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Articles 2221 through 2320 of 7145:
- Why Peace? (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, May 28, 2006)
Autonomy" and "self rule" have entered the rubric of the Kashmir peace process. During this week's Round Table Conference for which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh travelled to . . .
- Left Sweep Poet In Disguise (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, May 28, 2006)
The Left Front wins for the seventh consecutive time, with a whopping three-fourths majority, in West Bengal.
- Ascendant Left (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, May 28, 2006)
The May 2006 Assembly elections place the Left in its strongest ever position in India's parliamentary and legislative history.
- Grow Up, Aamir (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 28, 2006)
It's quite astonishing what a deliberately obfuscatory media and liberal doses of Left propaganda can do to confuse an issue and spread disinformation.
- At Their Masters Service ! (Daily Excelsior, Col. (Retd.) Surendra Sharma, May 28, 2006)
The Union Home Minister, Shivraj Patil, has suggested beefing up intelligence set up in Jammu & Kashmir. It is not for the first time that such suggestions have emanated from the Government.
- Clear Choice In Kerala A Cannon's Tale (Frontline, R Krishnakumar, May 28, 2006)
Kerala votes against the neoliberal agenda of the Congress-led front, which is backed by sectarian interests.
- Coalition Comes To Rule At States Too (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, May 28, 2006)
The results of the Assembly elections have established one thing very clearly—that alliances and coalitions are an inevitability at the Centre and increasingly in the states.
- Bending Communism Like Buddha In The Citadel Of Marxism (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, May 28, 2006)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya has unleashed a virtual revolution in the Marxist citadel.
- Beijing's Arab Initiative (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, May 28, 2006)
After a highly focused African initiative that will conclude in a China-Africa summit later this year, Beijing is well poised to repeat the pattern in the Arab world.
- When The Market Fell By 10% In Two Days (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, May 28, 2006)
Only the most naive or foolish investors would say that a sharp correction in the capital market was either unanticipated or unwarranted.
- Left In Government (Frontline, Prabhat Patnaik, May 28, 2006)
The Left is now placed in a happy transitional period when it can get the support of rural toilers and urban middle classes.
- Hope Is Not A Method (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 28, 2006)
As Nepal moves towards a new order, its governing parliamentarians would do well to heed that most fundamental of maxims: Hope is not a method.
- Anti-Corruption Campaigner (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , May 28, 2006)
His full name is Velikakathu Shankaran Achuthanandan.
- Galbraith And India (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 27, 2006)
John Kenneth Galbraith was, if not the most influential, certainly the most imposing of all American ambassadors to India.
- Call For Stronger Communist Movement For Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 27, 2006)
Editor of Visalandhra Eedpuganti Nageswara Rao has stressed the need for stronger Communist movement in the country for better development.
- Left Concerned At Us Offer To Curb Naxal Menace (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 27, 2006)
Left parties today expressed serious concern over Chattisgarh Government welcoming a US offer to assist in anti-Naxal operations and asked the Centre to desist from such a move.
- Business Advisory Committee To Discuss Mlas' Suspension (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 27, 2006)
Speaker convenes meeting following a suggestion from Karunanidhi
- Teheran Poses A Difficult Choice For Washington (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, May 27, 2006)
The prospects of putting together a"like-minded coalition" for bringing about a regime change in Iran appear uncertain.
- Naxalite Backlash In Chhattisgarh (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, May 27, 2006)
Salwa Judum's mobilisation of people against naxalites triggers large-scale violence and exodus of people in Chhattisgarh.
- Hope Is Not A Method (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 27, 2006)
As Nepal moves towards a new order, its governing parliamentarians would do well to heed that most fundamental of maxims:
- When Report Cards Are Ready Reckoners (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, May 27, 2006)
The UPA government scores a ‘mixed’ report; will the PM hold a mirror to the faltering performers?
- Why Peace? (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, May 27, 2006)
Autonomy" and "self rule" have entered the rubric of the Kashmir peace process. During this week's Round Table Conference for which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh travelled to Srinagar, it was decided to refer the job of defining these two issues . . .
