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Articles 5521 through 5620 of 16899:
- Saving The Serendip (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, May 31, 2006)
While the EU has shown forbearance in dealing with the LTTE, it is now clear that the patience of the international community is wearing thin.
- Bjp Jittery As Sharad Toils To Unite Janata Parivar (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Soon after assuming the charge of the national president of the JD(U) in April last, Mr Sharad Yadav had spelt out his plans to spread and consolidate his party’s organisational network in states like Jharkhand, UP, Karnataka and a few others.
- President Returns Office Of Profit Bill (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
In a dampner on efforts to exempt a number of posts from the purview of Office of Profit, President A P J Abdul Kalam today returned the Bill on the issue for recosideration by both houses of Parliament.
- Sonia: Spare Kerosene, Lpg From Price Hike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
``Increase diesel price marginally''
Petroleum Ministry to prepare note for Cabinet
Cut in customs, excise duties opposed by Finance Ministry
Oil companies want petrol price hiked by Rs. 10.5 a litre
- Goodwill, Greed And The Righting Of History (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 31, 2006)
Neither agitating medical students, nor opportunist political parties or an unscrupulous corporate sector can bar access to equal opportunity for the backward classes
- Saving The Package (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 31, 2006)
Dear Prime Minister,
I am a supporter of the nuclear deal, which you have concluded with the American president, George W. Bush — as an Indian citizen and as a columnist who has had a ringside view of the progress of this accord from its womb . . .
- Stop Caste-Based Divide And Rule (Tribune, Ranjit Singh Ghuman, May 31, 2006)
Reservations are being used today as an instrument to capture power and divide and rule.
- Kalam Returns Office Of Profit Bill (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
The Union Cabinet is expected to meet on Wednesday to consider the objections raised by President Kalam on the Office of Profit Bill, reports UNI from New Delhi.
- For Some Decorous Adversariality (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 31, 2006)
The signs are unpropitious. In its opening session, the 13th Tamil Nadu Assembly saw the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the opposition All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam rush down the path of conflict.
- Bjp Dubs Pm 'An Object Of Pity' (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, May 31, 2006)
In a multi-pronged attack on UPA for its "failure on all fronts" the BJP on Tuesday dubbed Prime Minister as "an object of pity who could be easily pushed around".
- Bjp Upholds Quota, Adds 'Don't Compromise Merit' (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, May 31, 2006)
On Tuesday, the National Executive of the BJP endorsed 27 per cent reservations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) but without compromising on merit and excellence.
- Rethink Oop Bill, Prez Tells Govt (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
In a major loss of face for the UPA Government, President APJ Abdul Kalam on Tuesday returned to the consideration of Parliament a Bill seeking to exempt certain posts from the purview of 'office-of-profit' with retrospective effect.
- Kalam Sends Back Office Of Profit Bill (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, May 31, 2006)
Asks Parliament to reconsider it
- Arjun Singh’S Politics (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, May 31, 2006)
Reservation And The Politics Of Reservation!
- Cong, Left Differences Paralysing Economic Decision Making:bjp (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Charging the UPA Government with being indecisive, BJP today said ideological contradictions between Congress and Left have paralysed economic decision making process in the country.
- President Returns Office Of Profit Bill To Parliament (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
President APJ Abdul Kalam has returned for reconsideration by the two Houses of Parliament the Bill amending the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act 1959 which exempts certain offices from being considered as offices of profit.
- Graft Charges: Punjab Cm In The Dock (Deccan Herald, Satinder Bains, May 31, 2006)
The Congress MLA favoured retaining the Union Territory status of Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana.
- Bundle Commission (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 31, 2006)
When the Mandal Commission report was thrust upon an unsuspecting nation by the VP Singh Government in 1990, its critics pointed out that the database the Commission based its assessments on was inherently flawed.
- Roller-Coaster Ride In Kashmir (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, May 31, 2006)
Roundtable Conference has taken the dialogue process between alienated Kashmiris and the Government forward, says CP Bhambhri
- Divide And Rule (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 31, 2006)
Conceived in political lust and born in transgression, the government’s misguided reservation policy has opened up a Pandora’s Box.
