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Articles 12121 through 12220 of 26855:
- Hamas Govt Minister In Israel Custody (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Israeli security forces took into custody a member of the new Hamas-led Palestinian cabinet today at a roadblock on the outskirts of Jerusalem, according to Hamas sources.
- Now, Mirwaiz Calls India, Pak To Parallel Hurriyat Roundtable (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Apr 07, 2006)
In a move which could unsettle the Prime Minister’s plan to convene the second conference on Kashmir in Srinagar, Mirwaiz Umer
- Chin Up (Deccan Herald, Terry Reis Kennedy, Apr 07, 2006)
Do you feel as though you don't have courage at times, as though you are more of a coward than you realised? Do you get enmeshed in your own fears? Join the club. Sometimes there is just too much to have to confront in a day. So what to do?
- Advani Rath Starts Rolling (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Apr 07, 2006)
BJP leader L K Advani on Thursday commenced his Bharat Suraksha Yatra from this BJP fortress in Saurashtra, by appealing to the Muslims in the country to offer the disputed land in Ayodhya to Hindus for the construction of a Lord Rama temple.
- Embracing Islam Will Not Help Sarabjit: Pak Minister (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Embracing Islam will not help Indian national Sarabjit Singh escape the noose for his alleged involvement in a series of bomb blasts in Lahore, Pakistan’s Law Minister Muhammad Wasi Zafar said here on Thursday.
- Cause For Concern (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 07, 2006)
The arrest of seven persons with links to the Harkat-ul Jihad-i-Islami, Bangladesh (HUJI-B) in connection with the blasts at Varanasi’s Sankatmochan Temple and railway station in March underlines the growing threat posed by Bangladesh-based . . .
- Songbird's Big Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Noted folk singer Appagere Thimmaraju will be presented with the Janapada Jogi award tomorrow by Hombale Pratibharanga and Lahari Recording Company.
- Where Rags To Riches Stories Are No Longer Rare (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Apr 07, 2006)
The Chinese city of Wenzhou owes its success to the development of a cluster model whereby hundreds of small enterprises work together producing complementary goods based on efficient division of labour, saysThe Hindu's Beijing Correspondent.
- Bjp's Difficult Yatra (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 07, 2006)
The crisis in the Congress is hardly hidden from public view — a succession of scams, a bitter controversy that led the party chief to resign from important posts, and a none-too-happy prognosis for the Assembly elections.
- Mystic River (Hindu, MINI ANTHIKAD-CHHIBBER, Apr 07, 2006)
Pankuj Parashar's Banaras hits the screens today and here's an auteur's take on existentialism
- Hamas Minister Held, Freed By Israel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Haniyeh rejects Abbas' move
- Bjp Goes To Polls After Losing Significant Gains Made In Last Elections (Hindu, Rajesh Nair, Apr 07, 2006)
Its lone legislator has switched allegiance to AIADMK
Barring Reddiarpalayam, BJP has not been able to make any inroads in any of the 30 seats
Its vote share in majority of seats it contested last was between 0.86 and 2.96 per cent
- Us Professor Believes Jesus Walked On Floating Ice, Not Water (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
The New Testament says that Jesus walked on water, but a Florida university professor believes there could be a less miraculous explanation — he walked on a floating piece of ice.
- Evidence Is Fake, Says Saddam (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Apr 06, 2006)
Documents link ex-President to mass execution of Shias in the town of Dujail
- Palestinian Government Broke, Needs Aid - Hamas Pm (Reuters, Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Apr 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told the first full meeting of his Hamas-led cabinet on Wednesday that the Palestinian government was broke and urged the international community not to slash aid.
- Has Sarabjit Singh Converted To Islam? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 06, 2006)
His `will' says conversion has nothing to do with his mercy plea
No official certificate on conversion: Sarabjit's lawyer
Mercy petition sent to Gen. Musharraf
- Assam’S Widow From Gujarat Is Agp Candidate (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Apr 06, 2006)
When Alaka Desai first came to Assam 23 years ago, arriving in Guwahati from Gujarat to work on a doctoral thesis on the Northeast, little did she imagine that she would one day contest an election here as the candidate of a regional party.