- Grow Up, Aamir (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 27, 2006)
It's quite astonishing what a deliberately obfuscatory media and liberal doses of Left propaganda can do to confuse an issue and spread disinformation.
- Cpi (M) Rejects Oil Firms Claims On Losses (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
CPI-M, which has been vehemently opposing hike in prices of petroleum products, on Thursday sought to dismiss as 'notional' the claims of oil companies that they suffered a whopping loss to the tune of Rs 73,000 crore by not hiking the prices and . . .
- Upa Is Losing Its Sheen (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, May 26, 2006)
The UPA Government completed its two years in office on May 22, and it was a gala festivity at 7-Race Course Road.
- Us Offers Help To Chhattisgarh In Combating Naxals (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
The United States on Thursday offered all assistance to Naxal-infested Chhattisgarh to deal with the ultras in the state even as the police, in a bid to reassure villagers, has instructed Salva Judum (anti-Maoist) camps in various districts to . . .
- Glossing Over Facts (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 26, 2006)
In Wroclaw town in western Poland, a publisher goes on trial this week on charges of printing and distributing 3,000 copies of Adolf Hitler's rambling autobiography Mein Kampf. If convicted, he could be jailed for three years.
- Nepal Will See Red Soon (Pioneer, Surya Narayan Saxena, May 26, 2006)
The revived Parliament or the Pratinidhi Sabha of Nepal owes its rebirth to Maoists and now is a puppet in their hands.
- Vip Treatment In Temples Abolished (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
Best tribute to Palanivel Rajan: Karunanidhi; MLAs hail former Minister's services
- Naxals Blast Rest House (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
Armed CPI (Maoist) naxalites on Thursday triggered a blast at a rest house at Bhim Bandh, a tourist spot in Munger district of Bihar.
- `We Are Happy But Not Complacent' (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, May 26, 2006)
I am extremely happy that we have got a two-thirds majority, with more votes and more seats.
- A Tirupur Story (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
Examining the role of caste and class in the transformation of Tirupur into a booming global centre for knitwear production.
- Brand Buddha~ii (Statesman, Pradip Bose, May 26, 2006)
West Bengal communists can certainly learn a lesson or two from China on how to attract foreign investment, which in itself has nothing to do with communism.
- Realpolitik And Nepal (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , May 26, 2006)
Fudging objective reality is a pointless exercise. The view that the Maoists in Nepal have agreed to return to the ‘democratic’ path is sheer hokum.
- Left Scores A Win (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 25, 2006)
With the UPA-Left Coordination Committee having announced its decision to impose 27 per cent OBC quota from June 2007 on all specialist educational institutions run by the Union Government, the "reservation controversy" has more or less been settled.
- Celebrating India's Loss (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, May 25, 2006)
It's hard to build a new house by demolishing the old one." That's how a Hindu citizen of Nepal reacted to Prime Minister GP Koirala's questionable attempt to deface the symbol of the world's only Hindu Kingdom by stripping the occupant of . . .
- Fighting A Common Enemy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 25, 2006)
It is in the interest of both India and Nepal to stop the march of Maoists towards the capital of the Himalayan kingdom, says Shyam Khosla.
- Down The Yellow Brick Road (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, May 25, 2006)
Both Singapore and Malaysia offer ample proof that even a strong-armed government can be good for its people if it so desires.
- Naxals Call For Economic Blockade (Indian Express, Manoj Prasad, May 25, 2006)
The latest in the Naxal armoury is what they call economic blockade.
- Left Half-Way (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 25, 2006)
Two sets of agenda prompted the left’s support to Mr Manmohan Singh’s government. One, that was reflected in its common minimum programme, related to governance.
- Pm Suggests 5 Point Programme To Build A New Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2006)
Talking tough, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asserted that attempts by "some elements" within Jammu and Kashmir to disrupt peace process would be firmly thwarted and proposed focus on a five-point programme to build a new Kashmir.
