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Articles 1821 through 1920 of 26693:
- Politics Of Justice (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 13, 2006)
Following the Supreme Court judgement establishing criteria for consideration and rejection of mercy petitions of convicts on death row, the instant assessment is that this signals finis for Mohammad Afzal Guru, the mastermind of the December . . .
- Reliance Is India’S Most Valuable Company (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has ousted ONGC as India’s most valuable company.
- And Nobels For All (Indian Express, RAVI VYAS, Oct 13, 2006)
October is the time of the year when old and memorable scholars and writers (or their secretaries) sit by their mobiles like so many politicians awaiting a cabinet reshuffle.
- Dharavi Makeover: Deshmukh Won’T Wait For Slumdwellers’ Ok (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Vexed by delays in a slew of projects under the Vision Mumbai plan, the Maharashtra government is likely to skip taking the consent of the 52,000 families eligible for rehabilitation in the Rs 10,000-cr Dharavi redevelopment programme.
- Towards An Inclusive Globalisation (Hindu, Manmohan Singh , Oct 13, 2006)
Globalisation has not removed personal and regional income disparities. The gap between the rich and the poor is widening. We need a new global vision that ensures the gains from globalisation are more widely shared.
- Populism Is Not Progress (Deccan Herald, B K Chandrashekar, Oct 13, 2006)
The Belgaum ‘special session’ and the government inspired Karnataka bundh was part of a partly successful game plan .
- Nris Feel Justice Must Prevail In Afzal's Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
In the midst of the controversy over award of death sentence to Mohammad Afzal convicted in Parliament attack case, a sizeable number of Indian Americans feel that justice and the rule of law must not be sacrificed at the altar of sheer expediency . . .
- Dyeing Industries In Komarapalayam Kill Cauvery (Hindu, Karthik Madhavan, Oct 13, 2006)
Effluents from different parts of the town flow to poison the river
- Marad Shocks (Frontline, R Krishnakumar, Oct 13, 2006)
The report on the communal killings rocks the Congress-led front, which was in power at that time.
- Belgaum Again (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Oct 13, 2006)
Karnataka sends out a clear message to Maharashtra and the Centre that the State stands unified on the border issue.
- Marathi Response (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Oct 13, 2006)
Maharashtra reasserts its position on Belgaum as Karnataka decides to make the city an alternative State capital.
- Landmark Order (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Oct 13, 2006)
The Supreme Court's historic judgment on police reforms is our best bet to transform the way our police force functions.
- Afzal Must Not Hang (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 13, 2006)
India's justice delivery system will undermine its own credibility if Mohammed Afzal, accused in the Parliament attack case, is hanged.
- Vote On N Korea Sanctions Delayed (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
China and Russia have delayed a vote on a new UN resolution, drafted by the US, that calls for sanctions on North Korea over its claimed nuclear test.
- Battling Extremism (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 13, 2006)
Yet again, President Musharraf has said all the right things about the dangers of extremism to this country's existence and wellbeing.
- Friday Feature: Message Of Eternal Guidance (Dawn, Dr Fazlur Rahman, Oct 13, 2006)
The Quranic demands are five-fold.
- Stranger’S Tales (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 13, 2006)
Reading this engaging book brought to mind Graham Greene’s comment that if he wanted to be understood or understand, he would have bamboozled himself into belief.
- Free To Hate (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 13, 2006)
The internet is a potentially lawless terrain.
- Regulate, Don't Outlaw: Let Knowledge Economy Prosper (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 13, 2006)
When the law of the land fails to keep pace with the dynamics of a fast-growing economy, the result can be criminalisation of a whole lot of wholly legitimate activity.
- N Korea's N-Test Complicates Indo-Us Nuke Deal (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
North Korea's nuclear test has complicated the implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, with a bill on the agreement set to come up in the lame duck session of the Senate that gets underway in about four weeks.
- Court To Farmers’ Rescue (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2006)
Farmers’ suicide has become a larger issue. Ideally, the Supreme Court should have asked the Union and state governments about the alarming number of suicides by farmers in various parts of the country.
