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Articles 3721 through 3820 of 26855:
- Al-Qaeda No 2 In Iraq Captured (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Baghdad announced the arrest of Al-Qaeda in Iraq’s deputy leader on Sunday, accusing him of masterminding an attack on a revered Shia shrine that triggered a brutal wave of sectarian killings.
- Cash And Creed (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Sep 04, 2006)
The interference of religious leaders in softer and short-term issues like who should sing the Vande Mataram or which temple or mosque should be demolished to make way for development has been accepted by Indian society as a given.
- Learning Experience (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 04, 2006)
Believe nothing, O monks, merely because you have been told it... or because it is traditional, or because you yourselves have imagined it.
- Fight Hatred In Order To Fight Terror (Tribune, SUBHASH GATADE, Sep 04, 2006)
The latest US Congressional Report on terrorism has come out at a very inopportune time as far as US President Bush and his team of neo-con advisers is concerned.
- Until They Fight Again (Tribune, Robert Fisk, Sep 04, 2006)
After the war in Lebanon, comes the hypocrisy, the mendacity, the threats, the sheer brazen lies. Let’s start with the man with the burning eyes, Hizbollah leader Sayed Hassan Nasrallah.
- In Search Of Balance And Fairness (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 04, 2006)
The comment in a recent column that critics outnumber admirers in the messages I get has been revalidated by the experience since these words appeared in print.
- Pollution, Aerosols, And The Climate (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Sep 04, 2006)
Aerosols in the atmosphere are not invariably a bad thing. But those released by pollution may alter the climate adversely.
- Kashi Vishwanath Temple To Glitter With Gold Ornaments (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Embellishments were stolen from the temple on January 5, 1983
- Sabarimala Temple Opens For Onam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
The Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimala opened on Sunday afternoon for the four-day Onam festival celebrations that begin on Monday morning.
- No Plan To Base Troops Inside Pakistan: Canada (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Canada has no plans to deploy troops to Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, Defense Minister Gordon O'Connor said, denying reports that he had suggested such a deployment.
- Pragmatism, Sanity: National Imperatives (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 04, 2006)
Balochistan Governor Owais Ghani has said that the defunct Soviet-made weapons captured in Balochistan during the last couple of months were enough to raise an Army Division.
- It Returns — Non-Taxable Persons Have To File Return (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
With reference to your answer in the Tax Forum in The Hindu dated August 21, under the title "Filing of income-tax return by senior citizens".
- Redressing Balochistan’S Grievances (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Sep 04, 2006)
“I have spilt blood? I had to; I shall perhaps shed more, but without anger, and quite simply, because blood-letting is a component of (my) political medicine...I am not a man like other men and the laws of morality or custom cannot be applied to me.
- Opposition Politicizing Bugti’S Death: Durrani (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani Sunday said the opposition should rise above petty politics and stop politicizing the Kohlu incident for their personal gains.
- Pakistani, Indian Pilgrims Slain In Iraq (Reuters, Ross Colvin, Sep 04, 2006)
Fourteen Pakistani and Indian Shi'ite pilgrims were abducted and killed in Iraq's western desert, police said on Saturday, victims of sectarian strife between Sunnis and Shi'ites that threatens civil war.
- People Vs. Army (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 04, 2006)
If one goes to Pakistan and meets the members of Ms Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) one will hear an interesting observation. One will be told: "There are only two parties in Pakistan.
- Musharraf Desperately Seeks Baloch Solution (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has discussed with his confidantes initiatives to tide over the crisis in Balochistan following tribal chief Nawab Akbar Bugti's death in an Army raid, as nationalist parties today rallied in the restive . . .
- Embrace Islam: Al Qaeda To Americans (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Al Qaeda called on US President George W Bush and non-Muslims especially in the United States to convert to Islam and abandon their 'misguided' ways or else suffer the consequences, according to a video posted on a Web site on Saturday.
- Great Urban Dream (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 04, 2006)
Questions on the giant leap forward
If a socio-cultural revolution on the lines of Shanghai had to take place in India, it may logically have begun in Kolkata.
- Three U.P. Bjp Mlas Join Samajwadi Party (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Three sitting MLAs of the Bharatiya Janata Party — Mahendra Singh Yadav, Amarjit Singh Jansewak and Shyam Singh Aheriya — on Sunday joined the Samajwadi Party. PWD and Energy Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav announced this at a press meet here.
- Anomie In Ujjain (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Sep 04, 2006)
Those who remember bloody episodes of student politics across Indian universities during the 1970s and 1980s may be forgiven for thinking that the gruesome killing of Prof Sabharwal in Ujjain is not so much a marker of a new crisis of . . .
