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Articles 3821 through 3920 of 25647:
- Down Sizing Govt Is The Answer (Daily Excelsior, S. V. Vaidyanathan, Jan 20, 2006)
The 35 lakh Government employees in employment with the Centre, the railways, public sector banks, and other sensitive establishments have threatened to go on an indefinite strike with effect from March 1 if a new salary formula is not worked out . . .
- Remember Dabhol? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 20, 2006)
A gentleman, whose identity better remain undisclosed, had spent a term in one of the houses of parliament.
- Elections In West Bengal (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Jan 20, 2006)
Close on the heels of its spectacular success in Bihar, the Election Commission has geared up to hold free and fair elections in five states — West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Pondicherry. Of these, the commission will perhaps face . . .
- Pak Still Searching For Consulate Premises (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
The search for suitable premises for its consulate in Mumbai appears to be a daunting task for Pakistan. Two years after the peace process gathered momentum in 2004, Pakistan found a commercial space in Mittal Towers at Nariman Point . . .
- Another Down (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Bureaucrats are used to being shifted from one assignment to another. Whether that makes any difference to the administration is another question. But the change of the chief secretary in Jharkhand raises some questions about administrative . . .
- A Blind Eye To Wrongs (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 20, 2006)
It has now become a scandal of unfathomable magnitude — the ceaseless killings on the streets and avenues of the Union territory of Delhi by the reckless driving of buses, trucks and cars. Men, women and children are being slaughtered as the . . .
- Fatal Confrontation Shows Perils Of India's Rise (International Herald Tribune, Somini Sengupta , Jan 20, 2006)
Kalingangar Industrial Area, India On the first Monday morning of the year, four bulldozers, accompanied by nearly 300 police officers, arrived on a rocky patch of farmland on the edge of a wooded village and began leveling the earth.
- Qaeda Bomb Expert Killed In Us Strike (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Pakistani intelligence sources said al-Zawahri was not at the scene of the attack, but one of the dead was thought to be one of his sons-in-law, Abdul Rehman Al-Misri al Maghribi, who was responsible for al Qaeda’s media department.
- Squandering Their Vote (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 19, 2006)
If councillors are joining hands with militants one year after the Valley defied fear to elect them, the government that has emasculated them is to blame
- Wanted, A Second Revolution In Public Works (The Financial Express, Alok Sheel, Jan 19, 2006)
When I first travelled abroad in the early 90s, two things struck me as the airplane approached its First World destination by night. First, the sheer brilliance of the expanse below that made the city look like a huge galaxy of bright stars.
- When Confinement Helps (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 19, 2006)
"I am a 24x7 care giver. Don't I have a say in my son's treatment? His mind is trapped in delusions and he is unable to think. But he is refusing treatment and so cannot be medicated. That is the law in the US", screamed an angry Prema.
- Russia’S ‘Oil-For-Knowledge’ Scheme (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
In the strange new world of today, the modern and the pre-modern depend on each other. Thus, Russians trade oil for the products of knowledge. Imported technologies are cheap if you convert their prices into barrels of oil, so the country produces . . .
- Separating Maruti, Esteem (Indian Express, SUNIT ARORA, Jan 19, 2006)
That the government has no business being in the business of making cars is a truism, but that has never been an obstacle when viewed through the prism of the Government of India’s love for carmaker Maruti Udyog Ltd.
- Of Availability And Demand (Greater Kashmir, ER. G N RESHI, Jan 19, 2006)
PDD should form a consumer friendly policy and not the one that pleases ministers and bureaucrats only, suggests
ER. G N RESHI
- The Tiger Deserves Better (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 19, 2006)
The announcement that a 13-member National Tiger Conservation Authority with the Union Minister for Environment and Forests as its head will be formed to protect India's national animal is a step forward, but only a feeble one given the nature and . . .
- Stillborn Solace (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 19, 2006)
Regulations won’t reform
There should be no great surprise over the icy response from schools across the country to the UPA government’s highly-hyped proposal to provide free education to the single girl child.
- Politics Of Slums (Tribune, Jagmohan , Jan 19, 2006)
If one wants to know how deeply India is poisoned at heart and contaminated at soul, one should study the phenomenon of slums, induced squatting and illegal constructions in its cities. In essence, the cities are the spiritual workshops of the nation . .
