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Articles 5021 through 5120 of 16899:
- Jihadi-Islamist Compact (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jun 16, 2006)
Former world chess champion and then Fidé president Max Euwe had reportedly exclaimed, after being defeated by a Nepalese competitor in the late 1970s, "Alekhine lives in Nepal!"
- Congress Must Not Approve Indo-American Nuclear Deal . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
"In its present form, deal endangers U.S. non-proliferation goals"
Such ad-hoc bilateral deals will undercut U.S. and world security
Growth of civilian nuke power increases amount of fissionable material
- The Online Laws Of Dating (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 16, 2006)
They are widows and married millionaires. They are non-smokers and truckers and politicians. And they all want to date you.
- Nuclear Deal (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 16, 2006)
India should stand firm and not give in to pressure
- Bjp, Ncp Accused Of Double Standards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Congress general secretary Ashok Gehlot has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Nationalist Congress Party of "double standards" on the issue of reservation for the Backward Class by supporting the candidature of industrialist Rahul Bajaj . . .
- A Government And A Party In Combat Mode (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jun 16, 2006)
Two years after Sonia Gandhi famously declined the crown, the man to whom she handed power remains the outsider in a party congenitally attached to the first family and unable and unwilling to accept the work division between a non-Gandhi Prime . . .
- 'Indo-Us N-Deal Weakens Proliferation Regime' (Hindustan Times, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jun 15, 2006)
A body of US scientists, backed by a group of Nobel Laureates, has opposed the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, claiming that the accord "weakens" the existing non-proliferation regime and urged the US Congress not to approve it in the present form.
- Small Step To A Big Deal (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 15, 2006)
The nuclear deal between India and the United States is entering the homestretch. The amber lights for the first two elements of the deal are turning green.
- India To Put U.N. Man In Race To Succeed Annan - Paper (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
India is set to nominate U.N. Undersecretary-General Shashi Tharoor to succeed Kofi Annan when the U.N. chief's second five-year term ends at the end of this year, Singapore's Straits Times newspaper reported on Thursday.
- Joshi Opposes Talks With Pak Till Terrorist Camps Are Closed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Former Union Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi has stressed that no talks be held with Pakistan till it does not close all the terrorist camps on its soil as well as Pak occupied Kashmir (PoK).
- Telengana Caught In Power Politics (Daily Excelsior, G.S.Bhargava, Jun 15, 2006)
Failure to redeem the promise to carve a separate Telengana State out of incumbent Andhra Pradesh sticks out like a sore thumb in the two-year record of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Too Old To Bat (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 15, 2006)
Purge India’s sclerotic gerontocracy
No major country in the world is as gerontocratic, or as sclerotic in its politics, as we are in India.
- Oversight Panel To Decide On Hrd's Quota Proposal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Oversight Committee chairman M Veerappa Moily will have a decisive say in the OBC quota proposal for central higher-education institutions — and not HRD Minister Arjun Singh, whose initial announcement had led to the anti-quota agitation and put the . . .
- Koirala Advocates Ceremonial Monarchy (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Jun 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has said the King should be given a ceremonial role.
- Congress Urges Poll Panel To Take Action Against Kumaraswamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Legal action sought against him for filing `false affidavit' before polls
Similar petition to be submitted to the Returning Officer for Ramangaram Assembly constituency
Congress to continue demand for an inquiry into the BMIC project
Chief . . .
- "Ban On Further Nuclear Testing Crucial" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Washington: India's commitment to maintaining a moratorium on nuclear testing and its strict adherence to export controls of sensitive nuclear technology are crucial for obtaining Congressional approval of the India-U.S. civilian nuclear deal, two . . .
- Trade Unions Will Launch Countrywide Stir, Says Dasgupta (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Trade unions, irrespective of their political affiliations, have collectively decided to launch an "effective country-wide agitation" against the economic policies of the Centre, All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) general secretary Gurudas . . .
- Parties Field Candidates For Municipal Chairperson Posts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
AIADMK has more number in fray than its allies
S. Tamizhselvi and S. Saraswathy, are contesting for chairperson posts of Pondicherry and Karaikal respectively
While DMK has fielded B. Sridevi and Bhuvaneswari in Pondicherry and Karaikal
- Secularists On A Sabbatical (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 15, 2006)
Why doesn't Government speak out against the ongoing minority bashing in Pakistan and Bangladesh, asks Anuradha Dutt.
