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Articles 8521 through 8620 of 16899:
- What Geogre W Bush Can Expect In India (News International, Jyoti Malhotra, Mar 02, 2006)
India and the US are at last within kissing distance of saying "I do" and "till death do us part" to each other. Even as the Bush people in Washington DC were beginning the countdown to board Air Force One and start the long trek to South Asia, . . .
- Furore In Assembly Over Visakhapatnam Bypoll (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
31 TDP members suspended for paralysing proceedings
- Deadlock In Assembly Over Governor's Address (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
Council Chairman rules that second address can only be discussed
Speaker Krishna says his decision to allow motion of thanks is appropriate and in line with precedent set in the Lok Sabha
V.R. Sudarshan says the House cannot adopt motion of thanks
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- Bush Arrives In India Amid Strong Protests (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
US President terms N pact with India ‘difficult issue’
- Deve Gowda Leads Anti-Bush Protest (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
JD(S) MPs to participate in Left parties' protests in Delhi today
The former Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda, on Wednesday led a demonstration by the Janata Dal (Secular) here against the visit of U.S. President George Bush and ...
- How To Lose Friends (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 02, 2006)
Among many other things, the president’s job description requires him to keep abreast of economic and political developments around the world; respond to disasters such as Hurricane Katrina;
- Nationwide Protests As Bush Arrives In New Delhi (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Mar 02, 2006)
US President George W. Bush arrived on his maiden visit to India on Wednesday amid unprecedented secrecy and encircled by raging nationwide protests against his country’s occupation of Iraq.
- 30 Tdp Mlas Suspended (Statesman, A N Sudarsan Rao , Mar 02, 2006)
Thirty TDP MLAs were suspended from the Assembly today for two days over the alleged election code violations in the Visakhapatnam-I by-election.
- Indian Budget Wins Praise (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
India’s new "common man" budget combining populism with pledges of strong growth and fiscal vigilance spurred shares to a record high on Wednesday as it won praise from economists, business and traders.
- Bush's Delicate Path (Telegraph (UK), editorial, telegraph UK, Mar 01, 2006)
In 2000, Bill Clinton made the first visit to India by an American president for more than 20 years.
- The Battle For India's Soul (Telegraph (UK), editorial, telegraph UK, Mar 01, 2006)
Delhi is in lockdown mode in anticipation of George Bush’s arrival in town later tonight - Air Force One touches down at 7.50pm local time.
- Thank You, Mr President (Rediff on the Net, Sheela Bhatt, Mar 01, 2006)
This is what Prime Minister is most likely to say when President George Bush meets him in New Delhi, says a source in the Prime Minister's Office.
- Passage To India (San Francisco Chronicle, Edotorial, San Francisco Chronicle, Mar 01, 2006)
Over the past decade, India has swapped its suspicious view of the United States for a warmer one built on trade, technology and shared worries about terrorism. The world's two biggest democracies have a lot in common, it turns out.
- Up: Bjp Delegation Meets Governor, Demands Dismissal Of Govt (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
A BJP delegation today called on Uttar Pradesh Governor T V Rajeswar and demanded dismissal of Mulayam Singh Yadav Government following the Allahabad High Court decision on 40 rebel BSP MLAs.
- Govt Vows More For Poor, Budget Banks On Growth (Reuters, Unni Krishnan, Mar 01, 2006)
The government pledged on Tuesday to boost spending on health, education and rural infrastructure to help the poor, unveiling an annual budget designed to foster growth and rein in the country's federal deficit.
- Bush To Begin India Visit, All Eyes On Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Mar 01, 2006)
- U.S. President George W. Bush arrives in India on Wednesday on his first visit to the world's largest democracy, hoping to elevate a new friendship between the two nations into a strategic partnership.
- Executive Decisions (Indian Express, MICHAEL GREEN, Mar 01, 2006)
Natural allies? If only their countries would appreciate the direction taken by Manmohan Singh and George W. Bush, says MICHAEL GREEN
- ‘Bush Is An Undesirable Visitor’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
While BSP’s national general secretary and party counsel Satish Chandra Mishra said that the court had restored the status as existed before September 3, 2003, when the MLAs had defected in two groups of 13 and 27, . . .
- Back To The Villages In China (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Mar 01, 2006)
The Chinese Government last week announced an ambitious new rural policy that focusses less on indiscriminate growth and more on redistribution of resources and rebalancing of incomes.
- From Eisenhower To Clinton To Bush (Hindu, Harish Khare , Mar 01, 2006)
The India-U.S. relationship cannot easily graduate into a strategicjugalbandhiwithout all shades of Indian nationalism feeling comfortable with Washington's global agenda.
