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Articles 2021 through 2120 of 7145:
- Forty Years Later (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 13, 2006)
Mao's Cultural Revolution was launched 40 years ago, yet, despite 20 years of economic liberalisation, its wounds remain a taboo subject. Today's rulers dare not face up to their own experiences or moral responsibi-lity.
- North Korea Flexes Missile Muscle To Grab Us (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
North Korea’s preparations for possible long-range missile tests, its first in nearly a decade, may be an attempt to grab the attention of a US government distracted by its nuclear row with Iran, experts said Monday.
- ‘Open Education Sector To Entrepreneurs, Foreign Varsities, Create . . . (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jun 13, 2006)
Students should ask the government for an opportunity to become specialists and superspecialists through creation of additional seats. The government should create additional seats, not 30 per cent but 1,000 per cent, by opening up the education . . .
- Nepal Govt Scraps Anti-Terrorism Law (Indian Express, BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Jun 13, 2006)
Nepal's government scrapped anti-terrorism laws on Monday and withdrew hundreds of cases against jailed communist rebels a day after top rebel leaders met a senior government minister to iron out differences, officials said.
- Soccer Stupidity (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 13, 2006)
Priya flaunts it proudly
A politician to the core is PR Das Munshi, hence prone to talking through his hat. Yet realism, if not responsibility, ought to come into play when donning the AIFF hat.
- Distressing Illness (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 13, 2006)
Bengal Congress must decide where it stands
If the Congress is toying with the idea of a mid-term poll to cash in on the trauma within the BJP, as is suggested by CPI-M leaders on the sidelines of the central committee meeting in Hyderabad, that . . .
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 13, 2006)
A few readers say that the heading "Karat terms diversionary move to cut tax on oil in Congress-ruled States" (June 11, 2006) is clumsy.
- In India, More College Seats To Lower Castes (Christian Science Monitor, ANUJ CHOPRA , Jun 13, 2006)
When Nitin Kamble was growing up, a career in information technology was unimaginable. He was, after all, born into a low-caste community, and raised in a tiny hamlet in rural India.
- A Regional Grouping Spreads Its Wings (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 13, 2006)
Whether one sees it as a forum for regional cooperation and stability or as a new military alliance along the lines of NATO, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation today is an international body of considerable weight.
- Films And The Politics Of Convenience (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Jun 12, 2006)
Suspending screening of The Da Vinci Code carries the seeds of worrying overreach.
- Reds Planning To Smash And Grab (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 12, 2006)
Congress must realise that CPM's ultimate aim is to capture power at the Centre, not to float a Third Front, says Prafull Goradia.
- Two Wasted Years (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 12, 2006)
UPA regime has not only failed to stem the growth of terrorism and corruption, but also given fillip to casteism and communalism, says YK Sharma.
- Congress Willing To Concede One Zilla Parishad Seat To Cpi(m) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
TDP asks leaders to strike deal with Left `wherever possible'
Ruling party formalises alliance with CPI, TRS
Unease in Congress over Raghavulu's call to partymen
TRS feels it stands to gain from TDP-CPI(M) tie-up
- Conspiracy Afoot (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 12, 2006)
UPA, Left out to kill higher education ---- The UPA Government and its cheerleaders in the Left, it seems, are hell-bent upon destroying higher education with the explicit purpose of preventing India from emerging as a knowledge society.
- Nepal King's Veto Powers Scrapped (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Bills need no royal assent
Concept of `King in Parliament' abolished
All the authority the King once had in Parliament eliminated
First face-to-face meeting between officials and Maoists
- Tribals An Unwilling Wall (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Jun 12, 2006)
The Independent Initiative’s visit to Dantewada in Chhattisgarh has thrown up more questions than answers.
- Quit Protest Over Fuel Price Hike, It Lacks Honesty (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jun 12, 2006)
A day before the BJP embarks on a high-profile “satyagraha” under the NDA banner to protest the hike in fuel prices, the RSS made its disapproval known, saying such “protests lack intellectual honesty”.
