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Articles 4221 through 4320 of 26693:
- New Zealand Governor-General Is Anand Satyanand (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
First person of Asian descent to hold the post
Governor-General has constitutional functions, an important ceremonial role
He will bring many personal strengths to the role of Governor-General: New Zealand Prime Minister.
- Mumbai Muslims Targeted (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 23, 2006)
Is it a crime to be a Muslim in Mumbai?” That was CPM MP Brinda Karat’s question in the Rajya Sabha following reports that Muslims were being specifically picked up for interrogation by the police in the aftermath of the 7/11 blasts.
- No Domicile Clause For Rs Elections: Sc (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Politicians who get elected to Rajya Sabha from different states have reason to cheer. For, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the validity of a 2003 law doing away with the requirement of a candidate to be resident of a particular state to contest . . .
- Nabard Offers Fresh, Enhanced Credit To State (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Aug 23, 2006)
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) chairman Y.S.P. Thorat called on Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi at the Secretariat here on Tuesday.
- Oop Amendment Challenged In Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
A Trinamool Congress MP has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Constitutional validity of the amended Office of Profit Act, which exempts 45 positions from the purview of disqualification.
- Non-Resident Parliamentarians (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Aug 23, 2006)
On one point there is hardly any scope for doubt. Most people in this country — indeed an overwhelming majority of them — respect and rely on the higher judiciary far more than they trust any of the other institutions that comprise the republic’s . . .
- Notional Anthem (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 23, 2006)
The HRD ministry was wrong, in the first place, to issue a directive that all students must sing Vande Mataram on September 7 to commemorate 100 years of India's national song.
- Flag Flutters Uncertainly (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Aug 23, 2006)
Four months after Nepal's third revolution, nothing has changed. But nothing is the same, either.
- Lessons From The Lebanese War (News International, M B NAQVI, Aug 23, 2006)
While the ongoing Palestinians-versus-Israelis struggle cannot be ignored or downgraded, the Lebanese situation stands by itself. Hizbollah successfully challenged the much vaunted Israeli defence forces.
- Governance And Local Government (News International, IMTIAZ GUL, Aug 23, 2006)
August 13 was another rainy day in Karachi, another experience of submerged roads and streets. And yet more power outages forcing the people of Qayyumabad and several other areas near Defence out onto the streets in protest.
- Gender Bias In Schools (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 23, 2006)
In the research on gender bias in schools of Pakistan, I found limited, but relevant information about Pakistan. A point to note here is that I could not find as much literature on Pakistan, as I had envisioned.
- Nasrallah’S Arsenal Of Surprises (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 23, 2006)
In the end, Ehud Olmert got more or less what he wanted. But things did not quite work out the way he expected them to, and his days as Israel’s prime minister may now be numbered.
- Rs Nominee Needn't Be Domicile: Sc (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
In a relief for political bigwigs, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and BJP leader Arun Jaitley, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the decision to do away with the requirement that a candidate has to be resident of a particular state to . . .
- Tackling The Power Crisis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 23, 2006)
The government has only itself to blame. On Monday, while outlining plans to install new thermal power plants in Punjab, the Wapda chairman failed to mention one simple home truth: the current energy crisis could have been averted had the . . .
- Code Of Responsibility In Governance (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Aug 23, 2006)
Report rightly seeks to fix responsibility on both.
Politicians and civil servants are the two eyes of the government. Each complements the other and both are equally vital for an effective parliamentary democracy. The Administrative Reforms . . .
- Death Of A Poet (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 23, 2006)
But the regime remains unforgiving
Bengali literature has received a big blow with the death of Bangladesh’s poet laureate Shamshur Rahman.
- Cse Report Wrong: Health Min (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
In a report that could provide some relief to soft drink MNCs Pepsi and Coke, an official experts committee punched holes in the report of the Centre for Science and Environment on pesticides in colas that led to total or partial ban on their sales in som
- Public Service Law (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Aug 23, 2006)
The much berated civil services could do with greater support from the legislature and judiciary in order to be more effective
- Distorting History (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2006)
Politicisation of education in the name of detoxification, will give birth to a generation of ignoramuses, says JS Rajput
- Trs Quits Upa (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The Telangana Rashtra Samiti, a partner in the two-year-old UPA government at the Centre, ended its two-day drama late on Tuesday evening by announcing the resignation of its two ministers from the Union Cabinet and its exit from the UPA.
