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Articles 3221 through 3320 of 26855:
- Terror For Us, Ain’T So For India (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Sep 12, 2006)
A report released by a leading American think tank on South Asia, released late last week, has raised disturbing questions about the credibility of the Bush Administration’s post 9/11 resolve of leading an uncompromising global war on terrorism.
- Dangerous City (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 12, 2006)
Where there is a will, there is usually a way. West Bengal owes it to the boundless enthusiasm of the chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, that it has almost found the way in some matters.
- In Violation Of Rules (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 11, 2006)
The so-called agreement reached between the LDA, Lahore’s building control authority, and Shahalam Market traders — two of whom are advisers to the Punjab chief . . .
- India Probes Link Between Mosque, Rail Bombings (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Indian police said on Sunday they were questioning several people in connection with blasts that killed 32 people in a western town and were investigating possible links with train bombings in Mumbai in July.
- Jinnah’S Vision Of Pakistan (Dawn, Sharif al Mujahid, Sep 11, 2006)
Jinnah was not a mere political leader, but also a statesman. Indeed, his statesmanship streak influenced and determined his political leadership role increasingly as he negotiated the tortuous road to Pakistan in the 1940s.
- The Proxy War (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 11, 2006)
A series of bomb blasts in suburban trains in Mumbai on 11 July has proved once again that terrorists are capable of striking at will, short-circuiting the so-called impregnable surveillance and security cover.
- Sending Sappers To Lebanon (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has announced that Pakistan has agreed to send army sappers to Lebanon for the purpose of clearing that country of landmines, cluster bombs, booby traps and other explosive devices.
- Clash Of Ideologies (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 11, 2006)
As Osama is gaining popularity among Muslims, leaders are hesitant in condemning fundamentalist violence.
- Indian Blast Town Wavers Between Hurt And Harmony (Daily Times, Krittivas Mukherjee, Sep 11, 2006)
Everything is possible. But whoever it is, he has to understand that they cannot break the Hindu-Muslim unity of our town’
- Exploitation Of Osama’S Ghost (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 11, 2006)
Alijazeera tv TV network has released another videotape of Osama bin Laden apparently to let Washington exploit its contents to derive political mileage once again. And there is hardly anything new in his assertions viz-a-viz the United States.
- Five Years Of Nothing (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 11, 2006)
Five years have passed since the fateful day when a series of terrorist acts shook the United States and the rest of the world, and changed things possibly forever.
- The Afghan: Forsyth Sees Kerala As Fertile Turf For Islamic Terror (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Superpower rivalry has always been a particularly fertile territory for the writer of the realpolitik thriller.
- Business As Usual (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Sep 11, 2006)
Self-appointed historians have been suggesting that just as the assassination of a little-known Austrian prince became the defining moment of the twentieth century, so too was 9/11 for the twenty-first.
- Police Issue Sketches Of Two Men In Blast Probe (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Sep 11, 2006)
Police released sketches of two men on Sunday in connection with blasts which killed 32 people and wounded 100 others last week.
- Islamic Rage: A Clash Of Views (Deccan Herald, PRASENJIT CHOWDHURY, Sep 11, 2006)
Radical Islam has taken the place of Communist ideology for America.
- A Reminder Again (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 11, 2006)
The last week has ended with a grim reminder yet again to the nation as a whole.
- From Tragedy To Disaster (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 11, 2006)
Five years after the Al Qaeda’s spectacular attack on the United States, the ensuing “war on terror” has gone badly wrong.
- Govt Hopes To Pass Women’S Bill Today (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Sep 11, 2006)
Niazi opposes changes in bill approved by select committee
Ulema committee meeting still not held
- That Man From Gujarat (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 11, 2006)
Who's going to lead the BJP in the next elections? Indications from Dehradun — the hill state meeting was perhaps an unwitting admission of the mountainous task ahead — were as follows: not even Rajnath Singh’s best friend would pick . . .