- Fuel Price Roll Back (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 12, 2006)
Sonia loyalists do what UPA can't ---- The announcement by the Congress-NCP Government in Maharashtra, closely followed by similar declarations by Congress Governments in Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi, that it would be forgoing possible . . .
- Maoists Force Nepal Govt To Suspend House (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Revived dramatically after four years, Nepal's reinstated parliament goes into hibernation from Sunday under pressure from the Maoist guerrillas. And the spectre of renewed violence has forced the new government to choose peace talks over the house.
- ‘Naxal Expansion Plan Prompted Orissa Ban’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
The Naxal attempt to take advantage of the ongoing agitation against the proposed mega industrial projects along the state’s coastal belt to enter into areas hitherto unknown for Naxalite activities, played a key role in the Orissa government’s . . .
- Azad, Mufti Reach Consensus On Working Groups (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jun 11, 2006)
Consultations on forming working groups get under way
Sayeed: get Hurriyat Conference on board
Omar: those without political affiliations should head groups
- Cpm No To Mid-Term Eledtion (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
The CPI-M will dump the United Progressive Alliance if the Congress presses for a mid-term election. This has comprehensively overtaken the issue of examining if the party is really gaining ground under the present dispensation.
- Bjp States Say No Cutting Fuel Tax (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
As Congress-ruled States sought to subdue public outrage against the UPA Government's petrol price hike by announcing marginal reduction in the sales tax charged by them, Opposition BJP on Saturday ridiculed the gesture as a "diversionary tactic".
- Cpi (M), Bjp States Won't Follow Suit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Congress directive "tokenism "
Andhra Pradesh slashes prices
PM should call meeting of all Chief Ministers to evolve consensus on unified ST rate
- Upa-Left Coordination Panel To Meet On June 15 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
With the Congress-led coalition government giving indications of pursuing its reform agenda at an increased pace, the UPA-Left coordination committee meet on June 15 is expected to be a heated one.
- Fast Track To The Future (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
From the Great Wall to the MagLev, China presents an interesting mix of tradition and modernity.
The MagLev train flies a few inches above the tracks at speeds above 400 kmph...
- Pols On The Run (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 11, 2006)
Political accountability is not the same as politicians' accountability.
- Karat Terms Diversionary Move To Cut Tax On Oil In Congress-Ruled States (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
UPA Government should restructure the tax and duty pattern; we demand total rollback
- Cpi(m) To Launch Stir On Land Acquisition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Raghavulu to undertake cycle rally from Muthukuru to Krishnapatnam
Idea is to protect interests of local farmers
Several issues include farmers' demand for scrapping of draft notification
- Strengthen Infrastructure Before Introducing Quota, Says Cpi(m) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Also seeks a commensurate increase in number of seats
Benefits of reservation should reach needy sections
Use revenue from education cess to fund infrastructure
Introduce legal means to control private educational institutions
- Protest Against Increase In Fuel Price (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Activists of the Davangere unit of the Communist party of India (Marxists) CPI (M) on Friday staged a dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office here protesting against the increase in the prices of petrol and diesel. It termed the hike . . .
- Shape Of Things To Come (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jun 10, 2006)
The day results of elections in five states were announced I went on a fortnight’s vacation from column writing.
- Pols On The Run (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 10, 2006)
Political accountability is not the same as politicians' accountability.
- Nepal: No To Dissolution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Nepali Communist Party Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal said on Friday that the House of Representatives (HoR) would not be dissolved because of pressure and threats.
- Nepal: Tricky Tasks (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Lasting peace and stability in Nepal is dependent upon a close engagement between the SPA and the Maoists on important issues.
- Security Forces Claim Killing 3 Naxals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Patrol party attacked during the ninth phase of Panchayat polls in Bihar
- Naspati Changes Lives For A Primitive Tribe (Indian Express, Manoj Prasad, Jun 09, 2006)
Neterhat tribals now sport Onida TV, Hero Honda, Prestige cooker in homes as their fruit finds a demand across the east
- An Opposition Without A Cause (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jun 09, 2006)
In spite of the blunders made by the UPA regime, the BJP remains too effete to derive any political advantage, says Anuradha Dutt
- Text And Drama (Frontline, SUDHANVA DESHPANDE, Jun 09, 2006)
There is a vibrant theatre culture in India, but strangely there is relatively little critical reflection on it.
