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Articles 10721 through 10820 of 16899:
- Finest House Money Can Buy (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 19, 2005)
When I was at university in England, the great politically incorrect story was about a professor of anthropology who managed to earn the ire of all of Oxford’s female students with a single remark at a single lecture.
- Article In Pakistani Daily Shakes Indian Bureaucracy (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 19, 2005)
In an unusual development in the Volcker report where at least the former Indian external minister Natwar Singh has been compelled to say goodbye to politics, a story published by Jang on January 24, 2004 has shaken the Indian bureaucracy.
- Chennai Stampede Kills 42 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Forty-two people were killed, 19 of them women, in a stampede at a flood relief distribution centre here in the early hours of Sunday, prompting the government to order a judicial enquiry and the Opposition to demand the resignation of Chief Minister ....
- ‘Ensure Genuine Voters Make It To Wb Booths’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Reacting to Election Commission observer Afzal Amanullah’s report on how the Left Front rigs polls in West Bengal—excerpts of which were published by The Sunday Express today—the Congress and BJP have asked the poll panel to ensure that each eligible
- Quizzed (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Dec 19, 2005)
Wizened old Uncle Sam suffers from many strange hangups and one of them is his touching belief that he has a divine right to lord it over the rest of the world. As a result, a greenhorn Senator or a Congressman belonging to some obscure sub-committee.....
- Interim Farm Deal Saves World Trade Talks (Reuters, John Chalmers, Dec 19, 2005)
Ministers from 149 states saved long-running global trade talks from collapse on Sunday with an interim deal to end farm export subsidies by 2013 and open rich country markets a bit wider to the poorest nations.
- Meeting Point (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 19, 2005)
It was heartening to see Parliamentarians from India and Pakistan stressing the need for continuing the "people-to-people" dialogue between the two countries.
- Landslide Victory For Left Front In Tripura Civic Poll (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
The ruling Left Front in Tripura secured absolute majority in all the 12 nagar panchayats and 35-member Agartala Municipal Council (AMC), according to official sources here today.
- Strategic Importance (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Dec 19, 2005)
The July 18 Agreement suggests that the US accepts India’s nuclear capabilities.
- Bjp’S Annus Horribilis (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Dec 18, 2005)
year that’s been painful for the BJP looks to end more painfully. Pramod Mahajan is preparing the BJP’s silver jubilee in Mumbai that ought to say goodbye to LK Advani as BJP president and that should be introspecting on where, after 25 years, . . .
- In A Stew (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 18, 2005)
Gauhati High Court’s quashing of the constables’ selection lists in 15 of the 25 centres severely undermines the Tarun Gogoi government’s credibility.
- India Hopeful Of Getting World Support: Civilian Nuclear Cooperation (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
India said on Saturday it was hopeful it will soon be able to get international help to develop its civilian nuclear energy capabilities. “I am optimistic through constructive dialogue with the international community, . . .
- Wto Talks Make No Headway (News International, Sajid Aziz, Dec 18, 2005)
The 6th WTO ministerial meeting, which concludes today (Sunday), has proved to be another fiasco as nothing came out in the draft ministerial resolution issued by the WTO on Saturday.
- All-Party Meet On Irrigation Project In A.P. On Dec. 21 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Government open to views on package for Polavaram oustees
- Finest House Money Can Buy (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 18, 2005)
When I was at university in England, the great politically incorrect story was about a professor of anthropology who managed to earn the ire of all of Oxford’s female students with a single remark at a single lecture.
- Internal Crisis Shake Bjp, Shiv Sena (Daily Excelsior, Atul Chowshish, Dec 18, 2005)
It would have added to the discomfort of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena--almost simultaneously engulfed in serious internal crisis-- that no sooner had the party bosses announced steps to take disciplinary action against their star . . .
- No Dearth Of Money For Development Schemes: Manmohan Singh (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Predicting an accelerated economic growth in the next 4-5 years, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked the state governments to work with the Centre to make the delivery systems honest and strong.
- Wto Talks Stagger On After Protests, Deal Elusive (Reuters, Richard Waddington, Dec 18, 2005)
Exhausted negotiators struggled on Sunday to keep a global trade deal alive in a final day of talks as Hong Kong riot police and die-hard anti-globalisation protesters went into a stand-off after violent clashes.
- Tiny Lens Can Expose Democracy’S Toxic Acreage (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 18, 2005)
“That all parties have come together and condemned it is a positive sign. They might use this opportunity to strengthen the code of conduct”Aniruddha Bahal
- J&k Govt Move To Retire ‘Dead Wood’ Tales Of Travesty (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Dec 18, 2005)
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has announced its decision to order pre-mature retiremen of those of its officials who, according to it, qualify the category of socalled ‘‘dead wood’’ whatever that means.
