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Articles 4021 through 4120 of 26693:
- Post-Mortem Report Says Professor’S Ribs Were Broken (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Aug. 27: Two students belonging to the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) were arrested today for allegedly manhandling a professor and throwing mud at him during students’ union elections at a college here even as one of the teacher’s former . . .
- Cag Report Has Exposed Congress: Sad (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Shiromani Akali Dal President Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday asked Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to come out clean on the misappropriation of Rs 934.53 crore collected for Rural Development Cess between 2001 and 2005 as mentioned in the . . .
- Ec To Write To Kalam On Pm, Chidambaram (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The Election Commission is understood to have decided to write to President A P J Abdul Kalam in the next few days that it may not be possible to act against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and finance minister P Chidambaram, on the ground of their . . .
- Politicos Shield Veerappan Of North, Dadua (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
'Dadua' in colloquial Hindi means a person who commands unqualified respect. That this Dadua surely does that in the Bundelkhand region is beyond doubt. And, he has been doing this for the last 34 years.
- Wto: Bumpy Road Ahead (Daily Excelsior, K R Sudhaman, Aug 28, 2006)
There was some ray hope for revival of the collapsed WTO talks after the G-8 summit of industrialized nations at St Petersburg in Russia, but it seemed to have evaporated after the meeting of key trade ministers including India in Geneva in the last . . .
- J&k Enjoys Highest Degree Of Self-Rule: Governor (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Saying that the concept of autonomy of a State is in no way a threat to national unity, Governor Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha today asserted that Jammu and Kashmir is enjoying highest degree of self rule in the country.
- Governor Not In Favour Of Self-Rule In J&k (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, Aug 28, 2006)
Asserting that democracy was thriving in Jammu and Kashmir, Governor S.K. Sinha said here today that the idea of self rule would not be introduced though there was scope of improvement in different ways.
- People's Voice (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 28, 2006)
Nepal was right to revoke price hike
- Understanding & Fighting Terrorism (Dawn, Talat Masood, Aug 28, 2006)
The news of the terror plot in Britain in which some British citizens of Pakistani origin and a few Pakistanis were allegedly involved came soon after the regrettable Mumbai train explosion that had the Indian leaders and media pointing fingers . . .
- Us Perspective On Lebanon (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Aug 28, 2006)
As the tenuous ceasefire in Lebanon holds, there is constant evaluation going on in the US about the brutal war in Lebanon that was allowed to go on for five weeks to enable Israel to achieve its strategic goals.
- The Descent Into Tribalism (Dawn, Hywel Williams, Aug 28, 2006)
Modern governments, when they try to justify their existence in historical terms, are apt to propose a rough-and-ready anthropology for human development. First came the tribe — savage in instinct, ritualistic in religion and run on the basis of . . .
- Lalu: I’M Ready For Paswan Handshake (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav said here on Sunday that he has no problem about a handshake with his Cabinet colleague and bête noire Ram Vilas Paswan, indicating that a possible realignment of political forces might be in the offing.
- The Good Neighbour (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 28, 2006)
It would perhaps not be outrageous to suggest that had the authorities in Pakistan been as forthcoming with information to India, as they were to the British Intelligence, the July 11 carnage in Mumbai may have been averted.
- Tragedy With A Price (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 28, 2006)
It is distressing to find the president congratulating the country’s security forces for their “successful operation” that killed Nawab Akbar Bugti and several of his companions in the Bhambore Hills of Balochistan on Saturday.
- Opposition’S Futile Exercise (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 28, 2006)
Opposition leaders including Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Ch Aitazaz Ahmed and Pervez Ashraf have conceded that their no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister will fall through on the floor of the National Assembly.
- Fortunes Rising For India’S Congress Party: Poll (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
India’s ruling Congress party will return to power with a comfortable majority if elections are held today, an opinion poll said on Sunday.
- Balochistan In Flames After Pak Army Kills Top Leader (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Prominent tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed in a Pakistani Army missile attack in the restive Balochistan province that also left 38 armed rebels and 21 security personnel dead, triggering massive rioting during which a protester was shot dead.
- Atal: We Made India N-Power To Reckon With (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Aug 28, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Leader of Opposition LK Advani on Sunday said the six-year rule by the BJP-led NDA Government had not only successfully heralded the era of coalition politics in India but also made India a nuclear power.
