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Articles 1621 through 1720 of 26693:
- `Gandhi Not Getting The Nobel Was The Biggest Omission' (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 17, 2006)
It's not often that you get candid admissions. Or that big institutions have got it wrong. A group of Indian journalists heard both at the headquarters of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the annual Nobel Peace Prize.
- Accord Terms Not Met, Says Sri Lankan Court (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 17, 2006)
Parliament is the competent body to legislate on merger, says verdict
- No Final Decision Yet On Obc Quota: Affidavit (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Oct 17, 2006)
Centre also rules out reservation for Muslims
- Dmk, Cpi(m) Discuss Chennai Violence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Say problems during the polls won't undermine ties
- Canada Sativa (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 17, 2006)
Before George W Bush’s War on Terror, there was Richard Nixon’s War on Drugs (“America’s public enemy No. 1,” he had said).
- Pm, Bush Discuss Nuke Deal On Phone (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Amid uncertainty over the fate of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, President George W Bush today called up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed the issue.
- Dmk Govt Foisting False Cases Against Aiadmk Men: Jaya (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Condemning the midnight arrest of AIADMK MLA P K Sekarbabu, party supremo Jayalalithaa today alleged that Tamil Nadu’s DMK government was "foisting false cases" against her party men.
- Voting On Guatemala, Venezuela Bid For Unsc Pushed To Second Day (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
After 10 rounds of voting failed to produce a winner, voting on Venezuela and Guatemala's bid for Latin America's open seat on the UN Security Council was pushed to Tuesday (Today).
- China Values Japan Kinship: Survey (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Over 75 per cent of Chinese citizens believe a good relationship with Japan is “important”, but 93.4 per cent insist that Tokyo must properly handle the Yasukuni Shrine issue to improve ties, according to a survey.
- Above Criticism? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 17, 2006)
Coming from any government functionary, it would sound odd, indeed ridiculous — more so when such a . . .
- S Africa, Indonesia Among Those Elected To Unsc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
South Africa, Indonesia, Belgium and Italy were today elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for a two-year term beginning January next year.
- Pakistan, A Paradise For Unregistered Foreigners (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 17, 2006)
Minister for Information & Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani has said that the Government is planning to initiate measures to help smaller groups join mainstream politics so that they could contribute their share in the democratic process.
- Bush Calls Up Pm; Discusses Civil Nuclear Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Amid uncertainty over the fate of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, President George W Bush today called up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed the issue.
- Rss Stands Willing To Strike But Is Afraid To Hurt (Deccan Herald, Deepak Upreti, Oct 17, 2006)
The RSS is willing to strike but afraid to hurt. Barring the ‘forced exit’ of L K Advani from the post of Party President last year, not much seemed to have moved in the BJP on the lines prescribed by the Nagpur outfit.
- Mangalore On Slow Boil (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Oct 17, 2006)
The prosperous Karnataka coastal district of Mangalore — generally referred to as a place where there’s a ready smile on every face — has a few scars to show for the communal tension that lurks below the surface of life in the district.
- Fundamental Principles Of Economics Can Be Written On One Page (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 17, 2006)
Milton Friedman concludes his essay in Lives of the Laureates by declaring that economics is `a fascinating discipline', arguing that its fundamental principles are so simple that they can be written on one page.
- Next Election In January 2008: (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Says Nawaz-BB alliance will give PML more votes
- Sc Seeks List Of Mps Not Allowed To Vote (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the government to provide a list of parliamentarians who were not allowed to caste votes during the parliamentary proceedings or were prevented from participating in other business over the past decade.
- Nobel For The Subcontinent (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2006)
The contours of what constitutes “peace” seem to be changing. Generally, it is only supposed to be the absence of “war”.
- Again On Values, And The Need For A Code (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
"The issue is not whether other newspapers in India are taking the high road, but whether The Hindu comes up to its own standards."
- When Hp Lost Its Way (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 16, 2006)
Large public companies receive public funds. Shareholders assume that the company is doing its best to use the money profitably and operates legally.
- Congress Trying To Dislodge My Government: Mulayam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
He wants Hardwar, Udham Singh Nagar restored to U.P.
- Seven Years And Counting (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 16, 2006)
On October 12, Pervez Musharraf celebrated seven years in power in Pakistan. But what does the future hold for him and his country?
- Life In Iran (Hindu, Robert Tait and Ewen MacAskill, Oct 16, 2006)
Ali's ambition shines through.
- Dark Days Of Reckoning In Afghanistan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 16, 2006)
I was invited to Afghanistan to take part in the Martyr Day ceremonies on September 9, which coincided with the death anniversary of Ahmed Shah Masood, better known as the Lion of Panjsheer.
- Coalition Politics (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Oct 16, 2006)
The Congress President, Sonia Gandhi, has hinted that "The present political situation is pregnant with many possibilities." She did not spell out the nature of possibilities she had in mind.
- Heed It (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 16, 2006)
It is high time that Pakistan took seriously the advice proffered by the United States on stopping terrorism in this country as a whole and the State in particular.
