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Articles 5621 through 5720 of 25647:
- Boost To Ties Likely (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jun 29, 2005)
AS Prime Minister Manmohan Singh prepares for his meeting with President George W. Bush at the White House next month, expectations are high that the summit will spawn an array of agreements on defence, civilian space and nuclear cooperation.
- Bureaucratic Attitudes (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Jun 29, 2005)
IF I were asked to name one quality that governments and their administrators in Pakistan lack, and have always lacked, I would say humanity. The word does not cover just one attitude of mind.
- Not Just 'Optics' (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jun 29, 2005)
During this week's D.C. Council hearing on a city auditor report critical of contracting in the mayor's office, City Administrator Robert C. Bobb indicated that D.C. government service requires officials to be sensitive to the outward appearance of their
- Ringside View Of History (Hindu, B. S. Raghavan , Jun 28, 2005)
Patel had a ringside seat which enabled him to observe and recall in his memoirs history in the making
- Man-Made Monsoon! (Tribune, Vepa Rao, Jun 28, 2005)
IT'S a triangular debate on the recent drought and floods — between one well-fed Ruling Coalition Leader (Ruling Ld),
- Advani"s Unsecular Folly (Deccan Herald, M Veerappa Moily, Jun 28, 2005)
While Advani may have praised Jinnah for being secular, it is obvious that the converse was indeed true
- Cracks In Orissa's Ruling Alliance? (Hindu, PRAFULLA DAS, Jun 28, 2005)
The Posco deal is only the latest in a series of decisions taken by Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik that have caused resentment in the BJP.
- Any Big Ideas, Dr Singh? (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jun 28, 2005)
The world wants India to assume responsibilities of an emerging great power but our security establishment conditioned by the Third World syndrome is unwilling to rise to the occasion.
- Rural Poor In Mind, Pm Reduces Growth Target (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2005)
Taking an apparent dig at his predecessor Vajpayee, Manmohan Singh said growth rate during the first 3 years of Tenth Plan was below the target.
- Lessons From L'affaire Sheikh Rashid (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 28, 2005)
An indiscreet remark by the Kashmiri militant-turned-politician Yasin Malik caused a diplomatic rumpus that has cast a shadow over the efforts for détente between India and Pakistan.
- ``Farm Sector Growth Disturbing'' (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , Jun 28, 2005)
Steps needed to tackle agricultural problems which go beyond weather: Manmohan
- Middle: Revamp Forest Bureaucracy (Times of India, VALMIK THAPAR, Jun 27, 2005)
With forests vanishing and tigers dying, it is quite clear that the Indian Forest Service with its strength of 4,000 officers, 8,000 state service officers and nearly 1,75,000 men is in a mess and urgently requires overhaul.
- Cultural Stumbling Blocks To Excellence (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jun 27, 2005)
India's culture — social and political — is the stumbling block to setting up a world-class research university.
- Accepting Children As They Are (Tribune, S. Dutt , Jun 27, 2005)
A parent once asked me, “Do you think we expect too much from our children?” How many ask themselves this question? How many teachers?
- ‘act Quick To Check Child Sex Abuse’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
The State governments have to act effectively and stringently to check increasing incidents of sexual abuse of children, said Justice A M Farooq, Judge of the Karnataka High Court.
- Naipaul’S Challenge (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jun 27, 2005)
The year 2005 will be remembered for, among other things, V.S. Naipaul’s milestone speech in which he challenged Indians to come up with a contemporary intellectual discourse.
- `Great Potential For India-Singapore Trade' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
Singapore's Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loongsees the prospective Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between India and Singapore as "a very big psychological step" for New Delhi. In a wide-ranging interview toP.S. Suryanarayana, he also spoke on the
- Justice For The Poor (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jun 27, 2005)
The worst thing about the current state of affairs in this country is not that things are really bad, which of course they are, but that there doesn’t appear to be any possibility of improvement.
- Representations Of India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Various voices reveal encounters that mostly hang on the common thread of western cliche that surrounds India.
