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Articles 4021 through 4120 of 7145:
- Democracy At The Crossroads: Time For Introspection (Tribune, Prem Prakash, Jan 22, 2006)
We will celebrate Republic Day on January 26, the day on which we adopted our Constitution 56 years ago. The founding fathers drafted a document which established sound traditions and enabled the people to participate in the democratic process.
- Us Business Body To Launch Awareness Programme On Indo-Us Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
US Chamber of Commerce has applauded negotiations that would lead to implimentation of Indo-US civilian nuclear deal and announced the launch of a public advocacy programme to garner support for it.
- Cuba Solidarity Day On July 26 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
"Hands off Cuba'' will be an important slogan when Bush visits India: Karat
- Hard Road To Reconciliation (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jan 22, 2006)
In the domain of public policy several of the major avenues are in disrepair and appear to be closed. More disconcerting is the probability that the policy makers do not know what it will take to fix them. We will focus today on an aspect of national . .
- Indian Congress To Set Party Agenda At Upcoming Meet (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
The Congress party-led coalition which has ruled India now for nearly two years should be named DNA for Do Nothing Alliance, one recent newspaper cartoon suggested.
- Maoists Warn Congress Leaders (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The CPI(Maoist) has asked district Congress leaders to boycott the Congress plenary scheduled to begin on Saturday in Hyderabad, a wall poster with this message was found on Friday at Chitlamkunta village in Amrabad mandal.
- Glued To The Coalition (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Jan 21, 2006)
The AICC session to be held in Hyderabad later in the week assumes added significance since for the first time the party, since coming to power and under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi,
- Stop Processions (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Jan 21, 2006)
As usual, Sikhs of Delhi took out a procession on Guru Gobind Singh’s birthday. It was undoubtedly as great a spectacle as those in the years past: a mile-long file of men and women walking ten to twenty abreast.
- Winning Formula (Statesman, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 21, 2006)
The CPI-M government of West Bengal is making a strident pitch for the development of the Information Technology (IT) sector in the state.
- India Wishes Democracy In Nepal (Daily Excelsior, Krishna Pradhan, Jan 21, 2006)
The Indian ambassador to Nepal, Mr. Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, is in Delhi for consultations as the situation in the Himalayan Kingdom deteriorates day by day, and the Maoist violence against the government has increased and rallies . . .
- Peace Process Grinds On (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Jan 21, 2006)
Some recent developments have dealt a hefty blow to the ongoing Pakistan-India peace process. If the decision makers in Islamabad and New Delhi do not act quickly to restore the health of bilateral relations, the peace process will soon find itself . . .
- `West Bengal Polls As Scheduled' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Rolls to be published on February 15
The West Bengal Assembly elections will be held as scheduled and "there is no question of deferment," Chief Election Commissioner B.B. Tandon said here on Thursday.
- Palar Issue: Government To Move Supreme Court After Ascertaining Facts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Five Opposition parties express dissatisfaction over State stand, stage walkout
Reports of Andhra officials conducting a survey
Letter to neighbouring State written on January 5
- West Bengal Polls As Scheduled, Says Tandon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Rolls to be published on February 15
The West Bengal Assembly elections will be held as scheduled and "there is no question of deferment," Chief Election Commissioner B.B. Tandon said here on Thursday.
- Afghanistan: Qanooni's Moment Of Triumph (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Jan 20, 2006)
With Yunus Qanooni's election as Parliament Speaker, a complex calculus of power is forming. Though they are seen as rivals, Mr. Qanooni's political platform is far from irreconcilable with that of President Hamid Karzai.
- King’S Iron Fist Comes Day Before Democracy March (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jan 20, 2006)
In a pre-dawn crackdown that’s continuing, security forces, working on instructions from King Gyanendra, have rounded up more than 50 leaders belonging to seven pro-democracy parties along with top human rights and civil liberty advocates . . .
- Tarigami Denied Tight Security Despite Attacks (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 20, 2006)
Intelligence warnings that he is among Lashkar's principal targets ignored by the Centre and Delhi police
- Brinda Karat Warns Against Postponing West Bengal Assembly Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Left will not keep quiet if the Government tried to go against the CMP
- Blowing Own Trumpet (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 20, 2006)
The Left Front rally at the Brigade Parade ground expectedly forms the lead story in this week’s People’s Democracy.
