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Articles 6621 through 6720 of 26855:
- Tsunami Devours 105 In Indonesia (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
A powerful earthquake sent a two-metre high tsunami crashing into beach resorts along Indonesia's Java island on Monday, killing at least 105 people and causing extensive damage to hotels, restaurants and homes, witnesses and officials said.
- Pop Go The Critics (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 18, 2006)
The Meteorology Department finds frequent mention for its high rate of ‘getting things wrong’.
- Pakistan-Bashing By Indian Media (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 18, 2006)
Mumba blasts have exposed claims about objectivity, neutrality and freedom of the Indian media. As the bodies were being removed from the sites of the carnage, the Indian media, both print and electronic, unleashed an orchestrated and malicious . . .
- Israel Escalates Bombings In Beirut (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
War plane also blasts Palestinian Foreign Ministry building in Gaza City
- Terror Modules' Main Aim Was To Maximise Loss (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
A closer scrutiny of the time when the 7/11 bombs went off and the trains in which they exploded will reveal how the attacks were planned with clockwork precision geared towards maximum impact and preventing authorities from minimising loss of life.
- Mumbai Echo In Moscow: G-8 Warns Terror Sponsors (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 18, 2006)
Pakistan not named but world leaders say ‘united with India’, vow to bring to justice perpetrators, organisers, sponsors
- $ 18.6b Exports Target Fixed In Trade Policy (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
The government has fixed export target of 18.6 billion dollars and import estimate of 28 billion dollars for the current financial year. The government has failed to achieve the export target of 17 billion dollars and exports stood out . . .
- A Route To Trade? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 18, 2006)
Re-opening the Nathu la Pass is high on political symbolism rather than promotion of business interests
- Make Them Bite The Dust (Pioneer, B Raman, Jul 18, 2006)
Government should revert to the 'talk-talk, hit-hit' policy to fight terrorism, which it sensibly followed till the mid-1990s ---- In cautiously-worded remarks after a visit to Mumbai on July 14, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been quoted as . . .
- Tsunami Kills 86 In Indonesia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
High waves lash shore after earthquake
- Tsunami Revisits Indonesia, 86 Die (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
A two-metre-high tsunami crashed into beach resorts and fishing villages on Indonesia’s Java island on Monday, killing at least 86 people, leaving scores missing and sending thousands fleeing to higher ground, witnesses and officials said.
- Pakistan On Notice (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 18, 2006)
While eschewing harsh rhetoric, India has unequivocally put Pakistan on notice that it will be difficult to continue with the process of détente unless cross-border terrorism is brought to an end.
- Trade Policy Still Envisages $10b Gap (Daily Times, Sajid Chaudhry, Jul 18, 2006)
Trade Development Authority of Pakistan set up
Import of used machinery allowed
Govt to set up ‘carpet cities’, export zones
- Tsunami Strikes Java, 86 Dead (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
A 2m-high tsunami crashed into beach resorts and fishing villages along Indonesia’s Java island today, killing at least 86 people, leaving many missing and sending thousands fleeing to higher ground in terror, witnesses and officials said.
- Israel Army Enters Lebanon (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Israeli army troops have crossed the border into southern Lebanon to conduct a ground offensive against the Hezbollah stronghold, an Israeli government spokesman said today.
- Quake Triggers Tsunami On Java Island; At Least 86 Killed (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
A two-metre-high tsunami crashed into beach resorts and fishing villages on Indonesia's Java Island on Monday, killing at least 86 people, leaving scores more missing and sending thousands fleeing to higher ground, witnesses and officials said.
- Quota: A Teacher's Perspective (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 18, 2006)
In a fiercely competitive world, the lowering of standards at IITs, IIMs and AIIMS is tantamount to putting the clock back by decades, writes Bedasruti Das.
- Earthquake Triggers Tsunami; 105 Killed (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
A two-meter-high tsunami crashed into beach resorts and fishing villages on Indonesia’s Java island on Monday, killing at least 105 people, leaving scores more missing and sending thousands fleeing to higher ground, witnesses, officials, and media . . .