- Us Refuses To Improve Offer For Farm Subsidies Cut At Wto (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Even though India and US are discussing ways to reduce tariff and non tariff barriers ,it hardly seems that there will be a headway that the two countries will make in forthcoming talks to be held next month.
- Bill For Obcs, Balm For The Rest (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, May 30, 2006)
After weeks of tossing the reservation issue between quota protesters and its champions, a clarity of sorts has emerged on the position taken by the UPA government and the Congress.
- Bombs Kill Dozens In Iraq, Leaders Wrangle (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Bombs killed dozens of people in Iraq on Monday, adding to pressure on rival factions in the country's new government to agree on interior and defence ministers who can tackle the relentless violence.
- Chautala Accuses Hooda Govt. Of Corruption (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Rajya Sabha member and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) Secretary-General Ajay Singh Chautala on Monday asked Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to "come clean on the various scandalous deals amounting to thousands of crores of rupees that . . .
- Bush Vows To Win War For Fallen (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
President Bush stood among the graves of nearly 300,000 veterans at Arlington National Cemetery yesterday and said that the United States must continue fighting the war on terror in the name of those who have already given their lives in the cause.
- Upa Is Writing Its Own Epitaph (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 30, 2006)
No political party other than those led by OBCs gain from reservation yet mainstream players blunder into quota politics
- Separate Electorate For Dalits (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, May 30, 2006)
Government must consider occupational constituencies where representatives are forced to promote the interests of their voters, says Bharat Jhunjhunwala
- Bend It At Their Beck And Call (Pioneer, Vivek Gumaste, May 30, 2006)
The tense atmosphere of a communal riot and the political grandstanding that accompanies it preclude an honest, objective assessment of the incident.
- Buddha Bashing (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 30, 2006)
As if to iterate that the more Marxists change, the more they remain the same, the meeting of the CPI(M) Polit Bureau in Kolkata made all the necessary noises to emphasise orthodoxy and negate its campaign platform in the recent West Bengal election.
- India’S Insecurity~ii (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, May 30, 2006)
If the state of India’s external security is a cause for serious concern, the country’s internal security situation is equally dismal.
- Explaining The Stock Market Correction (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, May 30, 2006)
The second fortnight of May witnessed a much needed though still inadequate correction of the recent unprecedented rise of the Sensex. Yet, in the blame-game that followed, inadequate "reform" stemming from political opposition has been seen by . . .
- Pakistan Rallies Around A.Q. Khan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , May 30, 2006)
Renewed interest in America on nuclear proliferation network
- Pelf In Paradise (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 30, 2006)
On the surface, there seems to be no disputing chief minister Pawan Chamling’s claim that his ruling Sikkim Democratic Front’s biggest achievement is “human security”, something he claims has even been “acknowleged nationally”.
- Left Dictatorship Behind Failure Of Foreign Policy: Bjp (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
The BJP on Monday accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of allowing the Left to dictate the country's foreign policy leading to the Government's utter failure in dealing with external affairs issues in the national interest.
- Nepal Lawmakers Welcome Code Of Conduct For Ceasefire (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, May 30, 2006)
Nepal's Parliament today welcomed the 25-point code of conduct for a ceasefire with Maoists, saying it would help check violence during the peace process aimed at ending the decade-long insurgency as a rebel leader called for sweeping reforms in . . .
- Turning To The Centre (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, May 30, 2006)
All the mysteries about the recently concluded Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, according to most analysts, are about what happened in the three weeks before May 8, the polling day.
- Buddha's Stance Confusing (Deccan Herald, V.R. Krishna Iyer, May 30, 2006)
Marxists oppose this grave menace. of Globalisation,Liberalisation Privatisation and have they too been Yeltsinised? Never. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the brilliant West Bengal Chief Minister, why, the Left in India generally, has been blasphemed.
- Keep Creamy Layer Out Of Quota, Says Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Forced to tread a middle path on the controversial OBC reservation issue, the BJP today said it favoured quota for OBCs in higher educational institutions and wanted that the ‘creamy layer’ be kept out and economically weaker sections of upper . . .
