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Articles 4021 through 4120 of 25647:
- Withdrawal Symptoms (Tribune, K. Rajbir Deswal, Jan 03, 2006)
Yes, consciously or otherwise, one does feel the withdrawal symptoms in the New Year. These may be of different kinds with different people. Yet, a feeling of correcting some wrong, of which one is habitual for the past some time, takes the better of him,
- Loc As Border Unacceptable: Mirwaiz (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has stated that proposals of acknowledging the Line of Control (LoC) as permanent border or maintaining status quo are unacceptable, however the APHC leadership is ready to become . . .
- Individual, Freedom And Organisation (Business Line, A. B. Sivakumar, Jan 02, 2006)
Let's face it. With very few honourable exceptions in the IT industry, individuals in most manufacturing organisations virtually surrender their individuality on joining an organisation, after signing a one-sided appointment letter.
- On The Eventful Year That Was (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 02, 2006)
The year just gone by has been one of tremendous promise but also of problems. While the economy is booming, with the soaring Sensex and a strong financial scene, the shortages have not disappeared, except for forex.
- Maoist Designs (Statesman, JR MUKHERJEE, Jan 02, 2006)
With Maoists from Nepal to Tamil Nadu subverting the government machinery and gaining control in a wide corridor across 13 states through a campaign of terror, their activities have become a serious threat to national security.
- New Path For Bihar (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 02, 2006)
Darling of the World Bank Chandra Babu Naidu paid for his love by losing power. Nitish Kumar appears to be moving in the same self-destruct mode. A World Bank team has already visited Bihar.
- Only Network (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 02, 2006)
Remember how exercised our babus were over Google Earth's reach? Well, there are going to be more eyes in the sky now with Europe launching the first of 30 satellites of its Galileo navigation system.
- No Serious Effort Made To Curb Terrorism: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Dattatreya accuses MIM, Congress and Left parties of pursuing vote-bank politics
- Year Of Inflexion (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jan 02, 2006)
Manmohan Singh has a feel for history. In his maiden speech as finance minister, he talked about India as an idea whose time had arrived. Now in the prime ministerial hot-seat, the time has arrived to propel this idea forward with greater impetus and ...
- Hoping The New Year Will Usher Change — For The Better (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jan 01, 2006)
Anyone writing a column that appears on the first day of a new year is forced to reminisce about the last one. Squashed on this page between N K Singh and Sudheendra Kulkarni, I can only hope they take a kinder, more philosophical view of 2005 so . . .
- Only Foreigners (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 01, 2006)
Bajaj Auto Chairman Rahul Bajaj told a Mumbai daily last week, ‘‘Our government somehow listened to foreign businessmen more than Indian businessmen’’.
- Political Corruption (Statesman, ISHAN JOSHI, Jan 01, 2006)
It’s the system, stupid! After all, intense government-citizen interaction based on dependency is a breeding ground for corruption
- India Hankering For A Zero-Sum Game Again? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jan 01, 2006)
B Raman, a former chief of India’s RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) who now works for South Asia Analysis Group, has put out an analysis that seems a major throwback to the pre-Islamabad Declaration period when relations between Pakistan and India were at
- Expulsion Enhanced Parliament’S Image: Sharad (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Jan 01, 2006)
Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav’s maiden election to the Fifth Lok Sabha in 1974 at the age of 25 coincided with the present Speaker Somnath Chatterjee also entering the portals of Parliament.
- Subsidy And Corruption (Deccan Herald, Bhamy V Shenoy & A Madhavan, Jan 01, 2006)
Reducing the gap in the pricing of petroleum products will make blending less profitable and decrease corruption.
- Will Bjp Return To Its Ideological Roots Under Rajnath Singh? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 01, 2006)
Leaders feel that he has been selected to revive the party's fortunes in Uttar Pradesh
- Farmer As The Bjp Helmsman (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Elected to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly in the 1977 elections, Mr Singh shot into limelight during his stint as education minister in the state in 1991 when he enacted an Anti-Copying Act provoking protests from the then Opposition parties.
- Mr Prime Minister, You Have Wasted This Year (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Dec 31, 2005)
It is the last day of the year, a year of exposed shame, as some newspapers and television channels describe it. Shameful, it sure was, with members of Parliament caught with their hands in the till and, worse, with senior parliamentarians defending . . .
