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Articles 9221 through 9320 of 43820:
- Advertisements Cannot Sell The Army (Tribune, Rakesh Datta, Jul 17, 2006)
According to recent reports the Indian Army plans to spend nearly Rs 8 crore on image building to attract the youth, including young professionals, to join the armed forces.
- N. Korea Rejects Call To Halt Missile Tests (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
World powers urged North Korea on Sunday to return to disarmament talks after the UN Security Council unanimously condemned its missile tests, but the isolated Communist state rejected the "brigandish" resolution and vowed to bolster its defences.
- Will Mottaki Have The Answers? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 17, 2006)
From nuclear issue to gas and domestic politics, India looks for a serious dialogue with Iran
- North Korea Blasts U.N. Resolution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
The Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Sunday strongly criticised a U.N. Security Council resolution on its missile tests, saying the DPRK will not be bound by the resolution.
- Expand G8 To Include India, China: Russia (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jul 17, 2006)
"If our partners (in G8) take this on the agenda we will support it"
``It is hard to imagine how economic, financial (and) energy problems can be solved without the involvement of such fast growing economies as China and India."
- Hurrah For Hamas? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 17, 2006)
It is easy and justified to criticise Israel for its current campaign. Tel Aviv has upped the ante to a point where a major confrontation is no longer an impossibility.
- Success Depends On A Tightrope Walk (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jul 17, 2006)
The ceasefire may be on, but the state seem to have surrendered to Maoists. To bring the peace process and democratisation to a successful conclusion and retain its authority is the challenge before the state
- The Right Distance (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Jul 17, 2006)
We have superstitions about reform. If one is violated, people say reforms have stopped. An important measure of the commitment of an Indian government to reforms for the chambers and analysts is privatization and disinvestment.
- Midnight Knock (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
The idea is to prevent further acts of hate, not to sow the seeds of more hatred.
- Reinventing Civil Society (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 17, 2006)
Civil society acts as a mechanism to ensure ethical balance in society which is necessary.
- Caste Away (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 17, 2006)
Inter-caste marriages will strenghten the social fabric
- Un Imposes Sanctions On North Korea (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose limited sanctions on North Korea for its recent missile tests, and demanded that the reclusive communist nation suspend its ballistic missile programme.
- Re-Enact Pota: Advani (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Demanding the re-enactment of POTA to check the surge in terrorism, BJP leader L K Advani asked the Centre to secure international support for India's war on terror and for exerting pressure on Pakistan to dismantle the terror networks operating there . .
- Broken City (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 17, 2006)
As I started my run to catch the Andheri-bound local at Churchgate, I knew . . .
- Bjp To Ring Bells To Mark Protest (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
The BJP, led by former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, is set to ring "alarm bells" to protest against the government’s failure to tackle terrorism on the opening day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament on July 24.
- Not The Same (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 17, 2006)
Multiculturalism seems to have its privileged identities.
- Rti Campaign (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 17, 2006)
No enactment in recent memory has roused so much enthusiasm among the people as the Right to Information Act passed by Parliament last year.
- Firm Base For Closer India-Japan Business Relations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Wholesome experience of partner companies from operations in the past two decades
- The Crofter Who Dared To Question Cash For Honours (Hindu, Nick Cohen, Jul 17, 2006)
Angus macneil's family croft (as Scots call a small farm) on the island of Barra is about as far as it is possible to get from London and still be in Britain.
- Moderates On Both Sides Must Assert Themselves (Hindu, Foqia Sadiq Khan, Jul 17, 2006)
In this view from across the border on the Mumbai train blasts, the writer argues that Pakistan needs to make a greater effort to deal with terrorist networks while India must immediately act to prevent a Gujarat-like backlash and over the longer . . .
- A Balancing Act For Justice To All (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 17, 2006)
The Kerala Professional Colleges Act (KPC Act), 2006, is neither pro-minority nor anti-minority; it is only pro-people.
- Limit To Tolerance, But Options Are Limited Too (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 17, 2006)
Despite the Musharraf regime's equivocation on terrorism, India will gain nothing by allowing the authors of the Mumbai blasts to disrupt the peace process with . . .
- Mumbai: What Next? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Striking similarities between the recent Varanasi and Mumbai blasts have come to the fore following forensic reports on last Tuesday's serial blasts in Mumbai. Not just the explosives used in the terror attacks but the modus operandi of the ultras . . .
