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Articles 7921 through 8020 of 16899:
- If Bill Has His Way, H-1b Gates Will Open (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Mar 20, 2006)
Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates is among those lobbying for a substantial increase in the number of H-1B visas that would benefit Indian techies and others hoping to work in the US. Another linked proposal up for ...
- Kumaraswamy Hits Out At Ananthamurthy's Candidature (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2006)
Chief Minister questions the writer's contribution to Karnataka
- 'Cong Playing Minority Card For Votes' (Times of India, Mohua Chatterjee, Mar 20, 2006)
Continuing his offensive against the Congress-led government for indulging in "politics of minorityism" for "vote-bank politics", leader of opposition L K Advani on Sunday set the stage for his proposed National Integration Yatra by saying that the . . .
- Mixed Reaction To Rajnath's Statement On Telangana (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2006)
While TRS hails it, Telugu Desam surprised at BJP's shift in stand
- Vaiko's Flip-Flop (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Mar 20, 2006)
The MDMK ends the prolonged suspense by joining hands with the ruling AIADMK to fight the Assembly elections.
- "Haryana Budget Shows Poor Fiscal Management'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2006)
Criticising the Congress government on rising budgetary deficit, decline in tax revenue growth and a ``faulty'' Excise policy, the Opposition Indian National Lok Dal in Harayana on Sunday said the budget reflected its ``failure'' on fisal management front
- Russian Connection (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 20, 2006)
Russia would have supplied fuel to Tarapur anyway
- “A Concert That Cannot Be Held In Tehran” (Cato Institute, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2006)
Gathered under a large banner that read “Iran Freedom Concert” were the leaders of the Harvard Republicans and Democrats, the campus gay-rights advocacy group (BGLTSA), and the conservative magazine (The Salient), among many others.
- For Now, Rahul Should Stay In The Gurukul (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 18, 2006)
As a hack who likes to believe I have my ear to the ground, I have spent the past few weeks wondering if we are finally witnessing the long-awaited launch of Rahul Gandhi. There have been many false alarms so we need to be careful when predicting . . .
- Roundtable Hopping In Kashmir (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 18, 2006)
With the no-shows at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s roundtable conference on Kashmir, all may not be lost. Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed says the time is ripe for “another major initiative” by the prime minister on . . .
- Stalin Who? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 18, 2006)
Here's some great news for Indian politics: a section of the CPM is in ferment, factional warriors have cast aside commandments of democratic centralism. When the churning in the party’s Kerala unit subsides, might we just see the first . . .
- Mulayam’S Up Gift Costs Jaya Her Rajya Sabha Seat (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan was today disqualified as a member of the Rajya Sabha on the ground that she held an “office of profit” as chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Film Development Council.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Mar 18, 2006)
The cold war chill is history. A clear indication in this regard was visible during the just-concluded visit of American President George W Bush to India when the two countries clinched the civil nuclear deal.
- Jaya Bachchan Disqualified From Rs (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Jaya Bachchan,who was expelled from Rajya Sabha on Friday by President Kalam on the Election Commission’s recommendation, looks set to come back to the Upper House in the byelection caused by her exit.
- Many In Congress Want Changes In N-Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
My interests, personal as well as professional, are in politics and society; in cultural terms I am more-or-less a philistine. I know a little about literature, a little less about music, and nothing at all about the greatest of modern art forms . . .
- Jaya Bachchan Disqualified (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
With retrospective effect from July 14, 2004
Ms. Bachchan is likely to challenge the decision
Action taken on basis of complaint filed by Congressman Madan Mohan
Second case of disqualification
- Us Senate Passes $2.8 Trillion Budget (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
The U.S. Senate on Thursday narrowly passed a $2.8 trillion election-year budget that would continue a string of huge deficits while rejecting some of President George W. Bush’s domestic spending priorities.
- ``Russia Can Help In Pipeline Project'' (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Mar 18, 2006)
We'll consider suggestions: Fradkov
Enhanced civilian nuclear cooperation figures in talks
No separate accord for Tarapur supply: officials
Study group set up for economic cooperation
$10 billion trade target for next five years
- Yatra Challenge (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Mar 18, 2006)
The socio-political context of the blasts and the BJP Yatras in their wake pose major challenges to the UPA.
