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Articles 2521 through 2620 of 26693:
- Campus Rumpus (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 25, 2006)
It was not only parliamentary and legislative elections which were being conducted like no-holds-barred battles. Students union elections, too, were fought equally spectacularly and bitterly.
- Cry Reform (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 25, 2006)
The recently concluded meeting of the IMF-World Bank in Singapore has been special in more ways than one. It was the first such meeting held in the region after the Asian crisis.
- There Will Be No Dy. Prime Minister: Sonia (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Sep 25, 2006)
Speculation in political circles scotched; says she is satisfied with Manmohan Singh's performance
- Hot And Cold In The Same Breath (Business Standard, Bibek Debroy, Sep 25, 2006)
Sensible suggestions made by the Working Group on Land Relations in various areas have been undermined by those in others.
- Rising Crime Graph Worries Governor (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
“I am greatly disturbed by the allegations and counter allegations” Governor Chaturvedi
- Congress Discusses Assembly Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The Congress began a preliminary exercise for States going to the Assembly polls next year. Party president Sonia Gandhi held discussions with State leaders here to attend the two-day conclave of Congress Chief Ministers.
- Cpm Meet To Focus On Upa Govt Failure (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The CPM leaders are likely to come down heavily on the UPA government for its “failure” to take corrective measures on various issues of public concern including price rise raised jointly by the Left parties.
- Upa Has Not Let Down Trs: Sonia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
`No consensus yet on issue; Government committed to finding solution to problem'
Sonia Gandhi says Congress' doors still open for KCR
Telangana issue not a monopoly of TRS: YSR
Chief Minister says he is satisfied with Nainital meeting
- `Media Not Singling Out Hindutva For Attack' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The ideology has gained from media exposure, says Shanth Kumar.
- Sonia Stands Up, Speaks Out For Pm (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Sep 25, 2006)
At the end of the Congress chief minister’s conclave on Sunday, party chief Sonia Gandhi made an emphatic statement:
- Call For Blair's Resignation (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 25, 2006)
A mood of doom and gloom greeted the Labour Party delegates as they assembled in Manchester on Sunday at the start of their five-day annual conference billed as a "make-or-break'' event for the party which, for the first time since it came into . . .
- Connecting With The Baloch (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 25, 2006)
“The Baloch insurgency will soon peter out as did the Sikh insurgency in Indian Punjab after the elimination of Bhindranwale,” wrote a hardened soul recently in a national daily. This hasty judgment announced on history would even amuse the most . . .
- Rape Law Reform Lays Bare Pakistan's Political Morass (Reuters, SIMON CAMERON-MOORE, Sep 25, 2006)
The 24-year-old Pakistani woman has medical reports saying she's been raped. What she hasn't got is four male witnesses that the country's Islamic law says she needs to prove it.
- House Repairs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 25, 2006)
A patch-up in the Asom Gana Parishad has been in the air for some time but the question remains: who will make the first overture? So far former two-time chief minister Prafulla Mahanta’s loyalists are not known to have questioned AGP chief Brindabon . .
- Pok Marks On Islamabad (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 25, 2006)
There has always been an element of chutzpah in Islamabad’s relationship to ‘Azad’ Kashmir aka Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
- Cong Cms Plough On For More Relief From Finmin (The Economic Times, C L MANOJ, Sep 25, 2006)
A section of the party leadership and chief ministers, which fear the loss of their farmer votebank ahead of the coming assembly elections, on Sunday demonstrated their determination to force the government to redraw its fund-allocation plans.
- Bjp-Shiv Sena Alliance Faces Chimur Test (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
With the BJP sticking to its guns to contest the Chimur assembly by-election, the saffron alliance in the state is heading for some turbulence times. The Chimur seat, which in the last election was contested by Shiv Sena, fell vacant after Vijay . . .
- Musharraf Unveils His Kashmir Solution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
His book, "In the Line of Fire," presents four elements of his "out of the box" idea .
- Imf Quota Shuffle: India's Missed Opportunities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
But no real setback as the world body's relevance is declining
It is the ad hocism and lack of transparency of IMF rather than its failure to win recognition by way of enhanced quotas that India and other COUNTRIES campaigned against and lost.
- Farmer Suicides, Terror Stalk Cong As Party Gets Ready For Election-07 (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Sep 25, 2006)
The Congress overdrive to woo farmers and Muslims during the two-day conclave of the Chief Ministers of 14 Congress-ruled states that concluded here on Sunday let the cat out of the bag.