- Karnataka Assembly Proceedings Disrupted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Opposition stages dharna against ruling on Governor's address
The unrelenting stance of the Opposition in protest against the Karnataka Assembly Speaker, Krishna's ruling upholding the validity of the Governor's second address to the joint . . .
- State Mps Submit Memorandum To Lalu On New Rail Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
New super fast trains, railway lines demanded
Andhra Pradesh MPs from across the political spectrum on Tuesday urged Railway Minister Lalu Prasad to include a set of proposals including new lines, gauge conversion, new survey lines and new trains.
- Election Commission Countermands Vizag Byelection; Repoll On March 25 (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Mar 01, 2006)
Orders replacement of State Chief Electoral Officer M.Narayana Rao
The Election Commission on Tuesday countermanded the byelection held for the Visakhapatnam Assembly constituency on February 19 on the ground that large-scale . . .
- Nothing In It For Farmers, Says Opposition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Budge will cause price rise, says the former Prime Minister Vajpayee
Ignores middle class, gladdens affluent: Advani
Allocation for infrastructure poor: Rajnath
A rather timid exercise: Yashwant Sinha
- It Is Aye All The Way For Concessions On Two Dishes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
From Shahrukh Khan to Swami Vivekananda and Thoreau, Union Finance Chidambaram traverses a long way
- Lucky And Wise (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Mar 01, 2006)
An exercised journalist asked P. Chidambaram at his post-budget press conference whether he would have to pay 12 per cent service tax on all the cash he withdrew from an automatic teller machine.
- Mulayam Seeks, Wins Trust Vote Amid High Drama (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
After Allahabad High Court disqualifies 40 BSP rebel MLAs who joined SP in 2003
Bench leaves it to Speaker to decide on disqualification
Entire Opposition stages walkout
- No Agreements To Be Signed During (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Mar 01, 2006)
As the US President George W. Bush begins his maiden passage to India tomorrow evening, no agreements will be signed between the two sides — not because there aren’t any but because that is Mr Bush’s personal style.
- Clinching Nuclear Deal Will Be Bush's Great Contribution To Ending India's Isolation: Pm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
"I have promised our Parliament that I will do nothing that will hurt India's strategic programme"
- Deal With Us Would Signal India’S Nuclear Coming Of Age’ (Daily Times, Elizabeth Roche, Mar 01, 2006)
While US nuclear experts are sceptical of the Indo-US nuclear deal, Indian experts believe it will bring New Delhi into the global fold of nuclear states
- ‘India’S Success Marred By Social Inequality’ (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 01, 2006)
The post-1991 dismantling of India’s nationally regulated economy has been accompanied by a rapid growth of social inequality and economic insecurity, according to an analysis published by the World Socialist Website (WSWS).
- Implications Of Bush Visit (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Mar 01, 2006)
Soon we will have the US president in Islamabad. What message will the world’s most powerful leader bring us and what advantages can accrue to the country from this event?
- Grappling With The Ghosts Of Russian History (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Mar 01, 2006)
Russian television planned last week to mark the 50th anniversary of a turning point in Soviet history with a documentary. For reasons that are not very clear, the project was abandoned before it could be aired. “I don’t feel they want very much to mark t
- ‘Nuclear Deal Will Be Bush’S Great Contribution To End Our Isolation’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Contending that the separation plan under the Indo-US nuclear deal is not a “dividing” issue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said an agreement on this would be President George W Bush’s “great contribution” to ending India’s isolation . . .
- Sonia Fact-File (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Mar 01, 2006)
Mrs Sonia Gandhi has been criticised by several people on account of her foreign origin.
- Poll Wonder For Bengal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
The Left MPs from West Bengal were quick on the draw to find fault with what the finance minister had to offer today and it was ironic that the Speaker had to caution against a “running commentary”
- Jessica Case: Sc Keeps Off Judge’S Elevation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere on the issue of elevating to Delhi High Court, Additional Sessions Judge S L Bhayana who had acquitted all nine accused in the Jessica Lall murder case which also rocked Parliament.
- Home Ministry Examining Cd (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Bahujan Samajwadi Party leaders raise ruckus in both Houses
Allahabad High Court verdict on BSP MLAs' defection on Tuesday
Conversation transcripts contain reference to those judges
- Fm Harps On User Charges, Calls For Slashing Subsidies (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Projecting a growth rate of 8.1 per cent in the current fiscal, the Economic Survey 2005-06 suggests a slew of measures like accelerating tax and labour reforms, improving the quality of expenditure and promoting infrastructure development . . .
