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Articles 3921 through 4020 of 25647:
- On Muslims, Upa Has Bad Answers (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jan 10, 2006)
The UPA government’s approach to the well-being of Muslims is threatening to inject an insidious poison into Indian politics, whose ramifications for all Indian citizens are too dreadful to contemplate.
- Forest Minister Launches Crackdown On Timber Mafia (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jan 10, 2006)
In a high drama operation of post-midnight raids, Forest Minister Tariq Hameed Qarra has seized over 1,000 cft of illegally felled timber, alongwith seven wood poachers, in Kangan area of Srinagar district even as some Government officials involved . . .
- Wrong Place To Tap (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 10, 2006)
What a strange way to start the New Year — to have Prakash Karat tell us with a smirk on his face that the private sector should never have been allowed to enter the telecommunications sector because someone broke the law and indulged in phone tapping.
- Advani's Phones Were Tapped During Volcker Controversy: Bjp (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Jumping into the bandwagon, BJP today joined Samajwadi Party and other parties to claim it was also a victim of phone tapping alleging the landlines of Leader of Opposition L K Advani were under surveillance and demanded a probe into it.
- Flip-Flop Serves No Purpose (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 10, 2006)
After a long hiatus, the merger of public sector oil companies is once again on the front-burner, according to the petroleum minister.
- Cut Red Tape (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 10, 2006)
Not very long ago a fairly well-known industrialist family of a western state after setting up a unit at the outskirts of this city ran into bureaucratic hurdles. It discovered that the official commitments made to it were not being honoured.
- Bjp Demands Inquiry In Phone Tapping (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Controversy over the issue of phone-tapping of senior Opposition leaders gathered momentum today with the BJP alleging that the telephone of Leader of the Opposition L K Advani was being bugged
- Insurgency In Iraq Sunnis Hold The Key (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Jan 10, 2006)
Since the fall of Saddam Hussein, plenty of water has flown down the Euphrates and the Tigris.
- India’S Political Freedom In Question – Bjp Finds Foul In Phone Tapping Of Leaders –politicians Look For Supreme Court’S Help (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Jan 10, 2006)
India may be silently experienced loss of political freedom while preaching the same to Nepal and other countries.
- Behind Bangalore: The Origins Of The Long Jihad (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 10, 2006)
The first part of an investigation into how the Lashkar-e-Taiba's terror campaign against India was born, and the forces that drive it today
- Building Bonds (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 10, 2006)
OCI scheme is the first step towards conferring full citizenship rights on NRIs.
- No Intention To Cause Hurt To Manmohan: Amar Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Claims telling Dr. Singh about phone tapping for a year
Alleges that phones of Congress' rivals were tapped by RAW and CBI
- Ku Readies For Golden Jubilee Celebrations (Tribune, Chitleen K. Sethi, Jan 09, 2006)
IN the dying months of 1956 seven-year -ld Shiv Narayan, studying in Class I in the Municipal Committee School at Kurukshetra, did not fully understand why he along with the rest of his class was busy preparing colourful buntings.
- Deterrent To Foreign Investment (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 09, 2006)
PRIME Minister Shaukat Aziz has sought investment in power generation sector from private entrepreneurs as development of alternate energty sources is among the highest priorities of the Government.
- Serious Threat-I -By Pr Dubhashi (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 09, 2006)
Indian democracy seems once again to be undergoing a major transformation.
- Why We Refuse To Learn (Telegraph, VIMALA RAMACHANDRAN, Jan 09, 2006)
looks at the differing perceptions about ‘motivation’ among administrators, teachers and parents
- Behind Bangalore: The Origins Of The Long Jihad (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 09, 2006)
The first part of an investigation into how the Lashkar-e-Taiba's terror campaign against India was born, and the forces that drive it today.
- Reflections On Turning Points In The Economy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 09, 2006)
POLICIES change and nations embark on new paths. It is often difficult to discern any pattern or design behind most of these occurrences, however hard we try.
- Funds See Potential In Mid-Cap Stocks — No Hiccups In Steady Flow Of Liquidity (Business Line, Jayanta Mallick , Jan 09, 2006)
The small-cap space, though roaring, is still haunted by corporate governance issues.
- What The Budget Must Tackle (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Jan 09, 2006)
To mobilise resources for infrastructure, the best thing to do is to cut subsidies in the oil sector.
- Parliament Shows The Way Forward (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 09, 2006)
The determined way both Houses acted against the MPs involved in the cash-for-questions case has given rise to hope that something can be done to curb corruption in the country.
