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Articles 7421 through 7520 of 43820:
- Nepal Set To Give Partial Draft Of Constitution (Asian Age, BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Aug 10, 2006)
A committee drafting an interim Constitution for Nepal was set on Wednesday to present its first draft, more than a month behind schedule and missing key components, an official said.
- Kerala To Impose Total Ban On Pepsi, Coke Softdrinks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Ban may be extended to other products of the companies'
- Serial Blasts: "Focus On Credibility Of Witnesses" (Hindu, V.S. Palaniappan, Aug 10, 2006)
"Society suffers by wrong convictions; equally by wrong acquittals as well."
Irregularity in adhering to norms by prosecuting agency should not be a ground for dismissing prosecution case
More than 50 persons were killed in an area of 60 sq. . . .
- Hezb Says 11 Enemy Soldiers Killed In Pitched Battles (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
A column of Israeli tanks and armoured vehicles crossed into southern Lebanon on Wednesday evening from the Israeli town of Metulla, invading under cover of artillery fire and airstrikes, shortly after Israel’s Security Cabinet decided to expand the . . .
- ‘Confidence In One’S Fairness, Objectivity Must Be Commanded’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
When two of the country’s seniormost politicians trade harsh words in public, it resounds even above the clatter of everyday politics.
- Ministers To Visit Flood-Hit Areas (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Several politicians will visit the flood-hit areas of Belgaum district on August 9 and 10. Union Minister Oscar Fernandes will visit the flood-hit villages in Athani taluk at 12 noon on Wednesday.
- Torchlight On A Blindfolded Face (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 10, 2006)
By trying to keep the truth about missing militants and death squads under wraps, the defence establishment is seriously harming the cause of peace in Assam, writes . . .
- Mr Speaker (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 10, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s epistolary missile targeting Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee was uncalled for. Mr Vajpayee and Mr Chatterjee are two of the country’s finest parliamentarians; sticklers for norms and mindful of . . .
- Nepal, Maoists Reach Deal On Un Role (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The Koirala government and the Maoist rebels today formally requested the UN to monitor the human rights situation in Nepal and manage weapons of both the Nepali Army and the Maoist rebels.
- A Delicate Balance (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The debate over the principle of reservations is now over. Indeed, it was effectively over even before it began.
- '93 Serial Blasts: Judgement Today (Times of India, Bachi J Karkaria, Aug 10, 2006)
Today, Justice P D Kode will commence delivery of judgement on the accused in the 1993 blasts. But, in the 13 years since those 13 bombs RDX-ed their way path through the city, Mumbai has already stood in the dock. The sentence has already been delivered.
- Politics In Hockey (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Pakistan faced utmost humiliation and disappointment at the 28 Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament where it finished 5th and yet we did not see any shame or remorse from any of the hockey charlatans.
- Women’S Day In Pak National Assembly (Tribune, Raja Asghar, Aug 10, 2006)
It was a rare women’s day in the National Assembly on Tuesday when they and their male allies overcame party affiliations and conservative obstructions to introduce three private bills to promote women’s rights.
- Enervating Israel's Neighbourhood (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 10, 2006)
The ongoing Israeli attack on Lebanon is only one episode in the long battle started more than six decades ago between the band of mountebanks and political usurpers put together by industrial nations of the West and the members of one of the most . . .
- Tharoor Has A Long Way To Go (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 10, 2006)
Among the many myths that have landed India in deep diplomatic embarrassment in the past are myths about so-called “solidarity of the nonaligned and developing countries” and the belief . . .
- Kudos For Karat (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
A rather unexpected recipient of some praise — albeit left-handed — in the pages of Organiser is CPM general secretary Prakash Karat. It appears in a long article on the government’s “total isolation” over the nuclear deal issue.
- Limits Of Backwardness (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 10, 2006)
Tuesday's Supreme Court order quashing the Jharkhand government’s decision to merge the extremely backward class and the backward class into one group for purposes of reservation is timely.
- ‘Mainstream Politics Is All Rubbish’ (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Aug 10, 2006)
K G Kannabiran, president of the People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL), has devoted his life to fighting for people’s rights. He is one of the leading lawyers in Andhra Pradesh, and has taken up the legal cudgels against the state’s attempts to . . .
- Mahesh Bhatt Leads Muslim Protest (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Aug 10, 2006)
With the Mumbai police summoning scores of Muslim youths for questioning in the wake of the serial bomb blasts, community leaders are coming together to protest, what they call, harassment of innocent people.
