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- Combating Terrorism By Force Only (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 09, 2006)
President Musharraf has said that ground realities in Afghanistan must be taken into account to deal with the new environment in the war-torn country.
- President Pledges To Rebuild Quake-Hit Areas (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Sunday reiterated his firm resolve and commitment to reconstruct quake ravaged areas on modern lines and announced housing and agricultural loans written off for the quake-affected people.
- Bjp, Sad Try To Work Out Seat-Sharing (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the RSS and the Shirmoni Akali Dal met at a Sikh religious event in the capital on Saturday evening, even as they are still trying to work out seat sharing for the forthcoming Assembly polls scheduled for . . .
- Forget Delivery, Empowerment Is Key (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 09, 2006)
The Congress-led government’s current resolve to resurrect Indira Gandhi’s garibi hatao slogan inspires both hope and fear. That the traditional programme of poverty alleviation is meant to be replaced by a comprehensive project to eradicate . . .
- Clashes In Iran After Ayatollah Challenges Clerical Rule (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Reformists threaten to boycott elections if Guardians Council selects candidates who may participate in December polls
- Dealing With Time (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 09, 2006)
IT is understandable why US Ambassador David Mulford chose to downplay last weekend expectations about the American legislative timetable for the nuclear deal. Congressional approval is now trapped in procedure.
- Tactical Victory (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 09, 2006)
There have been many occasions during the two decades of the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance when they came close to an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation. Sena tiger Bal Thackeray roared louder, and always had the last laugh.
- Centre To Overhaul Security For Sonia (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
The government is contemplating an overhaul of the security cover for UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her immediate kin after intelligence inputs about the threat to the Gandhi family from Pakistan-based militant groups.
- Caught Between Past And Future (Indian Express, Anita Inder Singh, Oct 09, 2006)
The security horizons of NATO, and Europe, are expanding in South Asia. On Thursday, 12,000 US troops in eastern Afghanistan transferred to the 31-nation International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) which was created under UN Security Council . . .
- Money Equals Happiness? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 09, 2006)
In a poll conducted in the US to judge the happiness quotient of the nation, people were given two choices:
- Gp Chairman Hacked To Death (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
A brutal murder marked the Kagglipura zilla panchayat by-elections, which were conducted on Sunday. Doddakallasandra gram panchayat chairman Mallabirappa Muniswamy (36) was . . .
- Power Shift Or Balance Of Power? (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 09, 2006)
The recent coup has left Thailand unsettled. The challenge for the new leadership is to heal the divisions.
- Sonia Gandhi To Address Congress Rally In Dharamsala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
The Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, will address a rally on 30th October in Dharamsala in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. With just more than a year left for the next Assembly elections, it would be a sort of launching of our campaign from . . .
- Bjp Against Granting Clemency To Afzal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Advani among leaders who submitted memorandum to President Abdul Kalam
- Karunanidhi Sincere In Delivering Goods: Anbalagan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary K. Anbalagan has appealed to the people to vote for the Democratic Progressive Alliance candidates in the local body elections for taking the welfare schemes to rural masses.
- Gandhi Vs Gandhi (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Oct 09, 2006)
Both are poignant Prince Charmings of sorts, their lives laced with early tragedy and redolent with future promise, sharing the most famous surname — and a legacy to match — in the politics of this country.
- "Aiadmk Ignored Chikungunya Alert" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said that when the AIADMK was in power, the Union Health Ministry had sent four circulars asking the Government to take steps to prevent the outbreak of chikungunya.
- Foreign Ministers Of The Arts (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 09, 2006)
The book is the earliest and internationally most widespread medium of a culture of dialogue. Books can overcome borders.
- Poll Panel Pulls Up U.P. Chief Secretary (Hindu, Atiq Khan, Oct 09, 2006)
DMs told to take orders only from State EC
CS's order amounts to bypassing the authority of panel
Election Commission mum on Mulayam's "Roza Iftar" party.
- Sensitivities That Call For Care, Caution (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 09, 2006)
"This is not the first time The Hindu has published such communally slanted statements."
- Mystery Threat To Pink Flamingos (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 09, 2006)
ONE OF the natural world's most breathtaking sights — the pink and crimson clouds of flamingos that flock over East Africa — is under threat.