- Public Health, Why Now? (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Sep 04, 2006)
The Govt’s public health initiatives seem to favour the MNCs more than the people.
- India Matters (Tribune, B.G. Verghese for and Sanjay Sangvai , Sep 04, 2006)
The monsoon session of the Lok Sabha concluded far from proudly, with something approaching fisticuffs. Nothing warranted or can ever justify such disgraceful conduct.
- Rs 50 Lakh To Develop Chamunda Temple (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
The Union Government has sanctioned Rs 50 lakh for the development of the Chamunda Temple (Chamunda Nandikeshwar Dham) in Kangra district under the rural tourism plan. This amount would be utilised for the development of a green belt around the temple.
- Pranab Visits Memorial For Indian Soldiers In France (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 04, 2006)
Erected in 1927 to honour those who died in World War-I
The Indian Corps fought its first major battle at Neuve Chapelle
It is now maintained by the Imperial War Graves Commission.
- Theerthabhisheka Mahotsavam Performed To . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
`Sahasra Narikela Theerthabhisheka Mahotsavam' was performed to Vepanjeri Sri Lakshminarayana Swamy at the S.V. Children's High School premises in Bhavani Nagar here on Sunday.
- `Islam Does Not Preach Terrorism' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Education, hard work can end poverty of Muslims
- Focus On Medical, Heritage Tourism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Private investment in tourism sector to be encouraged
- Vinayaka Idols Immersion Peaceful, Thanks To Security (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
The Vinayaka idols immersion rally passed off peacefully in the city on Sunday.
- Al-Qaeda Second-In-Command Arrested (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
U.S. and Iraqi forces have arrested the second most senior figure in al-Qaeda in Iraq, National Security Adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie said on Sunday.
- Bugti’S Killing: Apc Demands Judicial Probe (Dawn, Ashraf Mumtaz, Sep 04, 2006)
Leaders of the main opposition alliances, the MMA and ARD, and senior lawyers on Sunday urged the Chief Justice of Pakistan to set up a judicial commission to look into the Kohlu tragedy.
- How We Deny Sectarianism And Then Pay For It (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 04, 2006)
Eleven Pakistani pilgrims to Karbala have been brutally murdered by sectarian thugs in Iraq.
- New Militant Group Targeting Shia Leaders (Daily Times, Shahzad Malik, Sep 04, 2006)
Pukhtoon militants who fought against the US-led invasion of Afghanistan have formed a new anti-Shia militant group, according to investigators inquiring into the assassination of Shia leader Allama Hassan Turabi.
- Using Terror To Seek Concessions (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Sep 04, 2006)
Two days after British authorities broke up an alleged plot to blow up multiple aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean, the "moderate" Muslim establishment in Britain published an aggressive open letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair.
- Iraq Pm: Hosting Of National Flag Must (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday ordered that the Iraqi flag be hoisted across "every inch of Iraq", after a Kurdish leader banned it from flying in the northern Kurdish region.
- From Dariya To Nullah (Tribune, R. Vatsyayan, Sep 04, 2006)
Most of the ancient civilisations grew on the banks of rivers. Even today millions of people all over the world live near the rivers and depend upon them for their survival.
- Blessed Are The Pure In Heart (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Sep 04, 2006)
The great Tamil saint, Valluvar, wrote many years back: “Purity of mind is the greatest religion and virtue; all others are vain show” (Kural: 34). Innumerable are the exhortations in both ancient wisdom and modern management concepts on the need . . .
- Iran Wants Talks, But Won’T Halt Enrichment (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants negotiations on Iran's nuclear program but won't halt uranium enrichment ahead of talks, U.N. chief Kofi Annan said Sunday after meeting the Iranian leader.
- Namaskara (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 04, 2006)
Hinduism gives lot of importance to ‘namaskara’ and ‘tilaka’. ‘Namaste’ or ‘namaskara’ is a traditional form of salutation.
- Safta Nations Must Persuade Pakistan (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 04, 2006)
The reported anger in the ministry of external affairs over Pakistan’s refusal to abide by its market access commitments under Safta is understandable, but launching a trade war in retaliation may not be the answer.
- As Iraq Burns & Bleeds (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 04, 2006)
A telltale sign of the way things in Iraq are moving has come from the ban imposed by the administration of autonomous Kurdistan on the hoisting of the Iraqi flag in the region.
- Our Lady Of Jhansi (OutLook, MAHMOOD FAROOQUI, Sep 04, 2006)
While it rescues Lakshmi Bai from the conjoined yokes of rebel-patriot, her true metier will only emerge when the gadar is studied as an event in its own right, not as a prologue to the glorious march of Indian nationalism.
