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- Advani: Let Cbi Probe To Uncover Truth (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Aug 05, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday charged the UPA Government with 'manipulating and managing' Justice RS Pathak Inquiry Authority to exonerate the Congress from the charges of being a beneficiary under the UN's Oil-for-food programme for Iraq.
- Education For Few (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Aug 05, 2006)
The new education bill proposed by the UPA will exclude disadvantaged groups from quality schooling and pass the burden to cash-strapped State governments.
- Tackling Terrorism (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Aug 05, 2006)
Nothing effective can be done to tackle terrorism unless people rise as one man to help law enforcement.
- 'Free-Market' Propaganda Through 'Planning'? (News International, Praful Bidwai, Aug 05, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- The Bravest Of The Voices (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
In an auditorium in Delhi, usually filled with the sounds of classical music and dance, I heard the voices, last week, of India’s poorest, bravest, most exploited citizens.
- Satyam Sees Plenty Of Opportunities In China (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Satyam Computer Services chairman B Ramalinga Raju on Friday said that his company would expand its operations in neighbouring country China by increasing its head count from the current 300 to several thousands in a few years.
- Twin Evils (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 05, 2006)
As often stated in these columns Naxalism and terrorism have emerged twin threats to the country. Our State has been a major victim of militant activities. It is only too well known that perpetrators of violence invariably come from the other side . . .
- Q&a: 'Our Young Film-Makers Are Angry Rebels' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Sumitra Peries's films focus on the condition of women in Sri Lankan society. Her spouse, octogenarian film-maker Lester Peries — "the Satyajit Ray of Sri Lanka" — won the Lifetime Achievement award at the International Film Festival in 2000.
- Kalam ‘Studying’ Office-Of-Profit Bill (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
President A P J Adbul Kalam giving assent to the controversial Office-of-Profit (OoP) Bill readopted by Parliament in the very same form in which the House had passed it last May is now simply a matter of formality.....
- Mole Draws A Hole (Daily Excelsior, Indranil Banerjea, Aug 04, 2006)
Accusations without substance are irresponsible. An accusation to play petty politics is another name for opportunism.
- God's Power Of Maya (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The Bhagavata Purana contains numerous instances to reveal the Supreme Being's power of Maya that easily bewilders even great mystics.
- Worst Foot Forward (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Aug 04, 2006)
The vote of the Jewish community is of crucial importance in a number of key states in the American elections. Equally important is the size of campaign funds Jewish business tycoons are capable of contributing.
- Opposition, Upa Allies Force Adjournments In Rajya Sabha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Rare show of solidarity on demand for statement on India- United States nuclear declaration; CPI will not associate with BJP on the issue
- Manmohan Hopeful Women's Bill Will Be Introduced Soon (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Aug 04, 2006)
Talks on the issue progressing, he assures women's team
- "Quality Assurance For Schools A Necessity" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Schools part of Kuruvila Jacob Initiative recognised
Mission is providing quality affordable education to all
Teachers urged to pay attention to qualities of teaching and learning
Need for process that builds internal consistency
- Delay In Implementing Obc Quota Will Spark Trouble: Ramadoss (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
"Fallacy to argue that nation cannot afford quota implementation "
Wants Irani panel recommendations rejected
Asks Jayalalithaa to retire from politics.
- Nss Rejects `Devaprasnam' Held At Sabarimala Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Urges TDB not to go ahead with `pariharakriyas'
- Harnessing Hate (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 04, 2006)
Lashkar terrorist Syed Abdul Karim `Tunda' has vanished after the Mumbai explosions, but his legacy refuses to disappear.
- Disney Will Go To Bollywood Soon (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 04, 2006)
Rajat Jain, managing director of World Disney Company (India) Pvt Ltd, has big plans to build the Disney brand in India. The acquisition of Hungama TV and a strategic stake in UTV is only the beginning. Excerpts from Jain’s conversation with Business . .
- Panchayat Polls Second Phase: Congress-Backed Candidates . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Congress supporters continued their winning spree in the second phase of panchayat elections by cornering 98 sarpanch posts out of 151 panchayats that went to polls on Wednesday.
