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Articles 4621 through 4720 of 21907:
- A Call To Honour? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 02, 2006)
Rather than exposing the mole in the Prime Minister’s Office during the late P.V. Narasimha Rao’s regime, former Union minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh has been increasingly exposing himself as a fickle leader or someone trying to be clever . . .
- Ltte, Navy Clash Again (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Tamil Tiger rebels attacked a government troop ship and killed fourteen sailors today, a pro-rebel website said, as Sri Lanka’s military pounded rebel positions in an attempt to seize control of a key reservoir from the guerrillas and restore water . . .
- India, Egypt To Discuss W. Asia (Asia Times, Ramesh Ramachandran, Aug 02, 2006)
After watching from the sidelines as Israel launched a series of attacks on Lebanon, India is expected to get a first-hand look at the unfolding situation in West Asia when New Delhi holds talks with Cairo on issues of mutual interest and concern . . .
- Engineered War (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 02, 2006)
Hizbollah holds out and civilian casualties rise as Israel continues to wage a war that it planned for over a year.
- Summer Of Shelling (Frontline, Atul Aneja , Aug 02, 2006)
From the war zone in Lebanon, an account of the distress and the relief effort.
- Lessons Of A Failed Intervention (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 02, 2006)
On a midsummer’s day 50 years ago, the new president of Egypt was scheduled to make a speech in Alexandria.
- Lashkar Is India's Al Qaeda (Pioneer, Wilson John, Aug 02, 2006)
Counter-terrorism operations through appropriate covert action should be taken to stop LeT from killing innocent civilians and bleeding India ----
- Dramatic Changes In Lebanon (Business Standard, Ajai Shukla, Aug 01, 2006)
Beirut: In the eye of the storm raging across the Israel-Lebanon border is a battalion called 4 SIKH, comprising about 800 Indian peacekeepers.
- Lebanon’S Hour Of Agony (Dawn, Robert Fisk, Aug 01, 2006)
To Sidon. Ed Cody has found a cool, 120-mile-an-hour driver called Hassan — he has a black Mercedes which I nickname “Death Car” (because that will be the fate of anyone who gets in our way) and we zip down the coast road and turn east into the . . .
- Forget Loan Waivers, Bring In Positive Reforms (Business Line, Manasi Phadke, Aug 01, 2006)
Rural reforms need more than just a human face with tears; needed are strong and compassionate people to head what seems to be a directionless government machinery.
- China’S Israel Arms (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 01, 2006)
Prakash Karat, the General Secretary of the CPI(M), has seized upon the current Israeli attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon to target New Delhi’s defence relationship with Tel Aviv.
- Picture Of Indifference And Neglect (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 01, 2006)
I am in Tamenglong, up in the hills in Manipur. An idyllic setting.
- Heavy Rains Paralyse Karachi, 8 Killed (Pakistan Observer, Amanullah Khan, Aug 01, 2006)
Karachi received heavy rains during last 24 hours disrupting the entire civic life, besides killing 8 people in rain related accidents.
- Nature Of Economic Change (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Aug 01, 2006)
Economic change is for the most part a deliberate process shaped by the perceptions of the actors .
- Sc Stays Order Of No Separate Queue At Sabarimala Temple (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a decision of the Kerala High Court that had directed the Sabarimala Temple authorities to ensure there was no separate queue for VIPs seeking darshan of Lord Ayyappa.
- Lebanon’S Befitting Rebuff To Condi (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 01, 2006)
Infuriated Lebanese Government has refused to receive US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Beirut on Sunday following the carnage at Qana, where Israeli missile attack killed 60 people including 37 children.
- Nasdaq Trading From Infosys Campus (Hindu, Sharath S. Srivatsa , Aug 01, 2006)
First company in Asia to be bestowed the honour; Mysore gets remote belling opportunity
- Qana Attack Sparks Fury In Arab World (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Saudi men and women from all walks of life blasted the Israeli bombardment of Lebanese civilians, mostly women and children, in Qana on Sunday. They said the massacre would sow the seeds of hatred against Israel and further tarnish the image of the . . .
- The Importance Of Being Fiscally Responsible (The Financial Express, ILA PATNAIK, Aug 01, 2006)
For, large fiscal deficits mean inflation, large interest payments, external indebtedness, etc
- Ranbaxy Family Resolves Feud (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The feud between the two main branches of the Ranbaxy family appears to have been resolved with Nimmi Singh and her two sons, Malvinder Mohan Singh and Shivinder Mohan Singh, representing the Parvinder Singh group on one side . . .
