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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Indian Family Struck By Tragedy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
A 13-year-old Indian boy and his mother were electrocuted to death at their home in Bahrain on Monday.
- Dilli Durbar By Proxy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
The State has come under the President's Rule for the fifth time. Governor Rameshwar Thakur will run the adm-inistration till the elections are conducted.
- Indian Fm Repeats Old Speech: Myanmar Turmoil (Dawn, Simon Denyer, Oct 10, 2007)
By failing to freshen up his speech, critics said Pranab Mukherjee appeared to ignore widespread pro-democracy protests in Myanmar and a deadly military crackdown.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 10, 2007)
Given their notorious lack of success, there would be little of a non-technical nature in the US/NATO operations in Iraq and Afghanistan worthy of emulation by Indian security forces.
- Politics Of Opportunism (Hindustan Times, CP Bhambhri, Oct 10, 2007)
The ongoing political drama in Karnataka leading to the dissolution of the State Assembly has once again brought into focus the need for a second-look into the proclaimed merits of a coalition system of governance in the country.
- Creating An Innovative India (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 09, 2007)
Innovation, it is now widely acknowledged, is the key driver of long-term growth — even survival — in the technology sector. As each invention, service or product reaches maturity and saturation, the next phase of growth . . . .
- Maoists Seek Referendum, Nepali Congress Says No (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Maoists in Nepal are now singing a new tune with a demand for a referendum to decide the fate of the monarchy they bitterly oppose to end the current political stalemate.
- Book-Building Exercise (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 09, 2007)
Commerce and industry minister Kamal Nath has become so adept at selling the India story to foreign investors that he has decided to write a book.
- Are We Reconciled? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 09, 2007)
THE National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) appears to have run into a storm of protest and derision from the press and civil society.
- Pak Political Drama: So Far So Good - For Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Factually the US made efforts to bring about what has happened in Pakistan recently and they behave as if they own the place, writes M B Naqvi.
- High Court Names String Of Vvips In Sexual Abuse Case (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Oct 09, 2007)
Reprimanding the CBI for laxity in investigating the Srinagar sex abuse scandal, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court today revealed the names of a minister, two legislators, top bureaucrats, police officers and a prominent businessman against whom . . . .
- Opportunism, Karnataka Style (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 09, 2007)
Haryana has had the distinction of giving the Indian political lexicon the terminology “Aya Ram Gaya Ram” to denote opportunistic floor crossings in order to acquire or retain power for personal profit.
- When Winter Comes (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Oct 09, 2007)
Time was, in the 30s and early 40s of the last century such a thing as the “Delhi season”.
- Border Talks With China Positive (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Yet another round of talks spread over three days, eleventh in the series on the border dispute between India and China, concluded in Beijing on September 26.
- Shooting The Messenger (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Oct 09, 2007)
It is indeed strange that in this age of transparency and accountability, an anachronistic law like the Official Secrets Act is used by Government to harass a distinguished soldier and fellow citizen who has done his country proud by . . . .. .
- Army Kills Ulfa Rebel In Sivasagar (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
The banned Ulfa suffered yet another setback today, with the army gunning down a listed Ulfa leader and apprehending a woman militant.
- Thousands Rally For Democracy In Hk (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Thousands of people in Hong Kong took part in a democracy march and a world-record breaking attempt using umbrellas, calling for a faster pace of democratic reforms and direct elections in 2012.
- Print Pick (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
From Orhadn Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Noble Prize in Literature, comes a personal selection of the best from twenty-five years work.
- Failure, Raw & Hurting (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
All Intelligence agencies are paranoid about secrecy. Retired spooks are actively discouraged from writing colourful memoirs and speaking to the media. In 1977, the British Government deported Philip Agee, an American writer with . . . . .
- Early Polls In India Would Put Fiscal Targets At Risk (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Signs India's ruling coalition is loosening its purse strings to shore up voter support as a political impasse points to early elections could jeopardise a target to reduce the federal fiscal deficit.
- Politics Is About Power (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The game may appear to be over in Karnataka, with the BJP withdrawing support to the JD(S). This ends a 20-month association that had propelled former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s son, HD Kumaraswamy, to the chief minister’s chair.
