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Articles 9121 through 9220 of 16899:
- Iaea Resolution ‘Well Balanced’, Says India (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Feb 05, 2006)
India has said that a resolution by the UN nuclear watchdog referring Iran to the Security Council is “well balanced”, and called on Iran to cooperate for the resolution of the dispute.
- Crossing Boundaries (Hindu, PAROMITA PAIN, Feb 05, 2006)
Fiction is about journeys of imagination into the lives of others, says Beverley Naidoo.
- Explain Iaea Vote Against Iran: Bjp (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Charging the ruling UPA with keeping the Opposition in the dark about key foreign policy issues, the BJP on Saturday demanded immediate explanation from the Congress-led government over India's vote supporting Iran's referral to the UN Security Council.
- Ktk: Assembly Convened To Meet On Feb 8 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly has been convened to meet on February eight, when Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy would seek a confidence vote, to comply with a directive of Governor T N Chaturvedi to prove his majority on the floor of the House.
- Rahul Gandhi Waiting To Step In! (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Feb 05, 2006)
The irrepressible clamour at the Hyderabad AICC session for induction of Rahul Gandhi either in the union cabinet or at a top party position speaks volumes about the apparent indispensability of this young Nehru-Gandhi scion in running . . .
- Tehran To Tarmac, Left Lashed (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
The airport ceasework has been called off without achieving its original objective and India has voted with the US against Iran, making it a Black Saturday for the Left.
- Bjp Asks Govt To Explain Iaea Vote Against Iran (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Accusing the Congress-led UPA of keeping the Opposition in the dark on key foreign policy issues, the BJP today demanded immediate explanation from the Manmohan Singh government over India’s vote supporting Iran’s referral to the UN Security Council.
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 05, 2006)
Thanks to Sudheendra Kulkarni for his timely reminder on Q and his links with the powers that be (‘Q marks dent the halo around a renunciant’, January 29). Perhaps now he will turn his attention to the perversions of justice in Narendra Modi’s Gujarat,...
- Andhra Pradesh Can Afford To Give Free Power: Shinde (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Says Andhra Pradesh is in a position to do it so
Free power, as a national policy, is not viable: Union Power Minister
Says effective distribution system and check on pilferage made it possible in Andhra Pradesh
- Airport Employees Call Off Four-Day-Old Strike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Written assurance from the Government that there will be no victimisation of those who participated in the strike; unions satisfied
No victimisation of those who took part in the strike
- Unpleasant Surprise? (Hindu, Bill Kirkman, Feb 05, 2006)
After the result of the Palestinian election, the fundamental question is about the values that underlie policy. Will Hamas renounce violence?
- Global Nature Of Protest (Hindu, Mike Marqusee, Feb 05, 2006)
A look at the significance of February 15, 2003.
Many demonstrators who hoped to deter the invasion of Iraq probably underestimated what they were up against ... ."
- Kumaraswamy Sworn-In As Cm Of Karnataka (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Boycotted by his father and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, rebel JD(S) leader Kumaraswamy today assumed office as Chief Minister of Karnataka heading a coalition ‘‘Government that brought BJP to power in a southern State for the first time.
- Kar: Kumaraswamy To Seek Confidence Vote On Feb 8 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
The new Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today said he would seek a vote of confidence in the Assembly on February eight.
- Politics Of Pilgrimage: In The Name Of The Father (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 04, 2006)
Time was when India’s most stylish middle-order batsman Gundappa Vishwanath went to Tirupati on the eve of a Test against England in January 1982 and went on to score a double century at a time when the national selectors were breathing down his neck.
- Cabinet Shuffle In India (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 04, 2006)
I may be reading too much into the cabinet reshuffle in New Delhi. But the changes effected make me believe that Congress president Sonia Gandhi has begun the exercise of choosing her party candidates for India’s president and vice-president, . . .
- Lotus Blooms As Son Rises In Karnataka (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Feb 04, 2006)
The father and the son were the cynosure of all eyes during the week-long political drama in Karnataka. Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and his son HD Kumaraswamy provided all the sound bytes, besides seeming to be masters of the situation.
- Mess In Nagaland (Tribune, Maj. Gen Ashok K Mehta , Feb 04, 2006)
The nine-year-long ceasefire in Nagaland between the main separatist group NSCN (IM) and the Central Government expired on January 31.
- Lessons In Education (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 04, 2006)
Sex scores over history
IT is a curious reflection on our priorities and values that academia and authorities are more preoccupied with the introduction of sex education than the dumbing down of history textbooks.
- Breaking The Oil Habit (Indian Express, R.K. PACHAURI, Feb 04, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear agreement is critical for an integrated energy policy, says R.K. Pachauri
- Don’T Call It Sycophancy (Indian Express, Jayanthi Natarajan, Feb 04, 2006)
Look again at the AICC session, you will find a party proud of its leader
If the world had indeed been there, it would have understood, at least partly, what the Congress party is all about.