- Flaws In Counter-Terror Practices (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 31, 2005)
Home Ministry orders review of procedures in major cities Bangalore police did not once send officials to Jammu and Kashmir to independently develop the inputs on the growing terrorist threat to the city
- Work Awaits The New Tribunal (Business Line, S. Murugappan, Dec 31, 2005)
S. Murugappan on the likely implications of the National Tax Tribunal Bill, 2005
- The Corrupt Politics Of Slums (Daily Excelsior, Jagmohan , Dec 31, 2005)
If one wants to know how deeply is India 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 . .
- ‘Taliban’ Gain Sway In Tribal Region (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Pakistani followers of Afghanistan’s Taliban have gained sway in a sensitive border area where they have been killing their opponents with impunity despite the heavy presence of government forces.
- Battered But Unbowed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The Indian Institute of Science campus, home to some of the finest minds in the country, is also not lacking in spirit, discover BHUMIKA K. and ANAND SANKAR in the aftermath of the dastardly act
- Minority Rights And Responsibilities (Hindu, Iqbal A. Ansari, Dec 31, 2005)
Muslims are not enjoying any `privilege' denied to others. However, the concerns raised in Parliament, during the debate on the Constitution (104th) Amendment Bill, on the reservation issue need to be addressed. One way could be to conduct a . . .
- Priority To Ceasefire: Rajapakse (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
`We want peace, peace to all'
- Subsidy And Corruption (Deccan Herald, Bhamy V Shenoy & A Madhavan, Dec 31, 2005)
Reducing the gap in the pricing of petroleum products will make blending less profitable and decrease corruption.
- How Saffron Lost Its Colour (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Dec 31, 2005)
Astrologically speaking, BJP appeared to be under the influence of the unfavourable ‘shani dasa’ in the year gone by with one mishap leading to another and ‘the party with a difference’ had publicly turned ‘different’ as the year closed.
- The Ordinance Factory (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 31, 2005)
Grab something. Then make law to legitimise the grab. It used to happen in the Emergency.
- Pm Delivers On Relief (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 31, 2005)
Guilty must be punished
It has taken 21 years, but finally there is a measure of relief for the victims of the 1984 riots.
- Silver Lining In Disaster’S Dark Clouds (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Dec 31, 2005)
Once notorious for forsaking the victims of natural disaster, India in 2005 gained a working model for rehabilitation: growing private involvement and determined public officials. The downside: a threat to community self reliance.
- India's Year Of Shame (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 30, 2005)
As the first anniversary of the tsunami trauma reminds us, the year now mercifully drawing to a close had begun with a monumentally destructive disaster. Others followed, most notably the earthquake, far more catastrophic in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir ....
- Overdose! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 30, 2005)
The draft National Pharmaceuticals Policy marks an about-turn in the reformist stance of the past few decades.
- Terror In Bangalore (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 30, 2005)
The terrorist attack at Bangalore on Wednesday indicates that the symbols of India’s economic growth remain high on the target list of the enemies of the nation. Bangalore, the IT capital of India, where some sensitive defence establishments . . .
- This Happens Only In India (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col (Retd) Mukund Singh Jamwal, Dec 30, 2005)
Welcome to India, that is Bharat, the land of eternal contradictions. Blessed are the souls of this country who have the good fortune of living with contradictions from morn till eve with a majority of them even making a virtue out of this.
- Did Iisc Ignore Police Advice? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
On three occasions police officials had advised the Registrar to change the existing security apparatus
Institute was told to switch security agency
Security breached during Chinese premier's visit
- Gender Issues In Agriculture — An Idea Refusing To Take Roots (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 30, 2005)
"I hold the most prestigious name in agriculture in this country, and still I can't get an appointment with the DG, ICAR (Director-General of Indian Council for Agricultural Research)! They'll be very polite and say, `Yes, madam, very good madam.'
- Scientific Community, It Professionals Shocked (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Security wake-up call for Information Technology sector
`Red alert' sounded in all vital installations of ISRO
IT industry to work with Government on security issue
- Jayalalithaa Launches Projects To The Tune Of Rs. 2.4 Crore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The Chennai Corporation using the constituency development funds executed all works
- Communication Gap (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 29, 2005)
Bharatiya Janata Party president L.K. Advani on Wednesday dared Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to come clean on the Volcker Committee revelations on Iraq's `Oil-for-Food' programme or resign as the head of the National Advisory Council.
- Good (And Not So Good) To Great (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 29, 2005)
The year is coming to a close, with the world economy having dodged several bullets: natural disasters, terrorist attacks and spiking oil prices, all failed to cause significant problems for growth. Structural imbalances and political instability . . .
