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Articles 13721 through 13820 of 16899:
- Boost To Ties Likely (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jun 29, 2005)
AS Prime Minister Manmohan Singh prepares for his meeting with President George W. Bush at the White House next month, expectations are high that the summit will spawn an array of agreements on defence, civilian space and nuclear cooperation.
- A Tidal Wave Of Optimism (Japan Times, TOM PLATE, Jun 29, 2005)
Talk about an ocean of optimism! Here's a positive current for you if there ever was one: A close friend -- whom I dub The Very Successful Korean-American Businessman (VSKAB),
- Where’S The Party? (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jun 29, 2005)
Although the BJP is the party experiencing turmoil, the Congress should seriously begin to worry about its own future.
- New Kerala Pcc Chief (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2005)
The appointment of 49-year-old Ramesh Chennithala as president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
- `Need To Reform Muslim Personal Law' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2005)
Imrana episode a case in point: Jaitley
- Ysr Seeks Forces To Pursue Naxalites (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2005)
Chief Minister addresses Inter-State Council meet; wants more funds to tackle extremists
- Political Exigency (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 28, 2005)
The Left parties would like to be ready to pursue the third front option in national politics
- Succour For Africa In Four Easy Pieces (Deccan Herald, Jeffrey D Sachs, Jun 28, 2005)
America should double aid to African countries to alleviate poverty and control diseases
- Advani"s Unsecular Folly (Deccan Herald, M Veerappa Moily, Jun 28, 2005)
While Advani may have praised Jinnah for being secular, it is obvious that the converse was indeed true
- Today's Editorial: Dumb Charade (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 28, 2005)
The Left is angry, yet again. This time they have decided to sit out of UPA-Left coordination meetings.
- Walk Together (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 28, 2005)
IF the intention of the four left parties, led by the CPM, was to shake the United Progressive Alliance out of its complacency, then the comrades have made their point.
- Cracks In Orissa's Ruling Alliance? (Hindu, PRAFULLA DAS, Jun 28, 2005)
The Posco deal is only the latest in a series of decisions taken by Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik that have caused resentment in the BJP.
- No Free Power Link To Farmers' Suicides (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jun 28, 2005)
Despite a strongly held belief to the contrary, Maharashtra's farmers have never demanded free power. And the suicides in Vidharbha were certainly not linked to this issue.
- Missing Coordinates (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 28, 2005)
It’s an unspectacular breakdown. Nobody is taken aback by Sunday’s decision by parties of the Left to withdraw from coordination mechanisms with the UPA government.
- Rural Poor In Mind, Pm Reduces Growth Target (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2005)
Taking an apparent dig at his predecessor Vajpayee, Manmohan Singh said growth rate during the first 3 years of Tenth Plan was below the target.
- Probe Panel Gives Clean Chit To Deuba (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2005)
The former PM will remain under detention till he is cleared in a second corruption charge involving millions.
- At Loggerheads With Left (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 28, 2005)
That the congress and the Left parties are not the best of political bedfellows was never in doubt.
- No Going Back On Irrigation Projects, Ysr Tells Ndc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2005)
State Government to complete pending projects
- Marooned In Their Myths (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jun 27, 2005)
The Bengali bhadralok and their idées fixe are not easily parted.
- Today's Editorial: How Many Bjps? (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 27, 2005)
How many BJPs are there? Too many, for any accurate count.
- Is Gujarat Up There In Governance? (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Jun 27, 2005)
The Gujarat Government has been going to town claiming to be the "best governed State" on the basis of a supposed accolade by the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF),
- Ethics And Mps (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Jun 27, 2005)
It may be a bit late, but a new ethics panel to screen parliamentarians is a good idea.
- Divestment: Peeved Left Not To Attend Upa Meets (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
The Left leaders feel the government’s decision to disinvest from profit-making PSUs like BHEL amounts to violating the UPA’s common minimum programme.
- Why Did Krishna Return The Dance Bar Ordinance? (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Jun 27, 2005)
Publicly the Congress may be all for the ban, but it would be happy to see the NCP humiliated and egg on young Patil's face.
- Cong Still On Nazi Path: Advani (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
While reliving the dark days of Emergency, Leader of Opposition L K Advani said the verdict of the 1977 general elections put paid to Congress’ designs.
- Bumpy Road Ahead For Upa Government (Hindu, K. V. PRASAD, Jun 27, 2005)
The Congress-led Government will have to enlist support from the Left on all issues. The Left has decided it is time to send a strong message — they will not brook any "serious violation" of the Common Minimum Programme
- Left Suspends Coordination Meetings (Hindu, K. V. PRASAD, Jun 27, 2005)
"Perturbed" over UPA Government's decision on BHEL, parties say NCMP is not honoured
- Advani Warns Against Mindset In Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
Karnataka unit of BJP launches `Save Democracy' campaign
- Kashmir: A New Perspective (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Jun 27, 2005)
Despite the unfortunate controversy between New Delhi and Islamabad regarding the travel of Hurriyat leaders beyond Azad Kashmir, the two-week visit of the nine-member Hurriyat delegation has been a positive development for the resolution of the Kashmir..
