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Articles 5421 through 5520 of 26855:
- What’S Israel Up To In Lebanon? (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.
- Unadulterated Lies (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
'The attendant propaganda -the abuse of language and eternal hypocrisy - has reached its nadir in recent weeks,' says John Pilger of the undiluted lies discharged daily by the western media since the beginning of the Lebanon crisis.
- Hostage Drama Ends As 2 Militants Killed, 3 Rescued (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Even as militants gunned down two soldiers, looted their weapons and escaped in Kulgam-Qazigund belt of south Kashmir today, two militants and a soldier got killed and three persons were rescued in a fierce gunbattle at Shirpora in the same . . .
- Time To Look Back Without Anger (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 08, 2006)
The tit-for-tat expulsion of an Indian and Pakistani diplomat each over the weekend clearly signifies a new low in the bilateral relationship. What is worse is the media spin being put on the story, which, in fact, makes out the situation to be . . .
- Guided Development Of Sabarimala Complex Mooted (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Aug 08, 2006)
Draft Master Plan proposes strategy to minimise future disasters
Suggests environment-friendly development
Improved transportation facilities proposed
Working committee discusses proposals
- 40 Die In Israeli Strike On Lebanese Village (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
An Israeli attack on a Lebanese border village killed more than 40 people Monday, the prime minister said, raising the day’s death toll to 55 in heavy fighting between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas despite efforts toward a cease-fire.
- 'Yet To See India's Passion For Peace' (OutLook, SABA NAQVI BHAUMIK, Aug 08, 2006)
A long and winding drive takes us to the residence of Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, located on an elevation in Islamabad. The elegant residence is far more sophisticated and plush than the home of his Indian counterpart. Over a cup of tea . . .
- Pakistan Hopes Spy Row Won't Hurt India Peace Talks (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Pakistan said on Monday a tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats by Islamabad and New Delhi at the weekend should not derail a delicate peace process between South Asia's nuclear-armed rivals.
- Put Ngos Under Rti Scalpel (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Aug 08, 2006)
The $50,000 Magsaysay Award was recently conferred upon Arvind Kejriwal, a former Indian Revenue Service officer campaigning for the Right to Information (RTI).
- Law-Governed Solution (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 08, 2006)
The voices of the innocent must be heard above the din of war.
- Ideology And Confusion (Statesman, DIPAK BASU, Aug 08, 2006)
Hinduism and India’s cultural heritage now have to contend with two major adversaries, apart from its traditional enemies such as the Islamic warriors and Christian missionaries.
- European Union Companies May Refuse To Hire Smokers (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 08, 2006)
Companies in the European Union may legally refuse to hire smokers because EU anti-discrimination laws do not protect them, the European Commission said.
- Defang Hizbullah (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 08, 2006)
Mere UNSC resolution will not do ---- It is possible that the US and France will be able to convince the UN Security Council to adopt the proposed resolution calling for "full cessation of hostilities" between Israel and Hizbullah as a first step . . .
- The Noose Of Debt (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Aug 08, 2006)
The single most important cause of farmer suicides is their inability to pay back the loans they have taken, often from private moneylenders. This age-old problem is yet to be resolved in a durable fashion.
- Floods Threaten To Engulf Bhadradri Rama Temple (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Water levels at river Godavari continue to rise menacingly on Sunday, even as four persons were killed in separate incidents in the Bhadrachalam division.
- Taliban Take Control Of Sangin Police Hq (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The Taliban took control of the police headquarters in the Sangin district of the Helmand province after the deputy police chief there surrendered to them along with 10 cops.
- Pakistan Army Uses Fundamentalists, But Scorns Them, Says Cohen (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
“The fundamentalists are not really that strong in Pakistan; the army has contempt for them, but uses them.
- Rain Lashes Maharashtra, 62 Die In Andhra (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Torrential monsoon showers lashed Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra crippling normal life and claiming 15 lives even as flood situation in Andhra Pradesh, where the death toll rose to 62, was grim today.
- Habitual Offenders (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 07, 2006)
State must face truth on custody deaths
A police administration that has recently been seen to be seriously concerned about the future of cricket in Bengal has generally not been as enthusiastic about cleaning up the mess in its own backyard.
- India: Human Trafficking Fuelling Hiv (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 07, 2006)
Images of guns, drugs and rebels have long defined India’s troubled northeast. Now, a study across eight states in this resource-rich, infrastructure-poor, conflict-scarred region seeks to highlight a new worry:
- Indian Consulate Involved In Terror Acts, Iran Told (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Islamabad has conveyed its concern to Tehran that the Indian consulate in Zahidan is involved in terrorist activities in Pakistan.
