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South Asia's fastest peace process in Nepal which is 100 per cent Nepali has run into certain unexpected roadblocks. Ever since the April 2006 revolution, waters of the hallowed Bagmati river are being muddied. (Roadblocks To Peace In Nepal, Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Feb 21, 2007)
We are not looking at it as Hindu or Muslim, he says
Says he has come to improve relations, carry peace process forward
Looks forward to useful interactions with Pranab Mukherjee (Pakistan Awaiting Report On Train Attack: Kasuri, Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 21, 2007)
The latest outrage in the lives of innocent Pakistani citizens is that somebody has detonated a couple of bombs inside the Pakistan-bound Samjhota Express train on Monday, killing 67 persons, mostly Pakistani passengers returning from a visit to India. (Who Could Have Blown Up The Samjhota Express?, Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Feb 21, 2007)
THE midnight blasts that tore through two coaches of the Samjhota Express at Panipat about an hour after the train had left New Delhi station on Sunday evening killed some 68 persons and injured many more. (The Samjhota Carnage, Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Feb 21, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is said to have reassured his Pakistan counterpart Shaukat Aziz that India would “fully share” all information thrown up by the investigation into the Samjhauta blasts.
(Pak Nudge For Joint Probe , Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Feb 21, 2007)
Intimations of mortality is what I would put it down to, this recent procession of friends who have died and whose ashes have had to be immersed in Hardwar or holy rivers elsewhere. Obviously these were Hindus.
(Step Across Those Lines, Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Feb 21, 2007)
After repeated failures, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) has managed to secure the first direct foreign investment in a state-run refinery by tying up with Mittal Investments for its upcoming project at Bhatinda.
(India Gets First Fdi In A Psu Refinery , Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2007)
20 International steel giant Mr L.N. Mittal has finally decided to partner the public sector Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) for the Guru Gobind Singh Refineries Ltd (GSSRL) at Bhatinda, Punjab. Mr Mittal's group has decided to pick an . . . (L.N. Mittal To Pick Up Stake In Hpcl's Bhatinda Project, Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2007)
Pakistani passenger's blind courage led to recovery of bombs at the heart of the unfolding investigation
Khalistan groups have repeatedly used incendiary devices
However, those used on Samjhauta Express were sophisticated (Hunt For Bombers Gathers Momentum, Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Feb 21, 2007)
Wedding rituals have become mere symbols of our culture and tradition.
(Lost In The Din , Deccan Herald, V.K. Joshi, Feb 21, 2007)
It is no secret that price rise is a potent political issue and will play a part in the assembly polls this year. (Congress Will Pay, Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 21, 2007)
Some time ago, an incident like the Samjhauta Express tragedy would have seen the two sides trading charges. (Positives From The Peace Process, Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Feb 21, 2007)
The Centre for Heritage Studies (CHS) under the Department of Culture will give special focus on creating heritage awareness in the northern regions of the State endowed with many heritage sites and structures.
(Creating Awareness Of Cultural Heritage , Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2007)
State contributes 53 per cent water into Cauvery, but has been allocated 30 per cent
Groundwater availability in Tamil Nadu not taken into account (Three Options Left On Cauvery Tribunal Verdict: Uday Holla , Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2007)
Policy makers of the country might be overjoyed with the impressive growth in the economy, but questions are being asked over the sustainability of the growth that does not ensure proper distribution among various sections of the society.
(`India Needs Reasonable Development' , Hindu, M. Rajeev, Feb 20, 2007)
Setting aside differences, representatives of political parties in Tamil Nadu, including the ruling DMK, main Opposition AIADMK, the Congress, Left parties, the PMK, and the Cauvery Delta Farmers’ Welfare Association, on Monday decided to file a . . . (Tamil Nadu To File Plea Before Tribunal , Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Feb 20, 2007)
Among the intriguing questions thrown up by UPA’s ‘Topple Mulayam’ quest — and there are many — is this scorcher: why is the DMK giving in so cravenly to the Congress stratagem of imposing President’s rule in Uttar Pradesh? At a point of time when . . . (Southern Somersault, Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 20, 2007)
IN Bangladesh’s south-west lies the Sundarbans nature reserve, one of the last untouched places on earth – and home to the largest population of tigers left in the wild.
(The Dying Trees Of Sunderbans, Tribune, Justin Huggler, Feb 20, 2007)
Charred bodies stuffed inside blue, red and white bags lay bundled in the civil hospital at Panipat.
(Death Knows No India, Pakistan , Deccan Herald, Rajesh Deol, Feb 20, 2007)
The Kalleshwara temple in Bagali, better known as Karnataka's Khajuraho, is truly marvellous, writes B S Narayana Swamy.
(Marvels In Stone , Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2007)
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