- Govt Gets Opposition Pat, Ally Fire On Iran Vote At Iaea (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Taking predictable positions, BJP offered qualified support to Congress in Parliament over Iran vote today while supporting parties — CPI(M), CPI and SP — warned the Government against an adverse fallout if it took an anti-Iran stand at IAEA meeting on Ma
- "Karnataka Governor's Second Address Valid" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Karnataka Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Krishna on Monday ruled that Governor T.N. Chaturvedi's second address to the joint session of the Legislature on February 24 is valid and that his first address of January 19 is infructuous as the Government
- Fresh Investigation Into Stamp Scam Demanded (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The issue raised in A.P. Assembly in view of new revelations
- "We Cannot Accept Safeguards On Our Indigenous Fast Breeder Programme" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says the decision on what facilities may be identified as civilian will be made by India alone, and not by anyone else.
- Ploughing A Lonely Furrow (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 28, 2006)
When people have nowhere to go, they usually choose to go home. But for the Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran), a breakaway party of the Congress in Kerala, this is a difficult choice to make.
- Living With Secularism (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Feb 28, 2006)
Secularism in India comes in many shades and colours, but the manner in which the concept is being abused across the political spectrum should set alarm bells ringing. Nothing illustrates this better than the public speech . . .
- Singh Defends Civilian Nuclear Deal With Us (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday defended a proposed civilian nuclear deal with the United States ahead of a visit by US President George Bush, telling parliament it would not compromise the country’s atomic weapons programme.
- Guantanamo: The Us Gulag (Dawn, Thomas Wilner, Feb 28, 2006)
The American prison camp at Guantanamo Bay is on the southeast corner of Cuba, a sliver of land the United States has occupied since 1903. Long ago, it was irrigated from lakes on the other side of the island, but Cuban President Fidel Castro . . .
- ‘All’S Well In J&k’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Alluding to a decision by India and Pakistan to allow merchandise-laden lorries on Jhelum Valley Road, the Governor, Lt-Gen. (retired) SK Sinha, today said it would boost Jammu and Kashmir’s economy significantly.
- Bush Visit To India An Unproductive Exercise? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 28, 2006)
With his words carrying little weight in his own country, being enmeshed in such controversies as illegal wire-tapping, detainees at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, his poor handling of domestic issues after the Katrina disaster, and . . .
- Ap By-Poll: Ec Team Spots Violations (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The Election Commission (EC) team, which investigated the allegations of irregularities committed by the Congress candidate in the by-election to the Visakhapatnam Assembly seat, has reportedly found evidence of inducements like money and . . .
- Phone Tapping: Sc Curbs Media (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday restrained the electronic and print media from disseminating contents of the CD containing illegal tapped conversation of anyone, including that of Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh.
- Pm Takes Firm Line On Atomic Deal With U.S. (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Feb 28, 2006)
India insisted on Monday it must decide the extent of international safeguards on its nuclear reactors and will not compromise its atomic weapons programme as it seeks a landmark deal with Washington.
- Aiadmk Ropes In Dalit Outfit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The Dalit Panthers of India on Monday forged an alliance with the ruling AIADMK under which it will contest nine seats in the coming elections to the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly. The deal was clinched when DPI leader T Thirumavalavan . . .
- Budget? What Budget? Wonder India's Poor (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Feb 28, 2006)
When India's finance minister tells parliament on Tuesday how much money he has in the budget to aid millions of poor, it will mean little to many of the people he aims to help.
- Breeding Trust (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 28, 2006)
Don’t forget, this is ultimately about building a strong Indo-US strategic partnership
- U.S., India To Cooperate Even If Nuclear Deal Falters (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Feb 28, 2006)
If the United States and India fail to resolve differences over a civilian nuclear deal when President George W. Bush visits New Delhi this week, cooperation between the two nations will still continue in many other areas, officials and experts said . . .
- Bias Takes A Nasty Turn (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Feb 28, 2006)
There can be no doubt about this. Growing prejudice in the United States against the Muslim world took a nasty turn as a result of the stance taken by a number of prominent politicians to challenge President Bush over his administration’s . . .
- Centre To Act On Amar Singh Cd (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The Amar Singh CD has finally reached Parliament. For the first time, the government joined the issue, saying the Union home ministry was examining its authenticity and that whatever action necessary would be taken.
- Crucial Question About N-Deal (Deccan Herald, S Raghotham, Feb 28, 2006)
It will be interesting to see how far Bush will go to achieve his vision of an India-US strategic partnership
- Why Talk Self-Rule At All, Asks Bjp (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
A b vajpayee and other senior BJP leaders on Sunday took a serious view of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s roundtable on Kashmir, opposing talk of selfrule and autonomy for the state.