- Consensus On Delimitation (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2006)
Thursday’s all-party meeting convened by the Centre has rightly asked the government to hold the 2009 general election on the basis of the redrawn constituencies by the Delimitation Commission headed by Justice Kuldip Singh.
- Nepal Govt, Rebels Peace Talks End With No Result (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Oct 16, 2006)
Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and Maoist rebel chief Prachanda failed once again on Sunday to bridge key differences in their crucial peace talks, negotiators said.
- Nam Change, Anyone? (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 16, 2006)
On the eve of the NAM summit in Havana, that Vatican of anti-Americanism, go to Google and see how many cities in the entire world still have a boulevard, or a landmark named after Tito.
- Elusive Right? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 16, 2006)
It is a matter of deep regret that the pace of implementation of the Right of Information Act in the State is extremely slow.
- Declaration Of Independents (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Oct 16, 2006)
Madhu Koda has got off to a hectic start.
- Ban At The Un (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2006)
The South Korean Foreign Minister, Mr Ban Ki-Moon, has ultimately made it to the United Nations as its Secretary-General.
- Crash And Re-Boot (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 16, 2006)
The polls go up, the polls go down and there are still more than three weeks to go: time for any amount of sleaze or terror to influence the voters.
- Wrong Track (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 16, 2006)
When Union Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav set up a new inquiry committee to probe what really happened in coach S-6 of Sabarmati Express that day in Godhra 2002, this paper expressed its scepticism.
- Second Phase Relatively Peaceful (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
The second phase of local body elections in Chennai's suburbs on Sunday was relatively peaceful.
- Two Candidates Joined Dmk On Their Own, Says Veerasamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
DMK, AIADMK cross swords over "defection" of candidates
- Polling In Tiruchi Corporation Areas Peaceful (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
AIADMK candidate's car catches fire near polling station; scuffle between DMK and MMK cadres Tiruchi recorded an average polling of 60 per cent
- The Dargah Atop Dolphin Hills (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
It's a small miracle overlooking the blue Bay of Bengal. Situated close to the Dolphin Hills lighthouse, the `Aastana Hazrat Baba Syed Tajuddin Shah Quadri' dargah is a story of peace and faith dating back to the 13th century.
- Investors' Confidence In Commodities Market Picking Up Fast, Says . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
ASSOCHAM survey covers 240 market players in seven cities
- Oscar Mein Rang (Times of India, SHARMISTHA GOOPTU, Oct 16, 2006)
Rang de Basanti, a film that generated controversy at the time of its release for being anti-state and anti-democracy, has been nominated as India's official entry to the Oscars in the foreign film category.
- Cpi(m) Charge Against Dmk (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , Oct 16, 2006)
"It unleashed violence during phase I"
- Conspiracy Exposed (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 16, 2006)
The ham-handed attempt of the UPA Government to controvert the basic facts of the Godhra carnage in February 2002, in which a coach of Sabarmati Express packed with Hindu pilgrims was set ablaze by a Muslim mob, has come a cropper, with the Gujarat . . .
- Ideological Bankruptcy (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Oct 16, 2006)
Using a 30-year-old slogan to win votes shows the Congress is going backward, not forward,says Ajoy Bose
- Gas Leak Near Bhopal, Nearly 500 People Affected (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Nearly 500 people complained of burning eyes and nausea in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday after allegedly inhaling toxic gas, the source of which remains unknown.
- Unity Of Formand Content (News International, Prof Khwaja Masud, Oct 16, 2006)
There can be no form without content and there can be no content without form. One cannot exist without the other.
- Getting Out Of Iraq (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 16, 2006)
The new UK army chief’s remarks about a British withdrawal from Iraq “soon” have caused a political storm across the Atlantic, even though Gen Richard Dannatt said nothing that could be called dramatic.
- Liaquat & The Objectives Resolution (Dawn, Sharif al Mujahid, Oct 16, 2006)
Jinnah’s “right hand man” and heir apparent — that’s how Liaquat Ali Khan is often referred to, and rightly too.
- ‘Realignment’ Of Political Forces Augers Well (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has admitted that a “realignment of political forces before the 2007 general election” is in the offing. He said so to various editors and senior columnists in Karachi because he wants the message to go down loud and clear.
- Aiadmk's Writ Plea Hides Its Illegal Activities: Dmk (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Party general secretary files counter in High Court
- Congress, Ncp To Go Alone In Local Polls (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
The Congress and Nationalist Congress Party, partners in Maharashtra’s ruling alliance, will contest forthcoming elections to local self-government bodies in the state independently.
- Farooq Abdullah Must Be Arrested, Says Bjp (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
The BJP in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday demanded the arrest of former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah under the Public Safety Act, a law invoked for terrorists or their sympathisers in the State.
- Nuclear Dominos (News International, Nasim Zehra, Oct 16, 2006)
analyst and adjunct professor at SAIS Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC
- Unsc Must Act Against N Korea: Ban (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Sharply criticising the North Korean nuclear tests earlier this week, United Nations Secretary General-designate Ban Ki Moon has asked the world community to send out a “very strong, unified and clear” message to Pyongyang so that it would not . . .