- So Far Ok But Long Political Logjam May Affect Karnataka Projects (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
While the political crisis in Karnataka may not immediately impact development projects in Bangalore or elsewhere, corporate leaders and bureaucrats are warning that a continued state of limbo in the government can start showing up.
- Tokenism: Politicisation Of The Ramzan Iftar (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Oct 08, 2007)
Most political parties conduct Iftar 'religiously' to impress Muslims that they are the ones who really care for them.
- Merit? What’S That? Class Still Rules Britain (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 08, 2007)
Figures show that social mobility in Britain has declined over the past decade and is behind other advanced nations.
- Officials’ Secret Acts (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Oct 08, 2007)
Why do civil servants have designations with the word ‘secretary’ in them? It is more than a British legacy.
- The Bangalore Reality Check (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 08, 2007)
The squalour of India always shocks me for the first few days after returning from some foreign land but this time, because Bangalore was the first Indian city I visited, the shock sent me reeling.
- Three Points On Basu Table (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Pranab Mukherjee this morning carried to Jyoti Basu’s house a three-point formula to break the nuclear deadlock, sources said.
- Soft Hands (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Oct 08, 2007)
Politics prefers soft hands. Why have Indian politicians suddenly started playing with knuckledusters? Democracy functions best when handled gently.
- Grease Palms And Govern (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Oct 08, 2007)
The Mayawati Government in Uttar Pradesh has sacked more than 10,000 policemen in September 2007 on the ground that their recruitment and selection process was not fair.
- In Craggy Country~i (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Television tickers nearer the date of 9/11 indicated Osama bin Laden’s possible change of address, to Chitral, in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan.
- Onion War Breaks Out In Cabinet (Asian Age, Harish Gupta, Oct 08, 2007)
A war of sorts has broken out over onions in the Union government. Union agriculture and food minister Sharad Pawar wants the export of onion to continue, but finance minister P. Chidambaram, more concerned with domestic inflation . . ..
- High On Good Intentions (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Oct 08, 2007)
The National Knowledge Commission has now released its summary report, primarily on higher education.
- Better Policing (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 06, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh highlighted the threat to internal security from naxalism, terrorism, and separatist violence on Thursday while addressing a conference of state police chiefs at Delhi.
- Mediaeval Way To Power (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 06, 2007)
TODAY Pakistan is in the grip of a war of succession between the army and the politicians.
- Malice In Blunderland? (Indian Express, T S R SUBRAMANIAN, Oct 06, 2007)
I was intrigued to know, via newspaper reports, that the CBI, which is prosecuting Maj Gen V.K. Singh (retd), had told the concerned court that it had not read his book. Presumably, the prosecution is for violation of the
- Benazir’S Faustian Bargain (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Oct 06, 2007)
Under tremendous pressure to coopt Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party in his political game-plan, Gen Pervez Musharraf has conceded to a major demand of Benazir by offering a National Reconciliation Ordinance which will provide indemnity . . . .
- Basu Jumps Buddha Gun (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Lalbazar has lived up to its crimson name and moved to Alimuddin Street without telling Writers’ Buildings.
- Courting A Fine Balance (Indian Express, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 06, 2007)
India is a live democracy, and it is the duty of every live democracy to encourage protest in all its forms. Tragically for India, the Supreme Court has declared the right to strike and to hold a bandh unconstitutional.
- Mush Signs Amnesty Deal (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Oct 06, 2007)
General Pervez Musharraf on Friday promulgated the "National Reconciliation Ordinance" to formalise the deal he cut with exiled premier Benazir Bhutto, ending all corruption cases against her and other politicians and bureaucrats who held public . . . .
- Mockery Of An Election (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Oct 06, 2007)
Musharraf is about to clear the last hurdle to complete legitimacy - a 'proper' election. But in the perception of the ordinary Pakistani, he would remain as tarnished as before
- Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow (Tribune, Girish Bhandari, Oct 06, 2007)
I saw it with a pang of sadness. The improvised, well, one can use the word “encroached upon the pavement” barber shop, where I had been having the periodical haircuts, had been felled by a municipal bulldozer.
- Internal Security Cause For Concern: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the internal security situation continued to “remain a cause of concern” and called on top police officials to pay equal attention to the concerns of ordinary citizens, in addition to combating the . . . .