- Government To Be Expanded On May 29 (Hindu, S.Nadarajan, May 25, 2006)
Names finalised in consultation with AICC
Former CM V. Vaithilingam will become a Minister
Yanam to be represented in Cabinet for first time
Union Territory normally has a six-member Ministry
- Left Forces Quota Everywhere Except Home Turf (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, May 25, 2006)
The CPI (M)-led Left Front may have armtwisted the UPA Government to announce 27 per cent quote for OBCs in institutions of higher education from June 2007, but it is not prepared for the same in States like West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura where it rules.
- The Other India (Business Standard, Barun Roy, May 25, 2006)
Both Singapore and Malaysia offer ample proof that even a strong-armed government can be good for its people if it so desires.
- Brand Buddha~i (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 25, 2006)
“I am a communist”, said the West Bengal chief minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on more than one occasion recently.
- Market, Quotas Poop The Party (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , May 25, 2006)
If it was baptism by fire for the gentleman-politician, Dr Manmohan Singh, in May 2004, when as dramatically as unexpectedly he was anointed Prime Minister by the Congress chief, Ms Sonia Gandhi, it was nothing short of a tumultuous second . . .
- Why Should We Welcome The Stock Market Crash? (The Economic Times, Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar, May 24, 2006)
Economics assumes that human beings are rational. But human reactions to stock market movements are utterly irrational. When markets rise, everybody cheers. When markets crash — as has been the case for two weeks — everybody moans.
- In Reverse Gear (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 24, 2006)
The decision of the moderate Hurriyat Conference to keep off the second roundtable also has come as a big surprise. To use a sports terminology it is against the run of play.
- The New Left In New Bengal (Business Standard, A K Bhattacharya, May 24, 2006)
Immediately after the Left Front recorded its seventh consecutive victory in the West Bengal assembly polls, a television journalist asked . . .
- And Cups That Cheer (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 24, 2006)
And malt does more than Milton can/To justify God’s ways to man./Ale, man, ale’s the stuff to drink/For fellows whom it hurts to think”, wrote the poet A E Housman in The Shropshire Lad which lyrically recaptured the mood of rural England during the . . .
- Noisy Scenes Over Rehabilitation Of Sardar Sarovar Dam Oustees (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
Saifuddin Soz promises speedy relief for affected families
- Round Table, And The Road Home? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 24, 2006)
Two families of top Hizb-ul-Mujahideen operatives hope that the second round table on Kashmir will help their loved ones return home.
- Honk, Honk (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 24, 2006)
Sarojini Naidu once poked fun at Gandhiji when he took his goat by ship to the London roundtable conference.
- Lessons From The Hustings (Telegraph, Bidyut Chakrabarty, May 24, 2006)
Democracy, if not marginalized, is certainly a casualty in West Bengal after the recently concluded assembly elections.
- Dwindling Self-Esteem: The West's Undoing (Deccan Herald, Stuart Jeffries, May 24, 2006)
There are two books entitled Suicide of the West. One was written 42 years ago and, unfortunately, its thesis proved disastrously wrong. The other is just out and hopefully will be equally misbegotten.
- Time To Own That Lost Decade (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 24, 2006)
To outsiders, there is something faintly comical about China’s Cultural Revolution, which started 40 years ago (last) week and only ended with the fall of the Gang of Four ten years later.
- Agriculture Cannot Wait (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, May 24, 2006)
The Indian tragedy of extensive poverty and deprivation persisting under conditions of impressive progress in the industrial and services sectors will continue so long as we refuse to place faces before figures.
- Docs' Strike Continues As Talks Fail (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
The government on Monday failed to persuade medicos to end their strike against quotas in central educational institutions.
- A Martyr's Death (Times of India, Krishna Bose, May 23, 2006)
On my first visit to Taipei 27 years ago, I went looking for the historic sites related to the last days of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. I walked into the old, one-storey, red-brick building of Nanmon Hospital.
