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Talibanisation Of Islamabad?
Over two decades ago a visiting Indian
journalist charmed by the old world
splendour of Lahore and the vigour and
vitality of the bustling commercial
city of Karachi, where I was then
India’s Consul-General, described
Islamabad as a city of “bureaucrats .
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Clerics Raise A Challenge — The
Talibanisation Of Islamabad?
From the precincts of a
Masjid-Madrassa complex in Islamabad,
two clerics are challenging the writ
of the quasi-military regime.
Chequebook Journalism And The Hostages
How can the British media lay the
entire blame on the Defence Ministry
for putting the sailors up for
auction?
Kiran Desai Nominated For Orange Prize
Impressive shortlist of six includes
novelists from America, China and
Nigeria.
China Seeks Market Economy Status
Kamal Nath calls for greater
transparency India's trade balance
with China turns negative Need to
improve market access for farm
products.
Leave It For Voters To Decide
The Constituent Assembly witnessed
some interesting debates on the
reservation of seats in legislatures
for minorities.
Lng Supply: Iran Seeks Private Partner
In India
In steel, power and aluminium sectors
as well Looking at cooperative
ventures with Chinese companies Plans
to build 600 hotels throughout Iran to
promote tourism.
India, China Ask Developed Countries
To Relent On Farm Issues
India and
China, two of the world's fastest
growing economies, issued a joint
statement on Monday reiterating their
commitment to placing "the development
dimension at the heart" of the World
Trade OrganiZation's (WTO) ongoing
Doha Round of negotiations.
Shaoxing — Little India In China
In 2006,
India's
trade with the thriving textile city
was $145 million.
A Bizarre Turn In The War On Terror
Reports emerge that the United States
is funding an Al-Qaeda linked terror
group to attack Iran.
Quota: Govt, Sc May Clash
In its application filed before the
apex court on Monday, seeking early
vacation of the stay, the Centre
stated that the March 29 judgment had
seemingly challenged the very
constitutional order that empowered
Parliament to exercise legislative
powers.
U.K. On The Brink Of A Major Change?
A very real campaign is on to push for
a broader federal set-up, effectively
creating four separate nations bound
only by a common link to the crown.
Shia-Sunni Jihad In Kurram
The Federally-Administered Tribal
Areas of Pakistan has been the scene
of a no-holds-barred jihad being waged
by the local Shias and Sunnis against
each other.
Govt Finally Wakes Up To Shcil’s
Dubious Acts
The government has finally ordered an
investigation into Stock Holding
Corporation of India (SHCIL), India’s
largest Depository Participant (DP)
for a series of shenanigans documented
by The Indian Express over the last
few weeks.
Gas Connections
Japan and
South Korea emerge as serious
competitors to both
India
and China who have been vying with
each other in offering supply of
military equipment to the military
regime in Myanmar so as to get
pipeline contracts.
Game Plans
The Falun Gong, Tibetan youth, Uighur
separatists and disgruntled sections
of the local population due to
perceived issues of economic injustice
would constitute the four internal
sources of concern.
The Unravelling Of Uttar Pradesh
As someone who believes that India is
a rich country that has been
impoverished because of the
incompetence of our political class, I
have watched the election campaign in
Uttar Pradesh with growing dismay.
Action Begins
The government of
India
has ordered a detailed probe into the
goings-on at Stock Holding Corporation
of India Ltd (SHCIL) that have been
detailed in these columns over the
last six weeks.
Leave It For Voters To Decide
The Constituent Assembly witnessed
some interesting debates on the
reservation of seats in legislatures
for minorities.
Pm, His Pack Kept Away From Up
The issue of price rise which has been
made a campaign issue by the Samajwadi
Party has forced the Congress to
desist from fielding the PM and senior
ministerial colleagues from
campaigning in the state.
Afzal Case For European Parliament
The case of Afzal Guru, sentenced to
death for his alleged role in the
terrorist attack on the Indian
Parliament in December 2001, will be
raised in the European Parliament
during President A.P.J.
Looking For A Place In The Sun
China's migrant workers have been crucial to sustaining
the economic boom. Now attention is
turning to their plight.
Rushdie Shortlisted For Man Booker
Salman Rushdie is among some of the
world's tallest literary figures such
as Carlos Fuentes, Philip Roth and
Amos Oz who have been shortlisted for
the £60,000 Man Booker International
Prize.
Mumbai As International Finance Hub —
Reality Check On Bankers' Dream
Developing nations seeking to benefit
from financial globalisation should
create the ground conditions to
benefit from it.
Electoral Confusion In Up
A short visit to
Lucknow,
even after one-fourth of the polling
is over, does not clear the electoral
confusion that prevails in UP.
Road To Kashmir Roundtable May Prove
To Be Rocky
Discussions in crucial working group
on Centre-State relations deadlocked
National Conference seeks wide-ranging
autonomy BJP for abrogation of Article
370.
A Mistake, Admits Blair
Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday
admitted that it was not "a good
idea'' to have allowed British
sailors, freed by Iran, to sell their
stories to the media in what was seen
as an implied criticism of Defence
Secretary Des Browne who was . . . .
Long Range Over China
The successful test firing of the
long-range Agni III missile on
Thursday marks the belated maturing of
India’s atomic weapons programme and
positions
India
to join the big league of nuclear
great powers.
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