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Articles 7521 through 7620 of 43820:
- Terror Leader: 'Nobody Can Hand Me Over To India' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The Kashmir issue can never be resolved through talks, believes Syed Salahuddin, leader of the Hizb-ul Mujahideen terrorist group, and chairman of the Jihad Council, an umbrella outfit comprising over a dozen Kashmiri terrorist groups.
- Godavari Recedes, No Respite From Floods (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
High tide in Bay adds to flood fury; 350 Konaseema villages marooned
- The Expanding Horizons Of Regional Trade Agreements (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 09, 2006)
With the WTO in crisis, and hopes fading for the multilateral route to international trade, there is an inevitable shift to regional agreements.
- Sri Lanka Needs A New Peace Process (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 09, 2006)
"India wants the continuation of Norwegian role in Sri Lanka and even wants the US to get involved, and is saying so, both in private and public."
- Casual Labour Problem (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 09, 2006)
“If the ministry’s action weakens the system, then the Moody’s might go moody and the Standards will rate us ‘poor’”
- Rbi Should Stick To Fine Tuning (Business Standard, Subir Roy, Aug 09, 2006)
The perceptions of the finance minister and the central bank governor appear to be in a classical misalignment. P Chidambaram wants buoyant growth to continue whereas Y V Reddy has signalled higher interest rates so as to rein in incipient inflation.
- Trs-Congress Tug Of War On Telangana (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Aug 09, 2006)
KCR party threatens to join opposition ranks in Parliament, if pushed beyond a point
- Cong Sets Natwar’S Endgame In Motion (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The Congress leadership on Tuesday set in motion the process of taking action against Mr Natwar Singh by referring the case of his ‘negative conduct’ to the AICC disciplinary committee headed by A K Antony.
- Who Killed The Vidarbha Farmers? (OutLook, Smruti Koppikar, Aug 09, 2006)
Heartbreaking as they are, suicides - over 90 last month - are only a symptom of the larger and deep agrarian crisis, reminds the award-winning journalist, touching on the role played by our policy-makers and politicians - from Montek Singh . . .
- 'Inshallah, Kashmir Will Become Part Of Pakistan' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
In her first major interview to the mainstream Indian media, the Dukhtaran-e-Millat leader reveals the Talibanesque mindset of a woman who's known as Malka-ul-Maut (Angel of Death)...
- Reject Maharashtra's Claim Over Our Villages, State Urges . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
30-member all-party delegation led by Kumaraswamy calls on Manmohan Singh .
- Act Or Perish (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Aug 09, 2006)
The world is not against Islam but the ongoing terrorist strikes in the name of global jihad can be best defined as World War IV, says Prafull Goradia
- It Was Not Expected Of Vajpayee: Dasmunsi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
We never expected him to question impartiality of the Chair: Left
Speaker ``bulldozing'' House into transacting business: BJP
Vajpayee has no respect for the institution: CPI
Boycott betrays lack of faith in Parliament: Congress
- Nda Boycotts Lok Sabha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Return to House, says Speaker
Members criticise attack on office of Speaker
Questions, calling attention motion put off
- Reject Maharashtra's Claim, Karnataka Urges Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
"Implement Mahajan Commission recommendations on border dispute"
- Sonia Asks Mulayam To Quit As Cm (Asian Age, Amita Verma, Aug 09, 2006)
Without mincing any words, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday asked UP chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav to quit his chair and pave the way for a "new and better Uttar Pradesh". "Unko gaddi chhodni padegi (He will have to quit)," she emphasised.
- Court Bars Hymn Recitation At Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
"It will affect sanctity of the place, cause law and order problem"
- Lankan Politics Helps Tigers (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Aug 09, 2006)
Truth is, indeed, the first casualty of the Sri Lanka war while the Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) is still in place. In recent battles, there have been three versions: Of the LTTE, the Government and the monitoring mission.
- The Mirror Cracked (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 09, 2006)
We all have our faults and weaknesses. Yet, we do expect our public figures to be flawless and hold them to a standard higher than we may apply to ourselves.
- Congress Suspends Natwar Over Iraq Scandal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Former foreign minister Natwar Singh was suspended from the ruling Congress party on Tuesday after an inquiry into Iraq's oil-for-food scandal said he sought favours from Saddam Hussein, a senior party leader said.