- Sonia To Resume Tours, Halt Party Dissent (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Oct 13, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi is going to resume her public programmes in various states after a prolonged gap, in a clear effort to rejuvenate the otherwise listless and faction-ridden party organisation.
- Pdp’S Shoaib Lone Joins Cong Seva Dal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
The People’s Democrative Party (PDP) suffered a setback today when Mr Shoaib Lone, an independent MLA, joined the Congress Seva Dal as an associate member here and praised Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
- Pak Army Is Nation’S Largest Business Conglomerate (Tribune, RAHUL BEDI, Oct 13, 2006)
The US may be talking of the gradual democratisation of Pakistan, but the country’s army may be in no mood to relinquish power given its proliferating commercial interests.
- Nepal Panel Questions Gyanendra (Telegraph, J. HEMANTH, Oct 13, 2006)
King Gyanendra today was questioned by a commission probing his alleged role in the suppression of the pro-democracy movement in April this year.
- Mind The Gap Between Musharraf’S Words And Deeds (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 13, 2006)
On the eve of the 7th anniversary of his coup — after he promised he would go at the end of 2004 — President-General Pervez Musharraf says he wants every Pakistani to embrace “moderation” like him.
- Apollo: On A Roll (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Oct 13, 2006)
Tyre companies faced a tough environment in the September quarter. Natural rubber prices reached a high of Rs 106-107 a kg, twice the levels seen in the previous year.
- Staggering Death Toll In Iraq War (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 13, 2006)
A new study has contended that nearly 655 thousand Iraqis have died because of the US invasion of the oil rich country. The study by Dr Gilbert Burham of the Johns Hopkims Bloomberg School has opted to calculate the casualty figures on the basis of house
- Moderation Versus Extremism (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 13, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has urged the liberal and moderate sections of society to galvanise in order to stem the growing wave of extremism in the country.
- Net Exam Not To Be Scraped (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Oct 12, 2006)
Less than six months after it announced that candidates with an M.Phil or a Ph.D. degree would be exempt from clearing the National Eligibility Test (NET), the University Grants Commission is all set to revert back to the selection criteria for . . .
- I Am Against Terrorism, Says Musharraf (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 12, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that he was "against terrorism and the Mumbai blasts were a terrorist act. Whether it is Mumbai, the attack on the Indian Parliament, it is terrorism. Pakistan deplores it, I am against it."
- Failure To Learn (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 12, 2006)
It seems that government organisations and agencies in this country have made it a point to not learn anything from the past.
- Reservations About Quotas For Women On Boards (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Oct 12, 2006)
With women matching up to men in every walk of life, the crutch of reservation on company boards is not warranted.
- Veiled Threat (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 12, 2006)
Scarcely has a request ever evoked such an overwhelming sense of gratitude among those to whom it was not made.
- No Place To Hide (Times of India, Lalit Mohan, Oct 12, 2006)
The nilgai that strayed across the tarmac at the Delhi airport a few weeks ago had no business to be there, or anywhere else for that matter.
- Clemency Powers: Sc Warns Executive (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Oct 12, 2006)
In a stern reminder to the Executive of its constitutional responsibility in exercising the power of pardon to convicted persons, Supreme Court today warned the Central and state governments against recommending clemency petitions on political, . . .
- Demystifying Defence (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 12, 2006)
Why should a Bofors, Scorpene, Sukhoi or Barak excite the national imagination? Underlying the disproportionate sense of outrage over corruption in defence deals is a flawed assumption: That our national interest is best protected by a state armed . . .
- No Parallel Between N. Korean And Indian Nuclear Ambitions: Us (Tribune, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Oct 12, 2006)
The United States, like its close ally Britain, has refused to draw a parellel between the nuclear programmes of North Korea and India and lauded New Delhi as a "responsible actor" in the field of non-proliferation.
- Atomic Adolescent (New Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Oct 12, 2006)
India was quick in its condemnation of North Korea’s nuclear test on Monday.
- Manmohan Calls For "Inclusive Globalisation" (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 12, 2006)
University of Cambridge awards him honorary degree of Doctor of Law
- Blair's Long Goodbye (Frontline, Hasan Suroor, Oct 12, 2006)
At the annual Labour Party conference Prime Minister Tony Blair signals that he will step down in a year's time.
