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Articles 521 through 620 of 25647:
- Dangerous Precedent (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 07, 2006)
Populism is permanent. It is the first article of the Indian politicians’ creed, and also their last resort.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 06, 2006)
Welcome indeed would be the setting in motion a system of regular meetings to ensure that defence modernisation remains on a presumed fast-track, yet it is truly curious that the Cabinet Secretary was required to call a high level interaction to get . . .
- Rehab Deal For Farmers Won’T Stem Suicides (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Oct 06, 2006)
The fundamental issues that have for long fettered the agriculture sector need to be addressed
- Beyond The Files (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had heard so much about Sanjay Dutt’s ‘Gandhigiri’ that he couldn’t avoid referring to it in one of his recent addresses in South Africa.
- Corruption In Quake Victims’ Rehabilitation (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
ONE must be horrified by Oxfam’s report that corruption is holding up the rehabilitation of the survivors of last year’s devastating earthquake in Azad Kashmir and the NWFP.
- Disease In The Polity (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 06, 2006)
Dengue and Chikunguniya are as dreaded today as tuberculosis and polio, small pox and malaria were in the not-so-distant past.
- Tailored Truths (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 06, 2006)
General Pervez Musharraf has not got his autobiography ghost-written for posterity. It is meant for a specific contemporary audience in the United States of America and in the West.
- Reputation Risk (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 06, 2006)
Every year, the Berlin-based Transparency International comes out with various survey-based reports ranking the different countries on a corruption scale.
- Runners Vs Travellers (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Oct 06, 2006)
After retirement, civll servants often find a sinecure. If they can in such positions take orders from juniors, then why the compunction about doing so when in regular service?
- Crisis Continuing (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Almost one year on, the situation remains grim for the survivors of the Oct. 9 earthquake in Azad Kashmir and NWFP.
- Aiadmk Candidates Seek Protection (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Candidates of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and its ally Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, contesting the local body polls, submitted a petition to Greater Chennai City Commissioner of Police, Letika Saran, seeking adequate . . .
- Can A Slum Become A World Class Township? (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Oct 06, 2006)
What is the motive for a new slum redevelopment plan for Dharavi? Will people like the potter and the cobbler be given their due?
- Indian Writing As Rich As Europe’S, Says Vikram Seth (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 05, 2006)
Vikram Seth doesn’t care to listen to critics who accuse him of selling out for writing in English despite being one of India’s most celebrated living authors and an unofficial ambassador for Indian literature.
- ‘The Un Offers An Alternative, Not A Panacea’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 05, 2006)
Ban Ki-Moon has been Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea since January 2004. He has won the most number of votes in the crucial straw poll for the post of the next UN secretary-general.
- India Reviews Pakistan's Military Capabilities (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
The strategic environment in the Indian sub-continent and the military capabilities of neighbours like Pakistan were reviewed here on Wednesday by a panel headed by Cabinet Secretary BK Chaturvedi.
- Who Owns The Police Reform Agenda? (Indian Express, Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Oct 05, 2006)
A galaxy of prominent retired police officers have shared their views on the recent Supreme Court judgment on police reforms in these columns. K.P.S.
- Pm’S Grandsons Hit By Dengue (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Oct 05, 2006)
The dengue-causing Aedes Egypti mosquito has landed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s son-in-law and grandsons at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
- Vendetta Politics Is Harming Punjab (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Oct 05, 2006)
Of late, feudal instincts have started dominating Punjab politics which had remained almost free from the “eye for an eye” political culture, witnessed in other states such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and even neighbouring Haryana, till the late 90s.
- Shadow Of Dengue On Pm Family (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
Two grandsons of the Prime Minister have been admitted to the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences with suspected dengue.
- Court Martial (Tribune, Brig Harwant Singh, Oct 05, 2006)
I was posted as Brigade Major (BM), of an artillery brigade at Kaluchak near Jammu in 1974 and was to be “Officer Commanding” of all Other Ranks of the Brigade Headquarters.
