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Articles 5221 through 5320 of 7145:
- Nasscom Locks Horns With Left On Union Issue (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
Reacting to the red brigade’s call for unionisation in the outsourcing industry, National Association of Software & Services Company (Nasscom), on Monday, said working conditions in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector do not warrant formation...
- Living With Ied Threat (Tribune, Maj Gen (retd) Jatinder Singh, Oct 18, 2005)
After pouring billions of dollars into systems that defeat high-technology weapons, the U.S. military is striving to combat a far less sophisticated threat; I.E.Ds (improvised explosive devices) or roadside bombs.
- Huangpu And Hooghly (Telegraph, Sumit Mitra, Oct 18, 2005)
Why does Calcutta hesitate to become like Noida and Gurgaon while Shanghai dares Paris and New York? asks Sumit Mitra
- Voting Starts In Bihar (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
Thousands of policemen, backed by helicopters, patrolled the lawless state of Bihar on Tuesday as voting began in a state poll that will decide the fortunes of a key member of the Congress Party-led federal coalition.
- Bihar Poll: One Killed, 10 Per Cent Voting Till 1000 Hrs (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
One person was shot dead by unidentified assailants as around 10 per cent of nearly 1.23 crore voters exercised their franchise by 1000 hrs today amid reports of faults in electronic voting machines (EVMs) during polling in 57 assembly constituencies.....
- Iran: It's Surrender To The U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
Ensure distance between party, government does not grow: Anil Biswas
- Prodi Wins Nationwide Primary (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
Italian Opposition leader Romano Prodi won overwhelming support in a nationwide primary that confirmed him as the Centre-Left candidate for Italy's general elections next year, results showed on Monday.
- Bihar Polls Begin Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
Two top officers of the CRPF, which is in charge of security in Bihar polls, have been transferred for meeting Laloo Prasad Yadav.
- Left Seeks White Paper On Wto (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
Says outcome will have far-reaching adverse consequences
Refers to previous experiences
Says it will have adverse consequences on country's economy and polity, especially the working class and peasantry
- India To Help Vietnam Develop Energy, Healthcare To Boost Overall Development (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Rao Singh said India is willing to help Vietnam develop the energy industry in addition to health care, education and science.
- The Race To Make India Contain China - Boeing Offers World’S Top-Of-The-Shelf Weapons Platforms To India With Indication Of Outsourcing From The Country (India Daily, Sonia Joshi, Oct 17, 2005)
It is clear now that India is a country that can eventually contain the Communist China right in Asia from further expansion.
- Coordinating Ritual (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 17, 2005)
Left does not have a choice
- Campaign For Phase I Ends In Bihar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Poll campaign in 57 Assembly constituencies in Bihar came to an end on Sunday. The first phase of polls is scheduled for October 18.
- Bihar Set For Elections Tomorrow (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Campaign ends for first phase, unprecedented security in place
- Campaigning Ends In Bihar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Though all the parties utilised the services of their star campaigners, with the strict enforcement of election code of conduct the campaign was low-key.
- Parties Sans Democracy (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Oct 17, 2005)
Most political parties in the country today are either family affairs or are plagued by infighting
- No Party Games (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 17, 2005)
Confusion reigns when the government proposes and the governing party disposes.
- Rocket Sense (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2005)
The successful second manned space flight launched by China earlier this week will inevitably raise questions on whether New Delhi should or could find ways to match Beijing’s capabilities in a sensitive area.
- Kalam's Friendly New India: 'Alienation Leads To Terrorism' (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2005)
President APJ Abdul Kalam on Saturday suggested that the police force needs to be friendly, corruption free and responsible for playing a role in the development of the country.
- Kgb Damp Squib (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Oct 16, 2005)
For a party that has been dreaming ever since its humiliation at the hustings over a year ago of acquiring a politician’s . . .
- The Bihar Verdict (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Oct 16, 2005)
The Supreme Court gives its verdict on Bihar and it is a stinging reverse for the UPA.
- A New Complication In Andhra Pradesh (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 15, 2005)
The entry of a suicide bomber in Andhra Pradesh's challenging security environment represents a new complication.
- Is Kipling’S Kim A World Classic? (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 15, 2005)
Rudyard Kipling wrote Kim over 105 years ago. It became his most successful work of fiction. Many generations of the English speaking world came to know about India through this novel.
- In Search Of A Settlement In Afghanistan (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Oct 15, 2005)
The central objective of the Bonn accord was to stabilise the security situation but this did not happen. What are the American intentions in Afghanistan?
- American “war On Terrorism” (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 15, 2005)
History recreated mythology on October 1 as explosions rocked the deceptive idyll of Bali only three days before Balinese Hindus were due to celebrate an earlier clash of dharma and adharma.
- Left Out Of Lurch (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 15, 2005)
IT would be premature to cheer the return of the Left parties to the coordination committee of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
- Condoleezza Rice’S ‘Mission’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 15, 2005)
Central Asia is now the focus of America’s drive to “spread democracy” the world over.
