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Articles 6621 through 6720 of 16899:
- Now For A Constituent Assembly (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 26, 2006)
Empowered through battle, a victorious people savour their moment.
- No Time To Despair (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 26, 2006)
The continued impasse between key negotiators has made it clear that the April 30 deadline for World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks will not be met. WTO director-general Pascal Lamy has already admitted that it would be futile to hold a . . .
- Office-Of-Profit: Names Of Mps And Mlas Put On Ec Website (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
The Election Commission today put on its website a list of 43 MPs including Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, Union Ministers Pranab Mukherjee, Sharad Pawar, Meira Kumar and T Subbirami Reddy and more than 200 MLAs including several Chief Ministers whose . . .
- Jd(u) Plans Alliance With Jan Morcha (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Apr 26, 2006)
Janata Dal (U) is ready to align with VP Singh's newly formed Jan Morcha for the coming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. "We will join Jan Morcha," JD(U) spokesperson Sambhu Srivastava told The Pioneer.
- An Anticlimax In The Offing? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
The cine glitz of the south may not be the tradition in Bengal polls, but the state is now poised to watch for the first time a real star war between a hero and a bad boy of Bengali film industry from the city’s Alipore constituency.
- Not Enough, Say Ultras As Koirala Is Named Pm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
The seven-party alliance on Tuesday chose Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala to head the all-party Government.
- Radial Literacy (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 26, 2006)
Sure that the country’s best roads are in the capital city and northern metros? Golden Quadrilateral and six-laners, move aside, since competitors exist and thrive far down in the south, if the sales books of Antonio Capellini, South Asia chief of . . .
- Why ‘Fade Away’? (Tribune, Lieut-Gen Vijay Oberoi (retd), Apr 26, 2006)
Gen Douglas Macarthur, a very famous General of the twentieth century, who served his country, the United States of America, with dedication and elan for over half a century, both in peace and war, had made a famous speech on April 19, 1951,
- The Last Gasp Of A Monarch? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Apr 26, 2006)
IT has been at least 20 days since the people of Kathmandu took to the streets and — surprise, surprise — their revolt against a degenerate, autocratic and anachronistic monarchy remains unlabelled.
- Victory Of The Nepali People, Says New Delhi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Without making any reference to Nepal’s King Gyanendra or the Maoists, India on Tuesday hailed the restoration of multi-party democracy and handing over of political power to the people calling it as a victory of the people of Nepal.
- Courtly Intrigues (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Apr 26, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi’s leadership style is proving costly for the Congress
- Nepal Parties Want Constituent Assembly (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 26, 2006)
SPA plumps for Koirala; people tell leaders to "beware"
- "Vote Dpa For State Government To Work Hand In Hand With Centre" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
We want to show how much will be done at State level, says Sonia Gandhi
Takes note of Cauvery tribunal ruling
Karunanidhi praises her spirit of sacrifice
- Nepal Maoists Want "Unconditional" Elections (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 26, 2006)
They denounce the King's revival of Parliament; SPA accused of betraying the people's movement by walking into the monarchy's trap
- Aiadmk, Congress Lock Horns In Srivaikuntam (Hindu, R. Vimal Kumar, Apr 26, 2006)
The constituency has always witnessed a straight contest between Congress and DMK or AIADMK since its formation in 1957
- Congress Ready For Debate On Factional Violence' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Chief Whip says problem had grown only under the TDP rule
- Do Not Attack Iran (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Iran's announcement that it has enriched a minute amount of uranium has unleashed urgent calls for a preventive U.S. air strike by the same sources that earlier urged war on Iraq.
- Aiadmk Won't Find It Easy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
The ruling party's traditional edge in the south is likely to be offset by the strength of the DMK's allies
- Jan Morcha Again (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 25, 2006)
Former Prime Minister V.P. Singh has struck again by setting up a new political forum, Jan Morcha, to be led by Mr Raj Babbar. It is supposed to be the political arm of the Kisan Morcha he had set up a few years ago.
- Andipatti Voters Say Jaya Can Rest Easy (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Apr 25, 2006)
For Krishnaveni Ammal (82), Andipatti’s first legislator when it was a reserved constituency and a die-hard Congress supporter until the other day, this election is an occasion to repay her debt of gratitude to Chief Minister J Jayalalitha.