- Reforming Police (Hindu, Maja Daruwala & Navaz Kotwal, Jun 26, 2005)
The need for police reforms has long been felt. But no one wants to do anything about it
- Ec Must Be Kept Above Politics (Tribune, Narinder K. Dogra, Jun 26, 2005)
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has rightly decided on Friday to repatriate senior IAS officer, L.V. Saptarishi,
- Whither European Unity? (Hindu, Shelley Walia, Jun 26, 2005)
The recent referendum in France and the Netherlands is the biggest crisis to engulf the E.U. Final breaks have been put on the process of integration which now stands hindered.
- Bill On Domestic Violence: Activists Raise Concerns (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Expressing hope that the Protection from Domestic Violence Bill would provide relief to hundreds of battered women across the country, women activists said the provision of appointing Protection Officers should be implemented with caution.
- Timesdiary: Is Lalu Turning Red? (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 25, 2005)
It is no secret that RJD boss Lalu Prasad is a big admirer of the Left Front government in neighbouring Bengal, which has administered the state continuously since 1977.
- Deflating Egos (Dawn, APARNA MOHILE, Jun 25, 2005)
A simple folk story’s moral: Don’t mistake the bubbles around you for yourself
- Politics Of Budgeting (Dawn, Kaiser Bengali, Jun 25, 2005)
The budget is a political document. It determines how much money will be taken out of whose pockets and how much of that money will be put into whose pockets.
- Scars Of Emergency (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 25, 2005)
Some scars do not go away. They remind a nation of the rough period it has gone through.
- The Leader Article: Left With No Alternative (Times of India, KINGSHUK MUKHERJI, Jun 25, 2005)
In sweeping the civic polls in West Bengal, the CPM has proved a point — a fractious Opposition will never dislodge it from power.
- Emergency: Memories Of The Dark Midnight (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jun 25, 2005)
Indira Gandhi, on the night of June 25, 1975, took away, in one stroke, what her father had pledged his countrymen 28 years before at the dawn of Independence.
- Hang Democracy! (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 25, 2005)
It takes little time to make a blunder — but a great deal more to undo it. It is understandable that a man of culture would feel particularly at home in Calcutta’s Nandan complex
- Eu Lessons For East Asian Regionalism (Japan Times, ERIC TEO CHU CHEOW, Jun 25, 2005)
Recent referendums in both France and Netherlands dealt a blow to European integration as voters overwhelming rejected the proposed EU Constitution 55-45 percent and 64-37 per- cent, respectively. Nine countries, including Germany, Spain and Italy, . . .
- A Slice Of India In A Corner Of China (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 24, 2005)
The ease with which foreign companies manage to set up shop has encouraged some 50 Indian names to venture into eastern China.
- Steel The Future (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 24, 2005)
Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik deserves to be congratulated for bringing the biggest FDI project ever in the country to one of the poorest states of India. The Korean steel company Posco Steel has signed a deal with the Government of Orissa to inves
- A Word Called Freedom (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 24, 2005)
The Indian Express did not appear on June 26, the day India awoke to unfreedom and the Emergency.
- Capitalism"s Future On Trial (Deccan Herald, Jeremy Rifkin, Jun 24, 2005)
EU’s crisis has obscured the fact that it has come closest to balancing market dynamism and social protection
- No Getting Away From The Imf (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jun 23, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz says Pakistan is making fast progress and has achieved the target of economic self-sufficiency. The country is no longer in need of foreign co-operation in terms of foreign aid, he has stressed.
- Indira Gandhi As Parivar Heroine (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 23, 2005)
K.S. Sudarshan's praise of Indira Gandhi at a recent function in Lucknow is yet another command centre barb aimed at the Bharatiya Janata Party's supposedly week-kneed leadership.
- View: Let State Government Shift Out Of The City (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 22, 2005)
Palaniappan Chidambaram's concern for Mumbai is understandable. The finance minister is worried that infrastructure in our financial capital is crumbling. But his solution — a CEO for Mumbai — misses the real issues. Mumbai's problems don't stem from . .
- Annan To Usher In New Age Of The Un (New Zealand Herald, Anne Penketh, Jun 22, 2005)
The architecture of global security - unchanged since the defeat of the Axis powers at the end of World War II - is on the point of being transformed, as a decision nears on making Germany and Japan permanent members of the UN Security Council.