- U.S. Sees Threat From European Islamic Militants (Reuters, Caroline Drees, Apr 06, 2006)
Islamic militants in Europe pose a direct threat to U.S. national security, more than 4-1/2 years after Europe-based plotters planned much of the Sept. 11 attacks, senior U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
- Nengti’S Wedding (Telegraph, AVEEK SEN , Apr 06, 2006)
“Syar, Nengtir-na biya!” a little girl informed us, leaning, with coy but laughing eyes, on the rickety gate of green bamboo that led to her mud-and-thatch learning centre in the village.
- In Indira’S Footsteps (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Apr 06, 2006)
Last week this column suggested that the Congress should be buried. Some elaboration is in order.
- Congress Spectacle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 06, 2006)
With the election process under way, the predicament of the Congress gets more and more complex, even a touch comical. The latest roadblock is its failure to decide on a candidate against Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
- Group Teaching Harms Pre-Schoolers (Daily Excelsior, Neeta Sehgal, Apr 06, 2006)
How should one teach a pre-school child - a three year, four year or a five year old - to learn the basic skills of reading and writing?
- Varanasi Blasts: Probe Leads To Bangladesh (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
An Indian cleric on Wednesday publicly confessed his involvement and of a Bangladeshi Islamist group in last month's terrorist strikes in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi that killed at least 20 people.
- Polls Across Loc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Flattened by unprecedented earthquake on October 8 last year "Azad" Kashmir (as the occupied territory across the Line of Control is locally known) is witnessing a serious electoral confrontation these days.
- Plight Of Minorities In J&k (Daily Excelsior, S Mohan Singh Kala, Apr 06, 2006)
To help in rehabilitation and development of minorities Finance Minister proposed in the budget, to set up a J&K Minorities Development Corporation, to promote employment opportunities, entrepreneurship by sponsoring self-employment programmes . . .
- The Dangers Of Uncritical Support (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 06, 2006)
India should look at the long-term impact of its foreign policy in relation to terrorism.
- Muslim India Tries To Escape The Past (Deccan Herald, RANDEEP RAMESH, Apr 06, 2006)
Prominent individuals belie the poverty of a minority left behind by the 1947 partition
- Common Future (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Apr 06, 2006)
The Prime Minister has a vision for Indo-Pak amity where borders become irrelevant
- Support For Jaya Wells Up In Tn (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
There is a strong undercurrent of support for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and ruling AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalitha among rural masses, a tour of Cuddallore, Chidambaram, Mayiladuthurai and Tiruvarur in northern . . .
- We Are All Little Lamps’ (Deccan Herald, Ramesh Mysore, Apr 06, 2006)
Swami Sukhabodhananda, who has done workshops for many blue-chip companies in India and abroad, is holding a programme on the Bhagavad Gita in Bangalore.
- Varanasi Blasts Mastermind, 5 Accomplices Arrested (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
A mastermind of the recent Varanasi blasts and five of his accomplices were arrested on Wednesday by the Uttar Pradesh police and Central security agencies.
- In Search Of Truth (Deccan Herald, A K MERCHANT, Apr 06, 2006)
Who or what runs the universe? Is there a plan behind the daisy, the hummingbird, the whale, the world?...
- Bangalore Metro Put On The Fast Track (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Union Cabinet approves Group of Ministers' recommendations
- Indo-Us N Deal Has Serious Implications (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Wednesday said Pakistan is against increase in the permanent members of the Security Council and in favour of enhancing only non-permanent members to make the organization more representative and equitable.
- The Architect's New Clothes (Pioneer, Chitvan Gill, Apr 06, 2006)
Buildings in the country betray our slavish mentality, thanks to our failure to connect with the past, says Chitvan Gill
- Fcc Conference (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 06, 2006)
The second day of the 59th Formation Commanders' Conference(FCC) was mostly devoted to briefings and discussions on matters of professional importance.
- Gandhi Evoked For All Manner Of Causes (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Two major nonviolent protests this week in India are being used by both the left and right.
- The Mirwaiz's Mistake (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 06, 2006)
MIRWAIZ Umar Farooq has argued for the maintenance of Kashmir's unity in whatever solution is arrived at for the Kashmir dispute.
- Fukuyama's Take On Islam And Islamists (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 06, 2006)
His prescription: the solution lies not in "fixing" the Muslim world by imposing democracy but in reaching out to alienated Muslims in the West.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 06, 2006)
The editorial, "A foundation for public health" (April 4, 2006) said the expenditure on public health was less than one per cent of GDP. A reader cites the
- Justice For Joshi, Joy In The Parivar (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 06, 2006)
The forensic report clearing RSS leader Sanjay Joshi in the sleaze CD controversy is cause for much joy in the Parivar.