- Can Indian Corporate Management Mature? (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Dec 29, 2005)
The prevalent holiday season all over the world prompts one to ask whether Indian managers ever take regular breaks at all. Or, are they always chasing deadlines, driving themselves to the point of taking sick leave?
- Shock, Awe And Hobbes Have Backfired On Neocons (Hindu, Richard Drayton, Dec 29, 2005)
The Tragid irony of the 21st century is that just as faith in technology collapsed on the world's stock markets in 2000, it came to power in the White House and the Pentagon.
- The Lingering Terror (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Money, housing, relief material, tools of trade and some government assistance have all made their way to this tsunami-hit hamlet of the fishing community, about 38 km from Port Blair, for rehabilitation and starting life afresh.
- Weak At Core (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 29, 2005)
Poor show on the infrastructure front will restrict overall growth of the economy.
- Myanmar’S Flight Of Capital (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 29, 2005)
Military trucks rumble up in front of Yangon’s ministries several times a week and workers lug ancient desks, chairs and filing cabinets to the waiting vehicles. The convoys depart at daybreak on a 12-hour journey along roads badly rutted and pocked,
- Make That A Capital ‘P’ (Indian Express, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Dec 29, 2005)
Ever since I moved to the Capital City from the Commercial Capital almost 18 years ago, I have never ceased to be bemused by the ‘P for Power’ blocs that drive Delhi. Those comprising them are the great movers and shakers—people imbued with impunity, . .
- Blast Triggers Fire At Pak Gas Field (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
A bomb ruptured a pipe and triggered a fire at the main gas field in south-western Pakistan, but no one was hurt and the fire was quickly put out, an official said on Wednesday.
- Sarpanch Shot At By Maoists; Condition Critical (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
P. Babu, sarpanch of Khajapur village, Chinnasankarampet mandal in Medak district was shot by four men believed to be Maoists on Wednesday night.
- India, Iran Discuss Pipeline (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
India and Iran began a new round of talks on Wednesday to review progress on a tri-partite deal to build a gas pipeline project through Pakistan that the three nations aim to finalise by June, an Indian official said.
- Technology And Imperialism (Dawn, Richard Drayton, Dec 29, 2005)
The tragic irony of the 21st century is that just as faith in technology collapsed on the world’s stock markets in 2000, it came to power in the White House and Pentagon.
- Be Civil, Without Being Taxing (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 28, 2005)
Reports from the Netherlands say Dutch witches are having a taxing time, of a rather different sort. While the new-age practitioners learn divination and how to enchant and cast spells, they can now claim tax deductions on the monies spent . . .
- Scrap Reservation In Promotions? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 28, 2005)
India is a young nation-state in the making obliged to discover new formulations for forging a strong pan-Indian identity.
- Go On, Break The Mould (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 28, 2005)
When climbing steep heights, you are advised not to look down. If you do and sense how far up you have already gone, the temptation to retrace your steps becomes irresistible. After a year of bold moves on the foreign policy front, the UPA government ....
- Tsunami: Lessons To Learn (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 28, 2005)
This week the world marked the first anniversary of the catastrophic tsunami that devastated large areas of Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and the Maldives.
- Bjp: Foreign Policy In Disarray (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday accused the United Progressive Alliance government of not having an “integrated foreign policy”, saying it has complicated India’s relations with neighbouring countries.
- Four Soldiers Wounded In Landmine Blasts In Waziristan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
A land mine exploded near an army pickup truck on a road in a tribal region in South Waziristan, injuring three soldiers, a government official said on Tuesday.
- What, Balochistan Again? (News International, M B NAQVI, Dec 28, 2005)
For the fifth time since 1947, Islamabad is using military force against Baloch nationalists. Indeed, the soldiers have to unavoidably target ordinary Baloch as well.
- Night Watchman Carries The Bat At Hong Kong (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 28, 2005)
The much-awaited World Trade Organisation's Hong Kong Ministerial, as part of the Doha Development Round, has come and gone. And what has been the outcome? Did the developing countries get anything out of it? There is much debate on what the . . .
- Fatal Neglect (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2005)
Immidiately after dug-up earth caved in at the site of an under-construction shopping mall in South Delhi on Saturday evening, claiming the lives of at least a dozen labourers, there was a chorus led by the police that the accident happened because . . .
- The Burden Of Memory (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, Dec 27, 2005)
Argues that modernity is best achieved if conditions propitious to forgetting the past are encouraged
- War Fears Overshadow Sri Lanka Tsunami Anniversary (Reuters, Peter Apps, Dec 27, 2005)
A year after the tsunami swept away his house, building materials for fisherman R. Alagodurai's new home have finally arrived. But he fears escalating violence could reignite Sri Lanka's two-decade civil war and he might never live there.
