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Articles 8321 through 8420 of 16899:
- Pro-North Korean Paper Chides Us-India N-Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
A pro-North Korean newspaper in Japan on Wednesday condemned the recent nuclear deal between the United States and India, claiming it gave India "preferential" treatment by formally recognizing it as a nuclear power despite its failure to sign . . .
- No Fresh Taxes In Punjab Budget (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Mar 08, 2006)
With an eye on the coming Assembly elections in Punjab, the Finance Minister, Mr Surinder Singla, today presented a tax free Budget having a total outlay of Rs 27,791.87 crore. The revenue deficit will be Rs 1,390 crore.
- Through The Third Eye (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 07, 2006)
It was nice to see the alacrity with which Union home minister Shivraj Patil accepted Sonia Gandhi’s suggestions for witness protection in the wake of the acquittal of all the accused including Manu Sharma, son of a Haryana minister, in the Jessica. . ..
- Analysis - India-U.S. Ties Surge But Some Mistrust Lingers (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Mar 07, 2006)
A successful visit to India by U.S. President George W. Bush has dramatically bolstered ties between the two countries but decades of mistrust will not be erased overnight
- Future Reactors May Come Under Iaea Scanner (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Mar 07, 2006)
The understanding on closure of CYRUS over the next five years is apparently intended to remove a major irritant in Indo-US nuclear relationship that would also help Mr Bush to get the deal through the US Congress.
- Some Questions Raised By The Budget (Hindu, Brinda Karat, Mar 07, 2006)
In sharp contrast to the approach to the corporate sector is the inhumane approach to the agricultural sector and the food economy in the budget.
- Congress Violating Code: Assam Opposition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
EC in State to assess preparations The parties expressed apprehension that the Congress might resort to rigging
Opposition parties in Assam complained to the Election Commission on Monday that the Congress was violating the model code of conduct.
- Sniffing It Out In India (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Mar 07, 2006)
The celebrated Bush visit is over and children can go to their examination centres on time, citizens can move about their city without traffic stoppages leading to unimaginable snarls, the Manmohan Singh government can clap its hands in glee for . . .
- Don't Compare India's Case With Iran: Burns (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns on Monday said that with the signing of a historic civil nuclear deal with the US, New Delhi was moving towards obligations with International Atomic Energy Agency.
- U.S. Insists India Nuclear Deal Will Not Spark Arms Race (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 07, 2006)
The Bush administration, launching a campaign to sell its civilian nuclear accord with India to the U.S. Congress, on Monday insisted the deal advances U.S. interests and would not spawn an Asian arms race.
- Closed Route (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 07, 2006)
It is not too difficult to make an ass of the law. The accused in the Jessica Lal murder case seemed to have managed to do that quite efficiently.
- Roundtable Dialogue (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Mar 07, 2006)
J and K’s internal problems must be addressed
THE Roundtable Conference on Kashmir convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on February 25 was held in the backdrop of angry demonstrations throughout the valley against the killing of four innocent boys a
- Godhra Report Rocks Parliament (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
The government today informed the Rajya Sabha that it would table the U.C. Banerjee Committee report on the Godhra train tragedy in Parliament tomorrow, which found that the blaze in the Sabarmati Express was “accidental.”
- Sonia Too Holds Office Of Profit: Mulayam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Reacting to the Election Commission's recommendation seeking disqualification of Jaya Bachchan from the Rajya Sabha membership, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday said even Congress party president Sonia Gandhi was holding . . .
- Watch A Space Called Tamil Nadu (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Mar 07, 2006)
Of the five states going into election mode, it is Tamil Nadu that will most affect national politics.
- Oh India! Do Not Beat Around This Bush (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
It is too early for us to rejoice at the fact that Bush visit has turned out to be in India’s favour.
- On Naxal Trail, Chhattisgarh Slips In Gag Law (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Mar 07, 2006)
With all eyes on the government-sponsored and opposition-backed Salva Judum campaign in Chhattisgarh, in a quiet move two months ago, the government armed itself with draconian powers that can be used to gag the media in the name of fighting Naxalites.