- Bjp, Janata Dal (S) Give A Tough Time To Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Samajwadi Party led by former Chief Minister S. Bangarappa hopes to open account
- Clamour To Deny Saraswati (Pioneer, Makkhan Lal, Dec 17, 2005)
Earthquakes and other natural phenomenon caused the 'Naditama', or River Saraswati, to dry up over two millennia ago. Now, says Makkhan Lal, it's a man-made disaster what with pseudo-secularists and Communists out to deny it ever existed
- Volcker Issue: Jagat Hands Over Letter To Ed (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
In the centre of Volcker report controversy, Jagat Singh on Friday handed over a letter to the Enforcement Directorate on the second day of his questioning in the Iraqi oil-payoff case to claim that his visit to Baghdad in 2001 was officially . . .
- N-Deal With Us On 'Strict Reciprocity': Pm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Maintaining that the Indo-US nuclear deal would proceed on the basis of "strict reciprocity", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday that he expected the Bush administration to use its "full weight" to get the approval of the US Congress.
- Cash For Questions (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 17, 2005)
Another in the series of sting operations — a sensational camera expose of 11 MPs allegedly taking money for asking parliamentary questions — has been the hottest news of the week.
- More Power To Women's Elbows (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 17, 2005)
THE RATIO OF women in managerial positions has come up for discussion once again.
- An Unnecessary "Army" In Assam (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 17, 2005)
Nothing like an election season to give fresh life to old causes. The approaching Assembly election in Assam has spurred the All Assam Students'
- Strike Over Civilian Killings Paralyses Kathmandu (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2005)
Shops, schools and public transport came to a standstill in Kathmandu today as the Nepali capital heeded a strike call by political parties over the killing of 12 civilians by a soldier.
- Unfounded Criticism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2005)
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh has scotched fears about the India-US nuclear deal signed in July last in his intervention in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
- Natwar Left Out Of Cong Panels (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2005)
Former minister K.Natwar Singh stands completely isolated as he has not been included in any of the panels set up by the Congress today for the AICC plenary session to be held in Hyderabad from January 21-23.
- Will The Leopard Change Its Spots? (The Economic Times, Raghu Dayal , Dec 17, 2005)
Sonia Gandhi has shown that she is receptive to feedback and sensitive to the alienation between the rulers and the ruled. She has to keep insisting on service before self from her cadres.
- Kuttiadi Power Project Commissioned (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has reiterated his Government's resolve to lay emphasis on generation of cheap power.
- Transparency Or Morality? (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Dec 17, 2005)
In the context of the bribes for questions in Parliament scandal let me tell you a modern Indian fairy story.
- Can Azad Cut Graft? (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Dec 16, 2005)
For the people of Jammu & Kashmir, who have been reeling under turmoil for long, there are too many things to worry about. Pakistan-sponsored terrorism apart, the common masses have been hit hard by widespread corruption rampant at various rungs . . .
- Post-Sting, It's Question Time For India (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 16, 2005)
Cash-for-question exposé has punctured the BJP's campaign on the Volcker report, says Kalyani Shankar
- Woman Among 2 Killed, Pdp Worker Injured (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Two persons, including a woman, were killed and two others, including a PDP activist injured in separate incidents of violence in the Valley since last evening, while as a militant was injured when an explosive went off at Batamaloo today.
- Ear To The Ground (The Week, Kanhaiah Bhelari, Dec 16, 2005)
Even Lalu Prasad Yadav knew it was coming. "Baba, if Ram Vilas Paswan contests separately, we are sure to lose," I heard him tell his close friend Shivanand Tiwary, excise minister in the Rabri Devi regime.
- Proceeding On Basis Of Strict Reciprocity: Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Maintaining that the Indo-US nuclear deal was proceeding on the basis of “strict reciprocity”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said he expected the Bush Administration to use its “full weight” to get the necessary approval of the US Congress.
- Politics Of Minority Commuanlism (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Dec 16, 2005)
The 130 million strong Muslim population in India can influence the electoral outcome in 122 parliamentary constituencies, and 1400 assembly constituencies across the country. We are aware how the recently concluded Bihar assembly polls turned . . .
- Seeing India In A New Light (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 16, 2005)
From being seen as a basket case, India is today viewed in the US as a vibrant democracy with a booming economy. American companies are looking to replicate the IT success in other areas. Yet, politically, many things remain unchanged, . . .
