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Articles 5321 through 5420 of 20249:
- Rollick At Rcr (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Archaic mindset exposed Were it not for media personnel on their customary footslog outside the venue of a high-level meeting, the “incident” at the Prime Minister’s residence would have attracted relatively little attention ~ the camera does . . .
- Rice To N. Korea: Rejoin Nuke Talks (Asian Age, Jun Kwanwoo, Jul 29, 2006)
US secretary of state Condoleezza Ms Rice urged North Korea to rejoin negotiations on its nuclear programme on Friday as ten world powers held Asian security talks without the communist regime.
- Israel Disgraces Itself (News International, Praful Bidwai, Jul 29, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Terrorists And Fellow Travellers (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, Jul 29, 2006)
There are, it is often remarked, none so blind as those who will not see.
- Religious Leaders Issue Fatwa On Terror (Asian Age, Venkat Parsa, Jul 29, 2006)
Mahant Veerbhadra Mishra of the Sankat Mochan Mandir of Varanasi and Mufti Fazal-ur-Rehman Hilal Usmani, the Mufri-e-Azam of Punjab, came together on a common platform in Mumbai to jointly declare jihad against their respective co-religionists . . .
- Missing Files (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jul 29, 2006)
Successive governments since 1947 conspired to conceal the truth about Netaji. Maybe Justice MK Mukherjee could not unravel the core mystery, but he certainly exposed the well-orchestrated deception underway since Jawaharlal Nehru's time to . . .
- Pakistan Is Not Lebanon (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jul 29, 2006)
When one thinks of terrorism and Pakistan, one is reminded of the husband who complains against a neighbour for making eyes at his wife. It never occurs to him that it is his own responsibility to command the loyalty of his spouse.
- Indian Muslim Student Body In Eye Of Terror Storm (Daily Times, Kamil Zaheer, Jul 29, 2006)
A Muslim paediatrician says it seems like educated Muslim youth are being targeted as part of a conspiracy to demoralise them as they try to do well and improve their position in Indian society
- Peace Process Sidelined (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Jul 29, 2006)
The multiple bomb blasts in Mumbai on July 11 resulted in the death of nearly 200 people.
- Taliban In Africa (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 29, 2006)
IT has been observed THAT when the world’s policemen are distracted by front-page conflicts, minor tyrants seize the opportunity to go on rampages. Thus, while news cameras dwell on the latest carnage in Lebanon, Somalia may be collapsing . . .
- ‘Vimochana Samaram Ii’ (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Jul 29, 2006)
History is repeating itself in Kerala. Exactly 47 years ago on 31 July, 1959, the first democratically elected Communist government of EMS Namboodiripad in Kerala, after only two years and four months in office, was dismissed by the Union government . . .
- N Korea Threat To Quit Asean (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
North Korea warned today that it could quit the Association of South-east Asian Nations’ Regional Forum (ARF) if the organisation condemns the communist regime’s missile tests, a South Korean official said.
China and South Korea do not recognise . . .
- Let Planning Major Assault On Atomic Energy Plants: Nsa (Pioneer, PTI, Jul 29, 2006)
Indian security and nuclear installations are under "very serious threat" from Pakistan-based militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba which may be planning a "major assault", National Security Adviser MK Narayanan said on Friday.
- Magnanimity For Millions On The Margins? (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Jul 28, 2006)
Thinking sections of society need to act fast and mobilise those suffering from misgovernance.
- Zawahri Calls On Muslims To Fight Israel (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Al-Qaida's No 2 leader issued a worldwide call on Thursday for Muslims to rise up in a holy war against Israel and join the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza until Islam reigns from "Spain to Iraq".
- Political Correctness (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 28, 2006)
It looks like a distinctly untranquil monsoon session for Parliament, and debatable if pending (old and new) legislation will reach their logical conclusion.
- Why Israel Is On Warpath (Times of India, DAVID DANIELI, Jul 28, 2006)
With the flurry of news updates and analyses, the plain truth behind the crisis in Lebanon is blurred, if not lost. Hezbollah's war of terror against Israel is neither about the occupation of Lebanon nor about Palestinians' right to have their own . . .
- Q&a: Options Against Pakistan (OutLook, B Raman, Jul 28, 2006)
Is hot pursuit an option? Targeted killings of jihadi terrorist leaders? Air strikes on training camps in Pakistan? US and Israel models? Why does US not act on evidence against Pakistan? And many more questions - is cover action the only practical . . .