- Pm Urges India Not To Quit Talks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has urged India to keep intact a two-year-old peace process between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
- Maulana Fazlur Rehman’S Supple Approach (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 18, 2006)
The secretary-general of the Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA), Maulana Fazl ur Rehman, coming out of the alliance’s Supreme Council meeting, once again demonstrated a nuanced and supple approach to the growing government-opposition confrontation when . . .
- Irresoluteness, A National Disease (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Jul 18, 2006)
The Mumbai blasts, which have claimed over 200 lives and maimed or injured over 700 people, constitute a terrible tragedy for the victims and their families.
- Stolen Secrets (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jul 18, 2006)
The ‘Naval War Room Leak’ case has many dimensions. Like for instance the dangers from the reported sale of more than 10,000 computer pages of information on the country’s security on land, in the air and on the sea.
- Israelis Feel Mumbai’S Sorrow, India’S Pain (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
In Israel, a country in a region where the vocabulary of terrorism has an unfortunately high currency, the 7/11 attacks have been followed with deep concern and interest.
- Pakistan Willing To Talk With India On Terrorism (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 18, 2006)
Stands by January 2004 commitment, says Aziz Ahmad Khan
"Will not allow its territory to be used by terrorists
Mumbai blasts "a criminal act, a tragic incident"
- Asia’S Changing Strategic Scenario (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jul 18, 2006)
The recent testing of seven missiles by North Korea and the varying reactions of the major powers to this event have once again highlighted the tensions which have been building up in Northeast Asia and the strategic realignment which is taking . . .
- Is Communism Brahminical? (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Jul 18, 2006)
Ms Sandhya Jain's article, "Ascent of anti-Hindus" (July 11) is a desperate but unconvincing attempt to implicate Christianity for all insurgencies bothering Hindus.
- Reluctant Rulers (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 18, 2006)
Prafull Goradia analyses why India is soft towards Islamist terror, while Israel leaves no stone unturned to retaliate against jihadi violence.
- Tsunami Kills 38 In Indonesia, Toll Rising (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
A two-metre high tsunami crashed into beach resorts and fishing villages along Indoesia's Java island on Monday killing at least 38 people, leaving many missing and sending thousands fleeing to higher ground in terror, witnesses and officials said.
- Bush Curses Hezbollah At G-8 Luncheon (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
It wasn’t meant to be overheard. Private luncheon conversations among world leaders, picked up by a microphone, provided a rare window into both banter and substance — including President Bush . . .
- Fight Terror At Home, Its Causes Too (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 18, 2006)
New Delhi’s decision to indefinitely postpone foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan is intended as a sharp reminder to Pakistan that it needs to dismantle the infrastructure of terror.
- Not The Same (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 18, 2006)
Multiculturalism seems to have its privileged identities. A recent British survey has revealed that Hindus in Britain do not feel good about being lumped together with other “brown-skinned” Britons as “Asians”.
- Broken City (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 18, 2006)
As I started my run to catch the Andheri-bound local at Churchgate, I knew that I had got my timing horribly wrong.
- G8 Leaders Call Mumbai Blasts Barbaric (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jul 18, 2006)
Although the G8 summit of industrialised countries was predictably preoccupied with the escalating violence in the Middle East, India was able to persuade the world's most powerful leaders to look beyond the region and denounce the recent terrorist . . .
- Tsunami Kills 86 In Indonesia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
A two-metre-high tsunami crashed into beach resorts and fishing villages on Indonesia’s Java island today, killing at least 86 persons, leaving scores more missing and sending thousands fleeing to higher ground, witnesses and officials said.
- Simi Activists Held In Assam (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Two SIMI activists were arrested from Fakiragram yesterday for having possible connection with the Mumbai blasts, while the state was put on high alert against terror strikes.
- Terrorist Handover: Congress Asks Bjp To Apologise (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
The Kandahar controversy resurfaced today with the Congress asking the BJP to either tender an apology or expel former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh for the “revelations” in his forthcoming book “Call to Honour”. Mr Jaswant Singh is . . .
- Death Dance In Tit-For-Tat Strikes (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Hizbollah today killed eight people in the Israeli city of Haifa in its deadliest rocket attack on the Jewish state, and Israeli planes killed 36 people in Lebanon in a fifth day of strikes.
