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Articles 3321 through 3420 of 26693:
- Wrong On Rights (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 12, 2006)
FM holds reforms hostage to archaic ideology
- ‘Ap Uranium Project Hearing A Farce’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
In a note to the member secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Board, the Movement Against Uranium Project (MAUP) which is a conglomerate of environmental and citizens groups, called the public hearing a “mockery” and said that it was a “private . . .
- Headless Chicken (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 12, 2006)
Our five pillars of democracy slurp chicken, while we hang around, like waiters at roadside hotels, for tips...
- A Matter Of Identity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Reflective and impressionistic writings on the changing character of the metropolis.
- Love, Not Just Passion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Wright's account of his time in a land he obviously loves, and doing something that had its moments, both sublime and exasperating.
- No To Domicile (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Sep 11, 2006)
The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has rightly upheld Parliament’s right to amend the Representation of People Act and dispense with the domicile requirement for candidates contesting Rajya Sabha elections.
- Labour Lost (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 11, 2006)
After a vicious bout of bloodletting Tony Blair has said he will go in less than a year, but there's still no definite date in sight.
- Bjp Will Support Women's Reservation Bill In Any Form, Says Rajnath (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 11, 2006)
Bharatiya Janata Party national president Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that his party would support the Women's Reservation Bill in whatever form the Bill was brought to Parliament.
- Pm To Seek Nam Nation's Support For Tharoor (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Sep 11, 2006)
Other than his agenda to focus on issues like terrorism and confidence-building measures among other developing countries, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will use the opportunity of Non-Aligned Summit in Havana to lobby for the candidature of . . .
- Showpiece Of An Independent Foreign Policy (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's nine-day trip to Brasilia and Havana
- Cenvat Abolition Led To Textile Industry "Revival" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Several mills were reopened, thanks to UPA Government decision: Chidambaram
- A Perilous Journey Driven By Poverty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 11, 2006)
In the past week, around 3,000 illegal immigrants from West Africa have reached the Spanish Canary Islands by boat, taking advantage of a window of perfect sailing conditions from the coast of Senegal and Mauritania.
- This Is The Third World War (The Financial Express, SANDIPAN DEB, Sep 11, 2006)
When the World Trade Centres came down, they triggered a war that is more complex than any in human history.
- A Just Cause (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 11, 2006)
This is a war between progress and regress
- At Ibsa Summit, Quota Lessons For I From B & Sa (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Sep 11, 2006)
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves for Brasilia to take part in the first India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) summit, are reservations and quotas on his mind? Or maybe the question isn’t entirely quixotic.
- Vande Mataram: Bjp Again Raises Sonia’S Foreign Origin (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
The BJP on Sunday opposed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s scheduled meeting with Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of the Nam Summit in Havana on September 15-16.
- Cong Chants Satyagraha (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
With the BJP deciding to cash in on the Vande Mataram controversy by making it one the main planks of the party’s campaign during the forthcoming assembly elections in five states – Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Punjab Goa, and Manipur – the . . .
- Exploitation Of Osama’S Ghost (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 11, 2006)
Alijazeera tv TV network has released another videotape of Osama bin Laden apparently to let Washington exploit its contents to derive political mileage once again. And there is hardly anything new in his assertions viz-a-viz the United States.
- Ard Blasts Govt Over Bugti’S Killing (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Leaders of the opposition parties, including the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, (ARD), the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (PONM), have warned the people against anti-state conspiracies . . .
- Two Idiot Boxes Better Than One, Village Turns Up For Dmk Sop (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Sep 11, 2006)
After years of neglect and eerie quiet, there’s a sudden burst of activity in Karasangaal Samathuvapuram, 30 km from Kancheepuram.
- That Man From Gujarat (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 11, 2006)
Who's going to lead the BJP in the next elections? Indications from Dehradun — the hill state meeting was perhaps an unwitting admission of the mountainous task ahead — were as follows: not even Rajnath Singh’s best friend would pick . . .
- The Bile Also Laughs (OutLook, R. Prasad, Sep 11, 2006)
Showcases the finest of this most discussed and criticised political cartoonist.
