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Articles 10421 through 10520 of 21907:
- Sonia Snarls (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 10, 2006)
It appeared more than electoral rhetoric. For going beyond telling Congress workers in Kerala not to take lightly its CPI-M led rivals, Sonia Gandhi seemed miffed at the Left’s frequent carping in the capital.
- Clarity And Control (Telegraph, BHASWATI CHAKRAVORTY, Mar 10, 2006)
To come to the deeply uncomfortable — and often taboo — subject of suicide as a researcher in the subject of contemporary history has, perhaps, more advantages than disadvantages.
- Uk Declares Kashmir Region Safe For British Citizens (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The British government has amended advisory to its citizens travelling to Jammu and Kashmir declaring urban areas of Srinagar and Jammu and Ladakh region safe.
- Islamic Kashmir Outfit Claims Blasts In India (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
An unknown Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for blasts that killed 23 people in India’s holiest Hindu city of Varanasi as grieving relatives cremated victims.
- Britain Slams Blasts In Indian Holy City (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
British Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells on Wednesday condemned bombings in the Hindu pilgrimage city of Varanasi that killed 23 people, saying he was ‘horrified’ to hear of the attacks.
- Pakistan Blamed For Temple City Blasts (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Mar 09, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, cornered by the opposition over a devastating bombing incident in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi, pointed the finger at Pakistan on Wednesday, saying that the attackers had been trained across the border.
- Blasts In Varanasi (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 09, 2006)
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the three blasts in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi on Tuesday, but whosoever carried out this dastardly act deserves to be condemned.
- Easy Targets (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
The terrorist attack in Varanasi (including one on an important Hanuman temple on Tuesday, in which about 15 people died) does not leave much room for doubt that these attacks follow a pattern.
- Deciphering Evil (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 09, 2006)
It is appropriate that top political and government heads have rushed to Varanasi in the aftermath of Tuesday’s bomb blasts. For, it is vital that two things are done with urgency, and be seen to be so done.
- Leveraging The Mobile Phone Revolution (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Mar 09, 2006)
The mobile phone is now being used for small-time financial activities, such as information on prices and billing settlements. But the important development that service providers and bankers should work towards is to make it drive a retail credit . . .
- Kalam Visits Shwedagon Pagoda In Myanmar (Press Trust of India, Subhashis Mittra, Mar 09, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today visited the revered Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar where Buddha's relics are enshrined.
- Varanasi Blasts: Religious Heads Stand United (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
The blasts in Varanasi were a conspiracy by terrorists to disrupt the social and communal fabric of the temple town in which they failed miserably, Maulana Abdul Batin, the Mufti of a local mosque said today.
- Delhi: Bjp Mlas Protesting Temple Blast Expelled For Three Days (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
Slogan-shouting BJP legislators seeking adjournment of the house in the memory of those killed in the Varanasi blasts were expelled for three days today ahead of Delhi government's budget proposals tomorrow.
- India Protests Pak Dam Plan Over Indus (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
India has protested the construction of Bhasha dam on the Indus river in Gilgit, claiming that it would inundate large parts of land in Pak-controlled part of Kashmir.
- Indian Docs To Need Work Permit In Uk (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
The string of bad news for doctors from India or any non-European Union countries continues. Now, all doctors wishing to work in the UK from outside the European Union will be required to have a work permit from July 2006, . . .
- Varanasi Is Us (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Mar 09, 2006)
In that umbra moment after the blasts, when the television screens suddenly spewed out images of blood-stained floors, panic-stricken crowds and strewn personal belongings, a stone seemed to settle on the chest.
- White House: Indo-Us N-Deal Will Not Fuel Arms Race (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 09, 2006)
In an exercise aimed at silencing critics of the Indo-US nuclear deal, the Bush administration has rejected charges that the pact would fuel an arms race in South Asia and set the stage for recognition of India as a nuclear weapons state.
- Cm Lays Foundation For Bhaderwah University Campus (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
It looked as if entire Bhadarwah had come out on roads to receive their beloved leader, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, on his arrival in the town today to lay foundation of Bhadarwah Campus of Jammu University and address a public gathering . . .
- Bilateral Trade Arrangements Are The Way To Go (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, Mar 09, 2006)
The recent nuclear deal with the US is a historical landmark.
- Varanasi Shuts Down In Protest Over Blasts (Reuters, Sharat Pradhan, Mar 09, 2006)
India's ancient holy city of Varanasi shut down on Wednesday in a protest against bomb blasts in a Hindu temple and a railway station which killed 15 people, but there were no reports of any sectarian backlash.