- Musharraf Pledges Speedy Reconstruction (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 09, 2006)
Pakistan marks first anniversary of killer earthquake
- State Of Change (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 09, 2006)
Something has definitely changed in Indian politics if an election-bound chief minister in a state notorious for spreading electoral largesse can sell state corporations and persuade state employees to take VRS — and no one in scandalised.
- Sycophancy, Now With A New, Desperate Edge (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 08, 2006)
Last week I spent a whole day attending a Congress Party rally in Jaipur and it left me feeling unusually depressed about the future of our sad and ancient land.
- Living With Disasters (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 08, 2006)
On this eighth of October, we observe the first anniversary of the most severe national disaster in our history. And as anniversaries go, this has a particular significance.
- Congress Retro (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 08, 2006)
In re-invoking the 20-Point Programme and the "Garibi Hatao" slogan - used so effectively in the 1971 election - the Congress may or may not quicken the pulse of voters, but, certainly, it has given nostalgia buffs their moment of the year.
- Kargil, Lies And Musharraf (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 08, 2006)
More than the problem of evolving a joint anti-terror mechanism, the real challenge for India's policy-makers and strategists is one of properly understanding and countering President Pervez Musharraf's personalised diplomatic offensive wrapped in . . .
- Form Is Emptiness, Emptiness Is Form (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Oct 08, 2006)
That great saviour of souls, Goutama Buddha, once narrated the story of a sea turtle. It is called Chiggala Sutta in Pali and illustrates the precious rarity of opportunity that human birth provides — we mustn’t sell ourselves short; we owe it to . . .
- Trust But Verify (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Oct 08, 2006)
Those who believe in making the naughtiest boy the class monitor forget that to make it work, you need a headmaster who is sincerely interested in maintaining order.
- Special Article (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Oct 08, 2006)
Seven phases of Indian foreign policy may be identifiable since Nehru; the current phase seems to involve subservience to the strong, jingoism otherwise
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 08, 2006)
An ingenuous way to defeat the bandh
- Nepal Pm, Rebels Meet To Rescue Peace Process (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
Leaders of Nepal's ruling seven-party alliance and Maoist rebels began talks on Sunday, in a bid to rescue a peace process stalled by differences over disarming the guerrillas and the future of the monarchy.
- Slow And Steady Wins The Race (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 08, 2006)
The Independent Monitoring Commission supervising the Stormont Agreement to end the Northern Ireland dispute has reported that the Irish Republican Army’s violent campaign against British rule “is over”.
- Estranged Bedfellows (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Oct 08, 2006)
Despite the histrionics of this week, the Shiv Sena and the BJP cannot afford to break their alliance. It is perhaps recognition of this reality that has led to the uneasy truce on the Chimur assembly seat that both parties were laying claim to.
- Victims Of A Trust Deficit (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 08, 2006)
The J.M. Lyngdoh Committee on electoral reforms shows complete lack of comprehension about the philosophical postulates that underly the system of democratic elections in India’s colleges and universities.
- Big Footprint, Small Vision (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Oct 08, 2006)
Jaipal Reddy was our guest this Friday for “Ideas Exchange”, the weekly interaction between Indian Express journalists and important/interesting newsmakers (the full account of the interaction will appear, as usual, in The Sunday Express).
- Foley’S Folly & Other Monkey Business (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 08, 2006)
In 1998, Bob Livingston won the Republican Party’s blessing to succeed Newt Gingrich as speaker of the House.
- Wheat Package: For Whose Benefit? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
It is designed to camouflage government's flawed policies that led to imports this year
- Masala Maketh The Book (Deccan Herald, Suresh Menon, Oct 08, 2006)
As far as political books go, it is the sensational and lesser known truths that sell. ‘In the Line of Fire’ falls in the former category.
- Rx In Gujarat, Get Well In Tourist Hubs (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
For all the grand plans of the state government it's going to be medical tourism without the latter in Gujarat. While the 'medical' part will be taken care of by hospitals in the state, for the 'tourism' part, foreigners and NRIs will be sent to . . .
- Investment Of $320bn Needed For Roads, Ports: Manmohan (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is persisting with his pro-reforms pitch. A day after resolving to take a fresh stab at politically sensitive labour reforms, while speaking at ET Awards function in Mumbai, Singh on Saturday vowed to undertake an . . .
- Reading Between The General’S Lines (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Oct 08, 2006)
Perhaps one way of getting the measure of Musharraf’s “memoirs” is to consider what the book isn’t. It is not, in the strict sense of the word, an autobiography or an exercise in Presidential literature.
