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Articles 3521 through 3620 of 25647:
- Thanks Jacques, Hello George (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Feb 21, 2006)
French nod for nuclear status isn’t an alternative to dealing with Americans
- Public Crime (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 21, 2006)
There is only one country in which senior bureaucrats smile away public incitements to murder from ministers.
- A Sorry Example Up There (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Feb 21, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh — a state that elects the single largest number of members of parliament and equally the state that represents corruption and criminality in the public space. This region was once synonymous with culture,
- A Touch Of Anarchy (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Feb 20, 2006)
A Week ago, I expressed in this space the apprehension that injection of violence in the protests against the blasphemous cartoons that raised their ugly head in Denmark and spread rapidly like a contagion to several other European countries . . .
- Govt Says No Case Of Human Bird Flu (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Feb 20, 2006)
The government said on Sunday it had found no case of human avian influenza after preliminary tests on a dead farmer earlier suspected to have been the country's first human victim of the disease.
- How The Stalemate Machine Works (Telegraph, Sanjib Baruah, Feb 20, 2006)
The obvious lesson of Kakopathar is that counter-insurgency operations and negotiations towards peace do not go together, writes Sanjib Baruah The author is at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, and Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
- Pricing Problems (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 20, 2006)
The recommendations of the Rangarajan Committee on Taxation and Pricing of Petroleum Products are worthy, save for one important aspect
- Strategic Thinking (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Feb 20, 2006)
The Prime Minister speaking at the Association of Indian Diplomats, while releasing their newly launched journal referred to the dearth of strategic long-term thinking in our country.
- Bird Flu Spreads, India Tests Dozens Of People (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
India said it was testing dozens of people for bird flu on Sunday.
- Help, Before Fear Takes Wing (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Feb 20, 2006)
Loss to life from a disease is typically computed on the basis of mortality rates. By that reckoning avian influenza, with rates up to 90-100 per cent, would be as deadly as it gets, right?
- Olive Green Carries The United Colours Of India (Indian Express, N.N. Vohra, Feb 20, 2006)
Let the destinies of the men and women of the armed forces, of whatever creed, remain the responsibility of the chiefs of staff, says N.N. VOHRA
- The Utopian Third Front (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Feb 19, 2006)
Will the rainbow coalition called the third front take a shape once again? If the past experience is any guide the CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat's plan of cobbling the third front is a pipe dream.
- Maoists Call For Strike (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Nepal’s Maoist rebels called today for an indefinite nationwide general strike from April 3 in an intensified campaign against King Gyanendra who sacked the government and seized absolute power last year.
- Tasks Before The Soli Sorabjee Panel (Tribune, Doel Mukerjee, Feb 19, 2006)
The Soli Sorabjee Committee constituted by the Manmohan Singh government to review the Indian Police Act is a major boost for the civil society and the citizens who have often faced the brunt of police excesses.
- Priority For Farm, Irrigation Sectors, Says Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Replies to the debate on motion of thanks to Governor
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy said that the guiding principle of his Government would be giving priority to agriculture and irrigation without neglecting other . . .
- H’Bad Am-Bushes B’Lore (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Feb 19, 2006)
Bangalore has again lost the opportunity to play host to a visiting American President.
- Falling In Line (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Feb 19, 2006)
The BJP’s foreign policy has traditionally tilted towards America and the viewpoint of the Islamic world gets short shrift.
- The Communist Connection (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, Feb 18, 2006)
The newspapers bristled with headlines like “Left”tells PM and Sonia its patience is wearing thin; slipping on secularism? “Left” tells the UPA it will have to do better against the BJP or as the Hindi daily Hindustan put it, . . .
- On The Magic Of Being Work Sisters (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 18, 2006)
What began in 1972 as a lone mission to bring women together is today a 7-lakh-strong movement. Determined to organise women workers so that they could enjoy the same benefits that organised labour received, Ela R. Bhatt founded the Self-Employed Women's
- The Hand Shakes (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Feb 18, 2006)
The Congress appears to be as worried about its prospects in the elections to five state assemblies later this year as about the acute factionalism and lack of strategy that is threatening to weaken its foundations in Maharashtra and Delhi.
- ‘Poaching: Do Away With Ifs And Buts’ (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, Feb 18, 2006)
Barbara Maas, chief executive of Care for the Wild International: Every Indian citizen must decide that they want tigers to survive.