- Singing The Song Of Gaitonde (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
For your money, this is the great Bombay book of the last decade: it explains your loyalty to the city.
- 'I Only Get Suggestions, I Never Thrust The Awards' (OutLook, Anuradha Raman, Sep 04, 2006)
The I&B minister, who not only certifies controversial films but also seems to want to decide on who will win the coveted Dadasaheb Phalke award this year, defends his actions.
- Gandhi, A Second Coming (OutLook, Editorial, Outlook, Sep 04, 2006)
A 100 years after he conceived the satyagraha, a breed of neo-Gandhians goes beyond the khadi and charkha to coopt Bapu in whole new ways.
- Nothing Religious About It (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 04, 2006)
Those who claim that singing Vande Mataram is a threat to their religion, say so without giving the matter due thought, says Maulana Waheeduddin Khan.
- Pragmatism Above Panic (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Sep 04, 2006)
Racial profiling of passengers is no way to prevent terrorism; rather, it provides moral victory to jihadis even when they fail to strike
- Why You Shouldn't Look For Superhumans In Avatars (Times of India, Sri Sri Ravishankar, Sep 02, 2006)
Life is incomplete without union with God. It is quite natural that a matured mind and a receptive heart strive for this union.
- Cops Busy With Ganpati, Pravin Trial Waits (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
The murder trial against Pravin Mahajan was expected to start in a sessions court on Friday but was adjourned to September 8 instead after the police pleaded its inability to produce Pravin in court. Special public prosecutor Srikant Bhat . . .
- Cbi Names Mukhtar In Rai Murder (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
In a move which could put the Mulayam Singh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh in a spot, the CBI on Thursday named independent MLA Mukhtar Ansari as the "main conspirator" in the murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai.
- Nooyi Powers Ahead Of Sonia (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Conventional wisdom believes powerful men are born leaders. And powerful women, the same wisdom argues, are an anomaly. But that’s the thing about conventional wisdom — it is meant to be turned on its head. How else do you explain five Indian women . . .
- Brit-Pak Muslims Bash Bollywood (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 02, 2006)
Bollywood may wear its multi-religious pluralism as a badge of honour, but for the angry young British Muslims of Pakistani denomination, it’s all a sham and therefore a matter of extreme discomfort.
- Us Defence Firms Grow Bullish On India (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2006)
After decades on the sidelines, U.S. defense contractors are eyeing India’s growing military budget and aging arsenal as a multibillion-dollar opportunity that could help offset a projected slowdown in Pentagon weapons spending and extend . . .
- Bulls Back In Action, Sensex Soars 1,000 Pts In A Month (Indian Express, George Mathew, Sep 02, 2006)
Dalal Street bulls are on the comeback trail. With foreign funds and domestic investors pitching in, the fancied Sensex is just 222 points short of the 12,000 level.
- Value Change Please, Not Regime Change (Indian Express, M Veerappa Moily, Sep 02, 2006)
With the Lebanon crisis resurfacing in West Asia and the Middle East, a strange phenomenon has emerged. Sunnis and Shias have converged in the cauldron called Lebanon.
- Bugti Buried In Secrecy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Pakistan’s combined Opposition observed “a successful black day” in various parts of the country on Friday, even as the army buried the body of slain Baluch leader Akbar Khan Bugti at his ancestral Dera Bugti cemetery amidst tight security and . . .
- Not Allowed In The House (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 02, 2006)
Parliaments all over the world have their own protocol. The most important of these are the ones that regulate the use of language. Unparliamentary language has become synonymous with abuse.
- Daggers Drawn (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2006)
In a way, coalitions are marriages of convenience, which remain stable only until such time as all parties are committed to keep them going. Jammu and Kashmir is no exception.
- Care Delayed Is Care Denied (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2006)
Nirmal Sandhu visits Patiala’s Rajindra Hospital, where animals stray into the emergency ward and a shortage of space, staff and equipment can result in fatal delays in treatment.
- Reap What You Sow (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 02, 2006)
Prem Kumar, son of my Dahi Bhalla friend, the late Kishen Lall, founder-proprietor of Hotel Rajdoot, is a very fat man.
- Crises All Around (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 02, 2006)
There is hardly any country that at some time in its existence has not been entangled in a crisis of one kind or the other. Such a crisis could be political, economic or security-related in nature. The afflicted country either tries to resolve . . . .