- Indo-Us N-Deal Reciprocal: Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today that the Indo-US nuclear deal was proceeding on the basis of “strict reciprocity” and India was at liberty not to meet its commitments if the US Administration did not fulfil its obligations.
- No Stalemate In Indo-Us N-Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today asserted that there was “no stalemate” in negotiations with the United States over the implementation of the 18 July agreement on civilian nuclear energy.
- Missing Coalition Culture (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 16, 2005)
Yet again the country is facing the painful paradox that while coalitions have become absolutely unavoidable, there is an absolute lack of coalition culture. To expect the necessary culture to evolve in the foreseeable future would be a classic . . .
- Manmohan Says No Changes To India-Us Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
India said on Thursday it would permit no changes to a landmark nuclear deal with the United States to ensure its passage by the US Congress.
- Catching The Small Fry (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 16, 2005)
Even as late as last week, if someone of some consequence had dared to suggest either in print or on TV that parliament was full of crooks, he would have been promptly slapped with a privilege notice by indignant custodians of democratic values.
- Operation Duryodhan Was Well-Named (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 16, 2005)
Why did Kamlesh Kumari, Jagdish Prasad Yadav, Matbar Singh Negi, Nanak Chand, Rampal, Om Prakash, Ghanshyam, Bijender Singh, and Deshraj lose their lives? What was it that they rushed to protect four years ago?
- Man Who Isn’T Here (Indian Express, SANDIPAN DEB, Dec 16, 2005)
Yesterday upon the stair/ I met a man who wasn’t there./ He wasn’t there again today/ I wish that man would go away.
— Hugh Means (1875-1965)
- Aicc Omits Natwar From Panels (Deccan Herald, C B P Srivastava, Dec 16, 2005)
K Natwar Singh, ousted from the Union Cabinet as well as the Congress Steering Committee, thanks to the Volcker controversy, has totally gone out of favour with the Congress high command if one goes by the committees formed to prepare for the AICC . . .
- Manmohan: Not Skirting Volcker Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Ambiguity in statement: Jaswant
My statement is unambiguous: PM
No light on new facts: BJP
Can panel of leaders examine evidence, asks AIADMK
- Talks On India-U.S. Nuclear Deal Proceeding On "Strict Reciprocity' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
If U.S. does not carry out its commitments, India is free not to reciprocate, Manmohan tells Rajya Sabha
Joint statement a "binding constraint" on both countries
Both working out ways and means to find satisfactory solutions
- Lok Sabha Nod For Legislative Council Revival (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Bill passed; CPI(M),TDP vote against it
- Ed Questions Jagat On Visit To Iraq (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Interrogation after a team returned from a visit to Jordan and Iraq
- Leftist Set To Be Bolivia's First Indian President (Christian Science Monitor, Danna Harman, Dec 16, 2005)
Evo Morales is an unorthodox candidate. He's a former IIama herder and coca farmer, and an indigenous Indian with an eighth-grade education. His platform rests on ending Bolivia's 20 years of free-market economic policies, and . . .
- Pm Refuses To Comment On Volcker Issue (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Thursday refused to get drawn into a debate with the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Jaswant Singh, on the Volcker controversy, and said he would not comment on it since the issue was under probe.
- Controlling Indian Communists Tell India’S Pm To First Consult And Take Permission From Them Before Going Public (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 16, 2005)
The behind the curtain power block speaks up. The Left Front asked PM Manmohan Singh to first consult them before talking anything of significance in public.
- Guilt Edged (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 16, 2005)
As far as Pavlovian responses go, “I didn’t do it!” has to be the oldest. Ever since Tehelka had made hidden camera sting operations the vigilante’s weapon of choice, one would have thought the straight-faced response of innocence would be replaced . . .
- Obc Revolt Strengthens Bjp's Case (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Serious objections from the BJP-led Opposition and a near revolt by the OBC MPs across party lines on Wednesday forced the Government to defer the introduction of the Constitutional Amendment Bill providing reservation for SC, ST candidates in private edu
- Bank On The King (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 15, 2005)
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran's three-day visit to Nepal merits a welcome, particularly since it included a nearly two-hour meeting with King Gyanendra in Kathmandu.
- Us Looks To India In New Light (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Dec 15, 2005)
Located in the heart of Washington DC, the Indian Embassy is an impressive building, now adorned with a statue of Mahatma Gandhi just opposite its entrance. The statue, built with special approval accorded by the US Congress, is a tribute by America's ...
- Us Can't Hide Behind Immigration Issue: India (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The United States will have to open its market to more foreign temporary workers as part of any new world trade deal, despite strong opposition in the US Congress, India's Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said on Wednesday.