- Bjp Targets State Government, Telugu Desam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Consult all parties before finalising Outer Ring Road alignment: Dattatreya
Small ryots, poor will be adversely hit
Government fails to take note of affected persons' protest
TDP, Congress accused of siding with big realtors
- Preventing Power Losses (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jan 19, 2006)
Talk to a Japanese official and he invariably comes up with a reply that Pakistan is potentially a very rich country with large natural resources, unlike Japan with its narrow strip of hilly land. All we have to do, he says, is to develop those . . .
- Welcome Visitors (Statesman, SUNANDA SANYAL, Jan 19, 2006)
The Election Commission of India’s team of 19 observers, including the indomitable Mr KJ Rao, have fanned out to as many districts with the express aim of “flushing out all bogus voters from the electoral rolls”.
- Rly To Give Funds For Goa Skybus Project (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The Rs 1200-cr line, to run between Mallapuran and Uppal, has been cleared in principle by the Andhra Pradesh government, and an engineering survey for the project is currently on, KRC Managing Director K K Gokhale said.
- Bullet-Proof ‘Monks’ (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 18, 2006)
Even by Jammu and Kashmir standards, this is an alarming turn in the battle against militancy. For the first time in 15 years, investigations into fidayeen attacks in the state are increasingly pointing at the involvement of elected representatives . . .
- Leaving A Stamp On History (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jan 18, 2006)
The year 2008 will mark the 125th birth anniversary of Sir Mirza Ismail — a great Mysorean, an Indian who made us proud, a quintessential political conservative, a remarkable person in public life, who believed that persons entrusted with overseeing ....
- Can Do Without Chaotic Decision-Making (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Jan 18, 2006)
The Red Queen advised Alice: ‘If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.’
- Gang Wars (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Jan 18, 2006)
Is history repeating itself as farce? In 1975 Indira Gandhi declared the Emergency.
- What Lies Beneath The Economy (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Jan 18, 2006)
Every economic activity in the informal sector does not always result in tax evasion. Thus, while tax evasion may be evil, all unreported incomes and assets cannot be tarred with the same brush. says T. C. A. Ramanujam.
- Drug Regulating Body (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 18, 2006)
THE federal government’s plan to set up an independent regulatory authority for monitoring the manufacture and sale of medicines, as disclosed by the minister of state for health at a meeting with the Lahore Chamber of Commerce on Monday,
- Parliament And A Tale Of Two Scandals (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, Jan 18, 2006)
There is a wrong impression that Speaker Somnath Chatterjee is heading for a confrontation with the judiciary over the expulsion of MPs. In such cases, Parliament is the sole authority under Article 105 of the Constitution and the Supreme Court . . .
- Coming To Terms With A Disturbing Past (Telegraph, Sanjib Baruah, Jan 18, 2006)
Ordinary Cambodians as well as members of the international community have mixed feelings about the trial of the surviving Khmer Rouge leaders beginning this year, writes Sanjib Baruah The author is visiting professor, Centre for Policy Research, New Delh
- Administrators Likely For Five Zilla Panchayats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The Government is planning to appoint administrators to zilla panchayats of Mandya, Mysore, Chickmaglur, Bellary and Gulbarga if the presidents and vice-presidents cannot be elected within the timeframe prescribed by the State Election Commission.
- Rebranding Of Bihar (Indian Express, Shaibal Gupta, Jan 18, 2006)
On the face of it, Bihar continues to make news for the same reasons — another schoolboy was abducted even as an abducted businessman was reportedly freed on Tuesday.
- The West Has Picked A Fight With Iran That It Cannot Win (Guardian (UK), Simon Jenkins, Jan 18, 2006)
Never pick a fight you know you cannot win. Or so I was told. Pick an argument if you must, but not a fight. Nothing I have read or heard in recent weeks suggests that fighting Iran over its nuclear enrichment programme makes any sense at all.
- Given Our Resources, We’Ve To Adopt A Lifestyle That Leaves A Smaller Footprint On Nature Than West’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 17, 2006)
The greatest threat to our and future generations is not terrorism—it’s climate change. Dr R K Pachauri runs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and, yes, he’s a fellow Indian.
- Nepal Blues (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, Jan 17, 2006)
All too soon it is back to square one in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal. The Maoist rebels have announced the end of the (extended) ceasefire unilaterally announced by them four months ago, leading to fears of eruption of violence that has already . . .
- Brrr…Brrr! (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 17, 2006)
The weather suddenly changed for the better on the auspicious day of Lohri. There was bright sun.
- Aids Drive: States Look Up To Iim-A (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The training would cover issues relating to finance, human resources management, materials (medicine and awareness campaigns) and logistics management, Ramani said.