- Nba Supports Aamir, Flays Ban On ‘Fanaa’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) has appreciated Bollywood star Aamir Khan’s “steadfast upholding of the cause of people displaced by Sardar Sarovar Dam” and termed the boycott of his film “Fanaa” in Gujarat as a “symptom of fanaticism”.
- India Steps Up Diplomatic Efforts On Nuclear Deal (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, May 30, 2006)
India has enough reason to feel confident that the US Congress will pass the much-awaited legislation approving the Indo-US civilian nuclear cooperation deal by next month end.
- Pro-Obc Means Anti-Cong (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , May 30, 2006)
Not many people remember Charan Singh, the man who appointed B.P. Mandal to head a commission in the late ’70s to collect data on the Other Backward Classes (castes), belonged to the Congress Party till the mid-1960s.
- More Seats In Reserve (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, May 30, 2006)
As the days roll on there is no sign of any discussion or debate on the issue of quotas for those who form the bulk of India.
- Some Reservations (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 30, 2006)
How can you support the extension of reservations to the OBCs while mopping up the resentment among the upper castes?
- Muslims Who Fled Villages After Riots Fall Off Job Scheme (Indian Express, Janyala Sreenivas, May 30, 2006)
After the 2002 post-Godhra riots, Muslim families from many villages of Sabarkantha and Panchmahals fled to the nearest talukas to find safety in numbers. Even today, many go back to their villages during the day to do odd jobs and return before nightfall
- Modern Classic (Hindu, Prema Nandakumar , May 30, 2006)
Two plantains for 15 paise. Eight annas for getting a proxy bus ticket. Thus starts the novel, Kuruthippunal, placing the events in an exact time frame with additional inputs about the first non-Congress government that had come to power in the . . .
- 20,193 Teachers To Be Recruited (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Government issues much-awaited DSC-2006 notification
Five-month process for this second mass recruitment
Sale of applications begins on June 15
- "Khanna Committee Report To Form Basis Of New Master Plan For Delhi" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Jaipal Reddy addresses rally organised by the DPCC
- Jayalalithaa's Participation, A Morale Booster For Aiadmk (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , May 29, 2006)
A message to DMK and allies that she will not back down from a political fight
- Lc Poll: Cm Confident Of Fourth Candidate’S Win (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
On Congress leader H K Patil’s criticism on the proposal to reduce ceiling for beneficiaries of farm loans at 4 pc interest, he retorted “ ours is a pro-farmer government.
- Dcc Chiefs Deny Giving Memo To Sonia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Amid sharp reactions from the TRS, BJP and a rebuff from APCC president K. Keshava Rao seven District Congress Committee presidents from Telangana denied that they had submitted a memorandum to AICC chief Sonia Gandhi opposing Telangana.
- Strengthening Social Sector (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, May 29, 2006)
The State government has undertaken major projects to strengthen the social sector.
- Powering Growth (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, May 29, 2006)
Madhya prade will achieve self-sufficiency in power by 2007," said Madhya Pradesh Minister for Commerce and Industry Shri Kailash Chawla at the M.P. Day celebrations at the India International Trade Fair 2005 (IITF) at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
- Through The Looking Glass In J&k (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 29, 2006)
New Delhi's dialogue with the All Parties Hurriyat Conference has reached an impasse. What could now lie ahead?
- Fuel Price Increase: Cpm To Launch Stir (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
The CPM general secretary appealed to agitating students to withdraw stir as the formula proposed by the UPA and the Left parties will provide “an equitable and balanced solution keeping in mind the interests of all sections.”
- Govt’S Mixed Record (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, May 29, 2006)
The govt has missed the boat and not done so many things it could have
- Office Of Profit : Sad Sends Proof To Ec (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
The Shiromani Akali Dal today sent copies of documents, which show that 34 Congress MLAs held office of profit,to the Election Commission along with affidavits relating to 34 Congress MLAs for holding an office of profit.
