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Articles 5921 through 6020 of 16899:
- Indian Politician Survives Assassination Attempt (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Chief minister of Manipur was on his way to attend party meeting
- No Security Guarantees For Iran: Us (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Shehzada Alam said that the mobile number portability system (MNP) will be implemented from November 2006.
- Govt Double Negatives Mukherjee Report (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, May 18, 2006)
The Congress-led UPA Government has decided to let the mystery surrounding Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose endure for another day.
- Pakistan Important For South Asian Stability: Burns (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, May 18, 2006)
Denies Indo-US nuclear deal was designed to counter China
* Says deal with India ‘unique, not generic’ and cannot be extended to Pakistan
* Burns to meet Saran in London soon
- Kerala Formula (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 18, 2006)
The Politburo’s puppet chief minister
Two CPI-M chief ministers are scheduled to be sworn in on Thursday, but the circumstantial contrast is much too stark for a party in its hour of victory.
- Marandi Quits Bjp, Resigns Lok Sabha Seat (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
In a major setback to the BJP, its national vice-president and lone Lok Sabha member from Jharkhand, Mr Babulal Marandi resigned today both from the primary membership of the party and Parliament.
- Post-Poll Possibilities (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, May 18, 2006)
A Two-Party System Is Achievable
Elections to five states are over. What do they tell?
- Mark The Details (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, May 18, 2006)
The author is an independent researcher. He has recently co-edited the book, Battles over Nature.
- U.S. To Propose Treaty On Nuclear Fuel Production (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, May 18, 2006)
The United States, trying to boost an imperiled nuclear deal with India, this week plans to introduce a draft international treaty to halt production of fissile material for nuclear weapons, administration officials said.
- Scramble To Salvage Nuclear Deal With Us (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 18, 2006)
Indian and American officials are engaged in a hectic effort to breathe new life into the Indo-US nuclear deal, which faces extinction on account of political exigencies on both sides.
- Balochis Attack Pak Nukes (OutLook, B. Raman , May 18, 2006)
Here's something to worry about for the doomsday prophets - Pakistani nukes are being eyed not just by the jihadis or the Americans but by the Balochis too - in qualitatively different ways, of course.
- The Doctor Needs A Shot In The Arm (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, May 18, 2006)
With the Government about to complete two years in office, the jubilation is missing.
- Parliament Approves Bill On Office Of Profit (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Parliament has approved a bill that provides for exempting 56 posts, including the Chairperson of National Advisory Council, from being considered office of profit with the Rajya Sabha today passing the Bill amid a walkout by the BJP.
- Pm Takes Shelter Behind Quota Panel (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
When in trouble, form a committee. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has bought time on the reservation row through this time-tested method by constituting what is known as a GoM, group of ministers.
- Sonia Likes It, Priya Has A Problem (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi has read The Da Vinci Code and enjoyed it too, but her party has no answer why Priya Ranjan Das Munshi chose to play high priest-cum-moral cop by deciding to arbitrate on whether the film was fit for screening.
- Govt’S Quota Package To Unfold Over Three Years (Hindustan Times, Vinod Sharma, May 18, 2006)
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday amid indications that the government was contemplating a three-year time frame for graduated implementation of the proposed quota system in central institutes and private . . .
- Ministers Panel To Study Quota Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
It will take into account the interests of all sections
Arjun Singh reiterates Government's commitment to reservation
Says there is no difference of opinion on the issue
- "Office Of Profit" Bill Passed By Parliament, Seeks To Exempt 56 Posts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
109 members, including Manmohan Singh, vote in favour of the Bill in the Rajya Sabha
- A Story Of Political And Ethnic Fragmentation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
The formation of a coalition government is the logical culmination of a process that followed the Assam movement, says Yogendra Yadav
- Manmohan To Inaugurate Urban Renewal Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
It will be taken up initially with Rs.100 crores
YSR's initiatives attributed for line-up of projects
Congress activists urged to make Prime Minister's visit a success
Suggestion to submit memo to Manmohan Singh
- Office Of Profit: The Wages Of Neglect (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, May 17, 2006)
Ignorance of the law is no excuse, as countless petty litigants are reminded every day in courts across the country, and it is inexplicable that so many members of Parliament should have allowed themselves to be ambushed by a fundamental provision . . .