- Making White Light (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 11, 2006)
Japanese scientist Shuji Nakamura has deservedly won this year’s Millennium Technology Prize — the world’s highest honour for technology development, equivalent to the Nobel prizes for science.
- Evil Designs (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 11, 2006)
The date and place were selected for higher impact.
- Deve Gowda To Tour Districts To Strengthen Party (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Former prime minister and JD (S) National President H D Deve Gowda said on Sunday that he will tour all the districts of the State to sort out confusion and indifference in party workers and strengthen the district party units.
- Vande Mataram To Be Bjp’S Main Poll Plank (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
In view of the assembly elections in four states due next year, the BJP on Sunday came out with its five-month plan with a pledge to make Vande Mataram as its main poll plank focusing on Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s absence from a centenary . . .
- Clash Of Ideologies (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 11, 2006)
As Osama is gaining popularity among Muslims, leaders are hesitant in condemning fundamentalist violence.
- The Proxy War (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 11, 2006)
A series of bomb blasts in suburban trains in Mumbai on 11 July has proved once again that terrorists are capable of striking at will, short-circuiting the so-called impregnable surveillance and security cover.
- Jinnah’S Vision Of Pakistan (Dawn, Sharif al Mujahid, Sep 11, 2006)
Jinnah was not a mere political leader, but also a statesman. Indeed, his statesmanship streak influenced and determined his political leadership role increasingly as he negotiated the tortuous road to Pakistan in the 1940s.
- Indian Blast Town Wavers Between Hurt And Harmony (Daily Times, Krittivas Mukherjee, Sep 11, 2006)
Everything is possible. But whoever it is, he has to understand that they cannot break the Hindu-Muslim unity of our town’
- Hyderabad Too Is Paralysed (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 11, 2006)
Civil administration and troops were engaged in relief operations in Hyderabad and other parts of interior Sindh after torrential rains.
- Govt Hopes To Pass Women’S Bill Today (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Sep 11, 2006)
Niazi opposes changes in bill approved by select committee
Ulema committee meeting still not held
- From Tragedy To Disaster (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 11, 2006)
Five years after the Al Qaeda’s spectacular attack on the United States, the ensuing “war on terror” has gone badly wrong.
- Heart Of The Matter (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 11, 2006)
A direly irresponsible attempt at post mortem
- Roadworthy Cars (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 11, 2006)
Not by the rules alone In theory there can be little objection to the proposal that regular “fitness” checks become mandatory for all motor vehicles more than three years old.
- Hindi At The United Nations (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, Sep 11, 2006)
More people speak Hindi than French, Russian or Arabic, but Hindi is not an official language of the United Nations.
- The One And The Many (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 11, 2006)
Amartya Sen writes in Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny, “a Bangladeshi Muslim is not only a Muslim but also a Bengali and a Bangladeshi, typically quite proud of the Bengali language, literature and music, not to mention the other . . .
- Day Of Terror - A Grisly Reminiscence (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 11, 2006)
Exactly five years back, September 11, 2001 acquired historical significance as this day got christened as a Day of Terror.
- Restore Rotation System For Chennai Mayor Post: Iuml (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Tie-up with DMK, allies will continue for local body polls
The system was aimed at providing opportunity to different communities
Appeals to Government to revive satellite town proposal
- Trouble Feared In Jharkhand Today (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Jharkhand could well be heading towards imposition of President’s Rule.
- Looking For Gandhism (Deccan Herald, Ashwini Y S, Sep 11, 2006)
Hundred years have gone by since Gandhi initiated a strong movement, but do his principles and theories still make a difference to the present day Indian?
- Preoccupation With N-Deal Hampered Us Efforts (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 11, 2006)
US preoccupation with a civilian nuclear deal with India has detracted from Washington's effort to improve ties between India and Pakistan, according to a South Asia analyst in Washington.
- `Infertility Cases On The Rise In Erode' (Hindu, Karthik Madhavan, Sep 11, 2006)
This region, known for its fertile lands, efficient labour force and booming textile industry, has a dark side to it - one that is directly related to the above.