- Pak Opposition Allies Likely To Probe Kargil (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
A conglomerate of Opposition moderate political parties in Pakistan has said it would constitute a commission of inquiry into the Kargil misadventure by the Army if the government failed to do so.
- Cbi Probe Into Power Privatisation Demanded (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Expressing concern over sorry state of power reforms in the city, a leading non-government organisation --
- A Progressive Online Initiative (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 17, 2006)
The procedure for allotting professional course seats to eligible students under the single-window admission system mandated by the Supreme Court that came into effect in 1997 has been taxing for all involved.
- Bb To Close Down Terrorists’ Camps! (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 17, 2006)
Self-exiled former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has claimed that if returned to power she would close down the ‘terrorists’ camps’, she believes, are operating in the country. In a statement, she has also charged President Musharraf of failure to . . .
- Russia’S West Encounter (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 17, 2006)
Driving from the Pulkovo airport to a hotel on the edge of the Gulf of Finland, you cannot escape the grand sweep of Russia’s past and its hopes for a new future. Built by Peter the Great three centuries ago as Russia’s ‘‘window to the . . .
- Writer Kaun? (Times of India, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 17, 2006)
The battle of the books is about to be joined in Pakistan, with General Musharraf about to issue his riposte to Nawaz Sharif's just-out memoir Ghaddar Kaun.
- Israel Exercising Its Right To Self-Defence (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 17, 2006)
Sir, ~ The editorial, “The Gaza blitzkrieg” (11 July), demonstrates not even a cursory acquaintance with the facts. Israel fully withdrew from Gaza nine months ago, hoping that the Palestinians would . . .
- The Third Millennium (News International, Prof Khwaja Masud, Jul 17, 2006)
Kant formulated the anthropocentric manifesto: man is a goal in himself and can never become the means to an end.
- Elections In Azad Kashmir (News International, Dr Shabir Choudhry, Jul 17, 2006)
A ‘drama’ in name of elections in Azad Kashmir has been in full swing. The state of Jammu and Kashmir was at one time known as ‘base camp’, to ‘liberate’ the other Kashmir which was under the ‘occupation’ of India.
- The Failed States Index: A Critical Appraisa (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 17, 2006)
The Failed States Index published by the Fund for Peace would not have been newsworthy, but for Pakistan’s position at no.
- Time To Repeal Hudood Laws (News International, Dr Farzana Bari, Jul 17, 2006)
After twenty six years of a relentless campaign of human rights groups against the Hudood ordinances and other discriminatory laws such as Qisas and Diyat and the law of evidence, the government finally vindicated their stance by acknowledging . . .
- Mma Kicks Off Drive Against Musharraf (News International, Javed Aziz Khan, Jul 17, 2006)
The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal on Sunday kicked off the anti-Musharraf movement by only announcing to quit parliament at a “proper time”, after the six religious parties alliance failed to develop a consensus over handing over resignations of their . . .
- Serve Mumbai’S Spirit By Tackling The Rot (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jul 17, 2006)
Four days after the deadly blasts that rocked Mumbai, I am hugely relieved to find that thousands of Mumbaikars, like me, are tired of the paeans sung to the astonishing spirit of Mumbai.
- Playing It Cool At G-8 (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 17, 2006)
Just before President Hu Jintao left for the summit of world leaders at St. Petersburg, Russia, the Chinese Communist Party’s official organ, the “eople’s Daily, said it all with a headline: “Relations with China raise G-8’s status”.
- G-8 Endorses Nuclear Cooperation With India (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 17, 2006)
Eight years after condemning India’s nuclear tests, the Group of Eight industrial countries today broadly endorsed the nuclear deal between New Delhi and Washington.
- Serve Mumbai’S Spirit By Tackling The Rot (New Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jul 17, 2006)
Four days after the deadly blasts that rocked Mumbai, I am hugely relieved to find that thousands of Mumbaikars, like me, are tired of the paeans sung to the astonishing spirit of Mumbai.
- Key To Mumbai Blasts May Lie Close To Home, Experts Say (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
The Mumbai bombings reveal the extent to which India now faces a home-grown threat and confirms the transition of al Qaeda into a global franchise that inspires, but does not direct, attacks around the world.
- A Faultline In Pashupati-To-Tirupati Red Zone (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Jul 17, 2006)
salwa judum: ---- Far from the terror-struck trains of Mumbai, deep in the jungles of the age-old Dandkaranya region, the doughty tribals of middle India are already showing the way: Waging their own war against terror.