- N Korea's N-Test Complicates Indo-Us Nuke Deal (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
North Korea's nuclear test has complicated the implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, with a bill on the agreement set to come up in the lame duck session of the Senate that gets underway in about four weeks.
- Cong Men Hang On To The Bolero, Dump Jeep In Up (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
For the Congress, it has been a season of reviving old traditions. First, the Central government decided it was sage to give Garibi Hatao a new lease of life, in the process inducing instant recall of an era when the succinct ‘Wo kehte hain Indira Hatao..
- Bill To Rename Uttaranchal Tabled In Assembly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
The Narain Dutt Tiwari Government placed the much- talked about Bill to rename Uttaranchal as Uttarakhand in the Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday, taking the renaming process a step further.
- Human Rights Versus Section 377 (Hindu, Anil Divan, Oct 12, 2006)
India must march in step with other democracies in removing legal restrictions on sexual orientation. With Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises homosexuality, posing a threat to public health by impeding programmes for the . . .
- Musharraf Cites Bhindranwale's Killing (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 12, 2006)
`Likewise, I will not allow Pakistan's writ to be challenged'
- Defeat Extremists At Next Year’S Elections: (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Oct 12, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday urged the nation to vote for moderates in next year’s general elections.
- Fernandes Threatens Stir (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Oct 12, 2006)
He says "a game, a tamasha and a natak" had been started against him.
- Polling Peaceful In Madurai Central By-Election, 70 Per Cent Turnout (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Oct 12, 2006)
AIADMK candidate seeks re-poll in two booths alleging bogus voting
- Politics Can’T Be The Factor In Pardon: Sc (Indian Express, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Oct 12, 2006)
Amidst the clamour over the mercy plea for Mohammed Afzal, ordered to be hanged for his role in the December 2001 Parliament attack case, the Supreme Court today made it clear that maintenance of the rule of law, and not political expediency, should . . .
- Quality Of Mercy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 12, 2006)
This is not the first time the Supreme Court has reviewed the executive’s constitutional power to grant pardon or remission of sentence.
- North Korea's N-Test Could Complicate Indo-Us Nuclear Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
North Korea's nuclear test has complicated the implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, with a bill on the agreement set to come up in the lame duck session of the Senate that gets underway in about four weeks.
- Manmohan Calls For New Global Vision (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
Over a year after being honoured with a doctorate by Oxford University, Cambridge University bestowed upon Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Doctor of Law degree here today.
- Friendless In Chennai (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Oct 12, 2006)
Nearly six months after the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, the state is in election mode again. Yesterday the Madurai by-election took place, and elections to the local bodies will be in full swing tomorrow and the day after.
- Neoliberal Approach To Education (Frontline, VENKATESH ATHREYA, Oct 12, 2006)
The 11th Plan draft approach paper sees education not as a human right but as an instrument to enhance growth rates.
- Upa's Mid-Term Report Card (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
The UPA's record of achievement is a case of two steps forward and a giant step backward.
- Killer Asbestos (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
A report on the health of workers at the Alang ship-breaking yard points to the need to ban asbestos.
- Shadow Of Iraq (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Oct 12, 2006)
The coming elections to the U.S. Congress will determine whether the Bush administration's Iraq policy has found favour with the people.
- Siamese Tragedy (Frontline, WALDEN BELLO, Oct 12, 2006)
The coup in Thailand is the culmination of a slide caused by the political bankruptcy of civilian rule and accelerated by IMF prescriptions.
- Environmental Apathy (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 12, 2006)
It now appears the government will miss the November 1 deadline for introducing ethanol-blended petrol, even though that was also a postponed deadline.
- J&k Hc Surprised Over Inaction Of Public Service Commission ........ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
Expressing surprise over the inaction of the Public Service Commission (PSC) in implementing the court orders for completing the process of selection of 244 Assistant Surgeons, Jammu and Kashmir High Court has issued notice to the Chairman of PSA to . . .