- Gowda Skips Son’S Bash (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Janata Dal (Secular) rebel leader H.D. Kumaraswamy was today sworn in as Karnataka chief minister on the steps of Vidhana Soudha, the state’s seat of power, in a ceremony watched by thousands of ecstatic supporters who had crowded into . . .
- Intelligence Failure (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Feb 04, 2006)
The dramatic political developments in Karnataka that led to the fall of a secular government headed by Dharam Singh have once again demonstrated that the Congress needs to gear up its crisis management systems as much as it needs to have . . .
- Govt Says Airport Strike Won't Stop Privatisation (Reuters, Nitin Luthra, Feb 04, 2006)
The government told thousands of striking airport workers on Friday that it would not reverse a decision to hand over New Delhi and Mumbai airports to private firms to modernise and manage.
- Wali Baba, My Adoptive Father (Indian Express, MUKULIKA BANERJEE, Feb 04, 2006)
Wali Baba passed away on January 26 at his favourite hour. At 7.15 am, between bed-tea and breakfast, he was usually to be found in his beloved garden at ‘Walibagh’, striding among the flower beds, planning the planting of new bulbs, . . .
- Karnataka Gets Its Youngest Cm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Ending a fortnight long political uncertainty,Mr HD Kumaraswamy,46, leader of the rebel faction of JD-S and son of former Prime Minister,Mr HD Deve Gowda,today finally took oath as the youngest chief minister of the state here.
- Pakistan Seeks Nuclear Parity With India: Us (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 04, 2006)
The Pakistani premier had raised the issue of nuclear parity with India in his address last month to the prestigious Council on Foreign relations in New York.
- Concerns Of Airport Staff Will Be Looked Into, Says Praful Patel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Job losses, if any, and displacement will be minor
Speaking to reporters after the AAI employees' meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Friday, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said the Government would stick to its decision . . .
- India's Secret Search For Peace And Its Perils (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Feb 04, 2006)
While the separate pieces of the PMO's covert negotiations on Kashmir are becoming evident, it is unclear if this jigsaw puzzle actually has a shape.
- Bush Has To Face It: He Is Wrong And Chirac Is Right (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Feb 04, 2006)
The crises over Hamas and Iran underline the end of a one-superpower world.
- Wielding Power For Profit (The Economic Times, V KRISHNA ANANTH, Feb 04, 2006)
The Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition in Karnataka was bound to collapse. It is indeed baffling that the arrangement survived for so long. It lasted all these days because Dharam Singh, who headed the coalition, did not care for anything, . . .
- Jd(s), Bjp Form Coalition Government In Karnataka (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Feb 04, 2006)
Kumaraswamy sworn in Chief Minister, Yediyurappa Deputy Chief Minister
Coalition agrees to share power for the remaining 40 months on the Jammu and Kashmir model
Constitution of a full-fledged Ministry to take time
Vote of confidence on February 8
- Kumaraswamy To Be Sworn In Today (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Feb 03, 2006)
Last hurdle surmounted with the High Court refusing to stay the swearing-in
- Negotiating The N-Deal (Deccan Herald, Michael Krepon , Feb 03, 2006)
India’s concerns can be addressed by creating new standards to strengthen the rules against proliferation
- New Bush? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
The American President is chastened but not over Iraq
On the face of it, US President George Bush’s State of the Union address reflects a more chastened leader.
- Heated Exchanges In Council (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Opposition party members say these have not moved beyond the drawing board
Projects pending clearance with the Railway Board, says ruling party
Meeting largely peaceful; Opposition stages walkout after evictions
- Now, A Political Prime Minister (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 03, 2006)
Manmohan Singh's first meeting with the capital's press corps in September 2004 showcased a Prime Minister starting out on the learning curve.
- Plane Length (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 03, 2006)
There is one unreported fallout of the Sahara airlines buyout by Jet Airways. Congress president Sonia Gandhi can now shed her reservations about stepping into a Sahara aircraft. Since it was set up, she had consistently avoided any Sahara . . .
- New Power Play Begins Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
The stage is set for opening a new coalition chapter in State politics with the Karnataka High Court on Thursday clearing legal hurdles for the swearing-in of the Janata Dal (Secular)-BJP coalition government.
- Us Seeks To Curb China’S Might: Pentagon Official (Indian Express, Jim Wolf, Feb 03, 2006)
The Pentagon is seeking to dissuade China from building its military forces to a level not warranted by its security needs, and the issue is addressed in a new long-term Pentagon plan, a US official said on Wednesday.
- Police Take Over Airports As Strike Bites (Reuters, Shailendra Bhatnagar, Feb 03, 2006)
Police took over much of the running of the country's two main airports on Thursday as striking workers protested for a second day over threatened job cuts because of privatisation.