- India Thanks With Oil Pledge For Uranium (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Describing India to be “desperately short of hydrocarbons”, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today said nuclear energy cooperation will be an important area for Indo-Russian ties demonstrated by the agreement to supply fuel for the Tarapur plant, ev
- What Principles? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 18, 2006)
If there is no principle involved in Pranab Mukherjee’s firm rejection of Mamata Banerjee’s offer of a united opposition against the Left Front, it is because the Trinamul boss begins to quote the scriptures every time she finds herself in a jam.
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 18, 2006)
We have made great strides in transforming America’s relationship with India, a major power that shares our commitment to freedom, democracy, and rule of law. — President George W Bush, in a National Security Strategy report.
- 'We Have Established An Investor-Friendly Atmosphere' (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Mar 18, 2006)
Interview with Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister of Haryana.
- Bahubalis In Politics (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Mar 18, 2006)
Does it really matter in a system irretrievably corrupt, falsehood and opportunism its hallmarks, for Jaya Bachchan and her family friend and mentor, Amar Singh to have made it to the membership of the House of States or the Rajya Sabha as it is called ?
- India Seeks Greater Nuclear Cooperation With Russia (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday urged greater nuclear energy cooperation with Russia, days after Moscow agreed to supply urgently-needed uranium fuel to an Indian atomic facility.
- Kar: Cong Moves Breach Of Privilege Against Jds-Bjp Govt (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Opposition Congress members in the Karnataka Assembly today moved a breach of privilege motion against the JDS-BJP government for announcing certain policy initiatives through Common Minimum Programme (CMP) without taking the legislature into . . .
- Ruling, Oppn Mlas Join Hands To Highlight Corruption (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Not satisfied with, what they called, ‘casual and generalised’ reply of Abdul Aziz Zarger, all MLAs of National Conference today staged a walk-out from the Assembly when Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives was responding to the queries . . .
- After Jaya, Amar Wants Action On 44 Complaints (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Stung by the disqualification of Jaya Bachchan as its Rajya Sabha member on grounds that she held a office of profit, Samajwadi Party on Friday demanded "non-partisan" action from President APJ Abdul Kalam on 44 similar complaints.
- Jaya Disqualified From Rs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
The decision has set off a string of demands seeking the disqualification of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Union Minister T Subbi Rami Reddy.
- China Turns To Nuclear Power To Fuel Growth (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Mar 18, 2006)
Over the next 15 years, China is planning to increase its nuclear power capacity four-fold. For, its burgeoning economy has led to a gargantuan appetite for energy.
- A Consensus Remains Elusive In West Bengal (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Mar 18, 2006)
With the main Opposition parties yet to forge an alliance, the Left appears set to benefit.
- Nuke Test Ban Via Backdoor (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 18, 2006)
India has undertaken not to test any more nuclear weapons as part of its deal with the Bush administration for access to civilian nuclear technology .
- India Can Make 50 Weapons A Year After N-Deal With Us (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 18, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear cooperation agreement, as drafted and submitted to Congress, will allow India to make enough fissile material to produce 50 weapons a year.
- India, Russia To Expand Nuclear Ties (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Opportunities beckoned Russia to enhance its participation in India’s civil nuclear energy field, as Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Fradkov identified the sector as one of the “key priority” areas for long-term . . .
- Haryana Government Presents A Deficit Budget (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
ALL that remains, now the dead are cremated and the television cameras have begun to disappear, are the detritus of the terror: the fragments of metal and chemical residue laid out on forensic analysts' tables in New Delhi; the video images of the bomber
- No Re-Negotiation, Says Burns (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
"Pact will not enhance New Delhi's nuclear weapons programme"
- Tdp Seeks Release Of Scholarship Amount (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Don't hike fee for students of private engineering colleges, says CPI(M)
Government has no role in fee hike, says Higher Education Minister P. Koteswara Rao
TRS member call for review of out-of-turn promotions to police involved in anti-naxal operatio
- Iran: Us Talks Tough On N-Front, Thaws On Iraq (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
While Washington's hardline UN ambassador John Bolton urged the Security Council to take tough steps with Iran over its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment, the White House announced on Thursday that the US ambassador in Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad was . . .
- Regularise All Shops In Delhi, Demands Assembly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Members cutting across party lines support the resolution
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Amendment carried on not to displace `rehri', `patri' traders
Land, DDA brought under control of the Delhi Go
- `Khurana Should Quit Bjp, Form Third Front' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Bidhuri also calls for ban on Advani's yatra
- Jaya Disqualified, Amar To Quit (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Samajwadi Party general secretary has announced that he would quit his Rajya Sabha seat and said that others, including Congress president Sonia Gandhi, should follow suit.