- Corruption Leaps, Mp Heaps, Camera Peeps & Parliament Weeps (Daily Excelsior, J R Aryan, Dec 27, 2005)
Today the Parliament of the greatest democracy of the world is in tears and full of fears to find its honour and dignity, sanctity and integrity at stake almost lying tatter and torn on having been stung by the black deeds of shameful degree . . .
- Catch The New Love Police (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 27, 2005)
How terrible and lout-like it was to see police officers slap, hit and pull the hair of innocent citizens who were together, romancing and being kind and loving to each other.
- Tribe Sets Deadline For Journalist’S Release (News International, Iqbal Khattak, Dec 27, 2005)
A jirga in Hurmuz tribe has set a 48-hour deadline for the safe recovery of Hayatullah Khan, a journalist, who was kidnapped on December 5 from Mir Ali in North Waziristan.
- Not Banking On Frills (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 26, 2005)
THE INITIATIVE OF the State Bank of India to launch a `no-frills' account, aimed at the masses, with liberal stipulations on the size of the initial deposit and exemption from the minimum balance requirement needs to spread quickly not only across the SBI
- Looking Forward (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 26, 2005)
Is it possible for us as believers in the Parliamentary democracy to wish away the recent agonising experience in the country? The answer will be: no. We can pinch ourselves hard
- Disputed Durand Line (Tribune, Gurinder Randhawa, Dec 26, 2005)
The British during their long rule over the subcontinent drew three lines on the map — the McMahon Line between India and China, the Radcliff Line between India and Pakistan and the Durand Line between India and Afghanistan. All three became . . .
- Deadwood Must Go (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s proposal to reform the administration with provisions for mid-career exit for the inefficient civil servants and fast-track rewards for the competent is welcome.
- Annual Reflections (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Dec 26, 2005)
As another December ends, one is inevitably reminded of unmet targets and unfulfilled promises, public and private, and can too easily give way to wistful regret.
- Bharat Nirman: Foundation In Rural India (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 26, 2005)
The ambitious Bharat Nirman project can succeed only if large industries are induced to distribute themselves in villages. For rural location imposes no serious financial liability on large industries but small ones cannot prosper in villages . . .
- Notes From The Washington Merry-Go-Round (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Jack Anderson’s journalism comforted the afflicted and afflicted the comfortable. Inderjit Badhwar remembers his days with a scam-busting colleague
- Kingdom Of The Official Secret (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Dec 26, 2005)
Open Government is a contradiction in terms. You can be open or you can have a government...(‘Yes Minister’ by Jonathan Lynn and Antony Lay)
- From Children To Corporates, Singapore Education Suits All (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Attracts students who wish to pursue higher education of international quality
- At Land’S End, As Black Sunday Anniversary Rolls In, India Rolls On (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Dec 26, 2005)
“Ee kaa hai (what is this)?’’ asks Babu Lal Soni of Jharkhand curiously, peering between the thatch covering of a 16-ft high steel statue of two giant hands, one holding back the waves, another cupped to cradle a lamp of hope.
- Peace, South Asia And The Kashmir Dispute (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 26, 2005)
No, is the instant answer. Some historic facts, some political complicacies, some national interests and more.
- Judiciary And Fair Elections (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Dec 25, 2005)
The judiciary and the legal fraternity of the country have come into focus once again for a variety of unrelated reasons like the new-found judicial activism and bar elections.
- Thinking Of The Quaid (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Dec 25, 2005)
"You are free, you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this state of Pakistan.” This is the assurance the founder of our country, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, our Quaid-i-Azam, gave all of us ...
- Merry Christmas In God’S Own Tsunami Country (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Dec 25, 2005)
The bumpy single-lane road is lined with coconut palms, scattered with quaint, little concrete houses with newly planted marigold and posies. There is a bakery, net cafes, white sand, smiling locals and a sculptor at work on an exquisite 6-foot-high . . .
- What’S So Festive About This Season? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 25, 2005)
It is true that our political class is venal and contemptible. It is true that the nature of the Indian state is more colonial than democratic but rarely has there been a week in political history when these ugly truths have been more self-evident.
- Chidambaram's 2006-07 Budget (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Dec 25, 2005)
Our ministers and parliamentarians take bribe. Naturally bureaucrats can't be behind.
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