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Articles 2521 through 2620 of 25647:
- Empower The Committee (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 26, 2006)
Come summer, and the entire country suffers from a power shortage.
- Aiadmk Seeks Deputy Mayor Dismissal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
It wants to table a resolution during Tuesday's Council meeting
Says that he left the City and his office without informing anyone
Alleges that when people were suffering during the floods, he did not serve them
- What Were You Doing Till Now? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 26, 2006)
Raha an example of how not to handle successions
- Golden Heritage Of Myanmar (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, May 26, 2006)
Myanmar, though one of the most backward countries of the region, is incredibly beautiful and the people are exceptionally warm.
- Capital Ideas In An Abridged Format (The Financial Express, T R RAMASWAMI, May 26, 2006)
In a market economy, retail investor forums must devise their own investor protection methods
- Gujarat: Breeding Ground (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 26, 2006)
Investigators shut down terror cells tasked with executing strikes in Gujarat, but the threat remains.
- Its Team In Tatters, Cong Scores Own Goals In Punjab To Give Akalis The Lead (Indian Express, Vipin Pubby, May 26, 2006)
Its team in tatters, Cong scores own goals in Punjab to give Akalis the lead
- Sign No-War Pact, Ex Pak Ministers Tells India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
Former Pakistan Finance Minister Mubashir Hasan on Thursday said India and Pakistan should enter into a separate treaty that they would not wage a war or prepare for a war "in the territory of Jammu and Kashmir".
- The Decline Of The Civil Service (Dawn, Zafar Iqbal, May 26, 2006)
Ms Anjum Niaz’s column in Sunday’s Dawn Magazine of April 9, 2006, seems to have incensed Mr Rashid Akhtar of Lahore.
- Kalam's Advice To Students (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Wednesday appealed to students to end their hunger-strike against reservation in institutions of higher education and assured them that the Government would take care of the interests of all sections.
- Quake-Hit Kashmiris Face Poor Crop, Bad Diet (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2006)
Kashmiri villager Jamal Din Chaudry lost his dairy cow and his bullocks in last year's earthquake, and now can only count his blessings as he prepares to sow maize on the terraced mountainside.
- Celebrating India's Loss (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, May 25, 2006)
It's hard to build a new house by demolishing the old one." That's how a Hindu citizen of Nepal reacted to Prime Minister GP Koirala's questionable attempt to deface the symbol of the world's only Hindu Kingdom by stripping the occupant of . . .
- Spirit Of America (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 25, 2006)
The truth, as the film United 93 depicts, is that human organisation works on precedent rather than foresight,
- Great Term: Way To Go (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 25, 2006)
There is no second opinion about the noble services being rendered by Mr Justice N Venkatachala as Lokayukta.
- Reservation Blues (Indian Express, COLIN NICKERSON, May 25, 2006)
In his column in the May 28 issue of Organiser, M.V. Kamath has argued strongly against Arjun Singh proposal for OBC quotas.
- History Only Repeats Itself (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 25, 2006)
Fight for equal opportunity and merit where merit is used as a criterion for admissions. Fight also against reverse discrimination.
- Rs. 30,000 Crores Budgeted For Irrigation Projects During Next Three Years, Says Chief Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2006)
Seeks expedition of works on tanks that were breached and needed repairs
Warns of action against officials who misuse State machinery
Insists of quality work in Pulivendula branch canal project
Rs.32 crores spent on Buggavaka project
- Protest Against Nepal Declaration (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2006)
Thousands of Hindus protested in a southern town on Wednesday against the Parliament's move to declare Nepal a secular state when it scaled back the King's powers, officials said. The protesters rallied in the town of Birgunj,
- Mind After Knee-Jerk (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 25, 2006)
So the political class has spoken. The 27% OBC quota in Central institutions is now only a couple of months and a Bill away—a Bill to which no one in Parliament will object.
- On The Fast Track (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 25, 2006)
Lalu attempts the dangerously spectacular
- Hurriyet’S No To Rtc (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 25, 2006)
One can understand why the All Parties’ Hurriyet Conference has decided to boycott the “roundtable conference” called by Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in Srinagar.
- Misuse Of Funds (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 25, 2006)
The reported misuse of funds meant for drought relief assistance by senior government functionaries is disgraceful. According to a report in this newspaper, the project director of an official project by the name of Drought Emergency . . .
- Higher Education Among Women (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 25, 2006)
Higher education is the main instrument for human resource development. Through this we can seek the trans formation of India into a Developed Nation by 2020.
- Call Them To Heel, Doc (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 24, 2006)
Ministers need to learn collective responsibility
- Why Big Fish Get Away (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, May 24, 2006)
Corruption at high places has regrettably become rather pronounced in the last few decades.
- Deathly Delays (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 24, 2006)
Legislation to protect the tiger is on hold, doubts linger over the “legal limitations” of action to ban the drug responsible for the vulture vanishing.
- Sindh Tensions Are Inevitable (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 24, 2006)
The yearlong simmering differences between Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim and his major coalition partner, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), have finally surfaced, with the MQM boycotting the provincial assembly session and Dr Rahim thundering
- Grain Of Graft (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 24, 2006)
Scams over the government’s grain purchases have long been part of our political landscape.
