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Articles 4721 through 4820 of 20249:
- Fuel & Fear Make Carpool Cool In Mumbai (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
India is waking up to a new way of commuting to beat soaring fuel prices, cramped public transport and, of late, terrorist strikes — the carpool.
- Plotters Likely To Be Of Pak Origin: French Minister (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The perpetrators of a foiled attempt to blow up airliners flying from Britain to the United States are likely to be of Pakistani origin, France's Interior Minister said on Thursday.
- Blair’S Us Tilt Comes Under Glare (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Aug 11, 2006)
Is Tony Blair’s pro-US foreign policy to blame for young British Muslims turning to terrorism in protest against his actions in Iraq and now in Lebanon?
- "Indian System Relevant To Sri Lanka" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 11, 2006)
Firmness with dialogue is the way to overcome terrorism: Karan Singh
- The Shame Of Patran (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 11, 2006)
THE mass grave of female foetuses discovered behind a private hospital at Patran near Patiala is only a tip of the iceberg.
- Al-Qaeda Plot To Blow Up Us-Bound Planes Foiled (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
A suspected Al Qaeda plot to simultaneously blow up 10 US-bound flights from here using explosives smuggled in handbags was foiled by the British police, triggering a worldwide security alert and chaos at airports.
- India’S Signal May Not Work (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 11, 2006)
As if the current dip in bilateral relations was not enough, we now have a new “war doctrine” by the Indian military to combat what it describes as Islamabad’s “new” strategy of “attack by infiltration” into India beyond Indian-held Kashmir.
- Suspected Al Qaeda Plot To Blow Us-Bound Planes Foiled; 21 Arrested (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
A suspected Al Qaeda plot to simultaneously blow up 10 US-bound flights from here using explosives smuggled in handbags was foiled by the British police, triggering a worldwide security alert and chaos at airports.
- Shekhawat Rejects Natwar's Privilege Motion (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Holding that the sanctity of the house had not been breeched, Rajya Sabha Chairman Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on Thursday rejected former external affairs minister K Natwar Singh's privilege motion on the leak of the Pathak panel report on his . . .
- Heathrow Preempts Horror Re-Run (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
A suspected Al-Qaida plot to simultaneously blow up 10 US-bound flights from here using explosives smuggled in handbags was foiled by the British police, triggering a worldwide security alert and chaos at airports.
- Mumbai Judgment Deferred (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The TADA court judge, Mr Justice Pramod D Kode, today deferred his judgment in the 12 March, 1993, Mumbai bombings case to 12 September as he wanted to make sure no legal hurdle would stall the final pronouncement of it.
- Lanka Army, Ltte Fight Kills 50 (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
At least 50 civilians were today killed and 200 wounded as Sri Lankan security forces launched air and artillery attacks in the embattled northeast, the Tamil Tigers said.
- How On Earth Can We Live Together? (The Economic Times, Arun Maira, Aug 11, 2006)
India's economy is performing impressively. GDP is growing fast; inflation is moderate; and Indian stock markets have done better than most.
- Europe Cancels London-Bound Flights After Terror Plot Foiled (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Airlines across Europe cancelled flights bound for London's Heathrow Airport on Thursday while some airports said they were ready to take on diverted traffic after British authorities said they thwarted a terror attack aimed at aircraft flying . . .
- Sri Lankan Govt Needs Strategic Vision To Resolve Conflict (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 11, 2006)
"The two main parties in the Sri Lankan conflict have to demonstrate the political commitment and resolve the conflict rather than pretend they are interested in a process of negotiations and play for time."
- Red Alert At Uk, Us Airports (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
24 people arrested, all UK citizens
ABC News says five suspects still at large
French minister says suspects likely to be of Pakistani origin
- 'Britain Faces Most Severe Terror Threat Since Ww Ii' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
British Home Secretary John Reid on Wednesday warned that the country was facing its "most sustained period of severe threat since the end of the second World War".
- Verdict In 1993 Mumbai Blasts Delayed Until Sept (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
A city trial court put off until next month a final verdict on defendants charged over the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai that killed 257 people.
- Pak Locks Up Lashkar Founder (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Pakistan on Thursday put Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafeez Sayeed, who figures in the list of wanted persons forwarded by India, under one month house arrest at his Lahore residence.
- Setback To Indo-Pak Peace Process (Tribune, T R Ramachandran, Aug 11, 2006)
Even though India has not frozen the Indo-Pak peace process, the dialogue at the level of Foreign Secretaries has been kept in abeyance following the serial blasts in Mumbai.