- Nepal Imposes Curfew Ahead Of Anti-King Rally (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Jan 20, 2006)
Nepal's royalist government said it would impose a curfew on Friday after seven political parties said they would defy a ban on protests and organise a rally against the king in the capital.
- Nuke Proposals Be Made Public: Cpi (M) (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Observing that India's proposals to separate civilian and military nuclear facilities had been made public in the US, the CPI (M) on Thursday demanded that the government immediately make them public as Indo-US parleys were being held on the issue.
- Bogus Resentment (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 20, 2006)
Anil Biswas defends the indefensible
The CPI-M is never inclined to concede a psychological advantage to the opposition.
- Indian Human Rights Record Faulted By Hrw (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jan 20, 2006)
Human Rights Watch has accused the Indian military, paramilitary and police forces of having engaged in “serious human rights abuses in conflict zones”, while pointing out that as yet there have been “no attempts at transparent investigations or . . .
- Nepal Under Siege; Oppn Leaders Held (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
There was fear phone lines would be disconnected again on Friday and the government would impose day curfew to avert the Opposition rally at any cost.
- Naxals’ Return Hits Tiger Population In Nagzira, From 117 It’S 0 Now (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Jan 19, 2006)
They have come back again. After going into hiding for over a decade, Naxalites struck in the Nagzira region allegedly attacking a protection hut in Nagzira sanctuary on Monday.
- `Ship Will Be Denied Entry If Found Carrying Hazardous Waste' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
CPCB to conduct survey of ship
To be allowed to Alang if it carries permissible levels of asbestos
Final decision to be taken after next Court hearing
Brinda Karat meets Manmohan, presents memorandum
- Govt Unaware Of Cbi Move, Says Sonia (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
During the meeting, Mrs Gandhi also spoke to Mr Yechury about the protests the Left had planned against US President George Bush’s visit. The CPM leader pointed out that the Left had also opposed Bill Clinton’s visit when the former US president was . . .
- Together We Stand (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jan 19, 2006)
The mass organizations that make for the CPI(M)’s strength are also becoming a major problem for it, writes Ashis Chakrabarti
- Merkel For Balanced Ties With U.S., Russia (Hindu, BATUK GATHANI, Jan 19, 2006)
The intensive round of talks that German Chancellor Angela Merkel held with Russian President Valdimir Putin earlier this week has evoked much academic and business interest in European Union capitals.
- Karnataka Government On The Brink (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Section of JD (S) stakes claim to form government with BJP; Governor's decision today after legislature session
- It Raids: Jayalalithaa Blames Dmk (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Alleges that houses of her doctor and chartered accountant being searched
- False Pretences (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 19, 2006)
Bengal Congress in a serious dilemma
In a way, the West Bengal Congress is the party that finds itself in the biggest dilemma prior to the assembly poll. Its dithering on an anti-Left alliance intended to avoid a split in the opposition . . .
- Karunakaran's Party For Tie-Up With Ldf (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran) on Monday made it clear that it was angling for seat adjustments with the LDF in the State, envisaging primarily a tie-up that would have the character of a coalition.
- Welcome Visitors (Statesman, SUNANDA SANYAL, Jan 19, 2006)
The Election Commission of India’s team of 19 observers, including the indomitable Mr KJ Rao, have fanned out to as many districts with the express aim of “flushing out all bogus voters from the electoral rolls”.
- Gang Wars (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Jan 18, 2006)
Is history repeating itself as farce? In 1975 Indira Gandhi declared the Emergency.
- Kashmir Violence Claims Seven Lives (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Suspected militants shot dead two members of a pro-India communist party in occupied Kashmir, while Indian troops killed five militants in two separate gunbattles, police and the army said on Tuesday.
- No Nukes, But No War Either (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 18, 2006)
In the short term, the worst-case scenario in the context of nuclear brinkmanship between Iran and the West could unfold thus. The war of words between the two sides escalates.
- Five Militants Among Seven Killed In Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Government soldiers killed five suspected militants in two separate shoot-outs in held Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. Meanwhile suspected militants shot dead two members of a pro-India communist party.
- Congress Is Isolated, Says Pinarayi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The invitation to DIC(K) activists by KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala and former Chief Minister A. K. Antony to rejoin the Congress reflects the sense of defeat that has set in Congress circles, according to CPI(M) secretary Pinarayi Vijayan.
- Terror Reaches South (Daily Excelsior, Tukoji R Pandit, Jan 18, 2006)
The dastardly attack on the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore on December 28, 2005 which took the life of a mathematician from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, has drawn attention to the fact that after north and western India, . . .