- Iran Nuclear Potential 'Immediate Concern' - U.S. (Reuters, DAVID MORGAN, Feb 03, 2006)
The United States does not believe Iran has a nuclear weapon but the danger Tehran will acquire one is an "immediate concern," U.S. intelligence chief John Negroponte said on Thursday.
- Bush To Seek $70 Bln For Iraq, Afghanistan Wars - Sources (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
President George W. Bush will ask Congress for another $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, congressional sources said on Thursday.
- On Delicate Ground--Doubts Over Mamata Sops For Minorities (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 03, 2006)
Mamata Banerjee is showing signs of desperation. With overtures to the Congress having run into rough weather, she has been left to chalk out another strategy against the CPI-M. A poll arrangement with the Congress would have ensured a one-to-one
- Kar: New Jd(s)-Bjp Govt To Be Sworn-In Tomorrow (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
A two-member JD(S)-BJP ministry headed by H D Kumaraswamy will be sworn-in tomorrow, opening another coalition chapter in Karnataka's politics.
- Govt For All Cases In Mps' Scam To Be Heard By Sc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Centre today urged the apex court to transfer all cases relating to the expulsion of MPs to be heard by a constitution bench, saying the petitions pending in the Delhi High Court could result in conflicting judgements.
- Talks Invitation Will Be Considered (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Denying that he had ever met Dr Manmohan Singh since he took over as the Prime Minister, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Mohammed Yaseen Malik today discredited the media reports indicating that he has had ‘secret or undisclosed’ . . .
- Pdp Ad On Self-Rule Triggers Row (Tribune, S.P.Sharma, Feb 03, 2006)
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of Mufti Sayeed today triggered a controversy by giving an impression that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s proposal of self-rule in Jammu and Kashmir was better than the National Conference’s (NC) . . .
- Pm Launches Job Guarantee Scheme (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Feb 03, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has today launched the ‘revolutionary’ National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) Scheme in the presence of National Advisory Council Chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
- Pakistan, Islam And Indian Media Stereotypes (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
“[T]he limited support that radical Islamist groups enjoy in Pakistan reflects less a fierce commitment to their ultimate agenda of strict Islamist rule than a protest against the system which, ironically, has abetted such groups for its own ...
- Left Parties To Meet Pm On Airport Revamp Issue (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
As the airport employees intensified their stir against the modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports, the Left parties today asked the UPA government to immediately hold talks with the workers and the Communists have decided to meet . . .
- Devil's Advocate: Guvs Must Go (Times of India, RONOJOY SEN, Feb 03, 2006)
The Supreme Court's stinging reprimand to Buta Singh ensured his exit as Bihar governor. The court had said that Buta's report recommending President's rule in Bihar was based on "fanciful assumptions".
- Jd(s) Heading For Split (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
The Janata Dal (Secular) is heading for a split in Karnataka, with the rebel Legislators failing to convince party leader and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on aligning with the BJP to form a new Government after deserting the Congress-JD(S) . . .
- Answer There Was None (Indian Express, SANDIPAN DEB, Feb 02, 2006)
When Dr Manmohan Singh said: “We stand by the principles of the non-aligned movement,” I switched channels and watched a horror movie.
- Bush And The Dae: Same Bed, Different Dreams (Indian Express, Raja Mohan, Feb 02, 2006)
If there ever was a gigantic disconnect between the nuclear discourse in the US and India, here it is.
- In The Budget Session, Will There Be A Fair Deal? (Indian Express, SUNITA THAKUR, Feb 02, 2006)
Rotating reserved constituencies makes no sense. But neither does shelving the entire plan for women’s reservation in Parliament, says SUNITA THAKUR
- Karnataka Petition Worries Bjp (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Feb 02, 2006)
Senior BJP leaders left wondering
The Karnataka Chief Minister-designate, H.D. Kumaraswamy, failed to keep his date with Bharatiya Janata Party leaders here on Wednesday.
- ``Sonia A Source Of Strength'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Handles with aplomb questions on domestic political issues
Asks to be judged not by what Mr. Advani says but what he delivers to the country
No fear of government falling. It will complete five years"
Right to Information Act will have revolutionary
- The Governing Principle (Indian Express, S.K. JAIN, Feb 02, 2006)
The recent Supreme Court verdict has indicted the Buta Singh for acting unconstitutionally and misleading the union cabinet into recommending the dissolution of the Bihar assembly.
- Job At Hand (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 02, 2006)
UPA’s answer to rural poverty starts unfolding today — with questions attached
- Sonia Gandhi Is A Source Of Inspiration For Me, Says Pm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
If questions put to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his press conference were an indicator, the extended honeymoon that the government has enjoyed ended with the leader being grilled over actions of governors, his asymmetrical relationship with Sonia ...