- Iran Rejects Un Nuclear Deadline (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said today that Iran will expand uranium enrichment, in defiance of a UN Security Council resolution setting an 31 August deadline for the Islamic Republic to halt the activity or face the threat of political and economic . .
- A Congress Mole In The Bjp? (OutLook, Salman Khurshid, Aug 07, 2006)
Jaswant Singh seems to have had the better of the call of BJP culture but gaps remain in his tell-all
- Appalling Civic Failures (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 07, 2006)
Torrental downpours claimed another 25 lives in Punjab on Friday, pushing the rain-related death toll in the province to well over 50 in less than two weeks.
- Division In The House (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 07, 2006)
UPA will face trouble on the Indo-US nuclear deal in Parliament, with combined opposition pressure mounting against it, says CP Bhambhri.
- Understand Your Nature For Realisation (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 07, 2006)
Presence of all the worldly goods will not bring happiness in the life of an individual, if the person does not know one's true self ------ A voice inside is screaming "I'm here, I'm here," but I am struck dumb. And then the eyes, when the master . . .
- Is Terror In India Becoming Home Grown? (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Aug 07, 2006)
Till the Mumbai blasts took place on 11/7, one would have perhaps rejected out of hand, the view that terror in India is home grown. That is because New Delhi has sufficient reason to believe that Pakistan is behind our terror trouble.
- Israel Captures Hamas Speaker (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Israel seized the Hamas speaker of the Palestinian parliament at his West Bank home and continued its deadly incursions into the Gaza Strip on Sunday with a sustained assault on the city of Rafah on the Egyptian border.
- Lebanese Pm Wants Pakistan Troops In Un Force (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has proposed the inclusion of Pakistan in a proposed international peacekeeping force in Lebanon.
- ‘Weapon Of Politics’ (Deccan Herald, Vimala RamaRao, Aug 07, 2006)
"If politicians would allow us, we could write ‘Indian’ instead of whatever caste we come from. But will they let us? Abandoning a caste-based life does not suit many."
- Iran Vows More Atom Work, To Hit Back At Sanctions (Indian Express, Reuters, Aug 07, 2006)
Iran vowed on Sunday to expand its atomic fuel work and warned that any UN sanctions aimed at halting its uranium enrichment would incur a painful riposte, possibly including a cut in oil exports.
- Tit-For-Tat Pantomime That No One Buys (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 07, 2006)
Pakistan has declared counsellor Deepak Kaul at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad persona non grata and asked him to leave Pakistan within 48 hours.
- Beyond Rhetoric (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 07, 2006)
Is secularism only a convenient tool for Congress to drum up minority support in states where they constitute an influential vote bank?
- Matters Of Faith (Times of India, Amrith Lal, Aug 07, 2006)
In courts we trust. Our belief in the judiciary to settle contentious issues extends to both temporal and spiritual matters. We expect that legal solutions, if and when offered on matters of faith, are binding on people.
- Mumbai Paralysed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Heavy rains since Saturday threw life out of gear in Mumbai and Maharashtra with several parts of the state remaining under water till late this evening. As many as 15 persons have been killed in the state so far in rain-related incidents.
- Don’T Make Kargil’S Feat Controversial (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 07, 2006)
PML (N) has circulated a White Paper on the Kargil operation entitled ‘Kargil adventure — another huge defeat after Dhaka Fall, who is responsible?’ to focus on its negative bearing on the nation as a whole.
- Another Wet Day & Mumbai's Out Of Gear (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Torrential monsoon showers lashed Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra crippling normal life and claiming 15 lives even as flood situation in Andhra Pradesh, where the death toll rose to 62, was grim on Sunday.
- Relatives Of Missing Ship's Crew To Move Supreme Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Ship, missing for 11 months, had 10 Indian crewmembers on board
Lakshadweep MP petitions External Affairs Ministry
Dr. Koya suspects the ship to be stolen by pirates
- Natwar Moves Privilege Breach Notice Against Pm (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Former External affairs minister K Natwar Singh will invite disciplinary action from the Congress if he goes ahead with his notice for breach of privilege against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the leak of the Justice RS Pathak Inquiry . . .
- Hezbollah Says It Killed Four Israeli Soldiers (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The Islamic Resistance, armed wing of Hezbollah, announced it had killed four Israeli soldiers including an officer in a pre-dawn attack in south Lebanon on Monday.
