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Articles 1321 through 1420 of 25647:
- Corporation Council Accuses Centre Of Scuttling Vizhinjam Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Chinese companies cannot be considered a security threat'
- Great Past, Sorry Present, Uncertain Future (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 12, 2006)
Sridhar K Chari visits the famous medical institutions of Amritsar and finds that they are far from what they used to be and are now struggling on a life-support system
- Managing The Peace (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Aug 12, 2006)
The Maoists will not give up their absolute control over all 75 districts of Nepal. Yet they want peace ----- Let everybody be clear - we'll never surrender our arms - Baburam Bhattarai alias Mukti Manab, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist . . .
- The Lifeline Of Maoist Violence (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 12, 2006)
In 2002, a former Maoist district commander estimated that the Maoists needed Rs 10 million every month to keep the war going. A halt to their available methods of garnering finance would result in dismantling their militia ----
- Sea Change In The Fee Concept (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 12, 2006)
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck speaks of `pleading for a lover's fee' and asks Oberon, `Shall we their fond pageant see?' A recent case before the apex court was about rice mills' plea that the taxman see the difference between cess and fee.
- U.S. Embassy Warns Of Terrorist Attacks In India (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Aug 12, 2006)
The U.S. embassy in India warned American citizens on Friday of possible attacks by al Qaeda in or around New Delhi and Mumbai in the run-up to the Independence Day celebrations next week.
- Lhasa: Old Myth And New Reality (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 11, 2006)
When the mystical and exotic Lhasa became earth under the feet, there was slight disappointment.
- Casual Approach To Terrorism (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Aug 11, 2006)
SINCE some excellent ideas on how to combat the great and growing menace of terrorism — spelled out by noted experts, some of whom have spent a lifetime dealing with internal security, at a meeting in New Delhi over a week ago — have gone . . .
- Good Out Of The Bad (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 11, 2006)
The only silver lining, if one is possible, to the Natwar Singh farce is that the prime minister and Sonia Gandhi will have to come together as proactive leaders of both the government and the party.
- Education: An Empty Dream (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 11, 2006)
Without the education bill underprivileged children will be affected
- Tackling Terrorism (OutLook, KPS Gill, Aug 11, 2006)
There is a need to keep our sense of outrage alive and to work on a daily basis to communicate this outrage to the political leadership, but equally important is greater vigilance, cooperation with enforcement agencies, and a determination not . . .
- The Gathering Storm (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 11, 2006)
Despite Natwar Singh's flip-flops, problems of the UPA are far from over, particularly with an aggressive Left with an eye on the main chance . . .
- Understand The Jihadi Mindset (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Aug 11, 2006)
What is the link between Kashmir, Iraq, Chechnya, Afghanistan and West Asia?
- There's Much More To It (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Kashi is not simply about its temples
- Tdp Regaining Political Space (Daily Excelsior, Jayant Muralidharan, Aug 11, 2006)
Is Telugu Desam supremo Nara Chandrababu Naidu gradually returning to the centrestage in Andhra Pradesh?
- Top Defence Slots (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 11, 2006)
It is imperative that the defence minister initiates immediate action to thwart any snowballing of controversy over the appointment of the next Chief of the Air Staff, the seeds of which appear to have been, sadly, sown.
- Reckless Vendetta (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Aug 11, 2006)
Justice RS Pathak Authority into the Iraq ‘food for oil’ issue has acted in record time to clear the Congress party and Sonia Gandhi and indicts Natwar Singh and now we will have three government agencies who will use every method possible to . . .
- Dammed For A Deluge? (The Financial Express, HIMANSHU THAKKAR, Aug 11, 2006)
It is the water released from dams that has led to floods in some states
- Paradox Of A ‘Command-Market’ Economy (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Aug 11, 2006)
Pushing a billion people into a different growth path is a matter of scale, which only governments can provide. China scores over India, whose politicians and bureaucrats blame the . . .
- Nepal Dispute Ends As Govt Blinks First (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 10, 2006)
The festering dispute between Nepal’s seven-party government and the Maoists over decommissioning the guerrilla soldiers that aggravated this week after Prime Minister Koirala championed accommodating King Gyanendra in the future political system, . . .
- Some Vesting Issues In Share-Based Payments (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Aug 10, 2006)
International Financial Reporting Standard 2 mandates measuring the cost of the scheme at fair value and amortising it over the vesting period.
