for her extremely well chosen moments in the history of the Indian women’s movement for celebrating the 59th Independence Day of India . . .
- To Sri Lanka, Once More With Caution (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 17, 2006)
An enormous humanitarian tragedy is waiting to happen in South Asia. The ‘no war no peace’ syndrome in Sri Lanka is slowly escalating into a full-fledged undeclared war. For India the stakes are high; they lie at the intersection of India’s . . .
- Everyone Jumps On The `Govinda Bandwagon' (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Aug 17, 2006)
The Janmashtami revelry of breaking curd pots hanging from lines as high as two storeys has now become an established source of image building for political parties, corporates and even newspapers as was evident from Wednesday's celebrations here.
- Log On To Samba District (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 17, 2006)
Everyone in Samba was waiting eagerly to hear about granting district status to Samba.
- Opposition Onslaught On The Cards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Assembly monsoon session begins today; Congress too getting ready to face attack
- Behind The Code Of Diplomatic Conduct (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Aug 17, 2006)
The relationship between India and Pakistan depends on its diplomats. If they are ill-treated, the result is ill-will and tension.
- Indian Student Faces Racial Insult In Us (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 17, 2006)
Virginia-born Shekhar Ramanuja Sidarth is a campaign activist working for former US Navy Secretary James Webb who hopes to defeat Virginia’s incumbent Republican Senator George Allen in the upcoming Senate elections.
- As India Debates N-Deal, China & Pak Move To Close Rival Pact (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 17, 2006)
As India’s nuclear debate enters the Rajya Sabha tomorrow, Beijing and Islamabad are moving towards deeper bilateral atomic energy cooperation.
- This War Had No Name (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 17, 2006)
After four weeks of exile and a constant rain of Israeli bombs and rockets, the people of Lebanon imposed the ceasefire which took the UN Security Council four weeks to declare.
- Reasonable Doubt (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 17, 2006)
Spinoza had argued that our capacity for reason is what makes each of us a thing of inestimable worth.
- Traditional Science For Survival (Deccan Herald, SUBRATA SINHA, Aug 17, 2006)
It is not just returning to the roots, but a safe route for survival and development.
- Infrastructure Glitches Will Be Ironed Out: Fm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Confident of ‘deeper and broader’ political consensus on reforms, the Centre, on Tuesday, said it will smoothen out policy and regulatory shortcomings in infrastructure to sustain high growth.
- Mncs Tap Indian Talent For Profit (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 17, 2006)
Indra Nooyi’s appointment as the CEO of PepsiCo is yet another example of the global recognition that Indian managerial talent has acquired over the years. She joins an elite group of Indian corporate executives who have led global organisations.
- Slain Royals Haunt Indo-Nepal Wedding (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 17, 2006)
A malignant star seems to dog Indo-Nepal weddings with a second alliance coming under a cloud.
- Pm Faces Latest Hurdle To N-Deal (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Aug 17, 2006)
Top retired nuclear scientists may not be the only ones to have serious misgivings about the direction in which the Indo-US nuclear deal is heading in the US Congress.
- Leadership For Change (Business Standard, Nitin Desai , Aug 17, 2006)
The PM must leverage the respect he has earned to persuade voters to embrace change.
- Warding Off Evil Designs (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 17, 2006)
Israel, and essentially the western powers' half-hearted response to the tragedy that unfolded in Lebanon has uncovered the plan to take over the Mediterranean coast of Lebanon -- a stretch of 200 kilometres.
- Shortcuts To Success (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 17, 2006)
Open any newspaper these days, and as likely or not the pictures of 'successful' O- and A-level candidates from various schools will peer out from the pages.
- Paying Proposition (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 17, 2006)
Rural income increases have to come from efficiencies and productivity gains, rather than forcing consumers to pay more.
- Terrorists Not To Be Allowed To Use Pak Land (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that defence of the country is the foremost responsibility of the Armed Forces which are fully prepared, equipped and motivated to defend the frontiers of the motherland and will not let any one . . .
- Natwar Gets Another Stab In The Back (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
There are more troubles in store for K Natwar Singh. The former Union minister, who was suspended from the Congress earlier this month for slapping a breach of privilege notice against Prime minister Manmohan Singh, has now been served a notice . . .