- Paswan Torpedoes Congress Gameplan For Bihar By-Poll (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Oct 12, 2006)
Ahead of the Lok Sabha by-polls in Bihar and Jharkhand, attempts by the Congress to broker a peace between two crucial stakeholders - Cabinet Ministers Lalu Prasad and Ramvilas Paswan - has come a cropper. Adding to the confusion is the Left's . . .
- Open Societies Like India More Vulnerable To Terrorism: Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
Observing that open societies like India are more vulnerable to terrorism, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today said the scourge must be fought without losing the openness or the rule of law that guarantees the freedom of an individual.
- Looming War Clouds (Pioneer, Dmitri Kosyrev, Oct 12, 2006)
Russia and Georgia are eyeball-to-eyeball and America is doing everything to exacerbate the crisis
- Afzal And Human Rights ‘Perverts’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 12, 2006)
The Organiser is in a paroxysm of rage over the demands for clemency for Mohammad Afzal, sentenced to death in the Parliament attack case.
- ‘I See Trade As A Route To Peace’ (Indian Express, Manmohan Singh , Oct 12, 2006)
When I came up to Cambridge in the mid 1950s, the Cold War had frozen the world into two blocs. India had won Independence a few years before and under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru was trying to establish its own place in a divided world.
- No Clemency On Political, Religious Considerations: Sc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
In an apparent message in the midst of the controversy shrouding the hanging of Parliament attack accused Afzal Guru, the Supreme Court today held that the powers of President and Governor to grant clemency was open to . . .
- Unarmed Combat (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 12, 2006)
Whether or not George Fernandes and the others are guilty of wrongdoing in defence deals, as charged by the Central Bureau of Investigation, is a matter that the courts will now have to decide.
- Keeping To The Right (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 12, 2006)
The first leg of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s six-day European tour underlines the growing relationship between the two countries, both political and economic.
- North Korean Nuclear Blast (Daily Excelsior, V.N. Paranjape, Oct 12, 2006)
The inevitable has happened. North Korea has, by conducting the unwarranted nuclear test, given full play to its dangerously belligerent intentions.
- An Enabling Garment (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Oct 12, 2006)
Britain’s former foreign secretary, Jack Straw, wrote an article in the Lancashire Telegraph, a local newspaper that circulates in his parliamentary constituency, describing his difficulty in communicating with Muslim constituents who met him with . . .
- Us: India, Pak & N. Korea Different (Asian Age, Arun Kumar, Oct 12, 2006)
The United States says there is no comparison between a defiant North Korea and a "responsible" India, or for that matter Pakistan, an ally "transitioning to its own form of democracy".
- Cold War Clouds (Frontline, Vladimir Radyuhin , Oct 12, 2006)
A report prepared by two experts of the state Duma predicts a worsening of Russian-American relations in the next few years.
- Abe's Empire (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 12, 2006)
For new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the challenges are many as Japan seeks to reposition itself in the new world order.
- Australia To Push For Asia Nuclear Power Laws (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Australia said on Wednesday it would push for Asia-wide regulations covering nuclear power, similar to Europe, which would boost confidence in nuclear non-proliferation following North Korea's reported nuclear test.
- Chinese Game Plan (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Oct 11, 2006)
Last month the politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) took an unusual decision about Chinese investments in India.
- Infosys Q2 Profit Up (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Infosys Technologies Ltd., India's second-largest software services exporter, beat market forecasts with a 53.5 percent rise in quarterly profit, as outsourcing demand outstrips rising salary costs.
- Pakistan Aiding Taliban Resurgence (Tribune, Lt Gen (retd) Vijay Oberoi, Oct 11, 2006)
The volte face by the Pakistani army in Waziristan will have long-term adverse effects for peace in our region in general and stability in Afghanistan in particular.
- No Parallel Between N-Tests By Ind And N Korea: Blair (Press Trust of India, Ajay Kaul, Oct 11, 2006)
Amid an international uproar over the North Korean nuclear test, British Prime Minister Tony Blair today firmly rejected any parallels between it and India's case, saying that New Delhi had stood by its international obligations and was working . . .
- Nuclear Test May Embolden Iran To Take The Same Path (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
North Korea’s claim to have tested an atomic bomb could embolden Iran as it defies the UN Security Council over its own nuclear programme, say analysts.
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