- The Terror Within (Times of India, Ranjan Roy, Jul 18, 2006)
For years, we've heard pompous exhortations from our leaders about how no Indian was ever found to be part of any international Islamic terror group. A true tribute to secular politics and democracy in a country that has . . .
- Modi Breathes Fire Into Bjp’S Anti-Terrorism Campaign (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
What Godhra ‘02 was to Narendra Modi in terms of electoral dividends, Mumbai 7/11 could be to the BJP in Maharashtra.
- India Is On A Roll And People Are Betting On It' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 18, 2006)
India has done well. Earlier there was a feeling that it had political instability; governments come and change policies. Now there is conviction that whatever the government in power, economic reforms go on.
- When Legislators Break The Law (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 18, 2006)
IT becomes a matter of considerable concern when legislators decide to take the law into their own hands. Regrettably, Friday’s incident in which an MNA representing a Karachi-based party angrily refused to hand over the . . .
- The Right Distance (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 18, 2006)
We have superstitions about reform.
- Keep Back Channels Open (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jul 18, 2006)
The pause in the Indo-Pakistani dialogue was inevitable, given the devastating nature of the terrorist attacks on the Mumbai trains and their suspected links to groups in Pakistan.
- A World Awash In Tools To Kill (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 18, 2006)
Just as gun crimes are frequent when people have lots of guns, so bombings are frequent when people have access to lots of bombs. India, just by itself, proves that truism: A series of blasts in 1993, also in Mumbai, killed 250. And in 2005 three . . .
- ‘It (A Breakthrough) Is Expected As Early As Possible. I Can’T Say When, But It May Happen Today Also’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 18, 2006)
Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, you must be busy with meetings after meetings, visits after visits.
- Do Not Judge (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 18, 2006)
Let me also learn to find excuses for my neighbour in my mind, for example, if he were to get angry, I could perhaps say to myself that he is angry today because of blood pressure or because he has been harassed or give myself some other reason.
- India-Us Ties: One Year Later (Rediff on the Net, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Jul 18, 2006)
the doyen of Indian strategic affairs thinkers, assesses India-US relations a year after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Washington, DC
A year has passed since the signing of the Joint Statement by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh . . .
- Reid Uses New Laws To Ban Two Islamist Groups For 'Glorifying Terrorism' (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
Two UK-based Islamist militant groups, al-Ghurabaa and the Saved Sect, were yesterday named as the first extremist groups to be banned in Britain under new anti-terror laws.
- Death Dance In Tit-For-Tat Strikes (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Hizbollah today killed eight people in the Israeli city of Haifa in its deadliest rocket attack on the Jewish state, and Israeli planes killed 36 people in Lebanon in a fifth day of strikes.
- Police Nabs Hoax Caller (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
The Delhi police has nabbed a person for making hoax calls to the police informing that bombs had been planted at Akshardham temple, Chandni Chowk and PVR Plaza, Delhi, on the night of July 14.
- Rally Ban Before Modi Comes Calling (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
The state government has banned all political rallies in Maharashtra for the next 30 days but would not confirm if the decision was taken with Narendra Modi’s impending Mumbai visit in mind.
- Ripples In Pak Over Pm Remark (Telegraph, IMTIAZ GUL, Jul 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s reference to the role of Pakistan-based elements in the Mumbai blasts has alarmed Islamabad and analysts who fear such “accusations” might derail the peace process.
- 2 Ministers Had Pressed For Caution (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jul 17, 2006)
At least two Union Cabinet ministers had, at an emergency meeting after the Mumbai terror blasts, urged the government to exercise caution in identifying a particular community as the culprits without sufficient evidence and proof.
- Pm To Put Pak In Dock (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jul 17, 2006)
When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets the leaders of the G8 industrialised nations here tomorrow, he will put Pakistan in the dock for its complicity in the recent Mumbai blasts and urge them to lean on Islamabad to take action against the . . .
- Pepsi Hub (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 17, 2006)
More action needed to boost contract farming
- Beastly End Of A Beauty (OutLook, Raja Menon, Jul 17, 2006)
The story of a gentle petite Indian girl in brutal captivity, who astonished friend and foe with her courage and beauty has been written about earlier, but never researched so comprehensively as in this book.