- What We Still Don't Understand About Hizbollah (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
A terrorism expert, who has studied 462 suicide bombings, says such acts have little to do with religious extremism and that the West must engage politically to halt the slaughter.
- Protests In Indonesia Over Israeli Action (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Aug 07, 2006)
Thousands of Indonesian protesters held rallies in Jakarta and some other major cities on Sunday to denounce the U.S. for supporting Israel in its military offensive in Lebanon.
- No Need Of Alarm (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 07, 2006)
Iraq's 'civil war' threat is not new ---- There has been a sudden change in the tone of the top echelons of the United States military establishment on the issue of Iraq.
- Interest Rates: Banks Take Up Rbi Signal (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Aug 07, 2006)
But intriguing Government directive to PSBs may slow upward trend
The RBI's stance on interest rates has been justified on a number of counts. Non-food credit, money supply, and deposits have all been growing ahead of expectations.
- New Scheme For Fixed Deposits Deductible Under Sec. 80c (Hindu, S. Rajaratnam, Aug 07, 2006)
The rate of interest will be fixed by the bank and such interest may be either cumulative payable at the time of maturity in lump sum or paid every quarter or every month in accordance with the term of the deposit.
- Tit For Tat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2006)
Expulsions and counter-expulsions of diplomats, which were a routine in India-Pakistan relations until a few years ago, have become a reality again. It was Pakistan which started the process by . . .
- Kerala Education Act: A Model For The Nation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
Consensus in matters such as education is desirable, but not always possible. That, however, should not impede society from advancing towards social justice and equality. The government's duty is to pave the way for it.
- The Train Over River Time (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 07, 2006)
Before the Chinese thought of building a rail line to connect Quinhai, province in the southwest of China, to Lhasa, the idea would have been fantasy.
- Google Expertise For Aravind Hospital (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Aug 07, 2006)
The role of Information Technology (IT) in eye care management is set to scale new heights with global IT major, Google, offering to provide its expertise to Aravind Eye Hospital.
- Army, Iaf Step Up Flood Relief Work (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Torrential monsoon rain lashes Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra; Godavari flowing over danger mark
- The Challenges Posed By Polio (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Aug 07, 2006)
Lessons from past failures must guide planners to move in the right direction.
- ‘A Very Noble Concept’ (Deccan Herald, G K GOVINDA RAO, Aug 07, 2006)
"A casteless society is where no single group feels superior to another.Why should anybody, who does not belong to any of the reservation categories, have to mention his caste?"
- 10 Israeli Soldiers Die In Hizbollah Rocket Attack (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Hizbollah killed 10 Israeli soldiers today in its deadliest rocket strike yet and Israeli bombs killed 10 Lebanese civilians as Lebanon rejected a draft U.N. resolution to end the 26-day-old war.
- Questions Of Ethics And Safeguards (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
Readers' responses fall into three categories. For the large part, they are appreciative and supportive.
- Ipi Gas Deal (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 07, 2006)
Pakistan and India are united on something at last: on the fact that they both want a far lower price than what Iran is demanding.
- Questions For Karat (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 07, 2006)
When extreme malleability threatens political morals we still tend to look at the CPM to see if someone cares for the straight and the narrow.
- The Global Battle For Ideas Cannot Be Fought With Guns (Guardian (UK), Jackie Ashley , Aug 07, 2006)
Bush and Blair's belief that Islamism could be bombed into submission was deluded. We need to find a middle way
- Adb Refuses Dam Funds (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has refused to provide any funds this year for the Bhasha dam construction project due to “political concerns”, sources have revealed.
- India, Pakistan Trade Expulsions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
In a relapse to the tit-for-tat phase in bilateral relations, India on Saturday evening declared senior Pakistani diplomat Syed Mohammad Rafiq Ahmed persona non grata within hours of Pakistan deciding to expel his counterpart in the Indian High . . .
- Israeli Forces Step Up Bombardment (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Israel on Saturday launched its heaviest bombardment of the nearly month-long conflict in southern Lebanon, carrying out 250 air raids and firing 4,000 shells...
- Jaswant’S Yes And No. What Can It Be? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2006)
It isn’t easy to create a sense of high anticipation and to sustain it for some drama-packed days, only to let it subside into an anticlimax.