- Bubble In Melting Pot (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 18, 2006)
US bureaucracy can be smarter. But so should our response to official American snafus
- Bihar’S Babus Gobble Up Rs 2,000-Cr Public Funds (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Feb 18, 2006)
In what could further open a can of worms, the office of the Accountant General has stumbled upon “misappropriation” of funds to the tune of Rs 2,000 crore by the sarkari babus during the last three years.
- The Politics Of Science (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 17, 2006)
It is a rare thing for the biography of a 24-year-old NASA spokesman to attract the attention of the national media. But that is what happened last week when George C. Deutsch tendered his resignation.
- Our Advantages Help Us Bag Fab City: Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Gives credit to Manmohan, Sonia, Maran
Concessions relating to land, power and water supply prove a clincher
Special purpose vehicle to be floated to secure clearances for the project
Senior officials of Advanced Micro Devices to visit Hyderabad soon
- Lessons From Venice (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Feb 17, 2006)
It is always refreshing and, in some ways, exhilarating to leave India and travel away from the man-made mess that symbolizes our homeland and life within it. Venice represented what we need to absorb and learn from.
- Jp’S Forgotten Secretary (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 17, 2006)
Remember Sachchidanand Babu, secretary to Jaya Prakash Narayan. He was called Babu as long as JP lived and his glory lingered. Then Sachchidanand was no more “Babu”; people effaced him even from their memory.
- Muslims And Armed Forces (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 17, 2006)
The contestation over the work of the Prime Minister's High Level Committee headed by Justice Rajindar Sachar is clearly overblown.
- Police Dogged By Political Interference (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Feb 17, 2006)
Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's position on police functioning in Karnataka is refreshing
- President Outlines Upa Govt’S Reform Agenda (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
In the backdrop of Left parties’ serious differences with the government over economic policies, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today rolled out the government’s reform agenda for the economy announcing ambitious plans in the several . . .
- Kalam Vows To Remove Hurdles In Growth (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Reasserting the government’s commitment to economic reforms, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam pledged today that the UPA Government would remove hurdles constraining economic growth and push ahead with an ambitious plan to develop a world-class . . .
- Moving Education’S Goal Posts (Indian Express, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 16, 2006)
In announcing Professor S. Thorat’s appointment as chairman of the University Grants Commission, every newspaper made it a point to announce that he was a dalit. In contrast, nobody inquired what the caste of the earlier chairman was when he was appointed
- Naxalite Menace In Bihar (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Feb 16, 2006)
With the new dispensation in Bihar completing three months in office on February 23, it has finally worked out a roadmap to contain the growing Naxalite menace in the state.
- Partial Commissioning Of Water Scheme Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
DFID-aided scheme expected to provide relief to residents of West Kochi
Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan to inaugurate tank
Constructed at a cost of Rs.2.2 crores
- America's Plan Is To Force Gm Food On The World (Hindu, John Vidal, Feb 15, 2006)
Just A few years ago, World Trade Organisation officials used to act hurt when described by social activists as irresponsible, secretive bureaucrats who trampled over national sovereignty and placed free trade over the environment or human rights.
- Making India A Great Republic (Daily Excelsior, Subash Chander Mansotra, Feb 15, 2006)
Our political luminaries and statesmen after an arduous struggle and painstaking exercise of studying eruditely the various popular systems of different countries preferred to adopt a westiminister system of governance and gave shape to a document . . .
- Help Us Salvage Bangalore Infrastructure: Cm To Pm (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Feb 15, 2006)
In his first meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh since becoming the Chief Minister of Karnataka, H D Kumaraswamy sought Rs 1,000 crore today to salvage Bangalore’s crumbling infrastructure.
- Onions, Without Tears (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 15, 2006)
A futures market in full play could prove the perfect buffer for volatile onion prices
- Hornets’ Nest (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 15, 2006)
The PMO could have been more tactful with the survey
The media has recently highlighted a survey directed by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to assess the status of Muslims in the armed forces which has stirred up a hornets’ nest, . . .
- Imperilled Nuclear Freedom (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Feb 15, 2006)
India has succumbed to US pressure and voted at the IAEA against Iran which is not in its interest
- Nepal's Former Premier Deuba, Ex-Minister Set Free (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Nepal's former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his cabinet minister Prakash Man Singh have been set free, hours after the country's Supreme Court dissolved the royal anti-corruption commission which jailed them on graft charges last year.