- Poll Announcement Hailed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
CPI(M) calls for steps to ensure free and fair polls
- Rebellion In Jharkhand (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 23, 2006)
The resignation of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi from the primary membership of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Lok Sabha is bound to be viewed as a big setback both for the party and the Jharkhand government.
- Nepal Maoist, Spa Leaders Meet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Support for peace road map, constituent assembly reiterated
"Nepal should be made a republic"
India and Nepal are twins: Yechury
Main task of Parliament is to hold elections
- Pondicherry Citizens End Their Long Wait For Civic Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
The elections were last held in 1968
- Karat For Consensus On Reservation Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Proposed quota should benefit the poor among SCs, STs and OBCs
Pranab briefs Karat on GoM proposals
Government may increase number of seats
"Exclude the affluent and those with access to jobs and higher education"
- Buddhadev's Halfway House (Deccan Herald, Amulya Ganguli, May 23, 2006)
A clear choice between capitalism and communism could trip Buddhadev up
- Hurriyat’S Standing Apart Will Benefit None: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Ahead of the Kashmir roundtable in Srinagar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight said the Hurriyat decision to boycott the meet did not surprise him and that their "standing apart" will benefit none.
- Price Of Essence (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 23, 2006)
Look beyond imports to manage agri-prices
- Naxalism A Threat To Internal Security:parliamentary Committee (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2006)
Voicing serious concern over "growing influence" of Naxalism across the country, a Parliamentary Committee has said it is "no more" a law and order problem but posed a threat to internal security and asked the Government to curb it with an "iron hand".
- Playing With Resources (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, May 22, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- Nda’S Time To Get Even (Statesman, Manoj Chaurasia, May 22, 2006)
It is score-settling time in Bihar. Eighteen months after the railway minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, had secured the Union cabinet’s approval to get a February 2002 Sabarmati Express fire near Godhra probed afresh by a judicial inquiry . . .
- Brand Basu (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 22, 2006)
Buddhadeb mustn’t suffer further constraints
Jyoti Basu has formed Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s cabinet.
- Woman Naxalite Killed In Encounter (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2006)
In Chhattisgarh, Maoists torch two Hyderabad-bound APSRTC buses
- Beijing’S Arab Initiative (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, May 22, 2006)
After a highly focused African initiative that will conclude in a China-Africa summit later this year, Beijing is well poised to repeat the pattern in the Arab world.
- Global Imbalances And China's Yuan Policy (Business Standard, S. Venkitaramanan , May 22, 2006)
Many critics question the assumptions of the Bush Administration's yuan policy, even calling the cure — of getting the currency to float — worse than the disease. China is quite unfazed, sticking to its policies. This has lessons for India, says . . .
- First Phase Of Malalur Project To Be Completed Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2006)
The irrigation project is estimated at Rs. 3.68 cr.
Government has decided to complete 39 irrigation schemes in a year
Rs. 2,900 crore had been reserved for irrigation works
- When The Market Fell By 10% In Two Days (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, May 22, 2006)
Only the most naive or foolish investors would say that a sharp correction in the capital market was either unanticipated or unwarranted.
- Naxals Go On Violence Spree To Counter Govt Retaliation (Times of India, Dhananjay Mahapatra, May 22, 2006)
The bandh call given by Maoists in protest against the ongoing "Salva Judum" anti-Naxal movement evoked violence in Bijapur and Dantewada in Chhattisgarh on Sunday.
- Rebuilding Moribund Congress (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, May 21, 2006)
After the morale-boosting victory of Ms. Sonia Gandhi in Rae Bareli, the Congress high command has decided to try and put the Uttar Pradesh Congress unit on a rejuvenation course, preparing it for an intense political war with the Samajwadi Party . . .
- Coup Against King (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 21, 2006)
It is absurd to hail Thursday's parliamentary coup in Nepal as a "modern Magna Carta," as is being done by those who are cheering the grossly ill-advised move to strip the King of all powers and privileges.
- League Mindset (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, May 21, 2006)
If the creation of Pakistan was the crowning glory of the Muslim League, it also implied the party's natural exit from the rest of the subcontinent.
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