- Bofors & Volcker (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 09, 2006)
Last week the Pathak Commission probing the Volcker Report gave the Congress party a clean chit. Also last week, Mr Arun Singh emerged from the shadows after two decades to remind us of Bofors.
- Fanfare To Fizzle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 09, 2006)
National Rural Health Mission yet to take off
Whether it’s urban renewal or rural health, national missions ~ the UPA dispensation’s buzzword for reaching out to the people ~ ironically reflect the dead hand of government.
- No One Can Hand Me Over To India: Hizb Chief (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
With India seeking his deportation from Pakistan in the aftermath of Mumbai blasts, Hizbul Mujahideen Chief Syed Salahuddin has said nobody could hand him over to India.
- Pm, Sonia Talk Nuke Deal, Quota With Allies (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Beset by a host of problems and against the background of the political storm over the Pathak report, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi held consultations with leaders of different constituents of the UPA on Tuesday.
- A Many-Sided Threat (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Aug 09, 2006)
The Government of India has postponed the scheduled talks between the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan and so is the proposed visit of the Prime Minister to Pakistan.
- Ls Speaker Wants To Quit (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The severely strained relations between the Speaker, Mr Somnath Chatterjee, and the principal Opposition, the BJP, has now hit a new low with Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee joining the fray to gun for Mr Chatterjee followed by the Manmohan Singh government . . .
- India Ex-Fm Suspended From Party (British Broadcasting Corporation, bbc correspondent, Aug 09, 2006)
India's ruling Congress Party has suspended a former foreign minister over findings about his role in the oil-for-food programme in Iraq.
- Let’S Not Treat Students As Guinea Pigs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 09, 2006)
Education has always been a happy hunting-ground for politicians. After coming to power, the first thing a party does is mould the education system in the way it thinks fit.
- Natwar Suspended From Cong, To Get Show Cause Notice (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Wielding the axe, the Congress tonight suspended indicted party leader Natwar Singh from primary membership of the party and asked him to show cause why he should not be expelled for misuse of his position for procuring oil contracts from Iraq in 2001 . .
- Pacifying Waziristan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 09, 2006)
One hopes that the ceasefire reaffirmed last month in Waziristan will not be revoked after Monday’s beheading of a pro-government tribal leader who was kidnapped last week from South Waziristan.
- Can The Revolution Outlive Castro? (Daily Times, Mahir Ali, Aug 09, 2006)
It probably would not be considered particularly ageist to contend that no nation’s fortunes ought to be linked to a supreme leader having been in office for several decades.
- Improving Life Standard In Balochistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 09, 2006)
Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao has said that the writ of the Government has been restored in Balochistan as a result of multi-pronged initiatives.
- Us Reinforcements In Iraq To Escalate Killings (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 09, 2006)
Despite United States’ desperate political and military manoeuvres in Iraq including military reinforcements on the pretext of sectarian violence, the war-torn country continues sink deeper and deeper in the quagmire.
- The War Of Terrorisation (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Aug 09, 2006)
Five years on from 9/11, what the Muslim World is beginning to witness is the transformation of the war against terror into a War of Terrorisation of Muslim polities and Muslim civil societies -- and all this under the continuing guise of the war against
- Dalai Lama "Unworthy" Of Being Called A Religious Leader (Press Trust of India, Anil K Joseph, Aug 09, 2006)
Tibet's Communist Party chief has accused the Dalai Lama of being a "double dealer" who is engaged in separatist activities in collusion with anti-China forces, making him an "unworthy" religious leader for devout Tibetans.
- The 60-40 Ratio (News International, Naeem Sadiq, Aug 09, 2006)
As a citizen of Pakistan, I would like to have the right not to hand over my mobile phone to every other kid who rides a motor bike and keeps a TT in his pocket to facilitate negotiations.
- People's Power Struggle (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 09, 2006)
Anyone who pays attention to the trajectory of politics in Pakistan -- and its attendant media blitzes -- is aware that there is an astounding consistency with which 'national issues' become front page news and then just as quickly fade into oblivion.
- Roll Call Of Dishonour (Daily Excelsior, Indranil Banerjea, Aug 09, 2006)
Accusations without substance are irresponsible. An accusation to play petty politics is another name for opportunism.
- Indian Health Groups Welcome New Rural Hiv Push (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Aug 09, 2006)
Indian health groups welcomed a government plan on Tuesday to involve tens of thousands of rural politicians in the fight against an HIV/AIDS epidemic, which has made deep inroads in the countryside.