- Changing Us Perceptions (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 15, 2005)
Located in the heart of Washington DC, the Indian Embassy is an impressive building, now adorned with a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, just opposite its entrance. The statue, built with special approval accorded by the US Congress, . . .
- Towards An Upheaval In Jammu & Kashmir? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 15, 2005)
Unnoticed, the pressures on the troubled State's political system are building. A seismic reordering of its structures seems inevitable in the not-too-distant future.
- Mps On Sale! (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Dec 15, 2005)
The sensational cash-on camera expose showing 11 MPs - six from the BJP and the rest from the BSP, the Congress and the RJD - taking bribes has stunned the political establishment in the country.
- Ec To Consider All Aspects Before Deciding Assam Poll (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The Election Commission would take all aspects into consideration, including festivals and examination schedule, before taking a decision on the timing of the Assam Assembly election.
- Misuse Of Taxpayers’ Money (Dawn, George Monbiot, Dec 15, 2005)
Never underestimate the self-pity of the ruling classes. Since Labour took office in 1997 the Confederation of British Industry has been engaged in one long whinge. It doesn’t matter that our taxes are among the lowest and our regulations among the . . .
- Volcker Issue: Jagat Singh Appears Before Ed (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Jagat Singh, the son of former minister Natwar Singh, on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with investigation in the findings of the Volcker report in the Iraqi oil pay-off scam.
- All Aboard (Hindustan Times, Sitaram Yechury, Dec 15, 2005)
The results of the recently concluded assembly elections in Bihar, apart from everything else, is unfortunately helping to sustain an erroneous understanding as a part of the current national discourse.
- Government Defers Quota Bill (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The government on Wednesday deferred a crucial bill to amend the constitution to provide reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in private educational institutions following difference of opinion among political parties on its provisions.
- Blame Games, Wooing Acts Mark Day 2 (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, Dec 15, 2005)
The stalemate at the WTO Ministerial Meeting continued on Wednesday, as India and the developing world refused to budge from their stated positions, unless the EU and the US fulfilled their promise of setting a date for the elimination of export . . .
- Dharam Doles Out Bda Sites To Vips (Deccan Herald, Anand V Yamnur, Dec 15, 2005)
Chief Minister N Dharam Singh has created a record of sorts by allotting Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) sites under his discretionary quota to 340 people in just 18 months of his government assuming office, according to documents available . . .
- When We Begin To Protect Our Children’S Rights (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 15, 2005)
More than 60 per cent of the country’s population resides in rural India, so the first thing to do is make the villages more liveable in order to control migration to the cities and empower India.
- Constable Scandal May Hit Congress (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 15, 2005)
The government's decision to enrol candidates of their choice in the constabulary has backfired.
- Bjp, Cpi(m) Express Reservations On Quota Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
BJP favours reservation without exceptions
Government committed to affirmative action
- Operation Duryodhan Was Well-Named (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 15, 2005)
Why did Kamlesh Kumari, Jagdish Prasad Yadav, Matbar Singh Negi, Nanak Chand, Rampal, Om Prakash, Ghanshyam, Bijender Singh, and Deshraj lose their lives? What was it that they rushed to protect four years ago?
- Identifying Problem Is Not The Solution (Pioneer, Uday Singh, Dec 14, 2005)
I have had the privilege of listening to Congress president Sonia Gandhi speak on various issues in Parliament. However, it was a surprise to hear an extremely expressive and candid Ms Gandhi speak at the "Leadership Summit" in New Delhi recently.
- The King Of Hard Times (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Dec 14, 2005)
King Gyanendra returned to Kathmandu on December 2 from a three-week African safari immediately after the Dhaka SAARC summit where he "granted an audience" to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh but nothing came out of even the second meeting between . . .
- All Against Cpm (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 14, 2005)
The consolidation of anti-Left political forces in West Bengal - or Mahajot - has been an elusive dream since the late-1990s. This is mainly because of the refusal of the Congress to adjust its national policy of keeping the BJP . . .
- Another Indian Mp Suspended (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
India’s upper house of parliament on Tuesday suspended one of its members after a TV channel aired footage of 11 MPs allegedly accepting cash for asking questions in parliament.
- From One In 1951 To Eleven In 2005 (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Dec 14, 2005)
Despite several warnings, governments have shown little will to eradicate corruption
- Cash For Question (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 14, 2005)
The urgency which presiding officers of the two Houses of Parliament and every concerned political party have shown in dealing with the cash-for-question scandal is the only silver lining in an utterly shameful affair.
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