- Pakistan Cool To Reel Diplomacy (Statesman, SANJAY SINGH, Apr 25, 2006)
As India takes the cinematic route to give a push to Indo-Pak ties, the Pakistan government appears cool to the peace effort.
- Dmk To Raise Tribunal Ruling With Sonia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
The Cauvery development will not affect DPA's poll chances, says Karunanidhi
Interests of Tamil Nadu "affected"
DPA chances "growing" by the day
Amaravathy bridge damage case "foisted"
- Complaint Against Sonia Infructuous, Says Ec (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Apr 25, 2006)
Says it is returning it to President as the question "would only be of academic value"
- Gyanendra Yields, Restores Parliament (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Nepal's embattled King Gyanendra on Monday reinstated the lower house of Parliament and offered solace for those killed in weeks of pro-democracy protests, hoping to avoid a bloody showdown between his security forces and demonstrators.
- Happy Twosome (Hindu, BAGESHREE S. , Apr 25, 2006)
Let's straddle languages and cultures with pride, says English-Marathi writer Kiran Nagarkar
- Ministry Of External Affairs X-Rayed (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Apr 25, 2006)
The blame game has started in the ministry of external affairs for the blotched policy formulation on Nepal and Indo-US nuclear deal. On both the fronts New Delhi is left with little option to manoeuvre out of the difficult situation as Kathmandu . . .
- U.S. Excited By India Trade, Despite Wto Woes (Reuters, Doug Palmer, Apr 25, 2006)
The United States expects economic ties with India to grow rapidly in the new few years, despite frustration that New Delhi has not been more helpful in world trade talks, a top U.S. trade official said on Monday.
- Rss Slipping Through Trinamool Backdoor’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya on Sunday hit out at the Opposition Trinamool Congress for providing a “backdoor entry” to the RSS by aligning with the BJP to oust the CPM-led Front.
- Vote For Development: Sonia (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday asked the people of Kerala to give another mandate to the United Democratic Front (UDF) for the development of the state and fulfilment of the programmes that it had initiated.
- Bush Pushes Immigration Proposal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
He plans to call that the United States cannot allow people to break the law, but also cannot send the nation's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants back
- The Ideological Debate In China (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Apr 25, 2006)
Dismissed by many as irrelevant, it has proved to be potentially the key to deciding the shape of the country's future.
- Ukd Threatens Agitation In Uttaranchal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
"Declare entire Tehri Garhwal district a backward area"White Paper on unemployment demanded
- Politicisation Of Violence (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Apr 25, 2006)
Story of the Godhra carnage which etched deep faults in Gujarat's social landscape
- Will Live Ballots Revive A Dying Economy? (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Apr 25, 2006)
In the long-time UDF bastion of Wayanad, the agrarian crisis has transformed things. All have been affected.
- Dp World Triggers A Trend (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Apr 25, 2006)
DP World being stymied by US Congress means that many deals involving American assets and bidders, say, from West Asia, South Asia and China may not go through.
- Testing Is New Wrinkle In U.S.-India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Apr 25, 2006)
The United States will stick to its insistence that India adhere to a moratorium on testing atomic weapons as part of a deal that would give India access to U.S. and foreign nuclear technology for the first time in three decades, senior officials . . .
- Law And Order Situation Better In Aiadmk Rule, Says Vaiko (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
The MDMK general secretary Vaiko has appealed to the voters to vote for the AIADMK-led alliance based on the achievements of the AIADMK Government, which has been maintaining law and order situation in an appreciable manner.
- Nepal Wins, King Hands Over The Nation’S Keys (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Apr 25, 2006)
Giving in to a key demand of pro-democracy protesters and backing off from a confrontation that had brought the kingdom to a standstill, Nepal’s King Gyanendra tonight announced the reinstatement of the dissolved parliament.
- A Slice Of American Pie (Indian Express, NIRANJAN RAMAKRISHNAN, Apr 25, 2006)
A character in a recent episode of Boston Legal said: “When the weapons of mass destruction thing turned out not to be true, I expected the American people to rise up .
- Blood And Thunder In The Family (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Apr 25, 2006)
Never before has there been anything like the murderous assault on the BJP general secretary, Pramod Mahajan, even though it is impossible to keep count of the murders or attempted murders of politicians in this supposedly non-violent country.