- No Bar To Women (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 17, 2006)
Working with men does not ensure equality for women
In a ruling that could have far-reaching implications for women's rights, the Delhi High Court has ruled that no restriction could be imposed on women working in bars, banquets and restaurants . . .
- Target Practice (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Jan 17, 2006)
The Maoists’ kindling of tribal discontent is likely to create more situations like the one in Kalinga Nagar, writes Sumanta Sen
- Getting Bihar On The Path To Progress (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Jan 17, 2006)
Where there is no bread, there is no law; where there is no law, there is no bread. The idea that a society's moral well-being depends on its economic well-being and vice versa is well settled.
- A City To Be Proud Of (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 17, 2006)
The chief minister of Delhi has been in the throes of an intensive discussion with a cross-section of city professionals, trying to understand how to address the growing urban problems that face this city.
- Time For Thought? (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 17, 2006)
In 2006, the BJP should reflect deeply on what went wrong
The author is an independent researcher. He has recently co-edited the book, Battles Over Nature
- Iraq’S Uncertain Future (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Jan 17, 2006)
There are several reasons why what happened in Iraq over the last three years should matter for Pakistan. The reason — or reasons — why the administration of President George W. Bush decided to invade Iraq is a matter of concern for countries . . .
- Defining Demilitarization (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Jan 16, 2006)
In an effort to comprehend ‘demilitarization and self-governance’ that has during the last two years, become Pakistan’s substitute for the Kashmiri right of self-determination, my last article (Dawn, January 9) was largely devoted to the process . . .
- Card Games (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 16, 2006)
Certain things can be both absurd and sinister. The discovery that there are more ration cards than human beings in West Bengal may have come as no extraordinary surprise to the inhabitants of the state, but countable proof of this absurdity . . .
- Neither Enlightened, Nor Moderate (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jan 16, 2006)
One doesn’t hear the phrase ‘enlightened moderation’ as much as one did a couple of years ago except, of course, in a negative sense.
- India Still Shackled, Says Report (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 16, 2006)
People today speak of a sea-change in the Indian economic environment since the early 1990s. But the Economic Freedom Index tells us that, not only is India placed way down at the 121st position among 161 countries, there has been just an 11 per cent ....
- Trivedi Is Indian Airlines Cmd (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Congress smells opportunity in Orissa
While Navin Patnaik’s track record as chief minister had been far from impressive, he has managed to remain afloat owing to lack of effective opposition. But after the tragedy of the tribals in Kalinganagar, it coul
- The Slippery Slope Of Stings (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jan 16, 2006)
After the success of the Aaj Tak–Cobrapost sting, nearly everybody in the media has got used to the concept of the sting operation-for-hire.
- Heritage Conservation Goes The Outsourcing Way (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Jan 16, 2006)
ASI, Wakf Board rope in outside experts for upkeep of Capital's monuments
- 5,000 Students To Compete In 155 Events At Arts Festival (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Chief Minister to inaugurate the extravaganza on Thursday
The State School Kalotsavam (arts festival) will be inaugurated here by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in Ernakulam on Thursday. The festival will be held in 14 venues till January 23.
- Crisis Management (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 16, 2006)
Once again Kashmir is facing the wrath of Nature. Snow has completely disrupted all the public utility services. The National Highway as usual got blocked this year too.
- If Jinnah Were To Return (Daily Times, Ahmad Faruqui, Jan 15, 2006)
Jinnah might conclude that Pakistan had failed not because the leaders who followed him were weak, but because there were weaknesses in the original design.
- Cracking Venice (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
This book, with its myriad characters and many intrigues is very like the city it is set in, layered and subtle.
- When Netas Play I-Spy (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Jan 15, 2006)
The “influential” persons behind the tapping were paying the detective Rs 5 lakh a week and already Rs 50 lakh has been paid for the patently “illegal service”.
- The Crick In Nitish’S Neck (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Jan 15, 2006)
His intentions have been good. And, his vision vibrant. Yet, 50 days after donning the mantle of the Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, who was voted to power in the name of good governance....
- Cooperative Movement & Reforms (Daily Excelsior, Vikrant Dogra, Jan 15, 2006)
The evolution of co-operative in the world can be traced from time immemorial, beginning from the day individual first joined hands for the advancement of common pursuits in life.
- Not Quite Back To Square One Yet (Dawn, David Hirst, Jan 14, 2006)
PAKISTAN spokesperson Tasneem Aslam must be having a great sense of humour. Otherwise, how can she say that the forecast about the peace progress between New Delhi and Islamabad was certainly not “bleak”?