- India's Spies For All Seasons (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Aug 04, 2006)
My fear about the spy scare - not so much a real scare as exciting gossip that diminishes Mr Jaswant Singh's highly readable memoir A Call to Honour: In Service of Emergent India - is that it might reinforce what he calls American "reluctance to . . .
- Nda, Cpm United On N-Deal Resolution (Asian Age, Ramesh Ramachandran, Aug 04, 2006)
The Congress-led UPA government was isolated in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday as all the parties, including Telugu Desam, AIADMK, Samajwadi Party, CPI(M) and the NDA, pressed for a resolution so that Parliament can "send a message to the United . . .
- The House They All Built (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 04, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party would not be itself if it stopped playing politics with history.
- Visual Radio: Powerful Interactive Medium (The Financial Express, S SADAGOPAN, Aug 04, 2006)
With the possibility of unusual applications, this next generation radio recently debuted in India
- Naxalite Problem In Karnataka (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 04, 2006)
How well-prepared is the state police to meet the Naxalite threat?
- The No Festival Month (Deccan Herald, Padma Ramachandran, Aug 04, 2006)
In Ashada, South Indians refrain from celebrations and indulge in spiritual activities.
- Integrating The U.S.-India Circuit (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 04, 2006)
Newer areas of convergence may be emerging between the two countries.
- Don't Pick On Colas Alone: Set Uniform Norms (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 04, 2006)
The sudden eruption of the ‘pesticides in colas’ controversy on Wednesday continues an extraordinary saga, which began three years ago when the Centre for Science and Environment released its first report on the subject.
- In A Hole, Over The Mole (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 04, 2006)
BJP leader Jaswant Singh has hardly been in the news in the manner that other colleagues have been, but his role in the mole episode have seen him featuring regularly in newspapers across the country.
- Wto Must Remodel Entry Norms (Business Line, V. S. Gopalakrishnan, Aug 04, 2006)
It is time the WTO accession procedures were speeded up and simplified.
- Sensex Up 96pts; Infosys, Ranbaxy Shine (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Infosys, Ranbaxy and Dr.Reddy's have advanced 1.5% each to Rs 1,694, Rs 398 and Rs 1,428, respectively.
- A Crusader For Justice (Tribune, Chitleen K. Sethi, Aug 03, 2006)
Dr DC Saxena was a one-man army. A crusader who fought relentlessly for righteousness, even if it meant rubbing the high and mighty the wrong way, inviting trouble for himself.
- The Elusive Mole (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 03, 2006)
In the thriller genre, there is none to beat the spy thriller — the cloak and dagger danger missions, the foreign policy twists and turns, the unmasking of the spy in the last pages of the book, all making for a roller-coaster experience.
- Karachi-Hyderabad Railway Traffic Remains Suspended (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The railway traffic could not be restored from Hyderabad to Karachi till Wednesday, the 4th day when a bridge between Ran Pathani and Dhabeji was damaged due to heavy rains.
- Gulbarga Ryot Washed Away (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
A farmer has been washed away in swirling waters in Surpur in Gulbarga district even as the flood situation continued to be grim on the third day on Wednesday with the water level in the Krishna river rising by two feet in the last 24 hours.
- ‘Alternative Rail Route By Friday’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Railways authorities said on Wednesday that an alternative route between the Dhabeji and Ran Pathani stations would be in place on Friday if weather permitted.
- Tale To Remember (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 03, 2006)
It should not surprise anyone that a group of Kashmiri militants has surrendered to the Army.
- Varanasi Venkatachalam's Birth Centenary Celebrated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Family members, well-wishers inspired the youth by recalling the struggle waged by freedom fighters
- Governor To Look Into Complaint On Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
High Court's order on petition against Forest Minister Vijayaramaraju
- Value Of Human Birth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Scriptures stress the value of human birth as an extraordinary opportunity to attain Brahma Jnana — knowledge of the highly esoteric eternal truth that can liberate the Jivatma from mortality and bestow immortal bliss.
- Destruction Of Minds (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 03, 2006)
The announcement by federal education minister Javed Ashraf Qazi that 'jihad' was being retained in the new curriculum that the government plans to introduce in schools from 2007 to 2009 is a cause of concern.