- Lebanon - Israel Conflict - A Proxy War? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 09, 2006)
Before analyzing the more than three weeks old Israel attacks on Southern Lebanon, three factors in the global security environment needs to be taken into consideration.
- All Is Not Well In Balochistan (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 09, 2006)
According to Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao's statement given to the Senate on Monday, the government is of the view that everything is hunky-dory in Balochistan. In his speech, the minister had said that the government had regained . . .
- Gujarat Riot Victims Hunt For Bodies, Justice (Reuters, RUPAM JAIN NAIR, Aug 09, 2006)
After a tip from a local streetsweeper, Amina Habib Rasool and a few friends began digging through a rubbish tip, looking for the remains of sons and husbands four years after they were slaughtered by a Hindu mob.
- Cong Gives Up, Suspends Natwar (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
After its carrot and stick approach failed to cut any ice with the rebellious Natwar Singh, the Congress on Tuesday midnight suspended him from the primary membership of the party and decided to serve a show cause on him.
- Flood Situation In Country Finds Echo In Rs (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The worsening flood situation in various parts of the country and the plight of farmers had its echo in the Rajya Sabha today with members from various parties asking government to declare it as a national calamity.
- Oppn Stalls Houses Over Leak (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
As expected, Parliament witnessed a stormy Monday with the Opposition parties creating pandemonium over the leakage of the Pathak Authority report even as former minister Natwar Singh was seeking to raise a breach of privilege against Prime Minister . . .
- Privatisation Of Water (Hindu, A. Vaidyanathan , Aug 08, 2006)
Appraisal of the rationale and performance of privatisation of water supply for domestic consumption
- Themes In Art And Mysticism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
This volume is a tribute to Bettina Baumer, a renowned Indologist, one of the foremost expounders of Kashmir Saivism and a well-known figure in the field of inter-religious dialogue.
- Waiting For The General's Story (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 08, 2006)
There is already a buzz about Pervez Musharraf's soon-to-be-released autobiography,In the Line of Fire.
- Inspiring Lives Of Preceptors And Saints (Hindu, CHARUKESI, Aug 08, 2006)
The first book covers the lives and times of four Acharyas of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham namely, Sacchidananda Sivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati (33rd), Chandrasekhara Bharati (34th), Abhinav Vidyathirtha (35th) and the present head Bharati Thirtha by . . .
- Mastermind Behind Aligarh Riots Arrested In Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Wasim was nabbed from Connaught Place in the Capital Wasim had allegedly killed three local leaders in Aligarh in May
- Uncalled-For Expulsions (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
The writer is editor current affairs, The News, and editor
- ‘ A Word For Sonia: Left Blocking Forward Leap. Govt Relies On Them. . . . (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 08, 2006)
Former Minister of State for Defence Arun Singh says he’s proud of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi as his sister for what she did on prime ministership and the office of profit issue. This is the second part of his interview with Shekhar Gupta, Edito . . .
- U.N. Warns Of Iraq-Like Situation In Lebanon (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Aug 08, 2006)
It is always the same when you have to fight against guerillas
- When Self-Defence Becomes Lawlessness (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 08, 2006)
Israel's right to self-defence has never been the issue. The issue is whether its response has been proportionate.
- Party Whining (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 08, 2006)
It is often said that Indian political parties engage in vote bank politics.
- Leaking Credibility (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 08, 2006)
If there was one certain fallout of the Pathak panel findings it seemed to be this one:
- The Buddha Of The Fast Lane (Indian Express, SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY, Aug 08, 2006)
Six months is an extraordinarily long time in politics. On January 8 West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had held US President George W. Bush guilty of the world’s “worst organised murder” during a massive election rally at . . .
- Nepal Maoists Say Peace Talks Close To Collapse (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Senior Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai said on Monday that peace talks with the government were close to breaking down over the two issues of rebels surrendering their arms and the future of the monarchy, but also ruled out a return to war.
- Are Us-Iraq Ties On Cusp Of Change? (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 08, 2006)
Americans believe that the time has come to stop wasting American lives and money.
- Ban And Beyond (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 08, 2006)
Enacting a law is not enough, it needs to be implemented.
