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Articles 6221 through 6320 of 26855:
- Kashmir Bus Service A Flop (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jul 26, 2006)
Only 600 Kashmiris have been able to travel on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service in the last year, according to a newspaper report.
- Pakistan Vital For Region’S Trade, Energy: Musharraf (Pakistan Observer, John Thakur Das, Jul 26, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf noted Tuesday that Pakistan provides vital connectivity to all trade and energy linkages in the region.
- Mother-In-Law Told To Pay Damages (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 26, 2006)
Incomprehensible personal attack: court
Campaign of abuse began soon after marriage: Gina
Forced to clean toilets with bare hands
No problem with husband .
- Feeling For Wildlife (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Two impressive perspectives on the basis of insights gained as conservationists.
- Terrorism Is A Battle Within The Muslim Community (Indian Express, Asif Jalal, Jul 26, 2006)
Till yesterday the debate was why and how Indian Muslims are free from the contagious effect of the so-called jehad sweeping the Islamic world, having no concern, barring some in Kashmir, with the business of Al Qaeda, the ISI and terrorism.
- Nature’S Wrath? More Man’S Folly (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Jul 26, 2006)
July is Mumbai’s nemesis. Exactly one year ago on this day, Nature unleashed 944 mm of rain on the unsuspecting metropolis, claiming 400 people. This year, Mumbai has already lost over 180 innocent citizens to a dark void of insane violence.
- ‘Indo-Pak Talks Being Derailed’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 26, 2006)
The National Herald group’s Qaumi Awaz, in its editorial dated July 24, says that ‘‘after the war of words breaking out between India and Pakistan post the Mumbai blasts, not only is the attention on the war against the cancer . . .
- Varanasi In The Time Of Terror (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jul 26, 2006)
State action against terrorism will succeed if Muslims have the confidence that the community as a whole will not be called to account for terror executed by a few. Communal harmony is not a pseudo-secular cliché, it is a necessity in the . . .
- 10,000 Houses For Tsunami-Hit Families In Two Months (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
They will be handed over before onset of northeast monsoon
NGOs instructed to speed up construction of houses
Government will not tolerate violations in construction
- Worship And Religious Inquiry (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Jul 26, 2006)
The almost desperate embracing of Western thought by scholars of religion, moving away from the people, has robbed religion of its vitality.
- Costly Name! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 26, 2006)
What’s in a name? Well, it may cost you several crore rupees, as the Andhra government recently learnt.
- Batting For Palestine (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 26, 2006)
In the face of Israeli raids on Lebanon, the CPM believes that India cannot be a bystander.
- Talking Aimlessly (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Jul 26, 2006)
Stephen Miller's book is a lament on and an elegy for the declining art of conversation.
- A Plutonium Plant? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 26, 2006)
There is more to reports in the Washington Post about plutonium reactors being set up in Pakistan than what meets the eye.
- A Divisive Deal (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Jul 26, 2006)
While undermining the cause of peace, the India-U.S. nuclear deal is dividing domestic opinion and stoking an ultra-conservative reaction.
- Syria Welcomes Lebanese Refugees (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 26, 2006)
No air of crisis; Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's popularity at a high
- Govt’S No To Pota (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
With the government rejecting the Opposition demand for revival of POTA to deal with terrorism, the adjournment motion on Mumbai blasts was defeated by a voice vote in the Lok Sabha as the BJP-led NDA staged a walkout.
- Israel Seizes Main Hizbollah Headquarters (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Israeli warplanes blasted southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday and troops battled Hizbollah guerrillas as Israel effectively ruled out any chance of a rapid ceasefire to end the two-week-old Lebanon conflict, and warned it could set up its own . . .
- Managing Diversity (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Jul 26, 2006)
As Bombay recovers from the latest terrorist attacks, as London continues to tackle with the fallout caused by 7/7, and as West European democracies grapple with real or imagined problems caused by their diverse peoples, some 14 per cent of whom . . .
- Asean Meet Deplores Israel (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jul 26, 2006)
The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Tuesday denounced Israel's incursion into Lebanon, with Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi voicing outright condemnation.
