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Articles 1721 through 1820 of 25647:
- Bjp Legislator Surrenders, Gets Bail (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
BJP legislator Avnish Kumar Singh on Friday surrendered in a court here in a case related to threats issued to a senior IAS officer and was given bail.
- Key Break In Grenade Case, Say J&k Police, Explore Mumbai Links (Indian Express, MAJID JAHANGIR, Jul 15, 2006)
Helped by investigators from the Intelligence Bureau, the J-K Police are said to have achieved a “significant breakthrough” in their probe into the Srinagar serial blasts which preceded the Mumbai blasts on Tuesday.
- Nepal Govt, Maoists To Sign Ceasefire Pact (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jul 15, 2006)
The government and the Maoists have agreed to sign the ceasefire and human rights agreement to arrest the dialogue from possible drift.
- No Bail For Ex-Minister, Ias Officer (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Blaming former J&K minister Ghulam Ahmad Mir and IAS officer Iqbal Khandey, both accused in the sex scandal case, for “procuring innocent girls in an organised manner against payment of small amounts of money for sexual exploitation and abuse”, the . . .
- No Role For Al-Qaeda In Kashmir: Separatists (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Perhaps fearing international indignation and condemnation, separatist leaders as well as the the Hiz-bul-Mujahideen have ruled out Al-Qaeda setting up base in Jammu and Kashmir, a day after a man, reportedly identifying himself as an Al-Qaeda spokesman,
- Ringing In The Old (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 15, 2006)
Security bureaucrats want to bring back the licence raj. So who’s going to invest in India?
- An Evening Prayer (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 15, 2006)
Prayers always have the required effect, wherever they are said
- Spotlight: India Slowly Opens To The World (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
It is interesting to sit across from a bespectacled, 64-year-old bureaucrat who inspires lust in foreign bankers - or, to be more accurate, who supervises banks in India that inspire foreigners with an ownership urge
- India Warns Pakistan Over Terror (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that Pakistan needs to curb terrorism if the peace process between the two countries is to make progress.
- Top Leaders Of Ruling Alliance, Maoists Discuss Key Issues (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Jul 15, 2006)
Top leaders of Nepal's ruling multi-party alliance and Maoists held a fresh round of informal talks here to discuss key issues of arms management, ceasefire monitoring and holding of constituent assembly elections in an effort to move the peace . . .
- Corruption In Asia (International Herald Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jul 15, 2006)
Every year, more than 200,000 Indonesian Muslims join the pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam's most holy site.
- China: Hu's Power Play (International Herald Tribune, Ian Bremmer, Jul 15, 2006)
Last August, China's security minister, Zhou Yongkang, announced that 3.7 million citizens had participated in some 74,000 public protests in 2004.
- U.S. And Russia Will Police Nuclear Terrorists (New York Times, DAVID E. SANGER, Jul 15, 2006)
President Bush and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Saturday will announce a new global program to track potential nuclear terrorists, detect and lock up bomb-making materials and coordinate their responses if terrorists obtain a weapon, . . .
- China's Art Of The Deal (International Herald Tribune, HEATHER TIMMONS, Jul 15, 2006)
China Mobile Communications' planned purchase of Millicom International Cellular of Luxembourg was such a sure thing that invitations had already been issued for a party in China to . . .
- India's New Lobbyists Use American Methods (International Herald Tribune, Anand Giridharadas, Jul 15, 2006)
Gaining political influence in India was once a simple affair: You handed over a suitcase of cash, in nonsequential notes.
- 'Mumbai Blasts And The Peace Process' (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
The tragic bomb attacks on Mumbai on July 11, and to a lesser degree the targeted killings of tourists in Srinagar the same day, seem to have pushed the ongoing peace process between India and Pakistan dangerously close to the precipice.
- Rattled Centre Spurs States To Act Against Simi (Pioneer, Sidharth Mishra, Jul 15, 2006)
Learning a lesson, albeit at the cost of 198 dead in Mumbai blasts, the Centre is now scouring the bottom of the barrel to gather information on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), the main suspect behind the carnage.
- Bail Pleas Of Mir, Khanday Dismissed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Srinagar today dismissed the bail applications of the ‘sex scam’ accused Ghulam Ahmed Mir and Mohammad Iqbal Khanday even as the court is scheduled to conduct a hearing on similar petitions filed by a number of other . . .
