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Articles 9421 through 9520 of 26855:
- Panel Asks India, Pakistan To Ratify Ctbt (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
United Nations: An independent commission seeking to end the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction has recommended that all nuclear weapon states, including India, Pakistan, United States and China, ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty . . .
- U.S. Action Against Dawood Overdue: Cbi (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jun 03, 2006)
Pakistan under pressure: CBI chief
Pakistan flouting U.N. resolution against sheltering "global terrorists," says former Director of Intelligence Bureau
Dawood should not be given shelter, should be deported immediately, he says
- India To Host Ipi Pipeline Talks To Break Impasse (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
India will host the next round of secretary-level talks on the Iran pipeline on July 3 with no consensus having emerged during the Islamabad trilateral meeting last month on the gas price and project framework.
- Commission Asks India, Pakistan To Ratify Ctbt (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Independent panel seeks end to threat posed by WMD
- Indian Origin Family Becomes Victim Of Hate Crime In Us (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
An Indian origin family in the US state of New Jersey has become a victim of hate crime with vandals spraying anti-Indian slogans and scribbling graffiti against Hindus on their house.
- Anti-Indian Graffiti On House In U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
A family of Indian origin living in New Jersey has become a victim of hate crime with vandals spraying anti-Indian slogans and scribbling graffiti against Hindus on their house.
- Military Officers To Administer Tribal Areas (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
In a major policy decision, President Gen Pervez Musharraf is reported to have approved the appointment of senior military officers as administrators of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).
- Al-Zarqawi Lashes Out At Shiites In Tape (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq railed against Shiites in a four-hour-long audiotape harangue posted on the Internet on Friday, saying militias are raping women and killing Sunnis and the community must fight back.
- Wrong Attire (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Jun 03, 2006)
There are few things as uncomfortable and inappropriate as having to sport long sleeves, a closed collar with tie, and a western suit—usually made of dark, heavy . . .
- Payback Time (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jun 03, 2006)
The writing was always there on the wall. But, typically, we Indians failed to see it.
- Will India Run Aground Or Muddle Through? (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Jun 03, 2006)
Either way, India’s future seems flawed; eternal optimists should tone down expectations from it.
- Thirsty Earth (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 03, 2006)
With streaming clouds trumpeting like haughty tuskers,/ with lightning-banners and drum beats of thunder claps,/ in towering majesty, the season of rains/ welcome to lovers, now comes like a king, my love.
Kalidasa, Ritusamharam
- Panel Wants Nuke States To Ratify Ctbt (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
An independent commission seeking ways to end the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction has recommended that all nuclear weapon states, including India, Pakistan, USA and China, ratify the CTBT which prohibits all nuclear weapon testing.
- Lifetrack In New York (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jun 03, 2006)
My most favourite bar in New York is The Otherroom on Perry Street in West Village.
- Bhatt Masala (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 03, 2006)
For someone who first tasted success directing two future MPs - Vinod Khanna to the right and Shabana Azmi to the left - in Lahu ke Do Rang, Mahesh Bhatt has, appropriately, established himself as a deft exponent of the "rent a cause" game.
- Ppp, Mma Strike Seat Deal For Ajk Election (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The People’s Party Parliamentarians and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal have reached a seat adjustment agreement for the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council elections to be held on July 11.
- 36 Tourists Injured In Grenade Explosions (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
At least 36 tourists were injured, one of them seriously, when suspected militants hurled two grenades, within 15 minutes, on their buses in the Dalgate area here this evening.
- Manmohan, Patil Condemn Terrorist Bid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Soft policies of the government encouraging militancy, say BJP leaders Advani and Rajnath Singh
Remain united, Manmohan tells nation
Government will defeat terrorist designs: Patil
- Terror Deals Blow To Tourism, Cancellations Begin (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Jun 02, 2006)
As the Valley's biggest economic venture and back bone of its prosperity - the tourism sector, was limping to regain its lost glory, unscrupulous elements armed with explosives time and again discharged their lewd endeavours stabbing in the stomach . . .
- Police Foils Terrorist Attack On Rss Headquarters (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
major attempt to attack the heavily-guarded RSS headquarters here was today foiled when three heavily-armed terrorists were shot dead in an encounter with the police while trying to enter the sprawling complex in the wee hours today.
