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Articles 6221 through 6320 of 16899:
- Ngos Demand Moratorium (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Concerned with farmer’s genocide in the cotton belt, reportedly due to the failure of genetically modified Bt-cotton, voluntary organisations will launch a "Seed March" (Bija Yatra) in three states including Karnataka from Tuesday.
- Nepal Rising (Frontline, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 11, 2006)
A road map exists, and the people of Nepal are anxious to get moving. But there are also seven roadblocks to be overcome.
- Indian Pm Tipped As Un Chief (Daily Times, Jawed Naqvi, May 11, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been unofficially sounded out to succeed UN Secretary Gneral Kofi Annan at the end of the year, but he has apparently reserved comment, The Asian Age said on Wednesday.
- Taliban At It Again (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, May 11, 2006)
MORE outrageous than the killing in cold blood of an engineer by the Taliban in Afghanistan is the reaction of officials.
- No Interference From Gowda, Says Hdk (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
The chief minister said the running of the government depended on his individual stand on various issues.
- Govt To Bring New Bill On Oop (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 10, 2006)
The Union Cabinet on Tuesday decided to bring a Bill to amend the 1959 Act of Prevention of Disqualification of Members of Parliament to end the raging office-of-profit controversy.
- Bjp Sharpens Claws, Left To Fake Attack In Parliament (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
With the Opposition BJP all set to step up its attack on the UPA Government, there are clear indications that the Government would be under increasing pressure even from its key allies and supporters when the two Houses of Parliament reconvene on . . .
- Three Steps To Mid-Course Correction (Hindu, Harish Khare , May 10, 2006)
The challenge is to convert the UPA arrangement into a maximal concord, which will re-design the polity as the facilitator of a forward-looking Indian state.
- Is The Doha Round Dead? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, May 10, 2006)
The critical thing is to carry on with internal reforms even in the event of the external trigger not being there anymore.
- Transition Tryst (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 10, 2006)
Common purpose is what Nepal needs
- Why Rae Bareli Matters (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
There have been no exit polls for the Rae Bareli by-election since no one has any doubt about the outcome. Even if the Gandhis are largely absentee landlords, they continue to enjoy an almost god-like status in this territory.
- Ensure Rehabilitation Of People Displaced By Project: Bangarappa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
A proper package is as important as the project itself, says the former Chief Minister
The Shimoga MP says
Consider geographical area and not population for delimitation of constituencies
A third political front is possible if Left parties . . .
- Congress Calls For Higher Wage In Job Guarantee Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Many people staying away because they consider the wage too low, say party leaders
Scheme being implemented in five districts in State
It will be extended to all districts in phases
Government has fixed wage at Rs. 62.50 a day
- Need To Recast Ppas Of Hinduja, Bpl Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Revival in present form may lead to Enron-like situation
Unit price of both projects will have to be far higher now
Mahrashtra ran into trouble with Enron when it had to actually buy power
Rachel Chatterjee, who was cited as respondent by BPL, quits
- Groundrules On Gujarat (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, May 10, 2006)
Against the backdrop of the demolition of the Sufi shrine in Vadodara and the terrorist strike in Doda, the CPM’s message to the UPA is clear: firstly, the government cannot be a bystander and secondly, the Left’s support to the UPA was clearly to . . .
- Admk Worker Hacked To Death, Anbumani, Father Named In Fir (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss and his father Dr. S. Ramadoss, the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder, have been named in an FIR relating to the murder of an AIADMK functionary, Muruganandam, in Tamil Nadu on Monday night, hours after . . .
- How Will Mahajan’S Death Affect Bjp? (The Economic Times, Swapan Dasgupta, May 10, 2006)
Death, according to some of the great religious traditions, is the great leveller. In Indian public life, however, death becomes the spectacular elevator.
- Centre Sweats To Save Mps (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
With the Supreme Court showing no mercy and a political consensus proving elusive, the Centre today shrugged off an air of indecisiveness and decided to expand the list of offices of profit immune to the disqualification law.
- Office Of Profit Issue: More Posts May Be Exempted (Independent Inquiry Committee, P. Sunderarajan , May 10, 2006)
Dasmunsi: no amendment to Constitution, only changes in disqualification law
- Upa To Face Left, Oppn Heat In Parliament Today (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
The Congress-led coalition at the Centre is expected to come under intense pressure from the Left parties in the second phase of budget session beginning on Wednesday.