- Ambanis Begin Another Round Of Battle (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Messenger-based telephony, which is essentially PC-to-PC voice communication method, is already allowed in India. Internet telephony and voice over internet protocol (VoIP) essentially made it possible for us to use voice over internet messenger . . .
- Army’S Shot In The Arm (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 26, 2006)
Indian goldfingers are certainly on a roll. The latest confirmation comes from Abhinav Bindra who grabbed the gold medal in the men’s 10m air rifle at the 49th World Shooting Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. Bindra traded the leading position . . .
- Proxy War Shows No Signs Of Abatement (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 26, 2006)
On July 26, the nation will pay its homage to martyrs of the Indian Armed Forces who made the supreme sacrifice during the Kargil operations seven years ago. Will the nation observe it as the final Vijay Diwas ? Unlikely.
- Cry For Evidence Only A Cover Up (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Jul 26, 2006)
So, for now, the Indo- Pak peace process remains impacted, whatever the Pakistan Government or for that matter the US may say.
- Misery And Anger (Tribune, Robert Fisk, Jul 26, 2006)
They are in the schools, in empty hospitals, in halls and mosques. They are arriving in Sidon by the thousand, cared for by Sunni Muslims and then sent north to join the 600,000 displaced Lebanese in Beirut.
- Sabarimala Priest Files New Complaint (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
A day after the Sabarimala tantri was sacked, following allegations of immoral activities, the Kerala government on Tuesday asked the state intelligence to ascertain the details of the priest's new complaints and the progress of the probe.
- Churning Process (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 26, 2006)
Will the India-Pakistan peace process be gravely jeopardised because of recent developments?
- Gold Finger (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 26, 2006)
With a scintillating series of hits in the final of the air rifle World Championships at Zagreb, Abhinav Bindra has secured for India its first ever world championship gold medal in shooting.
- Government To Tone Up Intelligence To Combat Terror (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
The government on Tuesday said it would raise the strength of security and the police forces, tone up intelligence from the village level and improve coordination between different agencies to counter terrorism in the country.
- Demands Of A Letter (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 26, 2006)
Much has been written and said about the letter written to the president, and simultaneously released to the press, by a group of retired . . .
- Hezbollah Chief Vows To Fire Beyond Haifa (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah vowed on Wednesday that his guerrillas will fire rockets on Israel beyond the northern city of Haifa and counter Israeli military advances inside southern Lebanon.
- Impartial Cops (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 26, 2006)
The controversy in Madhya Pradesh over a Christian police officer removing an image of a Hindu deity from his new office raises queries infinitely more basic than the Bajrang Dal’s bid to exacerbate religious tensions.
- India Tightens Border Security After Mumbai Blasts (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
India is stepping up vigil on its borders with Nepal and Bangladesh after investigations into the Mumbai bombings revealed militants and weapons were being smuggled from these areas, officials said on Tuesday.
- Mulayam Exploring All Options (Tribune, SURENDRA MOHAN, Jul 26, 2006)
The National President of the Samajwadi Party and Chief Minister of UP, Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav, will have to face a tough general election for the State Assembly early next year.
- Leading Retailers Battle It Out In China (Tribune, Don Lee , Jul 26, 2006)
In this remote region along the old Silk Road, Paris-based retailer Carrefour is on the march. They have already opened two stores here, one in the northern end where many ethnic Chinese live and another next to a mosque in the Muslim section . . .
- Bush Knew Of Pak N-Reactor Plan (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jul 26, 2006)
The Bush administration on Monday acknowledged it had long known about Pakistan’s plans to develop a large plutonium production reactor and urged Pakistan not to expand its nuclear weapons programme.
- Terror Tactics (Telegraph, Stephen Hugh-Jones, Jul 26, 2006)
Who are the terrorists now? That is a question most Arabs and many others have been asking as we watched the Israeli trashing of Lebanon this month. To most Americans and nearly all Israelis, the answer is self-evident: those uglies called . . .
- Beyond The Ceasefire (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jul 26, 2006)
The hostilities in west Asia make it imperative that the prime minister, Manmohan Singh travel to Havana in September to attend the next non-aligned summit.