- Punjab To Be Made Power Surplus By 2010, Says Sukhbir Badal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
"If Akali Dal was voted to power in the coming Assembly elections"
- Meet Leaves Bjp With Visions Of Victory In Uttaranchal Assembly Elections (Hindu, C.K. Chandramohan , Sep 11, 2006)
Half the battle won as voters have been made to see reason for good governance, claim regional leaders
Time to knock at every door and ensure a vote for change, says former Minister
Set examples of good conduct besides proper need-oriented planning an
- Don't Fall Into Terror Trap: Pakistan Newspaper (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 11, 2006)
"Communalism continues to pose a challenge to secular India"
- West Asia In Turmoil (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 11, 2006)
On the morning of September 11, 2001, as hijackers crashed airplanes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, few would have guessed the dramatic repercussions of these actions on West Asia.
- Losing The Plot Over Five Years (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 10, 2006)
Five years after September 11, 2001, it is clear that President George W. Bush and the US have lost their way. The war has had its successes.
- Upa Soft On Terrorism: Bjp (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
With the Malegaon blasts sending shockwaves across the country, the BJP today sought to put the ruling UPA in the dock accusing the Congress-led coalition of being soft on terrorism due to its votebank politics and appeasement tactics.
- Copying: Weakens Fibre Of Society (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Sep 10, 2006)
The unabashed and blatant use of unfair means, both during examinations and later on in the marking is a shocking and ghastly reminder of the fact that our educational and examination system, in most places has become decayed and putrid.
- The Ujjain Shocker (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 10, 2006)
Few incidents have exposed the partisan role of the police more eloquently than the attack on college teachers in Ujjain, which resulted in the death of Professor H.S. Sabharwal.
- Not Osama Or Us But Kursi’ (Indian Express, Editorial, The News International, Sep 10, 2006)
He can’t see Quetta or Peshawar through his windshield. That’s almost a million miles away.
- Ec Rejects Complaints Against 13 Mps (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Providing major relief to 13 MPs, including several high-profile leaders cutting across party lines, the Election Commission is understood to have rejected the disqualification complaints against them in the light of the recently enacted . . .
- India’S Communal Instability Worries Pakistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 10, 2006)
Three bomb attacks in the textile town of Malegaon in Maharashtra, India, have killed 37 people and injured nearly 150, all of them Muslims.
- Dividing Iraq Will Be A Mistake: Bush (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
President Mr George W Bush says he believes dividing Iraq into three separate regions ~ Kurdish, Shi’ite and Sunni ~ with a central government in Baghdad would be a mistake.
- Atal Hails Rajnath (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 10, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Saturday praised BJP president Rajnath Singh, saying the party was growing very well under his leadership. Vajpayee's observation about Singh in his concluding remarks at the BJP's national executive . . .
- Muslims Must Rebut Charges (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 10, 2006)
Hossain Miya, a prosperous Muslim villager in Manik Bandopadhyay's novel, Padma Nadir Majhi, which the Kolkata theatre group, Pratikriti, staged last week, promises beleaguered Hindu fishermen refuge on his island where there is neither masjid nor . . .
- No Al-Qaeda-Saddam Hussein Links:us Senate Report (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Contrary to claims by the George W Bush administration, a US Senate committee has absolved fallen Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein of having any ties with the al-Qaeda before the Iraq war, igniting new controversy over the US rationale for invading Iraq.
- Dmk, Cpm Rift Widens Over Bsnl (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
In yet another sign of widening gulf between the DMK and the CPI(M), MP Sitaram Yechury has written to Union Communication Minister Dayanidhi Maran, giving details of all the BSNL and MTNL employees’ unions in Andhra Pradesh and the East Zone.
- Freedom Song (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 10, 2006)
The irony is inescapable. Last month, the country mourned the death of the nonagenarian shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan in Varanasi. The obituaries gushed over his enlightenment and his ability to combine his devotion to Goddess Saraswati with . . .