- Power Of Balance (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 25, 2006)
It is a little difficult to suppress a sense of disquiet over the Supreme Court’s directions on police and students’ union election reforms.
- Landing With Sonia (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 25, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi is right up to a point in saying anti-terrorist police action mustn’t polarise minorities or that land for special economic zones mustn’t be acquired at the cost of farmers and agriculture.
- Alphabet Soup (Indian Express, Seema Chisti, Sep 25, 2006)
Salman Rushdie's Shalimar the Clown has a complete chapter devoted to it: the Indian obsession with abbreviations, acronyms — and how the government ‘file number-type’ culture pervades our thinking.
- The Threat Of Local Jihadis (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Sep 25, 2006)
Terrorism has struck deep roots in India and Nizam-e-Mustafa is the cry now.
- Sonia Rules Out Deputy Pm (Asian Age, Venkatesh Kesari , Sep 25, 2006)
Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi made it crystal clear here on Sunday that there would be no deputy prime minister in the UPA government.
- Courtesy, The Bindhu (OutLook, S. ANAND, Sep 25, 2006)
Srividya has produced one of the finest fictional critiques of caste society.
- How Islam Differs With Christianity (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Sep 24, 2006)
There is more at stake in the clash of civilisations between the West and Islam than just religion.
- The Rise And Fall (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 24, 2006)
Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Chairman of the Democratic Reform Council in Thailand: On 19 September 2006, General Sonthi and others launched a military coup and overthrew the elected but divisive prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra.
- Pm Warns Of Terror Strikes, Asks Cms To Tone Up Intelligence (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
A grim warning about "further intensification" of terrorist attacks involving greater use of fidayeen elements to target religious, economic and other "sensitive objects" was the centrepoint of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address to the . . .
- Kashmir Issue Has To Be Resolved Between India And Pakistan: Bush (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Making it clear that the issue of Kashmir has to be resolved between India and Pakistan, President George W Bush on Friday said US can only help create conditions for peace and cannot "force" nations to reach agreements.
- Pm Calls For More Muslims In Security Forces (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Sep 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged regional leaders on Saturday to recruit more Muslims into the police and intelligence agencies to help counter a growing sense of insecurity in the minority community.
- Is The Bjp Out Of ‘Bad Patch'? (Daily Excelsior, Sunil Gatade, Sep 24, 2006)
Ahead of the Assembly elections in four states, especially Uttar Pradesh, the question being asked in political circles is whether the BJP is out of the bad patch ?
- The Ujjain Murder (Daily Excelsior, Tukoji R Pandit, Sep 24, 2006)
The way Prof H S Sabharwal who taught at a college in Ujjain was beaten to death by a mob led by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad was a chilling reminder of how ugly student politics have become in our colleges and universities.
- George Willing To Leave Nda If Coalition Doesn’T Want Him (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Former Defence Minister and NDA convenor George Fernandes, confirming his participation in the meeting of socialists called by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on October 12 at Lucknow, said he would "happily leave" the coalition . . .
- Second Thoughts (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 24, 2006)
By declaring war on “worshippers of the Cross”, al Qaida militants remind us that Osama bin Laden could be an incarnation, albeit on the other side of the fence, of the 15th-century Spanish Dominican, Tomás de Torquemada, known as . . .
- Trs Quits Upa; Bitter Kcr Throws Gauntlet To Congress (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Accusing the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)Government at the Centre of betraying the people of Telangana, Telangana Rastra Samithi (TRS) on Saturday parted ways with it by withdrawing support.
- Sonia Voices Concern Over Terror Strikes In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Recalling the Congress’ support to the previous NDA Government, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said as a political party Congress has always advocated dialogue with Pakistan even while being in opposition.
- In Quest Of Improving The Quality Of Life (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Sep 24, 2006)
One wonders why Indians rise like meteor, outshine others, when they go abroad; some of them emerge as prodigy in any sphere they choose.
- Greatness In Apology (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Sep 24, 2006)
However undesirable the recent controversy about a speech made by Pope Benedict XVI may be, its denouement is instructive in many respects.
- Now That’S Cricket, Coach (New Indian Express, R K PACHAURI, Sep 24, 2006)
This is a refreshingly honest and absorbing account of a remarkable period in Indian cricket presented by perhaps India’s most successful coach.