- Preoccupation With N-Deal Hampered Us Efforts (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 11, 2006)
US preoccupation with a civilian nuclear deal with India has detracted from Washington's effort to improve ties between India and Pakistan, according to a South Asia analyst in Washington.
- Lessons From Terror (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Sep 11, 2006)
Five years since 9/11, and we are still being told that the world has changed forever.
- Deal Can’T Be Reprocessed (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 11, 2006)
Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodar has made it clear that India must be allowed to reprocess spent fuel from nuclear reactors, in an interview to The Hindu.
- Gandhi To Osama (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 11, 2006)
Today is an important day in the annals of history.
- Fear & Anxiety (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 11, 2006)
Abandon all supports and look to me for protection. I shall purify you from the sins of the past; do not grieve.
Bhagavad Gita 18.66
- The One And The Many (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 11, 2006)
Amartya Sen writes in Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny, “a Bangladeshi Muslim is not only a Muslim but also a Bengali and a Bangladeshi, typically quite proud of the Bengali language, literature and music, not to mention the other . . .
- Bjp Activists Storm Catholic School In Lucknow (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Around 40 Hindu activists stormed a girls convent school in Lucknow on Sunday after a few terrified pupils fainted because the school allowed a man to claim Jesus had entered his body, witnesses and police said.
- Army In 21st Century (Daily Excelsior, General (Retd) V. P. Malik, Sep 11, 2006)
For the first time in decades, no convincing reason can be given for a global armed conflict among the major nations of the world.
- Heart Of The Matter (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 11, 2006)
A direly irresponsible attempt at post mortem
- `Reservation Is Necessary To Provide Equal Opportunities' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
It is seen only as a temporary solution
- Don't Fall Into Terror Trap: Pakistan Newspaper (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 11, 2006)
"Communalism continues to pose a challenge to secular India"
- Hudood Changes A Test For Musharraf (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 11, 2006)
Opposition, sections in ruling party against amendments
- The Squeamish Too Serve A Purpose (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 11, 2006)
Six months is too short a period to assess the working of any system, but when a totally new attempt is being made, it may not be wrong to look back well past "the first hundred days" that journalists love to use as a benchmark for governments.
- 15 Hurt In Lathicharge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
At least 15 people were injured on Sunday when police resorted to lathicharge to disperse a group of protesters who were demanding closure of the Alnoor meat processing factory here.
- Lessons From Malegaon (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 11, 2006)
The fact that Friday's terror attack in Malegaon did not instantly translate into communal riots in that divided and volatile town is no cause for euphoria.
- Trouble Feared In Jharkhand Today (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Jharkhand could well be heading towards imposition of President’s Rule.
- All The Bidders For A Troubled Bank (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 11, 2006)
Just a fortnight ago, when United Western Bank (UWB) topped the first-ever customer satisfaction survey of banks, the findings and timing of the survey seemed outlandish.
- At Ibsa Summit, Quota Lessons For I From B & Sa (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Sep 11, 2006)
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves for Brasilia to take part in the first India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) summit, are reservations and quotas on his mind? Or maybe the question isn’t entirely quixotic.
- A Just Cause (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 11, 2006)
This is a war between progress and regress
- Hard Questions, Soft Answers (The Financial Express, JOSEPH S NYE, Sep 11, 2006)
The first round of the war went to the US, the second to terrorists. What now?
- The Bile Also Laughs (OutLook, R. Prasad, Sep 11, 2006)
Showcases the finest of this most discussed and criticised political cartoonist.
- Terror In Malegaon (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 11, 2006)
Friday's bombings outside Noorani Masjid and 'Bada Kabristan' in Malegaon, which have left at least 38 people, including a large number of children, dead and scores injured, once again underscores the fact that our internal security situation is . . .