- Fuelling Inflation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 09, 2006)
The fuel price hike raises the spectre of inflation and the Government may face brickbats all round.
- Manipur: Violence Ad Violation (Frontline, MALINI BHATTACHARYA, Jun 09, 2006)
An account of the atrocities inflicted by militants on two tribal villages in Manipur.
- West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Jun 09, 2006)
Interview with West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
- Centre Drafting Law For Resettling The Displaced (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
It will help those affected by major developmental projects: Minister
Take to land reforms, States told
States should send figures of landless people
- Nda Leaders To Court Arrest; Bjp Men Block Traffic (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Demanding an immediate rollback in the petroleum prices, the Opposition NDA today announced a protest programme, including satyagraha and courting arrest by its top leaders here on June 12.
- India Inc Among Top Us Lobby Groups (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jun 08, 2006)
In the uphill battle to influence or educate -- depending on how one looks at it -- the US Congress, Indian industry has taken baby steps.
- India Offers Nepal Pm Aid To Rebuild Nation (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday offered Nepali counterpart Girija Prasad Koirala an aid package to help rebuild his strife-torn country, officials said.
- Dangers Of Globalisation (Daily Excelsior, Ram Rattan Sharma, Jun 08, 2006)
Just as post modernism was the concept of the 1980s, globalization may be the concept of the 1990s. We are now on the road to the formation of a global society, as the needs and interests of all human beings are universally similar.
- Quotas For Obcs `For First Time Since Independence' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Constitution `provides for reservations for backward classes, citizens' Constitution `provides for reservations for backward classes, citizens'
Arguments of anti-reservationists baseless
Such move taken after 60 years of freedom
- President Can't Be Pressured (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 07, 2006)
Public criticism of the Office-of-Profit (OoP) Bill is inconsequential to law-makers, but the critical questions raised by President APJ Abdul Kalam on the propriety of the Bill have pressed their panic buttons.
- Fuel Price Hike: Bjp To Hit Streets (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Amidst all-round clamour against the price hike, the UPA government is going to face a massive political mobilisation across the country in the coming days.
- Bengal Reformation (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 07, 2006)
Mr Bhattacharjee attempts too much, too late
- Nepal Pm Seeks Indian Aid For Ravaged Economy (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala arrived in India on Tuesday seeking aid to support his new government's efforts to rebuild the economy, devastated by political instability and a long-running Maoist insurgency.
- Protests Against U.S. In Ukraine (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jun 07, 2006)
The Parliament of Ukraine's pro-Russian Crimean Peninsula has declared the autonomy a NATO-free territory as week-long anti-American protests in the region gathered momentum.
- A Legitimation Challenge (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
China’s success is also the source of its dilemmas
- Is There A Way Out? (News International, M B NAQVI, Jun 07, 2006)
The writer is a veteran journalist and freelance columnist.
- In The Name Of Privileges (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 07, 2006)
It's strange that one of our finest constitutional experts has been charged with 'contempt' of the House, says Charti Lal Goel
- Karat, Karunanidhi Discuss Politics, Price Increase (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
DMK won't join protests against petrol,diesel prices hike
- Quotas For Obcs `For First Time Since Independence' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Constitution `provides for reservations for backward classes, citizens' Constitution `provides for reservations for backward classes, citizens'
Arguments of anti-reservationists baseless
Such move taken after 60 years of freedom
- Will Prodi Pull A Rabbit Out Of The Hat? (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jun 07, 2006)
Analysts are worried that there will be too many conflicting pulls, pushes and heaves within the Italian Prime Minister's fragile coalition for him to be able to act decisively.
- Stock Market Mayhem (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Jun 07, 2006)
Foreign institutional investors, who have a stranglehold on the stock markets, trigger the utter volatility of May
- Up Against Constitution (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jun 07, 2006)
The PM should not allow himself to be influenced by unprincipled politicians
- Maoists Urge Koirala To Push India On Jailed Rebels (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
:Nepal's Maoist rebels urged Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to seek the release of about 150 comrades jailed in India, during his visit to the neighbouring country.