- Reasons To Be In China (Pioneer, Dmitry Kosyrev, Jun 15, 2006)
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has a place for everyone who is accepted in the region, from Japan to India
- Jakhar Warns Sonia Against Wheat Import (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jun 15, 2006)
The Bharat Krishak Samaj (BKS), headed by Governor of Madhya Pradesh Balram Jakhar, in a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, has alleged that the UPA government had placed an order of 5 lakh tonnes of wheat with the scam-tainted AWB Ltd of . . .
- Left Plans To Go On Offensive At Today's Upa Coordination Meet (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Jun 15, 2006)
The Left-UPA coordination committee will meet on Thursday to discuss a range of issues, including oil price hike and internal security.
- Parties’ Strength To Decide Plot Sizes (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jun 15, 2006)
If the proposed policy for allotting land to political parties is given the go-ahead at the next Union Cabinet meeting, the size of the party’s support base will determine the size of the plot it is entitled to.
- Embarrassment For Karnataka Government (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Even as differences surfaced between the ruling BJP-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition partners on the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project, the Karnataka Government suffered a loss of face after a Rs 5 lakh cheque issued to the . . .
- Plan For Human Development (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jun 15, 2006)
It is time the concept of public-private partnership is tried at primary and secondary education levels, with social empowerment and equality as the guiding principles.
- Ncp Relents, Maha Reduces Vat On Petrol, Diesel (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Jun 15, 2006)
Notwithstanding the ruling Nationalist Congress Party's initial reservations about waiving incremental sales tax on petrol and diesel, the Congress-NCP led Democratic Front (DF) government on Wednesday formally decided to reduce the rate of Value . . .
- Anti-Conversion Bill Back With Rajasthan Guv For Approval (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Refusing to change its stand on the Freedom of Religion Bill, popularly known as the anti-conversion bill, the Rajasthan Government has decided to re-send it back to Governor Pratibha Patil, for her assent.
- After Bachchans, Amar Singh's Family In I-T Crosshairs (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
The income-tax department has slapped a notice on Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh's wife Pankaja Kumari Singh, and is preparing one to be served on him.
- Rights Abuses ‘A Serious Problem’ In Pakistan: Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Human rights abuses by Pakistani security agencies present a serious problem that the government of Pakistan acknowledges, the State Department said in a report to the US Congress.
- Economic Patriotism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 15, 2006)
One picture of relentless globalisation is that it creates a sort of level playing ground. It holds a lot of promise but, at the same time, strangely makes everybody unsure about the future.
- India, U.S. Optimistic About Nuclear Deal Draft (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
India and the United States made good progress at talks to finalise the draft of a landmark nuclear agreement and a pact was expected to be concluded soon, officials of the two countries said on Wednesday.
- Political Vendetta (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 15, 2006)
Bachchans are being harassed ---- There is something rotten about the manner in which the Income Tax Department is seeking to overwhelm filmstar Amitabh Bachchan and his wife Jaya Bachchan with a flood of notices.
- Petrol And Protest (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 15, 2006)
IT is ironical that while the main Opposition party, the BJP, is no more than lukewarm in its protest against the fuel price hike, the Left parties, which are supporting the UPA government from outside, are going hammers and tongs at it.
- Towards Asian Common Market (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Jun 15, 2006)
The joke doing the rounds in South Block now is that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is ever so keen to visit Pakistan because he finds it easier to deal with General Musharraf than his Cabinet colleagues.
- State Government Getting Ready To Control Donation Menace (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The State government is contemplating on taking steps to control donation menace in schools, said Primary and Higher Education Minister Basavaraja Horatti.
- On Banning The Da Vinci Code (Hindu, N.L. Rajah, Jun 14, 2006)
To ban the film in India, reacting to demands from some, is grave constitutional impropriety, besides being imprudent.
- Sonia’S Summer Of Discontent (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
An in-house rebel in Haryana, a tremor in the Northeast, disquiet in the heartland, a jolt in Andhra.
- Bjp To Intensify Stir Against Price Hike (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The BJP today said that the party along with its NDA allies is going to intensify its agitation on the fuel price hike issue and condemned the Centre's proposed move to increase PDS grain prices along with a cut down in the quantum of grains being . . .
- The Art Of Choosing Governors (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 14, 2006)
It is about time Raj Bhavans were restored as a source of constitutional sagacity and statesmanship.