- Waiting To Grow Old (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 24, 2006)
Age is an advantage in India.
- Concern For Muslims Overrides Terror Talk (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Sep 24, 2006)
A grim warning of a more intense terrorist strike and the need for maintaining communal harmony formed the focal point of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi's addresses to the party Chief Ministers conference that . . .
- Secular Ideology Will Stay, Says Kumaraswamy (Hindu, PARVATHI MENON, Sep 24, 2006)
Coordination panel to discuss contentious issues
Belgaum session will focus on Maharashtra's claims over some border areas
The Government will announce a rural development scheme on October 2
- Salve On Minorities, Rap On West (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
The Prime Minister today criticised the West for making an “erroneous linkage” between terrorism and Muslims and urged police not to make the minorities an automatic target of suspicion while probing terror.
- Crusader For Change (Hindu, ANJANA RAJAN, Sep 24, 2006)
Arvind Kejriwal, Magsaysay award winner, on the RTI Act and his fight against corruption.
- Talks Should Never Break Down, Says Musharraf (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Joint statement has "seeds of success and forward movement"
Manmohan a "very positive and a very sincere person"
Appeals to citizens of India, Pakistan to show "understanding and flexibility"
Says he was the "greatest believer in democracy"
- Ready To Convert? (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Sep 24, 2006)
India and China account for barely 2 per cent and 5 per cent of world GDP respectively, in current dollar terms. At current growth rates it will take half a century for them to find place amongst the world’s largest economies.
- Faith At The Heart Of The Pope Controversy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 24, 2006)
An ability and willingness to apologise graciously and appropriately is a virture no one has the right to disparage. So the disagreeable part of the Pope’s indiscretion is better relegated to a closed chapter.
- India In Interpol Executive (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
India has been elected to the Executive Committee of Interpol, a body which finalises the agenda for the General Assembly of the world police organisations.
- The Next Palestinian Struggle (News International, RAMZY BAROUD, Sep 24, 2006)
An expert in international law and an old friend of the Palestinian people wrote me with utter distress a few days after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh were reported to have reached an agreement on . . .
- The Great Divide (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Sep 24, 2006)
The Pope, by issuing a historic apology, has tapped a groundswell of rage. Many Christians are reading the irrational outburst following his Regensburg address in the language of the 14th century Byzantine emperor whom the Pontiff quoted.
- Red And Mad (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 24, 2006)
There seems to be a virulent bug in the air which selectively hones in on practitioners of Marxist mumbo-jumbo and triggers momentary lapse of reason.
- Drifting And Drowning (News International, Masood Hasan, Sep 24, 2006)
It's not only Murree that is collapsing. So is whatever little else that was of any value at one time. Now, like a childhood story, it is just a distant, hazy memory. Somewhere on the long and difficult highway of life, we as a people have gone off . . .
- Democratic Federalism (The Economic Times, C P Bhambhri, Sep 24, 2006)
The military regime in Pakistan has not learnt any lesson from its own history and has followed the same policy of ruthless suppression of sub-nationalist movement in Balochistan. It has forgotten that the birth of Bangladesh as a separate country . . .
- Delhi's Disastrous Rise To Riches (Business Standard, Sunil Sethi, Sep 24, 2006)
The confrontation between angered citizens and the police in Delhi this week, in which four people died, is a perfect example of the kind of blind ignorance that seizes governments from time to time—myopia would perhaps be too kind a word.
- Manmohan Chastises Police For Alienating Muslims (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged regional leaders on Saturday to recruit more Muslims into the police and intelligence agencies to help counter a growing sense of insecurity in the minority community.
- President Musharraf And The Taliban (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf said at the joint White House press conference with President George W Bush on Friday that his deal with a grand jirga in North Waziristan had been misrepresented in the press.
- Kargil Boosted Kashmir Cause: Opposing Us Would Be Disastrous, Says Musharraf In Book (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf’s yet-to-be-released book — In the Line of Fire — has painted a bleak picture for Pakistan had it not joined the United States in the war on terrorism and says that the 1999 Kargil standoff with India boosted the cause . . .
- Cooking Up An Identity Crisis (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 24, 2006)
Give them a loophole and they will, to mix metaphors, take a mile. The passing of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2006, earlier this week, is a consequence of loophole- hunters within the state’s ruling party deciding to play . . .