- The Upa-Left Honeymoon Is Over (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 27, 2005)
The decision of the Left parties to suspend participation in the committee for coordination with the United Progressive Alliance should cause no surprise to those who have closely followed the issues of discord centring on economic policy.
- Us Determined To Stay The Course (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jun 27, 2005)
Americans have started seeing in the Iraqi sands a “quagmire” but Bush is determined to carry on regardless
- Not By Quota (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 27, 2005)
The Andhra Pradesh government’s decision to promulgate an ordinance providing for five per cent reservations for Muslims in government jobs and educational institutions is an unwise move and is unlikely to benefit the Muslim community in the long run.
- Call Them Illegal, But They're Also Heroic (Japan Times, DOMENICO MACERI, Jun 26, 2005)
Santa Maria, Calif. -- "Being that you are an alleged expert in language, you should know the difference between legal and illegal," the reader stated in his e-mail, as he reacted angrily to one of my articles on immigration.
- Another Vietnam (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 26, 2005)
PRESIDENT Bush has refused to set a timetable for withdrawal of US troops from Iraq because ‘it would allow Iraqi insurgents to wait us out’. Speaking at a joint Press conference with the visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari at the White House
- Outcome Of Iranian Elections (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 26, 2005)
Tehran mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has obtained a clear majority in the run-off presidential elections in Iran. Despite some complaints of voter intimidation, aides of veteran leader Akbar Hashmi Rafsanjani have conceded his defeat.
- Borrowing To Fund Welfare Schemes To Continue: Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
The Congress Government will not hesitate to borrow any amount to implement the welfare schemes for the poor and farmers to honour the priorities it has set for the growth of Andhra Pradesh, the Chief Minister, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, said here on Saturda
- Maoists Gun Down Another Congress Leader (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
In continuing naxalite violence, the CPI (Maoist) gunned down another Congress leader, Nagarimadugu Ramakrishna Reddy (52),
- Centre's Policies Harming Farmers, Says Deve Gowda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Demands `people-friendly' measures
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- Reliving History That None Dare Repeat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
‘Freedom hijacked’: On the morning of June 26, 1975, the nation awoke to the realisation that in the silence of the previous midnight the state had hijacked its democratic rights. Three decades later, BJP president L K Advani relives the dark days of Emer
- Congress Still Continuing With Emergency Mindset, Says Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
"They are averse to any kind of opposition, which is very dangerous for democracy"
- Nda Steps Up Offensive Against Upa Over Bihar Assembly Dissolution (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Mr Arun Jaitley accused the Congress-RJD-Paswan alliance of being responsible for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.
- Gandhi’S Bad Faith (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Jun 26, 2005)
Gandhi returned to Indian politics in 1915. While trying to understand his politics, we should bear in mind that he was forty-six years old and had been an NRI for nearly a quarter of a century.
- Advani A Nationalist Leader, Says Naqvi (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Jun 26, 2005)
June has been an eventful month for the BJP. It had to tackle the “Jinnah Ghost” following its president L.K. Advani’s remarks in Pakistan.
- Lost Energy (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jun 26, 2005)
Here's a Prediction : At some point -- maybe 10 years from now, maybe 20 -- the energy bill currently wending its way through the Senate will be seen as an enormously significant lost opportunity.
- New Deal Between Beijing, Hong Kong (Japan Times, FRANK CHING, Jun 26, 2005)
Almost two years ago, on July 1, 2003, well over half a million people marched through the streets of Hong Kong to protest against a national-security bill that they feared threatened their rights and freedoms.
- Timesdiary: Is Lalu Turning Red? (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 25, 2005)
It is no secret that RJD boss Lalu Prasad is a big admirer of the Left Front government in neighbouring Bengal, which has administered the state continuously since 1977.
- Dabhol Re-Powered (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 25, 2005)
If There are no further hitches, the 740 MW Dabhol power plant on Maharashtra's Konkan coast should once again begin generating by the end of 2005, under new owners.
- Emergency’S Reality Czech (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jun 25, 2005)
A second trip to Prague provokes a second thought on Emergency: why do we forget the strangling of our economic freedom?
- Scars Of Emergency (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 25, 2005)
Some scars do not go away. They remind a nation of the rough period it has gone through.
- Layers Of History (Japan Times, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jun 25, 2005)
The histories of Indian cities are contained in the names of their streets and squares.
- The Leader Article: Left With No Alternative (Times of India, KINGSHUK MUKHERJI, Jun 25, 2005)
In sweeping the civic polls in West Bengal, the CPM has proved a point — a fractious Opposition will never dislodge it from power.
- Emergency: Memories Of The Dark Midnight (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jun 25, 2005)
Indira Gandhi, on the night of June 25, 1975, took away, in one stroke, what her father had pledged his countrymen 28 years before at the dawn of Independence.