- Left Takes To The Streets (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The Left parties, joined by regional forces like the Samajwadi Party and Telugu Desam Party, today staged street protests to demand the rollback of the hike in fuel prices as the Communists said the UPA government could not take their support for granted.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Talks Proceed With Cautious Optimism (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 14, 2006)
After two days of intensive talks between India and the United States, there is cautious optimism that a framework agreement for bilateral cooperation on civilian nuclear energy would be completed in a couple of months.
- Hike In Prices Of Pds Foodgrain On The Anvil: Bjp (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
After castigating the Centre over its “failure” to check recurring fuel price hikes, BJP today fired another salvo at the ruling UPA over its “decision” to increase issue price of food grains distributed through the public distribution system . . .
- France Push At Nsg, Indo-Us Deal Or Not (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Dismissing suggestions that its nuclear dealing with India was “predicated upon” successful passage of the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement in the US Congress, France has said it will continue to press for waiver of restrictions on India at the . . .
- Pm Under Siege (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Jun 14, 2006)
Main Threat From Within?
The Constitution defines how politics should be conducted. The system determines how politics is actually run.
- Price Of Power (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 14, 2006)
Congress paints itself into a corner ---- The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has once again done it! While extending support to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre without participating in it, it has joined . . .
- Delhi Decides To Cut Petrol Price Marginally (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Giving a marginal relief to consumers in the Capital, the Sheila Dikshit Government on Tuesday decided to reduce the recently increased price of petrol by 67 paise a litre and diesel by 22 paise through a cut in the Value Added . . .
- Protests Mount Against Fuel Price Hike (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Political activists stopped trains and buses across the country on Tuesday and truckers kept off the roads as a one-day strike to protest against a rise in retail fuel prices took hold.
- Madhya Pradesh Foams At Maheshwar Block (Pioneer, Rahul Noronha/ Bhopal, Jun 14, 2006)
NBA obstructing State progress, say Cong, BJP ---- The Union Environment Ministry's decision to abruptly order halt to construction work at the 400 MW Maheshwar hydel power project under pressure from Narmada Bachao Andolan has come in for severe criticis
- Bogged Upa May Call Ndc Meet By June-End (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Threatened by growing restlessness in the Opposition as well as among its key allies, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government is going to call a meeting of National Development Council (NDC) for a consensus on the issues of petroleum prices . . .
- Zarqawi Successor Next Target: Bush (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
President George W Bush vowed on Monday that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s successor as al Qaeda’s chief in Iraq would be “on our list” of targets and said US troops must stay for now to help secure the country.
- `Rail Roko, Chakka Jam' Mark U.P. Bandh Against Price Hike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Government claims protest symbolic; rail passengers inconvenienced
- Congress To Spend Rs.30 Crores On Campaign: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Party to complain to EC on 'violation of code' by Congress
CPI(M) flayed for tying up with the TDP even after describing its chief as World Bank agent
CPI(M)'s truck with the TDP aimed at gaining political power
- Strike Against Fuel Prices Halts Transport In India (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Trucks, buses and some train services ground to a halt in India on Tuesday as part of a nationwide one-day strike against a government decision to raise fuel prices.
- Nuclear Issue: France Backs India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Dismissing suggestions that its nuclear dealing with India was "predicated upon" successful passage of the India-U.S. civilian nuclear agreement in the U.S. Congress, France has said it will continue to press for waiver of restrictions on India at . . .
- Tackling Threats (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 14, 2006)
Raising more Central forces is not the best solution
- India To Seek Chinese Help To Enter Nuclear Club (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
India plans to seek the backing of one-time rival China as it bids to enter an elite club of nations allowed to trade in nuclear supplies, the defence minister said on Tuesday.
- The Lady With A Candid Camera (OutLook, SHYAM BENEGAL, Jun 14, 2006)
A scholarly coffee-tabler, meticulously tracing the intrepid odyssey of India's first lady photojournalist.
- Indo-Us N-Deal Faces ‘Testing’ Times (Daily Excelsior, V Mohan Narayan, Jun 14, 2006)
The hype over the agreement between India and the United States on cooperation in civil nuclear energy has subsided with reality checks in both countries.