- Battle For Survival (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 17, 2006)
Israel has no place left to turn to, and no choices either at this late hour but to fight back the Islamist forces, writes P David Hornik
- The Tangmarg Protest (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 17, 2006)
It has been a well-accepted fact all along that the war against terror cannot be won without the active support of the general public.
- An Endangered Species (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 17, 2006)
those awful pedantic bores, cynical survivors of failed dreams, the dull, monotonous drone of their voices dousing the sparks of ambition in their hapless students; or well-heeled, fashion-conscious, busy in “what’s hot” chat sessions….is that what . . .
- Where We Can Trip (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jul 17, 2006)
Mumbai has been targeted along its febrile nervous system. Quite sensibly, in my opinion, most of us do not care about who did it or why.
- Postponement Of Talks (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 17, 2006)
The postponement of foreign secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan by New Delhi following the Mumbai attacks is a most unfortunate and regrettable development.
- World Of Political Untouchables (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Jul 17, 2006)
Although social divides in India are crumbling, political inequality is thriving as never before, says S Gurumurthy.
- Qaida Training Militants In Kashmir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Al Qaida is training Kashmiri militants to undertake terrorist attacks in the Valley, according to a document available with UNI.
- People Show The Way (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 17, 2006)
If there is a saving grace in the Mumbai blasts, it lies in the courage and determination of the common man ----
- Peace After War (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, known for his caution and restraint —-often more than . . .
- Kargil Martyrs’ Kin To Hold Yajna (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
On the seventh anniversary of Vijay Divas, families of 1999 Kargil martyrs will hold a nine-day “sarva dharma prarthana” at Drass in Kargil.
- Pm Calls For New Pathways To Peace (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the international community "must adopt zero tolerance for terrorism anywhere" and looked forward to discussions on terrorism at the G-8 summit at St Petersburg in Russia.
- Congress To Launch Stir Against U.P. Government For Neglecting Obcs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
An awareness campaign will also be launched simultaneously
This was decided at a two-day meeting of the OBC department which concluded here over the weekend.
- Eight Killed As Hizbollah Rocket Barrage Hits Haifa (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 17, 2006)
Syria is strengthening militia's hands, charges Israel
- The Right Distance (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Jul 17, 2006)
We have superstitions about reform. If one is violated, people say reforms have stopped. An important measure of the commitment of an Indian government to reforms for the chambers and analysts is privatization and disinvestment.
- Indian Soaps: Victims Of Dorian Grey Syndrome (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jul 17, 2006)
Let’s begin with the most inconsequential yet most irritating fact about our television shows: they just don’t grow up.
- Kuwj Awards Presented To 38 Journalists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
The Karnataka Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) distributed awards for excellence in journalism at Devanahalli on Sunday. As many as 38 journalists, including photojournalists, from around the State received the awards for 2004-2005 at the two-day 27th
- Reinventing Civil Society (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 17, 2006)
Civil society acts as a mechanism to ensure ethical balance in society which is necessary.
- Dialogue Derailed (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 17, 2006)
India-Pak peace talks have been suspended
- Re-Enact Pota: Advani (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Demanding the re-enactment of POTA to check the surge in terrorism, BJP leader L K Advani asked the Centre to secure international support for India's war on terror and for exerting pressure on Pakistan to dismantle the terror networks operating there . .
- Broken City (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 17, 2006)
As I started my run to catch the Andheri-bound local at Churchgate, I knew . . .
- Some More Innovative File-Sharing Tools (Hindu, J. MURALI, Jul 17, 2006)
There is no limit to the size of the file or folder to be shared
- Not The Same (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 17, 2006)
Multiculturalism seems to have its privileged identities.
- Moderates On Both Sides Must Assert Themselves (Hindu, Foqia Sadiq Khan, Jul 17, 2006)
In this view from across the border on the Mumbai train blasts, the writer argues that Pakistan needs to make a greater effort to deal with terrorist networks while India must immediately act to prevent a Gujarat-like backlash and over the longer . . .
- A Balancing Act For Justice To All (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 17, 2006)
The Kerala Professional Colleges Act (KPC Act), 2006, is neither pro-minority nor anti-minority; it is only pro-people.
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