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Articles 621 through 720 of 25647:
- Cbi Wanted Four Cops Probed (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The CBI informed the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that it had recommended disciplinary inquiry against four Delhi police officers who had failed to conduct proper investigation into the rape and murder of Priyadarshini Mattoo when the case was under them
- Development And Discontent (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Sep 28, 2006)
Michael Spence's words of praise for India's performance in increasing its gross domestic product (GDP) would no doubt thrill India Inc.
- Malegaon: Fractured Truths (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 27, 2006)
Weeks after the Malegaon terror strikes, the police struggle to determine the identity of the perpetrators.
- Dmk, Rjd Lock Horns Over New Nhai Chairman Choice (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, Sep 27, 2006)
The appointment of a new chairman for the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), after the retirement of Santosh Nautiyal on July 31 this year, has become a bone of contention between two allies in the UPA — RJD and Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK).
- Nepal Monarchy, Arms On Thursday Meeting Agenda (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Sep 27, 2006)
The status of monarchy and management of the Maoists’ “Peoples Liberation Army” are likely to dominate the meeting on Thursday in which top leaders of eight political parties and the Maoists are to participate.
- De-Recognising Schools Or Children? (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Sep 27, 2006)
If at all children attend schools regularly, it is in the non-government sector which provides an education of sorts.
- Nainital Conclave: Rediscovering The Party (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 27, 2006)
There is a realisation among Ministers that inputs from the Congress party need not be treated as irritants. Ideas and policies have to be necessarily synchronised with ground realities and electoral compulsions.
- Educating Netas (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 27, 2006)
It was back to school for senior party functionaries and chief ministers attending the seventh Congress chief ministers' conclave in Nainital.
- Let's Fine-Tune Quotas (Times of India, Yogendra Yadav, Sep 27, 2006)
Punjab was closed on August 4. The issue: Reservations. No, it was not Mandal, version I or II. This protest was against a few castes cornering the benefits of the existing SC reservations, and about ensuring that the most backward among Dalit . . .
- Mumbai Blasts: Flawed Justice (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 27, 2006)
A Mumbai court convicts some of the accused in the March 1993 serial bombings, but the key perpetrators are still safe in Pakistan.
- Gujarat Using Folk Dance Forms To Promote Tourism (Hindu, R. Sujatha, Sep 27, 2006)
An event involving many artists displays dance forms
Mega cultural event arranged at helipad near the residences of Governor and Chief Minister
About seven lakh people in tribal belts have benefited from the tourism initiative.
- Working On The French Connection (Pioneer, Seema Sarin, Sep 27, 2006)
India can look forward to enhanced nuclear cooperation with France once the Indo-US Agreement is through, says Seema Sarin
- Police Act Draft To Include Sc Suggestion (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
The proposed draft of the new Police Act, being finalised by the Police Act Drafting Committee (PADP) set up in September ’05, is likely to incorporate sweeping police reforms ordered by the Supreme Court recently.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 27, 2006)
It is customary when cornered to lash wildly in all directions. Pervez Musharraf is probably smart enough to understand that the clock is counting down the time for his carefully-crafted charade to conclude, hence his bid to present his side of the . . .
- `Integrated Approach Must To Take Technology From Laboratory . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Effective technology transfer from the laboratory to the market requires interaction between scientists, technologists, economists, sociologists, public administrators, entrepreneurs and customers.
- Lighting Up The Hills (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 27, 2006)
It is a dream come true for residents of at least 420 remote and mountainous villages in the border areas of Jammu and Kashmir, where the traditional watermills (gharats) have started generating electricity to light bulbs in the households.
- Munnabhai Has Come To Our Rescue (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 27, 2006)
Lage Raho Munnabhai has received so much acclaim for proving the power of sequels and for its rediscovery of Gandhi that another radical aspect has got overlooked. It comes in a sub-plot that helps trigger the films denouement and concerns a . . .
- Priorities (The Financial Express, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 27, 2006)
Power can mean a lot. A senior politician from a hill region in South India was conspicuous by his absence at a national meeting concerning the plantation sector, though he’d promised to come as the guest of honour. Instead, he had rushed to . . .