- Putin Is Nobody’S Poodle (Tribune, Rajan Menon, Aug 23, 2006)
The Bush administration’s imposition of sanctions on two Russian companies this month for selling military technology to Iran certainly sends the Kremlin a message – but it won’t be the one the White House has in mind.
- Dying Shisham And Kikar Trees Worrying (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Aug 23, 2006)
The large-scale mortality of kikar and shisham trees has become a cause of concern for the foresters in Punjab. Young and mature plants have been affected alike with shisham facing mortality ranging from 61 to 82 per cent while kikar has suffered . . .
- Telengana Row: Trs Pulls Out Of Upa Government (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
In a severe jolt to the UPA coalition, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) ministers K Chandrashekhara Rao and A Narendra on Tuesday resigned from the government and the five-MP strong party pulled out of the alliance withdrawing its support on the . . .
- Fizzy Scribes (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 23, 2006)
Many innovative ideas get generated during press conferences, especially when journalists don the hat of consultants.
- Top Pakistani Militant Arrested In Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The Army today claimed to have achieved a major breakthrough in the Mumbai serial blast case by arresting a top Pakistani militant from South Kashmir early this morning.
- Hitting Some Minor Chords (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 23, 2006)
There are two issues concerning the latest harrumphfest being conducted over India’s national song, Vande Mataram. One, is Vande Mataram a ‘religious’ song pertaining to Hindu nationalism?
- Muslims Question Pm ‘Inaction’ (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Aug 23, 2006)
Muslim leaders who heard Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s speech yesterday are asking why he has been unable to act on his “good intentions”.
- Optional Mataram (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2006)
In 1986, in a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court exempted two children of the Jehovah's Witness sect from singing the National Anthem at their school in Kerala.
- Domicile Not Key To Rs: Court (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The Supreme Court today ruled that doing away with the requirement of “residence or domicile” for being elected to the Rajya Sabha from any state did not affect the federal polity because the Council of States “does not act as a champion of local . . .
- Indo-Pak Expulsion Diplomacy Diplomacy (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Aug 22, 2006)
Pakistan's action to expel a senior Indian diplomat does not augur well for the relations between the two countries, particularly at a time when the ties are already under strain.
- The Paradigm Of (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 22, 2006)
The term geo-politics came into vogue with the consolidation of colonial empires and imperialist expansion in Europe. Conquests and wars in Eurasia and Latin America, indeed across the world in the 18th and 19th centuries, resulted in the use of . . .
- Sc Dismisses Plea Against Sonia (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging Congress president Sonia Gandhi's election from Rae Bareli in a by-election held in May.
- War Not Lost, It's Just Begun (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 22, 2006)
Between two schools of thought in Islam on suicide, wisdom undoubtedly is on the side that proscribes it, says Bulbul Roy Mishra .
- Where Wisdom Is Lost In Knowledge (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 22, 2006)
Lawmakers must realise that if the system doesn't serve those in its direst need, it makes itself infructuous, says Arvind Kumar.
- July-August In Memory (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Aug 22, 2006)
We forget some freedom fighters who never figured in any history book, but played an important role in our struggle for independence
- Do Not Bury Nehruvian Ideology (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 22, 2006)
I write this piece in anguish as the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, during his long speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, did not utter a single word about the contribution made by the first Prime Minister of India in building up a vibrant . . .
- Women Need To Be Brought To The Mainstream,says Kalam (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today asked Government, research institutions and industry to make a "conscious effort" to understand that women constitute 50 per cent of our human resource and need to be brought into the mainstream of development for . . .
- Obc Quota Bill Gets Cabinet Nod (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The Union Cabinet on Monday night cleared a Bill providing 27 per cent reservation for other backward classes (OBCs) in Government-aided institutions of higher education from the next academic year without creamy layer concept.
