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Articles 11721 through 11820 of 16899:
- Fractured Island (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandaran, Nov 21, 2005)
The emergence of Mr Mahinda Rajapakse at the helm of the state and government in Sri Lanka marks a clear break with the tradition where a dynasty or a dominant family held the highest political office.
- Capturing Nature’S Wonders (Tribune, Usha Rai, Nov 21, 2005)
Shrinking forests, disappearing tigers, the urban sprawl eating up green spaces, pollution levels in cities making it difficult to breathe, and the interminable cycle of floods, droughts and natural disasters, leave one with the distinct feeling that . .
- Thursday's Stormy Heat To Beat Manmohan's Winter Chill (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
The winter session of parliament beginning on Wednesday is expected to be stormy, with the government set to face flak over a number of issues ranging from Iraq's oil-for-food deal to Bihar.
- America’S Future Is Stuck Overseas (Deccan Herald, Stuart Anderson, Nov 21, 2005)
Foreign students consolidate America’s position as a world leader in science and technology.
- After The Wait (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
It is hard to believe that last week’s minor changes in the council of ministers had the long wait and build-up that they did.
- Cong Threatens To Use Adhir Arrest As Poll Plank (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
The Congress today threatened to launch agitation against the arrest of Adhir Choudhury. Condemning the police action, Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Priya Ranjan Das Munshi said the Congress will play up the issue in its campaign for the coming Assembly
- Volcker Probe: The Big Picture (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 21, 2005)
At the grassroots level, it can be argued that the seeds of corruption which ultimately affected the operation of the oil-for-food programme were sowed by the rules and guidelines drawn up to implement the programme.
- Do Not Back U.S. Stand On Iran: Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Tremendous U.S. pressure on India
- Congress Promises Speaker Of Complete Cooperation In House (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Unwilling to accommodate Opposition plan to discuss Mitrokhin archives
- New Bill On H-1b, L-1 Visas On Hold (The Economic Times, SHEELA MURTHY, Nov 21, 2005)
The US Senate passed a proposal on November 3, 2005, to provide limited H1B and retrogression relief. Paired with the relief provisions, additional immigration fees for certain cases were proposed. Included in the provisions is a 10-year increase in.....
- Poetry, Pistachio, Power (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Nov 21, 2005)
A government rarely receives all its challenges in a cluster. But this could be just that kind of a week for the Congress-led coalition: the Bihar verdict, Supreme Court’s judgement on the constitutionality of the dissolution of that state’s assembly,
- Indira Gandhi Prize For Hamid Karzai (Deccan Herald, DH news, Nov 20, 2005)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been chosen for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2005.
- Finally, Sonia Stepping Out Of Mrs G’S Shadow? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 20, 2005)
Delhi is India’s most sycophantic city and even bows, as the old Punjabi saying goes, to the rising sun.
- It's 1 In 3: India Score In L Visas (Business Line, Moumita Bakshi Chatterjee, Nov 20, 2005)
INDIA cornered 32.4 per cent of the total 1,22,981 intra-company transfer visas (L visas) issued by the US in the financial year ended September 2005, followed by Great Britain and Japan.
- Faith And Conscience (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 20, 2005)
PRESIDENT Bush has made three important promises on foreign aid. In 2002 he announced plans for a Millennium Challenge Account that would dispense aid to a short list of poor countries that had good policies.
- The Perfect Storm (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Nov 20, 2005)
As Parliament readies for its winter session, Santwana Bhattacharya reads the acrimony on the wall
- Race Hots Up For Rs Nomination (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Nov 20, 2005)
Cultural czarina Kapila Vatsayan, scientists M.S. Swaminathan and C.N.R. Rao and social activist Ela Bhatt are among those being considered for nomination to the Rajya Sabha, well-placed sources said today.
- Maoists To Lay Down Arms (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 20, 2005)
Maoist rebels in Nepal spearheading a decade-old insurgency have agreed to lay down arms under UN supervision and support the movement launched by an alliance of seven political parties to limit King Gyanendra’s role as a titular head, higly placed politi
- Exit Polls Predict Nitish's Victory (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 20, 2005)
Exit polls after fourth and final round of polls for the 243-member Bihar Assembly predict the Nitish Kumar led NDA alliance could garner a simple majority securing 117 seats, leaving Lalu Prasad’s RJD-led alliance trailing way behind the magic figure of
- Nda May Fall Short Of Majority' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
The Nitish Kumar-led National Democratic Alliance may end up just short of a majority in the Bihar Assembly, exit polls conducted at the end of the final phase of polling predicted on Saturday.