- Terrorists' Attempt To Storm Rss Headquarters Foiled, 3 Killed (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
A major attempt to attack the heavily-guarded RSS headquarters here was today foiled when three heavily-armed terrorists were shot dead in an encounter with the police while trying to enter the sprawling complex in the wee hours today.
- Doctors Resume Work After Quota Strike Ends (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Thousands of doctors and interns were back at work at state hospitals on Thursday, ending a nearly three-week strike against a government move to reserve more college seats for lower castes.
- Many Hospitals Of Bmp In Coma (Hindu, Afshan Yasmeen, Jun 02, 2006)
Rs. 27 crore allocated for healthcare
Most hospitals spruced up with Japanese grant
Roof of D.J. Halli hospital operation theatre leaks
Two primary health centres in low-lying areas closed
- Bus Passes For Schoolchildren To Be Issued From June 5 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
BMTC will issue passes for colleges students only in July BMTC will issue passes for college students only in July
PUC students have to spend close to Rs. 2,000 on bus fare till passes are issued
Schoolchildren spend Rs. 20 a day on bus travel
- Right To Information Act: Officials See Need For More Awareness (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Most applications pertain to service matters and individual grievances
State Information Commission so far receives 583 petitions/appeals/ complaints
Maximum number of requests related to Education and Municipal departments
High-level meeting . . .
- All Ongoing Schemes Will Be Evaluated, Says Karunanidhi (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Jun 02, 2006)
"No mindless scrapping of projects initiated by AIADMK"
Free bicycle scheme for class 12 students to continue
Free marriage scheme for poor women to commence from June 3
- Congress-Communist Camaraderie (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jun 02, 2006)
There are moments in history when forked tongues will no do, and when overly nuanced appraisals of events amount only to equivocation.
- Police Had Information About Possible Attack (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
There was credible information for almost a year suggesting such an attack, says police officer
- Opting Out Of The System? (Dawn, Tahir Mirza, Jun 02, 2006)
When you retire after almost 50 years in active journalism, are you also in some way perhaps opting out of the whole system in which you have been involved, have written about and reported on?
- Hindu Temple To Come Up In Moscow (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jun 02, 2006)
Moscow Mayor's assurance to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit
To replace demolished temple
Initial opposition from church
Cultural fete involving `sister cities'
- China, Arab States Pledge Anti-Terror Cooperation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Ministerial meeting attended by delegates from 22 Arab countries
- `The Da Vinci Code' Banned In Andhra Pradesh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
High-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister takes the decision
- Gujarat Communalised (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 02, 2006)
The BJP attempted to make Gujarat chauvinism synonymous with Hindutva for better poll prospects
- Ap Bans ‘The Da Vinci Code’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Andhra Pradesh Government today banned the screening of film “Da Vinci Code” in the state.
- Medicos Return To Work (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Jun 02, 2006)
Resident doctors who resumed work after days of hunger strike, much to the relief of the government and patients, have cautioned that though the strike has been called off, they will sustain the anti-quota movement in the larger interest of the society.
- Strike Out (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 02, 2006)
The foiled terrorist strike on the RSS headquarters at Nagpur early on Thursday was not unexpected, even though it is to the credit of the security forces that they acted according to drill and gunned down the three attackers.
- Joining The Wrong Side (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 02, 2006)
Meek capitulation before a small section demanding a ban? Or an overzealous attempt to pander to religious sentiment? Either way, the Tamil Nadu Government's decision to suspend the screening of The Da Vinci Code bodes ill for freedom of expression.
- The U.S. And The Strategy For Freedom (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jun 02, 2006)
A remarkable feature of U.S. perceptions of West Asia is an inability or unwillingness to acknowledge linkages.
- India's Gains Predicated On Competitiveness (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 02, 2006)
The Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN is a link up with a group of dynamic economies that can test India's mettle in several areas of trade. More than the comfort of tariff quotas it will be the country's sustained competitiveness that would bring it . . .
- Maoists To Hold First Rally In Nepal Capital In 3 Yrs (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels are set to hold their first mass rally in Kathmandu in over three years on Friday, in what their chief negotiator said would be a peaceful demonstration after a ceasefire declared in April.