- No Easy Fix For Reapportionment Wrongs (Japan Times, BOB KEEFE, Jun 25, 2005)
Among the issues that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will take to a special referendum election next fall is that of reapportionment. Specifically,
- If The Wind Comes From An Empty Cave, It's Not Without A Reason" (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 25, 2005)
Three banks have received the RBI's (Reserve Bank of India) nod for crossing over the Great Wall, and now they are waiting in line for approval at the `Red' end. When Allahabad Bank,
- That Long Night Of Knives (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 24, 2005)
When India’s democratic structure was shaken to its roots
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- Jinnah : A Victim Of Hatred? (Tribune, Harjinder Singh Tangri, Jun 24, 2005)
How long shall we continue dubbing Mohammad Ali Jinnah a villain of the story of struggle for freedom with the contempt he doesn’t deserve? We Indians and Pakistanis are very poor students of history.
- Left, Congress Drift Apart (Tribune, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Jun 24, 2005)
The period since the United Progressive Alliance has been in office has witnessed unremitting rhetoric from the National Democratic Alliance that prevented it from playing the role of Opposition that takes a critical look at policy and legislative . . .
- Tweaking The Line On Pakistan (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jun 24, 2005)
The UPA-NDA exchanges on the dialogue process with Pakistan are no sudden eruption.
- Changing The Image (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 24, 2005)
GUANTANAMO Bay is getting a lot of attention lately. Some of it isn’t necessarily good. The Bush administration is now in high gear trying to change the public perception of the prison
- Moving Towards Closer Integration (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 24, 2005)
The sixth session of the Sri Lanka-India Joint Commission, held in Colombo recently, has taken the bilateral relationship to an enhanced level — well on the way to closer integration of the two countries and economies.
- Whose Metro Is It Anyway? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jun 24, 2005)
Some months ago, Metro rail’s head made a presentation in Bangalore. When the speech ended, an elderly man stood up in the crowd:
- Captain’S Faux Pas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 24, 2005)
The Congress knew it would be impossible to defend what Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had done and has quickly accepted that his presence in a Canadian gurdwara known to be the hub of separatists was a “genuine mistake”.
- The Leader Article: Cast For A New Coalition: In Up, Mayawati Aims For Dalit-Brahmin Alliance (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 23, 2005)
Icons define identity politics. Each political movement creates its own icons. They represent the ideology of the movement.
- Price Of Division (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 23, 2005)
Election results in Left Front-ruled West Bengal seldom, if ever, go beyond the expected.
- Switching Places (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 23, 2005)
L K Advani's image has traditionally been a hardline one while A B Vajpayee has been the moderate face of the BJP,
- Behold The Real Jinnah (Indian Express, Anupam Gupta, Jun 23, 2005)
Described by one of his leading biographers, Stanley Wolpert,
- The Political Blame-Game (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 23, 2005)
With the Ambani brothers burying the hatchet after their mother announced a patch-up formula, stock market indices zoomed,
- Left Wave Sweeps Through Urban Areas Too (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Jun 23, 2005)
The recent emphasis on urban development seems to have paid off for the Left Front in the Kolkata civic polls.
- Protests Against Posco Pact (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2005)
Opposition parties against clause in MoU that allows export of iron ore from Orissa
- Where We Stand In Bush's America (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
Carroll du Chateau asks the ambassador to the US how he's getting on with the coveted free trade deal.
- Nepal Slips Back To Medieval Rule (New Zealand Herald, Justin Huggler, Jun 22, 2005)
The King of Nepal has just seized absolute power, sacked the entire Government and put the country's Prime Minister under house arrest.
- Bush Agrees To Sell F-16s To Pakistan, India Uneasy (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
Texas - President Bush has agreed to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan in a major policy shift rewarding a key ally in the war on terrorism and angering its nuclear neighbor, India.
- Nepal King Says Defending Democracy, Phones Cut (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
Nepal's King Gyanendra said on Friday he took power to protect democracy from Maoist rebels and political instability,
- India Urges Opening Retailing To Foreigners (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
- Indian Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said on Sunday that foreign direct investment must be allowed in the . . .
- Iraq’S Continuing Travails (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Jun 22, 2005)
Speaking in his weekly radio broadcast US President George Bush said on Saturday that pulling out of Iraq now is not an option.
- Rise Of A ‘moderate’ Advani? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jun 22, 2005)
Ever since Lal Krishna Advani began attracting flak for his comments in Karachi on Mohammad Ali Jinnah,
- Riding On Oil (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 22, 2005)
The story of oil price hikes in India is as tedious as a tale told many times over. Political parties refuse to accept the simple premise that changes in the domestic prices of petrol and diesel should reflect global oil prices.
- Tiff Over Bhel (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Jun 22, 2005)
In the coming months, tension between the Congress and the communist parties is expected to exacerbate,
- The Lost Chances Of History (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2005)
Author of Constitutional law of India and former attorney general, the late H.M. Seervai, has provided an interesting account of Jinnah’s role in Partition.
- Middle: Pakistan A British Creation (Times of India, K. Subrahmanyam, Jun 22, 2005)
According to popular folklore both in India and Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah created Pakistan after he went back on acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan and when Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel,
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