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Articles 5621 through 5720 of 26855:
- Sabarimala Not For Women: Minister (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The Sabarimala temple will continue to remain out of bounds for women between 10 and 50 years age, Kerala Devaswom Minister G Sudhakaran said here on Thursday.
- 34 Killed As Ltte `Overruns' Muttur Town (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 04, 2006)
Water war spreads to Batticaloa, Mullaitivu and Mannar districts
TamilNet alleges killing of civilians by Sri Lankan troopers
Sri Lanka rejects Norway's call for an end to the current hostilities
- Pakistan Circa 2006 (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 04, 2006)
The sharp criticism of the controversial Hudood Ordinance — which criminalises sex outside marriage — by civil society and human rights groups, has compelled the Pakistani cabinet to approve a set of draft amendments.
- ‘This Is A War About Global Values’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 04, 2006)
In a speech to the World Affairs Council in Los Angeles on Tuesday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair stresses the need to “Think ahead.” And “Think China... Russia...India” because “all of these great emerging powers want a benign relationship . . .
- Quiet Fortitude (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 04, 2006)
There has been a resurgence of interest in the role of women in World War II. One area where women did contribute in significant numbers . . .
- Speaking In A Forked Tongue (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
As people create language, so the language of a particular community constitutes its identity.
- Manmohan Hopeful Women's Bill Will Be Introduced Soon (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Aug 04, 2006)
Talks on the issue progressing, he assures women's team
- "Quality Assurance For Schools A Necessity" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Schools part of Kuruvila Jacob Initiative recognised
Mission is providing quality affordable education to all
Teachers urged to pay attention to qualities of teaching and learning
Need for process that builds internal consistency
- Why We Need To Be On Our Toes (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 04, 2006)
On an average the terrorists inflict two heart-rending tragedies in the country every month.
- Bomb Scare At Iskcon Temple, Rtos (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Devotees at the ISKCON Temple on Chord Road in Rajajinagar went through anxious moments following a bomb scare on Thursday.
- Let Ultra Nabbed For Serial Train Blasts (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, Aug 04, 2006)
Mumbai Police and CID (Counter Intelligence) sleuths tonight arrested a suspected militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) from Surankote tehsil in Poonch district, who was allegedly involved in serial blasts in trains at Mumbai in which over 200 persons . . .
- Muslim World Demands Lebanon Ceasefire, Peace Role (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Leaders from the Muslim world, spearheaded by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, today sought an immediate end to Israeli attacks on Lebanon and inclusion of Muslim forces in any future peacekeeping operation.
- Nss Rejects `Devaprasnam' Held At Sabarimala Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Urges TDB not to go ahead with `pariharakriyas'
- Mist Lifts But Hurdles Remain For India-Pak Peace (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Aug 04, 2006)
It was one of the briefest winters in the traditionally tumultuous relations between India and Pakistan.
- Kashmir Police Offers Bounty For Grenade Throwers (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Police in Indian Kashmir on Thursday offered 100,000 rupees in cash and a government job as reward to help catch militants behind a spate of grenade attacks in the revolt-torn region.
- Silent Partitions (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 04, 2006)
The divisions caused by decades of communal strife are partly responsible for the terror in Mumbai.
- Queen Mother Entitled For Share In Jaipur Palace: Hari Singh.... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The management of the erstwhile Royal Palace of Jaipur, which is at the centre of a succession battle involving Queen Mother Gayatri Devi’s grand children, today submitted before the Company Law Board that they did not have any rights over the property.
- All Churned Up (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 04, 2006)
Party’s union queers the pitch
Any euphoria over Monday’s perceived great leap forward with the Salim group must be tempered with the fact that another notable endeavour towards a Resurgent Bengal seems destined to run aground unless the government . .
- Harnessing Hate (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 04, 2006)
Lashkar terrorist Syed Abdul Karim `Tunda' has vanished after the Mumbai explosions, but his legacy refuses to disappear.
- Iran Adamant On Gas Price; Expert Panel Formed (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Iran today refused to lower the price of gas it wants to sell to India and Pakistan through a tri-nation pipeline, but agreed to form an expert committee with members from the three countries to discuss the issue.
- Hudood Draft Bill (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 04, 2006)
At long last the much awaited draft amendments to the Hudood Ordinances were approved by the federal cabinet on Wednesday.