- Us Must Accord Pakistan Nuclear Deal Like India: Kasuri (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Warns US refusal pushing Islamabad towards ‘other options’
Hints Pakistan moving towards China to counter Indian hegemony
- From Russia, With Realism (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
The deal with Russia for the supply of uranium to India should, among other things, help put the Indo-US nuclear deal in perspective.
- Burns Warns Congressmen Against Amending N-Deal (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Mar 18, 2006)
A senior Bush administration official has cautioned members of the U.S. Congress against meddling with a civilian nuclear deal with India saying the administration was not in favour of renegotiating the agreement.
- Change Would Doom Us-India Nuclear Deal, Says Burns (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Change would doom US-India nuclear deal, says Burns
- After Jaya Bachchan, Bjp Targets Sonia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
After Jaya Bachchan’s disqualification, the BJP today said Congress chief Sonia Gandhi also attracted disqualification as Lok Sabha member by virtue of her being chairperson of the National Advisory Council (NAC) on implementation of Common Minimum . . .
- Jaya Bachchan Disqualified From (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today accepted the Election Commission's recommendation to disqualify Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan on the grounds that she was holding an office of profit as Chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Film . . .
- 60 Tonnes Of Uranium Fuel For Tarapur (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Mar 18, 2006)
In a development of significant import, Russia agreed to supply 60 metric tonnes of uranium fuel for the Tarapur atomic power plant in Maharashtra and get the Kudankulam project in Tamil Nadu operational by 2007-08, coupled with strengthening . . .
- Us Senate Passes $2.8 Trillion Budget (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
The US Senate on Thursday narrowly passed a $2.8 trillion election-year budget that would continue a string of huge deficits while rejecting some of President George Bush's domestic spending priorities.
- Interesting Contest Likely For Rajya Sabha Polls In U.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
With 13 candidates in the fray for ten seats, horse trading and cross-voting cannot be ruled out
A candidate requires 37 first preference votes to sail through the polls
A majority of 16 independents and 11 members of the smaller outfits, who were sup
- End Of Communism (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Mar 17, 2006)
On the morning of February 25, 1956, a short, bald, thick-set man rose to address an unscheduled meeting of high-ranking members of the Soviet communist party in Moscow.
- Nda Leaders Seek Sack Of Navin Chawla (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
In a memorandum to President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the NDA leaders today demanded the immediate removal of Election Commissioner Navin Chawla for his alleged ties with the ruling Congress.
- 'Dump Old Laws, Make Way For India' (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Mar 17, 2006)
: President Bush on Wednesday urged US Congress to rewrite old laws for a "new partner", citing India's proven record of not spreading nuclear technology, even as critics of the Indo-US deal continued to question the basis for the agreement.
- Rs 25 Lakh Fund For Mlas Withdrawn (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
The Punjab Finance Minister, Mr Surinder Singla, today withdrew the provision of Rs 25 lakh made in the state Budget for each MLA for the development of critical infrastructure in his or her constituency on the pattern of Member of . . .
- Senate Panel To Review Nuke Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Introducing a bill in the US Senate seeking amendment of the Atomic Energy Act, the Chair of Foreign Relations Committee Richard Lugar said his panel would closely review the proposed legislation, the US-India nuclear agreement and . . .
- Nuclear Deal Enters Us Congress Test (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 17, 2006)
Landmark legislation to see through the Indo-US nuclear deal and to change a discriminatory global non-proliferation regime for the first time in almost four decades was introduced in the US Congress today.
- Indo-Russia Tarapur Deal Today (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Mar 17, 2006)
Russian Premier Mikhail Fradkov will seal the deal to supply uranium fuel for the Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) during his meetings with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday.
- Pak Warns Indo-Us Nuke Deal Will Unravel Npt (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
The main international treaty aimed at stopping the spread of atomic weapons will fall apart in the wake of the US civil nuclear deal with India, Pakistan warned on Friday.
- Us Has Reservations On Russian Fuel For India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
The USA has expressed reservations over the proposed Russian supply of nuclear fuel to India indicating that any such move should await compliance by India of its obligations under the civilian nuclear technology agreement between the two countries.
