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Articles 1221 through 1320 of 26855:
- The Truth About The Kargil Episode (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad, Oct 15, 2006)
We now have two clearly delineated and mutually dismissive versions of the Kargil episode — a controversial as well as painful saga of our history.
- Outside The Media Glare (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 15, 2006)
The news from the India-Pakistan dialogue front is encouraging. The two countries have decided to revive their talks which have been stalled since July when bomb blasts in Mumbai led to horrific loss of life.
- A Salute To Orhan Pamuk (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 14, 2006)
The award of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2006 to Orhan Pamuk — "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures"
- ‘Religion Is No Instant Soup’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 14, 2006)
Rev Dr Hans Ucko, Chief of the Inter-Religious Affairs and Dialogue Division, World Council of Churches (WCC-Geneva) will deliver the Rev Dr Stanley Samartha Memorial Lecture-2006 on October 16.
- Seven Years On, Pervez Remains Power Hungry (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Oct 14, 2006)
Another October 12 has come and gone with Pakistan still waiting to get rid of a government controlled by the army.
- Hallowed Shrine (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
The Supreme Being who is the Absolute (Para) assumes other forms for different functions.
- Nobel For A Writer, Not His Politics (Hindu, Maureen Freely, Oct 14, 2006)
For Orhan Pamuk, now, his books will come first.
- Lille Gearing For Indian Cultural Extravaganza (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 14, 2006)
7.5 million-Euro festival opens today
- Rajasthan Farmers On The Warpath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
Demand to release leaders from jail
- It Is Like Death Penalty: Medha (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Oct 14, 2006)
"If farming and labour is killed how will naukriwalas survive. What will they eat?"
- Cry For Clemency (Tribune, K.N. Bhat, Oct 14, 2006)
With the cry for clemency by our politicians and professional human rightists building up to a crescendo and with an assured long waiting period of the mercy plea, one is likely to forget who this Mohammad Afzal is.
- Aiadmk Wants High Court To Declare Polls Null And Void (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
Alleges booth capturing, anarchy and terrorism in petition
"Rowdy elements entered booths, attacked AIADMK agents"
"Police personnel protected the rowdy elements".
- Discussion On Land For Tata Project In Final Stages (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
Trinamool calls for protest rallies on October 15, 18
Tata Motors to get land by 2006 end
It will be on lease basis, with concessions.
- Bedlam In Chennai Local Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
Madras High Court orders notice to State Election Commission, police
Rival parties clash in many areas
Many voters told by officials to leave citing "unusual circumstances" .
- `Vishnu Tatvam' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
A book on `Vishnu Tatvam', written by Kilambi Krishnamacharyulu, was released by the Alwar Divya Prabandha Prachara Sabha on Thursday.
- Court Slams Upa’S Godhra Panel For Bias, Calls It Illegal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
The Gujarat High Court on Friday declared the Centre’s setting up of the U C Banerjee Committee to probe the Godhra train carnage “illegal, unconstitutional” and “null and void.” The court also said that the committee’s report shall not be tabled . . .
- Uk Army Chief Wants To Withdraw From Iraq Soon (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
Britain’s army chief Gen Richard Dannatt has termed as “naive” Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Iraq policy and said British troops should withdraw from the country soon. Dannatt, who took up his post earlier this . . .
- From Courts, With Conviction (Indian Express, T. R. Andhyarujina, Oct 14, 2006)
The judgments of the Supreme Court delivered on October 11 on the scope of the president’s, or the governor’s, power of pardon or remission should dispel much of the ill-informed debate surrounding the use of the power by the president in the case . . .
- Uk Convicts Qaida Man Of Indian Origin (Indian Express, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Oct 14, 2006)
A British Hindu convert to Islam of ethnic Indian origin has admitted – and been convicted by a London court for plotting to detonate a radioactive "dirty" bomb and other explosive devices to commit mass murder in Britain and the US.
- Us Think Tank Asserts Isi Role In J&k Terror (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 14, 2006)
The ISI’s role in supporting militants in Kashmir and Taliban-backed insurgents in Afghanistan has been highlighted in a new report by a leading US think tank.