- Rewarding Psu Chiefs (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 05, 2006)
The government’s proposal to sanction an annual bonus to the heads of all public sector banks (FE, Oct 4) is way overdue.
- As Delhi Toll Climbs To 14, Three From Pm’S Family Admitted With Dengue Symptoms (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
As the dengue death count in Delhi touched 14 with three more persons succumbing in the last 24 hours, the scare even gripped the Prime Minister’s family with two of his grandchildren and a son-in-law being admitted to the All India Institute of . . .
- Nationalism Vs Globalisation (Daily Excelsior, S. Ranjan, Oct 03, 2006)
We are told day in and day out that India has become the chief destination for foreign investment.
- India Escalates Pak Bashing (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 03, 2006)
Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon has said that Pakistan ‘will’ be provided evidence of ISI’s involvement in the Mumbai trains bomb blasts.
- Fratricide In Gaza (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 03, 2006)
ANY pretext is good enough for Israel to send its troops into Gaza. This time the excuse was provided by the Palestinians as Hamas forces clashed with civil servants demanding wages.
- Urban Chaos And Official Apathy (Business Standard, M GOVINDA RAO, Oct 03, 2006)
Even when we focus only on fiscal issues, there are a variety of structural problems.
- No Sarkari Education ! (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Oct 03, 2006)
Some leading educationists believe that the role of government in the field of education should be minimal.
- Leopard In Rajouri (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 03, 2006)
Very rightly the official website of Rajouri district seeks the creation of wildlife parks and preserves. It does well to discuss in detail the presence of rare birds and animals in the district.
- Of Indian Bureaucracy From Far And Wide (The Financial Express, Subhash Agrawal, Oct 03, 2006)
The plethora of mindless rules is a big barrier to progressive change and the way others see us
- Isi Mark (OutLook, B. Raman , Oct 03, 2006)
The Mumbai Police naturally did not share with the media the details of the evidence regarding the ISI involvement collected by them.
- The Evil That We Live With (Pioneer, BULBUL ROY MISHRA, Oct 03, 2006)
Why is it that instead of reining in crime, our social and political leaders readily resort to the 'root cause theory', asks Bulbul Roy Mishra
- Q&a: 'Bombard The Government With Rti Queries' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 03, 2006)
For the last three years, Shailesh Gandhi, 59, has been spreading awareness about Right to Information (RTI) Act across Maharashtra.
- Abe And Japan's Moment Of Choice (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 03, 2006)
The new Prime Minister has a challenging task if he wants to reshape his country as a post-modern state.
- Big Fight: Tharoor Concedes, Ban To Be Next Un Chief (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Oct 03, 2006)
South Korea's Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon will be the next United Nations Secretary General.
- Politics And Postures In The Heartland (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Oct 03, 2006)
Madhya Pradesh Governor Balram Jakhar used an apt phrase to characterise the Madhya Pradesh government’s lifting of the ban on government employees joining the RSS.
- Not In The Holmes League (Hindu, PARTHA CHATTERJEE , Oct 03, 2006)
Saradindu Bandyopadhyay's detective stories may seem tame, even naïve, to those familiar with other such stories.
- Kofi Annan’S Successor Soon (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 03, 2006)
A final straw poll will be held at the United Nations in New York on Monday to determine a likely successor to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
- Shame! (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 03, 2006)
A doctor belonging to that premier medical institute, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), died of dengue last week.
- Spirited Move (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 03, 2006)
Governments and politicians in India are known to use religion for narrow, sectarian purposes.
- Shahid Malik New Envoy To India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
Pakistan on Friday announced the appointment of a new ambassador to its neighbouring rival, India.
- More Than Friends (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Sep 30, 2006)
Mulayam Singh Yadav owes the public an explanation over his growing intimacy with George Fernandes.
- Plotting A Future (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Sep 30, 2006)
This newspaper has been looking at the serious issues of land and water scarcity. Apart from my commentaries on these pages, I have dealt with these issues in lectures and academic contributions.