- According To Exit Polls Nda Has Won In Bihar – Will Form Government In Alliance With A Few Independents And Small Parties (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Nov 20, 2005)
As predicted again and again in India Daily, NDA has won in Bihar
- India Races To Put Thug And Murderer Members Of Parliament Behind Bars (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Nov 20, 2005)
Indian mafia backed by Indian industrialist oligarchs control the politicians.
- Bjp Tells Speaker: We Won't Stall Proceedings (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday night indicated to Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee that it would not hold up proceedings in the winter session of Parliament beginning on November 23.
- Nda Just Short Of Majority: Exit Polls (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 20, 2005)
After the final phase of voting in Bihar, two television exit polls tonight predicted that Nitish Kumar-led NDA may end up just short of the winning post in the Assembly polls with projections giving it 117 of the 243 seats, way ahead of the RJD-Congress
- Un: The Class Of 192 & Its Five Masters (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Nov 20, 2005)
One of the things the oil-for-food affair has brought to the surface is the UN’s identity problem. The fact is that it hasn’t got one.
- Maharashtra By-Elections Peaceful (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2005)
Voting in Saturday's by-elections for the crucial Malvan-Kankavali Assembly constituency and the North-West Mumbai Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra was peaceful, state Chief Election Officer, U.P.S. Madan told reporters here.
- Congress Faults Cpi(m) Tie-Up With Telugu Desam (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2005)
The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee has termed as unfortunate the alleged tie-up between the CPI(M) and the TDP in the election of Chairman of the Khammam District Cooperative Central Bank.
- Ophthalmic Centres Of Excellence In India Strike Common Cause (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Nov 20, 2005)
They will set optimum standards of eye care services and help shape national policies
- 'Rein In Belgaum Corpn' (Deccan Herald, DH news, Nov 20, 2005)
Governor T N Chaturvedi on Saturday asked the State government to initiate appropriate action, before the situation goes out of control, against the Belgaum City Corporation for passing resolutions seeking merger of Marathi-speaking areas of the State wit
- U.N. Team Slams U.S. On Guantanamo Bay Access (Hindu, Owen Bowcott and Bernard O Riordan, Nov 20, 2005)
Hundreds of detenus being held at the base without trial
- Violence Can't Be Tolerated: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 20, 2005)
The gruesome killing of innocent civilians, our brothers, sisters, children and individuals by throwing grenades, detonating car bombs,
- Bsf, Pak. Rangers Agree On Joint Border Patrols (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
The winter session of Parliament beginning on Wednesday is expected, by all accounts, to be stormy with the Congress-led coalition facing a determined Opposition in the wake of the Volcker report on Iraqi oil payoffs and the Left allies anger over its sta
- Winter Session Of Parliament Likely To Be Stormy (Press Trust of India, PTI, Nov 20, 2005)
The Winter Session of Parliament beginning Wednesday is expected, by all accounts, to be stormy with the Congress-led coalition facing a determined Opposition in the wake of the Volcker report on Iraqi oil payoffs and the Left allies anger over its stand
- You Can Call It Mainstream Politaxi (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
This is how that wise unlettered carpet-weaver could weave a word for the art of perfidy, doublespeak and expediency commonly called politics
- Maoists Tie Up With Political Parties To Cut The King To Size (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Nov 19, 2005)
In a key push towards democracy in Nepal, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists), spearheading a decade-long insurgency to turn Hindu Nepal into a Communist republic, has reached an understanding with an alliance of seven political parties.
- Annan: Volcker Report Only Fact Finding Not Judicial (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan today assured full cooperation to India in its probe into the findings of the Volcker committee which named Congress party and K Natwar Singh as beneficiaries in the Iraqi oil deals and said the report was only . . .
- Less Than Cosmetic (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
The PM lost an opportunity to revamp his team
- For View Form The Right (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 19, 2005)
Excerpts from Organiser, the mouthpiece of the RSS, issue dated November 20
- Bihar Campaign Over, Now Uma Readies To Fight Gaur (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Having kept her word by not rocking the boat of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Babulal Gaur till the end of the Bihar election campaign, BJP leader Uma Bharati has started gathering her supporter-legislators here to embark on a decisive battle to reclaim
- Our Own Grey Zone (Indian Express, Ananya Vajpeyi, Nov 19, 2005)
Naxalites capture and torture, sometimes on camera, those they perceive to be enemies of the people. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq says he will take up human rights violations by security forces in Kashmir with the National Human Rights Commission.