- Saddam's Terror Camp (Pioneer, Joel Mowbray, May 10, 2006)
Towards the end of his regime, the former dictator of Baghdad was busy training suicide bombers and exporting terror, says Joel Mowbray
- Loss Of Muslim Vote In Assam May Hurt Cong Minority Tag (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
The success of the Muslim-centric Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF) in the Assam elections may contain a sombre lesson for Congress.
- Party Divided (Telegraph, PARTY DIVIDED, May 10, 2006)
The Congress is in an ideological flux. One immediate evidence of this is the letter Ms Sonia Gandhi, the president of the Congress, has written to the prime minister, Mr Manmohan Singh, on the subject of the free trade agreement between India and Asean.
- Lankan Foreign Minister For Negotiations To Settle Ethnic Issue (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, May 10, 2006)
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera categorically said today that Colombo was not looking for a new facilitator as Norway was doing its best and his government would continue to seek a negotiated settlement to the protracted ethnic issue . . .
- Don't Celebrate The Mutiny (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 10, 2006)
Hindus were better placed during the British regime, when they shared with Muslims a level playing field, says Prafull Goradia .
- Loyal Practice (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 10, 2006)
In the Congress party, there is no such thing as too much of a show of loyalty.
- Politics To The Fore (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 09, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s demand that the prime minister carefully scrutinise the India-Asean FTA to protect the interests of farmers underlines the importance of policy debate within and among political parties.
- Invasion By Alien Species (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , May 09, 2006)
The ministry is to applying provisions of a defunct Order that makes no mention of weeds
- Dmk Front Headed For A Big Win In Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Sanjay Kumar, May 09, 2006)
The HinduCNN-IBN Exit Poll finds 10 % point lead, predicts 157-167 seats for DPA; coalition government likely
- Reading The Lines Of Future (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , May 09, 2006)
Anyone who can peep into time's womb wins instant respect. Whether it is the wandering woman with the clairvoyant parrot in the cage, or the man on the pavement with the magnifying glass who reads in the lines of the hand life's secrets, or the poll . . .
- Who Is Stoking Communal Fire? (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, May 09, 2006)
A week ago two Indian States - Muslim majority Jammu and Kashmir and Hindu majority Gujarat - were in the news for all the wrong reasons.
- Dmk Candidate Beaten Up After He Smashes Evm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
DMK candidate from Andipatti Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu was today beaten up by some people after he allegedly smashed an electronic voting machine following an altercation with an AIADMK agent at a booth when voting was on, police said.
- Mk Predicts Landslide Victory For Dpa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader and four times Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, who is leading a six-party Democratic Progressive Alliance, told reporters here on Monday that his alliance would get not less than 200 seats in the 234-member Tamil Nadu . . .
- Dominant Discourse In Politics (Hindu, K. N. Panikkar, May 09, 2006)
Paints a broad canvas of the several strands of contemporary politics impinging on secular nationalism
- Sonia Scorched, By Turnout (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, May 09, 2006)
When Priyanka Gandhi stopped at the Shankar temple near the Congress headquarters in Tilak Bhavan at 6.30 am, she must have prayed for a high turnout in Rae Bareli.
- Evm Bears Brunt Of Jaya Rival’S Rage (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
Jayalalithaa’s rival DMK candidate today lost his cool and smashed an electronic voting machine, providing the lone moment of drama in the Tamil Nadu polls that witnessed a high turnout of 65 per cent.
- The Law Of A Letter (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, May 09, 2006)
There’s a right reason, and a wrong one, for Sonia Gandhi’s worry about FTAs
- Swadeshi Sonia (Pioneer, Swadeshi Sonia, May 09, 2006)
In writing to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the eve of the Rae Bareli by-election and arguing against free trade agreements (FTAs) aimed at allowing Indians greater access to agricultural and manufacturing imports, Congress president Sonia Gandhi . . .