- 'Who's For Conversion, Sonia Or Pope?' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Who said 'Christians have the right to convert?' - Sonia Gandhi, Sister Nirmala, Pope Benedict, Father Prakash.
- A 'Republic' Or No Truce: Maoists (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
A senior Maoist leader on Monday warned of imminent collapse of Nepal's three-month-old peace process if the governing parties refuse to heed calls for a democratic republic.
- General Anaesthesia (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 08, 2006)
Islamabad's brutal treatment of an Indian diplomat, who was hooded, handcuffed and confined at an undisclosed location before being expelled from the country, doesn't square very well with its insistence that the peace process must not be affected . . .
- Boat Tragedy: Three Arrested, 500 Booked (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The police has arrested three persons, including the ferry contractor, allegedly responsible for the boat tragedy that led to death of four persons and injuries to several others in the Yamuna, near Chhainsa village in Ballabhgarh subdivision of the . . .
- Continental Strike Against Inflation (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, Aug 08, 2006)
The central banks' move is widely interpreted as an unexpected pre-emptive strike against inflation.
- High Court Orders Maintaining Of Status Quo In Land Dispute (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The lower court has been directed to dispose of suit by December 31
Some persons are claiming ownership of a portion of the land behind Doordarshan Kendra
According to records, the 613 acres of land, belonging to the Maharaja of Mysore was . . .
- Contradictions Galore (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Aug 08, 2006)
For a long time we have been witnessing conflicting reports and contradictions between the security agencies at work in Jammu and Kashmir - almost ever since Militancy broke out in the state in 1989.
- Sri Lanka Fighting Goes On, Slain Aid Workers Moved (Reuters, Peter Apps, Aug 08, 2006)
Explosions sounded out in Sri Lanka's east on Tuesday as fighting between the military and Tamil Tigers over a water supply entered a 14th day, while aid workers planned for the burials of 17 slain local staff.
- ‘Bihar Is Not Investor-Friendly’ (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Aug 08, 2006)
Shatrughan Sinha, has washed his hands off his own proposal to set up a 5- star hotel in Patna. In an interview with Deccan Herald...
- Gas From Iran (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 08, 2006)
Teheran has been behaving funnily on the supply of gas to India. The Iranian Foreign Minister, Mr Manouchehr Mottaki, now talks of “some specific difficulties” in honouring the $22-billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract signed by the two . . .
- The Enemy Within (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Aug 08, 2006)
India is perhaps the only country where two forms of fanaticism is currently prevalent.
- Sonia To Meet Upa Leaders Today (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 08, 2006)
Although it is clear that former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh’s days in the Congress are numbered, especially after he went ahead with the privilege notice against the Prime Minister, the party appeared reluctant to take any action . . .
- Boucher Wiser On Pak Terror Tap (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Aug 08, 2006)
Hours of intensive talks with senior officials appears to have convinced US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Richard Boucher, that India’s concerns on terrorism emanating from Pakistan were justified.
- Memories Of Bombay (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 08, 2006)
Mehta’s book has the silent intrusiveness, the busyness and ubiquity, the voraciousness of a book of pictures, as well as the largesse that prose gives. But Mehta doesn’t stand at the crossroads in which Singh found himself when confronted with . . .
- Oil Allotted To Sehgal To Oblige Natwar: Pathak (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Aug 08, 2006)
To Iraq, the intended beneficiary was Natwar of the Congress
- Directionless Saga Of Science Policy (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 08, 2006)
Planning for science and technology has been a subject of a great deal of academic and political debate - much of it rather rhetorical, however - and an exercise in experimentation since the Second Five Year Plan in 1957, a year before the . . .
- Devi Shetty (Business Standard, Subir Roy, Aug 08, 2006)
He has already built four of the country's largest heart hospitals, but wants to do three more, all to cut costs.
- Diplomats’ Expulsion (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 08, 2006)
Well-wishers of South Asia the world over must now seriously doubt whether the normalisation process between Pakistan and India will continue.
- The Indian Outsourcing Saga (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Aug 08, 2006)
Highlights the achievements of pioneers who put India on the world map of BPO
- `Ltte Certainly Wants Peace' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 08, 2006)
Certainly LTTE wants it. The question is how much it is willing to compromise politically in terms of the power it wields. — MR JEHAN PERERA, MEDIA DIRECTOR, NATIONAL PEACE COUNCIL, COLOMBO .
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