- ``No Back-Door Entry In Public Employment'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Temporary employees have no vested right to be regularised: Supreme Court
- Time To Rewrite The Future (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Sep 11, 2006)
Domestic violence has plagued marriages since the dawn of history.
- Nda Deserters Move Sc Against Jharkhand Speaker (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
In yet another twist to the power struggle in Jharkhand, three independent MLAs who had switched over from NDA today moved the Supreme Court challenging the disqualification notice slapped on them by the state assembly Speaker yesterday.
- Offshore Banking Units In Sezs? (The Economic Times, L B Singhal , Sep 11, 2006)
Sez Act, 2005 has been enacted with the basic objectives of increasing exports, generating employment, attracting foreign and domestic investment and creation of world-class infrastructure.
- Evil Designs (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 11, 2006)
The date and place were selected for higher impact.
- We Have Leads On Malegaon Blasts: Police (Indian Express, ZEESHAN SHAIKH, Sep 11, 2006)
Based on eyewitness accounts of a bicycle shop owner and three others who were present in the Malegaon mosque during the Friday prayers when the blasts claimed 30 lives, the police have released sketches of two suspects.
- Pm Rejects Bjp Plea On Musharraf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday virtually rejected the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party’s demand that he should not meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in Havana during the NAM Summit.
- The Land Of The Rising Son (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 11, 2006)
May you be the mother of a hundred sons," goes the customary blessing for a just-married woman in India.
- Honda Seeks Unique Slot In India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
The immediate priority of the company is to increase the capacity of the Noida plant
- Eschew Extremes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Spiritual aspirants are advised to eschew extremes in life as moderation is the byword for spiritual progress.
- Malegaon Blasts (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 11, 2006)
The Malegaon blasts could not have come at a more inopportune time. They seem to have been carried out virtually in defiance of the government’s resolve — expressed by the PM during the just concluded meet on internal security — to contain terror.
- U.S. Accused Of Covert Operations In Somalia (Hindu, Antony Barnett, Sep 11, 2006)
Emails suggest that the CIA knew of plans by private military companies to breach U.N. rules.
- Terror Camps Continue To Run In Pak: Herald (Yahoo! News, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Contrary to claims by Islamabad, training camps of various militant groups continue to be run in different parts of Pakistan with militants attempting to infiltrate into India through the Line of Control (LoC).
- Telgi 'Shocked' Over Narco-Analysis News, Denies Meeting Pawar (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
The kingpin of the fake stamp paper scam Abdul Karim Telgi has termed reports on his narco-analysis test beamed by TV channels as "false and baseless" and denied having either met Union Minister Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal . . .
- Terrifying Prospect (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 11, 2006)
The bomb blasts in Malegaon, and earlier in Mumbai, seem to belong to a new category of ‘pure’ terrorist acts.
- Not Osama Or Us But Kursi’ (Indian Express, Editorial, The News International, Sep 10, 2006)
He can’t see Quetta or Peshawar through his windshield. That’s almost a million miles away.
- Us Condemns Malegaon Blasts (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The US has expressed outrage over the "brutal terrorist bombings" in Maharashtra's Malegaon town that left over 30 people dead and 300 injured, saying that there can be no justification for such "heinous acts".
- Viewer-Friendly: Too Much Isn’T Too Good (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Sep 10, 2006)
NDTV was showing “exclusive” visuals of a stampede from a Malegaon mosque early Friday evening.
- Just Nam-Sake Relevance (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Sep 10, 2006)
It's time India realised that non-alignment is dead and gone
- Liberal View Needs To Be Less Fanatic (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 10, 2006)
An unintended consequence of last week's Al Jazeera telecast of archival footage of a beatific Osama bin Laden blessing some of the 9/11 hijackers is the abrupt death of the strange theory that the attack on Manhattan's twin towers five years ago . . .
- Light And Shade (Deccan Herald, Christine Krishnasami, Sep 10, 2006)
If it took considerable energy to compile this volume, it also requires stamina to read it through.