- Comedy Of Errors (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 05, 2007)
This book, written by an Oxford don, is a howler-seeker’s delight. Turning to the bibliography, I found a reference to T. Roy, A Countryside in Revolt: Bulandshahr District, 1857.
- Winding Routes From The Roof Of The World (Telegraph, Chirosree Basu, Oct 05, 2007)
When Warren Hastings returned to England in 1785, there followed in tow two yaks.
- Oil Firms Look To Step Up Expenditure On Security (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
The impending threat of terrorist and naxal strikes on vital oil & gas installations looms large on domestic oil companies.
- Special Article (Statesman, Kishore Bhimani, Oct 05, 2007)
Let us not join the raucous recriminations currently echoing around the corridors of traditional cricket about whether 20/20 is a travesty of the game, a vulgar offshoot or indeed, an abomination.
- Waiting For Justice (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 05, 2007)
A Patna trial court has sentenced three former legislators, including a powerful ex-MP, to death and given life imprisonment to two others for leading and inciting a mob to lynch an IAS officer.
- Whose Game Is It? (Dawn, Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha, Oct 05, 2007)
SEPTEMBER 29 has been marked as another dark day in Pakistan’s history. It was a day when the state’s coercion was used against innocent journalists and lawyers.
- Given Death And Life In Jail, Who Are They Waving At And Why? (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Justice took 13 years to arrive but when it did, Uma Krishnaiah is more scared than satisfied.
- Death For Ex-Mp, 2 Others (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
A Patna sessions court today awarded death sentence to former member of Parliament Anand Mohan Singh along with former minister Akhlaq Ahmed and Prof Arun Kumar for inciting a mob leading to the lynching of a district magistrate nearly 13 years ago.
- We Love To Argue (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Oct 04, 2007)
Indians are an argumentative lot and feel a compulsive need to be aggressive.
- Death For Former Mp In Lynching Case (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Oct 04, 2007)
The Patna District and Sessions Court on Wednesday awarded capital punishment to a former MP and two former legislators for lynching Gopalganj District Magistrate G. Krishnaiah in Muzaffarpur district almost 13 years ago.
- Court: Register Fir Against Karunanidhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
A local court here asked the city police on Wednesday to register a first information report against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi for his reported remarks on Lord Rama and Valmiki, author of the Ramayana.
- For Bihar Dm’S Murder, A Former Mp Gets Death, His Wife A Life Term (Indian Express, J P Yadav, Oct 04, 2007)
Thirteen years after the murder of Gopalgunj District Magistrate G Krishnaiah, a Patna trial court today sentenced to death former MP Anand Mohan and two other politicians, former MLA Akhlaq Ahmad and Arun Kumar Singh.
- On The Footsteps Of Kumaraswamy... (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy was the most sought-after man on Tuesday as each move of his, every statement made by him was closely monitored not just by the media or his party workers but also by the BJP leaders, particularly, Deputy Chief . . . .
- Buddhadeb In Line Of Fire Over Death Of An It Pro (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Oct 04, 2007)
The probe over the death of an IT professional could be one more headache for Bhattacharya.
- K’Taka: Parties Weigh Options, Numbers Behind Closed Doors (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Oct 04, 2007)
After weeks of sparring, the BJP and JD(S) spent a quiet day on Wednesday as the stars deemed it an “inauspicious” day. But rumours have started doing the rounds that the Congress is looking to move in for the kill.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 04, 2007)
Incontrovertibly now, Kolkata’s Police Commissioner, Prasun Mukherjee, is under a cloud in the Rizwan-ur Rehman-Priyanka Todi matter.
- Against The Tide (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Oct 04, 2007)
GENERAL Musharraf’s legal and so-called democratic credentials may be poor but his probity for good governance is superior to that of his political opponents.
- Protecting Ipr (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 04, 2007)
The next corporate battle for supremacy will neither be on the streets of Bangalore nor Mumbai for market share, nor in Dalal Street or Wall Street for large sums of money on beneficial terms.
- ‘Most Corrupt Babu’ May Own More Assets (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
The number of properties owned by Akhand Pratap Singh, the former chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh, could well cross the list initially compiled by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
- Simply Shastri (Indian Express, R. VENKATARAMAN, Oct 03, 2007)
The day after Lal Bahadur Shastri’s birth anniversary, R. Venkataraman remembers the man who embodied the reassuring answer to a nation’s troubled question: ‘After Nehru, who?’