- No Takers For Ptu Architecture Courses (Tribune, Varinder Singh, Jul 14, 2006)
Over 40,000 officials of the Punjab police, some of the rank of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) , Additional Inspector General (AIG), SP, DSP, Inspectors, have been going without salary, thanks to certain 'objections' raised by the . . .
- Rise And Fall Of Agni-Iii (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jul 14, 2006)
ON Sunday when the first word about the successful launch of Agni-III, the latest version of this country’s intermediate-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile, came in there was an understandable wave of joy across the country.
- Regulate Loans (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The Punjab government plans to regulate private money lending to farmers through a law, though the Assembly is slated to meet only for two days in September before it is dissolved to hold elections early next year.
- Apathy, No Thought (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 14, 2006)
After 32 hours of travel halfway across the world to Sydney last week, I was looking for a nice, relaxing bath before my conference began.
- India Names 2 Suspects In Mumbai Train Bombings (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Authorities on Thursday named two men as the first suspects in this week's train bombings, an apparent breakthrough in the frenetic investigations into the well-coordinated attacks that killed at least 200 people.
- Cholistan Deaths (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 14, 2006)
It is shocking to learn that some 25 women and children have died of thirst in Cholistan.
- We The Regional, Marginalised People (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 14, 2006)
Coomi Kapoor’s left-handed compliment to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and its leadership in her edit page commentary (Nice guys don’t last, IE, July 10) has surprised me.
- A Shadow On The Peace Process (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 14, 2006)
The exchange of words between India and Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks shows the trust deficit.
- Reactive Approach (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Strategic roads have dual use for the economy and military
- Mapping The Borders (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 14, 2006)
A little background to begin with.
- Congress Refutes Naidu's Charge Against Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Involvement' in Puppalguda evacuee land issue `Involvement' in Puppalguda evacuee land issue
- Calls To Karachi And Dubai Being Probed (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Jul 14, 2006)
Mumbai cops release names of 2 suspects ---- With Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and SIMI connection to 7/11 Mumbai serial bomb blasts having been more or less . . .
- India Claims Pakistan 'Hand' In Mumbai Bombs (Guardian (UK), RANDEEP RAMESH, Jul 14, 2006)
The peace process between India and Pakistan fell victim to the Mumbai bombings yesterday as talks scheduled for next week were reportedly delayed because New Delhi said it had evidence that its neighbour had a "hand" in the attacks.
- Art Of The Deal: It's Different In China (International Herald Tribune, Heather Timmons and Donald Greenlees , Jul 14, 2006)
China Mobile Communications' planned purchase of Millicom International Cellular of Luxembourg was such a sure thing that invitations had already been issued for a party in China to celebrate it.
- Agenda At St Petersburg (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 14, 2006)
G7 countries must watch out for Moscow's charm offensive and ask Russian leaders to further democratise, writes Alec van Gelder
- Police Detains Suspects, Sees Lashkar Hand In Bombs (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Jul 14, 2006)
Indian officials named Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba on Thursday as the prime suspect behind bombings that killed at least 156 people in Mumbai, as police said they had detained about 20 people.
- Debt Investment Limits (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 14, 2006)
Arrive at a simpler allocation method
- Should Foreign Varsities Be Regulated? (The Economic Times, P V Indiresan, Jul 14, 2006)
Stringent regulations will constrain them
Foreign universities are keen to come to India and the Indian government is even more keen to control them the same way it does everything.
- Buffett Effect And New Face Of Money (The Financial Express, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Jul 14, 2006)
With wealth creation and its perception being redefined, it is influencing the social behaviour of the rich
- Why Mumbai Is Under Attack (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 14, 2006)
The Mumbai terror strikes were waiting to happen. With some forward planning the police could have anticipated them and placed their forces on alert, rather than have waited for such a tragedy to take 200 lives in India’s commercial capital.
- India Has An Mssg Problem (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 14, 2006)
TBGBs is the Westminster nickname for the instability caused by the central relationship in British politics. TB stands for the British PM Tony Blair and GB for the chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown.