- Nac Not An Office Of Profit, Asserts Cong (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Even as Parliament was discussing the amendment Bill aimed at excluding the National Advisory Council (NAC) chairpersons and a number of other positions from the office-of-profit (OoP) list, the Congress on Tuesday said it was “convinced” that the . . .
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 17, 2006)
The information on 1971 batch IPS officer D. Mukherji is incorrect, say a few readers, in the reports "Chief Secretary, DGP shifted" (Tamil Nadu, May 14, 2006, page 5) and "Alexander hands over . . .
- Bad Omens For The Economy (Business Standard, Subir Roy, May 17, 2006)
The economic outlook for India has just turned a little negative.
- 'It's A Lie That Cpi-M Is Anti-Reform' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
On Sunday, the Communist Party of India-Marxist leader V S Achuthanandan, who is the new chief minister of Kerala, landed at Thiruvananthapuram airport to a rousing welcome.
- Maharashtra Politicians Join Quota Issue (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
While politicians opposed to increasing quotas for Other Backward Castes in educational institutions have been careful about avoiding the spotlight, those on the other side of the divide are now out on the streets in the support of quota.
- With Congress Back, Ulfa Talks On Course (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, May 17, 2006)
The Assam poll outcome can be expected to have a positive bearing on the ongoing peace talks with the banned terrorist outfit, United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).
- Opposition Slams Mulayam Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Discussion on the Governor's address
- Rite Of Passage (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 17, 2006)
Bill clears MPs for offices of profit
- Centre Committed To Reservation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
But options under study, Arjun tells students
Increasing seats, including economically backward sections under consideration
Arjun Singh assures comprehensive roadmap
Somnath asks students to withdraw protest and wait for decision
- Nepal Set To Issue Proclamation Curtailing The King's Powers (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, May 17, 2006)
Government move follows violent protests in various parts of Kathmandu
- Congress To Form Its First Minority Government (Hindu, S. Nadarajan, May 17, 2006)
PCC in consultation with AICC to finalise list of Ministers
Rangasamy to be sworn in Chief Minister on Thursday
He may have to go it alone for a few days
Pondicherry has had coalition ministries most of the time
- Morales, The Poor, And Oil Firms (Hindu, George Monbiot, May 17, 2006)
The outery over Bolivia's renationalisation and the slience over Chad's betrays hypocrisy.
- Singh To Sing A Song On Achievements (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, May 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will present a second report card to mark the completion of his United Progressive Alliance Government’s two years in office on May 22.
- Indo-Us Nuke Deal; Burns To Meet With Saran Next Week (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, May 17, 2006)
Amidst efforts to get Congressional approval for the Indo-US nuclear deal, US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns spoke to Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and they decided to hold further discussions in London next week to go over all aspects . . .
- Refine And Reserve (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 17, 2006)
In arguing that the time may have come to do away with caste-based quotas and instead deploy an economic criterion for reservations in education and in Government jobs, Union Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan obviously had his political constituency . . .
- No Hope Of Third Front (Daily Excelsior, Atul, May 17, 2006)
When in the late 1980s the then Defence Minister V. P. Singh launched his Jan Morcha after falling out with his prime minister,
- Kerala Formula (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 17, 2006)
Two CPI-M chief ministers are scheduled to be sworn in on Thursday, but the circumstantial contrast is much too stark for a party in its hour of victory.
- Post-Poll Possibilities (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, May 17, 2006)
A Two-Party System Is Achievable
Elections to five states are over. What do they tell?
- Aggressive Arjun Comes In Way Of Pm's Middle Path (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Even as a deeply worried Prime Minister plans to initiate a dialogue with different political parties to find a way out of the quota vortex, the aggressive posturing by HRD Minister Arjun Singh almost defeated the purpose of a middle-path message . . .
- Tough Days Ahead (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 17, 2006)
The Congress, led by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, has created history of sorts in Assam by coming back to power for the second successive term in the past three decades.