- Key Inputs Ignored: Natwar (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Seeking to defend his case in the Volcker controversy, former External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh, who has been suspended from the Congress, today cited a communication to the government by Permanent Mission of India (PMI) to the United . . .
- Prerequisite For Economic Growth (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 10, 2006)
As public and professional services, police and business must play a more proactive role together than they have so far, says Arun Chawla.
- Natwar: Pm Ignored Vital Inputs (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Suspended Congress leader K. Natwar Singh on Wednesday upped the ante by saying that both the Justice R.S. Pathak Inquiry Authority and the UPA government had "deliberately ignored" certain vital inputs from the permanent mission of India to the . . .
- The Foreign To Bjp Policy (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Aug 10, 2006)
Why are nuclear nationalists prancing around with KGB hand-me-downs? ---- Since the Monsoon Session of Parliament began in the final week of July, three issues and a subtext have engrossed it:
- Russia For 'Humanitarian Ceasefire' In West Asia (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Russia called on Tuesday for the immediate adoption of a short United Nations Security Council resolution on a "humanitarian ceasefire" in Lebanon if differences persisted over the draft resolution currently on the table.
- ‘Sex Scam’ Accused Dysp Had Info Of Mumbai Blasts (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Aug 10, 2006)
A junior Police official, handling counter-intelligence in Jammu & Kashmir Police, had warned the State Government on June 14th about the Mumbai serial blasts that left nearly 200 people dead and hundreds wounded on July 11th.
- Crisis In West Asia - Iran's Nuclear Ambitions (Daily Excelsior, Indu Prakash Singh, Aug 10, 2006)
As the war in West Asia escalates India seems to be ducking for cover from the crisis. It appears to be Samuel Huntington’s ‘Two Civilizations" conflict.
- Indo-Us Deal Caps India's N-Freedom, Bjp To Tell Prez (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Aug 10, 2006)
In view of the Left's flip-flop over a joint resolution reiterating India's independent nuclear policy, the BJP has decided to share its concerns about the Indo-US nuclear deal with President APJ Abdul Kalam. The party will submit a memorandum to . . .
- A Principled Stand (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The MQM, which is a coalition partner in the federal and provincial government of Sindh took a "democratic" step which few political parties of Pakistan ever had the courage to take, when its ministers resigned en bloc both in Sindh and at the centre.
- Tharoor And That Uneasy Feeling (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Aug 10, 2006)
Among the many myths that have caused diplomatic embarrassment to India in the past are myths about so-called solidarity of the non-aligned and developing countries and the belief that just because we have supported Arab and African causes in the . . .
- Left Warns Of Serious Rift On Nuke Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Left parties today warned the UPA government of an imminent confrontation if it failed to address their concerns on the Indo-US nuclear deal, toughening their stand on the sensitive issue.
- Nepal Arms Row Ends (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 10, 2006)
The festering dispute between Nepal’s seven-party government and the Maoists over decommissioning the guerilla soldiers, that aggravated this week, after Prime Minister Mr Koirala championed accommodating King Gyanendra in the future political . . .
- Seeking Invulnerability (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 10, 2006)
The US must not overthrow rogue regimes but, in exchange of nuclear guarantees, leave their fate in the hands of their own people, says Gwynne Dyer.
- Quota Pashas Pressure May Delay Moily Report (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The deepening divisions within the UPA on implementing the proposed OBC quota in education institutions may delay the final report of the Veerappa Moily-led Oversight Committee.
- Immiscible In The Melting Pot (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 10, 2006)
Everybody says India is a great nation, but one fails to understand where the greatness is hidden when all of us unabashedly admit that we are a backward lot.
- Nuke Deal: Left Warns Of Serious Confrontation (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Left parties on Wednesday warned the UPA government of an imminent confrontation if it failed to address their concerns on the Indo-US nuclear deal, toughening their stand on the sensitive issue.
- Us Refuses Comment On Israel's Expanded Operations (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Aug 10, 2006)
The Bush administration has refused to comment substantively on the expanded military opertions in Lebanon by Israel, saying Washington has counselled the Jewish state in public and in private that utmost care must be taken to avoid loss of innocent . . .
- Meanwhile, Sonia Says 'I Am Proud Of Manmohan' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Virtually launching her party campaign for the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh next year, Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked her party rank and file to get ready for a 'do or die' battle to remove the Mulayam Singh government.
- American Senator Defeated Over Iraq War (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Prominent US senator Joseph Lieberman has been defeated in primary elections in what is largely being seen in America as a backlash against President Bush and the war in Iraq.