- The Challenges Of Maximum Terror (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 13, 2006)
Maximum City, the writer Suketu Mehta called it. Mumbai's courage in the face of unimaginable horror is epic in scale, like the carnage it experienced on Tuesday.
- Boys Gone Astray, Minister? (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jul 13, 2006)
You don’t have to wait for intelligence agencies to release their trademark identikit pictures to know the faces behind Mumbai’s serial blast.
- Widen The Net, Tighten The Noose (Pioneer, Ahtesham Qureshy, Jul 13, 2006)
Election Commission must realise that the polling process is not just about mobilising paramilitary forces, says Ahtesham Qureshy
- Reforms Hobbled By Politics (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 13, 2006)
If only Dr Manmohan Singh, a competent economist and honest politician, is allowed a free hand to do his job, he could emerge an efficient administrator.
- Baby Steps In Conflict Zones (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 13, 2006)
An atypical publication from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (www.icai.org) is Government Consulting - Taking the First Steps. What is unusual is the assertiveness right from the foreword.
- Why Bother About Corruption? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 13, 2006)
To strike at the roots that feed corruption in India we need to move quickly on poll campaign finance reform.
- 'We Should Not Be A Haughty Big Brother To Nepal' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Devi Prasad Tripathi, general secretary, Nationalist Congress Party, has been associated with Nepal since his days as a student leader at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Empty Rhetoric (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 13, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s promise to ensure the autonomy of the country’s science and technology institutions cannot be taken at its face value.
- Ministry Forcing Rhd To Sign Construction Deal Despite Faulty Design (The Daily Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Karnaphuli Bridge
Ministry forcing RHD to sign construction deal despite faulty design
Sharier Khan
- Dozen More Reasons (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 12, 2006)
To ask: just what is this government doing about terror, why can’t it even get its rhetoric right?
- Manmohan For Reconstruction Of University System (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Underlines need to recognise private sector contribution in its expansion
Lays foundation for the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
Universities have not grown commensurate with need
- Same Group May Be Behind Both Attacks: Duggal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
The Centre has pointed to the possibility of the same group perpetrating the blasts in Srinagar and Mumbai.
- Strike Cripples Central Bank Operations In Ap (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Banking operations in the nationalised Central Bank of India in Andhra Pradesh came to a grinding halt as employees and the officers of the bank resorted to one-day strike today, as part of the nation-wide agitation in support of their demands.
- Politics Overtakes Secretary General's Contest (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, Jul 12, 2006)
India seems to have raised many hackles by announcing that Shashi Tharoor, UN under secretary general for communications and public . . .
- 8 Killed, 43 Injured In 5 Grenade Attacks In Srinagar (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jul 12, 2006)
Eight persons died and 43 sustained injuries when suspected militants carried out a series of grenade attacks, targeting domestic tourists in Dalgate and Lalchowk areas of Civil Lines in this capital city today.
- It Cannot Be Work Of Sane Kashmiris: Tourism Sector (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Saying that the grenade attacks on tourists in Srinagar couldn’t be the work of any ‘‘sane Kashmiri’’, the tourism industry in the Valley today demanded a probe into the incidents.
- Shadow Boxing (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 12, 2006)
We've been here before. The government had to shelve its plans for a token 10 per cent disinvestment in PSUs like Nalco and Neyveli Lignite Corporation when leftist and Tamil allies protested.
- Recognising Us Duplicity (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Jul 12, 2006)
It is difficult to understand how the US expects the Pakistani state to continue giving it unflinching support on the war against terrorism when it uses every opportunity to challenge its . . .
- Widening The Gulf Of Mexico (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jul 12, 2006)
Last week’s presidential election in Mexico had for months been touted as a crucial stage in the phenomenon whereby Latin America has democratically been drifting leftwards during the past decade.
- Pm Promises Autonomy For Science And Tech Institutes (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Amidst the raging row over the autonomy of AIIMS and the reservation issue, the Prime Minister today promised to ensure the autonomy of the country’s science and technology institutions while widening access to quality education for all sections . . .
- Gulf Kannadigas Fly High On Hope (Deccan Herald, Gopal Sutar, Jul 12, 2006)
DIRECT LINK- The Chief Minister has assured Kannadigas in the Gulf of improved infrastructure in coastal Karnataka
- A Tall Order (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 11, 2006)
Can government back investment panel?
