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Friday, August  10, 2007


 

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From August 04, 2007  to August 10, 2007

Pugwash Initiative On Kashmir

Colonel V. Vasant and his radio operator Lance-Naik Ganapat Shashikant were gunned down while thwarting terrorists attempting to infiltrate across the Line of Control in the Uri sector of North Kashmir on July 31.

Pm To Left: No N-Talks

The Prime Minister is understood to have conveyed the Governments position in categorical terms in separate telephonic talks with CPM general secretary Prakash Karat and his CPI counterpart A B Bardhan late on Tuesday night...

Two Indian Writers On Booker Longlist

Characterised by absence of big names and first-time novelists Four Asians among the 13 short listed names Two Indian novelists, Indra Sinha and Nikita Lalwani, are in the race for this year’s Man Booker Prize whose previous Indian winners have been.

Colombo Conference: Initiatives On Kashmir Peace

The Government’s unwillingness to assert that there can be no troop reduction in J&K unless Pakistan’s terror infrastructure is dismantled, gives the impression that New Delhi can be persuaded to move ahead with redeployments.

Redeploy, Don't Pull Out Troops

Colonel V Vasant and his radio operator Lance-Naik Ganapat Shashikant were gunned down while thwarting terrorists attempting to infiltrate across the Line of Control in the Uri Sector of Jammu & Kashmir on July 31.

Ansari Is Left But Still Right

In the past, I have made harsh comments about the brazenness with which the Congress and the Left, acting in tandem, burdened India with a Head of State who is not a model of rectitude.

Brown Reverses Guantanamo Policy

Reversing his predecessor Tony Blair’s policy, Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday set in motion a process that could see the release of five U.K. residents languishing in the notorious U.S. detention centre at Guantanamo Bay.

Ansari Is Left But Still Right

In the past, I have made harsh comments about the brazenness with which the Congress and the Left, acting in tandem, burdened India with a Head of State who is not a model of rectitude.

A Conversation With Dr Kalam

Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who has just concluded his term as Indian President, did not find "any difference" between the previous government run by Atal Behari Vajpayee and the present one headed by Dr Manmohan Singh.

Beijing’s Billboards Brought Down

Plastered alongside the multi-lane highways that slice through the Chinese capital are massive billboards exhorting readers in technicolour to “Conquer the world” or “Be a foreigner’s landlord” by buying homes in apartment blocks with monikers such . . .

A Guide To The Provisions Of The 123 Agreement

The text of the Indo-U.S. nuclear cooperation agreement – also known as the 123 agreement – was released on Friday.

India Gains, Us Doesn’t Lose

Right to test: Does India have the freedom to conduct a nuclear test in the future?

Future Tests By India May Not Hinder Pact

A future nuclear testing by India may not necessarily lead US Administration to terminate the proposed civil nuclear energy cooperation agreement and take back nuclear fuel, reactors and other materials that it would supply in accordance with . . . .

123: Text And Context

The released text of the 123 agreement on civil nuclear cooperation reveals that the United States, besides upholding the primacy of its laws, has gained two absolute rights — the right to unilaterally terminate cooperation with India at will . . . .

Is Indian Press Independent?

The press in India has teased or even irritated the government but has enjoyed freedom. Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first prime minister, said that the government disliked the liberties taken by the press.

Kafeel Ahmed Dies Of Burns

Kafeel Ahmed, Indian engineer suspected to have been involved in the failed attack on the Glasgow airport on June 30, died in a Scotland hospital late on Thursday.

“Police Misled Public On Menezes Shooting”

Police deliberately fed “misleading” information to the media to keep the fiction alive that an innocent man they had shot dead at a London tube station two weeks after the 7/7 attacks was a suspected suicide bomber.

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