- Pranab Fails To Satisfy Oppn On Let Men In Army (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Dissatisfied with the explanations given by defence minister Pranab Mukherjee over the issue of three soldiers being arrested for links with the Lashkar-e-Taiba, opposition members on Thursday walked out of Lok Sabha.
- Brothers Arrested In Serial Blasts Case (New Indian Express, PTI, Jul 28, 2006)
Two brothers, detained by police on the suspicion of being Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives, were arrested on Thursday night in connection with the serial blasts in commuter trains here.
- Cops Arrest Mumbai Lashkar Chief, He’S ‘Brother’ Of Bangalore Techie (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
The Anti-Terrorist Squad tonight arrested Faizal Atur Rehman Sheikh (27), who Crime Branch officials say heads the Lashkar-e-Toiba’s Mumbai operations. ATS officers are now investigating how involved he is in the serial blasts of Terrible Tuesday.
- Legalising The Illegal (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, Jul 28, 2006)
It is learnt that the Government of India is debating the issue of legalisation and decriminalisation of prostitution. Some feminine groups as well as human rights activists are aggressively campaigning for legalisation of prostitution.
- Calibrated Incursion Attempts: Army (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Jul 28, 2006)
A day after the Union home minister Mr Shivraj Patil said that infiltration from across the Line of Control had picked up in Jammu and Kashmir, the Army in the terrorism-hit state today said that there were ‘‘calibrated’’ attempts of infiltration . . .
- Taliban Returning Via Pakistan: Un Envoy (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
The Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan is backed by foreign money, terror networks and fighters coming over the border from Pakistan, the top UN envoy in Afghanistan said on Wednesday.
- Do Not Derail The Dialogue (Deccan Herald, Sushant Sareen, Jul 28, 2006)
Is it correct to blame Pakistan for the recent 7/11 Mumbai serial blasts without hard evidence to back it up?
- Much Heat, Little Light On Nuclear Deal (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Jul 28, 2006)
While New Delhi can say it is not bound by any "Sense of the Congress" provisions in the legislation, it must recognise that nuclear cooperation with the US will end if it tests a `nuclear device'. Therefore there is merit in the criticism that . . .
- Foreign Policy Tangles (News International, Shafqat Mahmood, Jul 28, 2006)
The writer is a former member of parliament and a freelance columnist based in Lahore
- Saran To Meet Pak Fgn Sec, To Raise Terrorism Issue (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
In the first high level contact with Pakistan since the July 11 Mumbai bomb blasts, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran will raise with his Pakistani counterpart Riaz Mohd Khan in Dhaka next week the issue of continued cross-border terrorism and ask . . .
- Naxals Cremated In Hyderabad (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Balladeer Gadar, poet Varavara Rao call on family members
- Pakistan Asks West Bengal To Help Reform Madrasas (Reuters, BAPPA MAJUMDAR, Jul 28, 2006)
Pakistan has sought the help of a West Bengal to revamp its system of madrasas after accusations some of the Islamic schools teach religious hatred and are breeding grounds for militancy.
- Mole On The Nose (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jul 28, 2006)
Jaswant Singh is a gentleman fallen among politicians. We have been waiting for his memoirs ever since a south-east Asian summit when the post-banquet entertainment took the form of a skit that was a witty take-off of Lewis Carroll’s “You are Old . . .
- Of Growth And Deprivation (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 28, 2006)
The World Bank's Development Policy Review 2006, in its report in India, stresses "the importance of ensuring that public money is well spent through institutional reform of the public sector that creates effective systems of . . .
- 25-Yr-Old Woman Naxal Commander In Police Net (Indian Express, Manoj Prasad, Jul 28, 2006)
In a major success, the Jharkhand Police have arrested Phul Kumari, alias Phulo, the 25-year-old chief of the CPI(Maoist)’s women’s wing in Chhattisgarh.
- Cpi(m) Launches Signature Campaign Against Israel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
To submit memorandum to the Prime Minister on Friday
- When A "Loyal" Guest Rounded On Blair (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 28, 2006)
The Iraqi Prime Minister's recent outburst against Mr. Blair over his refusal to condemn the Israeli actions in Lebanon has reinforced Mr. Blair's image as a cheerleader for George W. Bush.
- Sri Lanka Launches Air Strikes In North, East (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 28, 2006)
The target is an illegal airstrip under construction by the LTTE
- Idle Crop (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 28, 2006)
Land reforms have become an obsession for the unreformed among Bengal’s leftists.
- Friday Feature: The Essence Of Islam (Dawn, Haider Zaman, Jul 28, 2006)
It has become a fashion in some quarters to blame the religion of Islam for any act of violence or terrorism in which some Muslims are involved.