- Uma Trains Guns On Left, Congress (Tribune, Varinder Singh, Aug 01, 2006)
Training her guns at the Left parties and the Congress and hinting that her party would have an ideological and political confrontation with both, firebrand leader Uma Bharti has equated the BJP with a dead body “devoid of any soul”.
- Another First: Infosys Rings Nasdaq Bell (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Infosys Technologies Limited opened the Nasdaq Stock Market from its campus here on Monday. The event marked the first time that Nasdaq was opened by a company in Asia. Infosys is the first company to ring the Nasdaq Opening Bell from India.
- Education Panacea Of All Evils: Dua (Tribune, Amarjit Thind, Aug 01, 2006)
The people of the country seem to have lost the will to assert themselves by consciously choosing to accept the ills plaguing our society. Instead of taking steps to contain corruption and increasing criminalisation in politics, the masses are . . .
- Through The Third Eye (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 01, 2006)
It took a fund-house manager to dig up history to remind the audience at a recent seminar that emerging markets, flight of capital and currency swaps have been around for far longer than any one would care to remember.
- Voice Of Sanity (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 01, 2006)
It is not surprising that the latest voice of sanity has emanated from Mumbai. Having been exposed to serial blasts on two occasions
- Serial Blasts: Prosecution Counsel Examines Many Witnesses (Hindu, V.S. Palaniappan, Aug 01, 2006)
Says minor discrepancies in deposition of witnesses will not affect case
- Kashmiri Women Lift The Veil In Silent Awakening (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Aug 01, 2006)
Twenty-five-year-old Saima Farhad is a Kashmiri woman who has shunned the veil and set out to discuss dating in a region where cinemas showing Bollywood romances are hard to find and beauty parlours scorned upon.
- Recipe For Renewal (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 01, 2006)
Some senior Congress leaders have privately urged Ms. Sonia Gandhi to 'review the Congress ideology and policy'.
- Education For Women: Role Of Open Universities (Daily Excelsior, Ram Rattan Sharma, Aug 01, 2006)
The twentieth century will be known for the movements and consolidation of the agenda of human rights and democracy.
- Karthikeyan Nurtures Indian F1 Dreams (Reuters, N.Ananthanarayanan, Aug 01, 2006)
When Narain Karthikeyan was chasing his dream of joining Formula One's elite, many in India felt he was being over ambitious.
- Poetry On Stone (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The Hazara Rama temple in Hampi captures the architectural elegance of the Vijayanagara structures, writes B M Chandrasekharaiah.
- New Evidence On Mumbai Blasts Shows Up (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 01, 2006)
Rahil Abdul Rehman Sheikh may have developed transnational terror networks after a visit to J&K
Ghaswala joined jihad against India after Gujarat pogrom
Conference a cover for meeting with top J & K-based terrorists.
- Rangasamy Presents Rs. 2, 686-Crore Tax Free Budget (Hindu, S. Nadarajan, Aug 01, 2006)
Pondicherry to modernise police force, step up coastal security
- Wrong Place, Wrong Time (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
It seems that some political advisers of President Musharraf are managing to do what the opposition parties have failed to so far so far --
- Sincerity, A Lighthouse (Deccan Herald, Acharya Mahaprajna, Aug 01, 2006)
Gautam said, “Lord! What does a man gain by sincerity?” Lord Mahavira replied, “Gautam! By sincerity a man gains physical, mental and linguistic straightforwardness, and harmonious tendencies, that is, congruence of speech and action.”
- Halt N-Work By 31st, Un Tells Iran (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The UN Security Council on Monday demanded that Iran suspend its nuclear activities in a month or face the threat of sanctions, but Tehran denounced the move as illegal and vowed to press on.
- Nato Forces Move Into Afghanistan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Nato forces on Monday took over security from a US-led coalition in restive southern Afghanistan embarking on one of the alliance’s biggest ground operations in its history.
- Train From China (Indian Express, K Srinivasan, Aug 01, 2006)
Yana Banerjee-Bey, in ‘Tibet on the train to the future’ (Bywords, IE, July 14), writes about how Tibetans’ traditional way of life can only change for the better, thanks to the new train that links Tibet to mainland China.