- Nepal Set To Give Partial Draft Of Constitution (Asian Age, BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Aug 10, 2006)
A committee drafting an interim Constitution for Nepal was set on Wednesday to present its first draft, more than a month behind schedule and missing key components, an official said.
- Tharoor Has A Long Way To Go (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 10, 2006)
Among the many myths that have landed India in deep diplomatic embarrassment in the past are myths about so-called “solidarity of the nonaligned and developing countries” and the belief . . .
- No Money Flowed From Taj Corridor Scam To Mayawati: Cbi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The CBI on Monday told the Supreme Court that there was no evidence to link the Taj Heritage Corridor scam case with the disproportionate assets (DA) case against former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and the investigation in both cases was over.
- Waste Plastic For Road Construction On Trial (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Next time you throw away your plastic carry bag, you may be paving the way for the road to walk on, leading to ecology protection.
- ‘Sex Scam’ Accused Dysp Had Info Of Mumbai Blasts (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Aug 10, 2006)
A junior Police official, handling counter-intelligence in Jammu & Kashmir Police, had warned the State Government on June 14th about the Mumbai serial blasts that left nearly 200 people dead and hundreds wounded on July 11th.
- Tharoor And That Uneasy Feeling (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Aug 10, 2006)
Among the many myths that have caused diplomatic embarrassment to India in the past are myths about so-called solidarity of the non-aligned and developing countries and the belief that just because we have supported Arab and African causes in the . . .
- Ministreal Incompetence (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 10, 2006)
These columns on November 6 were the first to call for Natwar Singh’s resignation as Foreign Minister.
- Nepal Arms Row Ends (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 10, 2006)
The festering dispute between Nepal’s seven-party government and the Maoists over decommissioning the guerilla soldiers, that aggravated this week, after Prime Minister Mr Koirala championed accommodating King Gyanendra in the future political . . .
- Theatrical Vision (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 10, 2006)
Plan panel's dancing at whose tunes?----- The delectable bit of news emanating from the Planning Commission is that it has . . .
- Retreat In The Face Of Extremism? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 10, 2006)
The ruling PML had a case of cold feet at the National Assembly on Tuesday while trying to pass an amendment to the Hudood Ordinance by a simple majority.
- Indian Floods Worsen, 4.5 Mln People Homeless (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Swollen rivers swamped thousands of villages and towns across India's south and west on Wednesday, forcing 4.5 million from their homes as rescuers struggled to bring them food and drinking water, officials said.
- Breaking The Code (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Aug 09, 2006)
It is a sad commentary on the state of strategic thinking in India that in all the discourse in parliament and outside about Jaswant Singh’s new book, A Call to Honour, the author’s message was lost, and . . .
- Police Goes Berserk (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2006)
The Chandigarh police disgraced itself when it teargassed and lathi-charged protesting jobless youth on Monday. One thought years of experience in handling demonstrations, so frequent at the city’s Matka Chowk, would have taught the police tact and . . .
- Privileges Of A Breach (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
The most recent drama enacted in Parliament, with former foreign ministers from Rajasthan at the centrestage, must have left ordinary citizens from that beautiful state, extremely uneasy.
- Affirmative Action Is It Ok To Ask Banks To Relook The Interest Hike? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 09, 2006)
Government intervention in higher education through reservation has been debated with a keenness that is to be expected of any policy that has redistributive effects.
- Anti-Corruption Drive Being Subverted (Tribune, Raman Mohan, Aug 09, 2006)
Guess who is trying to subvert Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s hugely popular anti-corruption campaign? It may sound unbelievable but the answer is that several police and civil officers are the culprits.
- Godavari Recedes, No Respite From Floods (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
High tide in Bay adds to flood fury; 350 Konaseema villages marooned
- Pre-'53 Status For Kashmir? (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Aug 09, 2006)
The UPA Government is reported to have submitted a 'non-paper' for Gen Musharraf's consideration, offering to roll back Jammu & Kashmir's integration with India ----
- When Gentlemen Turn Boors (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 09, 2006)
The slip of the tongue that cost former Australian batsman Dean Jones his job as a TV commentator for TenSports may have been unintended, but there can be little quibble with the consequences that he has had to face.