- Why Not Abolish It? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 03, 2007)
RELIGIOUS Affairs Minister Ejazul Haq’s disclosure on Monday that the government is considering privatising the Zakat distribution system reinforces the plea we have made in these columns that the government should wash its hands of the entire process.
- Unshaken It Stands (Dawn, Irshad Abdul Kadir, Oct 03, 2007)
POLITICAL analysts have been given, over, time to anticipating disruptive trends in the Pakistani political scenario with some measure of accuracy.
- Frown Jewels (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Binoo K. John’s thoroughly entertaining and informative book reminds us of the jewel we snatched from the British crown: the English language.
- Al Qaeda In The Ascendant (Dawn, Irshad Abdul Kadir, Oct 03, 2007)
POLITICAL analysts have been given, over, time to anticipating disruptive trends in the Pakistani political scenario with some measure of accuracy.
- Inmates Of Old-Age Home Yearn To Meet Family Members (Tribune, Tejinder Singh Sodhi, Oct 03, 2007)
With wrinkled face, tears in her eyes, body feeble and frail, hair white, if she could speak she might say, “I want to meet my son.” But the irony is that she was born dumb.
- Doonsbury (OutLook, Gautam Bhatia, Oct 03, 2007)
What do you get when writers, historians, actors, bureaucrats, and bibliophiles get together in an anthology? Other than an unhappy mix of confused writing, little else. That all of them are united by place—The Doon Valley—is good reason to play . . . .
- Government Yet To Appoint Army Dgst (Hindu, Ravi Sharma , Oct 03, 2007)
Though the Army may be feeling hard done by the proposed allocation of 156 additional senior-level posts between the three services, it has been unable to convince the bureaucracy even on an existing key appointment for almost nine months.
- Community Development Office To Reach Out To Nris (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
To provide a direct interface between the Indian government and NRIs in the US, a Community Development Officer (CDO) has been appointed in Washington by Ministry for Overseas Indian Affairs.
- India Asks Myanmar To Consider Probe Into Situation (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Taking a cautious stand on the developments in the neighbouring country of Myanmar, India on Tuesday urged the military regime of the country to “consider undertaking an inquiry into the recent incidents and use of forces” while expressing . . . .
- Housing’S Tough Challenge (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 01, 2007)
THE United Nations commemorates World Habitat Day on the first Monday of October every year, thus providing an opportunity to take stock of the housing and shelter situation and community issues across the globe.
- Other Voices - Indian Press (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 01, 2007)
THE Pakistan army’s top hierarchy evokes special interest even in ordinary times... In the present circumstances, promotions and reassignments in the army assume even more significance.
- Panchayat Kitchens, In Lieu Of Pds (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 01, 2007)
According to the Times of India (September 17, 2007), an estimated Rs 31,500 crore worth of grain has been siphoned out of the Public Distribution System in the past three years, with UP and West Bengal being the worst culprits.
- Road To Hell (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
The Ministry for Road and Surface Transport has proposed that driving licences -- currently issued for 10 or 20-year terms, depending on the type of vehicles being driven by the individual -- be renewed every year.
- Gambling For Public Funds (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 01, 2007)
Unfortunately, when you are close to a subject such as gambling, you are never too far from a moral slippery slope. The moral issues become stark when we see the impact of it among the poor who can ill-afford to spend their money gambling but seem . . . .
- Covers Off Sex-For-Job Scandal In Up Police (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Women applicants were sexually exploited by political leaders in exchange for jobs in Uttar Pradesh police, an inquiry committee has found.
- Basu’S Concession Card (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Jyoti Basu said today the CPM would wait for “concessions” from the UPA on the nuclear deal before taking the final decision on withdrawing support, drawing rare public expression of solidarity from his Bengal colleagues.
- Ap Parties In Poll Mode (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
It is raining poll promises in Andhra Pradesh. Sensing possibility of a snap poll, political parties are vying with one another to display competitive populism and holding out promises to lure voters.
- Wrong Target (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
THE Research and Analysis Wing has been in an unseemly flap ever since its former secretary, Major-General (retd) V.K. Singh, wrote a book critical of the agency.
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