- Bush Readies To Play Hardball (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Mar 07, 2006)
In the US an argument rearing its head is that the deal will make it much harder for Washington to counter arguments from other countries
- 'The Mindset Has To Change, The World Is Moving Fast... There Is No Second Chance’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Mar 07, 2006)
VASUNDHARA RAJE SCINDIA, Chief Minister, Rajasthan
‘The mindset has to change, the world is moving fast... there is no second chance’
- Mdmk's Departure Takes Centre Stage At Dmk Meet (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Mar 07, 2006)
NEWSANALYSIS While not mentioning Vaiko's exit, the party assessed the damage The DMK's ninth State Conference was an opportunity for the party to kick-start its election campaign with a massive show of strength
- Tn Kaleidoscope (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 07, 2006)
The alliance between the ruling AIADMK and the MDMK for the May 8 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu is yet another proof of the adage that politics is the art of the possible.
- Much Hard Work Lies Ahead (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 07, 2006)
India-US deal
The US-India deal stands out as the harbinger of a new era of trust and faith between an established world power and a putative one. But the easy part is over. Ahead lies the painstaking work both on the technical and diplomatic . . .
- Bridging The Indo-Us Nuclear Divide (Daily Excelsior, Abhijit Patwardhan, Mar 07, 2006)
The US president, George W. Bush, and prime minister Manmohan Singh signed the civil nuclear deal, which will go a long way to meet India's growing energy needs.
- Bjp Slams Upa For Disrupting Parliament (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday criticised the United Progressive Alliance constituents for disrupting Parliamentary proceedings vis-à-vis the Banerjee Committee report on burning coaches of the Sabarmati Express at Godhra in Gujarat in 2002.
- Dividing To Rule (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Mar 07, 2006)
Yakub Qureishi can’t lead India’s Muslims. Muslim leaders must realise this
- Spurious Friendship-Ii (Statesman, BP SAHA, Mar 07, 2006)
The Congress top brass is keen to avoid a confrontation with Left parties in spite of provocation.
- India "The Responsible One" With Its Nuclear Programme: Burns (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 07, 2006)
Dismissing any parallel between Indian and Iranian atomic programmes, senior official Nicholas Burns today said that with the signing of a historic civil nuclear deal with the US, New Delhi was moving towards obligations with IAEA.
- Tn:mdmk, Aiadmk Tie Up For Pondy Polls (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
MDMK today extended its alliance with the AIADMK for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections to the polls in neighbouring Union Territory of Pondichery too.
- Sonia Wants Tn ‘Freed’ From Jaya’S Clutches (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
Attacking the Opposition chief ministers for making “false claims” that the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme was theirs, Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi today said the scheme was fully funded by the UPA government.
- Mulford Praise For N-Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
Terming the Indo-US nuclear deal as “very constructive and credible”, American Ambassador to India Mr David Mulford tonight said he believed that it deserved “positive attention” of the US Congress and the agreement was aimed at ending . . .
- Us Envoy Upbeat About Nuclear Deal With India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
The civilian nuclear cooperation deal with India will get "positive attention" from lawmakers in the United States, the US ambassador to New Delhi said in an interview aired Sunday.
- Selling Energy Giants To Foreigners (Dawn, Dr. Akhtar Hasan Khan, Mar 06, 2006)
Energy is the most critical sector in the world economy today.
- Bush Says "No" To Giving Pakistan Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
U.S. President George W. Bush told Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday he opposed giving Pakistan the same kind of nuclear agreement just reached with arch rival India.
- Starting All Over (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 06, 2006)
In the factious political atmosphere of India, most parties will shy away from affirming any paradigmatic consequences of the visit of US President George W. Bush.
- Nuclear Deal Done At Last Moment (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
Till about an hour before US President George W Bush reached Hyderabad House for his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday, the Indo-US deal was still being frantically negotiated.
- Pm To Meet Muslims Over Bush Visit (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
In the wake of protests by Muslims against the visit of US President George W Bush, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has decided to invite Muslim scholars and intellectuals to a meeting with him.
- Breaking From The Past (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Mar 06, 2006)
Nations like individuals cannot afford to remain prisoners of the mantras that have outlived their utility.
- Capitol Hill Cautious (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Mar 06, 2006)
In a pointer to the tough road ahead, the Indo-US nuke deal has evoked a mixed reaction on Capitol Hill, even as the non-proliferation lobby upped its ante by urging Congress not to approve the arrangement in its present form.
- Indo-Us Partnership Can Transform World: Bush (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
US President George W Bush on Friday night wound up his first ever visit to India, clinching a groundbreaking nuclear deal.