- 'Endorse, Reinforce N-Deal' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Michael A Levi is the lead author of US-India Nuclear Cooperation: A Strategy Moving Forward, a Council On Foreign Relations report, which could define the fate of the India-US nuclear deal now being debated in the US Congress.
- One Dollar Is One Dollar (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jun 14, 2006)
The US is assumed to have practised a strong dollar policy and presumed to have been content to let the dollar drift down so that exports would become cheaper and imports more expensive.
- 'Dalits Have Not Benefited From Quotas' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Professor P Radhakrishnan of the Madras Institute of Development Studies is a well-known social scientist. Some of the key areas of his research include affirmative action; agrarian problems; backward classes and reservations; backward class . . .
- Story Of Profitable Politics (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 14, 2006)
UPA Government must not rush into passing the Office-of-Profit Bill without giving serious attention to the President's concerns, says CP Bhambhri
- Handpicked Leaders (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 14, 2006)
Whatever your political inclinations may be, you would be inhuman not to feel sorry for those poor politico dearies whose wallets and mobile phones have been nicked.
- Left Protests Against Oil Price Hike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Restructure customs and excise duties; do not pass on the burden to States: Karat
- Where Leaders Come To Learn (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Jun 14, 2006)
The country's political and academic institutions must take firm efforts to groom future leaders
- In Its Own Mess (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 14, 2006)
While an increase in global crude oil prices should be transmitted in the form of increases in domestic petroleum product prices, the Centre has itself to blame for the economic and political mess it has got into.
- Don’T Let The Branding Iron Go Cold (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 14, 2006)
Corporates build brands over years, spending considerable time, energy and cash so that one day that brand would allow the company to charge a premium for its products and enhance cash flow.
- Kumaraswamy Skids As Ally Bjp Says No To Highway Takeover, Cong For Cbi Probe (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jun 14, 2006)
Mysore Expressway: Deputy CM of the BJP says coalition threatened
- Bachchans Face 37 Income Tax Notices In Three Months (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Congress and SP on Tuesday locked horns over the income tax notices to Amitabh Bachchan, marking a sharp escalation of confrontation and bringing the superstar virtually face to face with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
- In Quota’S Defence (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 14, 2006)
There are no fewer than five pieces on reservations in the latest issue of People’s Democracy including one on ‘the dark world of the media’ that focuses on the ‘upper caste domination in the media’.
- Martyrs' Day Observed In Kashmir, Leaders Pay Tribute (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jun 14, 2006)
Separatists call for general strike; tight security in Srinagar
- J&k's Summer Of Death And Grief (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Jun 13, 2006)
UPA Government's soft approach towards terrorism has only encouraged the jihadis to strike with greater venom and ferocity, says Anil Narendra
- Taxing The States (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 13, 2006)
The petro-product tax structure is grotesque, serving neither the poor nor promoting efficient economic outcomes.
- Reliance Accord With Haryana On Sez Project On June 19 (Pioneer, PTI, Jun 13, 2006)
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries and Haryana Government will sign the deal for setting up of the Rs 25,000 crore multi-product Special Economic Zone (SEZ) near Gurgaon on June 19.
- Imam's Call To Party (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 13, 2006)
Bukhari dreams of Muslim votes----Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari of Delhi's Jama Masjid is being truthful when he says that 'secular' parties have treated India's Muslims as nothing more than a vote-bank to be tapped at the time of elections through . . .
- Bjp's Yayati Syndrome (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Jun 13, 2006)
Some time after the arrest of the Kanchi Acharyas, the BJP think-tank hosted a talk where an ideologue defended the greatest civilisational insult Hindu India has suffered since the assassination of Guru Tegh Bahadur by a rabid Islamist ruler.
- India-U.S. Nuclear Talks Begin (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Discussions likely to centre on "123 agreement" that will form the basis for deal
- Why Bjp Silent On Rss Suggestion: Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
In States where it is in power, the party should follow Congress example
Abandon politics of opposition
Congress will build public pressure
- Us Could, India Can (Pioneer, Surajit Dasgupta, Jun 13, 2006)
It is not only military belligerence and arm-twisting economics that has raised the US to the pinnacle of political power. It is also for the fact that there was a time when that country embraced all.
- Going Beyond Kansas (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 13, 2006)
Forecasters are famously advised never to predict both an event and its timing. This was certainly the approach adopted by ancient soothsayers and oracles, who, like Alan Greenspan, added ambiguity and obscurity to their counsel.
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