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- Flash Strike In Nalco As Unions Protest 10% Selloff Plan (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Production of finished aluminium at Nalco's smelter plant in Orissa came to a grinding halt on Friday with employees going on a flash strike to protest the UPA Government's decision to divest 10 per cent stake in this public sector unit.
- More Steps, If Needed, To Curb Inflation (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Jun 24, 2006)
Chidambaram claims UPA Government has succeeded in moderating price rise
- Argument For Divestment In Nalco Tenuous: Cpi(m) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Says Rs.1,17,000-cr can be raised by mopping up tax arrears, dues
Asks Centre to reconsider decision
NALCO workers go on one-day strike
Naveen Patnaik writes to Manmohan, says it'll create public discontent
- Nalco Workers Plan To Give Govt Hard Time (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Aluminium production at public sector NALCO's plant at Angul in Orissa came to a halt today, as employees struck work demanding that the Centre drop a decision to sell 10 per cent stake in the company or else be prepared to face a hard time.
- Blast In Philippines Market Kills 6 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
A bomb killed six people at a crowded public market in the southern Philippines today in an attack the police said was aimed at a powerful provincial governor allied with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
- Dilemma Of The Communists (The Economic Times, C P Bhambhri, Jun 24, 2006)
Indian communist parties have set the ball rolling for the formation of a non-Congress and non-BJP bloc of parties and groups with a view to form a coalition government at the Centre.
- Creation Of More States (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Jun 24, 2006)
There is a dormant demand for creation of a separate state of Vidarbha by bifurcating Maharashtra.
- 'Earthquake Has Brought The Two Kashmirs Closer' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 24, 2006)
John McDonald, a former ambas-sador, is chairman, Institute of Multi-track Diplomacy, and an active participant in peace building between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue. A consultant on conflict resolution and negotiation, he stresses the . . .
- Immigration Bill Kicks Up Dust (Deccan Herald, Yogi Aggarwal, Jun 24, 2006)
The bill comes at a time when Europe is battling a new influx from Africa through Spain.
- The Forgotten Face (Frontline, Sarah Hiddleston, Jun 24, 2006)
Although the government has recognised the need to give adequate attention to HIV/AIDS, children remain excluded from its response.
- Reversing Reforms: Price Control Returns (The Financial Express, BARUN MITRA, Jun 24, 2006)
There is a dark cloud gathering over the economic horizon of India. And it has little to do with the recent turmoil at the stock exchange. While most people believe the Indian economy’s fundamentals are quite sound, ...
- Protest Against A Reliance Project (Frontline, DIONNE BUNSHA, Jun 24, 2006)
The Maha Mumbai Special Economic Zone project of Reliance faces resistance from residents of villages which may be acquired for it.
- Silly Point (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 23, 2006)
The debate on whether politicians should control sports bodies is stuff of school essays.
- North Korea Warns Of Possible Air Clash (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
North Korea warned on Thursday of the danger of an aerial military clash in response to alleged US spy planes, amid tension over the Communist nation's possible missile launch.
- Attitude Of Congress Units In The Districts Irks Cpi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Says ruling party's local units are defying orders of State leadership
- Ec Writes To Bengal On Offices Of Profit (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
The offices of profit issue is refusing to die down, even after the political class has come together ignoring their political and ideological divisions in order to protect their interests.
- Nalco, Neyveli Selloff: Left Cries Foul (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
After months of dithering, the Government on Friday approved the sale of 10 per cent equity in aluminum major Nalco and Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) in a bid to raise an estimated Rs 2,500 crore.
- Disinvestment Back On Track (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
The government today decided to disinvest ten per cent of its equity in each of the two non-navaratna public sector companies ~ National Aluminium Company (NALCO) and Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC).
- The Case For Better Income Distribution (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 23, 2006)
Why more egalitarian countries win wars.
- Import Of Sugar, Wheat Allowed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
The UPA government today announced a slew of measures like ban on export of pulses, allowing private players to import wheat and limited import of sugar to arrest spiralling prices.
- 'Govt Pursuing Divisive Policies For Political Gain' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Terming the Centre's 15-point programme for welfare of minorities as a "gimmick", BJP on Thursday accused government of pursuing "divisive policies" to divert public attention from its failures.