- 'Eligibility Norms Will Limit Options For Ec Jobs' (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
The UPA government has told the Delhi high court that the present system of selection and appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and other members of the Election Commission could not be disturbed by laying down any rigid or specific . . .
- In Search Of Rock Bottom (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Oct 16, 2006)
Incidents of past few weeks - from daily killings in Iraq to nuclear tests in North Korea - indicate the world is today a much more dangerous place
- ‘Clinton’S N-Hoax Forced Pakistan To End Kargil War’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
A former Pakistan foreign official has accused the Clinton administration of playing a “hoax” to put “pressure” on Islamabad to withdraw its troops and end the 1999 Kargil conflict with India.
- Beur Jail: Where Tainted Babus Cool Their Heels (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
When Madhepura District Magistrate Hemchandra Jha (now suspended) was sent to Beur Jail on Saturday on corruption charges, he became the second district magistrate in the last two years to be put behind bars for financial irregularities.
- Banker To The Poor (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 16, 2006)
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has gone to someone who made microcredit his mantra and strove diligently to give the forgotten their dignity.
- On The Consequences Of Our Actions (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
‘People don’t believe in consequences anymore’.
- Rethink Tolling (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 16, 2006)
There’s better road-pricing technology, use it
- State Of The India-Eu Dialogue (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 16, 2006)
Where do Brussels and New Delhi go from here? Will the "advancement" of bilateral relations be in the garb of a free trade arrangement or take the form of a wider CECA?
- When The Dark Horse Wins (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
For some she was the dark horse who won the derby, while others wondered whether new talent is in danger of being overexposed. Michelle Pauli does a roundup of media reports in the event of Kiran Desai’s Booker win.
- Ban Ki-Moon New U.N. Chief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
He urges Council to adopt a strong resolution on sanctions against North Korea
- The Centre Cannot Hold (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 15, 2006)
Take a look at the broad thrust of headlines in India's national dailies on any representative day, and you will find a litany on lawlessness, crime, terrorism, disease, corruption, core shortages, and the ambience of a headlong hurtling towards disorder.
- Turkish Delight (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 15, 2006)
Orhan Pamuk starts his novel Snow with the Stendhal quote: “Politics in a literary work are a pistol-shot in the middle of a concert, a crude affair, though one impossible to ignore.
- Yunus Says Bangladesh's New Found Unity Must Extend To . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
The nation rejoices the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the "banker to the poor"
- Central Districts Geared Up For Second Phase Of Polls (Hindu, Syed Muthahar Saqaf, Oct 15, 2006)
429 candidates in the fray in 60-ward Tiruchi Corporation.
- Limited Aims (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 15, 2006)
The all-party resolve to have the 2009 general elections held on the basis of fresh delimitation of constituencies should return sanity to discussion on a slew of political reforms.
- Bank On Peace (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 15, 2006)
By awarding this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank, the prize committee has attempted a new definition of what constitutes ‘peace’.
- Security Scaled Up For Phase Ii Of Local Body Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
Over 225 booths in and around Chennai "sensitive"
- Violence Planned By Aiadmk: Karunanidhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
"This time it was less compared to 2001 polls"
- Nobelity 2006: Versatility Of The Genius (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
In a country born in 1971 after a war of independence and with much of its history strewn with coups and natural disasters, some hoped the Nobel Peace Prize – the first in any category for a Bangladeshi – would help usher in a less troubled future.
- Rice: Global Warming Hits Productivity (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Oct 15, 2006)
In what may emerge as a big threat to the food security in future, scientists have found early evidences of how global warming and climatic changes are impacting rice productivity in the vast swathes of Asia including India.
- Bribery’S Dividends (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 15, 2006)
A futile trip to the police station to report a wallet picked, an agonising struggle to get a babu to issue me a new licence, a ten-rupee bribe to a bus ticket inspector for a wrongly issued ticket. Little wonder India is topping the bribery charts.
- At The Centre Of Status Quo (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Oct 15, 2006)
That an exercise of what should be pure arithmetic can become a point of bitter contention proves that nothing in the subcontinent can be kept above or beyond political manoeuvres.
- Power Of Freedom (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 15, 2006)
The Nobel Prize for literature, along with that for peace, has never failed to grab more headline and news space than that for medicine, science or economics.
- Conformist In Korea (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Oct 15, 2006)
In open defiance of global non-proliferation norms, North Korea has tested its nuclear bomb. In sending out a signal that it is not willing to step back despite the certainty of global ostracism, North Korea has stood true to its character.
- Nepal Govt, Rebels Try To Overcome Rift Before Talks (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
Nepali government negotiators and Maoist rebels raced against time to overcome rifts in their peace process on Sunday, hours before a meeting between Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and rebel leader Prachanda.
- To Hang Afzal Guru Or Not To Hang? (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Oct 15, 2006)
The question is not whether to hang Afzal Guru or not to hang. The question is what are the basic issues that the various mutually contending parties are trying to debate or pretending to debate?
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