- Exit Jaya, Enter Mk, Polls Predict (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
After weeks of suspense over the outcome of the assembly poll and the fortunes of the fierce political rivals in the state, the DMK-led alliance’s formidable arithmetic appeared to have prevailed over the AIADMK chemistry, notwithstanding a large turnout
- Exit Sign For Jaya; Left Set To Sweep Kerala, Bengal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
It’s bad news for the Congress. According to an exit poll conducted by Times Now, Congress is expected to bow out of office in Kerala and Assam, remain in the fringes in West Bengal, and hang in by the coat-tials of senior partner DMK in Tamil Nadu.
- On Sonia’S Fta Concern, Pm Said Nothing To Worry (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, May 09, 2006)
On April 10, just a day before Congress President Sonia Gandhi sent a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing reservations on the free trade agreement with ASEAN countries, Minister of State for Commerce and member of her National Advisory . .
- Upa Is Following Modi's Brand Of Development (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , May 09, 2006)
`Court not upholding its own judgments leave alone rehabilitation'
"UPA Government has proved its brand of development has no human face"
Says Manmohan rejected the report of his own Group of Ministers
Fight for rehabilitation may no longer remain a
- Aiadmk Man Hacked To Death (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
Forty-year-old Manikandan, a party worker of the All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, was hacked to death in front of the house of Education Minister C.Ve. Shanmugham here on Monday night.
- Briefly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
The Karnataka Sahitya Academy has invited entries for its annual book awards in 18 categories from publishers and authors of books published in 2005. Each award comes with a purse of Rs. 5,000.
- Ysr To Unveil `Indiramma Pylon' Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
To visit Nalgonda district for the 21st time
- Nepal Recalls 12 Ambassadors (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, May 08, 2006)
Pro-democracy movement toll 21; Maoists want interim constitution
- Doha Round: Hopes Even After Missing A Deadline? (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, May 08, 2006)
Progress depends principally on the U.S. and the EU
For developing countries multilateral trade as embodied by the WTO is the way forward. There is therefore plenty at stake in speeding up the Doha round.
- Bush To Name New Cia Chief Soon (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Michael Hayden, current Deputy Director of National Intelligence, is likely to take over as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency.
- China Stoops To Conquer (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, May 08, 2006)
The China-Australia agreement on uranium supply was signed in April 2006, after the Indo-US joint statement of March 2, 2006. Therefore, the Chinese should have been aware of India contesting the perpetuity clause and getting satisfactory assurances . .
- Breaking The Space Barrier (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, May 08, 2006)
Fed up with the secrecy of NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and the bloated government bureaucracy it represents, heads are being knocked together to see if alternative business models can make the cost of Space travel cheaper . .
- `Cbi Findings Against Chautala Should Be Made Public' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Rs 15,000 crores to be spent under the rural job scheme, says Selja
- U.P. Assembly Polls Likely In February: Mulayam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Criticises Centre for its ``pro-US'' foreign policy
- India-Asean Fta Draws Sonia's Ire; Writes To Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
The Government's move to go in for more Free Trade Agreements with Asian countries has run into difficulties with Congress President Sonia Gandhi asking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to "very carefully scrutinise" India-ASEAN FTA to safeguard . . .
- Facing Opp On Quota, Arjun Digs Up Left Connection (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, May 08, 2006)
Rattled over the adverse fallout of his move to extend reservation to OBC in the premier educational institutions like IITs and IIMs, Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh is now exploring his Left connection to fortify his position . . .
- Power Struggle Between Delhi, Up (Pioneer, Sidharth Mishra, May 08, 2006)
First it was water. Now it's power. Delhi and Uttar Pradesh (UP) are at loggerheads again.
- Vadodara Limps Back To Normalcy (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
With the seven-hour curfew relaxation here passing off peacefully today, authorities said the Army was likely to be withdrawn from the city from Tuesday.
- More Mexican Kids Cross Us Border (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 08, 2006)
Alejandro Valenzuela, a loquacious 12-year-old, memorised the details of a borrowed US birth certificate and jumped in the front seat of his smuggler’s car.
- Bjp To Raise Sealing Issue In Parliament (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Coming out in support of agitating traders in the capital, the BJP today said it will raise the issue of sealing of shops and offices operating in residential areas in the upcoming session of Parliment.