- More Facilities For Legislators (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Aug 10, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz wants to improve the quality of life of the people of Pakistan. That has been promised by successive leaders often in the past. But the promise has hardly ever materialized except in case of a small number of people.
- Israel To Push Even Deeper Into Lebanon (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The Israeli security cabinet on Wednesday gave the green light for the army’s ground offensive to push deeper into south Lebanon, Deputy Prime Minister Eli Yishai said.
- Court Deports Indian Women, Five Children (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The NWFP Home Department on Wednesday issued the deportation order of two Indian women and five children who were arrested by political authorities on suspicion of being Indian spies 14 months ago on Pak-Afghan border closed to Miranshah in the . . .
- Lebanon Will Be Israel’S Graveyard: Nasralla (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
A defiant Hizbollah chief vowed on Wednesday to turn south Lebanon into a “graveyard” for invading Israeli troops.
- 60 Per Cent Americans Oppose Us War In Iraq: (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
US Blackhawk helicopter goes down in Iraq; Twenty civilians killed in bomb blast, four Iraqis held for allegedly kidnapping US journalist
- Start Of A Rocky Road? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 10, 2006)
It was always felt that the government's courageous stand on proposing some significant amendments to the infamous Hudood ordinances was perhaps too good to be true.
- Retreat In The Face Of Extremism? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 10, 2006)
The ruling PML had a case of cold feet at the National Assembly on Tuesday while trying to pass an amendment to the Hudood Ordinance by a simple majority.
- Justice For Children (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 10, 2006)
The Government has decided to introduce an amendment to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act in the monsoon session of parliament. For the present a blanket ban has been imposed on the employment of children as domestic help or servants . . .
- Tackling Ulfa-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 10, 2006)
The asymmetric secessionist war of the United Liberation Front of Asom has gravely endangered national security ever since its inception in 1979.
- Are Indian Muslims Getting Radicalised? (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Aug 10, 2006)
The Mumbai bomb blasts of July 11 “underscored a gathering threat for India: a small but increasingly deadly cadre of young and often educated Indian Muslims who are being drawn directly into terrorist operations,” according to a report in the New . . .
- Buffett And Hezbollah (The Financial Express, Thomas L Friedman, Aug 10, 2006)
The most important thing you need to know about Israel today and how it has performed in the war with Hezbollah is Warren Buffett.
- Three Conflicts, One Solution (Deccan Herald, Marwan Bishara, Aug 09, 2006)
The cause for unrest in West Asia is misunderstanding of each others’ sentiments.
- Other Side Of Auto Revolution (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 09, 2006)
For long, there were only three models of cars on Indian roads — Landmaster/Ambassador, Fiat and Standard. All this has changed, as Suzukis, Hyundais, Fords, Chevrolets, Mercs and BMWs jostle for the limited road space.
- Don’T Bow To M’Rashtra, Hdk Tells Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
An all-party delegation led by chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday and urged him not to yield to the pressure being exerted by Maharashtra on the boundary issue
- Breaking The Code (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Aug 09, 2006)
It is a sad commentary on the state of strategic thinking in India that in all the discourse in parliament and outside about Jaswant Singh’s new book, A Call to Honour, the author’s message was lost, and . . .
- Politics Of Paralysis (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2006)
There's nothing unusual about what happened on Monday: Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned after ruling and Opposition MPs paralysed proceedings.
- A Grey Report (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 09, 2006)
Truth should be in black and white ---- Rare is an official inquiry into a financial scandal that has come up with facts that tell the full story of moral and political corruption in the highest echelons of Government.
- Corporates Can Do It (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 09, 2006)
Something extraordinary is happening in infrastructure. Historically, the government has provided infrastructure, which then makes feasible private sector investment. Some economists claim that this process refutes the conventional wisdom that . . .
- New Role For Moneylenders (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 09, 2006)
The initiative to support rural moneylenders with official funds is an acknowledgement that even a successful centralised banking system has its limits.
- In Afghanistan, A New Crackdown (Tribune, Pamela Constable, Aug 09, 2006)
Behind an unmarked door on a quiet residential street, a half-dozen young Chinese women in miniskirts shimmy to disco tapes or sit with beefy European men. Next to the fully stocked bar, a plastic Christmas tree pulses with tiny lights.
- Hello Brother (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 09, 2006)
On Rakhi, countless dreams are raakh ---- Going by the jokes being circulated through the SMS, Rakhi would seem an apt day for young men to hold 24-hour stag parties in India's towns and cities.