- Cpm Invites Non-Nda Parties To Join Hands (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
At the end of the CPI(M)’s two-day Politburo meeting here today, the party General Secretary, Mr Prakash Karat declared they would invite all other non-NDA partners to join them in their struggle against the UPA’s “anti-people”policies.
- Advani : Let Experts’ Panel Go Into Quota Issue (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Leader of the Opposition L K Advani today underlined the need for constituting a specialist committee to study the impact of reservation and explore alternative remedies for affirmative action without undermining merit or excellence
- Arjun Visits Uae, Saudi Arabia Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Notwithstanding the quota issue and the ongoing agitation, Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh is leaving tomorrow on a nine-day visit to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to enlarge cooperation in education with the . . .
- Quotas Turn Caste Politics Upside Down (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, May 29, 2006)
SP, BSP show unusual restraint over Lucknow’s medics’ strikes but their eye is on the upper-caste vote, and next year’s elections
- Document In Hand, Students Sceptical (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
The government today released a two-page document designed to defuse the anti-reservation agitation but medical students and doctors rejected the offer and lined up meetings to take a final decision.
- Reservation Or Retrogression? (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, May 29, 2006)
Politics is about creating 'vote-banks' and the 'reservation' game being played is essentially to divide the other backward classes (OBC) as also to check mate Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav in the Assembly election early next year.
- Kathmandu Takes The First Steps (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 29, 2006)
The 25-point code of conduct drawn up by negotiators of the Nepalese government and Maoist rebels is a welcome step in restoring peace and stability in the country.
- In Margins Of History (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, May 29, 2006)
Manmohan Singh seems to have lost the confidence of Sonia Gandhi, who was the biggest source of support for the technocrat Prime Minister.
- Caution: Left Hand Drive (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, May 29, 2006)
Assembly results do not augur well for the two largest political parties as coalition era seems to have reached the States as well, says Anil Narendra
- Quota For Obcs Has Samajwadi Party's Backing: Arjun Singh (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh today dismissed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav's charge that the proposed reservation for OBCs was a "vote catching ploy" of the Congress and said it has the backing of the Samajwadi Party.
- Insurgency And Friendship Cannot Go Together (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, May 29, 2006)
Certain issues bordering on civil-military relations have been rattling the military mind for quite sometime.
- Quota Row Clouds Rahul's Induction (Pioneer, Sanjay K Jha, May 29, 2006)
The Congress leadership is desperate to see the end of the students' agitation as it doesn't want to launch Rahul Gandhi in such a vitiated atmosphere.
- Make Quotas Price-Based (Business Standard, Bibek Debroy, May 29, 2006)
Add up all the expenses the UPA’s planned, and just give the money to everyone for voting Congress.
- The U.S. Will To War (Frontline, AIJAZ AHMAD, May 29, 2006)
What drives the `sole superpower' inexorably towards perpetual warfare?
- Minority Government In Tamil Nadu (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, May 28, 2006)
The DMK's manifesto and alliance arithmetic enable M. Karunanidhi to take charge as Chief Minister for the fifth time in Tamil Nadu.
- Towards An Alternative (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, May 28, 2006)
Voters in Tamil Nadu have begun to think of an alternative to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which have alternately ruled the State for 40 years.
- Pondicherry For Congress (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, May 28, 2006)
The outcome of the May 2006 Assembly elections in Pondicherry is the reverse of that in neighbouring Tamil Nadu where the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagm (DMK) government is dependent on the Congress for survival.
- Coalition In Assam (Frontline, Sushanta Talukdar, May 28, 2006)
The Congress returns to power in Assam, but with Bodo support which will be difficult to handle.
- A Life Of Service (Hindu, ANDREW WYATT, May 28, 2006)
Akkamma Devi was the first woman graduate from the Badaga community .
- 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.
- My Seat, Mai Baap (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, May 28, 2006)
Most people of my generation got their first exposure to the complexities of national politics through the dark phase of the Emergency.
- Sex Racket In Srinagar (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 28, 2006)
Despite saturation coverage of the protests against a commercial sex racket in Srinagar, their political content has passed unexamined.
- 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.
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