- Can God Help News Tv? (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Oct 14, 2006)
I am writing about CNN-IBN and gods — the channel’s recently aired series ‘Faith in Progress’. I would have also liked to write about NTDV and editors but can’t — the channel’s special on the media and India airs late tonight (Friday night), way . . .
- Buddha As Untouchable (Times of India, RAJA SEKHAR VUNDRU , Oct 14, 2006)
Even the Buddha would not have thought that his preaching would disappear from the land of its origin, which happened after the 11th century. He would not have foreseen that the path of life preached by him, would be revived by an untouchable, 2,500 . .
- Borderless World (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 14, 2006)
The whole world is a
tree and all countries
are its branches.
Atharva Veda.
- Qaida Man Of Indian Origin Convicted (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Oct 14, 2006)
A British Hindu convert to Islam of ethnic Indian origin has admitted and been convicted by a London court for plotting to detonate a radioactive "dirty" bomb and other explosive devices to commit mass murder in UK and US.
- Us To Try Ksm For Pearl Murder (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Oct 14, 2006)
US authorities plan to charge 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed with the murder of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl when he faces a military tribunal next year, following his admission during interrogation that he personally ca
- Seized Ammo Was Up For Sale: Cid (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
A day after three brothers were arrested from their Kolkata residence for stockpiling a huge cache of landmines and bullets, CID officials on Friday said they were planning to sell them off to a resourceful buyer.
- India-Born Admits To Role In Uk, Us Terror Plots (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
Dhiren Barot, son of Gujarati parents who migrated to Britain from Kenya in 1973, has pleaded guilty in court to conspiring to a series of bombings on British and US targets.
- Richly Deserved (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 14, 2006)
Pamuk tries to connect many worlds of experience.
- A Tribute Tipu’S Vision Of India (Deccan Herald, M Veerappa Moily, Oct 14, 2006)
Tipu’s survival would have ensured India’s emergence as an alternative power, rivalling the West.
- Bangalore Darshan (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 14, 2006)
Allowing novices to handle videos and photographs will have an adverse effect.
- A Legacy (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 14, 2006)
Among the legacies left to us by our forefathers, the worst is the caste system. Other nations have class hierarchies depending on how much a person owns...
- Un-Assisted Afghan Repatriation Ends (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
After five years in operation, the UN-assisted Afghan repatriation programme came to an end on Thursday, said UN officials in Islamabad.
- Hindutva Dishonesty Is Exposed (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Oct 14, 2006)
The proponents of Hindutva, more specifically, the Sangh Parivar followers, are generally peeved that the mainline media distrusts them, and that their activities mostly attract negative publicity.
- Musharraf's Version Of Truth (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Oct 14, 2006)
Gen. Musharraf, to go by his own assessment of his character, is a man of great candour. He speaks truth and nothing but the truth.
- A Magical Land Too (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 14, 2006)
In honour of the festive season I am going to stay away this week from terrorism, politics and North Korea's scary nuclear bomb and talk instead about something more pleasant.
- A Noble Prize (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 14, 2006)
Bengalis all over the world have every good reason to rejoice over the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2006 to Mr Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank.
- Indian Occupation Cause Of Militancy, Says Ajk President (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
AJK President Zulqarnain Khan has criticised a US official’s statement that Kashmiris should stop militancy against the Indian government.
- Special Article (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 14, 2006)
The West Bengal Government is determined to go ahead with a massive infrastructure development project with the Indonesia-based Salim group, the Universal Success group and Unitech.
- Getting Pakistan On Board, Without Scaring It Away (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 14, 2006)
United States Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns’ call on Pakistan to use its influence on “Kashmiri terrorist groups” to stop all attacks on India is an indirect way of telling Islamabad that it must stop all support to terrorism, period.
- Turkish Delight (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 14, 2006)
Orhan Pamuk starts his novel Snow with the Stendhal quote: “Politics in a literary work are a pistol-shot in the middle of a concert, a crude affair, though one impossible to ignore.
- Pakistan Arrests Militants Behind Attack Plots (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
Pakistani security agencies have arrested eight militants suspected of planting explosive devices at three high security points in and around the capital, Islamabad, the interior minister said on Friday.