- Three Indian Americans In Final Spelling Bee Rounds (Press Trust of India, SEEMA HAKHU KACHRU, Jun 02, 2006)
Three Indian origin contestants have advanced to the finals of the 79th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee after surviving seven gruelling rounds.
- Volatility Is The Only Certainty (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 02, 2006)
It’s the season of mixed signals. Analysts in the US are unable to discern any definite direction from the minutes of the last Fed meeting, and, Indian investors are being confronted by falling markets and record gross domestic product (GDP) growth.
- Separate Wheat From Chaff (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 02, 2006)
It’s easy (and tempting) to get carried away by the gross domestic product (GDP) numbers released by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO).
- Ib Harassment Of Newspapermen (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 02, 2006)
Pakistan and India have been engaged in a peace process since January 2004; top officials on the two sides meet regularly and promise to enhance people-to-people contact; they are talking about trade and other exchanges and so on.
- Jihadis Hit Again (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 02, 2006)
There is no denying the fact that had the terrorists who set out on Thursday morning to blow up the RSS headquarters in Nagpur succeeded in their mission, jihadis both in India and abroad would have celebrated while the Government and its security . . .
- Ht Gets Bigger, Better & Brighter (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Starting today, we're making two innovations in the Hindustan Times. Simultaneously, we've also expanded and revamped every section of the paper to give you quality coverage.
- Appeasement As State Policy (Pioneer, Sanjog Maheshwari, Jun 02, 2006)
While the past decades have witnessed relentless competition among various political organisations to appease the minority community in a bid to cultivate the Muslim vote-bank, none can match the UPA Government's firestorm of minorityism.
- Trinamool Fans Farmers' Ire On Land For Tatas (Pioneer, Saugar Sengupta, Jun 02, 2006)
For the first time after the elections, the Nationalist Trinamool Congress on Thursday got down to testing the political waters in Hooghly district by galvanising disgruntled farmers at Singur block to protest against the "unlawful and impetuous . . .
- Us Close To Deal For Iran; Tehran Remains Defiant (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
World powers converged on Vienna on Thursday for talks on how to resolve the Iran nuclear crisis, strengthened by a US decision to join in direct talks with Tehran if it agrees to suspend uranium enrichment.
- Nagpur Terror Attack: Bjp Blames Upa's Soft Approach (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The abortive attack on RSS headquarters on Thursday left the BJP and the Sangh parivar shocked and fuming against the UPA Government's soft approach towards terrorism.
- Opening Doors To Islamists (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jun 02, 2006)
After sealing the fate of Indian academics with 27 per cent reservation, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh is off on a nine-day trip to the Gulf to explore possibilities of cooperation in academics between the two countries.
- Haditha's Lessons (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 02, 2006)
Mere apology will not suffice ---- The findings of the United States military investigation into the Haditha incident of November 2005, which resulted in the death of 24 Iraqi civilians, could not have come at a worse time for President George W Bush.
- Effort And Dharma (Deccan Herald, Terry Reis Kennedy, Jun 02, 2006)
We want to live successfully. We intuit it is possible. Yet, the Dalai Lama teaches there is no short-cut to conquering a negative mind that keeps us suffering.
- Bosch Sets Up Common Rail Unit In B’Lore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
According to Mr Bohr, both plants have been flexibly designed to serve the requirements of local automakers.
- Civil Unrest (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 02, 2006)
East Timor needs to concentrate on nation-building
- Nepal Maoists Revile All Things Indian (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Jun 02, 2006)
Even after the establishment of an interim government in Nepal with support from Indian soil in various forms, Nepal's Maoists (Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist) are still pursuing their agenda of removing Indian influence from Nepal politics and . . .
- Iran Rejects Us Conditions For Nuclear Talks (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Iran on Thursday rejected US conditions for talks over its disputed atomic programme, saying it was ready for negotiations but unwilling to freeze sensitive nuclear work.
- Left Takes A Right Hand Turn (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 02, 2006)
Under Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, West Bengal's lapse into capitalism is a foregone conclusion,
- Terror At Sangh Sanctorum Gate (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Militants disguised as policemen tried to storm the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s headquarters in Nagpur shortly before dawn today but were gunned down in their car outside the gates.