- Apollo Ownership Battle In Sri Lanka Gets Murky (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The Colombo Stock Exchange has sought clarifications from the Sri Lankan unit of Apollo on the tax incentives enjoyed by the company amid a deepening hostile takeover battle over the hospital.
- Copying Script To Success (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Aug 28, 2006)
The unabashed and blatant use of unfair means, both during examinations and in marking, is a shocking reminder of the fact that our educational and examination system has decayed.
- Time To Rethink Policies (News International, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 28, 2006)
The dramatic return last week of the Northwest Airlines flight from the German airspace to Amsterdam’s Schipol airport, because a multiple ‘terrorist threat’ on board targeting 12 Indian nationals — all of them Muslim — has given a new dimension to . . .
- Regulate The Tariff For Premium Sms? (The Economic Times, MAHESH UPPAL, Aug 28, 2006)
SMSes to short, three- or four-digit numbers to participate in polls, games, quizzes, etc., are premium messages that can cost anywhere between Rs 3 and Rs 6.
- Double Take (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 28, 2006)
Left contrasts in West Bengal and Kerala
- Violence In Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 28, 2006)
VIOLENCE and killings continues unabated in Iraq despite increase in the US forces.
- After Ulfa, Centre Mulls Talks With Hizbul (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Aug 28, 2006)
The Centre is mulling over opening talks with the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) on the pattern of the talks with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), provided the Kashmiri militant group lives up to its promise word of going in for a ceasefire . . .
- Jd-U To Oppose Ban On Religious Conversions (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Taking strong exception to the proposal of Jharkhand Government to impose a ban on religious conversion, coalition partner Janata Dal (United) on Sunday threatened to oppose the move and asked for withdrawal of ban from all parts of the country.
- Govt Must Invest For More Jobs: Cpm (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Concerned over declining employment rate, CPM has asked the UPA government to make a ‘paradigm shift’ in its policy prescription for economic reforms by infusing higher doses of public investment to increase job opportunities and purchasing power . . .
- Ec To Send Common Opinion To Kalam On Office-Of-Profit Issue (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Ten days after President A P J Abdul Kalam gave his assent to a Bill seeking to exempt certain posts from inviting disqualification for being ‘offices of profit’, the election commission (EC) has said it would send a common opinion to him on a . . .
- Who Is Right About Nuclear Deal (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Aug 28, 2006)
Impressive though his performance was it cannot be said that in his reply to the Indo-US nuclear deal, after the debates in Parliament, Prime Minister had really said anything substantive that he had not before in response to the spate of criticism . . .
- Survey Says Fortunes Rising For Congress (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Aug 28, 2006)
India's ruling Congress party will return to power with a comfortable majority if elections are held today, an opinion poll said on Sunday.
- Strange But True (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 28, 2006)
This may sound strange but it is true. This information does not come from Transparency International that has rated Jammu and Kashmir as the second most corrupt State after much-maligned Bihar in certain public services.
- Rajya Sabha And Residency (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
At one level, the Rajya Sabha is a mirror of India's political diversity. At another, it is a reflection of the federal character of the country, its composition shaped by the popular will of the various State legislatures. It was in keeping with the spir
- "Bush Dedicated To Moving Forward On Nuclear Deal" (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 26, 2006)
Agreement not [merely] between two leaders but a lasting agreement between two countries
"Beauty of democracy is that we have debate"
Hydrogen economy: U.S. committed to providing $7 billion
- Bankex, Small-Cap Indices Post Major Gains (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Markets opened on a strong note on Friday and remained firm throughout the day.
- Inversion Of Roles (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Aug 26, 2006)
Thanks to regional parties, it is the Lok Sabha which now represents states' interests.
- Opposition ‘United’ Against Dictatorship (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
MMA deputy secretary-general and Jamaat-i-Islami naib amir Liaquat Baloch said on Friday that despite differences on amendments to the Hudood Ordinance, the opposition was united against military dictatorship and on no-confidence move against the governme
- Rights & Justice Must Go Together (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
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- Shifting Winds In The Us (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Aug 26, 2006)
The month of August is usually languid and lazy in Washington. Virtually everyone is in their country houses or on the beaches, far removed from the cares of their daily chores.