- Advani Praises Manmohan (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mr LK Advani today applauded Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh for postponing peace talks between foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan in the light of recent Mumbai bomb blasts.
- Zero Tolerance Of Terrorism (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Jul 17, 2006)
Terrorists struck in a big way at the financial capital of India on July 11, when they targeted Mumbai's lifeline, the local trains running in the city's western suburbs.
- Towards 'Eurabia' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 17, 2006)
What is it that makes young Muslims in the West susceptible to radicalism? What is it about the experience of the West's rising generation of Muslims that leads a small minority to see violence as a solution to their economic and political dilemma, . . .
- No Quotas Please, Says This Obc (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 17, 2006)
I am an OBC. I belong to the caste in Maharashtra called the Malis. The great social reformer, Mahatma Jotiba Phule, was a Mali. He advocated the abolition of the caste system, but never asked for reservations for the so-called backward classes.
- Muslim Law Board Has Faith In Supreme Court: Leader (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has full faith in the Supreme Court, which is hearing the Centre's petition seeking permission to erect a bullet-proof structure around the disputed Babri mosque site in Ayodhya, and expects a favourable . . .
- Infiltration Continues Unabated (Daily Excelsior, J N Raina, Jul 17, 2006)
Islamic terrorism is ever on the rise. Willy-nilly, India has now become the entrepot of terrorism, which is well entrenched and 'flourishing' fast in the Muslim-dominated regions, where Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency has spread its tentacles.
- G8 Leaders Divided On Israeli Military Strikes (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Leaders of the G8 industrial nations are meeting on Saturday under growing pressure to stem spiralling Mideast violence but are sharply divided over Israeli military strikes on Lebanon which entered a fourth day.
- North Korea 'Totally Rejects' Un Council Vote (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
North Korea ''totally rejects'' the UN Security Council resolution condemning its recent series of missile tests, its UN ambassador said.
- Middle East In Threat Of War (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
The Israeli onslaught on Lebanon, with bombings and missile strikes and the imposition of an air and sea blockade, has brought the Middle East to the brink of all-out war.
- Divided Against Israel As Ever (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 17, 2006)
Israel bombed first Gaza and then Lebanon to punish Hamas and Hizbullah respectively for kidnapping Israeli soldiers, and . . .
- Cpi To ‘Grill’ Govt On Intelligence Failure (Indian Express, Sabyasachi Bandopadhyay, Jul 17, 2006)
In the aftermath of the Mumbai blasts, which left 182 people dead and hundreds injured, the Congress-led UPA government will have to answer several questions in the Left-UPA Co-ordination Committee meeting to be held on July 22.
- Soft Response To Aids (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Since a South African study indicated that circumcision reduced the rate of HIV infection among men, several African countries hit hard by the disease have moved toward embracing the procedure in the battle against AIDS.
- Cpm Latest: Govt’S International Treaties Must Get House Ok (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Against the backdrop of differences on economic policy issues with the Government, the CPM says that all international treaties signed by the Government must be ratified by Parliament and where they impact on states by the National Development Council.
- Store Of Value (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 17, 2006)
Global shocks have become the order of the day. Tensions between Israel and the Arab world drove up oil prices to $78 a barrel, after which markets went into a tailspin.
- Pm Calls For Just Settlement Of Kashmir Issue (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to finding a just and early settlement of the Kashmir issue in accordance with the aspirations of the Kashmiri people.
- Train Bombers 'Funded By British Businessmen' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Indian officials claim that bogus charities are sending £8m to Kashmiri terror groups
- Iran Moves First (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Iran's quarreling and competing leaders finally decided to reject the US-European offer of an energy reactor, aircraft spare parts, economic cooperation and more in exchange for giving up uranium enrichment with which they could make nuclear weapons.
- Musharraf's Na Visit (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 16, 2006)
President Musharraf's visit to the Northern Areas last week was an important occasion in many respects.
- Ias Officers Must Perform Despite Pressure: Tripathy (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Jul 16, 2006)
Mr Ajit Kumar Tripathy,Member, Board of Revenue, Orissa, is an able administrator. A 1973-batch IAS officer, he is known for his honesty, integrity and administrative acumen.