- Trapped In A Web (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
For at least two weeks, I've been feeling a compulsion to write in this column about the crisis in the Middle East.
- ‘We Oppose All Forms Of Terrorism’ (Deccan Herald, Bala Chauhan, Aug 01, 2006)
Shahi Badr Falahi was the president of the Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) when it was banned on September 27, 2001, immediately after the bombing of the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001.
- Spirituality Knows No Gender (Deccan Herald, Lata Ramaswamy, Aug 01, 2006)
Discussing the furore over Dan Brown’s book recently in Deccan Herald, Valson Thampu asked whether one should “feel so embarrassed that Jesus loved a woman.”
- Tugging At Heartstrings Is Child’S Play, Where’S The Big Picture? (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Aug 01, 2006)
Overnight, he became Prince Charming, transformed from a baby boy into a national icon.
- New Drivers Of Economic Growth (Hindu, A.V. VEDPURISWAR , Aug 01, 2006)
Synthesises today's emerging trends to give an overall perspective of how the global economy works .
- Rich Tributes To Udham Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
As a tribute to the great martyr Shaheed Udham Singh on the 67th anniversary of his martyrdom, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder
- Raw Opens Field Office In Lucknow To Monitor Nepal Border (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Special stress on functioning of madarsas on the border areas of U.P. and Bihar
- Court Reserves Ruling On Filing Charge Sheet Against Mayawati (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Arguments over in Rs.175-crore Taj Heritage project scam case
CVC's report prejudicial to Mayawati: counsel
It cannot interfere with CBI probe
No closure report filed, says Solicitor-General
Bench seeks status report on assets case
- A Triumph For Vested Interests (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 31, 2006)
The death of the Doha Round is a victory for rich people in poor countries, farmers in rich countries and many other vested interests.
- Flotsam Of The Indian Navy (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Jul 31, 2006)
Navy war room leaks signify certain grave institutional weaknesses that crept into the system after the triumph in the 1971 war; these have to be corrected urgently ------
- Eighteen Years, One Question (Indian Express, Arun Jaitley, Jul 31, 2006)
The comments made by Arun Singh, a close personal friend of Rajiv Gandhi and the former minister of state for defence, that he requested the Rajiv Gandhi that it was the prime minister and the defence minister’s job to find out who . . .
- A Leadership Vacuum (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Jul 31, 2006)
Here are some moments in the life of a nation when people eschew individualism and look for leadership.
- Prosaic Injustice (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 31, 2006)
It would be more than interesting to know how the Shakespearean “hoist with his own petard” would have been translated into ‘strine’ ~ the version of the Queen’s English spoken by her subjects Down Under ~ by a certain Scott Morrison.
- Congo Goes To First Polls In 4 Decades (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 31, 2006)
Congo held its first multiparty election in more than four decades today, a colossal democratic exercise many hope will secure an end to years of fighting and corrupt rule that have devastated this gigantic, mineral-rich nation in the heart of Africa.
- Understanding Pakistan~ii (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jul 31, 2006)
I n August 1947, the new Pakistani elite hardly felt or even wished to feel free of the British ~ they merely felt independent of what they saw as Congress domination, and had now acquired some power for themselves.
- Not On Sufferance (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 31, 2006)
Left rides roughshod over Opposition
The concept of a shadow cabinet may now have become a matter of historical interest in large parts of the world.
- Talks With Pakistan Unlikely For Some Time (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 31, 2006)
Foreign Secretaries to meet on SAARC sidelines
Details of meeting being worked out
Islamabad favours top-level meeting to end impasse in ties
Manmohan may not attend U.N. General Assembly meeting
- Lessons For The Future (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jul 31, 2006)
The “scotch for secrets” scandal, when six officials in Rajiv Gandhi’s secretariat were convicted for supplying classified information to the Central Intelligence Agency, comes to mind apropos of the alleged ‘mole’ in P V Narasimha Rao’s office . . .
- Polyglot Nation (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 31, 2006)
English not only remains a passport to jobs and privilege in India, it's becoming still more so in an era of globalisation and services exports.
- When Memory Is Selective (Tribune, K.K. Katyal, Jul 31, 2006)
Narration of contemporary events and trends by a major player is not an easy task – he may be pilloried for what appear to be overstatements or understatements, may be questioned on points of fact, or may be seen as indulging in self-glorification.
- N-Deal: Detractors Target Iran Links (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jul 31, 2006)
Three US lawmakers have demanded that the State Department investigate why officials delayed a report on two Indian companies accused of selling missile spare parts to Iran.