- Damage Control (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 25, 2006)
Human resource development minister Arjun Singh’s proposal for reservation for OBCs in institutions like IITs and IIMs may be on the backburner for now — but the Capital’s hyperactive political grapevine has not stopped speculating about the wily . . .
- Bending Communism Like Buddha In The Citadel Of Marxism (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Apr 25, 2006)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya has unleashed a virtual revolution in the Marxist citadel.
- As Kathmandu Crumbles, India May Abandon King (Pioneer, Pramod K Singh, Apr 25, 2006)
With Nepal swiftly slipping into Maoist control, India on Monday appeared all set to abandon Nepal's beleaguered monarchy and instead prepare a contingency plan to tide over developments post-monarchy.
- 5 Maoists, Soldier Killed In Nepal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Defying the curfew imposed for the sixth consecutive day by the Royal Government, tens of thousands held rallies in the Nepalese Capital today as security forces clashed with protesters injuring over 30.
- On India Inc Job Quotas, An Affirmative Lesson From South Africa (Indian Express, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Apr 25, 2006)
As facts lose out to rhetoric in the debate over quotas in the private sector, New Delhi and India Inc should perhaps take a look at the example of South Africa.
- Quit, Face Polls: Siddu’S Challenge (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Aipjd leader Siddaramaiah on Monday challenged Chief Minister H D Kumaaraswamy to st-ep down and face polls if he really means what he says and believes in de-mocracy.
- Sonia's Arrival Gives Boost To Udf Poll Campaign (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Big crowds attend her meetings in the State
- Congress Accuses Government Of Neglecting Irrigation Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Kumaraswamy working against the interest of Tumkur district, allege leaders
`Charge sheet'
The allocation for irrigation is the lowest in nine years
Upper Bhadra, Netravati and Hemavathy 2nd Phase projets have been neglected
- The Ultra Menace (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 24, 2006)
The moral victory the Left Front can claim over Maoists following the impressive turnout in Bankura, Purulia and West Midnapore should not blind them to the reality that the extremists in these three districts will continue to be a major headache . . .
- Curfew Imposed For 6th Day In Nepal (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Apr 24, 2006)
Nepal's Royal Government imposed a curfew for the sixth consecutive day today as political parties intensified their anti-King demonstrations aimed at restoring total democracy in the Kingdom.
- Ipi Gasline Deal (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 24, 2006)
The news that the deal on the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gasline project is about to be finalised between the three countries has rekindled hopes that Islamabad and New Delhi are determined to withstand pressure from Washington to back off from . . .
- Us Should Recognise Pakistan And Israel As N-Weapon States’ (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 24, 2006)
It was suggested here on Sunday that the United States, having implicitly recognised India as a nuclear weapons state, should now give Pakistan and Israel the same recognition by working with all three to map a scenario for progressive global . . .
- Should Generals Speak Out? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Apr 24, 2006)
Commentators have described what has happened in the US this month as a virtual revolt, though confined to a few retired Generals. Unless put down firmly, they fear that it might become a contagion and spread to serving officers and spell the . . .
- Germany Cautiously Positive On Nuclear Cooperation (Hindu, N. Ram , Apr 24, 2006)
Will watch progress in U.S. Congress and in IAEA and then decide
- Nepal In Crisis India Must Help King Restore Order (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 24, 2006)
Anti-monarchy protesters thronging the streets of Kathmandu continue to chant, "Not enough, not enough..
- Enough's Enough Solution To Talaq Lies With Article 44 (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 24, 2006)
The plight of India's Muslim women has been underscored yet again with a fatwa issued to a couple to live apart merely because the man uttered talaq three times to his wife in an inebriated state.
- Doughty Pramod Fights On; Surgery Successful (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Apr 24, 2006)
His toughest fight ever, but senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan does not show any signs of giving up... and fights on.