- High Marks In Exams Might Not Guarantee Success (Times of India, Anurag, Apr 06, 2006)
Fear of examinations, anxiety over results and poor marks are driving many teenagers to take that desperate, irreversible step: suicide. During the exam season anxiety levels peak both for students and parents.
- Exams: Back And Forth (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 06, 2006)
After a lot of going back and forth and confrontation with the federal authorities, the Sindh education department has announced that all the education boards in the province will hold the Class IX examination in June.
- Saarc And The United States (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 06, 2006)
Our Foreign Office spokesperson in Islamabad informed the press on Tuesday that the Unites States had approached the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) for observer status. The SAARC standing committee of foreign secretaries . . .
- Shutting Out The Past (Telegraph, Soumitra Das, Apr 06, 2006)
In whatever stage of dilapidation they may be, Calcutta’s heritage buildings are the only extant and visible indication of the city’s once truly cosmopolitan culture, says Soumitra Das
- Dutch Minister Lays Stress On Security: Efforts For Afghan Reconstruction (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Security and stability are prerequisites for successful reconstruction efforts and it is hoped that Pakistan will be able to limit infiltration by the defunct Taliban and Al Qaeeda terrorists into Afghanistan, says Foreign Minister of the . . .
- Advani Makes Common Cause With Sonia (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Mr LK Advani today endorsed Mrs Sonia Gandhi’s veiled criticism of the Communist parties for “communalising the country’s foreign policy” and said both BJP and Congress could make common cause in politics and governance if the ruling party eschewed . . .
- State To Spend Rs 800 Cr For Slum Development (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The state government has decided to develop slums in and around Bangalore on the lines of Mumbai. Bangalore has 473 slums while the state has over 2,500 slums.
- Staring At An Electoral Meltdown (The Economic Times, P R RAMESH, Apr 05, 2006)
Last weekend, The Times of India published a report about a Congress-sponsored pre-election survey. It said the Congress would experience electoral meltdown in four of the five poll-bound states.
- Mirwaiz Meets President (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 05, 2006)
ONE would agree with the President that the Indo-Pak composite dialogue needs to be accelerated and that side by side with CBMs there ought to be progress on the Kashmir dispute.
- Strategic Horizon Of Indo-Us Deal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 05, 2006)
The India-United States agreement is in line with Bush's objective of curbing Islamist strength which is dependent on petroleum, says Prafull Goradia
- Socialist Dream (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 05, 2006)
In the wake of Ram Manohar Lohia's 96th birth anniversary on March 23, Tribhuvan Nath recalls the time Nehru called the socialist leader 'crafty'
- Hamas Minister To Visit China And East Asia (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
China says it respects Hamas’ election victory
- Advani Hints At Bjp, Cong Convergence (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
In a startling statement of long-term significance, BJP veteran leader L.K. Advani said today that two national parties could politically converge if the Congress reversed its “politics of minorityism.”
- Narmada Becomes A Bigger Issue (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Apr 05, 2006)
It has now become an issue of water being used for genocidal agriculture policies
Suddenly it is the nerve centre of the new wave of displacements
Water is important but not at the cost of the tribal and rural people
- Medha Won't Relent Despite Soz's Plea (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Apr 05, 2006)
Minister's statement silent on NBA demand but says team will visit affected villages and rehabilitation sites
Health shows signs of deterioration
CPI (M) for suspending decision to raise dam height
Ministerial team to visit affected villages
- Green Signal Now For Delhi Metro To Noida (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Making its first foray beyond the boundaries of the Capital, the Delhi Metro is now all ready to reach Noida by June 2009.
- End Minorityism, Join Hands, Advani Tells Congress (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Leader of Opposition and senior BJP leader LK Advani said on Tuesday that if the Congress shuns minorityism in politics and governance, it would set a firm foundation of cooperation with the BJP making common cause with the Congress.
- Hamas Leader Takes Conciliatory Note In U.N. Letter (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The Palestinians' new Hamas foreign minister has written U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan referring to a "two-state solution" for the Middle East, a conciliatory phrase the world should take note of, a top Palestinian diplomat said on Tuesday.