- Left Combine To Have State-Level Understanding With Congress In A.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Even APCC chief and YSR had responded positively to the pact, says CPI member
- Parliament Session Set To Be Stormy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Somnath to meet party leaders on Tuesday
Government to look into office-of-profit legislation
BJP to raise Congress' role in Volcker report in Parliament
- Musharraf In The List (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 08, 2006)
Surprise! Surprise! Musharraf has made Time magazine’s 2006 list of the 100 most influential people on Planet Earth in the section devoted to leaders and revolutionaries.
- The Minister’S Private War (Indian Express, Natwar Singh, May 08, 2006)
If Natwar Singh had stepped down, he could have emerged with his stature enhanced
- Only Social Change Can End Moditva (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 08, 2006)
The partisan role played by the local administration and police of Vadodara to instigate and abet the recent communal violence in the city, which claimed five lives, is galling. It, however, does not surprise.
- Simple Extravaganza (Tribune, Devi Cherian, May 08, 2006)
For a change, simplicity was the buzzword at the wedding of Lalu Prasad’s third daughter.
- Priyanka, Sp Trade Charges (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
The ongoing war between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party entered a desperate state, as Rae Bareli prepares for voting on Monday.
- Hu’S Eight Commandments (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, May 08, 2006)
After Hu Jintao, the President of China and Chairman of the CPC, issued a set of eight do’s and eight don’ts to improve the moral standards of Chinese people, the party has gone into an overdrive.
- Tragic Departure Of A Dynamic Leader (Deccan Herald, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , May 08, 2006)
Pramod Mahajan was an embodiment of energy and self-confidence. He also had an amazing capacity to learn about new issues and new things.
- N-Deal: Overlapping Areas (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , May 07, 2006)
Although his motives can be questioned Natwar Singh has made some points that can’t be brushed aside. As he sees it and, no doubt New Delhi also, India’s position on the nuclear agreement with America is that it is more about energy and considerably less
- Intelligence Failed In Kargil Run-Up: Malik (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 07, 2006)
"The briefing of NDA MPs on Kargil by Army officials was an aberration" Gen Malik
- On Wheat Imports, Time To Go Against The Grain (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, May 07, 2006)
The debate on wheat imports is strange. You cannot grow at the rate India is growing, integrate with the world economy the way it is, reap all the benefits high exports give and then wring your hands and tear your hair on imports.
- Who Represents Whom In Kashmir ? (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, May 07, 2006)
The most interesting feature of the Valley's current scenario is that the socalled separatists are divided over separatism while the socalled non-separatists are divided over non-separatism...
- First Glimpse Of A New Dawn In Nepal (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 07, 2006)
The oldest nation-state in South Asia will soon have the subcontinent's newest constitution. Whether peace and prosperity follow depends on how inclusive it is.
- Ec Notice To Aiadmk, Dmk (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, May 07, 2006)
Violation in use of vehicles
80 vehicles used by Jayalalithaa
34 vehicles used during Maran's visit to Krishnagiri
- Up & Down In Down South (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 07, 2006)
The answer to the question why most politicians in India do not get re-elected, is a no-brainer. It’s because of the strong anti-incumbency sentiment in the Indian voter’s mind.
- Put Him Down (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 07, 2006)
Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh has an innate ability to unleash furious storms and he is invariably in the eye of each one of them.
- Yechuri, The Left’S Most Vocal Face (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , May 07, 2006)
The BJP might question the role of Sitaram Yechuri in Nepal but the part played by this young Marxist in brokering a deal between the outlawed Maoists and the seven-party alliance would remain a landmark in the history of the Himalayan Kingdom.
- Action Against Iran Inconceivable, Says British Envoy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, May 07, 2006)
When Sir Michael Arthur took over as the British High Commissioner to India in late 2003, he would not have dreamt of the fast developments in the region — the most important being the Indo-Pak detente.
- Peace In Nepal (Tribune, Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), May 07, 2006)
Neither the ten-year long Maoist war nor the 12 years of multiparty democracy nor even the one-year direct rule by the King could resolve the political crisis in Nepal.
- The Right To Live Better (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, May 06, 2006)
It happens every time. I arrive in a beautiful European city and find myself wondering when we will have one Indian city that looks this good.
- An Amazing Reversal Of Roles (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, May 06, 2006)
In 2004, the Congress would not name its PM. Now the BJP can't.
Here is a puzzle. Indian television is run by some of the brainiest people in the country. They still manage to put out some of the worst nonsense you can imagine.
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