- Upa Accused Of Dumping Proposal For 6 New Aiims (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The BJP today accused the Congress-led UPA of putting to cold storage the proposal of the previous NDA government for opening six new AIIMS and upgradation of six existing hospitals to the level of AIIMS.
- Meaning Of Life (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 06, 2006)
It is said that one should always live life like great men. A better course will be to choose one's ideal and follow him or her to the hilt. Otherwise the danger is that one may get lost in a labyrinth of lofty ideas.
- It’S A Political Theatre Of The Absurd (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2006)
"Governance demands back-breaking work that calls for vision, application, contemplation; not politics of expediency"
- Both Expel Each Other’S Diplomat (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The Indo-Pak peace process today suffered yet another blow as they expelled each other’s diplomat after Islamabad’s "outrageous" action of handcuffing, blindfolding and detaining a senior Indian High Commission official.
- A Controversy On Bookshelves (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 06, 2006)
Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie: Rushdie’s fourth novel was inspired, in part, by the life of Prophet Muhammad. The novel was banned in several countries, including India, and prompted Ayatollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa for the death of Rushdie.
- Tit For Tat: India, Pak Play 'Spy Games', Expel Envoys (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Aug 06, 2006)
In a gesture which will lead to further escalation of tension with India, Pakistan expelled a senior Indian diplomat from Islamabad after handcuffing and ill-treating him at an undisclosed location in brazen violation of the Vienna Convention as . . .
- Jains To Be Given Minority Status Soon: Antulay (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Union Minister for Minority Affairs A R Antulay on Sunday said that the Jain religion would be given minority status only after attaining consensus between both the sects within the religion.
- Bjp Ministers ‘Examined' On Six-Month Performance (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The progress reports of 16 BJP ministers in the State cabinet were assessed by Central leaders and BJP State unit President D V Sadananda Gowda on day-one of the camp, held at a resort on the outskirts of Bangalore.
- Deadly Drinks: Malathion Found In Softdrinks (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
A new study has claimed that traces of Malathion, a pesticide, which can have harmful effects in the human brain, were found in certain samples of softdrinks.
- Patronage -Based Politics And Crime (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 06, 2006)
Distressing signals are there; if one has the time and inclination to go through the annual Home Ministry Reports. The crime rate in urban and rural areas is multiplying at a fast pace.
- China's Super-Competitive Monks Learn New Skills (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Piety and a knowledge of Buddhist scriptures used to qualify one to be a Chinese monk. Now, add computer skills, foreign language ability and a degree in financial management.
- Old Chill Creeps Into Indo-Pak Ties (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
In a move reminiscent of the bad old days of India-Pakistan relations, the two sub-continental neighbours ordered expulsion of each other's senior diplomats, signalling a new low in bilateral ties in the aftermath of the Mumbai train bombings.
- A Lesser Known Mahatma Gandhi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The book demythologises Gandhi and records the gradual emergence of his ideology as he came in contact with great thinkers of the day.
- Politics Of The Right Of Self-Determination (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 06, 2006)
The Pakistan Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, in an interview with Outlook correspondent Saba Naqvi Bhaumik, said that though Indo-Pakistan relations are moving in the right direction, but the "core issue" of Kashmir has to be settled first. When asked . . .
- Children Protest Against Israel Killings In Lebanon (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Hundreds of schoolchildren under the banner of ‘Bachpan Bachao Andolan’ and the Global March Against Child Labour today joined a protest march against the killing of innocent children, women and old persons by Israel in Lebanon.
- India, Pak Expel Diplomats (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 06, 2006)
Pakistan today expelled a key Indian diplomat in the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, Counsellor (Consular) Mr Deepak Kaul, on charges of espionage. New Delhi quickly paid back in the same coin, expelling a Pakistani diplomat here of the same . . .
- Muslims Must Isolate Fundos (Pioneer, Khwaja Ekram, Aug 06, 2006)
The collaboration of local Muslims with global jihadi outfits enlarges the scope of the fight against terrorism. This poses threat not only to the country's stability and integrity, but also the innocent Muslim community ----- When Mumbai, the . . .
- Potpourri Of Thoughts (New Indian Express, V Geetha, Aug 06, 2006)
The Blindness of Insight is an elegantly argued book. It offers a provocative thesis: that communal violence, especially in northern India, represents a unique resolution of the caste question.
- Sri Lankan Town Deserted And Devastated By Battle (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
After days of heavy fighting in this eastern town, jumpy Sri Lankan soldiers are almost the only signs of life on streets littered with fallen power lines, spent cartridges and dead animals.
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