- Party Hangover (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 09, 2006)
The real test for Sonia and the PM will be cabinet changes, not CWC musical chairs
- Bhasha Dam, The Northern Areas And Pakistan (News International, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
Storage of river water in a large reservoir is vital for the survival of Pakistan.
- An Ig’S Housing Cess (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 09, 2006)
THAT our friendly neighbourhood cops are money-making machines is an open secret. One has learnt to live with this menace because of the TINA (there is no alternative) factor.
- Lives Of The Powerful (Greater Kashmir, Dr Syed Amir, Jan 08, 2006)
They record their events for us to read them, writes Dr Syed Amir
More than 150 years ago, the Scottish historian and essayist, Thomas Carlyle, in his book On Heroes and Hero Worship noted that “the history of the world is but the biography . . .
- ‘I’Ve No Ego In Meeting People. If I Can Meet Leaders Of Other Parties, Why Not My Own?’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
I’ve no ego in meeting people. If I can meet leaders of other parties, why not my own?’
- Telangana: Manmohan For New Investment? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Is a solution political or administrative, asks Prime Minister
- Low Agriculture Growth May Hit Economy (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Jan 08, 2006)
The parliamentary review committee on agriculture has suggested that in the eleventh plan a sum of Rs. 3, 60,000 should be invested to propel agricultural growth in the country, which has remained stagnant over the last 10-years.
- After Kisan-Speak, Pm, Rajnath Must Walk The Talk (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Jan 08, 2006)
Those who wish to see India emerge as a developed nation in a holistic sense—prosperous, harmonious, egalitarian and culturally vibrant—know very well the critical importance of two large but long-neglected sections of our economy:
- A Challenging Role For Rajnath (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 08, 2006)
The new BJP President, Rajnath Singh has gained wide experience at his age. He is just 54. Known as a soft spoken and low profile gentleman-politician, he lacks the stature to lead the second biggest political party after the Congress.
- Religious Leaders Strengthen Resolve To Intervene In Aids Prevention (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Faith-based organisations needed at district level: former Chief Election Commissioner
- Warning Wasted In Bangalore (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 08, 2006)
Poor communication, bureaucratic delays
ID card of suspect referred to J & K police more than three months after it was found
Common-sense procedure not followed
Weapons transported from J & K
- Grab The Judge (The Week, Tapash Ganguly, Jan 08, 2006)
Fundamentalists in Bangladesh are trying to take over the judicial system
- Enterprises In The Unorganised Sector (Daily Excelsior, H C Katoch, Jan 08, 2006)
Economic institutions grow not because of the consideration of general welfare, as Adam Smith, the father of economics once said, but because the livelihood of the enterprising people rests on it.
- Priority Action For 2006 (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 08, 2006)
With the New Year festivities behind us there is need for real action. The Prime Minister has over the last few weeks articulated some priorities of the Government. Some of these must include the following:
- Proposal To Monitor Ias Officers (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Jan 08, 2006)
It is interesting. The suggestion has come from no less a person than the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who is himself a former bureaucrat. Mr Singh is strongly in favour of introducing a monitoring system to assess the performance . . .
- Paper Boat On A Lazy River (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
The strength of the book lies in its simplicity and the plot which twists and turns like a river.
- Venkaiah Naidu Not To Hold Party Post (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Former BJP president M. Venkaiah Naidu has said he had conveyed to the incumbent, Rajnath Singh, not to consider him for any post when he reconstitutes the party's national executive.
- Chief Secretary Rebuts Charges Raised By Officials (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
He meets Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to clarify matters
Chief Secretary M. Vijayanunni has rebutted complaints raised against him by subordinate officials.
- Check List: Things To Do During The Year (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Jan 07, 2006)
With the New Year festivities happily behind us, there is need for real action. The Prime Minister has over the last few weeks articulated some priorities of the government. Some of these must include the following:
- Railways On Right Track (The Financial Express, AV POULOSE, Jan 07, 2006)
Of all the user-friendly reforms the Indian Railways (IR) has announced in the recent past, encouraged by its good performance, physical and financial, the opening up of one stream of traffic for competition, by ending the long-held monopoly . . .
- Cbr: Taxpayer Friendly Reforms Pay (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 07, 2006)
The Central Board of Revenue has collected Rs 322 billion during the July-December period of the current financial year marking an increase of 22.7 per cent over the revenue collection in the first half of the last year. CBR Chairman M Abdullah Yusuf . ..