- Us Lawmakers Supportive, But Await Details (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Mar 06, 2006)
Several influential lawmakers have opted to reserve their opinion on the Indo-US nuke deal until the Bush administration delivers details of Thursday's agreement signed in New Delhi and comes up with its draft legislative package.
- Australia Rules Out Uranium Sales To India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
Australian Prime Minister John Howard effectively ruled out selling uranium to India as he headed for New Delhi on Sunday.
- Two-Timing George (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
It took George W. Bush more than five years as US president to visit India.
- Mulayam’S Dilemma (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 06, 2006)
The trauma that the Samajwadi Party confronts following a High Court order setting aside the defection of 40 BSP MLAs is a classic example of the hazards of opportunism. The SP had claimed then it was the only means of keeping the BJP out of power. But th
- Chautala’S Assets (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 06, 2006)
POLITICIANS and corruption seem inseparable, but cynical acceptance is not an option.
- Stamp Scam: Cbi Grills Dmk Mp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
The CBI has questioned former DMK MP A S D Jayaseelan in connection with helping stamp paper scam accused Abdul Karim Telgi in spreading his network in Tamil Nadu and the agency is now planning to quiz former Union minister Balasaheb Vikhe Patil.
- Pm’S Deal With Us Turns Left Red (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
The Left parties on Sunday said the “bad bargain” by India with the US in economic, defence, agriculture and other crucial fields dealt during President George W Bush's visit was detrimental to the country's commercial and strategic interests.
- Ec Tough Talk: No Ministers To Meet Poll Officials (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
With the Model Code of Conduct coming into force in West Bengal, the Election Commission has directed that no minister be allowed to meet any district magistrate, superintendent of police, official or authority involved in the poll process.
- Next Steps In The Indo-Us Deal (Indian Express, Gurmeet Kanwal, Mar 06, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal has been signed.
- Wen Pledges Growth Will Lift Rural Poor (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
China will channel its surging economic growth to narrow the chasm dividing its rich cities and restive countryside, Premier Wen Jiabao told parliament on Sunday in a speech tempering optimism with stark warnings.
- Sonia To Have Final Word On Tiwari (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
With the factionalism increasing within the ruling Congress, nearly half a dozen MLAs tried to persuade Tiwari not to resign expressing their solidarity with him.
- Coming To The Aid Of The Party (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
She’s HIV positive. Five years ago she was a social outcast.
- Take Action (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 06, 2006)
The conspiracy theory propagated by the Sangh Parivar with regard to the Godhra train tragedy has been dealt a severe blow by the findings of the Justice Banerjee Committee.
- Bush In Mind, Sonia Slams Left: Politics Of Obstruction Trivialising National Issues (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
Sharpening her attack on the Left after slamming their “politics of obstruction, politics of violence, politics of gherao and sloganeering”, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today took her Kerala campaign forward when she told party MLAs not to take . . .
- Why India Should Stick To Non-Alignment Principles (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Mar 06, 2006)
The US cannot arm-twist India to adopt pro-American positions provided India sticks to its own brand of idealistic rhetoric of non-alignment.
- Hope For Justice In Gujarat (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 06, 2006)
THE final report of a retired Supreme Court judge of India on the Gujarat riots of 2002 adds to the growing pile of evidence pointing to the innocence of the Muslim community in the traumatic communal massacre four years ago. Justice Bannerjee’s findings
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal To Face Opposition In Congress (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
US President George W Bush returned to Washington on Sunday from a landmark South Asia trip, bracing for a daunting political challenge at home in persuading Congress to approve a historic nuclear deal with India.
- India Gained Most From Bush’S Visit (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 06, 2006)
“It was India that appeared to come out the biggest winner this week. Pakistan walked away with little more than a mild pat on the back after Mr Bush’s visit on Saturday,” according to a news report in the New York Times on Sunday.
- 'Us-India Deal To Spread N-Arms’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
US lawmakers and arms-control experts have warned the Bush administration that its agreement to supply nuclear technology to India would undermine efforts to prevent the spread of atomic weapons.
- Australian Pm Rules Out Uranium Sales To India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
Says visit to New Delhi aimed at deepening ‘strategic relationship’
- Nuclear Deal: A Dream Come True For The Indian-Americans (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Mar 06, 2006)
“It is a dream come true for all of us that President George W Bush’s trip has opened doors for new Indo-US relations.