- A Disappointing Judgment (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Aug 26, 2006)
The month of August is usually languid and lazy in Washington. Virtually everyone is in their country houses or on the beaches, far removed from the cares of their daily chores.
- Revival Of Mass Transit Authority Approved (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has approved revival of the Mass Transit Authority under the railways ministry to provide quicker, reliable and safer journey to people in big cities.
- India Protests To Netherlands Over Plane Detentions (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
India protested on Friday the Netherlands’ detention of 12 Indians following a mid-air security scare, saying it was ‘shocked’ at their treatment, but the Dutch government said it was just following procedure.
- 134 Terror Acts In 1st 5 Months Of 2006 (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Aug 26, 2006)
The Interior Ministry said on Friday that 134 incidents of terrorism had taken place in the country during the first five months of the year.
- Editorial: Abolishing Sardari System Or Baloch Nationalism? (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
A ‘Qaumi’ Bugti Jirga got together at the Jinnah Stadium in Dera Bugti Thursday and declared that the ‘sardari system’ of the Bugti tribe had been abolished forthwith.
- Introspect And Reform (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Aug 26, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh might consider his speech at the recent conference of Muslim ulemas in New Delhi as "bold".
- Vande Mataram Must Be Optional (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Vande Mataram has off and on been a bone of contention. As the composition of this song is approaching its centenary year and with the Government planning its commemoration, it is threatening to rip society along religious lines.
- A Horst Wessel? (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Aug 26, 2006)
True, Rabindranath Tagore who set Vande Mataram to music had reservations about the song from the Hindu-Muslim angle.
- Oop Bill Among 16 Others Passed In Rajya Sabha (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday urged parliamentarians to set high standards in order to present Parliament as a role model of democracy and evolve and refine better ways of effective functioning of the institution.
- Social Security And The State (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The government had constituted a National Commission on Enterprises in the unorganised/informal sector.
- Letters To The Editor (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Dinesh Trivedi, an MP, has done the right thing by moving the Supreme Court against the utterly selfish, and self-centred act of MPs in passing the Office of Profit law (IE, August 23).
- Why Buy Facile Peace? (Pioneer, ARIF MOHAMMED KHAN, Aug 26, 2006)
Tasleemat, maan tasleemat/ tu bhari hai meethe pani se/ phal phoolon ki shadabi se/ dakkin ki thandi hawaon se/ faslon ki suhani fizaaon se/ tasleemat, maan tasleemat/ teri raaten roshan chand se/ teri raunaq sabze faam se/ teri pyar bhari muskan hai/ ter
- Gunter Grass's (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 26, 2006)
This might read like a confession which it may well be in part : my secret admiration for the Jewish people.
- Indian Polity At The (Daily Excelsior, Aditya Nath Dar, Aug 26, 2006)
The battle of ballot boxes have been fought and won. The winners are happy while the losers will have to wait for the next opportunity for pocketful of winning bonanza. Promises have been made to citizens for a better life.
- Cabinet Paves Way For Sbi (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Union cabinet on Thursday amended the SBI Act to enable the country's largest bank to raise additional Rs 8,000 crore equity capital.
- Cross Border Terrorism : (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
There seem to be no finite limits to Indian's threshold of tolerance for terrorism emanating from Pakistan. The July 11 serial blasts in Mumbai were the latest in a series of these terrorist attacks.
- Stars On The Political Sky (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Once they glittered on the big screen. Do our filmstar MPs shine in Parliament? A report on how they fared in the last session
- Storm In A Cola Bottle» (Hindustan Times, BARUN MITRA, Aug 26, 2006)
It is said that when history repeats itself, it usually ends in a farce. Tragically, the farce is behind the façade in the present rerun of the debate over pesticide in your soft drink bottle.
- The Truth Behind Natwar's Bluster (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Am I the only person in India to feel at all bad for Natwar Singh? I’m beginning to feel that this may be the case. The Congress has deserted one of its most senior members. The doors of 10 Janpath have been shut in his face.
- Why The War On Terror Was Lost (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Aug 26, 2006)
When historians look back at the long hot months of July and August 2006, my guess is that they will remember them as the Summer of Terror.