- Dmk Bid To Capture An Aiadmk Fortress (Hindu, S. Ganesan, Apr 24, 2006)
AIADMK has won five of the seven elections held since the creation of the constituency in 1977
- Umar Farooq May Meet Manmohan For Talks: Soz (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Apr 24, 2006)
Government committed to strengthening peace process
Advocates role for political parties as well
Assures to allocate funds for Neelnag
- Nepal Parties Call For Million-Strong Protest (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 24, 2006)
It is now for King Gyanendra to accept what the people are saying, says Seven Party Alliance
- Naidu Anti-Development, Says Chief Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Lashes out at TDP leader in the latter's home district
Apparently eyeing panchayat polls, the Chief Minister uses the occasion to build up anti-TDP sentiment
Cites how the TDP chief cried foul over move to increase the capacity of Pothireddipadu head
- Karnataka Bjp Chief's Remarks Irresponsible: Kumaraswamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Appointments to boards and corporations not made: Chief Minister
`Sadananda Gowda should not have gone to the press on the issue'
I have no desire to stick to Chief Minister's chair: Kumaraswamy
Chief Minister promises to protect the interests of su
- Biggest Crisis For Bush As Poll Ratings Slide (Hindu, Paul Harris, Apr 24, 2006)
A White House shake-up is just the beginning as George W. Bush's party fights to keep control of Congress.
- Bjp’S Mr Possible (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 24, 2006)
If politics is the art of the possible, Pramod Mahajan is a powerful exemplifier of that definition.
- Babbar, V P Singh Launch New Party (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Yet another political party, Jan Morcha, has been launched, this time by former prime minister V P Singh and actor-turned-politician Raj Babbar. While announcing the formation of the party, Mr Singh said that representatives of other smaller . . .
- Achuthanandan Cult Steals The Thunder (Deccan Herald, R Gopakumar, Apr 24, 2006)
The festoons and flags that flutter in this red bastion seem to have acquired an unusual gloss in the hot Palakkad sun. Perhaps it has much to do with the man whose name and aura have induced a new meaning to Kerala’s left politics after March 24.
- Stability And Cooperation (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Apr 24, 2006)
India must take a balanced view and adopt a course that will protect the country’s interests
- Sonia Is 'Rajmata' In Rae Bareli (Times of India, MANJARI MISHRA, Apr 24, 2006)
The list of Sonia bhakts acquires a musical footnote as Baleshwar, the famous Bhojpuri folk singer honoured with Yash Bharti by Mulayam Singh Yadav, switches over loyalty to his "Rajmata."
- Wb Assembly Polls To Have National Impact-Karat (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
The results of assembly elections in West Bengal and Kerala will have a national as well as international impact, CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said here on Thursday.
- Cpi-Ml Seeks Statehood For Pondicherry (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
The CPI-ML, which is contesting from four constituencies in the assembly elections, has sought statehood for the Union Territory and uniform development of its four regions.
- Toothpaste Brushes Aside Teargas In Nepal (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Apr 24, 2006)
Journalists can be divided into two categories — those who know the uses of fluoride toothpaste and those who don’t.
- Iran Raises Pitch Before Key Session (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Iran’s decision to enrich uranium is irreversible, its foreign ministry said today in defiance of international demands it halt all nuclear work.
- Assembly Poll Outcome To Be ‘Turning Point’, Says Sharad Yadav (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Newly-elected JD(U) president Sharad Yadav feels realignment of political forces will bring back "lost glory" to the third front but his party is not in a mood to desert BJP.
- Sonia Wants Rahul Or Priyanka To Be Pm: Rajnath (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
BJP President Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said Sonia Gandhi wants to see her son or daughter as Prime Minister of the country due to which she has declined the responsibility herself.
- Expose This Scam (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 24, 2006)
One and all will be thoroughly disappointed. Indeed, the disclosure about bungling in the well intentioned scheme "for the development of Chinab river front at Akhnoor" is sickening.
- More German Nuclear Help For India Possible - Merkel (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Germany may offer India more help with its civilian nuclear programme subject to the ratification of a U.S. deal to provide New Delhi with nuclear technology, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday.
- The Greatest Indians (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Apr 23, 2006)
Indian classical musicians seek, and some of them achieve, perfection.
- Bare Breasts And Bare-Faced Politics (Asia Times, Sudha Ramachandran, Apr 23, 2006)
India's morality stormtroopers were steamed up last week in response to two incidents of "wardrobe malfunction" at the Lakme India Fashion Week in Mumbai.
- 74 Per Cent Turnout In Second Phase Of West Bengal Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2006)
Polling peaceful; clean sweep for Left Front, says exit poll
Long queues seen outside booths after voting time
BSF jawan on poll duty shoots himself dead with service rifle
- Protests Swelling On The Streets Of Nepal (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 23, 2006)
At the end of the day, the King has simply not accepted the fact that state authority lies with the people: Communist Party
"The King is not paying any attention to the peoples' aspirations"
India has placed itself out of step with Nepalese . . .
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