- The Biggest Threat (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jul 28, 2006)
In the dominant political culture of India, citizens are encouraged to treat terrorism as an unavoidable feature of modern existence and undertake no independent initiatives to counter it.
- Israel Pounds Lebanese Army Base, Radio Station (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Top Israeli Cabinet ministers on Thursday decided not to expand the country’s Lebanon offensive, Israel Radio reported. But they approved calling up three additional divisions of reserve soldiers. Meanwhile, a Hezbollah rocket hit a chemical plant . . .
- Flames Of War In West Asia (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jul 28, 2006)
Even at the best of times, this country is heavily polarised and therefore in a confrontational mood.
- Mountain Out Of Mole Hill (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jul 28, 2006)
It's hardly a secret that the Americans have kept close watch on India's nuclear programme for several decades -------- Should politicians publish their memoirs in their lifetime? Former Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh with his book, A Call to Honour, . .
- Present Musharraf With Evidence (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Jul 28, 2006)
Rather belatedly, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appears to have become aware of Pakistan's treachery.
- Al-Zawahri Warns Of Al-Qaida Attacks Over Lebanon Crisis (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Al-Qaida's No 2 leader warned on Thursday that the terrorist group would not stand idle while "these (Israeli) shells burn our brothers" in Lebanon and Gaza."
- Rotten Apples (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 28, 2006)
Defence forces must get rid of them --- It is extremely disconcerting to learn that three soldiers attached to the Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry have been found to have links with the Pakistan-based Islamic terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Tayyeba.
- Protestations Of The Credulous (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jul 28, 2006)
It might appear preposterous to the rest of the country, but two Ministers from the Congress, a CPI(M) top brass and one Muslim maulana distinguished themselves by offering alternate theories on 7/11.
- Long Haul In J&k (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 28, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf recently suggested a solution for peace in Jammu & Kashmir: De-militarise the Valley and give the right of self-governance to the State, with joint administration on the top.
- ‘Allow Women In Sabarimala’ (Deccan Herald, R Gopakumar, Jul 28, 2006)
State Devaswom Minister G Sudhakaran has stirred a hornet’s nest by saying that he favoured entry for women of all age groups at the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple.
- Let Us Wait For The End Product: Manmohan (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Jul 28, 2006)
He admits U.S. Bills contain elements that are of "concern to us"
Let the legislation process be over in U.S. I will come before this House if there is any departure: Manmohan
U.S. stipulation on IAEA violates Manmohan's assurance, says CPI(M) . . .
- Sever Military Ties With Israel: Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Lauds the brave resistance put up by the Lebanese people
- Fatwa Against Terror, Advice From Mahant (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jul 28, 2006)
153 citizens, who lent a helping hand to victims of Mumbai serial blasts, honoured
- Unctad Report (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Wake -up call for threat from Bangladesh
Over the years infiltration of Bangladeshis into India has defied solution.
- Terror Politics (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 27, 2006)
Horror was the universal reaction to the blowing up of Mumbai’s locals, but a couple of weeks down the track it was depressingly evident that the blasts had not jolted parliamentary leaders out of their purposeless practice of exploiting tragedy to score
- No Troop Withdrawal In J&k: Patil (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Security forces are facing problems of occasional disruption of the power system in electrified border areas in Jammu and Kashmir even though incidents of infiltration from these areas had come down drastically, Rajya Sabha was told today.
- 12 More Hardcore Detenues Being Shifted From J&k (Daily Excelsior, Mohinder Verma , Jul 27, 2006)
About a dozen more foreign mercenaries lodged in highly fortified Central Jail at Kot Bhalwal here are being shifted outside Jammu and Kashmir within next some days for being potentially dangerous ones.
- After Serial Blast (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 27, 2006)
After Srinagar-Bombay serial blasts, it is becoming increasingly clear that the terrorist organizations based in Pakistan have played the key role in planning and executing the serial blasts.
- Pak N-Stockpiles (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 27, 2006)
The report that Pakistan is building a new 1000-MW plutonium-based nuclear reactor at Khushab is a very alarming development.
- Uproar Over Simi, Rss Comparison (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
There was commotion in the Rajya Sabha again this evening leading to adjournment for the day as agitated BJP members trooped into the well of the House objecting to Samajawadi Party member Janeswar Misra’s remarks on the banned organisation SIMI . . .
- What Ails Our Intelligence? (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Jul 27, 2006)
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence has become "a state within a state", answerable neither to the leadership of the Army, nor to the President or the Prime Minister, says the Federation of Americal scientists in its report.