- Carnage At Indian Mosque (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 10, 2006)
What some observers of the Indian scene had dreaded for long finally came to pass on Friday: terrorists struck at a mosque, killing at least 37 people and injuring over 100.
- Nawab Akbar Bugti As I Knew Him (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Sep 10, 2006)
“At once insanely proud and filled with hatred, omniscient and doubting everything, cold and violently passionate, contemptuous and self abasing, tormented and detached, surrounded by devoted followers...
- Us Continues To Hunt Terrorists, Says Bush (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
US President George W Bush assured Americans on Saturday that the United States was relentlessly hunting down suspected terrorists in order to avoid a new attack.
- Tony Blair's Dilemma (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 10, 2006)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's reluctantly extracted commitment to finally quit his job next year is unlikely to herald an outbreak of peace within his increasingly rebellious Labour Party.
- Siam, German Association Sign Mou (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Diesel engine, alternative fuels are among areas identified for cooperation
- Health & Edn Schemes Of Karnataka Enthuse Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
President APJ Abdul Kalam has favoured legislative backing for Karnataka’s innovative programmes in the field of primary education and health such as mid-day meal scheme, Yashasvini etc to make them permanent features.
- Doubts Surface Amongst Beleaguered Israelis (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 10, 2006)
Deep frustration in Palestine and humiliating failure in Lebanon. So is Israel doing a rethink? It takes time for the official leadership to change gear but it is a fair guess that some second thoughts are beginning to make their way among the less . . .
- War Part Of Male Bonding: Study (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Men need threats, rivalry and war for them to work together the most effectively, according to a study of the “Male Warrior Effect”.
- Only Through Dialogue (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 10, 2006)
I HAD the privilege of meeting Akbar Khan Bugti, the slain Baloch leader, after the birth of Bangladesh and before the Shimla conference. My main purpose of visit to Pakistan was to interview Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, then
- Buildings Worth Rs 50-Cr And Above Won’T Need Central Environment Ok (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Sep 10, 2006)
Until now all construction projects anywhere in India worth Rs 50 crore and above, discharging 50,000 litres of water per day or meant for 1,000 people, had to come to the Centre for clearance. Now they won’t.
- Viewer-Friendly: Too Much Isn’T Too Good (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Sep 10, 2006)
NDTV was showing “exclusive” visuals of a stampede from a Malegaon mosque early Friday evening.
- An Indiaphile’S Files On India (Indian Express, Jayaditya Gupta, Sep 10, 2006)
His second stint in Washington has allowed Ed Luce the proximity and objectivity to observe the changes in American society, and the world at large, post-9/11.
- Overriding Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 10, 2006)
A dazed Malegaon, which just saw two blasts inside and outside a mosque kill 38 and injure hundreds, can read the signals just as well as the rest of the nation.
- The New Age Of Anxiety (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Sep 10, 2006)
The meaning of the destructive atrocity known as 9/11 is now being defined, not by the event itself, but by the chain of consequences it has unleashed.
- Office Of Profit Petition Against 13 Mps Rejected (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The Office of Profit petition against several MPs including Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, is understood to have been rejected by the Election Commission as they have become pointless following the . . .
- Oop Row: Ec Clears Speaker, Amar (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
As promised by chief election commissioner N Gopalaswamy that EC would abide by the new Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, the commission has rejected petitions against LS Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, Union ministers Pranab . . .
- Onus On Teachers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2006)
Government schools in Punjab are in bad shape.
- Pachauri’S Word Of Caution On Environment (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Sep 10, 2006)
What with non-issues being made to issues by political parties, where is the inclination or the political will to think of pending problems?
- Warrants Out Against Bhutto, Asif (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
District and sessions judge Islamabad Rafi-uz-Zaman on Thursday issued non-bailable warrants of arrest for former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari in the assets declaration case, an official of National Accountability . . .
- Why Globalisation Is In Trouble - Ii (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 09, 2006)
Globalisation has spurred inequality — both among citizens in the wealthiest countries as well as among developing nations. BRANCO MILANOVIC explores the growing resentment, as only a few poor countries adjust to globalisation.
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