- Food Security: China's Success Story (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 10, 2006)
China has hugely improved the availability of, and access to, food through a combination of a sound agricultural policy, development of rural infrastructure, and investment in research and development in the farm sector.
- Revolution In A Bottle (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
Kerala’s Marxists are silly banning Coke-Pepsi. Plus, they could be doing their state great harm
- Five Washed Away In Ch'garh Flood: Collector » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
At least five persons were feared dead after they were washed away in floods at Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, officials said on Sunday.
- Crocker’S Fake Balm Therapy (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 10, 2006)
The US Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan C Crocker Tuesday claimed that the Press comments on reported remarks of Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher during his visit to India were ‘wildly exaggerated’.
- 13 Blasts That Changed Our World (Times of India, Bachi J Karkaria, Aug 10, 2006)
Today, Justice P D Kode will commence delivery of judgement on the accused in the 1993 blasts. But, in the 13 years since those 13 bombs RDX-ed their way path through the city, Mumbai has already stood in the dock. The sentence has already been delivered.
- Lebanon's Agony (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 10, 2006)
"Lebanon now, however, faces the risk that Hizbollah may intervene more directly in the Israeli-Palestinian war and the resulting conflict may spread to the Israeli-Lebanese border areas and lead to Israeli reprisals that strike deep into Lebanon…"
- A Satellite Eye On The Neighbourhood (Indian Express, Ajay Lele, Aug 10, 2006)
India has to use its satellite network to expose the support Pakistan extends to terror outfits
- Mumbai Blasts Verdict Likely Today (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The city of Mumbai has barely recovered from its month-old trauma of the serial bombing of commuter trains and now it is tensely bracing for the court verdict due on Thursday on the 1993 explosions that killed 257 people, police and human rights . . .
- Cops Don't Know What’S In The Powder Seized From Suspect (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Twenty days after arresting Kamal Ahmed Ansari in connection with July 11’s serial blasts in Mumbai, the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) still doesn’t know what’s in the 500 grams of black powder it seized from his house in Basupatti village in Bihar’s . . .
- Rs. 45 Lakh Released For Naxal-Affected Villages (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Youth to be trained in tailoring, beekeeping
The strength of pre-matric hostel in Sringeri has been increased
Information centres have been opened in taluk panchayats in Koppa, Sringeri and N.R. Pura
- Cpi(m) Wants Role Of Reliance Investigated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Says company's name appears in 3 oil contracts as non-contractual beneficiary
Incumbent on Government to submit a report on biggest `non- contractual' beneficiary
Allotments given to company during BJP-led Government rule
It is for Congress . . .
- Long-Awaited Judgment Today In 1993 Mumbai Blasts Case (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Aug 10, 2006)
Special Court to decide fate of 123 accused, including Sanjay Dutt
Nearly 250 were killed and 700 injured on Black Friday
Dawood, Anees Ibrahim, Tiger Memon still out of India
- ‘Confidence In One’S Fairness, Objectivity Must Be Commanded’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
When two of the country’s seniormost politicians trade harsh words in public, it resounds even above the clatter of everyday politics.
- India Will Not Intervene Directly In Sri Lankan Peace Process: . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Karunanidhi briefed on discussions between the two countries .
- 13 Years Through Trial And Terror (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Aug 10, 2006)
Today, after 13,000 pages of evidence and 686 witnesses, it’s judgment day for the 123 accused in the Bombay Blasts Case of 1993. But a verdict already seems to have been passed on the Mumbai Muslim, targeted over and over again
- '93 Serial Blasts: Judgement Today (Times of India, Bachi J Karkaria, Aug 10, 2006)
Today, Justice P D Kode will commence delivery of judgement on the accused in the 1993 blasts. But, in the 13 years since those 13 bombs RDX-ed their way path through the city, Mumbai has already stood in the dock. The sentence has already been delivered.
- Tharoor Has A Long Way To Go (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 10, 2006)
Among the many myths that have landed India in deep diplomatic embarrassment in the past are myths about so-called “solidarity of the nonaligned and developing countries” and the belief . . .
- Kudos For Karat (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
A rather unexpected recipient of some praise — albeit left-handed — in the pages of Organiser is CPM general secretary Prakash Karat. It appears in a long article on the government’s “total isolation” over the nuclear deal issue.
- Limits Of Backwardness (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 10, 2006)
Tuesday's Supreme Court order quashing the Jharkhand government’s decision to merge the extremely backward class and the backward class into one group for purposes of reservation is timely.
- ‘Mainstream Politics Is All Rubbish’ (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Aug 10, 2006)
K G Kannabiran, president of the People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL), has devoted his life to fighting for people’s rights. He is one of the leading lawyers in Andhra Pradesh, and has taken up the legal cudgels against the state’s attempts to . . .