- Gmat Scores In Cat Country (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Through September, the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, has been announcing its list of selected candidates for a new one-year MBA course it will launch in December. Admission to the course is not through the Common Admission Test or 'CAT'.
- Musharraf Unveils Strategy To Curb Extremism (News International, Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has announced a six-point strategy to curb extremism and said extremism paves the way for terrorism.
- Anchoring A Sinking Ship Don't Shoot The Mes (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 24, 2006)
Fantasy author Terry Pratchett unintentionally summarised the dilemma of the semi-educated, quasi-religious middle of the road Pakistani when he said 'the trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and . . .
- The Charm Offensive (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 24, 2006)
The rancour and bitterness of the previous day seemed to have vanished into thin air as US President George W Bush and his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf faced the press in Washington on Friday.
- Military Rule: Then And Now (Dawn, Zafar Iqbal, Sep 24, 2006)
There is a great deal of clamour that General Musharraf should remove his uniform.
- Pawar Meets Sonia To Pre-Empt Fireworks (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Sep 23, 2006)
In a move to pre-empt an assault on him and his agriculture ministry at the Congress chief ministers' conclave in Nainital over the weekend, Sharad Pawar has personally explained to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi the causes aggravating the agrarian crisis.
- A General Intent On Staying On, Come What May (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Among other things, this self-congratulatory book stands l'affaire Kargil on its head and presents an over-the-top reading of what propels India-Pakistan relations.
- The Great American Disconnect (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Sep 23, 2006)
U.S. President George W. Bush's speech to the U.N. General Assembly highlights the gap between his perceptions and the ground realities.
- Sc Bench Goes Tough On Student Politics (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Students leaders, who want to use education institutions as their stepping stone to political success, may have to put some effort into becoming “decent.”
- Kashmir Issue Has To Be Resolved Between India And Pakistan: Bush (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Making it clear that the issue of Kashmir has to be resolved between India and Pakistan, President George W Bush on Friday said US can only help create conditions for peace and cannot "force" nations to reach agreements.
- How Islam Differs With Christianity (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Sep 23, 2006)
There is more at stake in the clash of civilisations between the West and Islam than just religion. It is about the survival of a free world, based on unfettered spirit of inquiry, and triumph of reason. These concepts have emerged from Christian Europe,
- The Great Divide (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Sep 23, 2006)
The Pope, by issuing a historic apology, has tapped a groundswell of rage. Many Christians are reading the irrational outburst following his Regensburg address in the language of the 14th century Byzantine emperor whom the Pontiff quoted.
- Stay The Course (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 23, 2006)
Even before India and Pakistan have had a chance to give concrete shape to the joint "anti-terrorism institutional mechanism" announced by the two sides in Havana, a torrent of criticism has come from the Bharatiya Janata Party and a host of . . .
- Red And Mad (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 23, 2006)
There seems to be a virulent bug in the air which selectively hones in on practitioners of Marxist mumbo-jumbo and triggers momentary lapse of reason.
- Pakistan’S Dilemma (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Sep 23, 2006)
Despite knowing that Al Queda and Taliban are dangerous, Pakistan cannot wage a war against them.
- Student Poll: Sc Nod To Lyngdoh Panel Report (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
To keep off the influence of political parties, money and muscle power from campus during student union elections , the Supreme Court today ordered the implementation of report by the former Chief Election Commissioner, Mr J.M. Lyngdoh, in the . . .
- Bush Offers Pak Help On J&k (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
US President George W. Bush, with Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf standing at his side, said on Friday his country is prepared to help India and Pakistan in any way to resolve their long-standing dispute over Kashmir.
- Poor Captaincy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 23, 2006)
Worse than the behaviour of the police in Ludhiana on Thursday has been the response of the Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh.
- Traders' Issue: Centre Moves Apex Court (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Sep 23, 2006)
Taking note of the agitation by traders and other communities, the Centre on Friday urged the Supreme Court to allow the Government to give effect to the notifications to stop the sealing of commercial establishments operating in residential . . .
- 'Buy The Book!' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Did Armitage threaten to bomb Pakistan back into the stone age? Did Mush buckle under that? Would Bush launch strikes into Pakistan? No answer, just usual book promotion that seems to be the new flavour of the week.
- Police Focus On Local Body Polls, Anti-Naxal Drive (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
LAW &ORDER 1,885 polling stations in west zone identified as sensitive The West Zone police are gearing up to ensure a peaceful local body polls, writes V.S. Palaniappan.
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