- They Strike When Iron Is Cold (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 16, 2006)
Before Mumbai, the Indian state was at its obliging best against terror. After Mumbai, UPA has no choice
- India And The G8 Circus (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 16, 2006)
Would India want a place at the rickety high table? Must India join a dying directorate?
- Programme Under Scanner (Pioneer, Vijay Sakhuja, Jul 16, 2006)
Competition for strategic missile superiority hots up in South Asia ---- Having overcome "political and technological" constraints on testing its most ambitious surface-to-surface intercontinental-reach-capable Agni-III missile, India finally . . .
- Trouble In Londonistan (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Jul 16, 2006)
The London Transport bombings of July 2005 prompted no less than eight surveys of Muslim opinion in the United Kingdom within the year.
- Vadodara To Bhiwandi (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jul 16, 2006)
If anyone throws stones at policemen, we will answer them with bullets." That was no Narendra 'Milosevic' Modi defending Gujarat Police for firing that resulted in the death of two Muslims in Vadodara.
- Lalu Prasad Against Third Front (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
What perhaps can be viewed as a great relief for the Congress, the RJD, one of the major allies of the UPA, is opposed to the idea of experimenting with the third front again in the future.
- Israel Strikes Near Syrian Border (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Israel fired rockets near the Lebanese-Syrian border on Saturday, heightening fears that it could hit Syria, as well as Lebanon, in a campaign to dislodge Syrian-backed Hizbollah fighters from its northern border.
- Belling The Judiciary (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
The book discusses the helplessness of the media in the face of the contempt of court law and addresses the matter of blind judicial power and legislature privileges.
- Vp Singh Demands Quota For Muslims (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
The reservation debate continues to rage. The former Prime Minister Mr VP Singh has demanded separate quota in jobs and education for Muslims . . .
- Economic Policy Of Upa A Failure: Cpi (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Maintaining that the economic policy of the UPA government has “failed”, the CPI today said the Left parties would raise major issues like the agrarian crisis, including suicide by farmers, food crisis, price rise disinvestment and general economic . . .
- The Greatest Pashtun (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jul 16, 2006)
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988) was without a doubt the greatest political genius the Pashtun people have yet produced. Understanding the political economy of the Pashto/Pakhto speaking peoples, as well as the Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkmen and . . .
- Agni Dives Into Sea (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, Jul 16, 2006)
The scientific community in India has probably never suffered a more embarrassing blow than the failure of two successive space-bound vehicles in July when our most ambitious missile, the 3500-km range Agni-III followed by the much trumpeted . . .
- Aftermath Of Mumbai Blasts..... (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Jul 16, 2006)
Nearly 13 years after a serial blast that took 250 lives in the metropolis, Mumbai, the financial capital of India, was rocked on July 11 by seven coordinated attacks within a matter of about 20 minutes on the suburban railway network during the . . .
- Terror In Times Of Political Correctness (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jul 16, 2006)
It has long been my view that political correctness is dangerous and usually harms those people and ideas it seeks in a muddled liberal fashion to protect.
- Key To Mumbai Blasts May Lie Close To Home, Experts Say (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
The Mumbai bombings reveal the extent to which India now faces a home-grown threat and confirms the transition of al Qaeda into a global franchise that inspires, but does not direct, attacks around the world.
- Sectarian Blowback Continues To Inflict Pain On Pakistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 16, 2006)
Allama Hasan Turabi, a leader of Tehrik-e-Jafaria, was killed in Karachi on Friday by a suicide bomber with explosives that resembled those used by another suicide bomber at the Nishtar Park massacre of the Barelvis on April 11. Allama Turabi was . . .
- Allama Hasan Turabi’S Funeral: (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Filling stations, a dozen vehicles torched
MMA-called strike shuts down city
- Nda, Left Plan To Foil Indian Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jul 16, 2006)
The leftist parties have joined hands with the BJP-led national democratic alliance (NDA) to force the government to pull out from the nuclear deal with the United States.
- We Delivered On Commitments: Saran (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 16, 2006)
New Delhi cannot undertake obligations beyond July 18 statement
India should carefully scrutinise binding provisions in bilateral accord with U.S.
Rejects view that separation of civilian, military nuclear facilities would erode strategic deterrent
- Congress To Blame (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 16, 2006)
It helped SIMI recover and regroup ---- It is entirely possible that when the Congress contested the Tamil Nadu Assembly election in alliance with dubious organisations like the Tamil Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam, its political managers were not aware . . .
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