- A Taliban-Coloured Dawn In Kashmir (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 11, 2006)
Resurgent Islamists have used the prostitution scandal to subvert democratic institutions and processes.
- Bhaskar Ghose: The Bucks Stop Here (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Jul 11, 2006)
The redefinition of the role of Financial Advisers is going to make transaction of business in Ministries even more complex than it has been so far.
- R.K. Raghavan: Remembering F.V. Arul (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Jul 11, 2006)
Frederick Victor Arul's firmness was not politically expedient, but he had the courage to withstand its consequences.
- Aggravating The Malaise (Pioneer, Asheesh Shah, Jul 11, 2006)
Now that the UPA Government has decided that it will go ahead with the 27 per cent OBC quota in institutes of excellence come what may, it will be judicious to at least ensure that it is implemented properly so that the benefits actually reach the needy.
- Trafficking Is Big Business (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jul 11, 2006)
When the news first broke out it looked incredulous that a senior officer of the Indian Foreign Service, posted at the time as the head of the Indian Council for cultural relations, could be probed for helping illegal transportation of a group of . . .
- Ap Govt To Probe Land Controversy: Cm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
Announcing a high-level probe into the allocation of land meant for refugees from Pakistan to private parties on the city outskirts, Andhra Chief Minister Y S Rajasekara Reddy today challenged the TDP to implead in the case as the Government was . . .
- 45 Die In Pak Plane Crash (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Jul 11, 2006)
A Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane crashed in the central city of Multan on Monday, killing all the 45 people on board, including the crew.
- A Lost Opportunity (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jul 11, 2006)
The Rs 3,700-cr debt relief package for Vidarbha will benefit the banks more than the farmers
- How ‘Azad’ These Kashmir Polls? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 11, 2006)
The election for the eighth ‘Azad’ Jammu and Kashmir National (‘A’JK) Assembly are scheduled to be held on Tuesday.
- Quotas In Private Sector (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Jul 11, 2006)
If Mr Arjun Singh can return to the limelight by playing the quota card, can Ms Meira Kumar be far behind?
- Have Terrorists Declared War On India? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 11, 2006)
Muslim President, Sikh Prime Minister, Hindu Thugs and Criminals likes of Lalloo Prasad as MPs, An Italian Au Pair Girl as the POWER PIVOT, these are the people in charge.
- 45 Dead As Pia Fokker Crashes In Multan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
Plane crashes shortly after take off, no survivors
Two high court judges, two brigadiers, vice chancellor killed
Engineer rules out technical fault
- Through The Third Eye (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 11, 2006)
Gossip mills in the top echelons of the bureaucracy continue to work overtime, notwithstanding the extension given to Cabinet secretary B K Chaturvedi. Now rumours are doing the rounds regarding home secretary V K Duggal, one of the top contenders . . .
- Nepal's Maoists Not To Surrender Weapons (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
Nepal’s Maoist rebels will not surrender their arms before next year’s elections for a special assembly to map out the embattled Himalayan nation’s political future, a top rebel leader said on Monday.
- Shadow Boxing (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 11, 2006)
We've been here before. The government had to shelve its plans for a token 10 per cent disinvestment in PSUs like Nalco and Neyveli Lignite Corporation when leftist and Tamil allies protested.
- Long Arm Of The Law (Times of India, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jul 11, 2006)
In an essay published some years ago, sociologist André Béteille observed that "ordinary people look up to judges in a way in which they no longer look up to legislators, ministers or civil servants".
- Planners Fret At Fiscal Constraints (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 10, 2006)
While it is a healthy tradition to restrict fiscal deficit, the implementation is a complex task.
- Projecting Inconvenient Eco-Truths (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jul 10, 2006)
The former US Vice-President, Mr Al Gore, has turned environment evangelist. For some years now, he has been touring the world with a slick media presentation about the damage man is causing the environment. Mr Gore says that his objective is to . . .
- Agni-3 Fails To Hit Target After A Snag (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
India’s most-sophisticated intermediate-range ballistic missile, the Agni-3, failed on Sunday after it developed a snag shortly after launch from Wheeler Island off the coast of Orissa, and fell into the sea without hitting the specified target.
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