- Reviving The Iraqi Army (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 19, 2005)
The iraqi government this month belatedly got around to reversing one of the worst errors of the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority, which ran the country after the invasion:
- I Knew About Oil Surcharge In July 2002, Says Ram Naik (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 19, 2005)
Demands change of the terms of reference for the Pathak Authority
- Volcker-Named Firms Could Not Have Flouted Company Law, Says Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
"I have asked my officers to look if any violation has been made"
On the face of it, this does not seem possible"
China, France have already rejected report
New company law Bill to be tabled only in budget session
Settlement scheme soon
- Cia, Volcker Iraq Oil Reports Drew On Chalabi Lists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Allegations escaped embassy's attention?
- Final Phase Of Bihar Elections Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Red alert issued, district borders sealed, shoot-at-sight orders issued Heavy security has been put in place in the bastions of RJD chief Lalu Prasad and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar
- Dayal To Meet Paul Volcker (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
India’s special envoy Virendra Dayal, appointed to look into allegations made against Union Minister K Natwar Singh and the Congress in a UN-sponsored report, is expected to meet the author of the report, Paul Volcker, on Friday or Monday.
- Annan "Ready To Cooperate" On Volcker Report (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 19, 2005)
The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, said on Friday that the world body was ready to provide any documentation required by any government that intended to `pursue' the Volcker Report on oil-for-food-scam.
- Volcker Report: Bjp Hits Out At Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Government's slow response has raised questions: Ananth Kumar
Other comments
The BJP will take up the Volcker report in the Parliament session
The Congress has weakened the investigation
Belgaum Mayor should have been dismissed
- Congress Ridicules Rss Call To Procreate More (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
The Congress on Friday launched a strident attack on RSS chief K Sudarshan saying that the latter’s advice to Hindus to have as many children as possible would make India a laughing stock before the whole world.
- Terrorists Can’T Browbeat Me With Blasts: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Nov 19, 2005)
Talking tough of militancy, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today asserted that his Government was committed to restoration of peace in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Gory Aftershocks-Many Theories, One Signal (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 19, 2005)
What has taken place in Jammu and Kashmir over the last few days has confirmed that totally mistaken were those who nursed hopes of shared grief creating conditions conducive to reconciliation.
- ‘Natwar Not In Original List’ (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
An independent Iraqi newspaper named the Congress nearly two years ago in a report that contained details of the oil-for-food scandal.
- Winning Is Everything (Hindu, Pankaj Vohra, Nov 19, 2005)
The battle for Bihar has reached a decisive stage and in eight days, the country will know whether Lalu Prasad Yadav’s writ will continue to run in a state where he has virtually been in power for over 15 years.
- Rally Against Terror (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 19, 2005)
Although all of them have been literally baptised by fire young leaders of the State are apparently not yet prepared to catch the bull by the horns. It is strange that across the spectrum
- Missing The 'Bengal Tiger' (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economist, Nov 19, 2005)
West Bengal urban development minister Ashok Bhattacharya obviously feels that playing the November 25th India-South Africa one-day international at the Eden Gardens without Sourav Ganguly would be like staging Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark!
- What About Our Right To Dissent? (Indian Express, JOHN THOMAS & NILANJANA SENGUPTA, Nov 19, 2005)
It is unfortunate that the peaceful protest staged by the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University during the prime minister’s visit has been portrayed by a section of the media as “disruption”.
- Natwar Singh's Name Not In "Original List" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Minister's name was first added by CIA-run survey group
The list was based on the documents leaked to al-Mada
Allegations totally escaped the attention of the Indian embassy in Washington
- 68 P.C. Polling In Byelection (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Voter turnout almost equal to that of 2004 figures
- Cbi Re-Registers Two 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Cases (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
The CBI on Friday re-registered two cases against "unknown persons" in connection with their alleged role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
- Minister Clean Chit To Volcker Firms (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
The Union company affairs minister, Mr Prem Chand Gupta, is of the opinion that those companies whose names have appeared in the Volcker Committee report, may not have violated the country’s company laws. “On the face of it, this does not seem possible,”
- Cbi Reopens ’84 Riot Cases (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
The CBI today registered two criminal cases related to the 1984 riots against “some unknown persons”, which were referred to it by the Union home ministry on the recommendation of the Nanavati Commission.