- Ls Passes Office Of Profit Bill Amidst Nda Oppn (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Capping a two-month row, the Lok Sabha today passed a bill that provides for exempting 56 posts, including the Chairpersonship of National Advisory Council, from being considered office of profit but the BJP-led NDA strongly opposed the measure.
- Pm And Arjun Work On United Face (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, May 17, 2006)
The government and the Congress are trying to get their act together and present a united face of the coalition on quotas.
- U.S., India Try To Rescue Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, May 17, 2006)
Senior U.S. and Indian officials plan to meet in London next week to try and rescue an imperiled agreement that would give India access to U.S. nuclear energy technology for the first time in three decades.
- Ajmal’S Maths (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 17, 2006)
When we termed Badruddin Ajmal’s Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF) a ‘Frankenstein’ not so long ago, we never imagined that it would replicate itself so quickly in the country’s largest state.
- Saran, Burns To Meet In London To Rescue N-Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Senior Indian and US officials plan to meet in London next week to try and rescue the nuclear deal that would give India access to US nuclear energy technology for the first time in three decades.
- What’S The Big Deal? (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 17, 2006)
The nuclear deal is not the symbol of successful Indo-US relations
- Pm To Consult Parties Today » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to start consultations with political parties from Wednesday on the issue of OBC quota in elite educational institutions.
- Despite Medical Meltdown, Govt Has No Formula (Pioneer, Veena Sunderam, May 16, 2006)
With discontent brewing within the Congress and the spiralling protests on the streets against the move to introduce OBC quota in education, the UPA Government on Monday said that a "mechanism would be evolved to take care of the interests of all . . .
- American Jewish Committee Backs Indo-Us Nuke Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Throwing its weight behind the Indo-US civil nuclear energy agreement, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) has urged the US Congress to approve enabling legislation currently pending on Capitol Hill.
- The Red Road To Fiscal Disaster (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, May 16, 2006)
The danger is the Left’s perceived strength, post-poll, will take the Centre’s finances the W Bengal way.
- Caution: Left Hand Drive (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, May 16, 2006)
The truly remarkable aspect of verdict 2006 is that it has strengthened the hands of both the Congress as well as its allies, says . . .
- Upa Govt Insensitive To Ethnic Cleansing In J&k: Bjp (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Doda killings rocked both the Houses of Parliament on Monday, with the BJP-led Opposition accusing the UPA Government of being indifferent to the campaign for "ethnic cleansing" in the Jammu and warning it against 'delimilitarisation' of J&K.
- Sonia Wants Centre To Expedite Welfare Plans (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Expressing satisfaction at the party's performance at the recent assembly polls, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday exhorted the UPA Government to expedite welfare schemes to ensure success at the next round of assembly elections.
- Achuthanandan Chosen To Be Kerala Cm (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Capping intense debate within, CPI-M in Kerala today unanimously chose party veteran V S Achuthanandan as Chief Minister of Kerala but the faction led by state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan gained a clear upperhand in the choice of party nominees . . .
- Nda Opposes Office Of Profit Bill (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
The Opposition National Democratic Alliance on Monday decided to oppose a government Bill that proposes to exempt 46 . . .
- Aiadmk Seeks Post Of Opposition Leader (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Demands Lt. Governor's intervention
Congress allies are part of the ruling block: AIADMK legislature party leader
"AIADMK will function as a responsible Opposition"
- Sonia Skirts Comments On Reservation (Tribune, Anita Katyal, May 16, 2006)
While the UPA Government is grappling with the snowballing controversy over the proposed quotas for OBCs in elite educational institutions, Congress President Sonia Gandhi maintained a studied silence on this burning issue when she addressed the . . .
- Unopposed (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 16, 2006)
Governance is too important a matter to be left only to the ruling party. It is now accepted that a major reason for the failure of governance in erstwhile communist countries was the absence of democratic opposition.
- Doda Issue Rocks Rs (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today described the recent killings in Doda and Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir as “genocide and ethnic cleansing” and criticised the “attitudes” of the state chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Union Home Minister . . .