- N Korea Warns Of Possible Air Clash Over Us Spy Flights (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
With the US having rejected direct talks with North Korea over a potential missile launch, the Asian country on Thursday warned of the danger of an aerial military clash in response to alleged US spy planes, amid tensions over the communist nation’s . . .
- New Man: New World (Deccan Herald, Acharya Mahaprajna, Jun 23, 2006)
The body and the universe have been deemed to be related in philosophy. In simple language, we can use the terms ‘man’ and the ‘world’.
- Most Naxalites In U.P. Shift Base To Other States (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Strategy to counter naxalite activities has paid off, says Home Secretary
- "Orange Revolution" Allies Form Ukraine Coalition (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jun 23, 2006)
After months of bitter haggling over government posts, Ukraine's pro-Western parties have formed a ruling coalition sidelining the main pro-Russian party, which came in first in the March parliamentary election.
- Civic Polls In Pondy After 38 Years (Hindu, S. Nadarajan, Jun 23, 2006)
First phase tomorrow in Karaikal, Mahe, Yanam
Voting will take place from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
117 candidates in fray in Karaikal Municipality
In Mahe, 50 candidates are contesting for 14 seats
- Anti-Naxal Force Arrests Teenager (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
He is suspected to have supplied food to naxalites
- Thirty Years Ka Experience (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 23, 2006)
In the Eighties, before Jyoti Basu was deemed a ‘Marxist patriarch’ and the Left Front government of West Bengal was still aware of a concept . . .
- N Korea Can't Launch N-Missile: Japanese Official (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
North Korea does not have the technology to load a missile with a nuclear warhead, a senior Japanese official said on Thursday amid fears Pyongyang may carry out a test-launch.
- Bjp, Rss Think-Tank Discuss Party's Future Course Of Action (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Led by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the senior BJP leaders and top RSS functionaries on Thursday sat across the table to chalk out the future course of political action marked by 'mutual understanding and cohesion' between them.
- Naxal Set Ap Govt Bus On Fire In Chhattisgarh (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Naxalites on Thursday set on fire an Andhra Pradesh state owned bus in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Thursday.
- Has Europe Lost Its Way? (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Jun 22, 2006)
Suddenly, it all seems to be going wrong. Just a few years ago, the European Union was aspiring to bigger and better things: a new constitution, more member states, a revamped economy and global power status to rival the United States.
- A Bill Returned (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam becomes the first President to return a Bill to Parliament for reconsideration, bringing to the fore a host of issues.
- India’S Largest $12-B Fdi In Orissa Hits A Roadblock (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
The makeshift road-blocks cordoning off three village panchayats— Dhinkia, Nuagaon, and Gadakujanga— are taking on metaphorical dimensions for the Orissa and the central governments.
- ‘If I Don’T Discharge My Duties, Who Will?’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
Pointing out that the Governor has been made the chairman of the Amarnath Shrine Board by the state, Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha says it is his job now to facilitate the yatra. The controversy was an unnecessary one, created by politicians, but it is . . .
- Hizb "Distt Commdr", Civilian Killed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Five Amarnathji pilgrims from Rajasthan sustained splinter injuries when militants lobbed a grenade on their carriage at Ganderbal, on Srinagar-Leh Highway today. Meanwhile, Police and security forces have killed a "District Commander" of Hizbul . . .
- Ril To Invest Rs. 4,000 Crore In West Bengal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Sites identified for agro-business retail chain, project to cover all districts: Buddhadeb
Agro-retail chain to be set up across the State
Natural gas to be brought from Andhra Pradesh for industrial purposes
- Pay Homage To Catalonia (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Jun 22, 2006)
The vote for devolution in Spain reveals a mature attitude to democracy.
- Eu Backs Bush On Iran, N Korea Korea (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
President Bush won a robust endorsement on Wednesday from European leaders for his tough approach to nuclear standoffs with Iran and North Korea, despite trans-Atlantic differences on Iraq, Guantanamo Bay and trade.