- Keep Cool (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 09, 2006)
Not very long ago we had struck a note of caution in these columns. For too long the terrorists have been itching to frequently target the holy places in the country.
- Govt-Left Relations Getting Worse (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Mar 09, 2006)
Relations between the Left parties and the Manmohan Singh Government are set to get more fractious in the days to come over India’s ties with the United States
- Communal Ammunition (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 09, 2006)
The bomb blasts in Varanasi, coming a little over four months after a similar attack in Delhi, are yet another attempt to incite communal violence in the country.
- Holy Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 09, 2006)
The combination of holiness and terror is likely to be a dangerous one for India.
- Family Matters (Telegraph, Malavika Karlekar, Mar 09, 2006)
The author’s recent book is Re-visioning the Past: Early Photography in Bengal 1875-1915
- Bush Visit To South Asia (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Mar 09, 2006)
Some change in US thinking on Pakistan
NEVER before has the visit of an American President to South Asia created such a political storm as the recent one by President George W. Bush to Afghanistan, India and Pakistan.
- Yesterday’S Foe, Today’S Friend (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 09, 2006)
Vaiko walks into Jaya’s parlour
- Ammonium Nitrate Used In Varanasi Blasts (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
The explosive material used in the twin blasts at the temple city of Varanasi was Ammonium nitrate and not RDX, official sources said here.
- Budget Commits To Promote 50 Handicraft-Centric Villages (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 09, 2006)
The Budget announcement that 50 villages with a handicrafts base would be developed as tourist spots once again shows how India has long paid lip-service to the development of the tourism industry but has done little by it.
- Varanasi Wakes Up To A New Dawn (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
Life goes on. And with vigour in Varanasi. If the 3/7 serial blasts in the temple town were meant to create panic and hatred, its perpetrators were given a royal rebuff.
- Iaea Sending Iran Report To Unsc Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
VIENNA MEET Tehran warns Washington of ‘harm and pain’, White House calls statement provocative
- What Is Sacred? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 09, 2006)
When terror is precision-timed for symbolism, careful scrutiny of the site and the situation is revealing.
- The Night America Voted Against All That’S Wrong With America (Indian Express, SANDIPAN DEB, Mar 09, 2006)
There was something different about Oscar 2006. And it was not only the fact that, possibly for the first time in history, we had a winner — George Clooney — who didn’t thank anyone.
- Pieces In Terror Jigsaw, Two Top Lashkar Men Shot In Up, Delhi (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Mar 09, 2006)
Within hours of the terror strike in Varanasi, two top-ranking Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were killed by the police in Lucknow and Delhi.
- Varanasi Bombings (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
The terrorist objective is to widen the religious divide
- Violation Of Duty Time Limits By A-I Poses Safety Threat (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Mar 09, 2006)
Gross violation of Flight Duty Time Limit (FDTL) by Air-India as prescribed by the Director -General of Civil Aviation is continuing unabated posing a serious threat to safety.
- Oh India! Do Not Beat Around This Bush (Times of India, AMJAD K. MARUF, Mar 08, 2006)
It is too early for us to rejoice at the fact that Bush visit has turned out to be in India’s favour.
- The Other India (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 08, 2006)
George Bush is spending a day in Hyderabad during his three-day India visit. His predecessor, Bill Clinton, went to Bangalore and Mumbai when he came calling in 2000. So did Chinese prime minister Zhu Rongji in 2002.
- Blasts Kill 16 In Varanasi, Red Alert Sounded Across India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
In an outrageous serial terrorist strike on the holy city of Varanasi, the ancient Sankat Mochan temple packed with Tuesday worshippers of Lord Hanuman was rocked by a huge blast and two bombs exploded soon after at a nearby train . . .
- Varanasi Blasts Were Handiwork Of Terrorists: Official (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
The bomb blasts in this temple town, which killed 20 people and injured 50 others, was the handiwork of terrorists and the Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a probe into the incident by the special task force of the state police, a senior . . .
- Centre And Up Will Bring Guilty To Justice: Sonia (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said that the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government will jointly work out the blasts in the temple city and bring its perpetrators to justice.
- In Temple Town, Blasts Drown Pealing Of Bells (Indian Express, Tarannum Manjul, Mar 08, 2006)
When two-year-old Shivangi’s parents took her to the Sankatmochan temple in Varanasi for the Tuesday darshan, never in their worst imaginings could they have foreseen that their little girl would be one of the 12 people who died in the blasts that. . .