- Rocket Sense (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 15, 2005)
India needs to respond to China’s triumph
- Minister In The Dock (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 14, 2005)
When in trouble, they’re all the same
Reacting to the Supreme Court’s verdict on the dissolution of the Bihar assembly, Prakash Karat feels this is the time for a review of the Governor’s discretionary powers.
- Nda Meets Kalam To Oust Governor (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2005)
BJP president L K Advani and his party’s allies met President A P J Abdul Kalam on Thursday to demand that Governor Buta Singh of Bihar be removed..
- Who’S Afraid Of Kgb Wolves? (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Oct 14, 2005)
The front-page article ‘‘When KGB got cosy with BJP’’ by Bhibhuti Bhusan Nandy, a retired RAW official (The Statesman October 3, 2005) has kicked off dust.
- Changing View From Reer Window (Business Line, Mangesh Soman, Oct 14, 2005)
FOREX market participants have often looked at the real effective exchange rate (REER) as the anchor around which the Reserve Bank of India maintains rupee's value.
- A Desi Grand Coalition? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 13, 2005)
The news that Angela Merkel is set to become Germany’s next chancellor is significant for more reasons than one.
- Existential Crisis Of Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2005)
Pakistan’s accentuated existential crisis has made historians to write new books for school students, distorting the basic facts that the Islamic Republic was ever a part of India.
- Who’S Afraid Of Kgb Wolves? (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Oct 13, 2005)
The front-page article ‘‘When KGB got cosy with BJP’’ by Bhibhuti Bhusan Nandy, a retired RAW official (The Statesman October 3, 2005) has kicked off dust.
- A Monarch's Desperate Acts (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 13, 2005)
It is impossible to see the Dussera promise by Nepal's King Gyanendra of parliamentary elections in 2007,
- Jharkhand: Tightening Grip (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
IN the second week of September, the Arjun Munda-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Jharkhand launched a special security initiative called Operation Black Thunder (OBT) to counter the naxalite activities in the State.
- Interview: Shivraj Patil (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2005)
In the third week of September, the Union government convened the first meeting of the Standing Committee of Chief Ministers of States affected by naxalism.
- Bihar On The Edge (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, Oct 12, 2005)
BIHAR has been a byword for political uncertainty. Even as the State began preparations for its four-phase Assembly elections
- How Large Is China's Private Sector? (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
Although the private sector displaces the state sector as the dominant player in the economic reform in China, the strategic areas identified as the lifelines of the economy are predominantly in the public sector.
- Indian Communism During The Raj (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
EVERY political party has to face up to the difficult task of writing its own history
- Interview: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
The naxalite problem in West Bengal, though not as serious as it is in Orissa and Jharkhand, is still a matter of concern for the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front government in the State.
- The Naxalite Challenge (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Oct 12, 2005)
Left extremists have regrouped under the one-year-old Communist Party of India (Maoist) and expanded their area of operation. The state is planning a crackdown, but success may not come easily.
- The New One-Party State (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Oct 11, 2005)
IT IS not only the Democrats in the United States who cling fondly to the illusion that if they can only find the right candidate, they will sweep back into power. This is also the collective fantasy of the British Conservatives, who are currently choosin
- Of Turncoats And Caste Breakdowns (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 11, 2005)
Defectors with a record of winning are seen as a prize catch by political parties in Bihar because of the votes they bring with them
- World Investment Report 2005 (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 11, 2005)
China has once again emerged as the darling of investors among developing economies worldwide. For analysts drawing comparisons with China's stupendous FDI performance, India's might seem a poor record.
- Indian Marxists Toss Off Chains With Hotel Sale: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Oct 11, 2005)
The last guests have checked out of the Great Eastern hotel in Kolkata.
- Reluctant Voters, Fragmented Votes (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 10, 2005)
Do the results of the Assembly elections held in February hold pointers to how Bihar will vote this time?
- Chinese Eye Leadership Succession (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao opened a four-day meeting on Saturday seeking to cement his grip on power, pushing his “harmonious society” platform to cope with rising social tension and possibly naming an heir apparent.
- Nepal Civic Polls On February 8 (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Oct 10, 2005)
Nepal's royal government — which seized absolute power earlier this year — announced on Sunday the date for municipal elections, a tentative step toward restoring democracy in the Himalayan kingdom.
- Call For Cultural Dialogue Among Saarc Nations (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Oct 10, 2005)
V.P. Singh stresses role of culture in convergence and understanding in South Asia
- Gas By Diwali (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 10, 2005)
The petroleum minister has promised that the LPG shortage will be sorted out in time for the festival season.
- Congress Governing The Country Under Extreme Pressure From The Communists - Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh Confesses (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Oct 09, 2005)
Why rule then? Why not resign and call for a fresh mandate. Why compromise with the communists?
- Peaks And Valleys (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Oct 09, 2005)
The Economy continues to do well and we have top Economic experts giving opinions on the future trends and in particular on the Stock markets and with the benefit of hindsight most experts will be 'right' and 'wrong' as it is impossible to predict. . . .
- China Draws Up Five-Year Road Map (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Focus on development, sustainable growth
- A Stonebreaker’S Lesson On Finding Divinity In Work (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Oct 09, 2005)
One of the greatest lessons I learnt in development — it was also a profound experience that revitalised my Hindu roots after my communist background had nearly scythed them — was from an ordinary woman stone-breaker.