- To Dream, To Think, To Go On (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
Defeat is never easy to digest, in any endeavour in life — all the more so when the loss is both personal and, in a sense, national...
- Accord Between Main Sri Lankan Political Parties Has Significance . . . (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , Oct 08, 2006)
The agreement between the two main Sri Lankan parties — the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the United National Party — provides room for cautious optimism in the efforts to find a viable solution to the island's ethnic conflict, according . . .
- Abvp Protests Against Demand To Commute Terrorist's Death Sentence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
`The demand is part of vote bank politics'
- "No Chikungunya Death In State" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
Has anyone verified the names of victims, asks Karunanidhi
- Preserving The Lingam Our Major Task, Says Arun Kumar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 08, 2006)
Shri Amarnathji is one of the holiest Hindu pilgrimage centres, located at an altitude of 3,900 meters in South Kashmir. What adds to its mystique is the inaccessible location and legends surrounding the formation of the holy ice lingam every year.
- Operation Freedom (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 07, 2006)
It was not the first time that America decided to punish an alleged aggressor and to overthrow regimes, which were acting against its national interests.
- Trust But Verify (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Oct 07, 2006)
Those who believe in making the naughtiest boy the class monitor forget that to make it work, you need a headmaster who is sincerely interested in maintaining order. It's all too plain to see that the "headmaster" in charge of the war on terror is . . .
- Pm Sure Of Reforms Accord (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Even as the Left parties attacked the government on its economic policies, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today appeared confident of forging a consensus on financial sector reforms, which he felt should be stepped up.
- Yechury Targets Upa On Its Policies (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
CPI(M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury said that his party has decided to take on the Congress-led UPA coalition through protests for demanding a shift in its economic policies after the Centre rejected its alternative resource mobilisation plan.
- Bush Administration To Continue Pushing N-Deal (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Amid expectation that the Bill on Indo-US civil nuclear deal would be taken up by the senate in the 'lame-duck' session in November, Washington on Friday said the Bush administration will keep on pushing for conclusion of the process even if it . . .
- Form Is Emptiness, Emptiness Is Form (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Oct 07, 2006)
That great saviour of souls, Goutama Buddha, once narrated the story of a sea turtle. It is called Chiggala Sutta in Pali and illustrates the precious rarity of opportunity that human birth provides — we mustn’t sell ourselves short; we owe it . . .
- Picking Winners (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 07, 2006)
In a recent Reason article, Shikha Dalmia writes an open letter to Vinod Khosla, entrepreneur and co-founder of Sun Microsystems.
- Kargil, Lies And Musharraf (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 07, 2006)
More than the problem of evolving a joint anti-terror mechanism, the real challenge for India's policy-makers and strategists is one of properly understanding and countering President Pervez Musharraf's personalised diplomatic offensive wrapped . . .
- Policy Myopia And The Economic Disconnect (Business Line, Priya Mohan, Oct 07, 2006)
India's inherent social problems have taken the backseat because of the short-sighted social and economic reforms.
- A Cesspool Called India (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Oct 07, 2006)
The dengue outbreak is symbolic of the filth you see all around
- Jessica Murder Stung Venod Resigns From Hooda Govt (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
The Jessica Lal murder case on Friday claimed its first major political casualty when Haryna power minister Venod Sharma, the controversial Congress leader and father of the main accused Manu Sharma, resigned from the Hooda cabinet.
- Modernisation Of Education Set Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 07, 2006)
It is pertinent question before all educationists and public in general as to what is to be future of modern generation so for as the changing scenario of the education is concerned.
- Logical Reaction (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 07, 2006)
Many will share the dismay expressed by Mr Abdul Rahim Rather, National Conference Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly, over the Government's decision to put on ice the proposed one-month Assembly session in Srinagar.
- India Must Sign Npt For Civil-Nuclear Cooperation With Eu: Fontelles (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Oct 07, 2006)
The European Union on Friday asked India to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), saying this would open the doors for civil nuclear cooperation with European nations.
- Jessica Lives On (Deccan Herald, Sucheta Dalal, Oct 07, 2006)
The reason why Jessica Lal’s case is so important is because in it we see the most blatant evidence of subversion of our criminal justice system.