- N-Issue: Left Gets Restive Awaiting Govt Response (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Aug 09, 2006)
Even as the Left's negotiation on a comprehensive Sense of House Resolution on the Indo-US nuclear agreement from the UPA Government is still locked in a stalemate, the Left Front's meeting scheduled for Tuesday was cancelled.
- Privileges Of A Breach (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
The most recent drama enacted in Parliament, with former foreign ministers from Rajasthan at the centrestage, must have left ordinary citizens from that beautiful state, extremely uneasy.
- Affirmative Action Is It Ok To Ask Banks To Relook The Interest Hike? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 09, 2006)
Government intervention in higher education through reservation has been debated with a keenness that is to be expected of any policy that has redistributive effects.
- Deja Vu On Israel ? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
All Urdu dailies continue to give extensive coverage of the war in west Asia. India’s policy on Israel has got a special mention in many papers.
- Nda Missile, Speaker Ceasefire (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 09, 2006)
With the NDA limiting its boycott of the Lok Sabha to just one day and Speaker Somnath Chatterjee disinclined to dramatically quit over today’s developments, a ‘‘crisis’’ in the Lower House has been averted for the time being.
- Suspended, Natwar Kicks And Screams (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Aug 09, 2006)
Comes out with Amar Singh to say this PM didn’t even win a municipality election and what about Quattrocchi?
- Politics Of Aggrandisement (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 09, 2006)
I have nothing against the MPs who have prevailed upon the government to curtail parliament’s session by three days. My worry is over the cause for which they have done so.
- Now A Development Agenda For Wipo (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 09, 2006)
The decision of member-countries of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), acting through its Provisional Committee, to refer the issue of a Development Agenda for this United Nations-affiliated body to its General Assembly in September . .
- Firing Incident: Mla’S Brother Targets Officials (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Aug 09, 2006)
After reaching a compromise with his opponent, Mr Harpinder Singh Gill (Rajan), a younger brother of the Congress MLA from Beas, who was booked for opening fire on a former sarpanch under the influence of liquor now has targeted senior officials . . .
- Sonia’S Hoarding Evokes Protest (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Aug 09, 2006)
The launch of the Congress campaign for the Vidhan Sabha elections at the “Nav Nirman” rally here got entangled in a controversy over party president Sonia Gandhi’s depiction as Durga on a massive hoarding near the rally venue.
- Sudden Love (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2006)
It is a sad commentary on the state of politics that an indicted Natwar Singh is now the toast of some Opposition leaders.
- Europe And Israel's Acts Of Unilateralism (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Aug 09, 2006)
At the critical moment of decision making, internal contradictions come to the fore and Europe appears to drag its feet.
- Let Us Join Hands To Reclaim Feminism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 09, 2006)
To see off the feminist-bashers, we must unite around core concerns and harness a third wave.
- Tamil Tigers Lift Water Blockade In Lanka, Blast Kills 3 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Tamil Tigers today lifted a blockade of a canal over which they fought heavy battles with security forces for over two weeks leaving 440 people dead, hours after three people were killed and a Tamil politician injured in a car bomb blast in the . . .
- Dead End (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 09, 2006)
There is a common misconception that the Congress party is in a dilemma about what to do with Mr Natwar Singh.
- Beirut Pleads For End Of War (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Israeli air strikes killed 14 villagers in south Lebanon today as Beirut pleaded for a swift end to Israel’s war with Hizbollah guerrillas that has cost up to 1,000 Lebanese and 100 Israeli lives in four weeks.
- Joint Nepal Letter To Un Planned (Telegraph, J. HEMANTH, Aug 09, 2006)
The Nepal government today announced that a joint letter, bearing the signatures of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and Maoist chief Prachanda, would be sent to the UN tomorrow asking the world body to monitor the arms of the Nepal Army and the . . .
- Vajpayee Leads Campaign Against Speaker (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
In yet another attack on the constitutional positions, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today gave voice to a long-simmering discontentment against Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath . . .
- Congress Suspends Natwar (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 09, 2006)
Former External Affairs Minister K.Natwar Singh’s long association with the Congress is all set to end with the party suspending him from its primary membership for indiscipline.
- Hung Up (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 09, 2006)
Mumbai's moral police are at it again, hauling up a group of artists displaying at the Jehangir Art Gallery because an irate viewer felt that the exhibits, which included nude male and female mannequins, were too erotic to be displayed.
- Cuba After Castro (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 09, 2006)
Dissidents like Oswaldo Paya say Fidel Castro's illness has changed the Communist country forever by exposing a system ruled by one man for nearly half-a-century to the influence of others - even if only temporarily.
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