- Indian Health Groups Welcome New Rural Hiv Push (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Aug 09, 2006)
Indian health groups welcomed a government plan on Tuesday to involve tens of thousands of rural politicians in the fight against an HIV/AIDS epidemic, which has made deep inroads in the countryside.
- Floods Maroon Thousands In Indian Cities, 200 Killed (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Swirling floodwaters inundated several towns and cities in western and southern India on Tuesday as the military deployed helicopters and boats to help hundreds of thousands of marooned people.
- Waiting For The General's Story (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 08, 2006)
There is already a buzz about Pervez Musharraf's soon-to-be-released autobiography,In the Line of Fire.
- Nepal Maoists Say Peace Talks Close To Collapse (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Senior Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai said on Monday that peace talks with the government were close to breaking down over the two issues of rebels surrendering their arms and the future of the monarchy, but also ruled out a return to war.
- A 'Republic' Or No Truce: Maoists (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
A senior Maoist leader on Monday warned of imminent collapse of Nepal's three-month-old peace process if the governing parties refuse to heed calls for a democratic republic.
- ‘Bihar Is Not Investor-Friendly’ (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Aug 08, 2006)
Shatrughan Sinha, has washed his hands off his own proposal to set up a 5- star hotel in Patna. In an interview with Deccan Herald...
- Devi Shetty (Business Standard, Subir Roy, Aug 08, 2006)
He has already built four of the country's largest heart hospitals, but wants to do three more, all to cut costs.
- The Indian Outsourcing Saga (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Aug 08, 2006)
Highlights the achievements of pioneers who put India on the world map of BPO
- Withering ‘Kali’ Of Kashmir? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 08, 2006)
Sometimes certain songs have lyrics that turn out to be nearly prophetic. Superhit "Junglee" readily comes to mind in this behalf. Saira Bano playing a Kashmiri belle had moved the millions while portraying Lata . . .
- Scripted Out (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 08, 2006)
If information is power, then the custodians of the Indian democracy are still deeply unsure about how much of both is good for its citizens.
- The Forked Tongue (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 08, 2006)
When it comes to gift of the gab, you just can’t beat a Bajaj, especially if the first name happens to be Rahul. The independent Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra sure knows how to keep his PR and business in water-tight compartments.
- Put Ngos Under Rti Scalpel (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Aug 08, 2006)
The $50,000 Magsaysay Award was recently conferred upon Arvind Kejriwal, a former Indian Revenue Service officer campaigning for the Right to Information (RTI).
- Hec Needs Sound Financial Backing (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 07, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that higher education is essential for the nation’s future development and lauded the services of Dr Attaur Rehman, chairman of the Higher Education Commission to focus the significance of higher education . . .
- Getting Health Premiums To Fall (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Aug 07, 2006)
While most have interpreted the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority’s (IRDA’s) proposal to allow the free pricing of non-life insurance premiums from January 1 next year as a sign that health insurance rates will rise, if the IRDA does its . . .
- Natwar Moves Privilege Motion Against Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Indicted by the Justice R S Pathak for misusing his position, Natwar Singh today set himself up for a confrontation with the Congress party by giving notice of privilege motion against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a move seen by the party as . . .
- Problems Of Manning Military Machine (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 07, 2006)
Even the most sophisticated technology of warfare is handled ultimately by men engaged in the profession of soldiering. Its use in combat depends therefore greatly on their skill, training, morale and ingenuity.
- In Memoriam: Nandini Satpathy (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Aug 07, 2006)
For many years until the rather terse announcement of her death on Friday, few outside Orissa had thought or heard of Nandini Satpathy, at one time a woman of power and glory in both New Delhi and Bhubaneswar.
- Natwar Gives Privilege Notice Against Pm (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Aug 07, 2006)
Former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh, indicted by Justice R.S. Pathak for misusing his position, today virtually charted a route of confrontation with the Congress leadership by giving a notice of privilege motion against Prime Minister . . .
- Natwar’S Endgame: He Goes After The Pm, Finds Takers Outside Cong (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
With no friends left in the Congress and the Government and indicted by the Pathak panel for “misusing” his position to help those close to him obtain contracts and make money in the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal, former External Affairs Minister . . .
- Natwar Moves Privilege Breach Notice Against Pm (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Former External affairs minister K Natwar Singh will invite disciplinary action from the Congress if he goes ahead with his notice for breach of privilege against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the leak of the Justice RS Pathak Inquiry . . .