- Friday Feature: Basic Islamic Values (Dawn, Bilal Ahmed Malik, Aug 04, 2006)
The Quran and the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) nourished the Islamic concept of freedom. Never did he deny his followers the basic freedoms. Muslims could always speak their minds while in his presence.
- A New Challenge For Nato (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 04, 2006)
“The mission is simple - but the delivery of it is complex,” British defence secretary, Des Browne, told the Commons last month, a neat summary of Britain’s task in Afghanistan, but also a misleading one.
- Oic For Immediate Truce In Lebanon (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Leaders from the Muslim world on Thursday while strongly condemning the “relentless Israeli aggression” demanded an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in Lebanon, release of all Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners and called for deployment of . . .
- Gen Zahid Nabbed: A Positive Signal (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 04, 2006)
Leaders from the Muslim world on Thursday while strongly condemning the “relentless Israeli aggression” demanded an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in Lebanon, release of all Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners and called for deployment of . . .
- Is The Proposed Hudood Amendment A Charade? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 04, 2006)
In its Wednesday meeting, the federal cabinet approved “in principle” the draft bill seeking to amend the Hudood laws.
- Safta Trade Dispute (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
India's criticism of Pakistan that the latter is trying to scuttle the recently launched South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement by not reducing duties on imports from India has been . . .
- Shifting The Blame (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
Since September 11, 2001, Islam has been demonised.
- Land Sharks Change Course Of Rivulets (Tribune, Ajay Banerjee, Aug 04, 2006)
The plunder of the ecologically fragile Shivalik foothills in Punjab continues unabated. Unscrupulous residents are altering the course of rivulets to suit their own ends while land-hungry persons are either buying the rights to these stream beds . . .
- Notional Security Adviser (Pioneer, MN Buch, Aug 04, 2006)
MK Narayanan had no business going candid on television and making a mockery of everything that Intelligence stands for, says MN Buch
- It's War Against Islamism (Pioneer, Tony Blair, Aug 04, 2006)
From Gaza to Kashmir, Islamist extremism's whole strategy is based on a presumed sense of grievance
- 26 Islamic Militants Caught In Bangla (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Security officers arrested 26 suspected members of an Islamic militant group blamed for fatal bombings that killed and wounded dozens across Bangladesh last year, authorities said on Thursday.
- Tony's Wisdom (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 04, 2006)
A perceptive view of global Islamism ---- In the years since September 11, 2001, and particularly after the renewed conflict in West Asia, it has been speculated that historians sitting down to write, say 20 years down the line, will look upon . . .
- Digital Drive Password For New-Age Terrorism (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Not just zealots but also computer savvy. That is how the Crime Branch, Mumbai would like to describe the arrested “LeT members” and their mentors since the method of communication devised by them marked their ingenuity.
- In Lebanon, Many Indians Stay On (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 04, 2006)
An overwhelming majority of Indians in Lebanon have not been evacuated by the four ships of the Western Fleet which completed the transfer of Indian, Sri Lankan and Nepalese nationals this week.
- The No Festival Month (Deccan Herald, Padma Ramachandran, Aug 04, 2006)
In Ashada, South Indians refrain from celebrations and indulge in spiritual activities.
- To Do Or Not To Do (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 04, 2006)
Privatisation of defence industry would serve to strengthen it.
- Art At Altitudes, Beauty Too (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 04, 2006)
Are the Chinese authorities giving a major push to Track II contacts too, as the talks at the official level are making incremental progress?
- Plight Of South Asian Workers In Lebanon (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Aug 04, 2006)
Many illegal immigrants have faced abuse, exploitation
- Qana An Error, Says Israel, As Toll Revised Downwards (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The Israeli military did not know civilians were in a Lebanese building they bombed on Sunday and would not have attacked if it knew, a report said today.
- Pakistan Refusal To Implement Safta With India Has Jeopardised . . . (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 04, 2006)
Says it could have used agreement to access Indian market and increase exports
- Straight From Hawking (Hindu, Ian Sample , Aug 04, 2006)
The scientist-Professor fails to answer his own question
- Uniform Not The Real Issue (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
The Pakistan Air Force's unilateral decision to take over almost 23,000 acres of the country's largest national park comes as no real surprise.