- Conglomerate Slums (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 26, 2006)
The court should help regulate illegal structures.
- The Nature Of Hope (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 26, 2006)
For those who came in late: the prime minister’s decision to extend B K Chaturvedi’s tenure as cabinet secretary had scotched the chances (and expectations) of two entire batches of senior bureaucrats.
- 'Manmohan Singh's Sincerity Withering Away' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf says that he is still waiting for the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's "outside the box" solution on Jammu and Kashmir.
- To Achieve A Turnaround In Bihar (Business Line, Shaibal Gupta, Sep 26, 2006)
Historical disadvantages, limited post-Independence development strategies, and the vivisection of the State, have crippled the public financial and economic structure of Bihar.
- Musharraf Airs Doubt Over Singh In Memoir (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
In a book released just over week after agreeing with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resume a stalled peace process, Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf described his fears that the Indian leader had fallen under the influence of New Delhi's old guard
- President’S Autobiography (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 26, 2006)
The much hyped In the Line of Fire, President Pervez Musharraf's memoirs, could well go down in the Guinness Book of Records for many 'firsts' which it appears set to achieve.
- Be Ready For Fight, Chautala Tells Partymen (Tribune, Raman Mohan, Sep 26, 2006)
Former Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala staged a dramatic return to state’s politics at a massive rally organised by the Indian National Lok Dal here today.
- Search For Excellence (Times of India, RAVINDER KAUR, Sep 26, 2006)
The proposal to increase the number of seats in the IITs brings into focus a major problem: Shortage of faculty. The reported shortage at present is 850 teachers or 20 per cent. If OBC reservations are to be introduced at one go or even in a staggered . .
- Cool It (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 26, 2006)
New signs of strain have surfaced in the Washington-Islamabad relationship. General Musharraf has revealed that the US threatened to bomb Pakistan into the Stone Age soon after 9/11, while President Bush declared at a press conference that Washington . .
- On The Right Track (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 26, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi has yet again shown that she is in control of her party and of the direction that the UPA must take in policy matters.
- Ex-Wto Boss Supachai To Be New Thai Pm - Papers (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Former World Trade Organisation (WTO) head Supachai Panitchpakdi has tentatively accepted an invitation from Thailand's new military rulers to be interim Prime Minister, newspapers said on Tuesday.
- Musharraf Book Says Manmohan Singh’S Sincerity Ebbing Away (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Sep 26, 2006)
In unusually frank words used by a serving head of state for an incumbent head of government, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that the initial sign of sincerity and flexibility that he sensed in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seems to . . .
- Farooq, Naidu, Badal May Attend Inld Rally (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The INLD is likely to launch a major offensive against the Hooda government at the “samman divas” rally in Rohtak on September 25 where party chief Om Prakash Chautala will make his first public appearance after spending nearly six months abroad . . .
- "If We Compromise On Competitiveness, We Can't Be A . . . (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Sep 25, 2006)
PresidentA.P.J. Abdul Kalamremains conscious that he is also a teacher and a scientist. Above all, he is a person who loves to make others happy. Excerpts from an interview he gave toThe Hindu:
- Those Terrible Twins (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Sep 25, 2006)
“I am afraid that with Jaroslaw Kaczynski as prime minister, Poland will become more extreme, more anti-European and a more xenophobic country”, warned Bronislaw Komorowski, a member of the opposition Civic Platform party, when the . . .
- Passing The Buck Around (Telegraph, SOMAK GHOSHAL, Sep 25, 2006)
Releasing a cargo from the Calcutta Customs and Port Trust involves dealing with corruption in different forms
- Hide The Gap (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 25, 2006)
Corruption and inefficiency in India are crippling hundreds of children in the country and in the rest of the world. So far, the shameful rebuke, from the United Nations and the World Health Organization to India’s health bureaucrats, for . . .
- Hot And Cold In The Same Breath (Business Standard, Bibek Debroy, Sep 25, 2006)
Sensible suggestions made by the Working Group on Land Relations in various areas have been undermined by those in others.
- Deprivation Of Rights Linked To Terrorist Acts: Former Judge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Former Judge of Mumbai High Court, H. Suresh, has said that deprivation of human rights was the cause for terrorist acts by some persons in the country.