- Chidambaram Must Quit, Demand Sp, Aiadmk (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The Rajya Sabha was abruptly adjourned on Wednesday as slogan-shouting members of the Samajwadi Party, the Telugu Desam Party and the All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam trooped into the well, demanding the resignation of Finance Minister . . .
- Jaswant's Woes Continue, Us Distances From Letter (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The woes of senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh on alleged mole in PMO issue continued today with the United States distancing itself from a purported letter in which a former Senator was said to have mentioned about the informer and Congress tabling . . .
- Jk Cement To Invest 7.50 Bln Rupees On 4th Plant (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
JK Cement Ltd. will invest more than 7.5 billion rupees ($161 million) to set up its fourth plant in Karnataka to increase marketshare in the region, a senior official said on Thursday.
- Same Price, Better Quality (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 03, 2006)
The 2005-06 annual report of TVS Motor Company talks of entry-level motorcycles being available at prices as low as Rs 30,000, and goes on to claim that very few product categories, besides computers, have seen this kind of a change in . . .
- Exploring The Inflation, Interest Rate, Growth Nexus (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Aug 03, 2006)
The question whether growth is related to interest rate and inflation has always been one of interest for policymakers. Through an empirically study, A. VASUDEVAN finds out when interest rate goes up, growth could indeed slow down. Also, the lack . . .
- Jaswant Faces Privilege Notice (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
A day after being pilloried and savaged by an aggressive Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and his Congress colleagues in the Rajya Sabha over his inability to identify the “mole” in the Narasimha Rao PMO, the senior BJP leader, Mr Jaswant . . .
- Another Book Brings House Down (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
After Jaswant Singh's A call to Honour, yet another book surfaced on Wednesday, triggering instant chaos in the Rajya Sabha over noisy demands for Finance Minister P Chidambaram to resign.
- Jessica Case Sparks Witness Protection (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Nearly six months after the nation was outraged over the acquittal of the accused in the Jessica Lall case, the Union cabinet will consider the CrPC Amendment Bill on Thursday.
- Inflation, Welfarism And Public Sector (Daily Excelsior, M. N. Minocha, Aug 03, 2006)
In the past inflation was associated with wars and the extraordinary influx of gold and silver. It ended with the disappearance of these specific causes. But inflation after World War II has been both universal and persistent. It must, therefore, . . .
- 182 Days In Office: Time For A Reality Check (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Aug 03, 2006)
The Kumaraswamy government completes six months in office today. It is perhaps too short a period to make any value judgement on its performance so far, but the initiatives it has taken or not taken and the direction in which it is going, leaves . . .
- Backing For The N-Deal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 03, 2006)
The nuclear deal between the US and India has received attention in the Urdu press as well. National Herald group’s Qaumi Awaz, in its editorial dated July 29, has hailed it, supporting the deal.
- Not Just About The Hat (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Was the Vellore Revolt of 1806 only an angry outburst by a group of army personnel against poor pay, undesirable service conditions and unwarranted regulations? Or did it have any greater significance? What is its place in Indian history?
- Changing With Times (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Aug 03, 2006)
Challenges in the form of liberalisation and global competition have steeled the units' resolve to surge ahead.
- Bicentenary Of Vellore Revolt (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Aug 03, 2006)
The bicentenary of the Vellore Revolt kindles memories of the first challenge to the British empire in India.
- Of Moles And Other Species (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Aug 03, 2006)
As Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Jaswant Singh must take the nation into confidence, says Anuradha Dutt
- Women's Quota May Be Lowered (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
After consultations with various political parties on the long-pending issue of 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures, the government is veering round to the view that the deadlock can be broken only if the quantum of . . .
- Name The `Mole': Manmohan (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Aug 02, 2006)
I have given "explicit and implicit" information, says Jaswant
- Mole Still Wrapped In Intrigue (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Aug 02, 2006)
The identity of the alleged American informers in the P V Narasimha Rao regime continues to remain a matter of speculation but the identity of the American official who authored the secret letter based on which BJP leader Jaswant Singh claimed he . . .