- Response To Terror (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 02, 2006)
It will be wrong to find fault with the judiciary in Pakistan for having set Jamaatud Dawa (Pakistan) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed at liberty. Like elsewhere the judges in Pakistan also tend to go by the credibility of the material produced before . . .
- Ustad Bismillah Khan (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Sep 02, 2006)
A little bit of each one of us died the day Ustad Bismillah Khan breathed his last in mid-August.
- New Face Of British Islam: Conversions Gain Ground (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Sep 02, 2006)
Shoe-bomber Richard Reid; 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay; August 10’s Trans-Atlantic airline alleged conspirators Don Stewart-Whyte, Oliver Savant and Brian Young. All would fail the racial profiling test to screen potential terrorists; all are . . .
- Bugti Kin Shuns Coffin Burial (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
In what is being seen as yet another insult to the Bugti tribe in Balochistan, the burial of its slain leader, Akbar Khan Bugti, was done in secrecy at a cemetery at Dera Bugti, the ancestral town of the tribe, by the Pakistan Army.
- Sangh Parivar Patriarch Takes Rss, Bjp To Task (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
In yet another indication that all is not well with the BJP, or, for that matter, its paterfamilias, the RSS, leading social worker and former Rajya Sabha member Nanaji Deshmukh has criticised the two organisations for straying from their path.
- Forbes Lists Nooyi As More Powerful Than Sonia (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Chief executive-designate of Pepsico Indra Nooyi and ICICI bank's Lalita Gupte and Kalpana Morparia, are on Forbes magazine's list of 100 most powerful women in the world.
- Jews Who Hate The Jewish State (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 02, 2006)
If they (Jews) all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide." - Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, Hizbullah commander.
- Conform Or Fly Jihad Air (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Sep 02, 2006)
By lodging a protest with the Dutch Government over what happened on flight NW 0042 on August 23, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has made Indians of all genres possible suspects and therefore unwanted in the future.
- Humane Frisking (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Sep 02, 2006)
India has shown the way by not availing the easy option of profiling air travellers based on stereotypes. The Advance Passenger Information System, now installed in New Delhi, could, if implemented efficiently, offer passengers and security . . .
- China Media Censors "Blacklist" Tibetan Princess (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
China is censoring media reports about the daughter of Tibet's 10th Panchen Lama, industry sources said, apparently worried that her popularity would eclipse that of her father's disputed successor.
- Right Decision (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 02, 2006)
By deciding to bring in Mr Shiv Shankar Menon, at present India's High Commissioner to Pakistan, as the new Foreign Secretary, the Government has taken a right step.
- Go With Verve: Try A Brand Extension (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 02, 2006)
Auto major M&M faces a complex branding and marketing challenge for its new multi-purpose vehicle (MPV), which is intended as the successor to the Scorpio and is due to be launched in 2008. The MPV will be built on a new platform code-named the ‘Ingenio’.
- The Sanctity Of A Trust (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Sep 02, 2006)
Courts have consistently upheld the sanctity of trusts and thwarted any attempt to disqualify a trust as being invalid, except in compelling circumstances.
- War Tactics For The Markets (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 02, 2006)
Daryl Guppy offers The 36 Strategies of the Chinese for Financial Traders to help overcome your two biggest enemies in the markets. Vijay Singal provides tips on `stock market anomalies and low-risk investing' in Beyond the Random Walk.
- Last Glimpse Not Allowed •Family Members Stay Away •Dco Shows Bugti’S Watch, Glasses (Dawn, Saleem Shahid, Sep 02, 2006)
A shroud of mystery enveloped the manner in which the Dera Bugti administration on Friday allowed only a small number of mourners to quickly bury a wooden, padlocked coffin said to contain the body of Nawab Akbar Bugti in the ancestral town of . . .
- Merkel Overtakes Rice As World's Most Powerful Woman: Forbes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Indra Nooyi,, Sonia Gandhi, Lalita Gupte and Kalpana Morparia, Vidya Chhabria among Indians on list.
- Nawab Bugti Laid To Rest Without Family Members (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
The veteran politician, Chieftain of Bugti tribe and Head of Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard at Dera Bugti here on Friday morning.
- Government Is Besieged With Popular Disbelief (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 02, 2006)
The government has made a mess of politics and probity in the case of the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti. It took Mr Bugti’s body to Dera Bugti and buried it rather than hand it over to the family or show it to anyone except two dubious persons — . . .
- Bush Talks Of Decisive Ideological Struggle (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 02, 2006)
The UN deadline for Iran to halt its nuclear enrichment programme has ended and speculations are rife about what would follow. Three veto-wielding powers – China, Russian Federation and France see a ray of hope in the Iranian response to the . . .
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