- Haryana's High Court Proposal Under Study, Says Bhardwaj (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Union Law Minister files nomination papers for Rajya Sabha seat
National Law School to be set up in State'
`Efforts on to tone up criminal justice'
`Judges' vacancies being filled up'
- Sahib Singh Launches `Dilli Bachao Yatra' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Delhi Government's anti-people policies have led to demolitions, price-rise, corruption, water and electricity problems'
Yatra to be flagged off from Avantika in Rohini
It would cover Keshavpuram, Bawana areas in the first phase
`Delhi Govt. did not
- Bmp Bracing For Poll Year Budget (Hindu, Afshan Yasmeen, Mar 17, 2006)
To be presented on March 24, budget may have sops for women, senior citizens
Short stay homes for women proposed
Some more day care centres to be opened for senior citizens
Budget outlay likely to be Rs. 2,000 crores
- 'Us Faces Historic Opportunity With India' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Republican Congressman Joe Wilson has hailed the introduction of legislation in the US Congress.
- N-Deal Bills Moved In Us Congress (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Mar 17, 2006)
Chairmen of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House International Relations Committee today introduced bills in the US Congress aimed at amending the Atomic Energy Act and facilitating nuclear trade with India.
- By-Poll To 4 J&k Seats On Apr 24 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
By-election to four Assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir will be held on April 24.
- Already Too Late? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Mar 17, 2006)
The left seems to have tied itself up in knots
- Qazi Orders Probe Into Works (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Although some members contradicted reply of Qazi Mohammed Afzal, the grants for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control along with Roads and Building departments were passed without much debate in the Legislative Assembly.
- Bills To Facilitate N-Trade With India (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Mar 17, 2006)
The chairmen of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House International Relations Committee today planned to introduce bills in the US Congress aimed at amending the Atomic Energy Act and facilitating nuclear trade with India.
- Fuelling The Deal (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 17, 2006)
There should be no misunderstanding about this: the Russian decision to supply uranium to fuel the Tarapur reactors is not an attempt to buck the US-led process of providing India a place in the world nuclear order — it is part of the same process.
- Ec Announces Schedule For Six Assembly Bypolls, Including J&k (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
The Election Commission today announced the schedule for bye-elections to six assembly constituencies on April 24 in three states including four in Jammu and Kashmir where state Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is scheduled to contest.
- The China Model (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 17, 2006)
With the exception of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, few in the CPI-M are likely to be impressed with P Chidambaram’s latest feelers.
- India Should Follow 'Proper Sequencing' On Nuke Accords: Us (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 17, 2006)
Maintaining its opposition to Russia's decision to supply uranium for the Tarapur atomic power plant, the Bush administration has said the "proper way" was to wait for the US to change its laws to facilitate implementation of the historic . . .
- Hurdles Ahead (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Mar 17, 2006)
Now that Washington has accepted India's Separation Plan, the next hurdles are Congress and the NSG.
- Bill On Indo-Us N-Deal Introduced In Congress (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 17, 2006)
In a major step aimed at implementing the landmark Indo-US nuclear deal, the Bush administration today introduced a bill in the Congress seeking amendment to the Atomic Energy Act saying the agreement was a net gain for non-proliferation and ruling . . .
- Senate Foreign Relations Panel To Review Us-India N-Accord (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 17, 2006)
Introducing a bill in the US Senate seeking amendment of the Atomic Energy Act, the Chair of Foreign Relations Committee Richard Lugar said his panel would closely review the proposed legislation, the US-India nuclear agreement and New Delhi's separation
- Parliamentary Privilege (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, Mar 17, 2006)
Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s spat with the Supreme Court has acquired ominous overtones. A barrister of long standing, he fired his first salvo at the Court for “overstepping” its limits when it overthrew the action of the Governor of . . .
- Bush Pat Comes With N-Bill Push (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
— The US believes India is “poised to shoulder global obligations” in a manner “befitting a major power”.
- The New Deal (Frontline, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 17, 2006)
The nuclear agreement with the United States has many commendable features, but the problem is that the Bush administration does not like to see it as a standalone deal.
- India A ‘Trustworthy Partner’ That Fulfils Commitments: Burns (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 17, 2006)
US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns called India a “trustworthy partner” and a country that follows up on its commitments.
- The Bear Hug (Frontline, John Hepburn, Mar 17, 2006)
The visit of George Bush was marked by huge protest rallies against him and his administration's hegemonic designs.
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