- Mine Fields Of Chhattisgarh (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 06, 2006)
Even as the Union budget and US President George Bush exercised metropolitan India’s imagination, more than 30 tribals were killed in a brutal land-mine attack triggered by Maoists in back-of-the-beyond Chhattisgarh.
- Don’T Take Opposition Lightly: Sonia To Mlas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday urged party MLAs not to take the Opposition Left front in Kerala ‘lightly’ and to work unitedly to ensure the United Democratic Front (UDF)'s return to power.
- The Us's Nuclear Cave-In (Asia Times, Joseph Cirincione, Mar 04, 2006)
Buffeted by political turmoil at home, US President George W Bush sought a foreign-affairs victory in India.
- How Does Nuclear Deal Serve Our Interest? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
Manmohan will make statement next week
Knowledge Initiative will help MNCs: Acharia
CPI(M) leaders cite need to adhere to three principles
- `Leadership Change Only If Sonia Desires' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
Sheila exhorts party MLAs to stand united to take on the Opposition
- Nuke Deal: Us Stands Divided Amid Protests (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Mar 04, 2006)
Two members of the US House of Representatives have publicly pledged their support for the historic nuclear deal agreed between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President George W Bush.
- Dmk Offers 22 Seats To Vaiko (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
In the backdrop of the uncertainty over the MDMK’s continuance in the Democratic Progressive Alliance, DMK president M Karunanidhi today said he was offering 22 seats to Vaiko.
- Persian Puzzle (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Mar 04, 2006)
I do not wish to push the case of India voting against Iran at the IAEA, neither do I justify the American insistence on India’s vote, but there are certain facts waiting to be set straight.
- Bush, With Indian Myth (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
If you have been wondering why the Left’s been leading protests against President George Bush when everybody else was effusively welcoming him, and that includes the Congress and the BJP, the Left parties are just as incredulous why many Indians . . .
- Arroyo Ends Emergency In Philippines, Risks Remain (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ended a week-long state of emergency in the Philippines today, as widely expected, after her security chiefs said the threat from coup plotters had receded.
- Cong Hails Indo-Us Nuclear Pact (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Mar 04, 2006)
In an attempt to counter the impression that sections of the Congress are unhappy about the Indo-US nuclear pact, the party today put out a formal statement hailing the agreement.
- No Shortcut (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 04, 2006)
US President George W Bush has firmly ruled out his country’s mediation between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue and promised to convey in strong terms to Gen Pervez Musharraf that there must be an end to support to terrorist groups and dismantle t
- Indian Mps Object To Us Sniffer Dogs At Gandhi Memorial (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
Indian legislators protested Friday over US security personnel taking sniffer dogs to check the safety of a memorial to freedom icon Mahatma Gandhi ahead of a visit there by President George W Bush. Opposition MPs waved copies of newspapers in the ...
- India In Neocon Embrace? (News International, Praful Bidwai, Mar 04, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights
activist based in Delhi
- Resistance Within (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Mar 04, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh government's apparent subservience to the U.S. invites protests from alliance partners of the Congress.
- No Beating About The Bush (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Mar 04, 2006)
When Inder Kumar Gujral, then India’s prime minister, met President Clinton in 1998 — the first summit after many years — the former is believed to have remarked that America seemed to have forgotten that “there is a country called India.
- Primacy Of Nuclear Evenhandedness (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 04, 2006)
The nuclear deal signed by the US and India on Thursday during President George Bush’s visit to New Delhi is being perceived by both sides as having made history.
- Indian Left Slams N-Deal, Nehru’S Legacy Overturned (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 04, 2006)
While Indian scientists have welcomed the nuclear deal with the United States, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s allies the Left parties and other socialist groups have accused the government of “completely altering” the independent foreign policy foundatio
- A Power Deal (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 04, 2006)
A historic fusion has happened between the world's oldest and the largest democracies, and the energies released are sure to benefit both, perhaps the latter more.
- Fowl Politics (The Week, Dnyanesh Jathar, Mar 04, 2006)
Politicians love to guard their turf, even while fighting a national crisis like the bird flu. Ever since culling operations began in Maharashtra on February 19, Anees Ahmed, animal husbandry minister, has been camping in the bird flu-hit ...
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