- Graveyard Of Unborn Daughters (Tribune, Chander Parkash, Aug 10, 2006)
A mass grave of female foetus was detected today in a vacant plot owned by quacks Pritam Singh, an ex-serviceman and his wife Amarjit Kaur of this town, by a high-level team of state health authorities after it raided the premises of the local . . .
- 3 Soldiers, 6 Ultras Among 10 Killed In J&k (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Three security force personnel and four terrorists, including a self-styled HM commander, were among eight people killed. Meanwhile Ultras looted cash from two houses in Jammu and Kashmir overnight, official sources said on Wednesday.
- Boucher Pak Pitch To Muslims (Asian Age, Ramesh Ramachandran, Aug 10, 2006)
United States assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher kept a busy schedule in New Delhi but found time to hardsell Pakistan to the Muslim intelligentsia of India.
- Natwar: Pm Ignored Vital Inputs (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Suspended Congress leader K. Natwar Singh on Wednesday upped the ante by saying that both the Justice R.S. Pathak Inquiry Authority and the UPA government had "deliberately ignored" certain vital inputs from the permanent mission of India to the . . .
- The Foreign To Bjp Policy (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Aug 10, 2006)
Why are nuclear nationalists prancing around with KGB hand-me-downs? ---- Since the Monsoon Session of Parliament began in the final week of July, three issues and a subtext have engrossed it:
- Dhaka's Sham Struggle (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 10, 2006)
Virtually unnoticed over the years, Bangladesh has today grown to become a leading sanctuary for jihadis, says Hiranmay Karlekar.
- ‘Sex Scam’ Accused Dysp Had Info Of Mumbai Blasts (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Aug 10, 2006)
A junior Police official, handling counter-intelligence in Jammu & Kashmir Police, had warned the State Government on June 14th about the Mumbai serial blasts that left nearly 200 people dead and hundreds wounded on July 11th.
- A Principled Stand (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The MQM, which is a coalition partner in the federal and provincial government of Sindh took a "democratic" step which few political parties of Pakistan ever had the courage to take, when its ministers resigned en bloc both in Sindh and at the centre.
- Tharoor And That Uneasy Feeling (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Aug 10, 2006)
Among the many myths that have caused diplomatic embarrassment to India in the past are myths about so-called solidarity of the non-aligned and developing countries and the belief that just because we have supported Arab and African causes in the . . .
- Seeking Invulnerability (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 10, 2006)
The US must not overthrow rogue regimes but, in exchange of nuclear guarantees, leave their fate in the hands of their own people, says Gwynne Dyer.
- Court Deports Indian Women, Five Children (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The NWFP Home Department on Wednesday issued the deportation order of two Indian women and five children who were arrested by political authorities on suspicion of being Indian spies 14 months ago on Pak-Afghan border closed to Miranshah in the . . .
- Iran’S Positive Stance On Bla (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 10, 2006)
Tehrn has assured Pakistan that no element of the so-called Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) will be allowed to take refuge in Iran, Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah said in Islamabad on return from talks with the Iranian authorities on the issue.
- 60 Per Cent Americans Oppose Us War In Iraq: (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
US Blackhawk helicopter goes down in Iraq; Twenty civilians killed in bomb blast, four Iraqis held for allegedly kidnapping US journalist
- On A Volcano (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 10, 2006)
How do you describe the State in which the following quantity of arms and ammunition is seized: 7574 Kalashnikovs, 1957 pistols and revolvers, 136 machine-guns and self-loading rifles, 419 rocket . . .
- Are Indian Muslims Getting Radicalised? (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Aug 10, 2006)
The Mumbai bomb blasts of July 11 “underscored a gathering threat for India: a small but increasingly deadly cadre of young and often educated Indian Muslims who are being drawn directly into terrorist operations,” according to a report in the New . . .
- Basohli's Bad Luck (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 10, 2006)
Despite its idyllic location, school of painting and pashmina shawl industry Basohli in Kathua district is very rarely in the news. Its proximity to the Jammu-Srinagar national highway has not earned for it any additional value.
- Derailed Ties (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 09, 2006)
The expulsions will slow down the people-to-people contact.
- Right To Ignorance? (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Aug 09, 2006)
The notings are essential to the RTI Act and the Government is guilty of a breach of faith.
- Three Conflicts, One Solution (Deccan Herald, Marwan Bishara, Aug 09, 2006)
The cause for unrest in West Asia is misunderstanding of each others’ sentiments.
