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Top Lashkar Commander Killed
Mohammad Khalid-ur-Rahman, a Pakistani
national who played a core role in
organising the Lashkar-e-Taiba’s
pan-India terror networks, was killed
in a shootout with police and troops
near Bhaderwah in Jammu and Kashmir’s
Doda district on Wednesday.
Second Phase Six-Party Talks Begins
The latest round of six-party talks
aimed at the denuclearisation of the
Korean peninsula began in
Beijing
on Wednesday even as the U.N. nuclear
watchdog confirmed that North Korea
had shuttered all the facilities at
its main nuclear complex.
‘Reprocessing, Core Of Nuclear
Programme’
Former BARC Director A.N. Prasad
questions 123 agreement and
Washington’s intentions.
China Greying — And Learning To Live
With It
A rapidly ageing population is giving
rise to its own worrying challenges,
which include providing for pensions
and health care.
And Now, The Pashtun Mutiny
Individual Pashtuns, not belonging to
any particular organisation, have been
in the forefront of the wave of
suicide bombings in Pakistan since
July 13, 2007 leaving at least 160
dead, as the ominous threat of a
mutiny in the security forces looms
large.
'Quad Initiative': An Inharmonious
Concert Of Democracies
The newly launched
Australia-India-Japan-U.S.
"Quadrilateral Initiative" has raised
China's
hackles, but its direction is still
undecided owing to differing
perceptions within the group over what
its aims and objectives ought to be.
Pla At 80
Major celebrations are underway to
mark the 80th anniversary of the
founding of the People’s Liberation
Army which falls on August 1.
‘Taj Mahal’ Afloat On The Thames
“India Now” to showcase cinema,
theatre, fashion, food and business in
London.
Six-Party Talks To Focus On Total De-Nuclearisation
Delegates in Beijing for second phase
parleys Hill, North Korean counterpart
hold informal meet Uranium enrichment
remains key issue.
Musharraf’s Genie Of Religious
Chauvinism
Islamabad is a city with wide roads
and deep runs of thick trees and green
grass.
“We Are Changing The World’s
Geography”
On the eve of the India-Brazil-South
Africa (IBSA) Foreign Ministers
meeting in New Delhi, Brazil’s Foreign
MinisterCelso Amorimspoke to The Hindu
about the future and significance of
the tri-continental grouping for the
evolving international system.
Debate Or Denial: The Muslim Dilemma
More Muslims need to realise that
Islamist terrorists are not simply
“misguided” individuals acting on a
whim but that they are people who know
what they are doing and they are doing
it deliberately in the name of Islam.
Brazil For Ibsa Link To Mercosur, Sacu
Brazil is floating the idea of the
IBSA forum which links India, Brazil
and South Africa together eventually
forming a “big economic space” with
the South American common market,
Mercosur, and the Southern African
Customs Union (SACU) and hopes . . .
'Loc Can Become A Line Of Peace'
"I am honoured and delighted to
receive the Degree of Doctor of
Letters (Honoris Causa) that has just
been conferred on me by His Excellency
the Chancellor of the university.
Sabeel Remanded To Custody Till August
13
Indian doctor Sabeel Ahmed (26),
charged over last month’s attempted
bombings in London and Glasgow, was on
Monday produced in a court and
remanded to custody till August 13.
Hit Or Hug Musharraf?
There is understandable confusion in
India over whether to endorse
President Pervez Musharraf's assault
on the Lal Masjid or to welcome the
Islamic backlash that may end up
unsettling the regime.
Musharraf’S Genie Of Religious
Chauvinism
Islamabad is a city with wide roads
and deep runs of thick trees and green
grass. Houses are expansive, neatly
tucked into self-sufficient sectors,
with markets, eating places and
mosques.
Pushing The Envelope On Peace In
Kashmir
The Prime Minister’s
Jammu
speech takes the logic of “cooperative
mechanisms” one step further,
envisaging the shared use of the
disputed region’s land and water
resources across the Line of Control.
Glimpses Into The Mind Of Suicide
Bomber
Internet records provide insights into
likely cause for failure of three car
bombs assembled by Kafeel Ahmed.
A Downing Street Insider’s
“Non-Account”
Alastair Campbell’s much-awaited
account of the time he spent at the
heart of the Blair Government is,
according to those who have read it,
disappointing.
His Dying Statement
Will the Congress, BJP hear this
message from Chandra Shekhar: Why have
you stopped talking, this is no way to
run India’s politics.
Not Immune To Islamism
Following the terrorist strikes of
9/11, American scholar Richard Hass,
who quit the Bush Administration
primarily because of his opposition to
any invasion of
Iraq,
warned against stereotyping Muslims
worldwide as being sympathetic to
terrorism.
The Danger Of Deep Religosity
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is not
known for public displays of either
human emotion or political dexterity -
the reasons why he survives in his
job.
Nuclear Deal In ‘Make Or Break’ Zone
‘Next week’s talks will show if the
United States is taking Indian
concerns seriously’ Talks not going
well at all: Congressional source
India not prepared to curtail its
sovereignty: Iyengar
In An Imperfect World
There are many law-abiding Britons who
want nothing more than to be left
alone to get on with their lives.
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