- High Alert In Delhi After Varanasi Blasts (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
A high alert was sounded in the capital on Tuesday following the blasts in the temple town of Varanasi in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh in which at least four persons have died.
- Nuke Deal With India: Us Was Not Sure Till Last Moment (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswamy, Mar 08, 2006)
The United States was not sure until the very last minute whether a civilian nuclear energy deal with India was going to be possible and if a "good deal" was not on the cards, Washington was going to walk away from it.
- Up Sliding Into Lawlessness: Centre (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
The serial bomb attack on the Sankat Mochan temple is the latest of a string of incidents suggesting the slide of the country's largest state into lawlessness.
- Canada Moves To Revamp Air India Bomb Inquiry (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Canada's new Conservative government took a first, tentative step on Tuesday on its pledge to revamp the inquiry into the troubled Air India bombing investigation.
- India On Alert To Prevent Trouble After Bomb Blasts (Reuters, Sharat Pradhan, Mar 08, 2006)
Armed police mounted vigil at temples and public places across India on Wednesday and leaders appealed for calm as Hindu groups called for a strike in Uttar Pradesh to protest against bomb blasts that killed 15.
- Up Didn’T Respond On Security Upgrade For Temple (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Mar 08, 2006)
Sankatmochan temple, the site for tonight’s terror attack, was one of the temples on the list of important religious places where the Centre had carried out extensive security surveys after the Lashkar-e-Toiba attack at Akshardham in Gujarat in September
- 'Intelligence Agencies Had Warned Of Blasts' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Intelligence inputs had been received that terror groups were likely to "create trouble" at either Varanasi's Sankat Mochan or Kashi Vishwanath temples, home ministry officials here said.
- Blasts In Sankatmochan Temple And Railway Station Kill Dozen, Several Injured (Indian Express, CR Jayachandran, Mar 08, 2006)
PM, Kalam appeal for peace • BJP slams ‘competitive minorityism’ • Shameful, say Muslim law board and Jamiat
- Terror Evening Leaves 20 Dead (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Terror struck this temple town this evening when two bomb blasts in quick succession rocked the Sankatmochan Shrine and the Cantonment Railway Station here this evening killing at least 20 people and injuring over 50, some of them seriously.
- Rbi Relaxes Forex Access (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed select Full Fledged Money Changers, Urban Cooperative Banks and Regional Rural Banks to undertake wider range of transactions relating to release/remittance of foreign exchange (FE) for various non-trade . . .
- Hours After Blasts, Three Let Men Gunned Down (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Hours after the blasts in Varanasi, a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist was shot dead in an encounter with the police in Gosaiganj area on the outskirts of the city early on Wednesday morning.
- A Landmark Deal Between (Daily Excelsior, K.N. Pandita, Mar 08, 2006)
The nuclear deal between the strongest and the largest democracy in the world essentially stems from 9/11. No doubt it has come belatedly, but certainly it reflects mature statesmanship of highest level.
- Up:security Beefed Up In Allahabad (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Security has been tightened in the holy city of Allahabad following the blasts in Varansi this evening.
- Guj:state On High Alert After Blasts In Varanasi (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
High alert has been sounded in Gujarat and security at all major temples have been beefed up after bomb blasts rocked temple town of Varanasi this evening, police officials said.
- Varanasi Blasts: Bandh Paralyses Normal Life (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Normal life here was paralysed today as the BJP-sponsored bandh to protest the twin terror attacks in the city went underway amidst tight security, especially at places of worship, including the famous Kashi Viswanath temple-gyanvapi mosque.
- Budget Commits To Promote 50 Handicraft-Centric Villages (Times of India, NARAYANI GANESH, Mar 08, 2006)
Say 'India' and immediately, a potential tourist thinks of palaces and monuments, handicrafts and textiles, festivals and fairs, regional cuisine and street food, ancient temples, mosques and churches, folklore and fantasy.
- The Road Not Travelled (Times of India, ROBERT D BLACKWILL, Mar 08, 2006)
As President Bush visits India, the vital national interests and democratic values that the two countries share suggest that they will move ever closer together in the decades ahead.
- Sonia, Patil Assess Situation In Varanasi (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil tonight visited the Sankat Mochan temple, which was rocked by a powerful blast.