- Bjp: Sonia's Counsel On Oil Price Unprecedented (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Opposition BJP on Monday termed as "unprecedented" Congress president Sonia Gandhi's counsel to the government not to allow hike in prices of essential commodities and advised her to put in place a prime minister "who listens to her".
- Minister As Liability (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 16, 2006)
With Arjun Singh taking public debate to a new low, PM and Congress president must intervene
- Nda Says No To Office-Of-Profit Bill (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Determined to cash in on the UPA and Left desperation to get their bigwigs off the hook, the NDA today resolved to oppose a Government-sponsored amendment Bill, which provides for the exemption of 46 posts, including NAC chairperson, from the . . .
- Keep Watch On Prices: Sonia (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, May 16, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi urges Government to protect interests of wheat growers
Time for concrete policy action on social security for workers in unorganised sector: Sonia
Convention of District Congress Committees to review rural job guarantee scheme
- The Opportunities And The Challenges (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
The Left may have registered yet another massive victory. But behind this familiar result, lies an interesting story about shifting support bases and voter perceptions, says Yogendra Yadav
- Washington, Paris To Present India N-Fuel Supply Roadmap To Iaea (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, May 16, 2006)
Moving forward on assurances for permanent fuel supplies to India as part of the India-US nuclear deal, Paris and Washington are working on a proposal laying out a multi-layered approach to assure such supplies.
- Indian Doctors Protest As Anger Over Quotas Spreads (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Services in scores of hospitals across India were disrupted on Monday as thousands of doctors and medical students launched fresh protests against a government move to reserve more places in colleges for the disadvantaged.
- Fighting To Stay In Tune With The Times (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 15, 2006)
Shaolin today is a hotchpotch of the religious and commercial. But then paradox is the essence of Zen Buddhism.
- Demolishing The Law (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 15, 2006)
The executive is not only the biggest litigant, it also has the propensity to change the laws which do not suit it electorally.
- Who Dares Loses (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 15, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi’s public admonition of former Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi for attempting to create a controversy regarding her unflinching support for the Prime Minister seeks to send a strong signal to a section of Congressmen trying to undermine . . .
- The Dollar’S Slide: An Unsettling Campaign (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, May 15, 2006)
Since mid-February, currencies seem to have locked step against the host of global imbalances
- End Of Dravida History? (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, May 15, 2006)
Possibly. But it is too early to bid farewell to the politics of revenge
- A Question Of Courage (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, May 15, 2006)
The UPA govt has been avoiding the inevitable rise in oil prices
- Getting The Right Mix (Times of India, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , May 15, 2006)
In an essay published in the journal Mainstream in early April, veteran CPI leader Satyapal Dang called for the formation of a 'National Front of Left and Democratic Forces'.
- Safe But Under Pressure (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 15, 2006)
A persistent feature of the just-concluded round of Assembly elections was speculation about the likely impact of their outcomes on the Congress-led Central Government.
- Righteousness, Religion, And Right-Wing Politics (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 15, 2006)
The protests seen in Srinagar after the uncovering of a prostitution ring illustrate complex cultural anxieties — not just anger over a single crime.
- Reservation Versus Merit (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, May 15, 2006)
Best brains have rejected reservations as a form of social justice
- Crooks, Perhaps, But Not Fools! (Hindustan Times, Karan Thapar, May 15, 2006)
I wonder how many of us really know the candidates we vote for? An organisation called the West Bengal Election Watch, under the guidance of the indomitable and indefatigable Bibhu Mohapatra, has pieced together a picture of the 1,128 candidates . . .
- Empty Threat (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 15, 2006)
Not much importance is likely to be attached to the seven-day ultimatum served on the UPA by the Telengana Rashtra Samithi on the issue of statehood for Telengana for the simple reason that its credentials were considerably weakened when it decided . . .
- A Marxist Triumph In Bengal (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , May 15, 2006)
What precisely has changed to give the Left Front in West Bengal such a solid mandate this time around, to decisively reverse a 10-year trend? "I am in favour of Socialism. It is the best social order. But, in the present situation, if we have to develop,
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