- A New Theme At Davos (Dawn, Sartaj Aziz, Feb 15, 2006)
The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum at the beautiful Swiss ski resort of Davos, in the last week of January each year, has become a unique international event.
- Life In A One-Party State (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 15, 2006)
Political parties in Pakistan used to charge the military regime of General Pervez Musharraf with trying to build up what is termed as “the king’s party” and thereby planning to have a sort of one-party state.
- Awaiting A Petro Product Tariff Regime Rehaul (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Feb 15, 2006)
Among the more interesting issues that the finance minister would be addressing in this Budget would be the tariff regime for petroleum products.
- Two Cheers (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 15, 2006)
Three cheers for the UPA! The government has stood firm and notified the guidelines for foreign direct investment (FDI) in single brand retail, despite vociferous opposition from its Left allies.
- Moderate Quake Shakes East India, Kills 2 Soldiers (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Two Indian soldiers were killed on Tuesday when their vehicle was crushed by falling boulders after a moderate earthquake struck an eastern mountain state and triggered landslides, authorities said.
- Ombudsman: A Dying Institution (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 15, 2006)
Federal Ombudsman Imtiaz Ahmad Sahibzada paid a customary farewell call on President General Pervez Musharraf and presented to him, as per requirements, the latest annual report of his institution.
- In A State Of Self-Imposed Siege (Dawn, M. ZIAUDDIN, Feb 14, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf has argued once again that if the US Predator had violated Pakistan’s sovereignty on January 13, the Al-Qaeda elements and their supporters operating in Pakistan were as much guilty of the same crime.
- Nepal Govt Frees Ex-Pm Deuba (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Nepal's royal government freed a former prime minister who had been jailed on graft charges by an anti-corruption commission that was annulled this week by the Supreme Court, an aide said on Tuesday.
- Brave Indians, Also Muslim (Indian Express, Anil Bhat, Feb 14, 2006)
The story of Indian Muslims in India’s armed forces is far too nuanced to be understood by the bureaucratic inquisitiveness of the Rajinder Sachar committee.
- The Military Mindset (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Feb 14, 2006)
Islamabad has no option but to listen to the regional nationalists and it is unwilling to do so
- Third Front — A Non-Starter (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 14, 2006)
Past experiments have failed
If the idea of forming a third front is being bandied about only as a strategic move to browbeat the government, there is nothing out of place, but if the regional and Left parties holding the trial balloon in their . . .
- Politics In A State Of Flux (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Feb 14, 2006)
The prevailing political turbulence in the country can be ascribed to many factors: the string of state assembly elections starting with West Bengal, Mr Deve Gowda’s dubious role in his son’s collective defection to the Bharatiya Janata Party . . .
- India Must Modernise Its Armed Forces (Tribune, Maj-Gen Rajendra Nath, Feb 14, 2006)
India is doing well economically. However, few realise that India is passing through a difficult period from the security point of view. China is giving weapon systems to Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan.
- The Knowledge Market (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Feb 14, 2006)
The “knowledge market” is just a name I have chosen — it has not made the dictionary yet.
- Using Science To Save A Cat (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Feb 14, 2006)
A tour de force of science-driven conservation advocacy by a tiger biologist
- Numbered Out (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 14, 2006)
Trust is as important to national statistics as is the ability to count right. The Union health ministry seems to have failed on both counts.
- The Cooperative Movement (Hindu, S. Vydhianathan, Feb 14, 2006)
It is unfortunate that the cooperative movement in India, which is 100 years old, is passing through a difficult phase.
- Forcing A Change (Telegraph, Tarunabh Khaitan, Feb 14, 2006)
The suggestions of the new committee on police reform will remain a dead letter unless the states implement them, writes Tarunabh Khaitan
- A Budding Relationship Between U.S. And India (US News & World Report, Thomas Omestad, Feb 14, 2006)
Through a period of foreign policy upheaval dominated by the Bush administration's war on terrorism, a major shift in U.S. policy with enduring consequences has received far less public attention in America: Washington's embrace of New Delhi and . . .
- Tdp To Break Bread With Upa Allies (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Feb 13, 2006)
An attempt to move away from NDA
The Telugu Desam Party will join ranks with those extending outside support to the United Progressive Alliance — if only at the dinner meeting being hosted by Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee this week.
- A.P. Unfazed By Karnataka's Efforts To Bag Fab Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Project will create thousands of jobs: Rajasekhara Reddy
Unperturbed by Karnataka's attempts to woo Fab City project from Andhra Pradesh to the neighbouring State, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy on Saturday said . . .