- Table Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 24, 2006)
The peace process in Jammu and Kashmir seems to be floundering once again.
- Vanishing Sheen (Tribune, Lt-Gen Vijay Oberoi, May 24, 2006)
Nearly seven years back, my wife and I decided that the place to settle down for us, after my retirement from the Army, was Panchkula.
- The Appalling State Of Indian Muslims (Hindu, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, May 24, 2006)
Muslims in India are falling behind in every conceivable growth indicator
- Life Rewound (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 23, 2006)
Even after about nine years, Abhijit Chandra finds it difficult to forget a theatre inferno that claimed 59 lives in Delhi
- Women Power For Electrification (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, May 23, 2006)
Meet Geeta Maurya, 35-year old woman from Kotdwar in Uttranchal.
- Beyond Sound And Fury (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 23, 2006)
In recent polemics, reservation has been projected primarily as an issue of caste conflict.
- Rebellion In Jharkhand (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 23, 2006)
The resignation of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi from the primary membership of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Lok Sabha is bound to be viewed as a big setback both for the party and the Jharkhand government.
- Award For Haryana Girl (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Nazuk Kumar, a Class X student of Carmel Convent School here, was awarded the National Bal Shree Award for creative scientific innovations for the year 2005 by President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi this past week.
- Pondicherry Citizens End Their Long Wait For Civic Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
The elections were last held in 1968
- The Wages Of Hate: Islamist Terror In India (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 23, 2006)
Two Lashkar cells targeting Gujarat are discovered, preventing major terror strikes. Their stories underline the disastrous fallout of the anti-Muslim pogrom of 2002.
- Switch To Action Mode, Hdk Tells Officials (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Urging the officials to shift modes from plan to action, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday set a 100-day deadline to show results of developmental schemes announced by the JD(S)-BJP coalition government.
- Just The Facts (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, May 23, 2006)
If one happens to meet a skilled Parliamentarian --- like, for instance, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee or former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee --- he will tell you why the question-hour in a legislature is very important.
- Chinks In The Armour (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 23, 2006)
The great Indian market volatility gives a non-academic poignancy to debates about the right valuation of the market.
- Rti : A Preliminary Audit (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 22, 2006)
The Right to Information (RTI) Act of 2005 came into force from 12 October 2005.
- Playing With Resources (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, May 22, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- Killing Sezs, Making A Killing (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, May 22, 2006)
At the outset, let me make it clear I’m not in favour of SEZs as I think they’re bad tax policy and a pure real estate play—while the focus is supposedly exports, a unit has to export just one dollar more than the total value of imports, over a . . .
- Brand Basu (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 22, 2006)
Buddhadeb mustn’t suffer further constraints
Jyoti Basu has formed Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s cabinet.
- Hall Of Flames (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 22, 2006)
Even after about nine years, Abhijit Chandra finds it difficult to forget a theatre inferno that claimed 59 lives in Delhi.
- Governor Nwfp Resigns (Pakistan Observer, Tariq Saeed, May 22, 2006)
The Governor NWFP Khalil ur Rehman has tendered his resignation from governorship in less than a year period. Official sources confirmed the news of his resignation.
- `Delhi Politicians Have Let Down The Common Man' (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, May 22, 2006)
But saved their dwellings, majority of which are unauthorised or built on public land, feel many
The manner in which demolitions at the house of BJP leaders was raised indicates `selfish attitude' of leaders
Focus has been on how to project the . . .
- No Comprendo (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 22, 2006)
The American Senate seems to be somewhat confused about what it would like to do with the English language.
- Rebuilding Moribund Congress (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, May 21, 2006)
After the morale-boosting victory of Ms. Sonia Gandhi in Rae Bareli, the Congress high command has decided to try and put the Uttar Pradesh Congress unit on a rejuvenation course, preparing it for an intense political war with the Samajwadi Party . . .
- Begin J&k Corruption Eradication From Top ! (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, May 21, 2006)
It is like the proverbial chicken-egg story accompanied with the ever unanswered question ‘‘Who came first ?’’
- He Keeps Pace With Time (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , May 21, 2006)
Why have the Leftists done better in elections in India when communist ideology is fading the world over?
- Politics Of Dr Singh (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, May 21, 2006)
Manmohan Singh has said he learnt of politics from Joan Robinson; he must have realised he became politically committed as PN Haksar’s protégé
- For The Citizens Of Tomorrow (Business Standard, Geetanjali Krishna, May 21, 2006)
We were discussing a much talked about case last week, when some school kids in an impromptu car race in Gurgaon ran over a security guard, and then tried to buy his silence.
- Vested Interests (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 21, 2006)
Fundamentals of bad governance
What is there in common between the Government of India’s actions regarding (a) OBC quotas in higher education; (b) the US-India nuclear deal; (c) spending $12 billion ($1200 crore) on new aircraft for bankrupt Air . . .