- Tackling Al-Qaeda (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Mar 08, 2006)
Over four years have passed since 9/11. According to dependable intelligence sources Osama bin Laden throughout this period remained holed up in the tribal belt that lies between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- Breaking The Mould? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 08, 2006)
Among the points raised by President Pervez Musharraf during his talk with editors on Monday and earlier in his CNN interview was his criticism of the ‘India-centric’ attitude in Pakistan.
- Self-Correction Is In National Interest Now (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 08, 2006)
In his meeting with the editors of Pakistan’s leading newspapers and electronic media on Monday, President Pervez Musharraf used the word “Indiacentric” to describe a foreign policy stance that he intends to shun in the future.
- 21 Killed In Indian Temple Town Blasts (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Three separate bomb blasts ripped through the Indian city of Varanasi on Tuesday, killing at least 21 people and wounding 62 at a crowded temple and a railway station.
- India, Pakistan Fail To Reach Accord On Air Services (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
New Delhi not agreeable to plea for quantum jump in flights, destinations
- Rajnath Singh Leaving For Varanasi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh is leaving for Varanasi, where 12 persons were killed and 20 injured in blasts at the Sankat Mochan temple and the cantonment railway station on Tuesday evening.
- General Alert Issued (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Manmohan, Patil condemn blasts
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister Shivraj Patil have condemned the blasts in Varanasi on Tuesday. Dr. Singh appealed to the people to maintain peace and calm.
- Pak, India Civil Aviation Talks Inconclusive (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Extensive round of Pak-India talks to review Civil Aviation existing bilateral arrangements concluded inconclusive in New Delhi on Tuesday.
- Uneasy Calm Prevails In Varanasi » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Residents in Varanasi are trying to return to normal after blasts ripped through the city Tuesday night.
- Pakistan And India Agree To Expand Air Service Agreement (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 08, 2006)
Pakistan and India have agreed to expand the scope of the existing air service agreement between them.
- 21 Die In 3 Explosions In Indian Holy City (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Officials fear communal violence
Three separate bomb blasts ripped through the holy Hindu city of Varanasi in India on Tuesday, killing at least 21 people and wounding 62 at a crowded temple and a railway station.
- Senate Surprises (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 08, 2006)
Monday's voting by the provincial assemblies brings to a close the election to 45 seats of the Senate. Predictably, the government and its allied parties are the main beneficiaries, together gaining more seats than they had lost in the ballot . . .
- Bush Visit To Pakistan, India May Have Done Harm: Nyt (Dawn, Masood Haider, Mar 08, 2006)
Saying that President Bush’s visit to “Pakistan and India may have done real harm”, the New York Times chided Mr Bush for “sticking” President Musharraf with the unwelcome task of explaining to Pakistanis why his friend and ally, Mr Bush, had . . .
- Bomb Blasts Rock Varanasi, 21 Killed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Over 62 injured; terrorists target Sankat Mochan temple, railway station; security stepped up . . .
- Was Gandhi Hindu? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 08, 2006)
Gandhiji was born of Hindu parents and was cremated by Hindu rites; but was he Hindu in any narrow sense? India has had an assassinated former prime minister born of a Zoroastrian father who was also cremated by Hindu rites.
- India And America (Economist, Editorial, Economist, Mar 08, 2006)
WE HAVE made history today, Manmohan Singh, India’s prime minister, told George Bush after a joint press conference in Delhi on Thursday March 2nd. They had just clinched what Mr Bush likewise called an historic agreement on nuclear power.
- Deal Won’T Affect N-Scheme: Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
The Prime Minister today assured Parliament that the implementation of the Indo-US deal on civilian nuclear energy will not lead to the capping of India’s strategic nuclear programme or affect the three-stage nuclear programme.
- On Convergence In Accounting Standards (The Financial Express, RAJIV MEMANI, Mar 08, 2006)
The recent ‘roadmap’ agreement between the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and the EU has built the momentum for a worldwide convergence in accounting standards.
- Twin Blasts Kill 20 In Varanasi (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Two blasts in quick succession rocked Sankatmochan temple and the Varanasi Cantonment railway station here this evening, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 50, some of them seriously. Bomb disposal squad personnel helped avert . . .
- What’S In It For The Us? (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 08, 2006)
“What is in it for America?” That was how the national security adviser, M. K. Narayanan, reacted after the Bush administration proposed the nuclear deal to the Indians at Blair House, the official guest house of the American president, during the . . .
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