- Terrorists Make Inroads Into Army (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
In the first incident of its type in the 17 years’ history of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, three Army jawans have been arrested in the border district of Poonch on the charges of operating as over ground workers (OWGs) of the . . .
- Office Of Profit Bill (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 27, 2006)
Article 102 of the Constitution provides for the disqualification of any Member of Parliament.
- After The Nuclear Deal (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Jul 27, 2006)
President George W. Bush and Dr Manmohan Singh signed an agreement on July 18, 2005, under which the US leader pledged he would work to achieve “full nuclear energy cooperation” with India.
- Tourism, Not Extremism (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jul 27, 2006)
President Musharraf has appealed to people to shun extremism and promote tourism.
- Spinning Out Of Control (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 27, 2006)
The situation in the Middle East is rapidly degenerating from terrible to atrocious. Already bordering on living hell for those at ground zero in the battle zone in Lebanon, the conflagration could spread out of control. While the mainly Sunni Hamas are o
- Tariq Sees Foreign Hand In Balochistan Unres (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Tariq Azeem on Wednesday said that there were strong indications of involvement of foreign hand in creating law and order situation in Balochistan.
- The Oppressed Of The World (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 27, 2006)
Like most Muslims around the world, one, after 9/11, had become convinced of the existence of a well-conceived international conspiracy to destroy Muslim states, subjugate Muslim populations mentally and economically, poison Muslim youth by . . .
- Improving Pakistan's Image (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 27, 2006)
When Pakistan emerged on the world map, it had the image of a modern, liberal and progressive Muslim state founded by a leader who was educated in England and whose lifestyle too was that of a British gentleman.
- Time For The Oic To Wake Up (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 27, 2006)
While Israeli jets continue to pound innocent Lebanese on the false pretext of tracking down Hezbollah, the Muslim countries' watchdog body, the OIC, has as usual not yet come up with a unified stand nor has it given any signal of doing so.
- Pawns In A Game Of Giants (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 27, 2006)
The writer is a freelance columnist and former newspaper editor
- Offence Against Israel (Pioneer, B Raman, Jul 27, 2006)
If India's anger against Pakistan is justified, so is Israel's ire against Iran, Syria and their surrogates ----
- ``Sense Of House Resolution Will Spell Government's End'' (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Jul 27, 2006)
This is Pranab Mukherjee's message on nuclear deal; But Left says the move is not against UPA Government
Karat: It will provide framework for moving ahead on deal
BJP not for resolution
- An Outlandish Option (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 27, 2006)
It is highly irresponsible for a sovereign state to be talking of 'hot pursuit' options of striking another country to take out suspected, or should one say imagined, enemies.
- On Our List, Gujarat Cops Who Didn’T Act: Terror Suspect (Indian Express, Stavan Desai, Jul 27, 2006)
Sohail Md Sheikh, a Pune-based Lashkar-e-Toiba suspect who was arrested yesterday, has told police that his module had been instructed to draw up a list of Gujarat policemen “who didn’t react sufficiently” during the 2002 riots, sources in the . . .
- Little Light On Nuclear Deal (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jul 27, 2006)
President George Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed an agreement on July 18, 2005, under which President Bush pledged he would work to achieve "full nuclear energy cooperation" with India.
- 3 Jawans In Terror Link (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
For the first time in 16 years of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, the Army has arrested three of its soldiers in Jammu for their alleged links with pan-Islamic terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiyyaba.
- 'Frustrated' Left Mulls Alternative To Congress? (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Jul 27, 2006)
Faced with increasing popular anger against the Congress-led UPA Government's economic and foreign policies, the Communist Party of India -Marxist (CPI-M) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) are coming closer to exploring a political alternative . . .
- Soldiers From Border Areas Under Scanner (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Following detention of three jawans of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JAKLI) for their suspected links with field commanders of Lashkar-e-Tayyeba in Jammu and Kashmir, security forces have been asked to launch intensive screening of jawans . . .
- Is Up Going Mayawati's Way? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 27, 2006)
National and international issues hardly ever influence elections in Uttar Pradesh and 2007 is unlikely to be any different, says CP Bhambhri.
- Chinese Director Bemoans Commercialism In Arts (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Gu Anyi has weathered many storms during his career, from doing gruelling farmwork far from home to being recruited to perform revolutionary communist versions of traditional Peking Opera before Chinese soldiers.
- U.S. House Approves India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jul 27, 2006)
The U.S. House of Representatives gave overwhelming initial approval on Wednesday to a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation accord with India, an important but far from final step in making the agreement a reality.
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