- Court Rejects Petition Against Sonia With Costs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Says most frivolous petition and an abuse of the process of a PIL
- Hillary's Star Rising: Poll (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Hillary Clinton is finally gaining a toehold with American voters, according to a new poll that puts her almost at level pegging for the presidency with the current Republican favourite, John McCain.
- A Gold Mine Waiting To Be Tapped (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 22, 2006)
There is a large market for Hindi films in China that can be exploited.
- No Quick Troop Pullout From Iraq: Bush (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 22, 2006)
President George Bush has repeatedly declared there will be no quick US exit from Iraq while he remains in office, despite repeated concerns among leading analysts that the country is in a state of civil war.
- Prestigious Vocation (Deccan Herald, S V Vijayan, Aug 22, 2006)
These days, it is not just the pay packet that matters, but for whom one works.
- Where Does The Buck Stop? (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Aug 22, 2006)
Despite poverty, India has emerged as a world leader. The PM’s expression of helplessness is not understandable.
- Acting Right (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 22, 2006)
It does not bode well for a modern democracy when its leaders feel edgy about the citizen’s right to information.
- Loud And Clear (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 22, 2006)
Finally, Manmohan Singh has asserted himself and his position on the nuclear deal with America.
- Kalam: End Of An Era (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
"His melodious tunes were widely known; they brought happiness"
- `Vande Mataram': Bjp Wants Arjun To Explain (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Centenary of the song is being celebrated this year .
- The Mole (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Aug 22, 2006)
The way names of suspected moles were popping up and down and imaginations were running amok in the country, by now the actual mole in Mr Jaswant Singh’s book (if there ever was one) must have started experiencing the throes of identity crisis.
- Vande Mataram Loses Out To Vote Mataram (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Mother, I bow to thee!
Rich with thy hurrying streams,
Bright with thy orchard gleams,
Cool with thy winds of delight,
Dark fields waving. Mother of might,
Mother free.
- Aso Announces Candidacy For Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Japanese foreign minister Mr Taro Aso officially announced his candidacy today to replace Prime Minister Mr Junichiro Koizumi next month, despite polls that show him trailing far behind the front-runner, his office said.
- Saving Tirumala (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 22, 2006)
The Andhra Pradesh Government's decision to bring in a law to prohibit the preaching of any religion other than Hinduism on the seven sacred hills of Tirumala, famous for the temple of Lord Venkateswara, is a welcome move to nip evangelical . . .
- Religion As Currency (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Aug 22, 2006)
Archbishop Mar Varkey Vithayathil recently startled India's intellectual elite with his call for more babies to arrest the decline of Kerala's Catholic community.
- Israeli Troops Kill Three Hizbollah Men (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Three Hizbollah fighters were killed and four Israeli soldiers were wounded in a clash in south Lebanon on Monday, Al Arabiya television reported. The station did not give further details in its news flash.
- Karunanidhi Against One-Upmanship In Taking Up Sri Lankan Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
"Will deprive us of moral ground to ask island Tamils to avoid internecine strife"
- Ustad Bismillah Khan Dies, Aged 90 (Hindu, Atiq Khan, Aug 22, 2006)
``He gave a new meaning to shehnai and did not go abroad in search of greener pastures'' .
- Politics Of A War Shrine (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 22, 2006)
When he was running for office in 2001, Junichiro Koizumi, Japan’s prime minister, promised to visit Tokyo’s Yasukuni shrine every year and to do so on August 15th, the anniversary of the emperor’s admission that Japan had lost the war.
- Engaging With Beteille (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
This selection of 50 short essays is a sequel to Beteille's Chronicles of Our Times, a similar collection of newspaper contributions published some years ago.
- Congressional Rebuke (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 22, 2006)
The latest congressional report should provide food for thought for those who are running America’s war on terror.
- Indians Rush To Temples To Feed ‘Thirsty’ Idols (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Thousands of people flocked to temples across India on Monday following reports that idols of Hindu gods were drinking milk given by devotees as sacred offerings, witnesses said. Teenagers, adults and the aged stood in long lines with garlands . . .
- Aid For Women Shgs Under Adb Scheme (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
An amount of Rs 30,000 would be given as revolving fund subsidy to women Self Help Groups and a minimum loan amount of Rs 15000 or four times the savings amount of the SHG under an Asian Development Bank aided scheme, District Collector, Tenkasi . . .