- Even Lohiaites Are Learning (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 07, 2006)
If, like this writer, you too are a believer in economic reform leading to free markets, shrinking of the state’s role in economics and unshackling India’s creative and entrepreneurial energies, and are dismayed at the road-blocks and rollbacks at . . .
- Those Blessed With Gene-Sharkmen, Matters, Memories (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jan 07, 2006)
A news item I read in one of the Delhi papers the other day describes how a little striped fish had helped scientists to solve one of the biggest mysteries in biology- which genes were responsible for differences in human skin, eye and hair colour.
- Container Half Full (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 07, 2006)
Laloo Prasad Yadav is one politician guaranteed to get satirical press on reforms. Yet the fact is he has treated the railways rather better than he has treated Bihar.
- Lights Out In Power Ministry (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 07, 2006)
Despite the hype and expectations, the ministry of power continues to hold back progressive initiatives of successive Central governments.
- Remembering Shah-I-Hamadan (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 07, 2006)
The great saint is not only remembered for his saintliness but there is much more than is being read and heard about him.The great saint is not only remembered for his saintliness but there is much more than is being read and heard about him.
- Uma May Comeback (Daily Excelsior, Yashpal Singh Tomar, Jan 06, 2006)
The new BJP president, Rajnath Singh, is expected to re-induct the expelled Dalit face of the BJP sadhvi Uma Bharati into the party. She is on her way to Ayodhya with a slogan Ram-roti, and has been drawing gullible crowd at every stop.
- Return Of The Natives (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 06, 2006)
The question of Pandit return looms large over the larger Kashmir dispute.
- Cbr: Taxpayer Friendly Reforms Pay (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 06, 2006)
The Central Board of Revenue has collected Rs 322 billion during the July-December period of the current financial year marking an increase of 22.7 per cent over the revenue collection in the first half of the last year. CBR Chairman M Abdullah Yusuf ...
- Will It Take Off? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 06, 2006)
The project for modernising the airport facilities in Mumbai and Delhi seems to be hitting more air pockets than an aeroplane flying through the eye of a storm.
- Scientists Must Play Leading Role In Pura Project, Says Kalam (Hindu, P. Sunderarajan , Jan 06, 2006)
They must provide scientific, technological leadership
Says the community can help set up 100 PURA centres
Must comprise village knowledge centres, agri-clinics, tele-education, water treatment plants
- Some Friends (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 06, 2006)
The Congress must sometimes wonder whether the Left is really its ally.
- Delhi Police On Alert (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Jan 05, 2006)
Police Commissioner given inputs on presence of militants
Army HQ, Golf Course among likely targets
Groups operating from the Kashmir valley considered a real threat
Bangladesh-based militants found more inclined towards "fidayeen" attacks
- Handle With Care (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 05, 2006)
The state must tackle dispossession humanely
The violent attempt by tribals in Orissa to stop the Tata Steel factory from coming up on their land is a reminder of the need for state governments to handle these matters humanely and efficiently.
- Uncover Plot In Phone Tapping: Karat (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Jan 05, 2006)
Amar Singh to meet Jayalalithaa
The Samajwadi Party on Wednesday sought to mobilise political support for its case against the Congress and the Centre in the phone-tapping issue, with its leader Amar Singh calling on Communist Party of India (Marxist)..
- Value To Rural Markets (Telegraph, Alok K. Chattopadhyay, Jan 05, 2006)
When the regulation regime came into effect, the Agriculture Produce Market Committees in India geared up to the change. West Bengal, with its rich manpower, can easily lead the way in rural development enterprises, provided there is a political . . .
- Iran’S Nuclear Zealot (Daily Times, Kenneth R Timmerman, Jan 05, 2006)
As the world prepares to confront an Iranian regime that continues to defy the International Atomic Energy Agency on its nuclear programmes, we must listen to what Iran’s leaders say as we watch what they do. A religious zealot with nuclear weapons . . .
- Anna University To Undertake 3d Radar Terrain Mapping Of Coastline (Indian Express, V AYYAPPAN, Jan 05, 2006)
Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS) of Anna University will carry out Airbourne Radar Terrain Mapping along the coastline stretching from Nagapattinam to Nellore to facilitate disaster mitigation.
- Obdurate Left (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 04, 2006)
Any hope that the New Year would see some sense dawn on the Left has been belied. On Monday, the Left parties reiterated their position that disinvestments, even in profitable non-navaratna public sector undertakings (PSUs), is a no-no.
- Security Concerns Ignored (Tribune, Maj Gen (retd) Rajendra Nath, Jan 04, 2006)
Recently Chandigarh hosted a seminar regarding the country’s foreign policy and its effects on national security. Mr Jaswant Singh, former Foreign Minister, made interesting observations and often referred to the fact that he was an Army . . .