- The Longest Book Case In The World (Business Standard, Sunil Sethi, Oct 07, 2006)
Frankfurt: Why is the Frankfurt Book Fair so enamoured of India? In the fair’s 58-year-old history, India is the only country to be invited twice as guest of honour.
- Congress Silent On Row Between Uttar Pradesh Governor And Mulayam (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
In re-invoking the 20-Point Programme and the "Garibi Hatao" slogan - used so effectively in the 1971 election - the Congress may or may not quicken the pulse of voters, but, certainly, it has given nostalgia buffs their moment of the year.
- Congress Retro (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 07, 2006)
In re-invoking the 20-Point Programme and the "Garibi Hatao" slogan - used so effectively in the 1971 election - the Congress may or may not quicken the pulse of voters, but, certainly, it has given nostalgia buffs their moment of the year.
- Our Ailing Leaders (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Oct 07, 2006)
It costs the nation a fortune to keep him in poverty. These, or words to this effect were very fondly spoken by Sarojini Naidu, the late freedom fighter and ‘‘nightiangle’’ of India to describe the cost of ‘‘maintaining’’ Gandhi and his very, very . . .
- This Is No Way To Fight Terror (Pioneer, Maninderjit Singh Bitta, Oct 07, 2006)
It is very unfortunate that we have not learnt lessons from history. The decade-long festering wound in Punjab was cured with firm commitment, political will and non-interference under the leadership of then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao, then . . .
- Slow And Steady Wins The Race (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 07, 2006)
The Independent Monitoring Commission supervising the Stormont Agreement to end the Northern Ireland dispute has reported that the Irish Republican Army’s violent campaign against British rule “is over”.
- Estranged Bedfellows (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Oct 07, 2006)
Despite the histrionics of this week, the Shiv Sena and the BJP cannot afford to break their alliance. It is perhaps recognition of this reality that has led to the uneasy truce on the Chimur assembly seat that both parties were laying claim to.
- Mulford: America Committed To N-Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
US Ambassador to India David Mulford today said the Bush Administration would continue to push for early passage of the necessary legislation on the nuclear deal in Senate, adding that the delay was purely due to “technical reasons”.
- Big Footprint, Small Vision (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Oct 07, 2006)
Jaipal Reddy was our guest this Friday for “Ideas Exchange”, the weekly interaction between Indian Express journalists and important/interesting newsmakers (the full account of the interaction will appear, as usual, in The Sunday Express).
- ‘Visibility For Real Issues Tough’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 07, 2006)
In India, it is hard to get visibility for ‘real issues’. The bombing of Hiroshima-Nagasaki is accepted as a crime against humanity, but not as systemic and systematic crimes against Dalits.
- Foley’S Folly & Other Monkey Business (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 07, 2006)
In 1998, Bob Livingston won the Republican Party’s blessing to succeed Newt Gingrich as speaker of the House. But Livingston, of Louisiana, never served a day in the job.
- Victims Of A Trust Deficit (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 07, 2006)
The J.M. Lyngdoh Committee on electoral reforms shows complete lack of comprehension about the philosophical postulates that underly the system of democratic elections in India’s colleges and universities.
- Poverty Of Congress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 07, 2006)
LESS than two decades after promising to lead India to the 21st century, going back to the 1970s — and resurrecting the Garibi Hatao and the 20-point programme — is resounding proof of the Congress party’s poverty of policies.
- Hidden Agenda (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 07, 2006)
Musharraf has a tough job ahead as he wants to continue as the President of Pakistan.
- Us Cybersex Scam Heating Up (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Investigations by the federal government and the House ethics committee into the unfolding page cybersex scandal are gathering steam, and House Speaker Dennis Hastert seems to be weathe ing the political storm at least for now.
- Poverty Of Ideas (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 07, 2006)
Under what circumstances can slogans like 'Garibi Hatao' work time and again, as the UPA government seems to think when it resurrects this hoary phrase that powered Indira Gandhi's electoral triumph in 1971? Only when poverty is an enduring . . .
- Venod Sharma Quits (Tribune, Yoginder Gupta, Oct 07, 2006)
After dithering for several days, Haryana Power Minister Venod Sharma today put in his papers. He submitted his resignation from the Cabinet to AICC president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi this morning.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Oct 07, 2006)
Rarely if ever has India had as impressive a debate as the recent one on the Indo-US “nuclear deal”.
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