- Cpi (M) Steps Up Campaign On Iran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Complete understanding with SP, says Karat
Meeting in furtherance of Polit Bureau decision
Chandrababu Naidu supports SP's no-trust plan
Congress policies hurting interests of people: SP chief
- Telegu Desam To Back No Trust Vote On Iran Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
The Telegu Desam Party declared on Saturday its support to the Samajwadi Party's proposed no confidence motion against the UPA Government on the Iran issue, even as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party chiefMulayam Singh Yadav . . .
- Iran Vote: Tdp, Sp Plan No-Trust Motion (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Giving indication of the formation of a secular, non-Congress alliance, Telegu Desam chief Chandra Babu Naidu and Samajwadi Party’s Mulayam Singh Yadav today declared to bring in a no-confidence motion against the UPA government on the issue of vote again
- Vip Violators Of Traffic Rules (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 12, 2006)
On the first day of traffic rules’ enforcement, the Islamabad Traffic Police issued over 2,500 tickets to violators of rules. The long list contains names of several Federal Ministers (including a lady advisor), Ministers of State, bureaucrats, . . .
- Iran: Tdp, Sp Forge Front Against Upa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Telugu Desam Party leader Chandrababu Naidu has declared his party’s intent of standing by the Samajwadi Party on the Iran issue.....
- A Brief History Of The Asura Pond (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
There was only one pond in Gobindapur, and everyone in the village used it. It was fairly large, covering ten to twelve batis, with banks ten to twelve arm-lengths high, and was known as Asura Pond.
- Should Iims Go Global? (Hindu, P. K. Doraiswamy, Feb 12, 2006)
Nationalised banks globalise when large sections of the Indian population are unserved by credit. Why not IIMs?
- Iran Vote Thorn In Upa Flesh (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
The Iran vote issue is threatening to snowball into a major headache for the Cong-led coalition with the CPM on Saturday declaring it had a “common understanding” with the SP.....
- The Secret Route (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Feb 12, 2006)
The growing involvement of U.S.-based emissaries with no real base in the Kashmir Valley in closed-door meetings with the Indian establishment raises concern.
- Stranded For Long And Still Waiting (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Feb 12, 2006)
Earleir this week, newspapers here and abroad published a photograph showing the police beating a protesting “Pakistani refugee” in Dhaka. The person getting the beating is a refugee not because he left his country but, as someone poignantly put it, . . .
- What If Sonia Had To Face Her Father-In-Law (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Feb 12, 2006)
All IFS of history are flights of imagination. Yet, despite their implausibility, their use is permissible when a reasonable argument is sought to be made.
- 2006: A Year Of Consolidation (Indian Express, N K Singh, Feb 12, 2006)
Jaipur, one of India’s prime tourist destinations, recently played host to a high-profile investors’ conference. The 10th India Investors’ Conference, organised by Merrill Lynch, witnessed high-quality presence of global institutional investors . . .
- Cartoon Crisis: A Cartoonist’S Take (Indian Express, E.P.UNNY, Feb 12, 2006)
Occasional cartoonist and Kerala’s Muslim League Minister, Dr MK Muneer, has a finessed take on the current row over Prophet Muhammad’s caricature. He deplores the publication of the cartoons ‘‘in the strongest terms’’ . . .
- 'Legal Literacy Is To Be Aware Of Rights' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 11, 2006)
Niyama Sameeksha is a rare attempt to take legal literacy to the grass roots. Established as a trust in 1997, it publishes a magazine in Malayalam on legal issues as varied as POTA and Head Load Workers' Act and organises camps on rights . . .
- Higher Prices, Lower Wages (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Feb 11, 2006)
Sugar prices in Pakistan are very high now because of high world prices, says Jehangir Tareen, minister for industries, production and special initiatives.
- Silver Lining In Dhaka Clouds (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 11, 2006)
It was a sea of humanity. Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis converged on Dhaka early this week after trudging along for four days from different parts of the country.
- Jaitely's 'Half Prime Minister’ (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Feb 11, 2006)
This is not intended to be a confession but the fact is that while I may have admired Bhartiya Janata Party, General Secretary Arun Jaitely's abilities as a lawyer I have on very few occasions been convinced by the pontifical observations . . .
- Sharks, Dolphins And Joy (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 11, 2006)
Governance has often been a visionary affair for the chief minister of West Bengal. And his visions for Calcutta have been especially grand.
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