- South Korean Leads Race For Un Secretary General’S Post (Deccan Herald, COLUM LYNCH, Sep 30, 2006)
The leading candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, South Korea’s minister of foreign affairs and trade, has at least one potential advantage over his rivals in the election race for the world’s top . . .
- Gandhi’S Way Won’T Do (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 30, 2006)
Rajkumar Hirani in his film “Lage Raho Munnabhai”, a sequel to “Munnabhai MBBS”, took up Gandhi and Gandhism and gave it an attractive makeover, making it . . .
- Is The Message Lost In The Medium? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 30, 2006)
Having got himself a breather, Mr Horatti will do well to discuss with the experts on how to take forward the education policy, which meets the concerns of both the medium and the message.
- Netas Score Low In Test Of Tech Savvy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
This is the era of e-governance. It has taken deep roots even in rural Karnataka, thanks to the “Bhoomi” project providing computerised copies of land records. The State government has now launched ‘Nemmadi’, an ...
- A Force To Reckon With (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2006)
That’s what the Supreme Court order on police reforms aims at: a law-enforcing system which, insulated from the political class, will be able to serve the public and win its trust and respect.
- $43 Billion City Near Karachi (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 29, 2006)
The meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabi net (ECC), held on Wednesday, was highly productive in the sense that it took several decisions of far-reaching import.
- Msmed Act — Law With Large Impact (Business Line, Manasi Phadke, Sep 29, 2006)
The new MSMED Act can do more by providing SMEs with the most powerful tool: Regional information, data and value-added knowledge.
- My Friend Dilip, The Cable Operator (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 29, 2006)
One day, back in the Bad Old 1980s, Dilip, a young man from our neighbourhood in Bombay, knocked on the door of my apartment with an intriguing proposition: did I want to watch movies round the clock for less than fifty rupees a month?
- Indian Developers Queue For Ipos, Foreign Funds (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Tens, and even hundreds, of Indian developers are lining up to raise funds through initial public offerings in an attempt to ramp up construction to fill an estimated shortfall of 20 million homes.
- Still In Pain (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 29, 2006)
It is one year on from that devastating earthquake that shocked everyone, caused unimaginable trauma, and at the same time brought out the best demonstration of civic responsibility within the Pakistani public.
- Corn: The Plastic Alternative (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Sep 29, 2006)
The sustained campaign against petroleum-based plastics has made manufacturers in the US look at new, renewable raw materials for a range of everyday items. Plastic made from corn derivatives is one such material that is generating widespread interest.
- Pain Of Death In Moscow (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 29, 2006)
It is more or less understandable why revenge was taken on the first deputy chairman of Russia's Central Bank, one of the architects of the country's banking system:
- Pakistan's Gambit (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 29, 2006)
On the face of it, there can be nothing objectionable about Pakistan relaxing its visa regime for tourists from India and 23 other countries.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 29, 2006)
The continuing war of words between New Delhi and Islamabad ~ even if diplomats prefer to describe the sniping as “clarifications” ~ over the scope and role of the proposed joint mechanism on terrorism has rendered it a virtual non-starter.
- Towards Police Reforms (Tribune, B.G. Verghese for and Sanjay Sangvai , Sep 29, 2006)
The Supreme Court has struck a major blow for democracy and freedom by decreeing that long pending and widely endorsed police reforms shall be implemented forthwith and that the directions given in this regard to the Union Government shall be . . .
- Pm Opposes Tax Sops, Incentives To Industry (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today cautioned States against offering unsustainable tax sops and incentives for industrial projects, saying that "jury is still out on whether these policies really promote industrial growth".
- 5 Acquitted In Blasts Blow To Cbi (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Five grateful men walked free from special judge Pramod Kode’s court today in a verdict seen as the first major setback for the prosecution in the 1993 serial blasts case.