- No Museums On Mall Road (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Jun 22, 2005)
Standing atop the Mahanavami Dibba, a massive table with a commanding view of Hampi that evokes,
- Us Being Left Behind As Locale For Tech Investment, Says Intel (New Zealand Herald, Daniel Sorid , Jun 22, 2005)
The United States may be left behind when technology companies decide where to make their next big capital investments, Intel chief executive Craig Barrett says.
- Fishermen Flee As Tall Waves Hit South Indian Coast (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
Tiruvananthapuram, India - Thousands of fishermen fled their coastal homes in southern India late on Friday after the level of sea water rose, reviving memories of the December 26 tsunami that killed 227,000 people around the Indian ocean.
- Assembly Time (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 22, 2005)
What is common to government offices, cabinet meetings and schools in Madhya Pradesh?
- Time For Constitutional Statesmanship (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 22, 2005)
After the recent talkfest at the Conference of Governors, it is time for follow-up action.
- Need For A Chief Of Defence Staff (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 22, 2005)
Since no single service by itself can win future wars, there is need to integrate the armed forces
- Happier Stopover (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 21, 2005)
It could be that we have been spoiled. In India we grow up so cradled in remains of past grandeur and achievement that the coexistence of centuries is taken for granted.
- To Stand Alone As Creator (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 21, 2005)
The Reliance empire has finally been divided with the elder brother inheriting and holding the “flagship”.
- Basically Wrong (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 21, 2005)
Backwardness is sometimes the result of daftness in the high places. This was recently the case in Uttar Pradesh — India’s largest state, with a population of 170 million . . .
- Is There Need For A New Company Law? (Business Line, L. V. V. Iyer, Jun 21, 2005)
The obsession with the size and age of the Companies Act, 1956, has overtaken any serious debate on why the company law has failed to be effective as a corporate governance tool and as a bulwark against corporate fraud.
- Fears Of Taliban Resurgence (Hindu, Declan Walsh, Jun 21, 2005)
String of Iraq-style attacks and rising U.S. toll point to militia's comeback
- Evicted Slum Dwellers Spend A Year Homeless (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2005)
A year has gone by since the Baina slum demolition and not even a temporary shelter has been provided for the slum dwellers by the state government.
- System’S Transparency (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 20, 2005)
The effectiveness of parliament and the provincial assemblies remains stymied because of the federal and provincial governments’ authoritarian attitude towards the opposition and their stubborn refusal to respect dissent.
- Absence Of Land Reform (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jun 20, 2005)
There is a hierarchical system of mutual favours between political leaders and local influentials in Pakistan
- The Leader Article: Such A Rewarding Partnership (Times of India, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Jun 20, 2005)
On June 18, the warring Ambani siblings announced the settlement of their much-publicised dispute over the ownership and control of a vast industrial empire.
- Hang In There (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 20, 2005)
Tokyo, generally perceived to be under Washington's tutelage in foreign policy matters, has shown admirable independence in not breaking ranks with G-4 despite
- Politics Of Partition (Tribune, K. Subramanyam, Jun 20, 2005)
There is a belated debate on the responsibility for the partition of India and the role played by Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
- All-India Services (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jun 20, 2005)
FOR some years now, the number of successful candidates in the all-India Services from the South,
- Will The No Vote Mean The Breaking Up Of Europe? (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Jun 20, 2005)
I was at dinner in Jean Luc Jeanroy's farmhouse in Seguret, one of the most beautiful villages of France at the foot of Dentelles de Montmirail in the Rhone Valley on May 29.
- Ssis Deserve A Better Deal (Hindu, A. Selvaraj , Jun 20, 2005)
The sector needs adequate political and appropriate bureaucratic support for competitive efficiency
- Hooda’S Blunder (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 20, 2005)
Only recently Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had spoken against giving free power to farmers.
- Shirdi’S Salute To Bollywood (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Jun 20, 2005)
AS he emerges from the little mosque, 85-year-old Ghulam Habib Abdul Rehman Pathan seems an unlikely candidate to sing paeans to Bollywood.