- President's Panacea (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 31, 2006)
The fact that President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is a scientist, missile man and a visionary invests him with an extremely rare personality. He exudes the energy of youth and the wisdom of an experienced scholar.
- Historic Chapter (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 31, 2006)
The seventh anniversary of the "Operation Vijay" has come and gone. A grateful nation has paid homage to its martyrs ---- quite a few of them young Army officers --- who had laid down their lives to repulse an audacious Pakistani intrusion in the . . .
- Khushab Will Truck Through India's Defences (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Jul 31, 2006)
The Washington Post reported on July 23 that Pakistan is aiming to significantly expand its nuclear weapons arsenal with Khushab-based heavy water reactor that could produce plutonium for 40 to 50 bombs a year.
- Books Are Kalam's Best Companions (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jul 31, 2006)
He admits to not seeing a movie in 50 years
- Government Urged To Implement Mahajan Commission Report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
State MPs asked to pressure the Centre in this regard
- Pardon Plea For ‘Stupid’ Sulabh (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Jul 31, 2006)
Almost the entire township of Ashoknagar came out on the streets yesterday to seek pardon from President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam for local boy Sulabh Goyal.
- Another Cult (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 31, 2006)
Discrimination is one of the classic weapons of power. It makes no difference if the power is held by a temple trust.
- Not One Mole, Mr Prime Minister And Mr Jaswant, But Two! (New Indian Express, S Gurumurthy , Jul 31, 2006)
First, the Kandahar pay-off issue and next, the ‘mole' in PMO. Mr Jaswant Singh's new book seems to have opened a can of worms.
- Assam Obc Association Meets Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Seeks exemption for Assam from creamy layer criteria;extension of quota in judicial services Ashok Bhan holds separate meetings with Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Democratic Freedom Party chief Shabir Shah
- Ladakhis Seek Reopening Of Age-Old Trade Routes (Hindu, Luv Puri , Jul 31, 2006)
Renewal of ties will ensure the well-being of the region
- Blow Hot, Cold (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
With the monsoon clouds looming over us, a hill holiday at this time can turn out to be a misty but somewhat damp experience.
- Perils Of Alienating Honest Tax Payers (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jul 31, 2006)
Consider this. When Osama Bin Laden’s crack suicide team brought down the twin towers of the World Trade Centre, President George W. Bush urged people to go about their business as usual. He asked people to ‘resume shopping, do you business, get . . .
- Light In Cm Yard, Darkness Next Door (Telegraph, DHIRENDRA K. JHA, Jul 31, 2006)
With its two glittering stadiums, airport, an institute of medical sciences and a post-graduate college, Sefai’s success story should have been a beacon of hope for every heartland hamlet.
- Iranian Trail To Pakistan (OutLook, B. Raman , Jul 31, 2006)
That the the two arrested for suspected role in terror attacks on Mumbai clandestinely travelled to Pakistan through Iran to undergo a training course in a jihadi training camp, putting the Iran angle under the scanner.
- No Lolita This (OutLook, SABA NAQVI BHAUMIK, Jul 31, 2006)
The Nobel Peace prize-winner's memoirs skilfully weave her personal history with the cataclysmic events that have shaped her country.
- Paint Your Landscape (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Rather like the city itself, this is a book that is the result of a cultivated eye. And so its readers will have to be drawn from that echelon.
- The Broadcast Bill And The Public Interest (Hindu, AMMU JOSEPH, Jul 31, 2006)
The primary objective of media regulation in a democracy is to preserve and protect citizens' fundamental rights to information and freedom of expression.
- Still In The Race (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
UN Undersecretary-General for Public Information Shashi Tharoor, who is being backed by India for the post of UN Secretary General, has come second in the straw poll earlier this week.
- How To Be Leaderless, Indian Style! (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Jul 31, 2006)
The maturity of any developed organisation or society is definitely seen in its capacity for self-regulation.
- Israel Suspends South Lebanon Air Strikes For 48 Hours: Us (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Israel has suspended air strikes in south Lebanon for 48 hours while it investigates the Qana bombings, an aide to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said early Monday.
- Kidney Trade (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 31, 2006)
Earlier this week, a demonstration was organised in Hyderabad to protest the alleged kidnapping of two brick kiln workers whose kidneys were removed by some unscrupulous elements some months back.
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