- India's Factories Are Booming, But Not Enough (Reuters, Terry Friel, Jan 18, 2006)
India's booming manufacturing sector is a major engine of growth for one of the world's fastest growing economies, but still has to pick up dramatically to hit the country's 10 percent growth target and take on rival China.
- Wb: Mamata Turns Down Congress Condition Of Dumping Bjp (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Spurning the Congress offer of an electoral tie up with the party in the ensuing assembly election in West Bengal sans BJP, Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee today refused to dump the saffron party and asked Congress to decide . . .
- India, Pakistan Hold Talks To Push Peace Process (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Jan 18, 2006)
India and Pakistan talked on Tuesday to try to breathe new life into a two-year-old peace process bedevilled by mistrust and guerrilla violence in Kashmir.
- Govt Was Unaware Of Cbi Decision, Sonia Tells Yechury (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has told the Left Front that the government had no advance knowledge of the CBI decision to allow defreezing of Ottavio Quattrocchi’s London bank accounts.
- Bengal Poll: Ec Observers To Submit Report Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Nineteen observers who were sent by the Election Commission to supervise revision of electoral rolls and preparation of photo I-cards in poll-bound West Bengal, will submit their report tomorrow.
- The Wheels Of History (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 17, 2006)
The wheels of history are turning in Jammu and Kashmir, excruciatingly slowly perhaps, but revolving nonetheless.
- Nepal Imposes Night Curfew In Kathmandu After Raids (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Nepal's royalist government on Monday imposed a night curfew in Kathmandu, saying it was stepping up security after Maoist rebels killed 12 policemen in weekend raids near the city.
- Cong Attempts To Lure Mamata Away From Bjp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The Congress has sent a formal letter to the Trinamul Congress stating that it is willing to project its chief Mamata Banerjee as the Opposition chief ministerial candidate in the coming assembly elections in West Bengal, provided she parted ways . . .
- A Voice Called Arundhati Roy (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 17, 2006)
Arundhati Roy’s turning down of Sahitya Akademi award should not surprise many. She has already denied to be a doll in the hands of those who reward their pets, reject their rivals.
- Bangarappa Foresees Mid-Term Elections To Assembly By April (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Samajwadi Party leader rules out alliance with other parties
`State Election Commission did not act on complaints'
Minorities, BCs, farmers neglected by Government: Bangarappa
Telephone tapping condemned
- Target Practice (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Jan 17, 2006)
The Maoists’ kindling of tribal discontent is likely to create more situations like the one in Kalinga Nagar, writes Sumanta Sen
- A Candle Light Dinner With A Touch Of Difference (Greater Kashmir, Dr Shoukat.H.Khan, Jan 17, 2006)
They have it there in London, we too have it here in Kashmir, but ours is special, narrates Dr Shoukat.H.Khan
- Perils Of Unchecked Power (Dawn, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Jan 17, 2006)
The recent controversy over warrantless national security telephone taps, coupled with Martin Luther King’s birthday, remind me of my time in the Department of Justice in the 1960s.
- Makeover (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 17, 2006)
Eight years ago, the Bahujan Samaj Party celebrated the 75th birthday of Mr Kanshi Ram, its founder.
- Time For Thought? (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 17, 2006)
In 2006, the BJP should reflect deeply on what went wrong
The author is an independent researcher. He has recently co-edited the book, Battles Over Nature
- Card Games (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 16, 2006)
Certain things can be both absurd and sinister. The discovery that there are more ration cards than human beings in West Bengal may have come as no extraordinary surprise to the inhabitants of the state, but countable proof of this absurdity . . .
- Pm Wishes Musharraf Well, But Says “I Cannot Change Borders” (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has always been effusive and warm whenever I have discussed with him India-Pakistan relations. I have found him this time a bit distressed and disappointed. He is not as optimistic as before because he says he does not . . .
- The Rise Of The Yadavs (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 16, 2006)
The Yadav community with its ownership of Krishna has the potential to spearhead a new political movement.
- Nepali Troops On High Alert After Rebel Raids (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Nepali troops were on high alert Sunday after attacks around Kathmandu by Maoist rebels killed 12 policemen, an army officer said.
- To Do A Bihar In Palestine (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Jan 16, 2006)
After Bihar gifted democracy its finest hour of glory with an unprecedented bloodless, free and fair polls, its time for those state officials who played an instrumental role, along with EC pointsman K J Rao, in achieving the near-impossible feat, . . .