- With An Eye On Elections, Chidambaram May Go In For Please-All Budget (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , Feb 27, 2006)
Comprehensive farm package to give a push to agriculture and lessen indebtedness of farmers is on the cards
Mantra likely to be growth with consolidation
More simplification in taxation structure
Exemption limit for salaried class may be hiked
- India-Us Nuclear Deal: What’S The Echo In Washington (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
India-US Nuclear Deal: What’s the echo in Washington
- U.S.-India Warmth Follows Indian-American Successes (Reuters, Paul Eckert, Feb 27, 2006)
When U.S. President George W. Bush heads to India on Tuesday, few people in the United States will be paying closer attention to the trip than the nearly 2 million Americans of Indian origin.
- Manmohan Singh To Allay Fears Over Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Harish Khare , Feb 27, 2006)
To tell Parliament that there will be no cap on country's nuclear military programme
- Chickening Over Flu (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 27, 2006)
Bird flu fear is all over Maharashtra, with banner headlines in the media and scary visuals on the mass culling of chickens. As an exception, a five-star hotel in Mumbai did serve chicken at a conference last week.
- Integrity Politics (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 27, 2006)
Tightening lobbying rules in the US without doing something to improve enforcement would be like overhauling the tax code while abolishing the Internal Revenue Service. The existing rules are too permissive and don’t require enough disclosure;
- Mysteries Of Budget-Making (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Feb 27, 2006)
While Budget analysts concentrate mainly on the tax proposals, they would do well to linger a while on other aspects, such as the composition of resources raised, including extra budgetary resources of PSUs. Indeed, given the months . . .
- State Of The Fiscal Union (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Feb 27, 2006)
How significant are the numbers and policy statements that will bind the finance minister’s budget speech this week? After all, this year the “budget buzz” is almost missing, as no major tax reform is expected.
- Payback Time (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 27, 2006)
BJP’s see-no-evil stance on Gujarat undermines it. Just as Cong amnesia on ’84 diminished it
- Uncertainties Dog Nuclear Deal (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Feb 27, 2006)
Barely three days before the visit of President George. W Bush there is no certainty about the India-US civilian nuclear cooperation agreement. Although both sides still see the agreement as the centrepiece of the visit, new difficulties . . .
- ‘This Nuclear Deal Really Removes The Last Barrier Between India And The Us’ (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Feb 27, 2006)
As a South Asia specialist in the US state department, Dennis Kux’s acquaintance with India and Pakistan goes back to the 1950s.
- Here, It’S Bjp-Congress Vs Naxalites (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Feb 27, 2006)
In the last six months, scores have been killed in the war between Naxalites and the government-backed tribal army, Salva Judum, in South Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. But it never made it to national headlines or political debates because . . .
- Bush Hopes His Visit Will Set The Stage For A Groundbreaking Nuclear Pact (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Alternative sources of energy are going to be important for the development of a clean world
New Delhi should "lift investment caps," says Bush
Supports lifting visa curbs for educated people
Reiterates stand on Iran
- Do We Need Governors? (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Feb 25, 2006)
The recent Supreme Court judgment on the dissolution of the Bihar Assembly based on the recommendation of the Governor, Buta Singh, has once again raised the question whether the office of governor can be dispensed with altogether . . .
- Pm's Roundtable On Kashmir Tomorrow Without Most Separatists (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Unfazed by the boycott by Hurriyat Conference and other major separatist groups, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will chair a round-table conference on Kashmir tomorrow to discuss ways and means to find a solution to the vexed issue.
- Amnesty Urges Bush To Raise Hr Concerns In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Amnesty International asks US president to include extrajudicial executions, deaths in police custody, rape, torture and arbitrary arrests on his agenda for dicussion with Indian PM
- Kumaraswamy's Stance On Metro Rail Hailed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Commitment to metro rail project for Bangalore
The former Bangalore Development Authority Chairman K.K. Murthy has welcomed Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy's assertion that the Government is committed to the metro rail project for Bangalore.
- A Spineless Nation (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Feb 25, 2006)
No book I have read depressed me more than B N Tandon's PMO, Diary II The Emergency (Konark).
- Kerala Mps Flay Budget (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Neglect by UPA Government towards State continuing: Rajagopal
Budget provides succour to common man: Chennithala
State not given its due share in sanctioning new trains: Veliyam
- Dmk Waves Green, Left The Red Flag On Railway Budget (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Feb 25, 2006)
The railway budget has brought out the contours of a new political axis emerging between RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav and DMK leader M Karunananidhi. And this spells worry for the Congress.
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