- Natwar, The Chaudhary Of Jatland (Indian Express, PETER RONALD DESOUZA, Aug 26, 2006)
This Wednesday, former external affairs minister Natwar Singh reinvented himself as a Jat leader at a huge rally in Jaipur.
- Katrina Still Haunts Bush (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
A year after Hurricane Katrina pounded the Gulf Coast and left New Orleans in ruins, President George W Bush is still grappling with the political fallout from a federal response widely viewed as inept.
- Poop Goes The President» (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
That George Bush should use cuss words when he thinks the microphones are off is not really very surprising
- Euphemisms In Troubled Times (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
We live in a world of curious euphemisms. There are things we want to say at times but cannot. So we say them in different ways.
- Speaker’S Efforts Commended By Kalam (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 26, 2006)
Although Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee came in for sharp criticism in the monsoon session of Parliament for his management of the House, his efforts were commended by President A.P.J.Abdul Kalam.
- Raja Zulqernain Vows To Struggle For Kashmir Solution (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Raja Zulqernain was sworn in as the 21st president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir at an impressive ceremony in Muzaffarabad on Friday.
- Referendum Favoured On Nepal Monarchy (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Aug 26, 2006)
The Interim Constitution Drafting Committee on Friday submitted the draft of the statute to the Government and Maoist negotiations teams.
- Pakistan's Awkward Balancing Act On Islamic Militant Groups (Washington Post, Pamela Constable, Aug 26, 2006)
For the past five years, Pakistan has pursued a risky, two-sided policy toward Islamic militancy, positioning itself as a major ally in the Western-led war against global terrorism while reportedly allowing homegrown Muslim insurgent groups to meddle . .
- Stirring The Telangana Pot (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 25, 2006)
The decision of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief, K. Chandrasekhara Rao, and another party leader, A. Narendra, to resign from the Union Cabinet and pull out of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was inevitable.
- The Knowledge Gaps (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 25, 2006)
The industry can, perhaps, play a role while the student is pursuing higher education or even at a later date, upon graduation.
- India’S Role In Making Peace (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 25, 2006)
India should not hesitate in bringing both the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE to the negotiating table.
- State’S Interest (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 25, 2006)
Compromises invariably breed further compromises. This is the most charitable comment that can be made on the Supreme Court’s decision to do away with the domicile clause for being elected to the Rajya Sabha.
- Bush To Help Racist Senator (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Aug 25, 2006)
President George W. Bush has no qualms about attending a political fundraiser for a Virginia Senator who recently used a racial slur against a young American of Indian ethnicity.
- Learning From Israel (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 25, 2006)
How are their VIPs subject to law?
- Us To Lift Cuba Embargo If It Embraces Democracy (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The United States has said it would move to lift a 44-year trade embargo on Cuba if the interim government of the communist state embraces democracy.
- A State In Search Of Industries (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 25, 2006)
Industrial regeneration is now the buzzword in West Bengal. Ratan Tata called on Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on 18 May soon after he was sworn in as the Chief Minister to propose a Rs 1,000-crore investment in a small car project.
- Tasteless! (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 25, 2006)
India’s miniscule and dwindling Jewish community has ever averred that it has never been subjected to discrimination or racist taunts in the land which provided refuge to its ancestors, the majority of them anyway.
- Citizens' Initiative (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 25, 2006)
Do not curse darkness, light a little candle! True to this motto, seven apolitical NGOs in Chennai and five in Coimbatore, have decided to join hands and put up candidates for the coming elections to the municipalities and corporations in Tamil Nadu.
- Telangana Again (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 25, 2006)
The exit of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) from the United Progressive Alliance and its government has again brought to the fore the politics revolving around the demand for a separate state.
- Rjd, Jd(u) Mps Come To Blows, Almost (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Verbal duel over JD(U) leader Prabhunath Singh's remark against Railway Minister Lalu Prasad .
- Degeneration Of Modern Nations Into Tribalism (Hindu, Hywel Williams, Aug 25, 2006)
Colonial interference and Europe's failure to absorb minorities has led to a global decay of the state.
- Not Fully Awake To Threat Of Terror (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Aug 25, 2006)
It took Underground blasts for UK to realise the menace at its doorstep; but no such realisation holds true for France, says Prafull Goradia.
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