- Only Through Dialogue (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 10, 2006)
I HAD the privilege of meeting Akbar Khan Bugti, the slain Baloch leader, after the birth of Bangladesh and before the Shimla conference. My main purpose of visit to Pakistan was to interview Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, then
- Terror Kills 38, Targets A Divided Town (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Sep 10, 2006)
Barely two months after a highway chase led police to Malegaon’s communally divided by-lanes in search of explosives and ammunition, five blasts rocked this Maharashtra town just as Friday afternoon prayers were winding up, killing at least 38 people . .
- Malegaon Blasts: Investigators Tread With Extreme Caution (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Investigators, sifting the blast sites in Malegaon for clues, are treading with extreme caution, keeping no group outside the ambit of their suspicion.
- Malegaon Buries Its Dead (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Investigators today sifted through evidence and followed up leads to trace those responsible for multiple bomb blasts that killed 31 persons and injured nearly 300 in this powerloom town, which remained peaceful as grieving kin buried the dead.
- Bombs And Rockets (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 10, 2006)
On the day of the multiple bomb blasts in the Maharashtrian town of Malegaon, the police recovered a stunning cache of arms in Mahbubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh. On the face of it, those were disconnected events.
- Matter Of Stomach (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 10, 2006)
Invariably a good phrase conveys a lot. It can enrich one's mind. It may test one's thinking faculties.
- No Al-Qaeda-Saddam Hussein Links:us Senate Report (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Contrary to claims by the George W Bush administration, a US Senate committee has absolved fallen Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein of having any ties with the al-Qaeda before the Iraq war, igniting new controversy over the US rationale for invading Iraq.
- Freedom Song (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 10, 2006)
The irony is inescapable. Last month, the country mourned the death of the nonagenarian shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan in Varanasi. The obituaries gushed over his enlightenment and his ability to combine his devotion to Goddess Saraswati with . . .
- Literary Anecdotes (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 10, 2006)
'We asked Tagore to sing Bande Mataram ... after the first words he could not remember the rest'
- Suicide Epidemic Among Farmers (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 10, 2006)
The suicide epidemic that has hit our farmers is not confined to just one district, one state or one particular crop.
- Troops Patrol Malegaon After Deadly Blasts (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Sep 10, 2006)
A Muslim-majority town in Maharashtra buried its dead as troops patrolled the streets on Saturday to prevent religious riots, a day after bomb blasts killed 32 people and wounded dozens.
- India’S Communal Instability Worries Pakistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 10, 2006)
Three bomb attacks in the textile town of Malegaon in Maharashtra, India, have killed 37 people and injured nearly 150, all of them Muslims.
- Pak Nabs Key Jaish Militant (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Pakistani security forces arrested today an Islamist militant suspect who is wanted for several attacks and smuggling explosives used in bombings in the country’s biggest city, a security force spokesman said.
- Investigation Underway In Malegaon; Town Buries Its Dead (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Investigators on Saturday sifted through evidence and followed up leads to trace those responsible for multiple bomb blasts that killed 31 people and injured nearly 300 in this power loom town, which remained peaceful as grieving kin buried the dead.
- The Forgotten City (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
India has a way of reclaiming its colonial past.
- Upa Soft On Terrorism: Bjp (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
With the Malegaon blasts sending shockwaves across the country, the BJP today sought to put the ruling UPA in the dock accusing the Congress-led coalition of being soft on terrorism due to its votebank politics and appeasement tactics.
- Malegaon Seethes With Anger A Day After Blasts (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
"Why are you giving us bheekh (alms)?"
- A Lifelong Revolutionary (New Indian Express, GEETA DOCTOR, Sep 10, 2006)
It’s strange to contemplate how distant we have become from a country such as Egypt. Even Cairo — that once lively capital of intrigue and adventure, burnished by Francophile longings and Nasserite glory in the after-glow of empire — has now become . . .
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