- ‘Oh Fire, Be Thou Cool’ In Lebanon (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 04, 2006)
Israel pressed the first full day of massive ground and air attacks on Lebanon on Wednesday pushing 8000 troops in the south, besides causing massive destruction of Lebanese infrastructure.
- Gas Pipeline: India, Pak Stand Up To Iran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The third round of tripartite talks on the proposed Iran Pakistan and India (IPI) gas pipeline project began here on Thursday with New Delhi and Islamabad opposing Tehran’s demand for a higher price for the gas it would export to the two countries . . .
- Bridging Urban-Rural Divide (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 04, 2006)
If you are a member of a political family which has taken turns to rule the state, the Karnataka model could teach you how to woo the rural masses even while living with the urban elite and bashing them!
- Peace Dam Bursts In Sri Lanka (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 04, 2006)
With the `water war' spilling over, the period of political engagement is over and yet another phase of military confrontation has begun in Sri Lanka. In Colombo, RASHEEDA BHAGAT traces the genesis of the latest conflict and gauges the mood in the . . .
- In The Doldrums (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 04, 2006)
The economy is going nowhere ---- The economy that the UPA Government inherited after six years of NDA rule may not have reflected a "shining" India, but it certainly could not be faulted for being overtly 'Hindu' in terms of growth.
- Oic Wants Immediate Ceasefire In Lebanon (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Demands investigation into Israeli violations
Some Muslim nations ready to join UN force
- Security Along Pak-Afghan Border: Pakistan And Us Sign Mou (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Pakistan and the United States on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) whereby Washington pledged to provide its key ally in the war on terror US$2.7 million in security and communications equipment to bolster security along the . . .
- Uzbek Fighters Reject Waziristan Truce (Daily Times, Javed Afridi, Aug 04, 2006)
Uzbek militants in North Waziristan announced that they would not comply with the unilateral ceasefire by the Taliban, saying that they had never consented to it, tribal elders told Daily Times on Thursday.
- Afghanistan Expels Rok Christians (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The Afghanistan government on Thursday ordered around 1,500 South Korean Christians who came to the Islamic republic for a “peace festival” to leave the country, a South Korean official said. A South Korean government team sent to Afghanistan . . .
- Us Shift On India Nuclear Policy Tilts Regional Balance (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Aug 04, 2006)
Perhaps nowhere else do American foreign policymakers face more contradictions than in the area stretching from Israel to Korea.
- Hot Pursuit (Tribune, Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Aug 03, 2006)
Has hot pursuit become hot air? Gen Pervez Musharraf’s latest warning to India against hot pursuit is that it will be “paid back in the same coin”. The Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson even said: “This could trigger a nuclear war”.
- Us Official’S Visit To Focus On Pakistan Terror Support (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 03, 2006)
The issue of Pakistan’s support to terrorism will come under deep focus this weekend when a key State Department official holds talks here with senior Indian officials.
- An Opportunity For Muslims: Bitta (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
All India Anti-Terrorist Front chairman and former Youth Congress president Maninderjit Singh Bitta on Wednesday called upon Muslim organisations to register protest against terrorists perpetrating violence in the name of their religion and defaming . . .
- *20 Hurt In Surankote Blast (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
and police today gunned down two militants of Harkat-ul-Jehad Islami (HUJI) and apprehended another as troops suffered a fatal casualty in day long operation at village Kochal in Chatroo area of Doda district while 20 persons were injured, two of . . .
- Cuban Challenge (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 03, 2006)
The temporary stepping down from power of Cuban president Fidel Castro, who is in his eighties and undergoing surgery for intestinal bleeding, has prompted speculation about a change of guard.
- ``Manmohan, Musharraf Can Meet On Nam Sidelines'' (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 03, 2006)
Meeting between Foreign Secretaries a "positive development,'' says Kasuri
We will join your probe if there is evidence: Kasuri
No stalemate in bilateral relations; evidence already provided to Pakistan about terrorism, says Saran .
- Safta Meet To Discuss Pakistan Stand (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 03, 2006)
Islamabad not offering India trading rights under a sensitive list as mandated under SAFTA
- Humbling Hill (Indian Express, SAPNA SHARMA, Aug 03, 2006)
Girnar, the 3,100 ft hill, situated in Junagadh, Gujarat, is part of the folklore of Saurashtra. Since time immemorial Buddhist, Jain and Hindu monks have found sanctuary there. A stone edict of Asoka can be seen at the foot of the hill.