- 'Development' Not For Tribes (Pioneer, Joseph Marianus Kujur , Jun 19, 2005)
Land is life for the tribal. Take his land and you have taken away his life. This old saying has proven to be true in the districts of Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Kalahandi, Jharsuguda, Raygada and Mayurbhanj in the mineral-rich state of Orissa.
- Quotas Will Make India Weaker (Tribune, Pushpesh Kumar, Jun 19, 2005)
IN his article “Dalits in private sector will make India stronger” (Perspective, June 12), Udit Raj makes a forceful plea for quotas for dalits. But, unfortunately, he does not seem to bother about the detrimental effect of reservation on the Indian . . .
- The High Cost Of Misgovernance (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Jun 19, 2005)
THE president of Pakistan is busy in conducting war on terror and in finding a solution to the 58-year old Kashmir dispute which he says he could resolve in two weeks only if India and Kashmiris were to go along.
- Some Scars Of The Emergency (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 18, 2005)
SOME scars do not go away. They remind a nation of the rough period it has gone through. One ugly mark on the face of India is the emergency.
- Dil Hai Hindustani (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 18, 2005)
This calls for three cheers, though it is about dualism, and of a necessary and desirable kind in an increasingly globalised world.
- Appointments, Or Disappointments? (Tribune, Fali S Nariman, Jun 18, 2005)
The method of selection of judges is woeful and must be remedied. The Supreme Court judges can be trusted to decide cases independently and correctly. They perform a good job,
- Sonia And Manmohan, Party And Government (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 18, 2005)
When Manmohan Singh sees off Congress president Sonia Gandhi at the airport, he is merely acknowledging that though he heads the United Progressive Alliance Government, he remains a Congressman.
- The River Is Free (Indian Express, J L AZAD, Jun 18, 2005)
In the stillness of evening/ Ravi is humming a melodious tune/ Don’t ask me what is the state of my mind/ I am standing on the bank of the gurgling waters/ I am not aware of where I am standing’.
- `Policy-Makers Not Addressing Poverty' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2005)
Leaders should combine privileges and responsibilities, says Council Chairman Sudarshan
- The Continuing Power Crisis In India (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Jun 17, 2005)
We should encourage public sector companies to build power-generating units. But asine qua nonis that they should be given technical, managerial and financial autonomy, and distanced from political interference.
- Flying The Leader, Protocol And Propriety (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 17, 2005)
Leaders of all political parties find themselves, from time to time, having to request the use of aircraft belonging to this or that industrialist or industrial house.
- The Thrills Without The Frills (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jun 17, 2005)
The strategy of the new low-cost airlines appears to be two-fold — attracting a new generation of passengers and enhancing occupancy levels.
- India-Pakistan Visa Divide (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 17, 2005)
Despite the peace process chugging on, visa restrictions between the two countries remain stringent
- Not Every Tiger Is Endangered (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jun 17, 2005)
Besides the grisly imagery that a “Tiger” preying on a black buck evokes, there is something else particularly gnawing about l’affaire Pataudi. Which is the ease and frequency with which our VIP offenders manage to dodge the police dragnet till such time
- Victims Of Planning (Tribune, G.S. Grewal , Jun 16, 2005)
India became independent at the midnight of August 15, 1947 and a Democratic Republic on November 26, 1949, when, the people of India gave to themselves the Constitution.
- Eat’N Sleep (Tribune, Rajnish Wattas, Jun 15, 2005)
Recently on a weekend trip to Kasauli, I noticed quite a few wayside dhabas with signboards such as “Eat’n Sleep — Punjab Hotel” or “Eat’n Sleep — Shere Punjab Hotel” and such other typical names.
- Revisiting Emergency (Tribune, Jagmohan , Jun 14, 2005)
The Emergency was a tragedy! Its imposition led to a large number of unjustified arrests and caused many other aberrations.
- Openness For Efficiency (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jun 14, 2005)
Competition, whether between domestic firms or with foreign enterprises, helps promote technical efficiency,
- Call For New Bill On Smes Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
CHENNAI: The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Bill 2005 should be rejected in toto by the small industry sector and replaced with a new bill framed after wide consultations with the stakeholders,
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