- Maoist Tentacles (Statesman, JR MUKHERJEE, Oct 08, 2005)
The Maoist movement is very strong in Telengana in Andhra Pradesh; Bastar and other districts of Chattisgarh; the Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts of Maharashtra;
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 08, 2005)
India has always supported anti-imperialist struggles in other countries and taken a leading role in the non-aligned movement. It’s a pity that today the UPA government is supporting the USA which wants to stop Iran from developing nuclear energy . . .
- From Myths To History (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 08, 2005)
Terrorism is a universal threat, demanding a universal response
- Bush In True Colours (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 08, 2005)
In his speech to the Washington’s National endowment for Democracy, President Bush entirely focused on the so-called ‘Muslim militancy’ and termed it as the biggest threat to the United States. Equating the extremism to Communism and Nazi-ism, he claimed
- 'Practical' Theory Of Revolving Doors (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 08, 2005)
In diplomacy doors are never closed." So said External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh in Islamabad recently.
- Fact Of Life (Business Line, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 07, 2005)
Facts of their lives, rather than ideologies, decide how people vote. Its resounding victory in the by-election to the Lok Sabha constituency has actually little to do with the ideology of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
- The Monsoon — Still Unpredictable (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 07, 2005)
"In China, a communist country, the labour commissioner is not a problem in regard to the flow of FDI""In India, which is not a communist country, when will we be able to hire and fire workers?"
- Lee For Better Investment Climate In India (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 07, 2005)
"In China, a communist country, the labour commissioner is not a problem in regard to the flow of FDI""In India, which is not a communist country, when will we be able to hire and fire workers?"
- Return To Coordination Meetings: Sonia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
UPA chairperson tells Left: decision to offload equity in BHEL put on hold
Left parties saw BHEL disinvestment as the first serious violation of CMP
Left will meet soon to formulate response, says Debabrata Biswas
- Delimitation Fiasco-Ii (Statesman, Manash Ghosh, Oct 07, 2005)
The presence of two Congress representatives in the Delimitation Commission — Union water resources minister Priyaranjan Das Munshi and Champdani legislator Abdul Mannan — has done little to balance its composition.
- Naxalites Evading Political Responsibility (Deccan Herald, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 07, 2005)
The new anti-Naxalite strategy shaping up in South Block calls for urgent public scrutiny if it is not to boomerang. We had a conclave of concerned chief ministers on the subject.
- Ias Forever? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 07, 2005)
Every section of opinion in the country has looked askance at the Indian Administrative Service, the successor to the "heaven-born" Indian Civil Service (which Jawaharlal Nehru once castigated as being neither Indian, nor civil nor service!),
- A Brief History Of Development Economics (Business Line, Alok Ray, Oct 07, 2005)
An economist's answer to the question `how to promote growth' has substantially changed over time.
- Many Faces Of Islamism (Hindu, Soumaya Ghannoushi, Oct 06, 2005)
Islam is the second-largest and the fastest-growing religion in the world. In its heartlands in Asia and Africa,
- Indian Border Security Force Stops Bangladeshi Jihadists From Entering India – Kills Two Injures 10 (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Oct 06, 2005)
In show of force and determination, India’s Border Security Force (BSF) stopped Bangladeshi illegal jihadists from entering the Indian territory through the communist controlled state of West Bengal.
- Centre For Integrated Progress In 13 Naxal- Affected Areas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Home Minister Shivraj Patil said urgent economic development of the affected areas is needed to wipe off the menace of Naxalites.
- Govt Outlines Twin Pronged Approach To End Naxal Menace (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday unveiled a two-pronged approach of economic development and firm policing, in order to wipe out the Naxalite menace.
- Every Strike Has A Sting (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Last week’s unnecessary and rather perverse day-long disruption in large parts of the country continues to be the subject of bitter comment.
- On Corruption And Its `Sister Activity' — Taxation (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 06, 2005)
Duke Vincentio says in Measure For Measure, "I have seen corruption boil and bubble till it o'er-run the stew."
- Turkey’S Elusive Goal (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Oct 06, 2005)
October 3, 2005 will occupy a significant place in the political calendar of Turkey. The formal negotiations to discuss Turkey’s entry into European Union commenced on this day, though not entirely on an auspicious note.
- China’S Transformation (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Oct 06, 2005)
Imagine 20 Britains. Imagine three European Unions. Now you are beginning to get the idea about China, where more than a fifth of the human race resides.
- Conclave Of Congress (Daily Excelsior, Sunil Gatade, Oct 06, 2005)
What purpose does the Conclave of Congress Chief Ministers serve?
- Delimitation Fiasco-I By Manash Ghose (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 06, 2005)
It is still not clear what the Delimitation Commission headed by former Supreme Court judge Kuldip Singh will do after all its three public sittings in Siliguri,
- Kgb Links: No Need For Probe, Says Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2005)
The Government on Tuesday rejected the BJP's demand for a judicial probe into the allegations, made in the Mitrokhin archives, of the erstwhile Soviet intelligence agency KGB providing funds to Congress and CPI leaders.
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