- Rot In Fci (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 04, 2006)
The behemoth is feeding on itself, and people
The Food Corporation of India was formed to act as a bulwark against perennial food shortage and greed of the middlemen.
- Alternate Roads (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 04, 2006)
Yet again the Srinagar-Jammu highway has turned hostile. Hundreds of passengers and trucks laden with essential commodities are stranded at different points on the deadly highway.
- Top Maoist Leader Arrested At Bhadrachalam Bus Stand (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Sanyal was behind the Alipiri attack on Chandrababu Naidu
Top Maoist revolutionary Narayan Sanyal alias Navin Prasad alias Vijay Dada was arrested by the Khammam police in Bhadrachalam town at 3.30 a.m. on Tuesday.
- Lost Capital (Indian Express, Gautam Bhatia, Jan 04, 2006)
Delhi’s future has been left to bureaucrats and developers. That’s the snag
- The Rule Of Lawlessness (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jan 04, 2006)
Politicians who have several illegal activities have been opposing the Delhi demolitions
- Orissa Firing Draws Tribal Protests (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
At one entry point, the tribals blocked the road with the bodies of four tribals killed in the police firing. One of the bodies was that of Bumia Goto, a minor tribal boy, a student in a local high school.
- Transferring Responsibility (Times of India, V RAGHUNATHAN, Jan 04, 2006)
A tragic stampede in Chennai killed 42 last month. The next day, newspapers screamed 'Chennai collector transferred', adding, "As per government sources, wrong enumeration of rain-hit people had led to the shortage of relief tokens and the . . .
- Truth About The Abbasi Report (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Jan 04, 2006)
Three months after the chairman of the Technical Committee on Water Resources (TCWR), Mr A.N.G. Abbasi, had presented his report to the president and the prime minister, the Kalabagh dam issue has burst on the scene in a big way.
- Cheers And Tears (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 04, 2006)
It is paradoxical that whenever there is a heavy snowfall in the State during this period of the year we clap and cry at the same time.
- Involve Community In Providing Education (Daily Excelsior, S K Kakroo, Jan 04, 2006)
In our country, the vision of education was contained in article 45 of the constitution, which states, "the state shall endeavor to provide within a period of ten years from the commencement of this constitution for free and compulsory education . . .
- Everything On The House (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 04, 2006)
Public accounts committees of the National Assembly and the four provincial assemblies do good work by keeping an eye on government expenditure. But the trouble is that when they sit down for the purpose, the cases that come up to them are nearly . . .
- Afghan Mps Want To Question Aid Groups (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Afghanistan’s parliament wants to question aid agencies about their spending amid growing complaints from Afghans about a lack of change despite the expenditure of billions of dollars, MPs said on Tuesday.
- Bringing Peace To Gilgit (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 03, 2006)
One wonders what to make of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s statement that peace is a prerequisite to development in the Northern Areas. It would have been more logical for him to say that development was a prerequisite for peace and political . . .
- Foreign Secretaries To Discuss Kashmir Options (Dawn, Ihtasham ul Haque, Jan 03, 2006)
India is unwilling to consider proposals coming through the media and argues it would prefer back-channel contacts, both official and unofficial, to resolve the decades-old Kashmir problem.
- Once Again, Across The Bridge Of Many Returns (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 03, 2006)
The Kashmir quake shattered the Kaman bridge that brought so much hope for the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus. It’s still not too late to take up peace initiatives to revive the enthusiasm of a year ago, says Muzamil Jaleel.
- No More Nuclear Fundamentalists (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 03, 2006)
The arrival of Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso today will launch 2006’s diplomatic season in the capital as well as help develop a more productive nuclear conversation between the two countries.
- Wilting Lotus (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 03, 2006)
The new BJP president, Rajnath Singh, has now been adorned with what its tallest and most enigmatic leader, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, described as a crown of thorns.
- Systems Collapse Under Moderate Snowfall (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jan 03, 2006)
Considered to be auspicious by the Valley’s agriculture, horticulture and tourism community with the beginning of the New Year and Chilla-e-Kalaan (heart of the winter), the season’s first major snowfall has threatened to cripple vital systems in Kashmir.
- Develop 'Management Culture' In Hospitals (Daily Excelsior, Dr Arun Sharma, Jan 03, 2006)
The clinicians/doctors have been playing the dual roles - those of administrators and doctors. In the process, there have been more losses than gains. The medical community has not understood the world "management" in its correct perspective.
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