- Beefing About Unhygienic, Stale Indian Beef (Daily Times, Zakir Hassnain, Aug 09, 2006)
The sale of unhygienic Indian beef in Peshawar and its adjoining villages is worrying citizens and the government has not taken any step to investigate the issue so far.
- N Korean Leader Disappears From Public View (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il hasn’t appeared in public since his country test-fired missiles that drew international condemnation, leading to speculation of a possible sense of crisis inside the reclusive nation.
- N-Issue: Left Gets Restive Awaiting Govt Response (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Aug 09, 2006)
Even as the Left's negotiation on a comprehensive Sense of House Resolution on the Indo-US nuclear agreement from the UPA Government is still locked in a stalemate, the Left Front's meeting scheduled for Tuesday was cancelled.
- Politics Of Aggrandisement (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 09, 2006)
I have nothing against the MPs who have prevailed upon the government to curtail parliament’s session by three days. My worry is over the cause for which they have done so.
- Europe And Israel's Acts Of Unilateralism (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Aug 09, 2006)
At the critical moment of decision making, internal contradictions come to the fore and Europe appears to drag its feet.
- You Cannot Kill Ideas With Guns (Hindu, Jackie Ashley , Aug 09, 2006)
Bush and Blair's belief that Islamism could be bombed into submission was deluded. We need to find a middle way.
- Cuba After Castro (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 09, 2006)
Dissidents like Oswaldo Paya say Fidel Castro's illness has changed the Communist country forever by exposing a system ruled by one man for nearly half-a-century to the influence of others - even if only temporarily.
- Proposed Sez Approved By Centre: Rangasamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Government to speed up land acquisition for the project
In principle, agreement is for a zone for automobiles, auto parts and bio informatics
Government has already identified around 1,000 acres for the SEZ at Karasu
- Pre-'53 Status For Kashmir? (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Aug 09, 2006)
The UPA Government is reported to have submitted a 'non-paper' for Gen Musharraf's consideration, offering to roll back Jammu & Kashmir's integration with India ----
- Act Or Perish (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Aug 09, 2006)
The world is not against Islam but the ongoing terrorist strikes in the name of global jihad can be best defined as World War IV, says Prafull Goradia
- Indo-Us To Hunt Terrorists In Pakistan! (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 09, 2006)
Statement of the US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher that some of the (terrorist) groups that have designs against India still have pieces in Pakistan is, in our view, both astonishing and highly condemnable.
- Nda Boycotts Lok Sabha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Return to House, says Speaker
Members criticise attack on office of Speaker
Questions, calling attention motion put off
- Lankan Politics Helps Tigers (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Aug 09, 2006)
Truth is, indeed, the first casualty of the Sri Lanka war while the Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) is still in place. In recent battles, there have been three versions: Of the LTTE, the Government and the monitoring mission.
- Where Terrorists Eclipse Criminals (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Though relentlessly threatened with terrorism, Kashmir’s crime rate is quite low. In the past five years, only 95 murders were reported, the chief minister, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad, informed the state’s Legislative Council.
- Israeli Minister Says Russian Weapons Arming 'Terrorists' (New Indian Express, PTI, Aug 09, 2006)
Israeli Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter said in an interview published on Tuesday that "all the terrorists surrounding Israel" are using Russian weapons.
- Will Pakistan Ever Stop Its Terror Tap? (Daily Excelsior, J N Raina, Aug 09, 2006)
Pakistan stands fully exposed. It has flaunted its insidious role of sponsoring genocide of common people in India.
- Ltte Lifts Waterway Blockade (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 09, 2006)
On day 14 of the "water war" the LTTE unilaterally lifted the waterway blockade in the east even as the Army continued to target the Tamil Tigers positions in and around the waterway. At least three persons were killed in a powerful car bomb . . .
- A Many-Sided Threat (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Aug 09, 2006)
The Government of India has postponed the scheduled talks between the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan and so is the proposed visit of the Prime Minister to Pakistan.
- Breakthrough In Nepal Arms Talks (British Broadcasting Corporation, bbc correspondent, Aug 09, 2006)
The Nepalese government and Maoist rebels have reached agreement on the supervision of their weapons, an issue that has impeded their peace talks.
- Let’S Not Treat Students As Guinea Pigs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 09, 2006)
Education has always been a happy hunting-ground for politicians. After coming to power, the first thing a party does is mould the education system in the way it thinks fit.
- Ultrasound (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 09, 2006)
Exposure to ultrasound can affect fetal brain development, a new study suggests. But researchers say the findings, in mice, should not discourage pregnant women from having ultrasound scans for medical reasons.
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