- Man Who Rescued Dogma From Dogmatism (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, May 21, 2006)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has buried the ghost that hovered over Jyoti Basu’s table for two decades — that his remarkable run of victories was tainted by rigging.
- Cacophony As Public Discourse (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , May 21, 2006)
Here in India the problem of the day is not in itself the problem.
- Where Do Arjun, Sonia’S Grandkids Study? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, May 21, 2006)
First, let us drop the pretense that Mr Arjun 27 per cent was acting on his own when he announced his new quotas.
- Tribal Politics Comes To The Fore In Jharkhand (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, May 20, 2006)
Going by all available indications and barring any unforeseen development, the simultaneous resignations by Mr Babulal Marandi and Mr Stiphen Marandi from the BJP and UPA respectively, are likely to make their effects felt beyond Jharkhand.
- Iran Still Persecutes The Baha’Is (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, May 20, 2006)
A nation's progress should be judged not on the basis of its achievements in science and technology but in the field of human rights.
- When Money Is Evil (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, May 20, 2006)
During his recent visit to India, Meghnad, Lord Desai of St Clement Danes and his pretty, Punjabi second wife Kishwar Ahluwalia (nee Rosha) gave me his recently published book The Route of All Evil: the Political Economy of Ezra Pound (Saber).
- "Even In A Running Race, The Handicapped Are Given Concessions" (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, May 20, 2006)
Thanks to Tamil Nadu's longstanding reservation policies, the backward and the most backward classes have progressed a good deal in education and jobs. "What is wrong if we desire that the situation that prevails in Tamil Nadu should be there all . . .
- Let’S Awaken A Spirited, Responsive India (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, May 20, 2006)
For, the country needs a systemic overhaul, one that will revise dated rules, promote diverse views
- Rise And Shine (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 20, 2006)
That it happened later and not sooner adds impetus to Nepal’s Seven Party Alliance government approving the decision to make the world’s only Hindu kingdom a secular state.
- India's U.S.-Style Lobbyists (International Herald Tribune, Anand Giridharadas, May 19, 2006)
Gaining political influence in India was once a simple affair: You handed over a suitcase of cash, in nonsequential notes.
- Bengal Needs Political Reform, Too (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 19, 2006)
Now that Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and his ministers have been sworn in, the Left Front (LF) would do well to heed the fine print of its seventh consecutive victory in West Bengal.
- Population Grows North (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 19, 2006)
In the absence of other measures, incentives to control family size will not succeed.
- Mea Refutes Charges Against Ifs Man (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
The Ministry of External Affairs has refuted media reports on allegations of human trafficking against senior IFS officer Madhup Mohta.
- Gamble Could Prove Counter-Productive (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 19, 2006)
Affirmative action must begin at the level of schools so that 'backward' students get equal opportunities in employment, says RC Acharya
- Self Before Service (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 19, 2006)
The report of a government proposal to dole out Rs 3.5 crore, topping an earlier Rs 5.5. crore, to a school for the wards of top civil servants in New Delhi tells us a lot about why India’s educational system is where it is.
- New Trouble (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 19, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s troubles show no signs of abating. After Mr Madan Lal Khurana and Ms Uma Bharati, it is now Mr Babulal Marandi who has cried foul over the state of the party before leaving it.
- Cm Spells Out Curbs On Reliance (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
The project of Reliance Industries Limited for procuring vegetables and milk in Punjab will carry on as scheduled.
- Events Of National Shame (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, May 19, 2006)
Last week, amidst nationwide excitement over the outcome of five state assembly elections, there took place at least three unspeakably reprehensible events that ought to make all Indians hang their heads in shame.
- Saudis To Invest More In Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 18, 2006)
Jeddah-based Saudi group Savola Edible Oils International has shown interest in making investment up to US$ 1 billion in refining and marketing of edible oil and sugar in Pakistan.
- Kashmir Solution Vital For Peace, Progress (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 18, 2006)
Almost every peace-loving and friendly country of India and Pakistan both has come many a times, to re-evaluate their stances in 0order to facilitate the resolution of the issue of Jammu and Kashmir — a predominantly Muslim majority State which . . .
- Rot In The System: What People Feel (Deccan Herald, TRILOCHAN SASTRY, May 18, 2006)
Every aspect of the electoral system needs drastic changes
- State Assault On Microfinance (The Economic Times, Prabhu Ghate, May 18, 2006)
At the same time Hyderabad-based Vikram Akula of SKS Microfinance was being recognised by Time as one of two Indians in its annual list of 100 top achievers of the year, and social . . .
- Officer Says He Was Told To Go Slow (Hindustan Times, JT Vishnu, May 18, 2006)
A police officer involved in the Jessica Lall murder probe has said that a senior IPS officer had briefed him "not to be too enterprising" and act slow in the case.
- Marandi Quits Bjp, Resigns Lok Sabha Seat (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
In a major setback to the BJP, its national vice-president and lone Lok Sabha member from Jharkhand, Mr Babulal Marandi resigned today both from the primary membership of the party and Parliament.
- Blocked View (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 18, 2006)
Can fiction undermine the omnipotent? The Indian government and a number of religious organizations in the country seem to think that it does.
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