- Female Child Killing (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 17, 2006)
A private nursing home in Punjab - a state with a relatively high per capita income but low sex ratio - has been found to be conducting illegal sex-selection tests, aborting the female foetuses, and then disposing them of in wells situated . . .
- Speed And Content Of Economic Reforms (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Aug 17, 2006)
The record of reforms is mixed and there is uncertainty about the process, is the consensus of economists who discussed the Indian economy recently. They are agreed that India can grow at a much higher rate, provided some sectors — farm and . . .
- Musharraf Urged To Quit As Army Chief (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Politicians and jurists here have urged President Pervez Musharraf to quit army chief's office, saying the Supreme Court should conduct elections through a neutral caretaker government.
- A Page From The Past: Nooyispeak On America (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 17, 2006)
Indra Nooyi is in the news for being named CEO of PepsiCo. That was three days ago. Nooyi has had her place in the news before, for reasons very different.
- The Us-Pak Weapons Deal: No Bang For The Bucks (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Aug 17, 2006)
America’s decision to sell F-16 Falcon fighter jets to Pakistan stands to profit no one. And doesn’t benefit long-term relations between the countries either
- Going On Sixty (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Aug 17, 2006)
The transition from colony to republic was bridged by the generations of Indians born before independence who managed the professions, the economy and its institutions, the schools and colleges and the great engines of State for the first 50 years.
- Pakistan's Problems Lie In Its Very Creation (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , Aug 17, 2006)
Pakistan President, General Pervez Musharraf, on the eve of independence of his country, talked about the "unfinished business" of partition. He, probably meant annexation the Muslim majority state of the Indian Union - Jammu and Kashmir.
- Six Months’ Tourist Visa For Taslima Nasreen (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who has been living in exile for 12 years, said she was shocked and shattered upon being granted a six months’ ‘Tourist Visa’ by the Indian Government after her one year residential permit expired today.
- 5 Militants, Soldier Killed In Machhil Gunbattle (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
While at least five infiltrating militants and a soldier have died in a fierce gunbattle on the LoC in Machhil sector of Kupwara, troops have apprehended eight young boys, who were leaving for a militant training camp in PoK, from Kangan area and . . .
- Walking Away Option For India If N-Deal Changed (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will on Thursday make a statement in Parliament on the current status of the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal to address political concerns about it.
- Pm Consults 2 Top Scientists (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was today updated by two top scientists on the Indo-US civilian nuclear cooperation agreement — a politically explosive issue on which the Rajya Sabha is scheduled to have a short duration discussion tomorrow, to be . . .
- Differences On N-Deal Worry Govt (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 17, 2006)
Although the UPA government has rejected the demand of the Left parties and the BJP regarding the adoption of a resolution or a statement conveying the “sense of Parliament” opposing any changes in the Indo-US nuclear deal, the Centre . . .
- Economic Antidote (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 17, 2006)
In an otherwise predictable Independence Day address, the prime minister got one thing right: The relative emphasis on terror and development.
- Well-Deserved Award For Kannur Tourism Council (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
It popularised several lesser-known spots
- Pakistan Cites Cooperation With U.S., Britain (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 17, 2006)
"We have not received any evidence whatsoever in any terrorist act in India"
- Forum On Msm And Hiv Launched (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Aug 17, 2006)
To provide medical services
To provide medical services
Only one in 10 MSM have access to HIV/AIDS prevention services
Most governments, donors ignore the community
- Guenter Grass Faces Flak Over His World War Role (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Storm grows over belated SS confessions by the German Nobel Prize winner
- The Ltte's War Trap (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 17, 2006)
Learning from history is a phrase that is much used but little practised. The main lesson Sri Lanka should have learnt from recent history is that war is a trap by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to further its goal of an independent Eelam.
- Rationalism Faces Realpolitik (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Aug 17, 2006)
When the DMK was last in power, in 1996-2001, one minister, Anthiyur Selvaraj, sent shock waves through the party when he participated in the fire-walk ritual (walking on burning coals) in a temple.
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