- Pakistan Nuclear Expansion Raises U.S. Concerns (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jul 26, 2006)
Pakistan is building a new nuclear reactor that could produce enough plutonium for 40 to 50 nuclear weapons a year in what would be a major expansion of its nuclear program and could prompt an intensified arms race in South Asia, a report said Monday.
- Jehadi Outlook (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Jul 26, 2006)
Fawaz Gerges is a scholar and commentator who has written extensively on West Asia and U.S. foreign policy.
- Rice's Concern Over Lebanon Suffering (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Israeli troops move in deeper to besiege ``capital of the resistance''; Arabs pile pressure on Syria
- Unani Doctor Held For Mumbai Blasts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The Mumbai police on Sunday night arrested a Unani doctor in the July 11 train blasts case and said he was suspected to be part of a larger conspiracy. He was remanded to police custody till August 4
- Not By Musharraf Alone (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 25, 2006)
After the Mumbai blasts and the meandering investigations by the government, one thing stands out. India has no easy options in dealing with either of the twin challenges that confront the nation — terrorism and relations with Pakistan.
- Pakistan Downplays Nuclear Report (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 25, 2006)
Islamabad expanding facility: U.S. newspaper
- Mohanararu Divested Of Duties As Sabarimala Tantri (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Case registered by Mohanararu false, say police
- "Rti Act One Of The Most Radical Pieces Of Legislation" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Right to Information Act is pro-development: Arha
- Terror Therapy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 25, 2006)
Strange are the ways of the UPA Government. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tells the nation that he "will do whatever is required" to "win this war against terror" and admits that the Congress-led regime's response to terrorism has been "inadequate".
- Varsity Staff Held For Sheltering Terrorists (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Jul 25, 2006)
An employee of the Gauhati University was arrested by the police for allegedly playing host to jihadis.
- Shiva Temples Take Up Water Harvesting (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Lord Shiva is known by many names — Shiv Shankar, Bhola Nath, Neelkanth, Umapati, Mahadeva, Pashupatinath, Mahakal — each referring to a special attribute in Lord Shiva. But it is time to worship him as a harbinger of water harvesting, . . .
- Sabarimala ‘Tantri’ Caught In Sex Scandal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Tantri Kantararu Mohanaru, one of the three chief priests of the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple, has been removed from his post following the police revelation that he has been visiting a prostitute.....
- The Significant Other (Times of India, Namita Devidayal, Jul 25, 2006)
It would be easy for the optimistic liberal to conclude that Mumbai is still at heart, 'Bombay', a cosmopolitan city devoid of bigotry.
- Human Toll (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 25, 2006)
Israel has to stop the bombing, it solves no purpose
- Ib: Bereft Of Accountability (Deccan Herald, R N KULKARNI, Jul 25, 2006)
Human intelligence operations are the key to counter terrorist strikes.
- Fencing With Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 25, 2006)
Two weeks after Mumbai’s Terrible Tuesday, investigators are hardly surprised by the emerging links between local terror groups, the Lashkar-e-Toiba and the ‘signature’ of the Pakistani mastermind, the Inter-Services Intelligence.
- Pak Building Powerful N-Reactor: Report (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Pakistan is constructing a powerful new reactor for producing plutonium leading to apprehensions that this could signal a fresh arms race in the South Asian region, a media report said today.
- Folk Music Genre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
This book is an extensive study on the "Pallu" literature in Tamil written from 17th to 19th centuries. Pallu literature belongs to folk musical plays known as "Pallisai" and has the folk musical forms such as chindu, talattu, and others.
- Sex Scandal Snares Sabarimala Priest (Telegraph, JOHN MARY, Jul 25, 2006)
Sabarimala, one of the most renowned temples in south India, was sucked into a scandal today with the main priest being relieved of his duties following a police disclosure on television that he has been visiting a prostitute.
- Literary Crossover (Hindu, Prema Nandakumar , Jul 25, 2006)
The sacred and the secular form a perfect helix in the best of Indian culture.
- Act Of Promise In Kerala (Frontline, R Krishnakumar, Jul 25, 2006)
A Kerala Act on self-financing professional educational institutions raises the hackles of many who run such institutions.
- Sensexocrats: The New Ruling Caste (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Jul 25, 2006)
The anguish of terrorism breeds a thousand questions, each troubling, one more difficult than the other.