- Nagpur Cops Received Tip-Off From Mumbai (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Mumbai-based Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had information about Thursday's impending terror attack on the RSS headquarters in Nagpur and tipped off the Nagpur police about the same, which helped foil the attack.
- Still Earthly (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 02, 2006)
The more vulnerable the better. This seems to be the killers’ motto, and they have succeeded three times within 15 days.
- Reserve And Destroy (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 02, 2006)
As the populism fire rages, Indian forests are under profound threat.
- Rule And Ruin (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jun 02, 2006)
This is the story of a day that shook India as few other events have done since 1947.
- The Da Vinci Code Leads Students Astray On Exams (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
It's thick with some big words and makes reference to history — but that doesn’t make The Da Vinci Code a textbook. Even so, some high school students in Britain have been mistaking fiction for fact — and using the blockbuster to support arguments . . .
- One Answer To 5 Tricky Questions (Indian Express, M. Rama Jois, Jun 02, 2006)
The on-going controversy over OBC reservations raises some important questions: is reservation on the basis of the decades old OBC list really in favour of socially and educationally backward classes? Is reservation at the post-graduate level justified?
- Mahajan's Secretary Maitra Dead, Son Rahul In Icu (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Rahul Mahajan, son of late Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan, has been admitted to the Indraprastha Apollo hospital in New Delhi, while the late leader's secretary, Vivek Moitra, died of suspected food poisoning.
- Buddha Takes A Brief Break (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Vacation after victory is but natural. Only, in the case of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, victories are more frequent than vacations.
- Saudi Women Rise For Veil (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
More than 500 women packed the Saudi capital’s Maimouna Center on a recent evening to attend a lecture.
- Vatican To China: Stop Meddling (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Vatican today told China not to interfere in the internal affairs of the Catholic Church, saying “social peace” in the communist country would benefit if religious freedom were guaranteed.
- Ways To Defeat Ourselves (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 02, 2006)
On the face of it the two have no correlation. Fourth Generation Warfare (4GW), which has kept strategic thinkers engrossed for the last decade and a half, is about the what, why, where and how of future conflicts and possible responses.
- Why Pakistan Should Look At Nigeria, Nepal (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Jun 02, 2006)
Recent developments in Nepal and Nigeria offer an example for Pakistan on how to overcome entrenched authoritarian structures through popular mobilisation and thoughtful political action.
- Ruthless Merit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 02, 2006)
There is an English disease, peculiar to a particular class, of using language to mask feelings rather than express them.
- Special Flight To Bring Back Injured West Bengal Tourists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Operators cancel group tours to Kashmir following grenade attack in Srinagar on Wednesday
Tourists expected to return today
Airport authorities to provide medical aid
- British Academics Flay Closure Of Husain Exhibition (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Leading British academics have condemned the forced closure of noted Indian artist M.F. Husain's exhibition and criticised Hindu groups in Britain for putting pressure on the organisers.
- Terror Alert (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 02, 2006)
While India and Pakistan were reiterating “their commitment to fight terrorism in all its forms and manifestations” in Islamabad on Wednesday, terrorists were busy executing their plans on this side of the divide.
- True Cost Of Elections (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 02, 2006)
To date, there have been no authentic, overarching studies assessing the cost of elections in India.
- Un Honours 5 Indians Killed In Missions (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Five Indians were among 125 peacekeepers honoured by the United Nations for making the ultimate sacrifice in the cause of peace last year.
- Quota Move Brings Out Caste Divide In Young Indians (Daily Times, Kamil Zaheer, Jun 01, 2006)
Modern India likes to boast about its emergence on the world stage and its booming information and pharmaceutical sectors, but the country is still grappling with the ancient Hindu caste system which divides its people
- Government Will Stop Undue Inflation: Pm (Daily Times, Sajid Chaudhry, Jun 01, 2006)
Aziz says budget will benefit the poor
Govt hiring foreign agriculture experts
- India Hands Over List Of Criminals To Pakistan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Shah, while feigning ignorance about the presence in Pakistan of Dawood Ibrahim, main accused in the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai, handed over a list of 58 criminals wanted by Islamabad and were allegedly hiding in India.
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