- Sensex Re-Writes History, Record New Clsg High (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
The Sensex opened with a huge positive gap of 95 points at 12,633, and then there was no looking back....
- Power Of Freedom (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 14, 2006)
The Nobel Prize for literature, along with that for peace, has never failed to grab more headline and news space than that for medicine, science or economics.
- The New Race (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Oct 14, 2006)
World War III may result when unrepentant Communists gang up with Islamic fundamentalists to challenge the free world. North Korea's nuclearisation, or the dangers thereof, should be considered in that context
- Fipb Allows More Foreign Investment In Kotak's Vc (The Economic Times, G Ganapathy Subramaniam & Jayanthi Iyengar, Oct 14, 2006)
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has approved a proposal from Kotak Mahindra Investment to enlarge the corpus of its venture capital fund (VC fund) to Rs 2,500 crore from the existing level of Rs 440 crore by bringing in foreign investment.
- Police Reforms (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 14, 2006)
The Supreme Court in a rarest of rare direction has ordered police reforms in the country.
- Sanctions Against Pakistan Imperative (Pioneer, DR Ahuja, Oct 14, 2006)
Despite Islamabad's efforts to distance itself from the charges of proliferation, it is unlikely that AQ Khan and his associates could have engaged in nuclear transfers without tacit approval from Pakistani authorities
- Set Back For Varun Gandhi..... (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Oct 14, 2006)
If media reports are to be believed the Bharatiya Janata Party has gone against the recommendation of some of its senior leaders in refusing to nominate Feroze Varun Gandhi as the party candidate in the Vidisha Lok Sabha bye-election in Madhya Pradesh.
- An Alliance With The Ppp? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 14, 2006)
My understanding of what General Musharraf told journalists in Islamabad is that there is never a dull moment, i.e. we are living in times. The way he said it shows that he enjoys every bit of it. He likes brainy skirmishes with world leaders . . .
- Campus Conservatism (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 14, 2006)
To see the uphill struggle to inject a broad-minded worldview into the mainstream system of education, especially in educational institutions owned by the government, one need look no further than the grounds of the University of the Punjab, where . . .
- Stop The Drama Bazee (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 14, 2006)
A few days after the October 8 earthquake, I wrote an article titled `Stop the drama bazee'. The piece was published but with a changed heading.
- Azad Kashmir And Self-Governance (News International, Ershad Mahmud, Oct 14, 2006)
Recently the Human Rights Watch described Azad Kashmir as anything but "Azad" and this invited censure from the Pakistani government. But the fact is there are some contradictions in the constitution itself which go against Pakistan's traditional . . .
- "India Could Help By Ending Production Of Fissile Material" (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 13, 2006)
After the North Korean nuclear test, India could do more to counter nuclear proliferation by announcing a moratorium on the production of fissile material, saysGijs de Vries, the European Union's Counter-Terrorism Coordinator.
- Of A Rich Heritage (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 13, 2006)
This is the tale of three women and three quests. Of individual achievement of Indian women abroad.
- All Set For Local Body Polls (Hindu, K.T. Sangameswaran, Oct 13, 2006)
Security arrangements in place for the first phase today
- Us Offers Million-Dollar Reward For Traitor (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 13, 2006)
The US government has offered a $1 million reward for the capture of an American-Jewish convert to Islam who has joined forces with Osama Bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network.
- Mother Fixation (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 13, 2006)
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s first publication in 1856, when he was barely eighteen, was a slim volume consisting of both prose and poetry. Twenty years later, he published a volume exclusively of verse. He gradually moved away and concentrated on . . .
- Pak Will Be “No More” If Moderates Lose Power (Tribune, K.J.M. Varma, Oct 13, 2006)
Feted abroad for his promises to fight terrorism and flayed at home for failing to curb forces of extremism, President Pervez Musharraf, who completed seven years in power, today warned that Pakistan envisaged by its founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah . . .
- Gandhigiri Minus Gandhi (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Oct 13, 2006)
Cinema's legendary SS Vasan once told me a successful film should have something for the heart, something for the ears, something for the eyes and a little for the mind.