- With Moily Pressing Hard, Govt May Have To Delay Quota Bill (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Jun 22, 2006)
With Oversight Committee pressing for inclusion of its recommendations for caste-based reservation in premier educational institutions, the Government may find it difficult to bring in the proposed quota Bill in the monsoon session of Parliament.
- Outsourced To Chennai (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 22, 2006)
Does DMK dictate Sri Lanka policy? ---- If nothing else, the Ministry of External Affairs can end its speculation as to the contours of the UPA Government's Sri Lanka policy.
- Congress Yet To Release Candidates' List (Hindu, S.Nadarajan, Jun 22, 2006)
DMK, PMK, CPI have all announced their candidates
Civic polls are being held in Pondicherry after 38 years
- Cpm Exhorts People To Fight (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
A day after Maoist guerrillas shot dead two CPM leaders at Chandpur village in Bengal’s Nadia district, the local leadership asked villagers to arrange for self-defence without relying “too much on police”.
- Middle India Under Siege (Tribune, B.G.Verghese, Jun 21, 2006)
Middle India is under siege along a long-neglected, exploited, underserved, ill-governed, poorly connected poverty belt of forest and hill country covering contiguous areas in nine states “from Pashupati to Tirupati”.
- India Is The Un-China: Time (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
A "breathtaking shift" in US policy towards India - declaring it a strategic partner and offering it a bilateral deal to share nuclear knowhow - can be explained, according to Time magazine, simply by one phrase: India is the un-China.
- Infantile Protest (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 21, 2006)
We have rued ad infinitum the historic incapacity of Indians to deal with the enemy within - to speak nothing of invaders. But what we are witnessing in the instance of the organised misrepresentation of the Salwa Judum movement is truly unbelievable.
- Us Conveys Missile Concern To Former S Korean Prez (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The US Ambassador to South Korea on Tuesday conveyed Washington's concerns about apparent North Korean moves to test a long-range missile to former President Kim Dae-jung, who is set to visit the communist state's leader next week.
- Left In A State Of Transition (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 21, 2006)
Communists have accepted parliamentary system after much brainstorming. Today they face another challenge, of liberalisation, says Basab Dasgupta.
- Price Of Reforms (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Jun 21, 2006)
The UPA government's consistent violation of the Common Minimum Programme attracts a stiff warning from the Left parties.
- Socialism Without Marx (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 21, 2006)
In order to see why Blairite Labour has been such a hit, it is necessary to understand the attraction of socialism-without-Marx, says Janet Daley.
- Pyongyang Piles It On (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
North Korea says it has full autonomy to conduct missile tests and outsiders do not have the right to criticise its plans, Kyodo News agency reported today.
- Naxal Tit For Islamic Tat: Sena (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Marking the 40th anniversary of Shiv Sena, its chief Mr Bal Thackeray last night said he was ready to seek cooperation of Naxalites to fight Islamic terrorism in the country.
- Legislators & Their Double Standards (Business Standard, A K Bhattacharya, Jun 21, 2006)
A few years ago, Indian parliamentarians passed a legislative Bill in record time. The Bill sought to increase their salaries and perquisites.
- U.S. Activates Missile Defense Amid N.Korea Dispute (Reuters, WILL DUNHAM, Jun 21, 2006)
The United States has activated its ground-based interceptor missile-defense system amid concerns over an expected North Korean missile launch, a U.S. defense official said on Tuesday.
- Seeds And Protests (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Jun 21, 2006)
The UPA government's decision to allow field trials in GM food crops may have human and economic costs.
- Third Front Protagonists Hopeful Of Settling Differences (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Jun 21, 2006)
The protagonists of the proposed third front are hopeful that the minor differences between CPI and CPI (M) may not be an impediment in formation of the non-BJP, non-Congress alternative at the national level .
- Us Activates Missile Shields In Response To N. Korean Threat (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The Pentagon has activated its new ground-based interceptor missile defence system following a North Korean threat to test a long-range missile, US media reported on Tuesday.
- In Strike’S Own Country, Left U-Turn: It, Tourism ‘Hartal-Free’ In Kerala (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jun 21, 2006)
Desperate for an image makeover but shying clearly off Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee-model solutions, the Left Government in Kerala today declared that it would banish, but not ban, hartals from both the state’s sunrise sectors—IT and tourism.