- Bill Gates' Charitable Pretensions (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Aug 02, 2006)
Bill Gates is not only the richest man in the world but also the biggest philanthropist.
- Bend In The Cauvery (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 02, 2006)
The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal has muddied the waters of the Cauvery, one of the seven sacred rivers of India which is known as the ‘Dakshina Ganga’, by adopting dilatory tactics to put off giving its final verdict. Established in 1990 on . . .
- Third-Class Governance Can’T Give First-Class Response To Terrorism (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Aug 02, 2006)
By the end of 2003, we were being told that our agencies had neutralised over 160 ISI modules — counting only those outside Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast. Since then, up to July 11, 2006, again counting only those outside Jammu and Kashmir . . .
- Highway To Good Teaching (Deccan Herald, Leela Ramaswamy, Aug 02, 2006)
Ask the children and they will say why the teachers don’t inspire them.
- Shivakumar Hurls Property Grabbing Charge Against Family Of Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Close on the heels of suspended BJP MLC Janardhan Reddy’s bribery charges against Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, the opposition Congress on Tuesday fired a fresh salvo at the Chief Minister’s family in the form of property-grabbing allegations.
- When Is Violence ‘Terror’ And When Is It Not? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 02, 2006)
There was nothing ‘natural’ about the slaughter of Sikhs in 1984, and nothing ‘natural’ about Gujarat 2002.
- Rwanda Striving For A High-Tech Future (Hindu, Xan Rice, Aug 02, 2006)
If successful, the percentage of Rwanda's workforce involved in farming will drop from 90 per cent to 50 per cent in 15 years
- Sensex Down By 79 Points On Profit-Taking » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark, Sensex, fell by nearly 79 points on Tuesday morning trading on profit-selling by funds and retail investors in bluechip stocks.
- Karnataka's Mining Scandal (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Aug 02, 2006)
Charges of corruption against the Chief Minister forces the government to order an inquiry into the irregularities in iron ore mining.
- Jaswant Was "Irresponsible" In Handling Security: Dasmunsi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
From where did he get the document on the "mole"?
- Ksrtc Launches Two Luxury Bus Services (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Meghdoot and Mayura sleeper coach introduced
- I Don't Know Mole's Name: Jaswant (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
After triggering a huge controversy, senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh on Tuesday night said he did not not know the name of the mole in the Prime Minister's Office, who had leaked nuclear secrets in 1995.
- In Praise Of A Mole (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 02, 2006)
The mole is now everywhere. In Parliament it has provoked a normally soft-spoken prime minister to issue a dare to a political opponent.
- Pm Turns Tables On Jaswant, Asks Him To Name 'Mole' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday turned the tables on senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh, who again failed to name the mole, in the Rajya Sabha by asking him a point-blank question: ‘‘The honourable member should answer the simple question.
- A Call To Honour? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 02, 2006)
Rather than exposing the mole in the Prime Minister’s Office during the late P.V. Narasimha Rao’s regime, former Union minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh has been increasingly exposing himself as a fickle leader or someone trying to be clever . . .
- Israel's Terror (Frontline, AIJAZ AHMAD, Aug 02, 2006)
The U.S.-Israel axis goes all out to remove the last impediments to building a "New Middle East".
- Un Resolution On Iran (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 02, 2006)
The timing couldn’t have been worse.
- Cong Drops Bombshell: Gowda Family Owns Rs 85-Cr It Park (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Barely a few days after producing documents proving export of iron ore by family members of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, senior Congress leader D K Shiva Kumar on Tuesday dropped another bombshell on the Gowda family by producing documents . . .
- Jaswant Style: Tol-Mole Ke Bol (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
PM says nation can draw own conclusion ---- The mole controversy saw a verbal slugfest between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and BJP leader Jaswant Singh during a three-hour enlivening discussion in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
- Don't Play 'I Spy' (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 02, 2006)
End this 'mole' hunt, India is fed up ---- There was something of a Shakespearean tragedy played out in Parliament on Tuesday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Foreign Minister . . .
- Ls Mps Attack Centre On Lebanon (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The Indian government on Monday condemned the "irresponsible and indiscriminate" bombing of Lebanon by Israel and described it as "outrageous".
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