- The Business Of War (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 29, 2006)
In mid-May, 1999, the Indian Army discovered that a large number of infiltrators had seeped into India’s side of the border from Pakistan.
- Thank God We Are Acquitted, Say 1993 Mumbai Blast Accused (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
For the first time since the special TADA Court stated to deliver its judgment in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case, five accused who were acquitted for lack of evidence thanked the Judge Pramod D Kode profusely and relieved at the verdict . . .
- 5 Acquitted In 1993 Blasts Case (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
The special court constituted under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA) today acquitted five persons charged with conspiracy in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case. One person was, however, found guilty.
- Faling Revolution (Daily Excelsior, Jayant Muralidharan, Sep 29, 2006)
What is today described as "Naxalism" in Andhra Pradesh actually began as a Communist-led, Marxism-oriented peasant movement in Telengana in 1944. This Telengana movement was the outcome of a strained social fabric and an iniquitous . . .
- Chaturvedi Calls For Probity And Ethics In Public Life (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Sep 29, 2006)
`Bureaucracy has to be immunised from politicisation' .
- The Gunner’S Glorious History (Deccan Herald, Gopal K. Piplani, Sep 29, 2006)
The guns are their colours and they are their rallying point too.
- ‘93 Blasts: 5 Acquitted Due To ‘Weak Evidence’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
One of those acquitted on Thursday, Abdul Aziz Abdul Kader, being frisked by policemen. In a setback to the prosecution, the TADA court acquitted five accused in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case who were charged with heading for arms training to . . .
- Lost Opportunity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 29, 2006)
The successful holding of a legislature session at Belgaum — the first one to be held outside Bangalore in 50 years — is no doubt a feather in the cap of the BJP-JD(S) coalition government.
- Defending The Right To Know (Frontline, Sowmya Kerbart Sivakumar, Sep 28, 2006)
Public pressure has prevented the government from implementing retrogressive amendments to the Right to Information Act.
- Coup In Bangkok (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Sep 28, 2006)
Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is ousted in absentia in a bloodless coup.
- Laptop For Every Child (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Sep 28, 2006)
Instead of making tall claims and announcing new schemes Government should focus on compulsory primary education, says JS Rajput
- Cbi Enquiry A Diversionary Tactic: Naidu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said the Chief Minister had ordered a CBI inquiry into change in Outer Ring Road (ORR) alignment to buy time, dilute the issue and divert people's attention.
- Autonomy Row (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Sep 28, 2006)
The move to grant autonomy to JIPMER raises fears that the poor will no longer benefit from the Institute's services.
- Rs. 5 Crore For Development Of Kemmanagundi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
It has been planned to construct a hotel of international standards at Kemmanagundi, situated on the Bababudan range at a height of 1,434 m., in Chikmagalur district.
- Unique Struggle (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
This examination of the freedom struggle in Assam is an intense work based on solid research.
- Over To Koda (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Sep 28, 2006)
It may not be long before the Madhu Koda Ministry in Jharkhand meets the fate of the ones that preceded it in the past six years.
- The Cag Report (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The CAG's latest report indicts the NDA government's disinvestment exercise which resulted in grave losses to the exchequer.
- The Captain Sank This Ship (Indian Express, Manpreet Badal, Sep 28, 2006)
As a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly for the last 11 years and a Punjabi pained by the accelerated administrative downfall in Punjab in the last four and a half years, I have been an anguished spectator as my state has been systematically . . .
- What Clinton Didn’T Do. . . (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 28, 2006)
Bill Clinton's outburst on Fox News was something of a public service, launching a debate about the antiterror policies of his administration.
- One More ‘Dazzler’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 28, 2006)
All the three main foreign trade targets — export, import and trade deficit — announced for the current year on Monday appear to be largely unrealistic.
- Beyond Politics (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 28, 2006)
In New Delhi, the special investigation team (SIT) is about to wrap up its report on the omissions and commissions of the police team that investigated the Jessica Lal murder case.
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