- Vedas May Be Effective In Curbing Terrorism (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
BJP president Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that the spirit of Vedas would be a more effective weapon in curbing the menace of terrorism and other social evils across the world.
- What The Veil Hides (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Oct 13, 2006)
Veils suck!" Salman Rushdie's sound byte on BBC has come as a resounding endorsement of British Commons leader Jack Straw's comment that the veil worn by Muslim women is a barrier to integration and good community relations.
- New Voice Of The East (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 13, 2006)
In Turkey, Orhan Pamuk has been accused of subversive ideas; abroad, he is celebrated as the voice of freedom, says Benjamin Harvey.
- ... In A Time Of Flux (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 13, 2006)
Orhan Pamuk's seven published novels explore the way Turkey is torn between East and West and how it is split between conservative religious folk and modern Western-looking secularists.
- More Jobs For The Baloch (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 13, 2006)
One hopes that the government’s first tenuous steps towards winning the trust of Balochistan’s alienated population will lead to greater efforts on Islamabad’s part to address the province’s numerous problems.
- Politics Of Justice (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 13, 2006)
Following the Supreme Court judgement establishing criteria for consideration and rejection of mercy petitions of convicts on death row, the instant assessment is that this signals finis for Mohammad Afzal Guru, the mastermind of the December . . .
- Milestone En Route To A Deadend (Indian Express, Fali S. Nariman, Oct 13, 2006)
The headline ‘Defying World, North Korea’s Isolated Dictator blasts into Nuclear Club’ (IE, October 10) encapsulated a stark reality: despite all its pretensions and posturing, humankind is only a whisker away from total annihilation.
- Reliance Is India’S Most Valuable Company (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has ousted ONGC as India’s most valuable company.
- Lashkar Issues Fresh Threats (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 13, 2006)
Islamist polemic proliferates in Pakistan despite detention of terror group's chief
- Pacification Of The Tribals (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 13, 2006)
On the face of it, Pakistan’s decision to involve tribal leaders in peacekeeping and anti-terrorism operations in North Waziristan seems to be getting accepted by the international community.
- Can Might Be Right? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 13, 2006)
It is significant that many religions of the world share an important idea in common — that since God has created man in his own divine image, and made man his vicegerent on earth, man is believed to have naturally imbibed the divine attributes of . . .
- Hampi Prepares For Mega Cultural Festival (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
ICCR has agreed to invite cultural troupes from South Korea, Uganda and Sri Lanka
- Gaps To Fill (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 13, 2006)
In the "unassailable" Mumbai blast case, serious questions remain about the evidence.
- In The Shadows (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 13, 2006)
What is the Lashkar's agenda in India? Who are its leaders and what is their relationship with the Directorate of the ISI?
- Us To Pak: End Terror Attacks Aimed At India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
The US has asked Pakistan to use its influence with terror groups to completely stop attacks on India, US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns said today.
- Government Considering Health Insurance Scheme For Bpl Families (Hindu, N.J. Nair , Oct 13, 2006)
Two public sector insurance companies evince interest in the scheme
- Fear Stalks North Kashmir Mountains (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 13, 2006)
Dentist's murder points to continued Lashkar presence — and power.
- Fortresses Of Faith (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 13, 2006)
The discovery of a madrassa-based Lashkar cell in Gujarat raises difficult questions about such seminaries.
- Despite N Korea, India N-Deal Will Go Through: Us (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Oct 13, 2006)
Despite the lobby opposing the Indo-US civil nuclear deal raising its ante following the North Korean nuclear tests, the Bush Administration has “reassured” India that it was “committed” to the agreement made in March. Like Britain, the US too has . . .
- Friday The 13th (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 13, 2006)
Superstition is too hard a belief to be eliminated from human nature.
- A Variation On Building Bridges (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Oct 13, 2006)
Mrs McAleese, lawyer, academic and television presenter, is Ireland’s first head of state from Northern Ireland, still a part of the United Kingdom. Born and bred in Belfast, a city once torn by intercommunal strife, she has made the theme of her . . .
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