- Natwar Turns Leak Gun On Pm (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Natwar Singh has moved a breach of privilege notice against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for allegedly leaking the Pathak committee report on the oil-for-food scandal, inviting action from his party, the Congress.
- Sustainable Growth (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Aug 07, 2006)
Suicide deaths, growing indebtedness, wheat imports and stagnant food production coupled with declining crop productivity signal a farm crisis that can no longer be ignored.
- Natwar Moves Privilege Motion Against Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Taking the Congress Party and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh head on, former external affairs minister Natwar Singh on Sunday moved a notice of privilege motion against Dr Singh for the leak of the Pathak report.
- Pathak Report Leak: Natwar Moves Privilege Motion Against Pm (New Indian Express, PTI, Aug 07, 2006)
Natwar Singh on Sunday raised the banner of revolt against Congress party by making common cause with the Opposition and giving notice of privilege motion against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over leakage of the Pathak inquiry report in which he has . .
- Drop Them A Quicker Lifeline (Pioneer, Ahtesham Qureshy, Aug 07, 2006)
Government cannot wash its hands of the various child welfare schemes by merely framing a law against child labour, says Ahtesham Qureshy.
- Natwar's War Gains Momentum (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Aug 07, 2006)
SP, TDP, ADMK & BJP also to bombard PM with privilege notices ---- As the UPA Government plunged from one crisis to another, Natwar Singh's privilege notice against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh got widespread support from the Opposition and the . . .
- Improve Infrastructure To Compete With China: Nrn (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Aug 06, 2006)
The chief mentor of the Infosys Technologies N R Narayana Murthy said that India must emphasise on building and maintaining infrastructure, if it wanted to maintain its lead over China in global Information Technology (IT) business.
- Jaswant’S Yes And No. What Can It Be? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2006)
It isn’t easy to create a sense of high anticipation and to sustain it for some drama-packed days, only to let it subside into an anticlimax.
- It’S A Political Theatre Of The Absurd (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2006)
"Governance demands back-breaking work that calls for vision, application, contemplation; not politics of expediency"
- Mountain In The Molehill (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 06, 2006)
Did you notice that in the entire commotion over the Jaswant Singh mole revelation nobody talked about the one aspect which, if any at all, should have mattered today? And it is not so much as to who the mole was, but whether or not a leakage did . . .
- Taxing The Victims (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Aug 06, 2006)
Compassion may hardly be a virtue of income tax authorities, but it is still flabbergasting to know that whatever compensation government pays to the victims of disasters as token relief is taxed by the taxmen.
- Don’T Dilute Rti Act, Please (Tribune, Virendra Kumar, Aug 06, 2006)
The Union Cabinet’s approval of an amendment to the Right to Information Act, 2005, which debars the notings of bureaucrats and Cabinet notings from the domain of citizens requires to be considered with circumspection. It bears, in our view, some . . .
- Social Activist And Environmentalist (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 06, 2006)
Pepsi and Coca Cola executives call her gusty, one who makes much noise. Her critics say she is moody, temperamental and a “bad boss” to work with.
- One More ‘Dazzler’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 06, 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.
- We Just Pulled Up Our Diapers On Child Rights (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Aug 06, 2006)
It would be funny, if it weren’t so grim. While India jostles politely for membership to the elite G-8, we have just been awarded membership to another, well, exclusive club.
- The House They All Built (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 06, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party would not be itself if it stopped playing politics with history. As the real intentions of the BJP in raking up a controversy about an American “mole” in P.V. Narasimha Rao’s PMO become clear, Sonia Gandhi and Prime . . .
- Force Attention On Terrorism (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 06, 2006)
It is interesting to note the giddy veering of India's political rhetoric from belligerence in the immediate wake of the Mumbai blasts, to conciliation just a couple of weeks later. Interesting, but not surprising.
- When The New Rescues The Old (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Aug 06, 2006)
The Getty Villa, once dismissed as Roman Disneyland, gets a new lease of life through renovation marked by restraint and conceptual clarity.
- Party Declares End Of Play (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The CPM leadership today buried the cricket election controversy that churned the party as well as the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government.
- Force Attention On Terrorism (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Aug 05, 2006)
It is interesting to note the giddy veering of India's political rhetoric from belligerence in the immediate wake of the Mumbai blasts, to conciliation just a couple of weeks later. Interesting, but not surprising.
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