- Free By Design (Times of India, C V Aravind, Nov 19, 2005)
Our erudite and scholarly former information and broadcasting minister Jaipal Reddy is a concerned man. He has expressed concern that the press is fast losing credibility due to trivialisation, sensationalism and glamorisation.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal (Daily Excelsior, Abhijit Patwardhan, Nov 19, 2005)
Despite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh making light of the "reciprocity" argument on the US-India nuclear deal, seeming to indicate that the US interpretation of the roadmap was for a domestic constituency, US ambassador David Mulford on November 14 . . .
- Heightened Violence (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 18, 2005)
The attacks are to protest the change of leadership in Jammu and Kashmir
- Sonia Is A Woman Of Substance: Shatru (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
Saying Congress president Sonia Gandhi is a ‘one man army’ of her party, BJP veteran, former Union Minister and cine star Shatrughan Sinha waxed eloquent in praise of her, the Sangh Parivar’s main competitor.
- Nepal Oppn, Maoists Hold Delhi Durbar (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Nov 18, 2005)
Leaders of major Nepali Opposition parties are reportedly holding parleys with representatives of the banned Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in New Delhi, sources said.
- A Bomb Too Many (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Nov 18, 2005)
The attitude of the Indian left to the Iran question is suspect
- Volcker Probe Begins: Special Envoy Virendra Dayal Leaves For New York (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
The probe on the findings of the Volcker Committee report, which names former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh and the Congress party as non-contractual beneficiaries in the Iraqi oil-for-food programme, is gradually taking off with special envoy
- Clean, For A Change (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Nov 18, 2005)
This is the first time in a long while that the two leaders at the helm of government and party have a reputation that is squeaky clean, supported by inherent integrity and morality,
- The Yankee Nuclear Ayatollahs (Daily Excelsior, J N Raina, Nov 18, 2005)
India baiters in the US, ‘experts’ and Congressmen, have expectedly ganged up to scuttle the July 18 India-US civilian nuclear accord with members of the International Relations Committee warning the Bush administration against going ahead with the. . . .
- Campaign Ends For Final Phase Of Bihar Polling (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Nov 18, 2005)
Elections to 41 constituencies on November 19
- Left Pressure Prompted Change In Education Policy, Says Yechury (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
Left tells Government to maintain an independent foreign policy
- Why Salem's Case Is A Weak One (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
With our investigative agencies notorious putting up weak arguments againsts the culprits, e.g. Parliament attack case where Geelani went scot free, Pataudi case, Sanjay Dutt case, BMW case (if we still remember it), Jesica Lal case, Salman case, Fodder..
- Room Service, At Last (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 18, 2005)
If not too many people have heard of — or care about — the Great Eastern Hotel, they should
- U.S. Bird Flu Funds Stall As Virus Spreads In China (Reuters, Chris Buckley, Nov 18, 2005)
World health experts said they expected to see more human bird flu infections in China, even as the U.S. Congress stalled funding of President George W. Bush's plan to cope with a pandemic.
- Can It Cos Play One State Against Another? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Nov 18, 2005)
Every time an IT row breaks out, there is predictable fallout. The company in question threatens to walk out of the City. And, just as surely, rival states begin competing to woo the company with a slew of sops.
- Srinagar Blasts: Azad Says It’S An Act Of Sabotage (Indian Express, BASHAARAT MASOOD, Nov 18, 2005)
A day after a powerful car bomb blast rocked Srinagar’s busy street, killing four people and injuring over 50, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said it was an act of sabotage to hamper the ongoing peace process in the state.
- Days Of The Conspiracy Theorist (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 18, 2005)
A gentle winter has set in, warranting the appearance of woolens at Delhi’s garden parties. Musical concerts, plays, art exhibitions, film shows beckon at an ever increasing number of centres, halls, galleries.
- In Her Own Voice (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Nov 18, 2005)
Seven years ago Najma Heptullah had organised a tea party at her Akbar Road residence for Sonia Gandhi to interact with the media, her first meeting with the press after she came into public life.
- Blood Relations (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 18, 2005)
Politicians sometimes don’t mind making their followers shed blood to save their own skin. In such a dismal scenario,
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