- Innocence In Jail (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Apr 05, 2006)
Hundreds of women prisoners languishing in jails suffer from a deep sense of loss and guilt that fills them every second of their incarceration.
- Haute Morals (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
When 140 million people got a flash of Janet Jackson’s right breast on TV a couple of years ago, many Americans got very angry.
- Lone Rider (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 05, 2006)
Once a charioteer, but not twice shy. This seems to be Mr L.K. Advani’s current belief. In the early Nineties, he moved around the country on a motorized chariot to mobilize Hindu votes and public opinion.
- In The Groove (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Apr 05, 2006)
The US recognizes south Asia as India’s sphere of influence
- 3rd Cong Councillor Killed In One Month (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s Congress party has become the unidentified gunman’s target number one ahead of by-elections for the Assembly segments in Baramulla district.
- Indian Islamic Schools Offer Lesson In Harmony (Reuters, BAPPA MAJUMDAR, Apr 05, 2006)
Indian schoolgirl Julita Oraon, a devout Christian, never misses Sunday mass, but the rest of her week is spent studying Arabic and Sufi literature among other subjects at an Islamic religious school, or madrasa.
- Congress Spectacle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 05, 2006)
With the election process under way, the predicament of the Congress gets more and more complex, even a touch comical. The latest roadblock is its failure to decide on a candidate against Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee .
- Indo-Pak Humorous Mushaira Held (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Indo-Pak humorous Mushaira organised by ‘The Combine’ on Monday night, was held here at the Public Garden, Latifabad. The Mushaira continued till Tuesday morning.
- No Covert Diplomacy On Kashmir: Fo (News International, Mariana Baabar, Apr 05, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday said Islamabad and New Delhi were not involved in any covert diplomacy on Kashmir, rather they were engaged in interaction at different levels to settle the issue.
- Veil Off Bengal Money Mess (Telegraph, Gaurav Choudhury, Apr 05, 2006)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee may have figured out how to court business but his government has still not understood the business of managing money.
- In Indira’S Footsteps (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Apr 05, 2006)
Last week this column suggested that the Congress should be buried. Some elaboration is in order.
- Life: Drop By Drop (Deccan Herald, Amrit Sadhana, Apr 05, 2006)
I always looked upon Buddha’s scriptures as something remote and incomprehensible.
- Afghan Prez Coming To India, Terror Tops Agenda (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
With ties between Kabul and Islamabad at an all-time low, Afghan President Hamid Karzai comes to India on April 9 for a weeklong visit during which he will discuss the resurgence of Taliban-fuelled violence and India's substantial assistance to . . .
- The Flawed Trial Of Saddam Hussein (Hindu, Sadakat Kadri, Apr 05, 2006)
The trial of the Iraqi dictator, promising justice while presuming guilt, is a parody of Nuremberg and legally irredeemable.
- An Exercise In Bravado (Guardian (UK), Simon Tisdall, Apr 05, 2006)
Iran has been conducting a sort of grand military parade up and down the Gulf this week, displaying its defensive hardware, test-firing sophisticated-sounding new weapons systems, and proclaiming its readiness to repel all would-be aggressors.
- We Should Not Play Bush Game Of Chicken On Iran (Toronto Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
President's tactics echo buildup to invasion of Iraq, says Haroon Siddiqui.
- Baloch Leader Held (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
The authorities in Dubai have arrested Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) chief Ghazain Marri following a request by the Pakistan Government.
- No Foreign Support Behind Baloch Insurgency (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 04, 2006)
“In the absence of foreign support, which does not appear imminent, the Baloch movement cannot prevail over a determined central government with obviously superior military strength,” according to a report on the resurgence of Baloch nationalism . . .
- Pakistan Sends Relief Goods To Iran For Quake Victims (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Pakistan has sent a planeload of relief goods for earthquake victims in Iran, the Foreign Ministry said today.
- Bureaucracy’S Role (Statesman, D BANDYOPADHYAY, Apr 04, 2006)
Civil Servants Not Obliged To Carry Out Illegal Orders
- Indian Islamic Schools Offer Lesson In Harmony (Reuters, BAPPA MAJUMDAR, Apr 04, 2006)
Indian schoolgirl Julita Oraon, a devout Christian, never misses Sunday mass, but the rest of her week is spent studying Arabic and Sufi literature among other subjects at an Islamic religious school, or madrasa.
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