- Mla’S Driver Held For Militant Links (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
In a major success, Jammu Police and Special Operations Group (SOG), Jammu today arrested a Hizbul Mujahideen militant from New Plot, who was posted as an official driver with Darhal MLA and former Minister of State for Forests Puran Singh.
- Inter-Company Deals Cross-Country (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Jan 14, 2006)
As cross-border business operations become more complex, there is need to update the transfer pricing laws, says T. C. A. Ramanujam
- Destination Punjab (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 14, 2006)
Normally, investment flows in a state should not make news. Driven by profit, private investment expects automatic routes with a clear-cut policy framework in place.
- Amend The Act (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Phone tapping for political reasons should not be allowed
- Farmers Driven To Despair (Tribune, Tarvinder Singh Chahal , Jan 13, 2006)
Suicides among farmers is a countrywide phenomenon. The cases of suicide by farmers have been reported from several states of India, including Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tripura.
- Unaccountable Delhi (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jan 13, 2006)
The Speaker does not like the fact the High Court has issued notices questioning the procedure he followed in expelling MPs from Parliament.
- Hat Trick! (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Jan 13, 2006)
The Haryana Home Department finds itself in a piquant situation on having to dispose off the thousands of bobby type hats which have become surplus following the changeover of police headgear and it has acted in the finest bureaucratic traditions . . .
- Trading Charges In The Midst Of Drift (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 13, 2006)
The India-Pakistan peace process has taken some knocks recently. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pervez Musharraf need to engage directly.
- Officialese Extraordinaire (Deccan Herald, Dinesh Kumar, Jan 13, 2006)
Of the people it may be, but the govt often scrambles the commonest of languages
- Rank And File (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
On accessing file notings, the chief information commissioner has struck the right note
- Letting Go (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 13, 2006)
What does it really mean for Indian institutions of higher education to be ‘autonomous’? It is a word that figures promisingly on the agenda of modern governments eager to minimalize the machinery of state.
- Track 2, On Track (Indian Express, YOGINDER SIKAND, Jan 13, 2006)
Rail links between India and Pakistan in the Sindh-Rajasthan sector are due to be resumed early next month.
- `Launch Crusade Against Female Foeticide' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Establish novel tradition of celebrating birth of girl child: Gen. Rodrigues
Need to project positive image of girl child
Investments needed in education, health, food and labour.
- Safety And Preservation Of Mankind - Ii (Greater Kashmir, FARRUKH FAHEEM, Jan 12, 2006)
We don’t educate them, we domesticate them, so that they are tamed into that culture of silence where nothing speaks at will, comments
FARRUKH FAHEEM
- Of Tapped Phones And Pravasi Lectures (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 12, 2006)
The tapping of the phone of Samajwadi Party General Secretary, Mr Amar Singh, which met a surprising mine-too chorus from non-UPA politicians, and the NRI jamboree in Hyderabad were the two highlights of last week.
- How America Kept Blair Out Of The Loop (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 12, 2006)
A new TV documentary throws more light on how isolated Tony Blair was within his own establishment in the run-up to the Iraq invasion.
- Mirwaiz Asks Delhi To Give Proposals On Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jan 12, 2006)
Chairman of moderate faction of the separatist Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, today asked New Delhi to come forward with "a set of her own proposals" if the lately floated ideas of demilitarisation and self-governance in Jammu and Kashmir . . .
- Students Told To Spread The Word On Right To Info Act (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
`It aims at correcting the functioning of officials, public representatives'
`Act will empower the people'
Kakatiya University to make public the valued answer sheets of students
- Deadening The Spirit (Greater Kashmir, FARRUKH FAHEEM, Jan 12, 2006)
We don’t educate them, we domesticate them, so that they are tamed into that culture of silence where nothing speaks at will, comments
FARRUKH FAHEEM
- Bharat Sarkar, All Ears (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Jan 11, 2006)
Governments of all political hues have tapped phones in India, and got away
- Tapping Party Lines (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 11, 2006)
Everybody who is anybody these days just has to announce that his or her phone lines are being tapped.
- Goodbye Peace Process? (News International, Ghani Jafar, Jan 11, 2006)
What on earth is New Delhi up to? There clearly is a method to the madness of its deliberately raising the pitch of hostility with Pakistan through the recent spate of unwarranted official pronouncements regarding the Balochistan situation.
- Politics With Drama And Ironies (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 11, 2006)
Sometimes certain developments take place or utterances are made in politics which leave one wonder whether these are deliberate or spontaneous.
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