- Rural Development And Planned Urbanisation Are Fully Compatible (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Aug 22, 2006)
At the present juncture in the development history of the country it is perhaps right to pause and seek agricultural development with well-planned urban growth.
- The Worsening Law & Order Situation (Dawn, Sajjad Ali Shah, Aug 22, 2006)
ON August 11, 1947, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the first president of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, in his address to the members informed them that their assembly had dual functions of writing a constitution and making laws to . . .
- Left Trade Unions Criticise Upa (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Citu leader criticised the labour policies of the ruling UPA government. The occasion was the interaction of the trade unions with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the weekend, where an effort was sought to be made resolve the labour-related issues.
- Sc Seeks Reason For Delay In Docs’ Salary (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday sought an explanation from the Centre within two weeks over the delay in releasing the salaries of doctors, who went on strike protesting the new reservation policy of the Government.
- ‘Keep Tabs On Water Projects’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam on Monday mooted a task force comprising members from Centre and States to help the Planning Commission and ministries design a mechanism to execute water projects in time and within the specified cost.
- Yes Minister (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 22, 2006)
He has proven to be a true bureaucrat, adept at making himself indispensable to the minister. Brought to the ministry of tourism during the BJP-led NDA rule as joint secretary, he was considered a favourite of the then minister Jagmohan.
- Aphc For Discussion On Musharraf’S Idea Of Self-Governance (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leadership is in favour of initiating a discussion on Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf's idea of self-governance, demilitarisation and joint management.
- Bush: Lebanon, Iraq Fragile Democracies (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Iraq and Lebanon remain fragile democracies, and security in the US depends on democracy taking hold in the West Asia, President George W Bush said.
- Attacks On The Info Law Won’T Work (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 21, 2006)
Though the government has dropped the move to introduce amendments to RTI Act in the current session of Parliament, perhaps it has not yet abandoned its resolve to ruin this perfectly good law and, in the process, lose much of the goodwill it had . . .
- Very Political Science (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 21, 2006)
Nuclear scientists must be firmly told: this isn’t Pakistan, there is a strict lab-govt separation plan
- India Must Show The Way (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Aug 21, 2006)
The war against terror continues and we are seeing 'new' innovative methods being deployed by terrorist groups.
- Company Towns (Times of India, Sauvik Chakraverti, Aug 21, 2006)
The UPA government's clearance to private firms for the setting up of over 100 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) has raised loud objections from those who are otherwise defenders of free markets.
- Doha Talks Collapse: A Chance For India? (Business Line, Alok Ray, Aug 21, 2006)
As the Doha Round talks collapsed, basically, due to the US/EU squabbling over agricultural subsidies, India has reaped an indirect gain. It can now continue with its protectionist agricultural policies.
- The Inflation Conundrum (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 21, 2006)
The Indian economy is not overheated; it is still a shortage economy.
- Pay Hike To Mps (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 21, 2006)
A hike in the allowances and perks to MPs seems to be in the offing. The reaction from members of the public, randomly interviewed by TV channels, has been caustic.
- Congress, Dmk Alliance To Continue For Panchayat Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
The parties will work closely at the national and State levels: Moily
Karunanidhi praised for administrative skills
Moily advises Congress workers to strengthen party.
- Gullibility Unlimited (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Aug 21, 2006)
Mumbai city is in the grip of yet another wild rumour, this time that the sea water in some parts of the city has turned less saline, thanks to the magical powers of a saint.
- Providing Ulfa Some Tailwind (Pioneer, Anil Bhat, Aug 21, 2006)
Government may think talks with ULFA will lead to a fruitful outcome, but the outfit, given its history, is buying time to regroup, says Anil Bhat
- Terror Agents Plot Mayhem In Punjab (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Aug 21, 2006)
In June, at a secret rendezvous in Chandigarh, key operatives of Pakistan sponsored terrorist groups mulled reviving the ugly spectre of terrorism in poll-bound Punjab. Lending their weight were some militants from Northeast States as well as the Maoists.
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