- Unshackling Police (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 25, 2006)
The Supreme Court (SC) has struck a decisive blow for good and effective governance by its order on a public interest litigation telling the political executive at the Centre and the States in effect, "Hands off the police"! It has, thereby . . .
- Cops And Rubber Stamps (Indian Express, K P S Gill, Sep 25, 2006)
In recent months we have seen increasing focus on a succession of internal security crises. These have brought, sometimes sympathetic, attention to bear upon the capacities of the police force, and the conditions under which they work, over the past . . .
- Why Exclude Army From Security-Think? (Indian Express, Vijay Oberoi, Sep 25, 2006)
Let me start this piece with a statement that is certain to earn the ire of all military leaders of India.
- Muddled Thinking About Language (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Sep 25, 2006)
The Karnataka Government has just announced that it has shot itself in the foot.
- Sonia Rules Out Deputy Pm (Asian Age, Venkatesh Kesari , Sep 25, 2006)
Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi made it crystal clear here on Sunday that there would be no deputy prime minister in the UPA government.
- Glass Houses Are Fragile (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Sep 25, 2006)
RTI has emerged as an effective tool to make governance transparent but it is misused by contractors and bidders. There should be a limit to complaints or else it will affect bureaucratic decision-making
- Pm Warns Of Terror Strikes, Asks Cms To Tone Up Intelligence (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
A grim warning about "further intensification" of terrorist attacks involving greater use of fidayeen elements to target religious, economic and other "sensitive objects" was the centrepoint of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address to the . . .
- Polio Botch-Up Blame At Delhi Door (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Sep 24, 2006)
India’s health bureaucracy ignored scientific advice about flaws in the polio immunisation programme for nearly 20 years and suppressed research that might have led to faster eradication, doctors have said.
- Secular Ideology Will Stay, Says Kumaraswamy (Hindu, PARVATHI MENON, Sep 24, 2006)
Coordination panel to discuss contentious issues
Belgaum session will focus on Maharashtra's claims over some border areas
The Government will announce a rural development scheme on October 2
- Crusader For Change (Hindu, ANJANA RAJAN, Sep 24, 2006)
Arvind Kejriwal, Magsaysay award winner, on the RTI Act and his fight against corruption.
- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Sep 24, 2006)
While Orissa exemplifies good governance, elsewhere the rulers are busy exploiting the nation
- Funding E-Access (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 24, 2006)
Get on with it. And never forget this is only a tool for the real thing. The reference is to the Union Cabinet’s formal approval to the earlier-announced plan for one lakh ‘common service centres’ in rural areas as part of the new National . . .
- Kargil Boosted Kashmir Cause: Opposing Us Would Be Disastrous, Says Musharraf In Book (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf’s yet-to-be-released book — In the Line of Fire — has painted a bleak picture for Pakistan had it not joined the United States in the war on terrorism and says that the 1999 Kargil standoff with India boosted the cause . . .
- Military Rule: Then And Now (Dawn, Zafar Iqbal, Sep 24, 2006)
There is a great deal of clamour that General Musharraf should remove his uniform.
- A General Intent On Staying On, Come What May (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Among other things, this self-congratulatory book stands l'affaire Kargil on its head and presents an over-the-top reading of what propels India-Pakistan relations.
- Economy Is Vital (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 23, 2006)
If Israel pursues the path of confrontation, the price paid by the Palestinian economy can only mount.
- Navaratri Music Festival At Nilambur (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The Veettikuthu Samskarika Nilayam and Sivaranjini Sangeetha Sabha here will jointly celebrate the Navaratri festival with a 10-day music fete.
- Tougher Than They Thought (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 23, 2006)
According to an apocryphal account, a Taliban preacher told his Friday congregation soon after the American invasion of Afghanistan:
- Reckless Breeding Must Stop (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 23, 2006)
There must be times when you get seriously worried over the state of affairs in our country and think, if you could help in changing them for the better, what would you do? I think it is the duty of every citizen to ponder over questions like why . . .
- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Sep 23, 2006)
While Orissa exemplifies good governance, elsewhere the rulers are busy exploiting the nation
- World Body Report Flays Islamabad For Repressing Democracy In . . . (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Sep 23, 2006)
The Pakistani Government has come under sharp criticism from a world body for repressing democratic freedoms, muzzling the press and practising routine torture in Pakistan-occupied- Kashmir (PoK).
- Funding E-Access (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 23, 2006)
Get on with it. And never forget this is only a tool for the real thing. The reference is to the Union Cabinet’s formal approval to the earlier-announced plan for one lakh ‘common service centres’ in rural areas as part of the new National . . .
- Grist For The 'Degree Mills' (News International, Praful Bidwai, Sep 23, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- A Night In Dera Bugti (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 23, 2006)
A decent funeral was not permitted to an honourable man who died a brave death in the Bambore Hills. The empire played no dirge at the death of a Baloch Sardar.
- Incubator Of Islamist Terror? (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Sep 22, 2006)
Will the charade of democracy survive in the Islamic Republic of Bangladesh?
- We Are The Law (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Just how brazen politicians can get is demonstrated by Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy’s statement, in the wake of demonstrations against the sealing of illegal buildings in the Capital turned violent and resulted in three deaths on Wednesday.
- Muscular Japan (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 22, 2006)
The election of Shinzo Abe as the new leader of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (and therefore as the next Prime Minister) was a foregone conclusion. Although he has held only one political office, of chief cabinet . . .
- Saving Delhi (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 22, 2006)
The violence that occurred during Wednesday's bandh called by traders in Delhi, resulting in the death of three persons, including a child and a teenager, could have been avoided if authority had been more alert to the simmering anger over . . .
- Coalition Dharma In Karnataka (Hindu, PARVATHI MENON, Sep 22, 2006)
What is it that cements the alliance between the Janata Dal (Secular) and the BJP?
- Manmohan Not Keen To Push For Joint Anti-Terror Mechanism (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The joint anti-terror mechanism agreed to between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President General Musharraf may come a cropper even before it takes off.
- Urban Plight (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The reprehensible violence during a traders'bandh in the capital on Wednesday symbolises a crisis of governance that is evident in most of our cities.
- Crossing The English Channel (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Sep 22, 2006)
National language or not, I guess more than half our readers will require a translation, so here it is: “If you speak a hodgepodge lingo, you will receive a hodgepodge reply.”
- All Things Rotten (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 22, 2006)
It is a Delhi phenomenon, one that is in the news, but symptomatic of the appalling urban planning, norms and regulations across urban India.
- President Kalam Leaves For Tamil Nadu (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
President APJ Abdul Kalam left Thiruvananthapuram on Friday morning for Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu after an overnight visit to the state capital.
- Basic Human Values (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 22, 2006)
In this age of relentless pursuit of material success, human values are the commonest casualty.
- Rural Policing: First Line Of Defence (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Sep 22, 2006)
Director General J K Sinha of the Central Reserve Police Force recently suggested that strong rural policing would suitably tackle the escalating Naxalite threat engulfing the country.
- Right To Education To Be A Reality By 2007: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has said right to education would be a reality by 2007. He had given assent to the Bill seeking to make education free and compulsory to children up to the age of 14.
- Moily Blames Weak Governance For Spread Of Naxalism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Calls for multi-pronged strategy to deal with the menace
- The Probability Game (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 21, 2006)
Around 1997, I got an interesting opportunity to work in an expert group appointed by the ministry of human resource development.
- Sing Hymns To The Goddess Of Prosperity (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Sep 21, 2006)
Despite its reservations about religious festivals, the leftist government in Bengal should look at Durga Puja more pragmatically for the funds it may bring in, writes Sumanta Sen
- Nightmare Of Kubla Khan (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 21, 2006)
The India Islamic Culture Centre is nothing more than a symbol of cynical opportunism
- Give The Devil His Due (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 21, 2006)
Just offering lucrative deals and concessions on tariff for loading will not improve railways earnings but it requires intensive marketing, says RC Acharya.
- Thai Alert (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 21, 2006)
It is a measure of the division that has emerged in the Thai polity that many in Bangkok welcomed the military coup that appears to have toppled the elected government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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