- J&k Sex Scam: 2 Ex-Ministers Held (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Two former ministers including a Congress leader were arrested by the CBI in connection with the sex scandal.
- A Dream Come True For Beedi Workers Of Solapur (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jun 21, 2006)
Manmohan Singh to inaugurate housing project on July 2, to benefit 10,000 women
Project financed by State, Central governments and beedi workers
Women took part in designing homes and made some changes
- Naxals Kill Seven (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Naxalites on Tuesday killed seven villagers and injured three others after attacking a village in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said.
- Karzai Urges More ‘Human Concern’ From China (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Beijing has been criticised for mistreating minorities and maintaining friendly relations with regimes in Sudan and Myanmar
- Costly Affair (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 21, 2006)
Marriages may be made in heaven, but their packaging, thankfully, is left for mortals to accomplish.
- Singh Wants Local Kashmir Groups Heads (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jun 21, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh wants “local” instead of “outside” experts to head the five working groups he announced after a roundtable conference in Srinagar last month to study various issues concerning Jammu and Kashmir and recommend . . .
- Saying It With Flowers (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 20, 2006)
A prelude to a forthcoming marriage has begun. The new political soap opera is preparing the stage for the curtain to rise before act 1, scene 1. Prakash Karat visited Mulayam Singh with a bunch of flowers.
- Lessons In Diplomacy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 20, 2006)
Despite events in Nepal and Sri Lanka moving in two very different directions, the situations in India’s two neighbours may serve to reinforce a common lesson for New Delhi.
- Through The Third Eye (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 20, 2006)
If you have deigned to visit the regional passport office at Bhikaji Cama Place of late, you will surely have noticed that if there’s one thing in abundance there it’s sob stories. Of how one is pushed — literally — from one official to another.
- Seven Killed In Naxal Raid In Chhattisgarh (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
At least seven persons were killed and three injured when about 300-armed naxalites raided a village in Dantewada district of Chattisgarh today, police said.
- China 'Unlikely' To Scuttle Tharoor's Bid For Un Job (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Shashi Tharoor, India's candidate for the post of UN secretary general, on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other political leaders as New Delhi maps a strategy to win the widest possible support for pushing the . . .
- Party Membership Grows To 71 Million In China (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The membership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has grown to 70.8 million by the end of 2005, according to the latest statistics of the party.
- Take Steps To Bring Peace Back To Sri Lanka, State Parties . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
They also seek steps for protection of Indian fishermen's interests
They also seek steps for protection of Indian fishermen's interests
- Who Benefits? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 20, 2006)
The National Forest Commission has performed a very important service by raising an alarm on the UPA government’s proposed new legislation on tribal rights.
- Strikes: Handing The Baton? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 20, 2006)
The Left-led all-India protests against the fuel price hike makes the headlines in the latest issue of People’s Democracy.
- Bjp Wants National Plan On Naxalism (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The BJP today demanded formulation of a comprehensive national plan of action to deal with the “Naxalite threat” in various parts of the country.
- Seven Killed In Naxal Attack In India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
At least seven persons were killed and three injured when about 300-armed Naxalites raided a village in Dantewada district of Chattisgarh on Tuesday, police said.
- Looking For A Better Consumer Price Index (The Financial Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jun 20, 2006)
It needs to be weekly, have a good quality methodological foundation and be transparent
- Uma Bharti's Party To Have Reservation For Women, Dalits And Obcs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Bharatiya Janashakti president Uma Bharti said here on Monday that she had formed the party to provide "alternative politics" since the main parties like the Congress, the BJP and the Left had not only failed to solve people's problems but . . .
- Bjp Fires 'Salwa Judum' Salvo At Left (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday fired the 'Salwa Judum' salvo at the Left , accusing them of adopting double standards on the issue of Maoists.
- Freedom Fighters First (Hindu, B. R. P. Bhaskar, Jun 20, 2006)
The international communist movement viewed World War II as an imperialist conflict until the Soviet Union's entry transformed it into a "people's war" which all Communists were obliged to support.
- Maoists In The Mainstream (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 19, 2006)
This must be a rare instance of the triumph of both hope and experience.
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