- Nationwide Protests On June 13 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Decision follows CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat's talks with Samajwadi Party, TDP, RLD and AGP
JD(U) to wait for NDA decision
No justification for price hike: AIFB
Anti-people move, says Abani Roy
- ‘I’M A Communist And I’M Proud Of It. But We Have To Change, We Have To Reform’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 07, 2006)
‘I’m a communist and I’m proud of it. But we have to change, we have to reform’
- Rjd Protest Against Nitish Govt. (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Jun 06, 2006)
"Criminals ruling the roost in the State", says the party
- Dissent Dogs Koirala’S India Visit (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jun 06, 2006)
Nepal’s brief honeymoon with India seems to be over with the kingdom’s left parties, known for their deep distrust of New Delhi, expressing suspicions about the Indian government’s intentions on the eve of Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad . . .
- Seeing India And China Through Fresh Eyes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 06, 2006)
The quality of media coverage of each other by the two neighbours has improved.
- Pre-Poll Arrangement Stays, Says Karunanidhi (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Jun 06, 2006)
Congress demand for power sharing did not figure in talks
DMK to support Congress in Pondicherry Meets Sonia, Manmohan Developmental issues discussed
- Nepal Maoists Urge Pm To Push India On Jailed Rebels (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels urged Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to seek the release of about 150 comrades jailed in India during his visit to the giant neighbour beginning on Tuesday.
- Govt Lifts Fuel Prices, Higher Interest Rates Seen (Reuters, Unni Krishnan, Jun 06, 2006)
The government raised petrol and diesel prices on Monday, easing a little of the pressure on refineries saddled with losses from rising crude prices and reinforcing expectations that interest rates will rise next month.
- A Treaty For Labour Safety (Deccan Herald, Gopal Sutar, Jun 06, 2006)
The decision has raised hopes of a better treatment of Indian workers in the GCC
- Petrol Costlier Now By Rs. 4, Diesel By Rs. 2 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Murli Deora says decision to spare kerosene and LPG was taken as the weaker sections use them
Rangarajan Committee proposal accepted
Customs duty cut from 10 to 7.5 per cent
- Muslim Parties, Jan Morcha Unite Against Mulayam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Some Morcha constituents take part in PDF convention
Meet held to mobilise public opinion in favour of Muslim religious leaders in active politics
PDF will play important role in Uttar Pradesh, says CPI (ML)
Muslim, democratic forces to . . .
- Too Many Bosses (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Jun 05, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research.
- Pakistan’S Allies~ii (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jun 05, 2006)
The budding US-China détente brokered by Pakistan came into full bloom here. NBC News on 7 January 1980 said “for the first time in history (a senior State Department . . .
- Foodgrains Price Hike Will Add To Inflation: Cpi (M) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Do not cut allocations to beneficiaries, Central Government warned
Reject Food Ministry's recommendations on prudent food management
Such anti-poor proposals to have a disastrous impact
Consult States on replacing wheat with rice, coarse . . .
- 'Accept Mukherjee Panel Report, Reject Government Stand' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Failing to bring the UPA to agree to allot a day for discussion in Parliament on the Justice Mukherjee Commission Report on Netaji, All India Forward Bloc plans to go to the court of people.
- Back Gujarat Bill (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 05, 2006)
If UPA scuttles it, jihadis will rejoice ---- The drama over the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime Bill, 2003, which has been hanging fire for three years, is now set to enter a new act.
- Nilotpal Calls Ec Biased (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Senior CPI-M leader Mr Nilotpal Basu today accused the Election Com-mission of “bias” against 10 CPI-M MPs when its website, “despite no prima facie evidence,” said they were under probe for holding offices of profit.
- Quest For Lacquer (Hindu, AMRITA SHETTY, Jun 04, 2006)
Hunting for a Vietnamese lacquer painting threw up a wealth of information.
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