- Our Door Open For Alliance: Jaya (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and ruling AIADMK General Secretary J Jayalalitha declared on Wednesday that her party’s door was open for alliance with others for the coming Assembly elections.
- Hc Notice To Hdk, Mlas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday ordered the issue of notice to Chief Minister-designate H D Kumaraswamy and 35 JD(S) MLAs on a petition seeking a direction to the Assembly Speaker to disqualify the JD(S) legislators for allegedly defying . . .
- Kumaraswamy Clears Air, Govt Will Be Formed: Bjp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Karnakata chief minister-designate H D Kumaraswamy has “cleared” the air on government formation by communicating to the BJP Central leadership that he was “not going back” on the power-sharing agreement and he would implement it in letter and spirit.
- We Will Not Buckle Under Pressure: Manmohan (Hindu, Harish Khare , Feb 02, 2006)
``Enlightened national interest guides foreign policy; division of labour with Sonia Gandhi is working well''
- I Didn't Dither, Says Dharam Singh (Hindu, P. Sunderarajan , Feb 02, 2006)
"Speaker abruptly adjourned House sine die"
The outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister, Dharam Singh, on Wednesday denied that he had dilly-dallied in moving the motion of confidence on January 27, and said he had sought the Speaker's permission . . .
- Kumaraswamy Firm On Bjp Tie-Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Cancellation of planned trip to New Delhi leads to suspense, speculation
- Bjp, Jd(s) Hope To Band Together In Next Poll (Deccan Herald, B S Satish Kumar , Feb 02, 2006)
Barring some constituencies, particularly in North Karnataka, traditionally, there has been no direct fight between the BJP and the JD (S) in assembly constituencies. Hence, the idea of a pre-poll pact
- Silver Lining To A War Cloud? (Dawn, Agha Shahi, Feb 02, 2006)
THE European Union’s three leading powers — Britain, France and Germany (EU 3) — will be tabling a draft resolution today, February 2, in an emergency session of the board of governors (BoG) . . .
- A Balancing Act (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Feb 02, 2006)
The BJP has come in the way of the Congress’s teaming up with the TMC to put the Marxists on the backfoot in Bengal, writes Sumanta Sen
- National Interest To Decide Vote On Iran Issue, Says Pm (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Feb 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh categorically said today that India’s stand on the Iran nuclear issue at the Board of Governors meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna tomorrow will depend on the draft resolution and . . .
- Us-India Stand-Off Over Iran Vote (Pakistan Observer, Rizwan Ghani, Feb 02, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister is in tough spot as America has openly asked for Indian vote for Iran’s referral to UNSC. Ms. Rice statement, “Asking India to make tough choice” in the matter is part of the diplomatic offensive amidst Bush’s resolve to . . .
- India Desires ‘Pragmatic, Practical’ Solutions: Singh (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Feb 02, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that he wants to resolve all problems with Pakistan, including the Kashmir issue, with pragmatic and practical solutions but he had no mandate to seek transfer of territories if it came to that.
- Balance Between Inflation And Growth (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Feb 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has asked the State Bank of Pakistan, with its new governor in Dr.Shamshad Akhtar, to strike a balance between promoting economic growth and inflation. A lax physical policy can create difficulties, he says.
- Pm Says Government To Last Full Term (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday his government would last its full five-year-term despite differences with the ruling coalition's communist allies.
- Rumsfeld Says U.S. Constrained In Information War (Reuters, WILL DUNHAM, Feb 02, 2006)
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Wednesday the Pentagon had not done a good job in the information war against enemies like al Qaeda, saying U.S. personnel felt constrained partly due to fear of criticism in the media.
- 60 Nations Set 5-Year Goals To Aid Afghanistan (New York Times, ALAN COWELL, Feb 01, 2006)
The Bush administration pledged Tuesday to seek Congressional approval for a further $1.1 billion in aid to help rebuild Afghanistan next year, roughly the same amount sought for 2006.
- Hdk In Dilemma On Eve Of Govt Formation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Chief Minister-designate H D Kumaraswamy said here on Tuesday that he was in a dilemma on the issue of heading the new JD (S)-BJP coalition government following doubts expressed over his father H D Deve Gowda’s secular credentials.
- I Am In A Dilemma Over Leading The New Coalition, Says Kumaraswamy (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Feb 01, 2006)
Expects "slip between the cup and the lip"
Janata Dal (Secular) leader H.D. Deve Gowda told The Hindu on Tuesday that he was confident that his son and rebel party leader, H.D. Kumaraswamy, and the JD (S) MLAs supporting him would pull . . .
- Deve Gowda, Saying Son Was `Tricked', Banks On Mlas (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Feb 01, 2006)
Expects "slip between the cup and the lip"
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