- Will Islam Reform? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 25, 2006)
All Muslims are not terrorists but all terrorists are Muslims; it is for the community leaders to identify jihadi elements amidst . . .
- A Letter Of Good Intent? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 25, 2006)
Variant interpretations have been placed on the intent behind the letter written by a group of well-known citizens to President Pervez Musharraf, advising him to separate his contentious offices and ensure free and fair elections in 2007.
- Pakistan Warns India Against ‘Hot Pursuit’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
FO says Pakistan wants early resumption of peace process with India
69 Pakistanis evacuated from Lebanon so far
- Private Players' Role (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Jul 25, 2006)
Education in Tamil Nadu, especially engineering education, has benefited much from the efforts of the private sector.
- When Will A Chancy Event Be Meaningful? (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Jul 25, 2006)
There is an anecdote concerning the French writer Émile Deschamps which is worth a re-thought. Sometime in 1805 Deschamps ordered a plum pudding in a French restaurant, waited upon by one Monsieur de Fontgibu.
- A Passage Thru Jannat (OutLook, MANJU KAPUR, Jul 25, 2006)
Occasionally the book reads like a catalogue of Kashmiri Muslim rituals from prayer to wazwan, but her compassion shines through. The telling is straightforward, the mode realist and the pace, especially in the last section, swift.
- War Israel Can't Afford To Lose (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Jul 25, 2006)
A leading Israeli philosopher some years back referred to his countrymen as "an exhausted people, confused and without direction.
- A Dubious Project (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 25, 2006)
Vague parameters define LSTV ---- The notion that Parliament has got its own channel with the launch of Lok Sabha TV (LSTV) is entirely misplaced.
- The Good Guys Rarely Win (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jul 25, 2006)
It speaks volumes for US priorities that the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hizbollah generated a quality of response that only makes sense if Washington itself was under siege from extra-terrestrial satanic forces.
- India Unruffled By Pakistan's Nuke Push (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Jul 25, 2006)
India has refused to be drawn into reacting to what it considers the final attempt to derail the US-India nuclear deal by the American non-proliferation lobby.
- Pak Gets China's Help On Reactor (Times of India, SAIBAL DASGUPTA, Jul 25, 2006)
If Pakistan is under the scanner for trying to amass nuclear warheads, the world should also look at China's help to Islamabad in setting up a new nuclear reactor at its Khushab nuclear site, sources said.
- India, Pakistan May Exchange Views In Dhaka (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 25, 2006)
SAARC a chance to re-examine relationship
- Without Gender (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 25, 2006)
Jesus had a very special compassion for women even in the male-dominated world of his time.
- Terror Accused Mahdani Most Valuable Ally For Left, Cong (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jul 25, 2006)
If the DMK government in Tamil Nadu is arranging for 1998 Coimbatore blast accused Abdul Nasser Mahdani’s Ayurvedic massages, the Left and the Congress in Kerala have been doing the stretching—prostrate at his feet.
- Mumbai Blast Suspect Released After Four Days » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Mohammed Akram, who was detained by police in connection with the Mumbai bomb blasts, was freed, official sources said on Monday.
- 'F-16s To Pak Plus N-Reactor Equals Disaster' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
A prominent American lawmaker on Monday asked Bush Administration to scrap the sale of F-16s to Pakistan, saying the acquisition of the US-made fighter jets plus the plutonium reactor reportedly being built by Islamabad equals a "catastrophe."
- Pak Bombshell, Doubts In India (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Pakistan has begun building what independent analysts say is a powerful new reactor for producing plutonium sufficient for 40 to 50 nuclear weapons a year.
- Not Exactly Total Recall (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 25, 2006)
Jaswant Singh provides a partial account of a key period in Indian diplomacy
- A Covert To Violence (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 25, 2006)
Never in life Jammu and Kashmir Jamaat-e-Islami's Moulvi Yusuf Shah would have thought that he would one day be bracketed with a mafia don of global disrepute.
- Beastly Act (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 25, 2006)
Who will not be moved by the tragic story of 17-year old Mukhtar Ahmed Sheikh in the south of the Valley?
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