- Telangana Put On Cong Back-Burner? (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jan 16, 2006)
There are any number of signs that the Congress has put the issue of statehood for Telangana on the back-burner. Not the least is the fact that the issue does not form part of the agenda of the crucial forthcoming 82nd plenary session...
- Glued To The Coalition (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Jan 16, 2006)
The AICC session to be held in Hyderabad later in the week assumes added significance since for the first time the party, since coming to power and under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi, will
be devising a strategy to consolidate its coalition mantra.
- Delhi Under Pressure To Bar Entry Of French Warship (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
The Indian government on Sunday came under increasing pressure to stop a decommissioned French warship from heading to an Indian ship breaking yard, as powerful trade unions joined environment groups demanding the ship’s return to France.
- State Funding Of Elections (Daily Excelsior, M V Meenakshisundaram, Jan 15, 2006)
Will state funding of elections see the light of the day? This billion dollar question is making rounds in the political circles ever since the Government floated this idea again.
- On The Tail Of A Fiery Insurrectionist (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
The book competently explores M N Roy’s efforts to strengthen the progressive elements of the Indian National Congress during the thirties and the forties.
- Naxals, Ultras May Target Aicc Plenary (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
With the date of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) plenary session nearing, extremists and terrorists are planning to strike at the meet in order to attract international attention.
- 'Ap Has Not Held Back Relief To State’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
The Andhra Pradesh government has paid Rs 37.4 crore to Karnataka so far as compensation to families affected by the Jurala irrigation project. A sum of Rs 20 crore was held up as the Karnataka government did not file the utilisation certificates . . .
- Kerry Backs Pak Quest For Civil N-Tech (News International, Asim Yasin, Jan 15, 2006)
Former US presidential candidate Senator John Kerry has said his country and Pakistan could explore common grounds for cooperation in civil nuclear technology on the pattern of US-India agreement.
- Can Kj Rao Do A Bihar In Bengal? (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 15, 2006)
Ask a man on the streets of Bihar who is their hero number one, and pat will come the reply: K J Rao, Election Commission’s advisor in the October-November elections in the state.
- Red Alert In W Bengal In View Of Bandh By Maoists (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Red alert has been sounded in the border areas of West Bengal and Jharkhand and police patrolling intensified in the three South Bengal districts of Purulia, Bankura and West Midnapur in view of a 24-hour bandh called by CPI(Maoists) from 6 am on Monday.
- Rebel Raids Put Nepal On Alert (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Nepali troops were on high alert on Sunday after attacks around Kathmandu by Maoist rebels killed 12 policemen, an army officer said.
- Nepali Troops Clash With Maoists, 17 Killed: Army (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Sixteen Maoist rebels and a soldier were killed on Saturday, in the biggest battle in Nepal since a guerrilla ceasefire ended this month, the army said.
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2006)
The CPI(M) obviously enjoyed the BJP’s national executive meeting in Mumbai when leaders competed to be named after heroes from the Ramayana.
- Calculated Denial (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 14, 2006)
Mulayam too has limited options Vigorous denials by Mulayam Singh Yadav that he intends to withdraw support to the UPA government sound as if the threat is inspired by the Samajwadi Party itself.
- The Blood Of Innocents (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 14, 2006)
Piggeries occupied the part of Singapore where we used to live until a stroke of the executive pen banished pigs and pig farmers to another island to make way for a blissful estate of neat bungalows in their own gardens.
- Value Opportunities Lie At The Edges (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 14, 2006)
Companies that "find themselves walking a fine line between significant value creation and commensurate value destruction"
- After Sharon What? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 14, 2006)
EVEN if he gets out of his current health crisis, it is highly unlikely that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will be able to resume his work.
- Democracy Or Hypocrisy (Greater Kashmir, MINHAJ QIDWAI, Jan 14, 2006)
Iraq is heading towards a disaster and American presence in the country is worsening the crisis, comments Minhaj Qidwai
- Missing Statecraft In The Chinese Theatre (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Jan 14, 2006)
India’s relationship with Beijing is marked by naivete and a singular lack of coherence
- Not Against Modernisation Of Airports (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
The country is witnessing an investment boom, says Chidambaram
The Left parties on Thursday told the United Progressive Alliance that while they were for modernisation of airports, they were opposed to privatisation.
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