- Importance Of Training Media Persons (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 03, 2006)
Many developing countries where the media of mass communication is under government control, means that media persons hardly need professional training in their trade.
- What Passing Bells For Those Who Die As U.N. Peacekeepers? (Hindu, Ramesh Thakur, Aug 03, 2006)
The Israeli contempt for U.N. peacekeeping and the deaths of unarmed international observers will make countries much more reluctant to contribute to a bolstered or replacement force.
- Ugly Face Of Impudence (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 03, 2006)
The happenings in Lebanon during the last three weeks have convinced the world about certain realities:
- If Saarc Is To Move Ahead (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 03, 2006)
Saarc seems to have its priorities wrong. It is expanding without paying sufficient attention to its first duty - to turn the idea of regional cooperation among the South Asian nations into a reality.
- Lebanon War And Us Interests (Dawn, Javid Husain, Aug 03, 2006)
“The relationship between the US and Israel is like that of a dog and the tail,” remarked an American diplomat in a friendly conversation with me some time ago.
- Mqm Reposes Faith In Musharraf (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Governor of Sindh Dr Ishrat ul Ebad extended an apology to President General Pervez Musharraf on behalf of Muttahida Qaumi movement and explained as why MQM delegation retuned to Karachi after arrival in Islamabad.
- Forex Firm Employee, His Wife Survived Blast, He Didn’T (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
They say, home is where the heart is. For Delhi boy Chetan Sharma, his heart was where his mother was.
- President To Dedicate Upper Krishna Project To The Nation . . . (Hindu, Suresh Bhat , Aug 03, 2006)
Alamatti Dam is a multi-purpose component of the project conceived 42 years ago
- Temple Flagmast On Verge Of Collapse (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The base of the wooden `dhwaja sthamba' has decayed
- Illogical, Illegal And Ill-Fated (News International, Nasim Zehra, Aug 03, 2006)
Continuing with her theme on the pangs of birth of a new Middle East the US Secretary of State aboard her plane en route to Asia tried to downplay the expectations of a quick fix in Lebanon or the Middle East.
- Sangh Parivar Stages Protest In Tirupati (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The Sangh Parivar held demonstrations at the office of the Additional SP, Tirupati demanding action against vigilance officials in connection with the capture and taking into custody of a cable channel reporter and his aide for allegedly filming . . .
- Destruction Of Minds (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 03, 2006)
The announcement by federal education minister Javed Ashraf Qazi that 'jihad' was being retained in the new curriculum that the government plans to introduce in schools from 2007 to 2009 is a cause of concern.
- Hizbollah’S Greatest Strength Is Lebanese Un (News International, Hamid Mir, Aug 03, 2006)
For three weeks, Hizbollah has successfully withstood the combined might of an Israeli ground offensive, air attacks and bombardment from the sea, upsetting all of Tel Aviv’s calculations.
- Ideology Or Humanitarianism? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 03, 2006)
Authorities in the North West Frontier Province are reportedly drawing up a code of conduct for non-governmental organisations working towards quake relief.
- Blowing Up Fiscal Responsibility (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 03, 2006)
Given the well-known deficit bias of a democracy, fiscal consolidation is an arduous task. Will there be anyone who will stand up to the assault by the powerful Gang of Three on the FRBM.
- India Wants To Make Sure Peace Talks With Pak Doesn't Get Affected (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Disagreeing that there was a stalemate in the peace talks with Pakistan, India on Wednesday said its endeavour was to ensure that the process was not affected in any manner.
- Tackle Terror Sternly (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Aug 03, 2006)
The Government has no clearcut policies to fight terrorism sponsored by neighbouring nations.
- Sri Lanka Fighting Rages, Aid Workers Cannot Help (Reuters, Peter Apps, Aug 03, 2006)
Artillery pounded Tamil Tiger positions in northeast Sri Lanka while rebels fought firefights with troops early on Thursday as the island slipped back towards civil war.
- In Praise Of Salwa Judum (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 03, 2006)
A lengthy editorial in this week’s Organiser accuses the UPA government of joining hands with ‘‘left and civil liberty groups’’ in giving a bad name to Chattisgarh’s controversial Salwa Judum movement and warns that ‘‘any rethinking on its efficacy . . .
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